The café plunged into silence.
Kira-Ko Fog-Island, Yoshimura Yoshiyasu, Nishio Jin, and others were all in the café.
"Sorry, my employees have recently been through something painful, so their emotions are a bit unstable."
Yoshimura Yoshiyasu, the manager, stepped forward and made a gesture of invitation.
Kira-Ko Fog-Island murmured, looking at Su Xiao with trepidation.
Kira-Ko Fog-Island is considered half the female lead of the original story, and she is a ghoul.
The ghouls of the Anteiku district are different from other ghouls; they usually do not hunt humans, only feeding on the corpses of those who have committed suicide.
With her light blue short hair tied up, Kira-Ko Fog-Island hesitated for a moment, then finally stepped forward to play the role of waitress.
In the Anteiku café, both the manager and the waitstaff are ghouls.
It’s a café that gathers many ghouls.
The manager, Yoshimura Yoshiyasu, is a tough character, an SSS-level ghoul.
When he was young, the manager had committed a lot of killings but came to District 20 in his old age to open this café.
His goal is to let ghouls live in harmony with humans. They do not actively hunt humans; they just want to survive.
Su Xiao sat in front of the bar, with Shuuzou Suzuya curiously observing his surroundings next to him.
"What do you need, guest?"
The manager, with neatly combed white hair, was wearing an attendant’s uniform. His expression was gentle, like an old gentleman.
Strangely, the manager’s eyes seemed to always be closed. Perhaps his eyes were just too small?
"Since I’m at a café, how about a cup of coffee? I’ve heard the coffee here is ’quite good.’
Su Xiao didn’t come to fight; he was just here to gather information.
He didn’t see Kaneki Ken in the café, which suggested two possibilities: either Kaneki Ken wasn’t here, or he had been captured by the Bronze Tree. Su Xiao was more inclined to the latter.
"Please wait a moment, guest."
The manager got busy; he had recognized Su Xiao, so he personally served this guest, the Big Plague God.
Kira-Ko Fog-Island handed over a towel, laid it on the bar top in front of Su Xiao, slightly bowed, and was about to leave.
Suddenly called out by Su Xiao, Kira-Ko Fog-Island’s body stiffened.
"What, what’s the matter, guest?"
Kira-Ko Fog-Island lowered her head, pretending to be shy, not daring to look at Su Xiao.
"You should have a brother or a sister, right?"
After Su Xiao said this, Kira-Ko Fog-Island felt a chill rise from the bottom of her feet, straight to her brain.
"How could I, I have no brother."
From the moment Su Xiao walked in, Kira-Ko Fog-Island had a look of extreme nervousness. Su Xiao was just casually poking at her.
"Guest, your coffee is ready."
The manager handed over a cup of coffee, gesturing for Su Xiao to take his time.
"Dong Xiang, go prepare the ingredients for tomorrow."
Kira-Ko Fog-Island felt as if she had been granted a great pardon and quickly walked to the room inside.
The unique aroma of coffee wafted over. Su Xiao wasn’t in the habit of drinking coffee, but upon smelling this rich aroma, he couldn’t help but pick up the cup and take a sip.
As the coffee hit his taste buds, Su Xiao raised an eyebrow.
The manager’s face showed a smile.
"Thank you for your compliment."
The manager picked up a cup of coffee, walked out from behind the bar, and sat in the seat next to Su Xiao.
"You don’t drink coffee often, do you, guest? Coffee should be savored slowly, or it will affect the taste. It’s like life; although bitter, you can also taste other flavors within that bitterness."
"I don’t have the habit of drinking coffee. I just have a ’friend’ working here, so I came to take a look. Unfortunately, he’s not here today."
Su Xiao continued drinking his coffee.
The manager looked at Su Xiao with puzzled eyes.
"Yes, a ’friend.’ His name is Kaneki Ken. I wonder if the manager can contact him; we haven’t seen each other for ’a long time.’
Su Xiao put down the coffee cup, looking at the manager with deep meaning.
"So it’s Kaneki. He’s been away on a trip recently and previously took leave with me. It’s a real pity."
Su Xiao was now almost sure that something had happened to Kaneki Ken.
"Is that so? Well, in that case, never mind."
Su Xiao downed the coffee in his cup.
Su Xiao appeared relaxed but was actually sensing his surroundings. Those eyes that inadvertently glanced at him indicated that these guys had recognized his identity.
Su Xiao feigned to pull out money.
"No need, I’ll treat this cup."
The manager stood up, a peaceful expression on his face.
Although Su Xiao hadn’t had contact with the manager for long, he realized that the manager was different from most ghouls he had met; there was none of that craziness or perversion.
He was more like an aging wise man, with that wrinkle-filled face occasionally showing resignation to the world.
Su Xiao stood face to face with the manager.
"Guest, if you have the chance, please come to the Anteiku for coffee again. Even during the night is fine, the environment around here is very safe."
The manager’s words carried multiple implications.
It was both an invitation for Su Xiao, showing goodwill towards him, and subtly conveying that District 20 was different from District 14. The ghouls here were very peaceful and would not harm humans.
It was also a request for Su Xiao not to carry out a crazy act of cleaning up District 20.
The manager might already know what Su Xiao had discovered.
Cleaning up an area’s ghouls is a terrifying thing for the ghouls.
The manager also feared Su Xiao’s title of Black Death God.
"Perhaps, we will meet again in the not too distant future."
Su Xiao smiled at the manager, a red gleam flashing in his eyes,
and draped his jacket over his arm before walking out of the café.
The manager sat back in his original seat with a sigh, Kira-Ko Fog-Island emerged from the inner room.
"Is this guy the new Black Death God, he’s definitely a lunatic..."
Dong Xiang showed a worried expression, also fearing that Su Xiao would clean up District 20, causing the Anteiku District to have to relocate.
"What a frightening guy."
Nishio Jin, only a Level A ghoul, was even more fearful of Su Xiao, with his legs almost giving way.
Su Xiao had killed more Level A ghouls than Nishio Jin had ever seen.
"It turns out that a pure human can be so strong. If I’m not mistaken, he must have come looking for Kaneki..."
After the manager spoke, the café fell into silence.
On the way back to the CCG division, Shuuzou Suzuya was noticeably cheerful.
"Ahh, ahh, I had a strange feeling in that café just now."
Shuuzou Suzuya’s intuition was sharp; besides the two of them, everyone else there was a ghoul.
Walking the streets at night, Su Xiao lit a cigarette.
Shuuzou Suzuya ran to Su Xiao’s left side, but for some reason, he ran back to Su Xiao’s right side.
"Brother Bai Ye, how do you become as strong as you are?"
"Opportunity, diligent training, and a fearless attitude."
Shuuzou Suzuya nodded, somewhat understanding and somewhat not.
Five minutes later, the two returned to the CCG division.
After returning to his temporary residence, Su Xiao took a shower, lay on the bed shirtless.
A blood-red card appeared in Su Xiao’s hand; he prepared to open the Queen’s ’Scarlet Card’ to see if he could gain anything useful.
Tomorrow he might head to the 24th District, so increasing some combat strength or supplies would be a good thing.
[Use Scarlet Card: Yes/No]
Choosing to use it, the ’Scarlet Card’ gradually dissolved, becoming a pale red liquid that floated in mid-air.
The pale red liquid suddenly began to spin rapidly, forming a vortex in front of Su Xiao.
The vortex’s opening was just the right size to fit a hand. He reached in with his hand. Orıginal content can be found at 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡⁂𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢⁂𝘯𝘦𝘵
After some groping around, he felt something with a peculiar texture.
Su Xiao’s lips curled into a smile; it felt like he had found a piece of equipment, some ’Great Chief’s’ black hand; his luck wasn’t bad.
Pulling his hand from the blood-red vortex, Reincarnation Paradise’s notification came.
Receiving the notification from Reincarnation Paradise, the smile on Su Xiao’s face faded, and he stared blankly for a while before muttering a curse word.
The notification from Reincarnation Paradise was.
[You randomly drew the ’Silk Bra.’]