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266. Chapter 266 Kanou General Hospital
Late at night.
Kanou General Hospital, located in the core area of the 20th Ward, was still brightly lit.
But in the unknown Basement of the Hospital.
A man with slicked-back, snow-white hair was focused on dissecting the corpse on the operating table before him.
The corpse's face was extremely distorted, with eyes split at the corners and a slightly deformed body, all indicating that the corpse had experienced unimaginable pain before death.
"Another failure." The man carefully removed a shriveled liver from the mangled corpse, observed it under a light, and then placed it in a sterile box.
"I have to say, that kid was a rare lucky one."
In the source material, Kanou spent three years conducting thousands of experiments, yet there were fewer than ten perfect experiment subjects who could survive the transplantation of Rize's organs. This shows how low the success rate of the experiment was.
Kanou took off his mask, revealing a slightly aged face. The fine lines around his eyes showed he was no longer young.
He sat at his desk and recorded the recent experiment.
Then, he opened a file on the desk. The first page had a photo of Ken Kaneki.
Name: Ken Kaneki Age: 18
Currently studying at Kamii University, Interpersonal relationships... Recent whereabouts... Ghoul Type: One-Eyed Ghoul.
A one-eyed ghoul is a ghoul with one kakugan. They can only become one-eyed ghouls through the acquired transplantation of a ghoul's kakuhou or by being a child born to a ghoul and a human. Both probabilities are very small, so one-eyed ghouls are extremely rare.
He closed the file.
Kanou looked at the photo of himself and his Mother on the desk, a hint of warmth in his eyes.
Ever since his Mother fell seriously ill and died, Kanou had been immersed in experiments on the fusion of humans and ghouls, attempting to extend human lifespan through this method.
He had worked at the CCG for four years as an autopsy doctor. However, after accidentally glimpsing the secret of the Washuu Clan, the true leaders of the CCG Organization, he found an excuse to leave the CCG to preserve his life.
Beep beep beep.
Kanou took out his phone and answered the call.
"Dr. Kanou, a patient's family member wants to see you," Nurse Taguchi's voice came through.
"Whose family member?" Kanou tidied the files on his desk, preparing to leave the Laboratory.
This was just a temporary place for his experiments. His real Laboratory was located in the Basement of a House. The original owner of that House was Anju Nanami, who was originally a senior Doctor in the CCG Organization. Later, he was silenced by the Washuu Clan, and the underground Laboratory he managed beneath his House was also abandoned by the Washuu Clan, eventually falling into Kanou's possession.
"He says he's Ken Kaneki's older brother."
Kanou was stunned. He frowned slightly.
"Okay, I'll be right there."
As far as he knew, Ken Kaneki had lived alone since his parents died. Where did he get an older brother? Out of curiosity, he quickened his steps and arrived at the Hospital Lobby, where he met Ken Kaneki's so-called "older brother"
A handsome man wearing a black trench coat, with his hands in his pockets and a smile on his face.
"You're Ken Kaneki's older brother? What should I call you?" Kanou extended his right hand towards Xia Shang.
After taking the hand extended to him, Xia Shang smiled, "Xia Shang."
"A rare surname. You must not be Japanese."
"Of course not."
"Let's go somewhere else. This isn't suitable for chat," Kanou said calmly.
"No problem." On the Street outside, watching the constantly moving cars, Kanou, standing under a street lamp, said softly, "Ken Kaneki doesn't have an older brother. You're from Aogiri Tree. You're looking for Rize."
"Basically correct."
"Basically correct?" Kanou turned to look at Xia Shang.
"I don't recall anyone like you in the CCG."
"I'm neither from Aogiri Tree nor do I belong to the CCG. I am myself. I don't represent any Organization, and no Organization can represent me."
Xia Shang smiled.
"I'll take you there." Kanou took out his car key.
"Alright."
The headlights of a black sedan parked by the roadside flickered on.
Kanou was a smart man, and smart men didn't need many unnecessary words when dealing with each other. He was just an ordinary human, and his mission was not yet complete. He didn't want to die at the other party's hands like this.
Getting into the car, Kanou took Xia Shang to his Residence.
After undergoing layers of identity verification, Xia Shang finally saw Kanou's Laboratory.
The massive Laboratory was exceptionally clean, with a height of ten meters and an area no less than a thousand square meters. The Passages inside extended in all directions, and high-precision instruments were visible everywhere.
"If you want to rescue Rize Kamishiro, I advise you to abandon that idea. You don't know how much darkness is hidden behind her."
Kanou pressed a switch on the wall.
As the Iron Door opened to both sides, the imprisoned Rize Kamishiro was exposed in Xia Shang's field of vision.
Rize Kamishiro's hands and feet were restrained by the instruments behind her, presented in Xia Shang's field of vision in a slightly suggestive posture.
Speaking of which, Rize Kamishiro was unlucky. She merely wanted to have dinner but was assassinated by Souta Washuu-Furuta, who had been rejected after confessing to her. It was Souta who single-handedly planned the steel beam incident. To prevent accidents, he even coated the rebar with RC suppressant. Otherwise, with Rize's strength, she wouldn't have been knocked unconscious by the rebar.
The current Rize Kamishiro was essentially in a vegetative state, having lost her self-consciousness.
"No amount of darkness can envelop me..." Xia Shang turned sideways to face Kanou, a smile on his lips. "Since I've come, I am the endless darkness that will envelop them."
Bang! A black tentacle instantly shot out from behind him, directly piercing Rize's chest.
"So you just wanted to devour her." Kanou's expression turned grim. He even felt pained by this.
After all, Experiment subjects like Rize, who could infinitely reproduce kakuhou and not die when the kakuhou was removed, were extremely rare, possibly the only one in the world.
"How fast does the kakuhou reproduce inside her?"
To Kanou's surprise, Xia Shang actually retracted the tentacle.
However, he quickly understood Xia Shang's intention.
"Provided there are sufficient nutrients, it can generate twice a day." He pulled rubber gloves from his pocket, put them on, and went before Rize Kamishiro to examine the inside of the wound.
Indeed, the kakuhou inside Rize had been devoured by the other party.
He turned to look at Xia Shang, his tone heavy. "Cannibalism will affect your brain and eventually turn you into a berserk killing machine."
"I know."
As expected of an S-rank ghoul's kakuhou, after devouring it, Xia Shang could clearly feel that the mutation speed of the cells within his body had increased several times. However, their location was not what Xia Shang had expected.
Two small bumps bulged on his shoulder blades, but then disappeared again.
(End of Chapter)