267. Chapter 267: Rize Unleashed! Wanted! Dark!
"Still too slow." Xia Shang looked at the fusion progress on the panel, which had grown from 5% all the way to 21%.
But even if the fusion progress reached 100%, it would only mean the innate ability of RC cells had been successfully fused. It wouldn't mean he couldn't continue to enhance himself by devouring kakuhou.
Theoretically, he could transform all the cells in his body into mutated cells, and even cultivate stronger mutated cells as the concentration increased. This was the ability of adaptive self-healing. As long as his body reached its limit, the discomfort it brought could catalyze the continuous growth of cells.
Therefore, Xia Shang couldn't even glimpse his own limit.
Perhaps the only thing that could limit him was having only five brains.
However, Xia Shang had already thought of a solution to this problem. He hadn't tried it yet and didn't know if it was feasible, but there was a high probability it would work.
"Too slow? Forgive my presumption, but you probably won't find another Ghoul with this kind of reproductive speed." Kanou said with a pale face. He felt that the man in front of him was an ignorant and foolish madman.
"Can you wake her up?" Xia Shang asked, looking at Rize Kamishiro who was under restraint.
"I'm sorry, her brain is severely damaged, it's impossible for her to wake up." Kanou suppressed the anger in his heart, only hoping the madman beside him would leave quickly.
"Are you sure?"
Xia Shang suddenly raised his arm, grabbed Kanou's neck, and lifted him up.
"Don't joke around, Dr. Kanou. Do I look like an ignorant fool?" Xia Shang said coldly, looking at Akihiro Kanou whose feet were dangling in the air.
"She... she really... can't wake up." Under Xia Shang's continuous pressure, Akihiro Kanou's face turned red, and he opened his mouth with difficulty.
Seeing that Kanou was about to die from asphyxiation yet still refused to tell the truth, a hint of gloom flashed in Xia Shang's eyes.
"Dr. Kanou, I admire your talent, and I know your pursuit is to allow humans to gain a longer lifespan. Since that's the case, why can't we cooperate? I can support your research and help you achieve your goal sooner."
"Rize... Rize is the only hope. I... absolutely won't allow you to take her." Akihiro Kanou rolled his eyes, and a trickle of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
"Don't be so rigid. I'll take good care of Rize. Just tell me if you want her kakuhou. Besides, maybe an SSS-rank kakuhou would be even more useful."
Xia Shang slightly loosened his grip, giving Kanou a chance to breathe.
"Okay... As long as you can keep your word, I agree."
Bang! Free from the restraint, Akihiro Kanou, who was slumped on the ground, gasped for air. Then he smoothed a strand of scattered hair from his forehead and supported his body with his hands to stand up.
"I hope you won't regret this."
"Sorry, the word 'regret' has never been in my dictionary."
"I hope you can maintain this confidence going forward."
Akihiro Kanou leaned against the wall, pressed a hidden switch, and from a crack in the wall, he took out a light red serum and said, "Actually, the reason Rize Kamishiro has been unconscious is because I've been continuously injecting various inhibitors into her body. So, as long as I stop the injections, she'll wake up on her own after a while. However, it seems you're in a hurry. This serum can speed up her recovery."
"Thank you." Xia Shang politely took the serum from Kanou's hand.
Then, he walked over to Rize Kamishiro, whose head was hanging down.
With Rize Kamishiro, who could transform into a 'Dragon', Ken Kaneki was completely unimportant. Besides, he didn't have the leisure to inflict more pain on Ken Kaneki and make him evolve into a 'Dragon'. With a shortcut available, it was natural to take it. He slowly pushed the serum into Rize's body.
After about ten seconds, Rize's right index finger twitched slightly.
"Ah!!!" She suddenly opened her scarlet eyes, baring a mouth full of fangs, and lunged at Xia Shang with a ferocious face, trying to bite him.
"Hungry! I'm so hungry! Give me food! I want food!"
"Quiet down." Xia Shang's right hand transformed into five tentacles that shot out, instantly severing the instrument that restrained Rize.
Before Rize could pounce on him, one of the tentacles wrapped around her fair neck, while the other four tentacles coiled around her limbs.
As the temperature of the tentacles continuously rose.
White steam rose from Rize's pale skin. The burnt skin brought Rize extreme pain.
It also allowed her sanity to temporarily suppress the hunger she felt at that moment.
"Who are you? Why am I here! Die!" Four blood-red tail-like Kagune burst from Rize Kamishiro's waist, aiming directly for Xia Shang's head.
Facing Rize's attack, Xia Shang said coldly, "Move again, and I'll rip your head off."
The four sharp, tail-like Kagune suddenly froze in mid-air.
"Behave!" Xia Shang raised his arm and swung it violently to the side. With a loud bang, a large pit was smashed into the wall of the underground laboratory. Rize, having suffered a heavy blow, vomited a large mouthful of blood. The Rinkaku she had extended also retracted into her body, and her eyes transformed from blood-red Kakugan back into the eyes of an ordinary human.
"Dr. Kanou, from now on, she belongs to me."
After speaking, Xia Shang dragged Rize out of the laboratory right in front of Kanou.
Until his figure completely disappeared into the passage, Akihiro Kanou's heart, which was churning with stormy waves, remained unsettled for a long time.
The opponent could actually turn his fingers into Kagune! How strong must his control be! At least among the Ghouls he had seen, few could do that.
An SS-rank Ghoul... or an SSS-rank Ghoul? Although Rize was in a weakened state just now, and her kakuhou had only just grown back and was still in its nascent stage, Rize was still considered an S-Rank Great Eater. Yet, in front of that man, she didn't have any ability to resist at all.
"At least an S-Rank Ghoul of the same level as Rize, or a rare Kakuja."
Kanou tried his best to calm his heart.
He took out his phone and made a call to Souta Washuu-Furuta.
The information about Rize Kamishiro being taken would leak out sooner or later; it was impossible to conceal it. Moreover, the man didn't leave any contact information before leaving. Kanou could only place his sole hope on the Washuu Clan, hoping that Souta Washuu-Furuta could dispatch Kishou Arima to retrieve Rize Kamishiro from the opponent.
"Okay, you're not to blame for this. I will send people to conduct a full search for his whereabouts in the 20th Ward."
At the same time.
Kureo Mado and Koutarou Amon, Special Class Investigators from the CCG who had just arrived in the 20th Ward, received new instructions just issued by their superiors.
Besides searching for the whereabouts of Aogiri Tree executives Rize Kamishiro and Gecko, they also had to keep an eye out for a Ghoul named Xia Shang. Currently, the CCG has defined Xia Shang's rank as S-Rank, codenamed 'Dark'.
(End of this chapter)