Chapter 47

Night, the bright moon hung high.

14th Ward, center of the Xijie District.

This place was notorious throughout Tokyo. Whenever night fell, this would become a small gathering place for Ghouls.

The Ghouls gathered here were all thugs among Ghouls. Their goal was very simple: to kill each other and engage in cannibalism, standing out among the many ordinary Ghouls.

Status among Ghouls was nothing more than a matter of strength.

The time was now around 8:30 PM, and black shadows flashed across the sides of the street from time to time. Most Ghouls were already starting to get eager.

A man and a woman walked on the street. Compared to those sneaky Ghouls, the two had no intention of hiding at all.

"Second Class Haise, is this really okay?"

Akira Mado carried her briefcase, wearing a black uniform, scanning the surroundings with slight nervousness.

"Ha~." Su Xiao yawned.

"No problem. Act according to the 'plan' in a moment."

Unlike the nervous Akira Mado, Su Xiao was full of ease.

"Second Class Haise, I've always had a question."

"Hmm?"

"Where is your Quinque? We might have to fight Ghouls in a moment..."

Su Xiao didn't have any Quinque; compared to a Quinque, he preferred using 【Checking Zhan Long Shan】.

"I don't need a Quinque."

Hearing Su Xiao's words, Akira Mado's footsteps suddenly stopped, and she looked at Su Xiao in confusion.

"Don't need a Quinque?"

Akira Mado's voice was clearly raised, and she looked as if she were doubting life.

"We're here. Akira, you can just stand here."

Su Xiao patted Akira Mado on the shoulder, then rushed forward a few steps and leaped, jumping onto the roof of a two-story building by the street, disappearing into the night.

"Haise... Second Class?"

The Quinque in Akira Mado's hand nearly fell to the ground. She vaguely guessed Su Xiao's plan.

She had now become the bait.

As a Second Class Investigator, Akira Mado could at most expel B-rank to A-rank Ghouls. If she encountered an A-rank Ghoul, Akira Mado might not even be a match.

Akira Mado's feeling now was like being forcibly stripped naked by Su Xiao and thrown directly into the ice and snow.

Just as Akira Mado wanted to run, several blood-red eyes appeared in the surrounding darkness.

One, two, three... a total of seven Ghouls.

She was dead. If Su Xiao didn't save Akira Mado, she was absolutely dead.

Akira Mado pressed the button on the handle of her briefcase, and her Quinque appeared; it was a weapon somewhat similar to a whip, named Amatsu.

"Ghoul Investigator!"

"How could an investigator appear here?"

"Just kill her. It's not cannibalism time yet, and I haven't eaten an investigator yet."

For some reason, the surrounding Ghouls didn't have any infighting; their cannibalism actually had a specific time.

It seemed the cannibalism situation in the Xijie District was definitely not organized spontaneously by Ghouls.

It seemed some faction was maintaining it here; otherwise, these Ghouls would never start killing each other only at nine o'clock.

This should be some kind of selection method. After standing out among the many Ghouls, that Ghoul could join a certain faction.

"Go, this woman isn't strong; there's no feeling of too much danger."

Ghouls gathered more and more, from the original few to more than a dozen.

Akira Mado's heart was already cold. Now she didn't even have a chance to run.

"It seems the effect is not bad."

Su Xiao's voice came from the roof by the street.

Hearing Su Xiao's voice, Akira Mado breathed a long sigh of relief, but she still felt somewhat unsure. With so many Ghouls, could this investigator who just joined the CCG really handle it? Although it was said that the other party was very strong.

"Who are you?"

"Another Ghoul Investigator?"

The dozen or so Ghouls surrounding Akira Mado looked at Su Xiao vigilantly.

Su Xiao gave them a different feeling than Akira Mado; it was completely a feeling of a natural predator.

Holding the unsheathed 【Checking Zhan Long Shan】, Su Xiao jumped down from the roof several meters high and landed steadily.

"Fourteen, about five minutes."

Su Xiao walked slowly toward the many Ghouls, his footsteps getting faster and faster, finally turning into a sprint.

Two of the more clever Ghouls immediately discovered something was wrong and turned to run, while the remaining twelve Ghouls faced Su Xiao head-on.

Ten Rinkaku and Bikaku attacked Su Xiao.

At this moment, Su Xiao was almost wrapped by Kagune.

Seeing this scene, Akira Mado was shocked and rushed toward an A-rank Ghoul with her Quinque.

This was already Akira Mado's maximum ability; even against one A-rank Ghoul, Akira Mado might not be able to handle it.

Dark red Kagune wrapped around Su Xiao, and a bright blade light flashed through the night.

Su Xiao activated 【Qing Gang Ying】, and mana was consumed at a rate of 2 points per minute.

Those ten Kagune were instantly severed, and the broken Kagune turned into red mist, dissipating into the air.

The Ghouls whose Kagune were severed all let out a scream, looking at Su Xiao with some fear.

Su Xiao rushed quickly in front of an A-rank Ghoul, and 【Checking Zhan Long Shan】 left a pale blue white line in the air.

A head soared into the sky.

It was just one encounter, and that Ghoul died miserably under Su Xiao's blade—a clean and neat kill in seconds.

Su Xiao's rapidly rushing pace didn't stop; with a shift of his feet, he rushed toward a nearby Ghoul.

Perhaps it was because his companion died too cleanly, but this Ghoul was actually stunned on the spot.

After being stunned for a second, this Ghoul turned and ran.

"Stupid."

Su Xiao's pitch-black eyes seemed to be flashing.

Running away during a battle and exposing one's back to the enemy was undoubtedly the most stupid behavior, no different from seeking death.

"Puchi."

【Checking Zhan Long Shan】 pierced the Ghoul's heart. Su Xiao held the hilt with both hands, and his 13 points of strength attribute allowed him to easily lift the Ghoul and then throw him fiercely toward a Ghoul who was running away.

With a thud, that Ghoul became a rolling gourd.

Just as that Ghoul wanted to get up, a flash of bright blade light appeared in his line of sight.

First, a buzzing sound came into his ears, and then that Ghoul felt the world spinning.

That Ghoul's last memory was a headless corpse spraying blood and a man standing under the moon holding a sharp blade, like a god of death.

Twelve Ghouls, except for the one entangled by Akira Mado, eleven remained.

In less than 20 seconds of fighting, only eight of the eleven Ghouls remained.

The remaining eight Ghouls now had only one thought: to escape, to get away from this man who was like a god of death.

"Impossible, how could such a strong human appear in a cannibalism zone? Does that organization just let it be?"

After a Ghoul roared, he turned and ran.

Su Xiao's agility attribute was 13 points, on par with his strength attribute, which was already considered upper-middle in the Ghoul world where the strength system wasn't strong.

What Su Xiao was strong in now wasn't his superhuman attributes, but his swordsmanship and combat techniques.

Of course, the effect of the Shadow of the Law-Breaker couldn't be ignored.

But the Shadow of the Law-Breaker currently only had one combat skill; the time he had obtained the Shadow of the Law-Breaker was too short, and the strength of this profession hadn't yet been reflected.

The escape hunt began. Su Xiao ran quickly on the street, killing a Ghoul from time to time.

Painful wails and pleas for mercy were endless.

The Ghouls weren't stupid; they all ran separately.

In the end, out of eight Ghouls, Su Xiao left six; two lucky guys escaped.

At this time, Akira Mado was still in a bitter battle with that A-rank Ghoul. That A-rank Ghoul was already about to cry; he wasn't afraid of Akira Mado, but he was afraid of that man who was like a god of death.

Akira Mado was very focused during the battle; the A-rank Ghoul put a lot of pressure on her, and she didn't have time to check the battle situation around her at all.

She was still too immature; in battle, listening to all directions and watching all sides was a must, otherwise, it was highly likely to be ambushed.

"Please... please, let me go."

The Ghoul's sudden plea for mercy made Akira Mado freeze. The other party was clearly in the upper hand, so why start begging? The battle paused temporarily.

At this moment, Akira Mado finally saw the situation around her clearly.

Su Xiao was sitting on the corpses of two Ghouls, smoking a cigarette, and the long blade in his hand was still dripping blood.

Akira Mado's beautiful eyes widened; she hadn't even solved one Ghoul, and the other party had actually killed all the remaining Ghouls.

"That one over there, if you dare to run, I'll chop you into a human stick."

Su Xiao looked at the last remaining Ghoul. New bait appeared; after all, using a subordinate as bait wasn't too good.