Chapter 96

"Bang."

A loud noise came from the rooftop.

Su Xiao barely stood, using Zhan Long Shan to support his body; he couldn't hold on much longer.

On a distant iron water tank, a large dent appeared, stained with glaring bloodstains; Ken Kaneki was lying under the water tank.

At this time, Ken Kaneki was in a sorry state, covered in blade marks, his legs twisted; it seemed they had been broken by Su Xiao.

Blindly enduring attacks led to Ken Kaneki running out of strength first; in the end, Su Xiao still won.

Su Xiao walked slowly toward Ken Kaneki, preparing to slash this plot protagonist.

But before he had walked two steps, he felt his pant leg being tugged; looking down, it was Touka who had grabbed his pant leg.

"Won't, let you, succeed."

Touka was lying on the ground, her face previously having been covered by a half-face mask by Ken Kaneki, staring at Su Xiao with hatred.

"Wasting three seconds of my time, but you seem to have some value too."

Su Xiao suddenly thought that Touka could be considered half a heroine; as for the other half of the heroine, it was naturally Rize.

In Touka's despairing gaze, Su Xiao raised the sharp blade in his hand.

But in the next moment, Su Xiao suddenly jumped sideways, rolling once before squatting on the ground.

"Clang, clang, clang……."

More than a dozen sharp objects resembling red crystals were pinned to the position where he had been just before.

If Su Xiao hadn't rolled sideways in time, he would have been turned into a hedgehog.

A man wearing a black rabbit mask appeared not far away; it was Ayato Kirishima.

At this time, Ayato Kirishima's red eyes were filled with fury, and there was vaguely some lingering fear?

Ayato Kirishima ran quickly to Touka Kirishima and silently hoisted Touka up.

Touka grabbed Ayato's clothes, her fair little hands trembling.

"Let's settle old and new scores together; you almost killed me last time, but your current state is very bad, isn't it~."

Ayato Kirishima gritted his teeth while speaking; the hatred of almost being killed himself, and the hatred of his sister almost being killed, made Ayato Kirishima hate Su Xiao to the extreme.

Mainly, the hatred of his sister almost being killed was greater. The reason Ayato Kirishima joined Aogiri Tree was to train his abilities so he could protect his sister.

Su Xiao stood up, looking at Ayato Kirishima with a smile.

"You can come and try."

Ayato Kirishima's sudden appearance allowed Touka to escape a disaster.

However, Ayato Kirishima wanting to kill him was also wishful thinking. Although his current state was very bad, he still had the ability to counter-kill the other party.

The 【Evil Spirit Roar】 ring dropped from Yamori's treasure chest came with an ability.

Roar (Active): After activating this effect, you will ignore pain for 20 seconds. During the period of ignoring pain, each time you are attacked, your attack speed will increase by 5%. (The limit value for increasing attack speed is 50%; after the fanatic effect disappears, this bonus becomes invalid.)

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As long as he activated the ability (Roar) attached to Evil Spirit Roar, Su Xiao could fight while ignoring pain for 20 seconds.

When Su Xiao was in his prime state, he had nearly killed Ayato Kirishima in seconds.

Although massive blood loss caused Su Xiao to be somewhat weak, he might not be able to kill Ayato Kirishima, but taking a few parts off the other party was definitely no problem.

Su Xiao's calm performance made Ayato Kirishima somewhat hesitant.

But retreating in such a dejected manner was something Ayato Kirishima couldn't accept, so he began to shoot a large area of red crystal-like ukaku toward Su Xiao.

The long blade slashed repeatedly, and the large area of ukaku was slashed into fragments filling the sky.

Su Xiao pressed his finger against his Bluetooth headset and said nonchalantly.

"Mado, this is Byakuya, the rooftop needs support."

A very simple sentence, but it made Ayato Kirishima's expression change drastically.

"Tch."

Ayato Kirishima looked at Su Xiao with great unwillingness and could only choose to retreat temporarily.

Ken Kaneki was very far from Ayato Kirishima, and Su Xiao was in between them, so Ayato Kirishima chose to abandon Ken Kaneki and flee with his sister.

"Support you within one minute, hold on, Byakuya."

Su Xiao's sudden request for help really gave Kureo Mado a fright.

"The enemy has been scared off, danger averted."

In dangerous situations, Su Xiao wouldn't hold on stubbornly; the reason he didn't call people before was because it wasn't needed at all.

And he was afraid that if other investigators killed Ken Kaneki, Ken Kaneki wouldn't drop a treasure chest.

This wasn't a guess, but a painful lesson.

In the 24th Ward underground, because of Yuna and Kisho Arima, Su Xiao didn't even see a single treasure chest.

This made him think of a possibility: if plot characters helped fight, it would affect the drop rate of treasure chests.

It wasn't that they wouldn't drop treasure chests at all, but the drop rate of treasure chests was very touching, and combined with Su Xiao's "Great Chieftain Soul," the treasure chest drop rate would be even more touching.

Just now, Su Xiao had the opportunity to keep Ayato Kirishima and his sister; he could have potentially kept the other party after activating the (Roar) ability.

But Aogiri Tree executives were nearby; after the (Roar) effect ended, he would become fish on a chopping block, at the mercy of others.

It wasn't worth taking the risk of losing his life for the treasure chests of Ayato Kirishima and the two siblings.

Su Xiao clutched his lower abdomen with one hand and walked slowly to Ken Kaneki.

"I will not, be defeated here."

Ken Kaneki struggled to prop up his body, but what greeted him was a flash of bright blade light, without hesitation.

"Splurt."

A large spray of blood beads shot out, and a head with a face full of astonishment flew up.

With Ken Kaneki dead, the Reincarnation Paradise gave a large number of prompts.

【You have killed the plot protagonist: Ken Kaneki (Growth: 20%)】

【Ken Kaneki is a plot protagonist (1/3), obtained 10% World Source, currently obtained a total of 24.3% World Source.】

【You obtained a Treasure Chest (Blue)】

【You have activated the achievement task: Sweeping Heaven and Startling Waves】

【Achievement Task: Sweeping Heaven and Startling Waves】 (10% completed)

Difficulty Level: lv. 4—lv.?

Task Introduction: Plot protagonist? Nothing more than that, become a ghost under my blade; even if you are the biological son of the derived world, Sweeping Heaven and Startling Waves will break all fatalism.

Task Information: Every time you kill a plot protagonist, you will obtain a corresponding amount of task completion. (Judged based on comprehensive information such as the plot protagonist's luck, strength, background, etc.)

Task Deadline: None.

Task Reward: Calculated based on the final completion level (minimum reward is blue quality equipment or item, maximum reward is???).

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After killing Ken Kaneki, Su Xiao discovered that Ken Kaneki wasn't the type of "Son of the World" protagonist; the Reincarnation Paradise had prompted this from the beginning.

To be precise, Ken Kaneki was only a nominal plot protagonist.

Ken Kaneki could not be killed before growing into a ghoul.

Conversely, after Ken Kaneki became a ghoul, his life or death no longer mattered.

Ken Kaneki was also miserable; as a protagonist, his life or death was casual after the plot started. Looking at protagonists like Naruto or Luffy, they were completely the biological sons of the derived world.

Only Su Xiao remained on the rooftop; the crisis was averted.

Su Xiao looked at Ken Kaneki's corpse; there wasn't really any enmity between the two, they had just become enemies. Whether the other party was the protagonist of the Ghoul World wasn't an important contradiction. With Ken Kaneki's mental state just now, if he didn't kill the other party, the future troubles would be endless.

Su Xiao had killed Nishio Nishiki, and he still had to stay in the Ghoul World for a period of time. Su Xiao wouldn't give Ken Kaneki the opportunity to grow up and take revenge on him; that was the most brain-dead choice.

To cut weeds, one must remove the roots; if the risk hadn't been too high, Touka wouldn't have escaped either.

Just as Su Xiao was preparing to leave the rooftop, the Reincarnation Paradise prompt appeared again.

【Detected that Ken Kaneki has died, Fate Power is being redistributed.】

【Fate Power redistribution complete; current plot protagonists: Touka Kirishima (1/2), Rize Kamishiro (1/2).】

This was a group announcement, and other Qiyuezhe also received it.

Master Han Yu and the others, who had already retreated, had their expressions change, but they soon returned to normal.

In the Reincarnation Paradise, the death of a plot protagonist wasn't rare. The stronger the protagonist's luck, the higher the death rate, because the treasure chests they dropped would be one level, or even two to three levels, higher than their own strength.

……

In a pitch-black residential house, crying and gasping sounds echoed each other. A naked man wearing a black mask was ravaging a high school girl on the sofa, and several corpses were scattered around, looking like the high school girl's family.

The masked man's thrusting body suddenly stopped.

"Ken Kaneki died? Damn, I've been watching for so long, just waiting for him to grow a bit more before killing him. Who is it, who is it!"

The masked man roared hysterically, those cold eyes seeming to want to choose someone to devour.

The masked man suddenly looked at the high school girl beneath him with dull eyes. Her family had been killed, and her body and mind had been humiliated, leaving the high school girl on the verge of collapse.

Discovering that the high school girl had already become a walking corpse, the masked man's withered hand caressed the high school girl's slender neck.

"Click……."

Qiyuezhe, in the derived world, are just this unscrupulous.

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On the rooftop of the 11th Ward Aogiri Tree stronghold, Su Xiao, having received the prompt, raised an eyebrow. Sure enough, Ken Kaneki wasn't a protagonist in the true sense; after he died, someone immediately took his place.

"First Squad cleanup complete, designated area ghouls have been expelled."

"Second Squad cleanup……."

Successive report sounds came through the headset. The opening of the public channel authority only represented one situation: the operation was over, and their side had won a complete victory.

"We, won."

Kureo Mado's tone was calm, but Su Xiao could hear the suppressed excitement within it.

In the confrontation with ghouls, the CCG's victory ratio wasn't high; after all, compared to ghouls, human physical fitness was far too inferior.

After Kureo Mado announced the victory, Su Xiao received the task completion prompt.

【Faction Task: Cover Operation. (Completed)】

Difficulty Level: lv. 4.

Task Introduction: Assist the "Special Countermeasures Squad" in confronting Aogiri Tree and ensure their side's victory.

Task Information: CCG faction task, will not be calculated in the clearance evaluation.

Task Deadline: Until the 11th Ward operation ends.

Task Reward: 10000 Faction Contribution Points.

Failure Penalty: None.

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Yes/No to complete the task; after completing the task, you will obtain 10000 Faction Contribution Points.

Su Xiao chose to complete it; his CCG contribution points became: 【Senior Investigator, Contribution Points 17723/10000, Yes/No to promote rank.】

Naturally, he chose to promote. To exchange for that bottle of blue-quality potion, he needed the prerequisite condition of Associate Special Class Investigator.

According to past experience, he would soon be promoted to Associate Special Class Investigator, but Su Xiao discovered one point.

Although he was promoted quickly, he had no real power.

This was also normal; the time he had joined the CCG was too short, and the reason he could be promoted quickly was because of the influence of the Reincarnation Paradise.

Su Xiao didn't care whether he had real power or not; he only wanted to return to the temporary branch in the 24th Ward now to exchange for that bottle of blue-quality 【Human Gene Enhancement Fluid】.

After Strength +2 and Stamina +4, Su Xiao's combat capability would improve significantly; when he fought the Manager again, it would definitely not be the current outcome.

PS: (In order not to break the chapter, I specifically wrote a 3000-word big chapter, sincere enough, right? So beg for recommendation votes.)