While Yoshimura Kuzen was talking to Akira Mado, the other 'Dragon Remnants' were also gradually being annihilated under the attack of Kaneki Ken and the others, but Akira Mado still had not completely lowered her guard, after all, the person in front of her had a 'record of breach of contract'.
Yoshimura Kuzen merely sighed at this but did not say much, after all, he was the one who made the choice back then, and now he had to pay the price for the choice he once made.
However, just as the two sides were subtly confronting each other, the sound of engines suddenly rang out in the distance, and then they saw several CCG armored personnel carriers driving over from the central area, and just as everyone discovered them, those vehicles also drove towards this place.
After the vehicles stopped steadily, a grim-faced Marude Itsuki directly stepped out.
"'Owl,' you still dare to appear in front of us, do you not want to live?"
Although the Aogiri Tree was finally wiped out in the Liu Dao battle, with the exception of a few leaders who escaped, all the others were either subdued on the spot or arrested. However, many matters are not entirely results-based; the fact that the other party obstructed the matter is beyond doubt.
Yet, facing the aggressive Marude Itsuki, Yoshimura Kuzen took off his mask.
"I apologize for that incident before, but are you sure you want to discuss that matter with me here? You should be clearer about the situation outside than I am, right? Do you want to decide the winner with me here or cooperate with us first to deal with the situation outside? I think you should know how to choose, right?"
Faced with Yoshimura Kuzen's somewhat 'shameless' words, Marude Itsuki fell silent.
If it were in the past, even if he couldn't resolve the matter with the opponent, he would at least make the opponent sign several unequal treaties on the spot before saying anything else. However, as the other party said, the situation outside was already urgent enough that they had to divide their forces, and Marude Itsuki was in charge of this direction.
"Why should I believe you?"
"It's simple, because at least this time we are not enemies. Those monsters will not only attack ordinary people, but also ghouls simultaneously. After attacking ghouls, they have become stronger. Even for our survival, we must kill them!"
Perhaps a common enemy cannot turn two originally hostile forces into friends, but for mere cooperation, the reason is sufficient.
"I will find you again to have a good talk after this matter is over."
When Marude Itsuki said these words, his expression was extremely fierce, but the fact that he did not directly act already indicated his stance. Yoshimura Kuzen naturally knew that his previous actions could not be so easily forgiven, so he said no more and extended his right hand.
Marude Itsuki, with an annoyed look, also extended his hand and shook Yoshimura Kuzen's hand before immediately separating. The extremely annoyed expression made the 'Anteiku' people behind the other party want to punch him in the face, but they knew now was not the time to worry about such things.
"Since you want to join, you must all follow our command."
"No problem."
"Good, first tell us how many combat personnel you can mobilize."
"'Devil Ape' can mobilize at least two hundred members, with a minimum strength of C-rank."
'Devil Ape,' or rather Irimi Koma, directly stated the number of his subordinates after hearing Marude Itsuki's words. As for the ordinary D-rank ghouls, he didn't even mention them. After all, the strength of the 'Dragon Remnants' this time is very strong, and even C-rank ghouls are very dangerous when facing them. Only B-rank and above can barely ensure their self-preservation.
After Irimi Koma finished speaking, Kaya Irimi also stepped forward.
"The number of our 'Black Dobers' is similar."
Marude Itsuki couldn't help but frown upon hearing the words of the two. It wasn't because the manpower was too few, but because the number of the opposite side was too large. One must know that 'Black Dober' and 'Devil Ape' mainly operate near the 20th Ward. Counting the ghouls below C-rank, their number even exceeds the number of resident investigators in the 20th Ward branch.
Moreover, before his frown could ease, a new voice emerged.
"Our 'Black Goat' has a slightly smaller number, but we also have about 100 combat personnel of C-rank level."
"One-Eyed Ghoul?!"
Kaneki Ken had been listed by the CCG early on due to Lancer, but Marude Itsuki did not expect that Kaneki Ken had also secretly established an organization.
'I must increase the number of investigators in the 20th Ward afterwards. Better safe than sorry.'
Although he was somewhat wary internally, he remained outwardly calm.
"In that case, the main combat mission for the 20th Ward is entrusted to you. The combat personnel we leave behind will coordinate with the ZF organization to transfer people. Any problems?"
"Can do."
Rather than forcing two originally hateful organizations to cooperate, a simple division of labor without interfering with each other is more appropriate.
At the same time------
A black motorcycle was speeding along an empty highway. All along the way were various destroyed buildings and vehicles, and even quite a few mutilated limbs could be seen.
Amon Koutarou, sitting in the back seat, holding Lancer waist, had an unpleasant expression.
Although his stamina and injuries had basically recovered thanks to the medicine Lancer gave him, his spirit was clearly not so easy to recover. A more important reason was that Lancer was directly ignoring the corpses and driving the motorcycle towards a certain direction without any intention of stopping, but he still didn't speak. After all, Lancer had already explained this matter before.
'We may indeed be able to kill those monsters, but as long as we don't solve the mastermind behind the scenes, the spread of these monsters will not stop. In the corners we cannot see, there will inevitably be more innocent people sacrificed.'
As the saying goes, 'Benevolence does not command an army,' Lancer usually serves as the 'vanguard' charging at the very front of the battlefield, but as the highest commander of the team, he also knows that his subordinates will inevitably suffer losses when the battle begins, after all, he cannot completely take care of everything.
But after the initial loss, he had already begun to learn to get used to it, because he knew that the best admonition for those who sacrificed was not to dwell on it but to inherit their last wishes and not let their sacrifice be wasted—that is what they need to do.
However, Lancer, gripping the handlebars, though calm in expression, did not mean he truly didn't care at all.
Precisely because he had witnessed too much death, he did not like killing; precisely because he had learned to face his own strength squarely, he could remain calm, but------
The killing intent flashing in his cold eyes was undisguised.
Suddenly, the speeding motorcycle stopped at a certain park.
"We're here?"
Amon Koutarou, who jumped off the bike, asked a question, and Lancer also nodded. But then Amon Koutarou looked around with a somewhat unpleasant expression.
There was no doubt that Furuta Nimura was not here. So, did Lancer 'magic' fail? Or is the other party underground? But where is the entrance?
Before he could speak, he saw Lancer blow the horn.
Perhaps noticing Amon Koutarou's gaze, Lancer also turned his head.
"Amon, step back a bit."
What was Lancer planning to do?
Amon Koutarou was not sure, but he obediently stepped back a little. Then he finally knew what Lancer was planning to do.
The seemingly cute kitty took out one explosive barrel after another from the backpack behind him, each not much smaller than its body, and stacked them up one by one.
'Hiss!!!'
Looking at the several-meter-high mountain of explosives, Amon Koutarou finally knew the other party's plan.
He actually planned to directly blast a hole in the ground!!