"Byakuya-kun, do you know what my favorite scene in the book 'The Black Goat's Egg' is? It's when the black goat pulls out all the entrails of the man who was running around trying to escape. No matter how many times I read that part... I just find it so exciting!"
Kamishiro Rize slowly approached Amou Byakuya, step by step, letting out a strange "Hehehe" laugh.
She casually ripped the hairpin from her head. Veins bulged around her Kakugan, making her look somewhat ferocious.
Her long purple hair fell loose. However, with her hair down like this, Kamishiro Rize looked even more beautiful.
"You look even prettier with your hairpin out, Rize-san."
He wasn't being sarcastic to Kamishiro Rize; he genuinely meant it.
Taking out the hairpin, and especially if she took off her glasses as well, Kamishiro Rize in that state was the most beautiful. This was Amou Byakuya's true thought.
Hearing this, Kamishiro Rize couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
She had expected the other party to cry and beg for mercy, or to be trembling in fear.
This disappointed her greatly. What she wanted to see was despair, terror, and disbelief on the other person's face and in their eyes, not such a calm and composed reaction. This immediately made her lose all interest.
Kamishiro Rize's originally excited and ferocious expression turned cold. "What nonsense are you talking about? I'm about to eat you."
"I know, but one thing at a time. You wanting to eat me doesn't stop me from complimenting you on your beauty."
However, Amou Byakuya's expression remained unchanged.
Seeing this, Kamishiro Rize had already lost her patience.
"Forget it. Although it's rather boring, your flesh is far more delicious than other people's. That can be considered some consolation."
As soon as her voice fell, four crimson Rinkaku Kagune extended from Kamishiro Rize's back, baring their fangs and claws as they lunged at Amou Byakuya.
She didn't believe this kid could remain so calm in the face of death.
Just as Kamishiro Rize was about to make her move, Amou Byakuya just ran.
"Body Flicker Technique!"
As his fusion progress advanced, his "Body Flicker Technique" was also correspondingly strengthened, allowing him to teleport a bit farther than before.
With one flicker, he arrived on the roof of a nearby building. "Rize-san, let's call it a day for now. See you next time."
The moment he finished speaking, he flickered again to an even higher rooftop. Coupled with his own fast movement speed, he disappeared from Kamishiro Rize's sight in no time.
He had no intention of fighting Kamishiro Rize at all. Without a "Quinque," it was still quite troublesome for him to deal with an S-rank Ghoul.
Moreover, Kamishiro Rize's S-rank was just the danger level CCG officially assigned her, which was based on her threat level, not purely on her strength.
For example, no matter how strong a Ghoul was, as long as they had never harmed a human, they wouldn't be assigned a danger level by the CCG.
Kamishiro Rize herself didn't really have a chance to show her strength in the original story. After all, she was captured right at the beginning and used as an experimental donor for artificial half-ghouls.
Because Amou Byakuya disappeared too quickly, by the time Kamishiro Rize reacted and wanted to chase him, she could no longer catch up.
"Tch!"
Kamishiro Rize bit her thumbnail in annoyance.
That "see you next time" from Amou Byakuya just now had truly infuriated her. The delicacy that was already at her lips had just flown away.
However, the skills that kid had just displayed made her unable to stop thinking about it.
If he were a normal human, it should be impossible to have such skills.
And the other party seemed to have known her true identity from the start...
Combining these factors, Kamishiro Rize felt that Amou Byakuya was definitely not an ordinary person, and he probably wasn't a Ghoul Investigator either. Could he be...
Just as Kamishiro Rize was pondering these things, she suddenly noticed a strange shadow on the ground beneath her feet.
When she subconsciously looked up, she saw several huge steel beams falling towards her from directly above.
She, who had been lost in thought, was completely unable to dodge in time.
"Dong—!!!"
Those already incredibly heavy steel beams, under the force of gravity from a high altitude, directly smashed Kamishiro Rize's body into little more than meat paste.
Even so, she did not die.
[Ding! Host has activated a mission, initiating God-level selection!]
[Option 1: Ignore the "steel beam drop incident" and go home to sleep. Reward: 1 Fusion Point!]
[Option 2: Use "Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique" on Kamishiro Rize to finish her off. Reward: 100 Fusion Points!]
[Option 3: While Kamishiro Rize is on the verge of death, go over and dig out the Kakuhou from her body. Reward: 100 Fusion Points!]