Seeing that Touka Kirishima did not answer him, Ryuji's gaze shifted and looked at her. He then said, "Fair enough, I almost forgot your identity. How could you possibly think humans are pitiful?"
From Ryuji's words, it was clear that he still regarded himself as a human. Even though his identity had now been systemically set as a {Ghoul}, his original identity was human. Therefore, after becoming a {Ghoul}, his stance still leaned more towards humans.
"You're talking as if you're not my kind!" Touka Kirishima retorted, then looked around the shop and saw that there were no customers left. She continued, "Ryuji, you're not human either. What's there to think humans are pitiful about?"
Hearing this, Ryuji didn't bother explaining much. Instead, he said, "The coffee shop has many regular customers. Since there are regulars, it means you, the shop owner, and Xiao Xuan and Mr. Kura won't casually hurt humans. We can coexist peacefully with humans. So, {Ghouls} should also have good and bad ones! Just like among humans, there are good people and bad people."
"Today's news said that there was a case of {Ghouls} stealing corpses at a hospital in Zone 20. It's probably related to you and your uncle, right? To avoid harming innocent humans, they choose to feed on already dead humans—that's indeed a helpless choice made for survival."
"That kid is also a regular at the shop. He's about to be eaten by a {Ghoul} who sees humans as food. Don't you have any thoughts about that?"
Finally, Ryuji launched a soul-searching question at Touka.
After listening to Ryuji's long speech, Touka was surprised to realize that during her day at the shop, Ryuji hadn't just been focused on work. Instead, he had been paying attention to his surroundings and various situations around him. His terrifying insight truly shocked Touka.
At this moment, Yoshimura Kousan came over and said, "Ryuji, your insight is really impressive. Although we at the antique coffee shop wouldn't intentionally harm humans, we also don't interfere with the actions of other {Ghouls}. That's one of my principles for managing Zone 20. The antique coffee shop only accepts {Ghouls} who are willing to coexist peacefully with humans."
After speaking, Yoshimura took an envelope out of his pocket and handed it to Touka, saying, "Touka-chan, take this money and go buy Ryuji's necessities and some clothes! Also, help him get familiar with the surroundings. You guys can eat outside for dinner—I won't be cooking tonight."
"I'm not going out with this pervert," Touka refused.
Hearing this, Ryuji said, "Boss, I can go by myself."
Ryuji's words did not make Yoshimura hand over the envelope to him. Instead, he still looked at Touka and said nothing. The surrounding atmosphere suddenly became quiet.
Touka knew she couldn't refuse anymore, so she took the money-filled envelope and headed upstairs.
When she reached the staircase, Touka suddenly stopped and turned around to Ryuji and said, "Idiot, wait for me to change my clothes!"
"Mm! Go ahead," Ryuji replied with a smile, nodding in response.
Then, Touka started to walk upstairs.
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