A violent roar startled Mado Kureo, and his hand stopped.
"How truly ugly, Mr. Mado."
The low voice echoed in the empty space beneath the bridge.
Mado Kureo turned around, his mismatched eyes glaring at the person who had appeared behind him.
"It's you... Mr. Akuto! I didn't expect to see you again under these circumstances."
"Wait a moment, let me kill this Ghoul first, and then we can catch up properly."
"Are you kidding me! Get lost!" Touka's kakugan was exceptionally crimson. She turned into an afterimage and appeared before Akuto, her Kagune stabbing toward Mado Kureo once more.
Boom!
Another roar!
Touka was sent flying backward, her body nearly embedded into the solid bridge pier.
Blood gushed from her mouth and nose.
"You really don't learn."
Akuto withdrew his leg, walked slowly to Hinami's side, grabbed her by the hair, and threw her onto the ground.
"Kill this one, then listen to what I have to say."
(T/N: No excuses this time, he truly is evil. Even without Sukuna he's undeniably a terrible person.)
Squelch!
Without the slightest hesitation, Touka didn't even have time to stop it!
Her eyes widened as she watched Mado Kureo use Kouki I to decapitate Hinami.
Hinami's head rolled away, her face frozen in the final terror of her life.
"Hinami!!!" Kaneki Ken's voice came from outside the bridge pier, followed by Amon running in.
"Mr. Mado!"
"Go to hell!!"
Amon swung his weapon at Touka, his anger transforming into endless power in that moment.
Boom!
With another kick, Amon was sent flying, crashing to the ground and unable to get back up.
"Everyone, shut up."
"Mr. Mado..."
Koutarou Amon struggled to open his eyes, still trying to crawl toward Mado Kureo.
At this moment, Mado Kureo's aura was growing weaker and weaker.
"It seems... there won't be a chance to catch up..."
Mado Kureo looked at Akuto, his heart filled with genuine gratitude!
Akuto had helped him complete his final extermination.
Unfortunately, it seemed he wouldn't have a chance to repay him.
"You can't die yet." Akuto placed a finger against Mado Kureo's chest.
In the next moment, Mado Kureo's severed right hand and both legs began to squirm, the missing limbs starting to grow back visibly to the naked eye!
"This..."
Mado Kureo looked at his restored limbs in shock, his eyes filled with fanaticism!
"Mr. Akuto truly is... full of surprises!"
"Why did you save him!"
Touka struggled to stand up, the resentment in her eyes having solidified into something tangible.
"Why! Why did you save him!"
"Did Hinami deserve to die? Did the Fueguchis deserve to die!"
"Shut up. I'm not interested in playing your 'my pain is greater than yours' game."
Akuto walked over to Amon and treated him as well.
He had used thirty percent of his power in that kick just now; if he hadn't used the Reverse Cursed Technique, the kid would have died in a moment.
"Why!!"
Touka screamed heart-wrenchingly.
"Since you're in so much pain, I'll help you end it."
Mado Kureo flashed a hideous smile and picked up Kouki I.
"Mr. Mado, I still have a use for these two Ghouls."
"Hmm? Is Mr. Akuto going to harbor Ghouls? If that's the case, I won't let even you off."
Mado Kureo's gaze sharpened, and he turned to look at Akuto with sinister eyes.
"Come on! Kill me! Just like you killed the Fueguchi family!"
Akuto rubbed his temples tiredly; these people all had psychological issues.
"Actually, I've been watching from the side the whole time."
Akuto kicked Kaneki, who was already overwhelmed by pain.
"Get up, stop playing dead."
"You're a human. Have you forgotten human suffering just because you were turned into a Ghoul? Have you started thinking on behalf of Ghouls?"
"Are you a pig-brain?"
"That's not it!"
Kaneki broke free from Akuto's grip and retreated two steps.
"There are many Ghouls who hunt humans! But everyone at Anteiku, and the Fueguchi family, they never killed anyone! We only eat corpses!"
"We just want to live!"
Touka now stood together with Kaneki.
"See, Mr. Akuto, these beasts cannot understand humans, even if they were once human themselves."
Mado Kureo kept scratching his head and straightening his clothes, clearly quite anxious.
He was itching to shred the Ghouls in front of him immediately.
Akuto let out a sneer. "I'll tell you two things. First, Ghouls who haven't killed people practically don't exist."
"The people at Anteiku you mentioned—the Manager has killed more people than you've ever seen. The other two were even leaders of Ghoul organizations. Do you think they haven't killed anyone?"
These words stunned Kaneki, and he took two steps back in disbelief.
Touka also fell silent.
"And The Fueguchi Couple, they just don't kill people now. It doesn't mean they never did."
"Even if they didn't, that brings me to the second thing I want to say."
Akuto held up two fingers.
"Mr. Fueguchi wasn't killed by the CCG at all. He was killed by a Ghoul; the CCG just recovered his body."
This sentence stunned Kaneki Ken, Touka, and Mado Kureo alike.
Mado Kureo grinned.
"Mr. Akuto's intelligence is truly terrifying."
"Then Ryouko was killed by them too! Did she deserve to die?"
Touka's confidence was clearly waning.
"Didn't I warn you? To have her discipline her child properly."
Touka's eyes flickered, and she fell silent.
"Third, that stupid theory of yours about 'my pain being greater than yours.'"
Akuto glanced at Mado Kureo.
"The wife of the Investigator in front of you was torn to pieces by a Ghoul right before his eyes."
"He has spent decades exterminating Ghouls day after day. He understands the pain of losing loved ones better than anyone."
"So discussing these boring things is completely pointless."
Akuto turned to look at Mado Kureo.
"And you."
"These two Ghouls indeed haven't actively hunted humans."
Seeing that Mado Kureo was about to object, Akuto asked a question that made his very soul tremble.
"Do you think Ghouls can ever be completely wiped out?"
"Humans can also turn into Ghouls."
"Moreover, haven't you noticed? After all these years, the number of Ghouls hasn't decreased."
"Let them go. Just act as if you never saw them."
Mado Kureo held his weapon in front of him, his eyes full of bloodlust.
"That reason alone isn't enough for me to harbor Ghouls, Mr. Akuto."
"I will give you a reason that will convince you. Anyway, you already know where they are; they can't run away."
"How about it?"
Mado Kureo looked at Akuto, then at the two Ghouls, a look of hesitation appearing in his eyes.
Akuto knew too much, even many things that he himself didn't know.
Mado Kureo was also somewhat looking forward to the reason Akuto would provide.
"Mr. Mado! Don't agree to it! He's in league with the Ghouls!"
Amon looked at Akuto warily, his eyes full of hostility.
"He is not, Amon. There is no need to doubt that."
"He and I are the same kind of person."
Mado Kureo gave a hideous laugh and slowly put away his quinque.
"Then I'll wait for your reason, Mr. Akuto."
Akuto breathed a sigh of relief. The first step of the plan was finally complete; he had gained Mado Kureo's trust.
"Get lost."
Akuto glanced at Touka and Kaneki Ken.
"No! I don't accept this!"
"Even if there was a reason for The Fueguchi Couple to die, what about Hinami?! Did she deserve to die? She was just a child!"
"She was just a bit willful!"
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T/N: The author is trying to whitewash his character by saving the protagonist but in reality he's a massive hypocrite.