I’m like 95% sure most of the Oggai are getting out of this alive. Hopefully Ishida agrees.
Hajime stares at the carnage before them. Today they’ve lost Furuta and Kanou, the closest two they’ve had to a father, and now they’re public enemies number one. Human experiments. Abominations.
“Doesn’t matter. We were made to die, right?” Mayazumi laughs. Hollow laughter.
“You know you’re screaming inside,” Hajime mutters. But he’s not ready to go down without a fight. If they try to exterminate them – and they will – he’ll make sure some of them die, too.
Someone taps his shoulder, and he looks up to see the One Eyed King himself, Kaneki Ken. He’s backed by Kirishima Touka, Hirako Take, those bratty Squad 0 kids, and Ui Koori.
“Hi,” Kaneki says.
“Remember me?” A tall, dark-haired man Hajime doesn’t recognize appears behind the rest of them.
“No?” He grins. “Are you an executioner?”
“I’m Amon Koutarou. I was there the day you came into CCG.” The man lowers his eyes. “Kids like you were why I stayed with CCG so long.”
“Sucks to suck,” Hajime replies.
Amon crouches down to his level. “Yeah, it does. It especially sucks to have your family killed by ghouls. To have them take everything from you.” He swallows. “And yet, they gave me back my life. They gave you your powers – which are pretty spectacular, by the way.”
“What are you saying?” Mayazume crosses his arms.
“Get to the point,” Hajime says.
“Would you Oggai like to live with me and Mado Akira? Since we know best what you’re going through?”
Hajime laughs. “You’re fucking kidding me, right? When are you gonna kill us?”
“Never,” Kaneki says, exchanging glances with Amon. “We want to help you. We like you.”
“No, you don’t,” Mayazumi says.
“You can’t.” Hajime scowls.
“Try me.” Amon smiles wryly as he holds out his hand. “I know a thing or two about handling lots of kids. So try all of us. Try life a little longer.”
“I’ll kill you if you’re lying.” But Hajime grabs his hand all the same. What else can he do?
Mercy and Magic 