The Kaneki Trifecta®
“Kaneki, look at this. Suzuya, get your ass over here, too.” Rin waves them to a table in Re.
“What are those?” Suzuya’s eyes widen at so much reading.
But Kaneki is already devouring the papers. “Where’d you find these?”
“I’ve been concocting my own little investigation into Mom.” Rin sighs. “Didn’t it ever strike you as strange that one of you was kidnapped, and the other made into a half-ghoul? Like, that can’t be a coincidence.”
“And?” Suzuya nervously nibbles on the chocolate squares Kaneki hands him, one after another.
“We’re not entirely Japanese. We’re…Romanian?” Kaneki frowns.
“Like vampires?” Suzuya grins.
“No, but actually.” Rin rifles through the documents. “Vlad Tepes is our ancestor.”
“Who?”
“Dracula,” Kaneki says, surprised. He loves that book.
“Do you think there’s something special in our blood, then?” Rin asks.
“Maybe?”
“Mom’s side checks out clean.” Rin swallows. “This seems like the best red flag I’ve found.”
“But why target us now?” Suzuya asks. Chocolate is smeared across his cheeks.
“I mean, there’s no proof they didn’t target Dad as well. Maybe that’s how he died. There’s not much information on the accident, though, so this is just speculation.” Rin shrugs.
“We need to talk to Nishiki about this. If – if Vampires are real – if part-vampires can live like normal humans, why can’t part-ghouls?” Kaneki’s body surges with hope.
“Precisely.” Rin smiles at him.
Suzuya hugs them both. “Well, I love having ghouls and vampires in my family.”