Furuta pasted a smirk on his face. Inside, his thoughts raced around like a crazed rabbit.
His father won.
All their precautions and stolen kisses and the feeling that maybe this could last longer than his short life –
His father won anyway.
But his smirk fools no one; Furuta finds himself impaled by his father’s rinkaku kagune.
He’s never seen it before, he thinks in shock.
“Scum,” Tsuneyoshi sneers. “Stooping to sleep with ghouls.”
Behind Tsuneyoshi, he sees the other garden graduates. Hairu steps forward, as if to help him, but Hsaio holds her back. Arima looks ever-impassive, and the Squad Zero brats are crying like they actually care about Souta.
Good. He doesn’t need that airhead’s help. He can die now.
“You do all the time,” he croaks. Besides, [name] was more than a ghoul – they were his life – they loved him – he loved them – he wouldn’t rape his own children over and over – why was he the scum.
A quinque sword glides across his throat, even though Furuta is still impaled. Kaiko. “He’s lucky he’s so useful to CCG, Washuu.”
“I suppose so.” Tsuneyoshi removes his kagune, and Furuta falls to the floor, hacking up blood.
An ordinary man would die. But, thanks to the ghoul genes killing him, he will live another day, and hate himself.
Because it should be [name] alive.
Because [name] made him unafraid of death.
Their voice echoes in his head. “Why? Why do you all go along? Your sneaky rebellion isn’t going to save anyone who dies tomorrow.”
“You’re a fraud and a monster,” Furuta spits.
Tsuuneyoshi swirls back around.
“Not because you’re a ghoul. Because you rape your children and turned the rest of us into soldiers. That’s what they insisted.” Furuta pauses. “Well, Father, remember: I’m pretty strong too.”
He lunges for Kaiko’s sword. He might have died, but Hsaio’s koukaku shields him.
“You!”
“We’re on board. Besides, Hairu’s got to marry Ui,” said Hsaio with a shrug. Hairu has Kaiko on his back, and Arima, of all people, stands beside Furuta.
“Your days as bureau director,” says Arima calmly, “are over, Washuu Tsuneyoshi.”