“I must be one or the other!” Kaneki Luke cries.
“No. Only a Sith deals in absolutes. You may be both human, and ghoul,” says Obi-Wan Yoshimura.
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“Strike me down, and I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine,” Obi-Wan Yoshimura says to the reaper of death, Darth Arima. All around him, CCG forces gather. He can’t walk away from this. He will die in front of Anteiku…and Kaneki.
Arima’s IXA pierces Yoshimura’s kagune.
“NOOOOOOOOOO!” screams Kaneki, lunging forward into the hands of CCG.
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“Did Yoshimura tell you about the One-Eyed King?” demands Darth Arima.
Kaneki clutches the cell door. His eyes are put out. He can’t see, and all they call him is 240. Why does this death god seek him out? “He told me you killed him!”
“No, I am the One-Eyed King.” Arima holds out his hand. “Join me, and we can better the world of humans and ghouls!”
Kaneki shakes his head. He can’t believe himself good enough. And so he falls, falls, falls…into his cell at Cochlea.
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“So, you have a friend waiting for you at a cafe. Perhaps I shall target her next.” Darth Arima mocks.
“NO!” Kaneki unfurls his kagune. He and Arima fight madly as Bureau Emperor Tsuneyoshi cackles in the distance.
Finally Kaneki pierces Arima’s armor. Arima falls. His eyes stare up at Kaneki – or one does. His other is blank, as if he cannot see, as if he really is One-Eyed.
Kaneki hesitates. He won’t be like Arima.
“Good, good, let the hate flow through you. Kill him, my new apprentice!” Tsuneyoshi approaches.
Kaneki straightens. Compassion floods his veins. “No. I will oppose you with everything I have.”
“Well then.” Tsuneyoshi begins to transform into an enormous kakuja. He throws Kaneki to the ground.
Against his will, Kaneki screams. Tsuneyoshi is tearing him apart inside – “Arima! One-Eyed King! Help me!”
Arima lunges to his feet, throws himself before Tsuneyoshi. His father’s kakuja digs into his chest.
Suddenly, Tsuneyoshi collapses as a sword pierces his heart.
“I’m sorry,” says Furuta, cheerfully sticking another sword in his father, “did I miss something?”
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Kaneki drags Arima out of CCG. “I won’t let you die. I will save you!”
“You…already have, my One-Eyed King.” Arima smiles at Kaneki as the light fades from his eyes.