The Daily Life of Ultimate Creatures in Tokyo

Chapter 24 Bai Ge: I am so reasonable!

That night, Bai Ge’s apartment.

After nearly a month, Bai Ge put on the gray suit and windbreaker again after a long time.

"After wearing school uniforms for so long, I'm still a little uncomfortable changing back into work clothes."

Bai Ge muttered to himself as he put on his equipment and was about to go out when he heard a knock on the apartment door.

When the door opened, Bai Ge saw Little Red Riding Hood wrapped in bandages standing at the door.

Obviously, this is At.

But Bai Ge didn't greet the other party immediately. Instead, he looked around in confusion and said, "Huh? No one is here. Am I hallucinating?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the apartment door slammed shut, leaving Et, who was hesitant to speak, disheveled in the wind.

"This guy... must have done it on purpose!"

Without even thinking, At knew that Bai Ge must be deliberately ignoring him, and even indirectly mocked his height.

She knocked on the door a few more times, but Bai Ge in the room seemed to be deaf and didn't respond at all.

Et: (▼皿▼)

She was angry, but she had no choice but to change her position and jump directly from the balcony of Bai Ge's house because she needed Bai Ge's help this time.

As soon as I entered the house, I saw Bai Ge happily eating a tomato.

Bai Ge, who was eating a tomato, said: "(乛?乛) Do you want one?"

"Oh yeah, look at my brain, I forgot you ghouls can't eat anything other than human flesh."

"Tsk, tsk, how miserable."

"Who said that?"

At walked up to Bai Ge, snatched the tomato from Bai Ge's hand, tore open the bandage wrapped around his mouth, and ate the last tomato in Bai Ge's house in just a few bites.

Baige: (゜д゜)

“You really eat!”

"Just because they can't eat human food doesn't mean I can't either. The tomatoes taste good. They're quite expensive, aren't they?"

I finally saw Bai Ge’s surprised expression, and I felt a little proud for some reason.

However, Bai Ge didn't feel anything about At's childish, angry way of fighting back; instead, it aroused his curiosity.

"A one-eyed ghoul can eat human food... Hmm, that's interesting, but why can't Kaneki Ken? That's strange."

"Hey, you really ate it, you didn't just swallow it, right?"

If the conditions in the apartment were not prohibitive, Bai Ge would have wanted to tie At directly to the operating table and study the structure of his tongue.

"..."

Et didn't want to talk.

"Forget it, I won't tease you anymore." At didn't say anything, and Bai Ge lost interest in teasing him anymore.

"So, what on earth are you doing here suddenly in the middle of the night? You're not here to deliver food, are you?"

When Bai Ge was speaking, his eyes kept wandering around Et's neck, staring at him so hard that Et couldn't help but shiver.

"Of course not!"

Et took a step back cautiously, and only relaxed a little after confirming that Bai Ge was just joking.

Then she cleared her throat and her tone gradually became serious: "Have you heard of the 'One-Eyed King'?"

"One-eyed King? Are you talking about the thing underground in Area 24?" Bai Ge tilted his body slightly and supported his chin with one hand.

The only thing he knew about the One-Eyed King was the pile of wreckage in Area 24. These were the few words he got from Arima Takashi when he first started working there and went to play mole.

"That's right." At nodded, "But perhaps it would be more appropriate to call him the 'Underground King' now."

"The current king is someone else. But that person can no longer hold on for much longer. The future of ghouls needs a new king to lead the way."

"I would like you to become the new 'King'."

"The One-Eyed King? Me?" Bai Ge couldn't help but burst out laughing. "Did you take the wrong medicine, or didn't you take any medicine?"

"If you pay me an equivalent reward and let me help you achieve a certain goal, I might consider it."

"But One-Eyed King... Hehe, since you know that I'm neither human nor a ghoul, why do you think I can side with you ghouls?"

"Because you're delicious?"

Bai Ge never cared about the outcome of the battle for survival between humans and ghouls.

Even when he joined CCG to investigate the plan of that year, it was just to stay away from his sister and find something to do.

Hearing the word "delicious", Et was silent for a long time. His fists hidden under his cloak clenched and unclenched, as if he had made some important decision.

"As long as you agree to my terms, I can do whatever you want with me. Whether it's food for your meal or livestock, it doesn't matter."

"Well, I can see that you have a spirit of sacrifice."

"then you……"

Before Ate could finish his words, Bai Ge's expression turned stern: "But I refuse!"

"My favorite is Bai Ge... well, what I mean is, although the conditions you offer are indeed somewhat attractive to me, they are only somewhat attractive to me, not enough to make me turn to you."

"I understand."

Et nodded slightly. She was now completely certain that the path of letting Bai Ge become king was not feasible.

For people like this who possess great power and often do not play by the rules, the method with the highest success rate is to directly and frankly discuss the conditions.

Now it is obvious that this method does not work, so we can only look for someone else.

Seeing that At seemed to be about to leave, Bai Ge thought for a moment and called him back: "Wait a moment."

Hearing this, At thought Bai Ge had suddenly changed his mind, but...

"You wasted so much of my time coming here, and even ate one of my tomatoes. It's a bit unreasonable not to compensate me, isn't it?"

Bai Ge smiled playfully, staring at Et's neck until it felt numb.

"It's over. I'm afraid I'm going to get myself into trouble again this time."

Et thought so, and just when she closed her eyes and was ready to accept her fate, Bai Ge did not come to "have dinner" as she had imagined.

"Hey, what are you daydreaming about?"

Bai Ge poked Et's head. Although the other party's entire face was tightly wrapped in bandages, he could still feel that the other party was confused.

"Why, do you really want to be eaten by me? It's not impossible."

It was the first time he saw someone eager to give him food.

"No! Not at all!"

At quickly retorted, fearing that Bai Ge would bite him if he was a second late.

In fact, when Bai Ge doesn't eat violently, the person being bitten doesn't feel any pain, but rather a little...

Anyway, Et doesn't want to experience that feeling of numbness all over the body again. It's too embarrassing.

"What a pity, forget it then."

Bai Ge was a little disappointed. Although he could have ignored Et's thoughts and eaten it directly, he had to give up for the time being when he thought about the important things to do next.

At:?!

Was she hallucinating or was the world about to end? Did this guy really just give up like that?

No, it's definitely not that simple!

Sure enough, just as Eiter had this thought, he heard Bai Ge say:

"Look, I'm so reasonable! I just happened to have something to investigate today and I need some... ahem, help. If you don't help, wouldn't it be a bit unreasonable?"

"……it is good."

Et nodded helplessly and agreed.

But as an investigator, what on earth would Bai Ge need the help of a ghoul like me?

It can't be that they are going to hunt down some ghoul and ask me to provide information, right?

With full of doubts, Little Red Riding Hood Et followed Bai Ge out of the apartment.