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If it were someone else, seeing this insane main questline, they might just start cursing.
A modified version where even ordinary people struggle to survive, trying to kill an SSS-level being? That's a joke.
Even in the standard version of Tokyo Ghoul, SSS-rank ghouls, or even just an ordinary ghoul, are not people that ordinary people can contend with.
You can see it in the anime; the SSS-rank Owl shows just how powerful he is when he rescues the protagonist from the ghoul containment facility.
Destroying a building is incredibly easy for them.
A heavily modified SSS-rank weapon? How powerful would it be? Just thinking about it would send shivers down your spine.
But Li Wei seemed to be a born madman. When he saw the mission, he didn't despair. Instead, he felt a little excited, and even angry.
He felt that this was an insult to him! Who cares about the modifications? SSS-level, I can crush a dozen of them with one finger!
Li Wei was that confident, an enigmatic confidence.
"Ok?"
Li Wei narrowed his eyes; he sensed that someone was secretly following him from behind.
"Interesting. This is still a busy area, and they've already started targeting someone?"
So Li Wei cooperated and turned left and right, arriving at a secluded and dark corner.
Just then, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him, speaking in a mocking tone like a hunter looking at his prey: "Hey kid, if you leave your money, I might spare your life."
As he spoke, the blond-haired, tattooed young man brandished a small knife in his hand.
"Huh, really? You're really going to spare my life?! You've been following me like this, aren't you planning to have sex with me first and then kill me?" Li Wei's eyes widened, his voice trembling slightly.
The blond-haired youth's lips twitched after hearing the second half of Li Wei's sentence. He wanted to say, "You're not exactly a cute boy," but he continued with his usual script.
"Yes, I will definitely spare your life. Look into my eyes if you don't believe me. I guarantee I'm not lying."
As the blond-haired youth spoke, his eyes turned a bizarre red, like those of a ghoul. He couldn't wait to see Li Wei's terrified expression; he always found it amusing.
Unexpectedly, Li Wei suddenly became very excited, "Then thank you so much! In return, I've decided, I'll leave you with a mangled corpse! Come on, thank me!"
"Look into my eyes! I'm a ghoul, aren't you afraid?!"
“I know,” Li Wei blinked, a little puzzled. “If I didn’t know you were a ghoul, would I waste my time with trash like you?”
"Damn it! You dare to mess with me? A mere human food dares to be so arrogant."
The blond-haired youth was furious. Two thin, long knuckles appeared on his back, their bright red color as chilling as blood.
"Die!" the blond-haired youth roared, thrusting his hexagon straight at Li Wei!
The expected resistance did not occur. The blond-haired youth stared blankly for a moment at the piece of flesh he had easily dug out of Li Wei, then burst into laughter.
"Damn it, I thought this kid might have some skill, but he's just an ignorant idiot."
As he said this, the blond-haired man stuffed a piece of meat from Li Wei into his mouth.
"How does it feel to see your own flesh and blood being devoured? Doesn't it feel terrifying? Ah, indeed, human flesh and blood are truly delicious."
"Oh? Are you sure... my flesh and blood are really delicious? My body is filled with the fiery aura of the Burning Soul."
Li Wei spoke in a calm and unhurried tone.
Although he didn't understand what the Burning Soul Demonic Aura was, even if he did, what difference would it make? This guy in front of him was probably a bit abnormal. An ordinary person would have been scared to death by the sight of a ghoul.
"Ah, of course! I love human flesh and blood... Damn! What's that taste?"
The blond-haired youth's expression suddenly changed drastically, and he frantically spat out the meat in his mouth. And that wasn't all—
His eyes bulged in a matter of seconds. He could feel the flesh and blood he had swallowed surging inside him. Then his skin was bleeding and rotting. Inside his stomach and intestines, it felt like flames were burning. This feeling grew stronger and stronger!
"Hey, I've already told you, I'm a cute and charming villain, no, I'm as dazzling as the sun. If you let me into your body so rashly, I'll get burned," Li Wei said in a pitying tone.
So it's not actually because of the evil energy of the Burning Soul?
The moment the blond-haired youth had this thought, his consciousness went dark.
"To be honest, I was somewhat looking forward to seeing how strong you ghouls are. After all, when I watched the anime, it was all so cool."
"Could it be that my Burning Soul Qi is indeed too strong?"
Li Wei sighed helplessly, his tone full of disappointment, "Although he appeared so early and was obviously just a minor character, he died way too quickly. How can he possibly get into the main role if he doesn't follow the script?"
"That doesn't seem right either. In some movies, it seems like the blond guy is the real male lead?"
Chapter Five: This medical report isn't magical!
Li Wei, who had just burned a ghoul with a torch—no, with the fiery aura of the Burning Soul—was now idly strolling the streets.
He was now toying with a red bead in his hand, which was a condensation of the blood he had taken from that ghoul.
"A ghoul?"
Li Wei smiled faintly, then withdrew his hands and put them in his pockets.
Inside the pocket, something happened that most people would find hard to understand.
The drop of blood was absorbed by Li Wei's fingertip, just like water hitting a sponge, and was absorbed without any hindrance.
Anyone who has watched anime knows that the physical structure of ghouls, and even their genetic makeup, is different from that of humans.
The protagonist is like this: he had an organ transplanted from a ghoul, which turned him into a half-human monster, or you could say, half-ghoul.
This shows that the things from ghouls, once they enter the bodies of ordinary people, are not a good thing.
However, Li Wei didn't care at all and absorbed the ghoul's blood into his body.
If someone sees this, they'll definitely say Li Wei is courting death.
Many people say this, but Li Wei usually answers like this:
"Damn idiot! How can you show off if you don't court death? And where do you get girls if you don't show off?"
"Can't you see that the main protagonists these days are all pretentious girls?"
So Li Wei kept courting death, but whether it was a miracle or not, the law that "if you don't court death, you won't die" never applied to him.
What changes would occur if ghoul blood entered Li Wei's body? No one could say for sure.
"Let me think, the modified version of Tokyo Ghoul should be different from the original world."
The college's original practice gave the freshmen recruited by the senior students a great advantage, because they had more information.
If most people were in Li Wei's situation, the smart thing to do would be to lie low, gather as much information as possible, and then decide whether to stay or leave later.
This is the safest approach.
Li Wei wasn't unaware of this, but who is he? A professional suicidal individual for twenty years, and according to incomplete statistics, Li Wei's methods of courting death are even more outrageous than those in those Japanese adult films.
The reason he came to the cycle of reincarnation is because he could often feel the deep malice emanating from the world.
Yes, he could sense that the lower plane of the real world could no longer withstand his terrifying power; he felt the law rejecting him!
The above is purely Li Wei's wishful thinking.
To put it bluntly, this guy was just bored out of his mind and looking for some excitement, so he came here.
It was evening in Tokyo, and the night was gradually deepening, but Li Wei had no intention of finding a place to sleep.
Nonsense, nighttime is when the day truly begins!
Li Wei hadn't figured out what to do yet, so he decided to go out and have some fun, kill some ghouls along the way, and complete the tasks assigned by the system.
Yes, playing is the main thing, and the tasks are secondary.
Having a long lifespan means you can do whatever you want.
He knew that his lifespan had long surpassed that of ordinary people; even a tortoise might not dare to fight him to the death.
Conservative estimates suggest that Li Wei will live for at least 50,000 hours in his lifetime.
Absolutely terrifying! Absolutely terrifying!
"Damn it!"
At a branch office of the Investigators, a young man in a suit with a neat buzz cut and handsome features looked at the Night King's report on the table, smashed the wooden table with his fist, and gritted his teeth.
Night King is a ghoul who recently became famous for his extremely fast speed. In just a few days, he has established a formidable reputation. This may seem a little unbelievable, but it is not so surprising when you consider his achievements and arrogance.
It's astonishing.
"Amon-kun." A middle-aged man wearing a gray coat, hunched over, and carrying a suitcase patted Amon Kotaro on the back.
"As a qualified investigator, you need to remain calm enough to deal with those bastards, understand?"
"But, but I don't understand," Amon Kotaro roared, his face full of resentment, "That Night King is clearly human, and he's clearly so powerful, so why does he want to oppose us?!"
"Even if we had a misunderstanding at the beginning, and mistook him for a ghoul and attacked, wouldn't it be better if we just calmed down and talked it out?"
“Amon-kun,” Mado Kureo shook his head, looking at Kotaro calmly, and said, “I don’t believe he is human. How could a human have such a powerful physical body?”
"I told you long ago, don't judge a book by its cover, and don't underestimate your enemy. The Night King is just a ghoul that's been hiding his true nature."
"According to the camera footage, there was blood and flesh left behind at the place where he first appeared at night. Although we don't understand why he deliberately injured himself, it gave us his information, from which we can analyze a lot of information."
"Once his blood test results come out and confirm that he is a ghoul, I will apply to headquarters to add him to the special attention list."
"But, but," Kotaro said, still unwilling to give up, "He is clearly the same as humans, eating human food, and we have never seen him eat humans. At least in the few days we have been monitoring him, it has always been shown that he is a normal human being."
Mado Kureo sighed and said, "Do you think that with his strength, if we really wanted to, we could still track him down? This is just a smokescreen, Amon-kun."
"Do you really think that a human could do something like that? No, not even a normal ghoul could do that, let alone a human. That's beyond the limits of most things in this world."
"Yamon-kun, you're so naive."
“Never mind,” Mado Kureo shook his head and said, “The results will be out in the next couple of days, and then the truth will be clear.”
"Observe more, learn more. As an investigator, Amon-kun, you still have a long way to go."
"As for that Night King... although he's quite strong, he's so arrogant."
Speaking of arrogance, Mado Kureo's lips twitched violently. In his memory, ghouls were basically all secretive about their appearance, afraid that others would discover their true faces. This was the first time he had encountered someone so openly appearing in front of the camera. And that was bad enough, he also...
Arrogant, too arrogant! He wants to let the Night King know whose territory this is, otherwise he won't even take their three thousand city management officers... no, investigators seriously.
"Just you wait and see. In a few days, headquarters will send a group of people over. He won't be able to cause trouble for long."
Is it really like that...?
For some reason, the thought of the Night King's mocking smile sent a chill down Amon Kotaro's spine.
Is what we see of that crazy man really his limit?
"Reporting, sir! The Night King's report is ready!"
"Oh, it's finally here? The results were a bit slow this time."
"Hmm?" Mado Kureo looked at the person who came to deliver the report with a strange gaze. The latter's odd expression puzzled him.
"What's wrong?"
"Sir..." the officer said, his face grim, "These test results..."
Hmm? Could the Night King be even more terrifying than he imagined? Could he be... an SS-rank, or even an SSS-rank ghoul?
Mado Kureo, harboring this somewhat shocked suspicion, glanced at the report.
A few seconds later, the report fell from his hand. Mado Kureo himself was dazed and muttering to himself, as if he had seen something unbelievable.
Chapter Six: Show Compassion for Others' Safety
"Xiao Yi, what do we do now?" Tang Yang, the man in the short-sleeved shirt, asked with a deathly pale face. He only had his left hand; his right hand was missing at some point, and the gap was roughly tied with his clothes.
Xiao Yi was also covered in injuries. Although Luo Chen, the silent man, didn't have many wounds, he was also in a sorry state. Of the two girls, the one who used to seem more cheerful was now silent.
Upon closer inspection, one would notice that someone was missing from the group—the rather mature-looking Luo Tiancan.
On their second day in the world, they were inexplicably pursued by several ghouls and barely managed to escape.
They thought they could finally breathe a sigh of relief, but the next few days turned into a nightmare.
Luo Tiancan once suggested that they deliberately find an excuse to stay at the police station until the mission was over. Xiao Yi originally wanted to object, but he was persuaded by the unanimous agreement of the others.
This moment of hesitation led to a major incident.
The plot in the modified version is utterly nonsensical; the police station is attacked by a group of ghouls the very next day!
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