The immortal who travels the world

Chapter 17 Definition of Humanity

The ghoul in the hooded sweater jumped high and rushed towards the suitcase monster.

The Suitcase Freak didn't look back, but swept back sideways with the suitcase in hand.

thump!
Blood splattered.

The ghoul's abdomen was bleeding profusely, and fell to the ground, losing the ability to resist.

A young man in a gray trench coat ran out of the dark alley, with a straight face and a righteous face: "I'm sorry, Mr. Mato, I'm one step late."

The eccentric called Mato slowly stretched out a finger: "Amen, it depends on feeling."

……

several days in a row.

Nothing happened.

Lu Yan sat by the window every day drinking coffee.

He found that not all the customers in this cafe are ghouls, and occasionally there are human customers.

The ghouls in this shop did not kill the human guests as he imagined, but instead often drove to those suicide sites to bring the dead bodies back to the cafe as food rations.

He followed it once on a whim, and found that the clerks were indeed picking up dead bodies from some cliffs.

Of course, it is not ruled out that because he is here, these ghouls have restrained.

In the past few days, he has seen almost all the clerks in the antique cafe.

From time to time, he would appear in the cafe and take Jinmu to pick up the body of Sifang Lianshi.

The barista Furu Ma and the female clerk enter Jian Xuan.

There is also Fangcun Gongshan who can bring a strong sense of danger to Lu Yan.

From Lu Yan's point of view, except for the two resident clerks, Dong Xiang and Jin Mu, every other member of the cafe was full of a strong bloody smell.

"Mask...?" Kaneki Ken brushed the plate, a little unclear.

"That's right, I think it's better for you to customize one too." The store manager said in a peaceful tone, then turned to Dong Xiang who passed by and said, "Dong Xiang, can you accompany Jinmu to the mask maker tomorrow? "

Dong Xiang was very disgusted and said that she did not want to waste precious weekend rest time.

Lu Yan drank the coffee from the cup one after another.

Seeing that the communication has been settled, Dong Xiang agreed to take Jinmu even though he was very upset.

"Add me, I'm also very interested in the mask shop you mentioned."

Lu Yan interjected in a kind voice.

Fangcun Gongshan didn't mean to listen to Dong Xiang's opinions at all, so he just decided: "It would be great if Mr. Yan is willing to go together. Please protect these two little guys by the way."

Lu Yan waved his hand, indicating that there is no problem.

Then he drank coffee.

……

Nerima Station.

As the largest station in the [-]th district, there is a lot of traffic.

Lu Yan wore a black coat and stood in front of the station with Jin Mu, waiting for Dong Xiang to come over after school.

Not long after, Dong Xiang appeared.

"Let's go."

along the way.

Dong Xiang behaved very disgusted with Jin Muyan, walking alone and leading the way.

"Yan...Mr. Yan." Kaneki Ken hesitated.

Lu Yan spoke kindly: "Huh? What do you think?"

After these days of getting along, Lu Yan also knew that Jin Muyan was actually a human at the beginning.

He became a ghoul because a doctor transplanted him a ghoul organ.

"Do you think I'm still human?"

In fact, Jin Muyan only knew that Lu Yan was a very powerful person, but he had never seen him make a move.

Lu Yan has always been amiable and amiable on weekdays, plus Lu Yan's identity as a human being, Jin Muyan wanted to know how Lu Yan, who is a human, views his existence.

"Then do you think I'm human?" Lu Yan asked rhetorically.

"what?"

"Physiologically, ghouls, including me, are not real humans." Lu Yan looked at the shops with closed doors on both sides, his tone was flat, and continued: "Most people's definitions of human beings are based on biology. It is defined in terms of perspective, so according to the universal concept, you are no longer human.”

Jin Muyan looked a little gloomy: "Is that so, that's what I said."

Lu Yan turned his head and glanced at him: "I used to think that I was not a human being for a while, whether it was physically or psychologically, I didn't think I was."

"Ah? But no matter how you look at it, you are a human being, although I am very happy that you comforted me." Jin Muyan felt that Lu Yan said this to comfort him.

"No, in fact, I prefer to look at whether you are human from a philosophical perspective or behavior. If everything you do is full of humanity, who can say that you are not human?"

In Lu Yan's long life, as he said, he has seen a lot of people who work in human skins, which are considered beasts.

Yizi and eat, two-legged sheep these words.Perhaps in Duan Jianhui's time it was just a mere word, but for Lu Yan, it was a scene he had seen with his own eyes.

At least he felt that when people reached that point, they were no longer human.

"Ah? I don't quite understand." Kaneki scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly.

"arrive."

Dong Xiang turned back and said two words coldly.

They have come to the door of the shop.

It was in a small alley, and all the shops in the alley were tightly closed.

A motorcycle is parked in front of the shop.

The doors, including the shop signs, are full of graffiti of unknown meaning.

The three entered through the side door, and went through a few steps to the ground.

Dong Xiang opened a door and walked in.

Lu Yan and the two followed silently.

Inside the door is a wide hall.

Rows of half-length models wear grotesque masks.

The decoration style of the whole mask shop has a taste of mysticism.

"Sir?"

Dong Xiang's voice sounded in the room, but no one responded. He looked around and said to himself, "Really, are you sleeping?"

Lu Yan felt the smell of ghouls on the shelf covered by the white cloth.

Jin Muyan followed Lu Yan's gaze and walked over curiously to uncover the white cloth.

A young man with wolf tail hairstyle and earrings tucked his knees and squatted on the shelf: "Ha!"

"what!!!"

Kaneki Ken fell to the ground in fright.

Dong Xiang smiled helplessly: "What are you doing, Mr. Bai."

"I just wanted to scare him," Mr. Bai explained and saw Lu Yan standing beside him, "Huh? Dong Xiang, you really brought an amazing guy to my place."

As an existence that killed nearly a thousand ghouls alone, even if the ones killed were all C-rank and B-rank ghouls, it was an incredible existence.

"Hello, my name is Lu Yan."

Lu Yan's tone was as amiable as ever, and he couldn't see any danger at all.

Mr. Bai nodded and asked Kaneki Ken to sit on the stool.

"Haha, that's great, does Mr. Yan also need a mask?" Mr. Bai asked casually as he measured the size of Kaneki Ken.

"Thank you, I don't need it."

……

(End of this chapter)