[Tokyo Ghoul] Tea Coffee Companion

At the junction of District [-] and District [-], there is a small tea shop called "Hope".

A man in his early twenties appeared outside the shop, and gently pushed open the wooden door.

He was wearing a casual suit and carrying a briefcase commonly carried by office workers.The slightly shaggy and slightly curly short hair is different from ordinary people, like a bad person who has been reformed halfway.A head of black hair sprouted from the roots, turning snow-white in the middle.

However, what didn't match the hair color was the pair of bright light gray eyes on his delicate face.Like the feeling he brings to the whole person, full of affinity, gentle and reliable.

During the few days when the business was closed, the young female shop owner did not show up, but asked someone to clean up the mess in the shop and install new windows.

And this young man—— Sasaki Sasei came here because of a word.

Among the investigators that night, one had a good relationship with June Tou.The night before yesterday, the two had a tooth festival in a restaurant, chatting, and the other party suddenly slapped the table: "That's right! I finally thought of it!"

June Tou was so frightened that his hands trembled, almost dropping the sushi on the plate to the ground.

"Have you heard about what happened that night?" The other party said vaguely at first. After all, they each performed their own duties and related to the specific content of the incident, and it was expressly stipulated that no details should be disclosed. His daughter, who looks like a two or three-year-old girl, looks very much like a person."

Being gossiped by him so obliquely, June Tou was also aroused a bit of curiosity: "Who?"

"I told you, don't hit me. In fact, I didn't realize it before, but I just thought it looked familiar." The other party shook his head, looked around again, and then lowered his voice, "Just now you said that your person in charge cooks delicious food. , I just remembered—that little girl, except for the color of her hair, is the same as Sasaki, and she was carved out of the same mold."

That little girl, except for the color of her hair, was the same as Sasaki, almost carved out of the same mold.

That night, when June overdraftly conveyed this sentence, Sasaki Yushi was silent for a long time, and finally touched the other party's hair with a smile.

"I see, Toh, thank you."

"Teacher..." Looking at his expression, June Tou cried out with some concern.

……

……

Sasaki Yuyo dreamed of that 'person' again.Or, that white-haired ghoul.

The white-haired boy stood behind him, covering his eyes with his hands.The familiar voice and the unfamiliar tone repeated like an inescapable curse.

"Yu Shi..."

"Yu Shi...?"

"Sasaki died?"

He seemed to be mocking, his voice was cold, and his tone was even colder than his tone.

"who are you?"

"who are you?"

"What the hell are you... 'something'?"

Sasaki Yushi wanted to break free, but there was no way.The power of the opponent is something he can't resist, even if he knows it's just a dream, even if he knows, maybe it's about his past.

"CCG?"

"Second Investigator?"

"Or SS-rank... ghouls?"

"enough!"

The last word triggered an unprecedented strong struggle among young people.The white-haired ghoul let out a sharp laugh, then let go of his hand, and walked around in front of him in an instant.

"You run away."

"Run away with all your might."

"I want to watch you run away with my own eyes, until one day, you have to..."

The chains emerged from nothingness, like some kind of sinuous reptile, slowly wrapping around the limbs of the white-haired boy.Sasaki, who had regained his freedom, breathed heavily, watching the young man's smile become colder and colder as he was restrained from speaking.

He pressed the painful temple, trembling slightly because of the inescapable neuropathic pain.When the thoughts were pushed to the climax, suddenly there was a low female voice, which came from nowhere.

"Ayan..."

The CCG's first-class investigator, Sasaki Kaiyo, finally woke up.

He sat up from the bed and slowly opened his eyes.

The light gray right eye is a little empty, as if separated from a long nightmare.Surrounded by the black sclera on the left, the red pupil is as bright as blood.

Like the blood flowing directly from the heart, with the sound of the heartbeat in the ear, Ji Ji fell to the bottom of my heart.

For the next two days, Sasaki Kyoshi would go to the junction of the [-]th and [-]th districts every day to confirm that the tea and coffee shop was still closed, and then return to the detached building where Kuynkers was located.

Until this morning, the tea and coffee shop named "Hope" finally resumed business.

"Welcome, what would you like to drink?"

The voice of a strange girl carried the unique vitality of young people, and her smile was sweet and natural.Sasaki Yuyo was stunned for a moment, and then showed a somewhat embarrassed smile: "Sorry, please give me a cup of black coffee."

Ahhh...it's a little embarrassing to be so absorbed in thinking that you lose your mind or something.

"Okay," the other party skillfully pressed a few keys, and confirmed in his mouth: "A cup of clean coffee, do you need some additional flavored sugar or lemon juice?"

"Thank you, no need." Some coffee shops are indeed like this. Considering the different tastes and preferences of customers, they will ask for details.

Although these are superfluous ingredients for Sasaki Kanyo, it does not prevent him from improving his affection for this store to a higher level.

What's more... He picked a seat close to the bookshelf and sat down, raised his head slightly, and looked at the neatly arranged and quite a number of flipping books on the bookshelf at hand.

No matter the outside or the inside, this store is unexpected, so he can't help but like it.

Looking around among the various books, he found that at least half of them had been read by him.

When he realized this, he had already removed one of the books and slowly opened it.

"Awaited."

After watching for a while, the black coffee was delivered to his table.In the white porcelain cup, black coffee exudes a bitter aroma, but it is the only thing he can drink in front of outsiders.

——"Ah Yan, for ghouls, the only acceptable drink is coffee. Then why is there no ghoul who can drink coffee powder or water?"

The female voice seemed to be heard somewhere, with a soft tone that was half joking and half serious.His hand paused slightly, the coffee in his mouth was sweet and bitter, and the moment the rich aroma surrounded the senses, the corners of his mouth raised uncontrollably.

Sasaki suddenly remembered that the day before yesterday and everyone from QS visited a coffee shop, but he drank until he was in tears.

...What happened recently?There is always such a strange feeling.

But this time it was different again, just like the feeling this store gave him.It may not be the best taste, but it is the most profoundly unique.

So warm that I just want to smile, the only shimmer in the endless pain and coldness that doesn't want to let go.

"Sister Jinmu, you are back."

The girl at the front desk yelled in surprise, and she was already heading towards the door.Then, as the footsteps approached, a smiling female voice seemed to blend into the same voice line with the unknown voice next to her ear, which became more and more clear:

"Xiaoqiu, you have worked hard today. We close early tonight, so let me treat you to dinner... Speaking of which, how is business today?"

He put down the book in his hand in a daze, and slowly looked up.

It was the bitterest sweetness in the world, the bitterest and sweetest taste he had ever tasted.

But that profoundness is locked in the disappearing past, and those bitterness and sweetness never appear in the taste buds again.The iron chain with the lock came down with a "click", sealing up and burying all the pain, happiness, despair and hope.

The author has something to say: In the next chapter, I will start recalling a song. In order to avoid reading difficulties, please temporarily forget these two chapters (serious face)