Is this what it feels like to die? The dark scene in front of Kaneki's eyes changed, he was sitting on a slide, and in front of him was a peaceful park, but there was an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

Am I not dead? Kaneki looked to the side in confusion and saw a black-haired child shoveling sand, wasn't that his own childhood? He realized where it was now, the road... And this street, isn't it where I used to live with my mother...

He walked down the street, entirely by his own senses, and soon came to his home, not far from the park.

"Welcome back, Yan." Jin Mu, who walked into the house, looked blankly at the back of this bending over to make some gadgets, tears couldn't help but flow out, this voice sounded strange and familiar, after all, it was a greeting he hadn't heard for many years, he couldn't help but press the other party's shoulder, hoping to make the other party stop, but his mother never looked back at him.

"Mommy, Mommy." Although the dream was so real, Kaneki knew that no matter how much he called the other party, he couldn't change everything that had been, so he buried his head in the other's shoulder and cried out in pain. "You don't have to work anymore, please stop, please..."

"Well, I'll be fine right away." Even so, her hands are still busy, which is a memory of when he was a child when he was spoiled to her, but the result is the same, his mother always wants to take care of everything around her, but she forces herself to have no time to rest. "What's wrong with you? What a weird boy..."

Hey? He suddenly thought of himself, thought of the faces of everyone in the Anding District, and the people around him all wanted to save themselves, but they forced themselves to be at a loss, and he always hesitated around the scales, whether to choose to place the weights, and thought like this, until the sad face of the girl appeared in front of him, pretending to be for the sake of others on the surface, but he only knew that he was thinking about himself... In the end, I was just like my mother.

So far... I also understand a little, why my mother is working hard for my aunt, my mother is afraid... Like losing her father, who did she lose, so she didn't hesitate to spoil herself and do her best for the people around her... Mom, she's not a gentle person, she's afraid of loneliness, that's the fear of sheer cowards... Me too, I'm not trying to protect everyone, I'm trying to protect... It's me.

Kaneki turned around slowly, closed the door, and said goodbye to his mother for the last time, he walked back the way he came, until he saw that he was still playing in the sand, just when he was close, the self seemed to notice, raised his head and looked at him, I am this child who is waiting for his mother to come home, flipping through his father's book alone, entertaining himself on the beach, I just don't want this child to be alone...

It turned out that these were two selves, and he kept his former self here, but in order to protect everyone, he created a strong and cruel self, Dong Xiang was right... At the end of the day, I'm just thinking about my own business.

"Well done." He chatted with the brunette kid, and they got to know each other.

"Uh-huh, uh-huh...," said the black-haired Kaneki, pointing to the fortress he had built, proudly. This is the waterway, and the people who live here can drink this water, and this is my room with my mother. ”

"It's getting dark..."Looking at the sky that suddenly darkened, the white-haired Kaneki smiled and spoke. It's time to go back. ”

"Hmm."

I held my hand as if I was shuttling through the memories of the brains that flowed out of the cross, between the cracks of broken memories, with nowhere to return and aimless to move forward, with disgusting clouds floating in the air, and I knew what I would become until the next time I opened my eyes.

“... You—" The white-haired golden wood who walked between the checkered floor and the blooming flowers spoke, and he looked at the slowly crumbling memories at one end, he knew they would be gone forever. "Like... Mom? ”

"Hmm... Mom is the greatest, always working late into the night..."The black-haired Kaneki said without hesitation, and then he paused, looked up at the sky, and said expectantly. "When I grew up... Can you help others like your mother?"

"I'm sorry..."Looking at the child who was still innocent, Kaneki suddenly spoke, and as he spoke, he knelt down as if in repentance. I'm sorry... It's all my fault... I'll take you... I... What have you done... It's all my fault... I'm sorry.. I'm sorry..."

"We... It's so ugly..."The black-haired Kaneki smiled and put his forehead against the other party, obviously he created a self and hid this weak one behind the strong one, but no matter what he was, he would feel that it was his own fault, and he couldn't do anything about it. "It's okay... You... Didn't you save me many times? In place of the weak me, I stepped forward to fight... I'm not angry, thank you so far."

"Slightly..."The two embraced, and the space gradually collapsed, turning into a snow-white fragment, at this time he had only one thought in his heart, when he saw his mother just now, just let her make me a hamburger..."Let's take a break...."

Consciousness gradually turned to ashes, perhaps buried too deeply, Kaneki suddenly remembered that on the day he finally met Miss Lishi, he was already dying, and he saw Miss Lishi's eyes that night, why... There will be clowns there to laugh ...

Now I... There's no way to know what that means, because I've been...

Arima looked at Kaneki, who couldn't get up again, and suddenly noticed a trace of pain on his face, he touched it with his hand, but saw the blood stained on his fingers, how long has it been since he tasted the pain of his injury....

In front of him, the brains of the back of Kaneki's head, which had no eyes, slowly flowed out, but he could no longer see the gradually clear world, only a blank space...

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"Did you catch up?" The Director muttered that there was a chaotic battlefield in front of him, but he knew that the final battle was in that place.

"What are you talking about?" Everyone looked at the boy who slowly opened the box with the eyes of a madman, and in their impression, although Long Hao was very strong, he had not yet reached the level of almost a CCG flag like Arima, and although he was very silent, he was generally a very good person, but this time he said such crazy words.

"You guys are really weak, although the two owls are very unexpected, but..." Long Hao's tone and expression were like two people, if he was just cold on the outside before, then Long Hao at this time was really indifferent, he ignored the efforts of all the previous investigators. I won't burn you down. ”

"Didn't you fail to get rid of that fox?" An investigator said indignantly that he knew Long Hao's previous task, and then looked at the bandaging of the other party's left arm, and knew that the mission was not successful. "Why are you embarrassed to talk about us here?"

"At least I'm not down to the point where I let the meow spare my life." Long Hao gently lifted the black long sword, and with the sound of a drop, the bright red blade bounced out, making people shudder as if it were himself.

"Hey... Boy..."Hearing this, Bo Chuan was a little reluctant, he pulled down the collar, showing his terrible teeth, this bastard said that I escaped by meow seeds? "I can't pretend I didn't hear that."

"Am I wrong? Haven't you been working so hard now just to delay some time? Long Hao smiled contemptuously and pushed Bochuan away with a slap, and he looked extremely proud at this time. And this kind of thing, I can easily do it alone, so... What use are you for..."

"Damn!" Yujing, who was already looking at Long Hao's displeasing eyes, was even more angry, wasn't he just saying that we were useless? But he didn't have much strength anymore, and he couldn't even stand up and quarrel. "What do you think of our efforts!"

"Long Hao Boy..."Wang Yuan, who was originally very arrogant, stabilized the somewhat indignant investigators, he knew that it was not a matter of quarreling now, the one-eyed owl was watching them like watching a play at this time, and he grinned from time to time, although he said that he could hold on until the arrival of Arima, but who could guarantee that he could hold on until that moment. You know what you're talking about? ”

"Of course... I'm saying it's unusual for you guys to be weak. Long Hao looked at the one-eyed owl looking to the side, as if it was just a big cat playing there. You lost to the blindfold, and you got entangled with the owl for so long, and you were beaten to the ground by a one-eyed owl, I thought about it for a long time after knocking the two annoying guys back, it's because you're too weak... Or am I too strong... But whatever the case may be, it's a reminder to me..."

"Why am I..."Long Hao pointed his finger at Wangyuan's chest, and looked at him without showing weakness, like a terrible beast. Trying to cooperate with you weaklings is obviously just holding me back..."

"Hey..."Wang Yuan didn't speak, although he was bruised, but it was not convincing, after losing his angel, his combat power did drop by more than one or two points, but Long Hao suddenly let him go, and shouted to the owl. Ugly thing, don't put your dirty paws down. ”

"Hee-hee..."The one-eyed owl smiled at Long Hao, its target was Shinohara, it originally planned to eat a little while they were arguing, but I didn't expect this guy to be so stingy. That... Just come..."

When it wanted to swing down, it suddenly stopped in mid-air, and a red sword blade struck from mid-air, obviously it was still so far away, but in just an instant, the young man had already come to it, and the cold killing intent on his face almost froze it.

"It's not..."Long Hao glanced at it in the air like this, his body sank suddenly, scooped up Shinohara, and then jumped back to his previous position. Pretty obedient, isn't it... Otherwise, you'll lose more than one knee. ”

The one-eyed owl looked down and saw that one of his knees was dug off completely, it was estimated that it was done by Long Hao when he swung his sword, if he waved his arm down, then it would be difficult to keep his arm, it made a gurgling sound, it sounded a little angry, but the action was obviously hesitant a lot, and it seemed that it was also starting to be afraid of Long Hao.

"Come on... Ugly guy at heart. Seeing that it was only one round to do what they had worked so hard to do, Wangyuan looked at the figure of Long Hao standing up complicatedly, and made a gesture to the people behind, and all the investigators retreated tacitly, although they said that they were desperate or something, but the bloody battle with the mew seed before had exhausted their physical strength.

"I hope you're not just talking big." Wangyuante, who beckoned the medical soldiers to rescue Shinohara, sat down on the ground, and for the first time he had a feeling of getting old, which was ridiculous...