#318 - Chapter 315 Kirishima's New Guilt
After the parents' meeting ended.
Kirishima Touka's best friend, Kosaka Yoriko, immediately came to find Touka.
"Touka, is this your father?"
Kosaka Yoriko asked Touka immediately.
Having known Touka for so long, she had never seen Touka's parents, only knowing that Touka had an uncle who often attended parents' meetings.
Touka had never mentioned anything about her parents.
Kosaka Yoriko assumed that Touka's parents had an accident, and considering Touka's feelings, she never asked.
Therefore, she was very surprised and curious to suddenly hear that Touka's father had come today.
"Yes, my father has been on a business trip abroad, and this time he finally had time to come back for the parents' meeting."
Kirishima Touka explained with a very natural expression.
She had anticipated this situation, so she had already thought about how to explain it to Yoriko.
"Oh, oh, that's why I haven't seen Touka's father before."
Kosaka Yoriko nodded.
An ordinary girl wouldn't have such sophistication and cunning; she completely didn't suspect what Touka said.
"I am Touka's friend, Kosaka Yoriko."
At this time, Kosaka Yoriko said to Kirishima Arata.
"To be precise, her best friend."
Kirishima Touka emphasized.
"But Touka's favorite person is someone else ~"
"...?"
Kosaka Yoriko immediately keenly noticed that something was wrong.
If it was the Touka she knew, she would have hurriedly denied it with a flushed face.
However, not only did Touka not rush to deny it, but the expression on her face was so calm.
Could it be that... Touka is already...?"
"Touka, are you already dating that boy?"
Kosaka Yoriko asked tentatively.
No, this isn't a probe anymore; this is already a full-on assault.
Only then did a faint blush appear on Kirishima Touka's face, "It was... it was just recently."
"It's really true!"
Kosaka Yoriko exclaimed, "Touka is still amazing; you're already dating so quickly."
"Don't say it so loudly..."
Kirishima Touka said somewhat embarrassedly.
Yoriko's exclamation was about to spread throughout the corridor.
"What does it matter? Others are envious of you; you have such a handsome and reliable boyfriend."
Kosaka Yoriko smiled happily.
She was obviously genuinely happy for Touka.
"Stop it; I just don't want to be so high-profile."
Kirishima Touka looked embarrassed.
Seeing Touka getting along so well with her human friend, Kirishima Arata felt both happy and gratified.
............
After chatting with Kosaka Yoriko for a long time, Kirishima Touka and Kirishima Arata returned to the coffee shop.
"I can't remember how long ago it was since I attended Touka's parents' meeting last time. Although I was a little nervous this time, fortunately, nothing went wrong."
Kirishima Arata said with a somewhat relieved tone.
What he was most worried about was the exposure of his ghoul identity.
Now, the most important thing is to prevent the CCG from discovering him, especially at school, so as not to arouse suspicion, otherwise Touka would also be implicated.
Therefore, Kirishima Arata was very careful and cautious throughout the parents' meeting.
"Mr. Kirishima doesn't need to be too nervous. Ordinary humans wouldn't think that there would be students and parents who are ghouls at school."
Irimi Kaya said.
In fact, students on campus have a relatively shallow understanding of ghouls.
It should be said that they may be better protected by the school and ghoul investigators. Most students have never seen the scene of ghouls preying on humans.
For example, Kaneki Ken at the beginning of the original story had no knowledge of ghouls at all, imagining ghouls as bizarre monsters, and was ridiculed by his good friend Nagachika Hideyoshi.
Another example is Arima Kishou in his youth in the side story. Fura Taishi, who was his classmate at the time, was also at a loss when he encountered [Lantern] Mitsuba Rika. That was the first time he encountered a ghoul attack.
"Anyway, the parents' meeting is over, so don't think about those things."
At this time, Koma Enji came over with a cup of coffee, "Mr. Kirishima hasn't tried the coffee in our shop yet. Would you like a cup now?"
"Okay, thank you."
Kirishima Arata nodded.
He took the coffee and tasted it...
He knew that ghouls could drink coffee, but this cup of coffee seemed to have an unusual aroma.
Seeing the hint of doubt on Kirishima Arata's face, Koma Enji immediately said, "Actually, a small piece of flesh is added to this coffee. Mr. Kirishima should understand what I mean by flesh, right?"
Hearing what the other party said, Kirishima Arata immediately reacted.
"I see. It does taste better this way."
Kirishima Arata praised.
Just then, Yoshimura Kuzen and Yomo Renji walked in from outside.
"Oh, the manager and Mr. Yomo are back."
Irimi Kaya said immediately.
Hearing that it was Renji and that Mr. Yoshimura who had returned, Kirishima Arata immediately turned his head to look.
Yomo Renji also met Kirishima Arata's eyes at this moment, and his expression changed suddenly.
He never expected to meet Kirishima Arata here because he always thought Kirishima Arata was dead...
"You are... Arata?!"
Yomo Renji couldn't help but say in a shocked tone.
"Renji..."
At this time, Kirishima Arata didn't know what kind of expression to face Yomo Renji with.
He had always been ashamed to face Renji for failing to protect his wife.
He had promised Renji that he would protect Touka and Ayato no matter what, but in the end...
This made Kirishima Arata very guilty, and Renji's sudden arrival made him somewhat at a loss.
"......"
Yoshimura Kuzen didn't say anything, but he already understood the general situation.
Although Kirishima Arata didn't know him, he knew about Kirishima Arata from Touka and Renji.
This also confirmed his previous guess. During the "11th Ward Aogiri Tree Extermination Battle" when fighting Shinohara Yukinori and Kuroiwa Iwao, he saw the Arata quinque on them, and they called that thing [Arata]. At that time, he had a guess...
Sure enough, Kirishima Arata was not killed but was imprisoned by the CCG for quinque experiments.
The living Kirishima Arata suddenly appeared in front of him, and Yomo Renji was deeply shocked for a moment. He couldn't speak for a long time.
At this time, Kirishima Arata took the initiative to walk towards Yomo Renji and suddenly knelt down in front of Yomo Renji.
