The Thin Grey Line_ Tokyo Ghoul

Chapter-15

Akihiro Kanou was used to be a cheerful person in his youth, optimistic and wanted to become a great doctor so that he can help his sick mother. But that's changed when he lost her. He started to see humanity as weakling.

After he had graduated from University at the top of the class, he got an offer by the GFG ( Ghoul Forschung Gesellschaft ), a German ghoul research organization, to become a Junior-researcher. He grabbed the chance and traveled to Germany.

At there he learned a lot of interesting and fascinating things about ghouls. And it help him find a way to reach his desired goal, a way for humans to evolve in order to escape the "birdcage" that is encasing the "world." To transform human into ghoul which is tougher,stronger  and had more lifespan.

After spending three years in the GFG he returned Japan and joined the CCG. There, he immersed all his time and energy in his research. However, it received a large amount of criticism out of ethical concerns. Due to this, his project was forcibly terminated,and he was driven out of the CCG.

He was angry and lost at that time as he was desperately crazy for his research. But then after a few years, a man contacted him. The man said that he will give Kanou a chance. That he will be given all the resources and facilities if he worked for him. Which Kanou had no problems.

He had been introduced to Yakumo Oomori, who had defected from another ghoul organization. Working with the ghoul Yakumo, also called Jason, was not very smooth but at least they shared something.

The ghoul did not care about Kanou's research or the man he worked for. He was fine as long as he get to have some ‘fun.’ And Akihiro Kanou also didn't care about the lives he had to sacrificed for his ghoulification experiments. They are necessary sacrifice to get a bigger fish. They are his stapping stone. Together they two had captured and experiment human and ghouls for years.

But even after years, Kanou hadn't got the result he wanted. He had changed method and chosen children between age 13 and 17 as test subjects after he realized that their developing body had more chance to succeed.

But even though they had came very closed to success, the human didn't survived the transformation for more than 3 days.

However, that change today.No: 240, the boy Jason had brought recently from the restaurant « lucky before the CCG attack it» is showing a really impressive result. In the past when he transplanted kakuhou into human body, the human body had suffered greatly as it straggled to survive. This is because human body seen kakuhou as an unknown, unnecessarily organ and rejected it.

But the boy is a different case. He had strange DNA pattern and his body adapt the new organ really well, absorbing and reproduction RC cells in a fascinating ways. Now all needed was for the boy to wake up. After that they can proceed next step.

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Hearing returned first. A ticking clock, somewhere next room. The soft whir of computer fans and a rhythmic beeping of the heart rate monitor. It was the things he first became aware of as Haise slowly regained consciousness. His other senses slowly follow after that.

His limbs were numb, as heavy as sandbags and not very responsive. Sedatives at work, almost certainly. But even without that he know that he won't be able to move as he could feel the coldness of shackles upon his limbs.

These conditions didn't do much to help his body as he was also hyper sensitive to senses. Haise just wish what the woman, Rize, said in the dream was not true.

But he slowly and hopelessly realized the truth when an elderly, grey-haired man who wore the typical attire of a physician: white coat came into the room.

The man, Akihiro Kanou as he introduced, proudly claimed Haise as the very first artificial one-eyed ghoul that he had created successfully. After that he space of, blocking  what that crazy man said further as he drown in sorrow and uncertainty for his life.

From then his life living hell began in a whole new level as he had to faced a lot of ‘testing’. The whost was his session with Jason to test his regeneration and ability to heal.

Haise think that it he would be better off if he had die or even eaten in that factory instead of being captured. That in itself wold be more merciful.

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"Pl-leaasee! Stop! It hurts!"

"Stop! Please stop! Noo..”

“ARRRrrr....PLease... Help someone...me”

The boy's wailing and plead were music to Yamori's ears. The 240 is the greatest plaything he had encounter in his life.

Even with the Rc suppressants  he had injected into 240's eyes, the boy's regeneration was really impressive.

Yamori had cut of the boy's toes and fingers repeatedly, filling them in the bucket next to the boy.

After times they regenerate again and he repeat the circle.

The good old doctor had hand 240 into his hand when he couldn't make the boy bring out his kagune.

They can't yet clarified the boy's kagune type ( even though it is clear that they will be rinkaku as their source was Rize) and their strength. The boy's only kakugan in his left eye came out when he was in pain but not his kagune yet.

But it is fine as Yamori enjoyed alot about this and he had a lot of time and new techniques to assist the boy.