"Senior Yoshimura, this isn't true, is it?! Ryoko was fine just a few hours ago! How could the White Heron have killed her!" Mr. Fueguchi muttered in disbelief, his mental state seemingly having deteriorated.
Seeing Mr. Fueguchi's frantic state, Kousen Yoshimura couldn't help but shake his head gently.
"Fueguchi, the fact has happened, and it cannot be changed!" Kousen Yoshimura said to Mr. Fueguchi again, solemnly.
"I want revenge! I want revenge!" Mr. Fueguchi suddenly lost control and rushed towards the first floor. Seeing this, Kousen Yoshimura immediately intervened and knocked Mr. Fueguchi unconscious.
Meanwhile, on the first floor, Touka Kirishima returned to the shop and continued to scold Kaneki Ken, "Kaneki, why are you so useless? Even if you didn't want to harm humans, you could have at least intervened! At the very least, if you had stalled until I and the manager arrived, Madam Ryoko wouldn't have been killed by the White Heron, and Hinami wouldn't have lost her mother."
Touka Kirishima was shaking Kaneki Ken while grabbing his collar.
Kaneki Ken, at this moment, was like an empty shell without a soul, letting Touka Kirishima shake him.
There were no other customers in the shop at this time, which was why Touka Kirishima was acting this way towards Kaneki Ken.
At this point, Kaya Irimi and Enji Koma stepped forward and separated Touka Kirishima and Kaneki Ken. Then, Kaya Irimi said to Touka Kirishima, "Touka-chan, you can't blame Kaneki entirely for this. This situation didn't start with him. Besides, Kaneki doesn't have much combat ability. If he had intervened, he might have been killed by the White Heron along with Madam Ryoko!"
"Touka-chan, what Kaya said is right! We can't push all the responsibility onto Kaneki!" Enji Koma also spoke up for Kaneki Ken. He could clearly see how devastated Kaneki Ken was by Madam Ryoko's death.
"It's all my fault! If only I had stopped Madam Ryoko from going out, this wouldn't have happened! In such precarious times, knowing how dangerous it was outside, I still let them go!" Touka Kirishima stopped blaming Kaneki Ken and suddenly blamed herself.
"Touka-chan, no one is to blame for this. Don't blame yourself. Madam Ryoko's death was because of the White Heron," Kaya Irimi comforted Touka Kirishima.
"Kaneki, it's the same for you. Don't take this to heart. It's not your fault! You need to know that the White Heron shows no mercy to us {Ghouls}!" Enji Koma said, patting Kaneki Ken on the shoulder.
"Touka-chan is right. I am too useless. If it were Senior Ryuuji, this tragedy would definitely not have happened!" Kaneki Ken said, filled with self-reproach.
Nishio Nishiki was also feeling terrible at this moment, standing silently at the counter.
However, he didn't blame Kaneki Ken because he understood Kaneki Ken. He knew Kaneki Ken wasn't skilled in combat and had no combat experience, so he understood Kaneki Ken's decision at that time.
This might have been a terrible decision for others, but for Kaneki Ken, it was the most correct choice at that moment.
Because if Kaneki Ken had fought and lost to the White Heron, Hinami would surely have been unable to sit still. Then, not only Madam Ryoko would have died, but Kaneki Ken and Hinami would have died as well.
In the evening, Ryuuji and Renji Yoshimura drove back to the Anteiku coffee shop. They had already learned about Madam Ryoko's situation when Kousen Yoshimura had called to inform them.
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