Vampire Primogenitor In Tokyo Ghoul Universe

Shiki had looked through his clone's memories of the situation at the CCG over the past almost three weeks. It had been a bit over half a month since the attack on Cochlea and the CCG investigators were becoming more aggressive in their actions. As of now personnel were being moved around between the branches and security was being tightened in important locations so as to prevent a situation where an entire branch could be wiped out. The entire organization was revamping itself and gearing up for war. Communications and fast modes of transportation were being improved so as to ȧssure investigators could always call for backup and it could arrive as fast as possible. The CCG labs were working overtime to transform all the ghoul corpses obtained from the attack into deadly quinque, they'd even reached out and partnered with the scientists at the Ghul Forschung Gesellschaft in Germany for extra personnel who could help out. The GFG or Ghoul Research Association was an organization dedicated to ghoul research based in Germany. Several scientists in Tokyo had at some point gone abroad to join this prestigious organization including Kouitsu Chigyou, the head ghoul researcher at the CCG's laboratory division. Making use of his connection, Kouitsu was able to get some GFG scientists to Tokyo to help the CCG create more deadly quinque as well as advance the research in various projects involving innovative anti-ghoul weaponry. It seemed Yoshitoki was dead set on preparing for a war to wipe out all the ghouls in Tokyo. Things seemed to have already begun since there were minor raids on any ghouls spotted, even Muri had been busy since the Cochlea attack wiping out any ghouls reported in the 1st ward alongside Hana and Momo. Kiyoko was too busy as the Division 1 head preparing for the upcoming war against the ghouls of Tokyo, Muri could see the guilt and stress in her eyes whenever he came into her office at the end of the day to report on the Aura squad's progress in battle. She blames herself for the deaths of Soma and Sumire during the emergency operation believing she could have done something more to prevent their deaths. Hana and Momo hardly had the time to mourn the deaths of their colleagues and had thrown themselves into revenge in the form of eliminating as many ghouls as they could find. Unbothered by the deaths, Muri was quickly racking up contributions and had been promoted to Associate Special Class rank a week after the Cochlea incident. Apparently, he'd originally been meant to only be promoted to First Class rank but he'd received the recommendations of Arima and Kiyoko, two Special class investigators, to be promoted to Associate Special Class rank. Muri had been offered the opportunity to form and lead his own squad but he'd rejected it opting to stay with his mentor for the time being. That had brought a genuine smile to Kiyoko's exhausted face when she offered him the opportunity when he'd come in at the end of the day to submit his progress report. Him forming his own squad meant he'd have to leave hers and the fact that he declined the offer made her feel relieved and glad at the fact that she wouldn't lose another member of her squad. Though if she'd be this concerned if it were someone else leaving her squad, probably only Kiyoko would know in the depths of her heart. After that Kiyoko seemed to have opened up more towards Muri when he walked into her office at the end of the day and gave brief smiles when he greeted her. With his promotion Muri was being ȧssigned more dangerous missions and was quickly building a stellar reputation among the ranks of the CCG.

Shiki arrived at the location of Uta's mask shop in the 4th ward, the HySy ArtMask Studio. He'd taken his time to get here because he'd been busy releasing some pent up stress on Eto. It had been a while since they'd been intimate due to his focus on his experiments and she hadn't made it any easier by dropping in periodically to attempt to seduce him. With a few hours left before the clown meeting, Shiki had left his lab to find Eto observing the recruits training from a high perch. He didn't allow her to speak as he carried her over his shoulder and made his way to his own secluded quarters in the Aogiri Tree headquarters. His own personalized living quarters has soundproof walls and a reinforced king size bed. Shiki walked into his room and tossed Eto on the bed before going on to take his time to ravage every hole in her body. Shiki felt he had gotten carried away since before he knew it, he was late for the meeting while Eto lay on her knees beneath him, ȧss up in the air facing him and her pupils had gone back into her head with her tongue sticking out. Shiki admired his handiwork before covering the passed out Eto with his comforter and dashing out of the room on his way to the clown meeting. Shiki arrived at the entrance to the studio down the flight of stairs. He utilized his radar to check out the studio's interior and found that the entire group was ȧssembled. He also noticed a new face among the members as someone he recognized from Aogiri Tree. The bells chimed as Shiki walked into Uta's studio, "Apologies for the late arrival, I had some pressing matters to attend to and I lost track of time." The noise from the ongoing discussions in the room died down as Shiki walked in with a bright smile and spoke. A bunch of high back chairs and a large oval meeting table were set up in the studio's open space with bottles of blood wine probably provided by Itori. Shiki walked towards the seated group while observing everyone present, he noticed an empty seat between Itori and Nico. Surmising the seat was saved for him, Shiki walked to his seat and sat in a relaxed regal position with a leg crossed over his knee. " They were afraid you weren't coming though I was never worried about that." Itori said in a sultry voice while sipping blood wine from a glass and sitting reclined in her chair. Shiki turned to her with a charming smile before raising his hand to to form a come hither gesture. Itori smirked as she gracefully stood up from her chair and moved to sit down on Shiki's ŀȧp with her side facing him. She did all this with her glass of blood wine still in her hand. She took a sip from her glass then turned to kiss Shiki as she sat on his ŀȧp. Shiki put an arm around her waist as he pulled her deeper into his embrace while deepening the kiss to involve tongue. He tasted the wine on her tongue as they passed the liquid back and forth before she eventually swallowed it. "I missed you." Itori said as she ċȧrėssed Shiki's cheek and looked into his twinkling golden eyes. "Oh my, Oh my, such passion from two lovebirds. This public display of affection is making me oh so jealous. Why don't you guys do this somewhere else and stop stabbing my heart with envy. Don't you think so Souta-kun?" Nico spoke in a playful teasing manner while making an exaggerated gesture of fanning himself with his hand. He turned to Souta who was sitting across the table, "Yes, yes, yes, it really makes those of us who are alone feel terrible. Apologize for my broken heart." Souta replied in an exaggerated manner as though he were about to cry. The entire table burst into laughter at their comments as Itori snuggled up to Shiki, placing her head into his neck. "If it bothers you so much look away, don't fault me for my way of showing affection. I'm sure you two can find someone someday, heck maybe it's each other." Shiki teased with a smirk on his face as the table erupted in more laughter. The noise soon died down as Uta formally began the meeting. Congratulations were given to Shiki for his success in the mission to attack Cochlea and rescue the ghouls imprisoned there. Shiki thanked each clown member for their supporting role in the success of the operation. Whether it was the supply of the explosives that destroyed Cochlea or the distraction of the CCG with widespread ghoul conflicts that allowed him an easier time infiltrating and destroying Cochlea. Shiki made sure to give his appreciation to the group for their help. "I think I speak for everyone when I say we did it because it was something fun to do. The fact that you succeeded and created all this chaos is the only thanks we require since to be one of us is to want to create as much anarchy as possible. What you've done has definitely changed things in Tokyo, you can feel the tense atmosphere in the city as though rife with gunpowder." Uta spoke with an excited smile as he faced Shiki while other members at the table voiced their agreements. Soon the topic shifted and each clown member spoke on the current status of their own locations and the effects the Cochlea operation had when it came to the way the CCG operated in their ghoul hunts. Things had been quiet for a while with occasional bursts of very intense chaotic conflict as it seemed that the CCG was planning something, something big. Itori revealed that she'd been getting reports through her sources of investigators cracking down on any ghoul sightings. There was news of ruthless methods used to wipe out any ghouls that were come across. Methods that would not have been used before which seemed to be sparking a growing an evolved malicious hatred in ghouls towards all humans and the CCG. Itori surmised the random vicious attacks on all ghouls regardless of their actions would eventually radicalize more pacifist ghouls in Tokyo further augmenting the anarchy currently brewing in Tokyo. Souta revealed events happening on the side of the CCG where currently there was a growing bloodthirsty sentiment among the investigators. It seemed the destruction of Cochlea had injured the organization's pride and strong image prompting the higher-ups to change tactics in how they operated. They were currently fostering a war hawk mentality among themselves and especially among the lower ranks. They had begun to invest in more deadly weapons regardless of the civilian casualties and promoted based on the amount of kill an investigator carried out. They spoke for a while on the details of the Cochlea operation with Shiki providing them, especially mentioning the late arrival of the V agents.

As the discussions died down, Shiki turned to a member at the table who been quiet all meeting. She was seated between Uta and Souta and had been staring at him throughout the meeting. Shiki noticed the familiar Roma Hoito, the female SS rated ghoul he'd broken out of Cochlea had gotten a haircut since he'd last seen her, she now wore her red hair in a spiky bun with bangs framing her face. Her entire demeanor had changed from weak and absent minded to that of a playful and uncaring young woman. "Look who we have here, Miss Hoito. I hadn't expected to see you at this clown meeting, tired of pretending to be a weak little girl are we? I must say your ability to pretend really would fool anyone were it not for my innate talent at spotting fakes and the fact that you're one of the reasons I broke into Cochlea in the first place. Imagine my amusement at watching you, a sadistic lunatic pretending to be a weak harmless girl. I honestly found your act very funny the moment I came face to face with you. Do you just do that for fun?" Shiki mockingly said with a chuckle. Roma pouted before gleefully chuckling, "Well, what can I say? Isn't it to pull the wool over the eyes of others? To lull them into a false sense of security before catching them off guard when you reveal the truth. I must thank you for freeing me from that hell hole and blowing it up. The way the explosion painted the night sky was really beautiful. Don't worry I won't misbehave in your organization. I'm just there to pass the time and get a front row seat as you continue your plans against the CCG." Roma finished speaking with an admiring tone as she gave Shiki a pleading look not to kick her out of Aogiri Tree. Shiki decided it best to keep this tiger who acted like a pig close. He could tell she was stronger than what everyone else thought, probably at Eto's level from when he'd first met her. Roma was still hiding things if she was pretending to have SS rated strength when she actually had SSS rated strength. He'd gone through her information in Cochlea and in the warden's memories, her codename was Gypsy which was also what the other clowns called her. She was a mysterious woman and he could tell there was more to her but he sensed no threat so was going to keep an eye on her in the meantime so she didn't mess up his plans. With that settled, Uta reintroduced Gypsy aka Roma Hoito to Shiki since he'd already done it to the other members at the table before Shiki arrived at the meeting.

After the issue of Roma was dealt with, the meeting soon shifted between different topics before devolving into a drinking party and celebration to welcome Gypsy back into the fold. An hour passed and members slowly began to leave as the meeting was over with. Shiki and Itori were busy swapping blood wine between each other's mouths while Uta, Souta, Nico and Roma were sipping on their drinks and conversing. Soon enough the six individuals were the only ones left in the studio. "Yeah, I wanted to ask you Shiki, did you see an old male ghoul with light colored hair when you broke into Cochlea? There was another member of our group locked up in Cochlea when you broke in and he's yet to contact us since it was destroyed." Uta called out to Shiki taking his attention away from Itori. "Hmm? You mean Donato Porpora? Yeah, we released him from his cell and I saw as he left the facility. I don't know what happened after that as I was busy eliminating any pursuers and blowing up the entire prison. I didn't see him back at Aogiri Tree headquarters so I'd ȧssumed he was with you. Ask Gypsy, they escaped together." Shiki stated as Itori was busy trying to draw his attention back to her. "Yeah, he came out with me but I didn't see him make it to the trucks. I ȧssumed he left on his own to cause some chaos. He's probably out there somewhere prowling for little children to feed on." Roma gleefully said to Uta backing up Shiki's story. "Yeah he probably went off to find a new orphanage of healthy children to take over and groom. We all know how much he enjoyed the last one before he was caught. Heck, his codename among Investigators is Priest so I'm sure he probably is out there somewhere about to feast on some young boys." Nico spoke up and everyone burst into laughter. They continued to relax, chat and drink before Nico decided to leave, Roma decided to go with him since they both were currently staying in the 11th ward with Aogiri Tree. As they left, Roma blew a kiss goodbye to her leader Shiki, a glint flashed in Itori's eyes as she glared daggers at Roma's back.

Now that they were the only ones left in the studio, Shiki turned to Souta as he had something he'd wanted to discuss with him and request. He was one of the main reasons Shiki had even come to this meeting today. As Shiki turned to Souta, he could see Souta also had something to talk to him about. They signaled to each other before both standing up to converse in a secluded corner of the studio. Itori was reluctant to get off his ŀȧp but stood up before moving to have her own conversation with Uta. Both men dragged a chair to the corner where they wanted to have an important private conversation. Souta opened up the conversation as they sat down, "Apologies for the interruption but I wanted to ask if I could come down to the lab to see Rize. How are the experiments coming along? Has the procedure been perfected yet? I'm really looking forward to the results of what you and Professor Kanou are working on. I hope you would allow me to come down to your underground lab to view your progress and see Rize. I know it's in your organization's headquarters but would it be allowed? What do you say?" Souta said trying to suppress his eagerness for Shiki to say yes. Shiki considered his request, noting it to be something minor and something he could easily grant but he held off on ȧssenting since he had something he wanted to request from Souta. "Don't worry about that. I could with some difficulty get you in to see her however you'd have to do something for me first. You see, I'm close to perfecting the procedure to artificially create ghouls but I need a specific kind of human subject. I need humans with strong physiques, preferably investigators but due to the recent incident, security has been tightened in all the CCG ward branches and kidnapping investigators one by one when they're out on missions would surely raise alarms. Long before we could get our required number of human subjects, we'd have the entire CCG safeguarding their investigators. Therefore I've decided to change targets, I need you to get me information on the Ghoul Investigator Training Academies in Tokyo. I need locations, structural blueprints, lists of staff, geographical maps, security makeup with their strength levels, and list of students with their performance reports. Try to focus on the academies with lax security. All I ask is that you do this for me so we can begin human trials as soon as possible. Whenever you want to come down to the lab to see Rize, come find me at Itori's bar. I'll be staying there in the meantime on the surface while I wait for you to get me the information I need so I can gather the human subjects I require for the experiments. Can you do this for me?" Shiki laid out his request as he faced Souta who sat across from him. Souta replies that he couldn't guarantee everything but he'd see what he could do. He was sure he'd be able to get the majority of the information Shiki required in a week. Shiki was glad and agreed when Souta said he'd come by in two days so they could go to see Rize. With their conversation done, they returned to the table to find Uta and Itori still conversing. Souta said his farewells and left the studio to go begin looking into the information Shiki requested. Shiki sat back down at the table pulling Itori onto his ŀȧp delighting her as she cuddled him. They sat there for a while discussing with Uta about the clown's dealings with the Upper class ghouls in Tokyo. They discussed the group's next steps in regards to their upcoming partnership with the well connected ghoul, Big Madam. Dealings with her had funded Shiki's research and gotten him access to medical supplies he'd needed. Itori proposed taking the collaboration to the next step by getting closer to her and making more money off her to fund upcoming Clown and Aogiri Tree operations. After all, anarchy was not cheap. Itori soon wanted to leave as well and return to her bar in the 14th ward. She stood from Shiki's ŀȧp and pulled him up, saying goodbye to Uta as they left. She couldn't wait to get back to the upstairs bedroom where she could have Shiki all to herself and be free to do whatever they wanted. Uta watched them leave before looking around his art studio and despairing at the fact that he'd have to clean all this up by himself. He chuckled before walking towards his bedroom for a well deserved rest, by the way Shiki was behaving he could tell Tokyo was about to become much more fun.