11. I picked up a loli on my way home

Normally, except for some with high social status like Madam or Tsukiyama clan, ghouls did not care about their appearance, at least not to the point that coming to look at the clothes in front of the store like this.

By comparing the current time to guessing her age in the original work, and looking at her appearance, he could infer that she should be Nutcracker.

In the original work, Nutcracker was a ghoul that worked for the auction house in Tokyo Ghoul: Re and was killed by one Quinx squad member. She was an attractive young woman that liked to wear lingerie elements with dyed black teeth. Her special hobby was crushing and eating men's genitals.

However, her beauty and hobby wasn't the reason that make him interested in her, it was her chimera kagune.

Chimera kagune was literally two types of kagune in one ghoul body. It was the case when the descendant inherit both parents' kagune. Although Chimera kagune was more common than half-ghoul which was an urban legend. It was still a rare phenomenon. Not counting the one that died and was made into quinque, in the entire story, there were only two people who possessed chimera kagune, which were Fueguchi Hinami, and this Nutcracker, who possessed koukaku and bikaku.

Well, there was another ghoul that could use every type of kagune but that wasn't due to chimera quinque so that does not count.

He really wanted to recruit Nutcracker because having two types of kagune was like having two classes in an RPG game. It would be more beneficial in the long run.

In his opinion, Nutcracker seems to be too obsessed with beauty and money and neglects her strength while spending too much time with the auction house.

To put it simply, let's compare her to Hinami who was younger than her. At that time she was already one of the Aogiri Tree cadres with a dazzling SS rate. And even if we looked over Nutcracker rating, dying because of her own kagune trap was too stupid and hilarious. It showed how inexperienced she was.

Yorimitsu was confident that if he could train this loli well, she will turn into a monster no less than Hinami, and even stronger.

He did not rashly approach Nutcracker since he wasn't sure if he remembered her correctly or not but decided to observe her from far away first.

He spent five days to observed the girl and found a lot of her information.

It turned out that she was an orphan, with no permanent residence and move from one place to another place. Currently, she lived with a small ghoul group with four or five members and ate anything she could.

With these living conditions, he was sure that he could abduct this girl. One problem was that he still didn't see her kagune.

He had to admit that it sounds a little too much to let a small ghoul like that use her own kagune so he did not intend to wait any longer. Just approach her and gave her some meat, checking whether she has chimera kagune or not.

He looked at the little girl who just stole money from the corpse from the top of the building and prepared to jump down, but he was stopped by the phone that rang from his pocket.

"Shiono-San, what's the matter?" He asked.

"Sorry to call you this late, I just wanted to inform you about this month's sales of Fullmetal Alchemist. It's a big hit! You literally have more sales volume than the second place almost two times!" Shiono excitedly shouted.

"So, does that mean my income goes up?" The boy asked.

"Yes, exactly. Because you have no parents, the publisher already gave me the money and I will transfer it to you right away." Shiono said his purpose for calling this time. "Moreover, you've already finished Fullmetal Alchemist. Do you have any plans for your next book? If it is a hit again then your popularity will be soaring and we can do a fan meeting event..."

"I earn money by writing, of course, I will continue to write but it might take a little time" He replied. He already had a small treasure trove so he wasn't in a hurry like when he wrote Fullmetal Alchemist. "I'm going out for a walk now, can you call me again tomorrow?"

"Yes, no problem." The editor said before hanging up the call. As for Yorimitsu, he continued to look at Nutcracker and saw that there were two adult ghouls approaching her and trying to take her stolen pocket away. He knew that his chance was coming.

"Hey, that's the money from our prey. How dare you stole it! Give it back." One of the ghouls said and grabbed the pocket in her hand.

"I...I just want a little bit of money please!" She plead while still grabbing the wallet in her hand, but that irritated two ghouls. One of them kicked her in the face, sending her body to the wall.

Seeing this, Yorimitsu had to shake his head. To be honest, this was this girl's fault, and the most important point is that she didn't want food but money. Worthy of Nutcracker who hunted down Mutsuki and risked her life for 200 million Yen.

"Well, forget it. Being a knight riding a white horse is better than a cop who captured her." He jumped down from the building and stood in front of two of them. "Left this wallet and go away."

"Who the hell are you? How dare you said to us like this!" One of the ghouls growled and threw a punch at his face.

Facing this kind of attack, Yorimitsu almost didn't have to try. He simply grabbed the ghoul's wrist and swing his body like a bat, smashing with street and wall a couple of times before throwing him away.

"H...hey, that clothes and helmet. This guy is a new S-rank ghoul that attacked the investigators not long ago, isn't he?!" Another ghoul yelled after he saw Yorimitsu throw his friend like a ragdoll.

"Oh, you know me? That will make things easier. I will repeat it only once. Go away."

"Y...Yes! Sorry for disturbing you!" Although S-rank ghoul sounded like a scum with 5 fighting power in the original work it was still quite intimidating for two of them who couldn't even bring their kagune out. Both of them ran away with fearful expressions.

After scaring them away, the boy turned his head to look at supposed-to-be Nutcracker. The little girl got up after getting kicked and stared at the body in black clothes with wide eyes.

"Do you want this?"

She hesitated for a moment before nodding timidly. Yorimitsu smiled and spoke in the tone that human trafficking used when they abduct children.

"Very good, then I will give it to you, but first, you must show me your kagune."

"Kagnue?" She spoke and answered in a low voice. "I...I can't do that."

"Try eating more flesh, there's one right there" He looked at the corpse that the two ghouls killed before running away.

She nodded before walking to the corpse and started eating. Money was too dazzling for her, not to mention that Yorimitsu let her eat free food.

Ghoul was an amazing creature. They can live for several days with just a small amount of food, on the other hand, they were also capable of gobbling down food that equaled one-third the weight of their body.

The girl seems to be pretty hungry. In just three minutes, she ate the entire right leg of the corpse before letting out a satisfying hum, clearly never felt this full before. The increase of RC cells also made her unconsciously reveal her kakugan.

Then, she remembered what Yorimitsu demands so she stood up and tried a couple of times before successfully bringing out her kagune.

And as expected, she possessed chimera kagune. Bikaku which looked like a long tail and Ukaku which resembled a pair of spider's forelimbs.

Now, he was fully sure that this girl was Nutcracker.

"As we promise. This is yours." Yorimitsu smiled and threw the wallet in his hand which was grabbed by Nutcracker. "By the way, What's your name?"

"...Mayu, my name is Mayu." She answered. It seems that she became less fearful of Yorimitsu.

Her role in the book was quite transparent and had only her nickname but not her real name. This was the first time he heard Nutcracker's real name.

Actually, there was Nutcracker's name mentioned in the special calendar, but Yorimitsu didn't that big of a fan to buy something like that.

"Hey, Mayu, do you like the money?"

"Like!" She nodded.

"Then, what if I give you money, a lot of money? I can give you money, buy you expensive clothes, and make you beautiful. Moreover, I will also take care of you like a family" Yorimitsu asked. The information from the book coupled with what he had observed gave him a general idea of what she desired most.

"I...Really? Will you make me beautiful and take care of me?" Mayu's eyes shined. She was just eight years old and wasn't fully mature so she was extremely excited when she heard that Yorimitsu said what she wanted.

"But in return, you have to work for me for the rest of your life."

"This...Isn't it too much?" The girl hesitated.

"Not at all." He shook his head. "Look. Can freedom give you anything? With your current status, you will live in extreme poverty like this until you died. If you want money, you still need to work for other people, so why don't you work for me right now? Although I can't guarantee that I am the best leader, I can bring you out of poverty right here, right now."

His words sounded very tempting for innocent Mayu, not to mention that he was right.

She asked in a low voice. "Really? Will you give me money and clothes if I work for you?"

"Yes, Although I'm just three years older, I'm pretty wealthy, you know?" He said truthfully. His money from Fullmetal Alchemist should be enough to support them. Moreover, he did not intend to let Mayu live with him so he can give her the money from the human or ghoul he killed. "How about that? Deal?"

"Deal." She nodded and shook his hand

"Very good," he smiled and thought. 'I'll make a monster out of you.'

He asked Mayu about her family, and as expected. She lost her parents at a very young age and lived by herself since then. The good news was that they did not have to waste time packing her belongings.

It would be difficult to explain if there was a girl who popped up in his residence so he did not let Mayu live with him but send her to the 8th ward underground passages.

Due to the size of enormous passages, it wasn't strange that some ghouls decided to live there permanently.

He chose a relatively concealed path that branched from the main tunnel. It was a path that has a similar width to the space in the bus. He hung the curtains to act like the door, decorated the wall with some wallpaper, and placed a bed, a small table, and a small cabinet. Not only that, but he also bought a portable shower and toilet. After all the effort, this place looked a lot more homely.

"Not bad." Yortimitsu smiled after seeing his two days of hard work. Because he got another wave of income, he did not stingy and directly used first-hand products.

If it was liveable for Yorimitsu, it was a five-star hotel for Mayu who grew up on the street. She looked around with sparkling eyes and touched the soft cushions before quickly withdrawing her hand lest fearing dirtying it. She turned to Yorimitsu with a smile on her face

"Thank you! Thank you, very much. I will definitely work for you!" She shouted and hugged him. This new home made her loyalty go over the roof. Her liking became full point although she hadn't seen his face yet.

"That's what I want to hear." Yorimitsu smiled, thinking of how should he teach this little gorl how to fight.

Well, fighting was the best way to build up experience. Ghoul's body was tenacious so some wounds shouldn't be any problem!

Poor Mayu, she might not think that Yorimitsu was a good person two hours after this.