End

After they exited the Cochlea Detention Center, all of the ghouls here, be they former prisoners or members of the Aogiri Tree, escaped at the greatest speed they could. Lucien stayed behind to observe the situation and fight with Arima. He knew that he could also escape, but some slower and weaker ghouls would be massacred as a result.

Soon, he finally saw Arima Kishou, in his pure white coat and with two cases, for his quinques, IXA and Narukami. What was interesting was the fact that Arima came here alone; probably, the rest of the support would come here after some time.

It was understandable he came alone, as no ghoul would dare go against him or escape him.

Both of them looked at each other before nodding in agreement. It was time to put up some fight to act. Lucien turned on his kakugan and congealed one kagune katana; this time, it would be contesting in the kenjutsu.

He entered the Kakuja V3 as body armor enveloped him.

They would fight until those reinforcements arrived, and then Lucien would attack them in the hope of killing some ghoul investigators before escaping from the stage. Leaving the 23rd Ward, left for the 24th Ward, where the headquarters of the Aogiri Tree was located.

Sparks were in the air as the weapons clashed. If Lucien had used his full power, he could have easily destroyed that quinque named IXA. Not talking about Kakuja, where he would be able to kill even Arima Kishou already with ease now.

So in this fight, he was holding back greatly because, after all, Arima was only half-human, and even though he had a bit stronger physique than a normal human, he wasn't that special. Lucien held back as much as he could because he had already crossed the norm.

In his normal state, he could be considered Superhuman by any means. If he entered the Kakuja V4, his blunt strength would be able to injure him severely, and even Arima was holding back.

They exchanged several rounds of exchanges, but not even one of them was getting tired of it, and both of them could still continue. After ten or so minutes, footsteps could be heard as many people were approaching this place.

All of them were ghoul investigators, Rank 1 and higher.

Lucien smiled seeing this and congealed several kagune daggers, which he controlled through his telekinesis ability, and attacked those ghoul investigators approaching this place. Several of them managed to draw out their quinques and save their lives, as only their quinques were shattered.

Some of the ghoul investigators were killed on the spot, which was a good thing for Lucien as he managed to kill more of them.

After that, he jumped down from the roof of the building where they were fighting and disappeared from the sight of the Arima. There was nothing they could do now, as all members of the Aogiri Tree and prisoners of the Cochlea escaped long ago, and going after Lucien was pure suicide, as only Arima would be capable of that.

The only thing that remained now was to go to the Cochlea and look at the loss of the prison and damage.

Now both the 11th Ward Battle and Cochlea Raid were successfully done. In the 11th Ward Battle, the Commission of Counter Ghoul lost the majority of their manpower and even one Associate Special Class Investigator and, what's worse, even a Special Class Investigator.

In the Cochlea Raid, the entire staff of the Cochlea was slaughtered, turning the entire prison into rivers of blood and a cemetery of corpses and decapitated bodies.

Warden and deputy warden were both killed, entire armed staff and civil staff were slaughtered, and all interrogators and ghoul investigators were killed too.

One could say both operations were a great success for Lucien and his schemes. Now that puppet of the Washuu Clan, CCG suffered such huge losses they would need reinforcements to function properly. The only one who could send them if, of course, the Washuu Clan from their own people and hidden reserves.

Such as members of the Washuu Clan itself or some agents of the Vasuki.

All of them would go out of hiding and be in the world's light. Easily killable. Members of the Washuu Clan and Vasuki were troublesome in one common aspect. They were good at hiding in the dark, and Lucien was too lazy to search for them and all.

It was much easier to slaughter countless people of the CCG to force them to appear.

Arima oversaw everything, and he was aware that all of this was necessary to achieve their goal. Something which even old man Yoshimura wanted, but his means were too soft.

To gain something, you must at first lose something.

Lucien looked at the Cochlea Detention Center for the last time before going to the 24th Ward.