Chapter 27

With his shift over, Corven cleans up quickly, and once he's finished he walks over to Touka whose washing cups and some plates, and about to get off her shift.

Doing a quick scan of the store and only seeing a couple customers left at the moment, a couple whose probably on a date, Corven speaks to Touka.

"You're going out tonight correct?" says Corven quietly.

"Yeah? what about it?" asks Touka with an annoyed tone.

These past few months have developed an improved relationship between touka and Corven, at first she hated being around him due to their first meeting, but now they can at least be in the same room together after Corven has helped them out with several things while he's lived there, he wouldn't call them friends yet, but acquaintances is more likely.

Getting closer to her slightly, he puts his hand on her shoulder and leans closer towards her ear.

"Just be careful, the doves are moving weirdly lately, if you see anything strange just let me know." whispers Corven before he walks upstairs to Yoshimuras office, leaving her to finish up.

Confused at how he was acting, Touka ignores him and finishes up the dishes.

Without Touka knowing, a small nanobot crawls from her shoulder towards her head, planting itself in her hairline for a good view with its camera.

Meanwhile Corven knocks on Yoshimuras office.

"You may come in Corven." says Yoshimura from inside.

Hearing him speak, Corven walks in the office, before taking a seat on one of the couches opposite of Yoshimura, whose drinking coffee with another cup ready across from him.

"Arent you supposed to be getting ready to follow her?, she's been getting bolder and more arrogant, its no telling what she'll do this time." asks Corven as he drinks from the coffee cup infront of him.

"Actually I've been meaning to ask you, do you mind following her this time?" asks Yoshimura.

"Why do I have to?, she already knows you follow her sometimes, and you know she'd be furious if she found out i did too." says Corven, not wanting to follow Touka on tonight of all nights.

"Normally i would go myself like usual, but thanks to your late night trips, more ghouls have flocked to us here in the 20th, causing us to have run low on some of our stored food. So Renji asked me if I could help him collect more in some of our usual collecting spots, as well as scout out more collecting spots as well."

"Well why don't I go help Renji out?, you know me more than anyone, im obviously capable enough."

"Yes, but Corven, you're a shut in, besides going out to hunt or work your shift, you almost never leave your room, we need to be careful when searching for new areas to collect from, and don't think I don't know you're still struggling. I've seen you coming back at nights shaking, and I've seen you working during the day, almost falling asleep while you cook."

"You've seemed to be getting better after our talks, but I think you should rest for awhile and hold off on hunting. Following Touka should be simple enough, you know how she is, so once she comes back home, get yourself some rest." says Yoshimura with a worried tone.

"Maybe you're right..I have been kinda forcing myself, and it damn sure isn't healthy, but that doesn't change the fact the touka would be pissed if she found out id be the one following her."

"If she does get upset, ill find a way to settle her down, but im afraid I have no choice Corven, I need you to follow her this time." says Yoshimura seriously.

Staring at Yoshimura with an annoyed look for a moment, Corven sighs.

"*sigh* Fine, but I want next week off, payed of course." says Corven as he hands Yoshimura his empty coffee cup.

"Alright, I did say you need to rest anyways, but make sure she doesn't get into trouble." says Yoshimura as he gets up to go wash the cups.

"Alright.. I suppose I'll go get ready then."

With the conversation ended, corven starts to head back to his room, while much like with touka, a nanobot crawls from Corvens coffee cup, onto Yoshimuras hand, into a similar area in his hair as touka.

With everything settled, Corven takes the time before he has to leave, focusing on the nanobots, testing the connections and making sure to keep them stable.

Not wanting to risk losing the connection or failing at getting it settled on touka, Corven chose to touch touka, allowing him to transfer the nanonot from his skin to her, with enough practice at controlling them he could've just had it fly to her but he played it safe due to it being such short notice. Doing the same for Yoshimura with the coffee cup was just a bonus.

Focusing on the nanobots, he eventually manages to switch his view to either of them, watch everything they see and hear what the microphones hear, but its difficult the further they get from him.

Getting dressed in his gear, Corven waits for touka to get dressed and leave before following her in secret, making sure to keep close to maintain his connection with the nanobot, while keeping hidden and practicing to increase the distance he can control it.

The night is admittedly.. long and boring.

With nothing else to do than to keep an eye on touka and practice his control with his nanobots, Corven is stuck feeling bored.

Waiting for the fabled meeting to happen, Corven starts coming up with ideas on what he can do for the future.

With his choice of branching into technological abilities, he has many options he can use at his disposal, especially with his technoformation ability, it won't take long to to upgrade himself and slowly morph into more of a cybernetic being.

Like God trying to mess with him himself though, Corven can't think on it for too long, cause he notices Touka jerk her head, looking down a different alley, before she starts walking in said direction.

Confused at her interest, Corven focuses on his sense of smell, picking up a strong scent of blood.

'Fucking finally..'

Following her from the rooftops, Corven rests on one nearby before switching his view to toukas nanobot, seeing her facing Nishiki holding up the scared trauma filled boy known as kaneki.