Fortunately, this situation did not last long.

Meanwhile, Takahashi Yu, who was sitting in the containment center, received a report from his subordinates. Looking at the footage taken by the research institute's drone, in which Yukino Yukinoshita was surrounded by a group of special forces soldiers, Takahashi Yu shook his head.

"Bring her back."

The anomalous containment facility under his command is not the sinister organization that Yukino Yukinoshita imagined; the so-called handling is just some handling of the confidentiality measures.

Of course, it would be more convenient for these people to return to the shelter.

Upon receiving the order, several special forces members, without saying a word, disregarded Yukino Yukinoshita's resistance and forcibly brought her into the transport vehicle.

Upon seeing this, Takahashi Yu nodded.

Merlin informed them that the disaster in Chiba City was caused by ghouls, and not just one, but more than twenty at once.

In the world of Tokyo Ghoul, ghouls are terrifying monsters with extraordinary strength. They look like humans but must eat human flesh to survive.

The sudden appearance of more than twenty ghouls would undoubtedly be a disaster for Chiba City if left unchecked.

Fortunately, due to the existence of Takahashi Yu, the actual combat power level in this world is much higher than that in the Tokyo Ghoul world. In addition, with Merlin's clairvoyance monitoring the situation, the twenty-odd ghouls can't cause much trouble. It mainly depends on how Takahashi Yu decides to handle the situation.

This time, in order to deal with these ghouls, Takahashi Yu dispatched nearly half of the special forces troops under his command, who were cultivated using nutrients from top-grade dangerous species in his containment facility. This was partly due to the importance he placed on these ghouls, and partly because these ghouls were highly valuable.

The special weapon Quinque in the Tokyo Ghoul world is made from the kagune (blood sac) on ghouls. It is extremely powerful and has certain research value for Takahashi Yu, who can equip it on his troops to enhance their strength.

With this in mind, all the ghouls that descended with the spatial-temporal turbulence were doomed.

Although the special forces in the containment camp are not as strong as some ghouls in terms of individual combat skills, their team operations of fifty men, coupled with Merlin's ability to see through enemy lines and provide location information, make them very effective at taking down these ghouls.

Often, ghouls who have just arrived in this world are unaware of what is happening before they are surrounded, knocked unconscious, and taken away by special forces that follow closely behind.

To ensure the operation went smoothly, Takahashi Yu also had Merlin use the Magic Idle Man Dispersion to evacuate all the ordinary people in the area where the ghouls had descended.

This is why Yukino Yukinoshita found no pedestrians along the way when she entered the area inhabited by ghouls.

However, when Yukino Yukinoshita entered the area, Merlin had already withdrawn the magic, and the containment of the ghouls was almost over. Logically, due to the residual effects of the bystanders' dispersal, those who had been dispersed should have been able to return for at least another half hour. Unfortunately, it was at this moment that Yukino Yukinoshita entered and happened to encounter the last remaining ghoul.

Takahashi Yu didn't know whether to say the other party was lucky or unlucky.

Chapter 45: The Theme of the Asylum: Control, Containment, and Protection

An hour later, inside the shelter.

"Is there anything you'd like to say, Ms. Yukinoshita?"

In a room resembling an interrogation room in the shelter, Takahashi Yu spoke to Yukino Yukinoshita.

In this operation, all the ghouls that were the main targets have been contained, and if nothing unexpected happens, a few lucky ones are now lying on the experimental tables in the research department.

Yukino Yukinoshita, who was brought to the shelter as an unknown person due to the intrusion, was left unsure of what to do, so she was locked in the interrogation room to await Takahashi Yu's decision.

"who are you?"

Looking at the person in front of her, sitting opposite her like a prisoner being interrogated, Yukino Yukinoshita asked.

Although strictly speaking, Yukino Yukinoshita is the victim, there's nothing she can do. She's at the mercy of others, and even if she considers herself the victim, she can only go along with what they want to say.

"Is Ms. Yukinoshita asking about my identity, or our identity?"

Takahashi Yu asked in return.

"What's the difference?"

"Of course I have many identities, but here, we only have one identity: members of the Anomalous Containment Facility."

All that could be heard was Takahashi Yu speaking.

"Containment... facility?"

Yukino Yukinoshita was puzzled upon hearing this. Was this the name of this mysterious organization? It felt rather strange.

It doesn't sound imposing at all, but it's actually quite simple and easy to understand. "Containment" in "containment center" likely refers to imprisonment, just a different way of saying it. As for "abnormal"...

Does it refer to the monster she encountered today?

"It's one type, but not the whole picture."

In response to Yukino Yukinoshita's question, Takahashi Yu answered.

The arrival of ghouls, while considered an anomalous disaster, is only one type of anomalous disaster, and not even considered particularly powerful among anomalous disasters. This is true even for SSS-rank ghouls in the ghoul world.

"If Ms. Yukinoshita is interested, you might want to take a look at these documents first."

"material?"

Yukino Yukinoshita didn't say anything, but she still took the documents handed to her by Yu Takahashi and began to look through them carefully.

What Takahashi Yu handed to Yukino Yukinoshita was nothing more than data on every abnormal disaster recorded since the establishment of the containment facility.

From the occasional vengeful spirits at the beginning, to Sadako who could reside in videotapes, to the biochemical virus that could turn a city into hell overnight, and now to the ghouls that have descended upon this world.

Various unusual disasters, which started as occasional occurrences, have become increasingly frequent. What began as just newly born vengeful spirits and weak mutated creatures have evolved into powerful ghosts, terrifying viruses, and monsters.

The world is already riddled with holes and has become increasingly fragile. It is not hard to see from the abnormal disasters that are clearly getting stronger over time that even more terrifying disasters are likely to occur in the future.

The purpose of anomaly containment facilities is to ensure that ordinary people live under relatively normal cognitive conditions, to contain anomalous disasters that occur in the real world, and to protect humanity so that it can continue to exist on this planet, whether or not those being protected are willing.

The core message is: We control, we contain, we protect.

Yukino Yukinoshita frowned at the organization's style of operation.

Undoubtedly, if the information is true, then the Anomalous Containment Facility is indeed an organization dedicated to protecting the continuation of humanity. However, such an organization's style of operation is undeniably overbearing.

Protecting humanity, regardless of whether these humans want to be protected or not, reveals an overbearing and controlling nature that is truly disliked by ordinary people like Yukino Yukinoshita. After all, no one likes to be controlled, especially since Yukino Yukinoshita was in a cold war with her family precisely because of her mother's excessive control, which was when she felt most disgusted.

When Yuki took the documents back from Yukino Yukinoshita, Takahashi Yu could clearly see the other woman's tightly furrowed brows.

"Miss Yukinoshita, is there something you'd like to say?"

"No, it's nothing."

Yukinoshita Yukino shook her head.

Although she disliked the other party's domineering style, Yukino Yukinoshita didn't say much about it. In any case, it was an undeniable fact that the Abnormal Containment Center had eliminated those abnormal disasters. Even if she didn't praise it, she shouldn't criticize it either.

Even so, Takahashi Yu could still sense the other person's dissatisfaction from their much colder voice.

"If Ms. Yukinoshita feels she can do better, she can try to fight against the abnormal disaster herself, instead of sulking here."

Upon hearing this, Yukino Yukinoshita paused for a moment, but then shook her head.

"I can not do it."

She was just an ordinary person, and even if she excelled in school and was good at sports, none of that mattered in the face of those terrible and unusual disasters.

She can't handle things like combating unusual disasters.

"Yes, you can't do it."

Takahashi Yu waved the documents in her hand and nodded in deep agreement.

"You can't do it, because only we can combat unusual disasters."

Only they can deal with the endless stream of unusual disasters, and ordinary people can only accept their protection.

Of course, ordinary people aren't without a choice. If they don't want to accept their protection, they can choose to die. They might not even die. They might be lucky enough to survive the endless stream of abnormal disasters in the future. Although the probability is a bit low, it's not impossible, is it?

Chapter 46: Unofficial Staff, Yukino Yukinoshita

Only they can deal with the endless stream of unusual disasters, and ordinary people can only accept their protection.

Although it wasn't explicitly stated, Yukino Yukinoshita understood what Yu Takahashi was trying to convey.

She wanted to refute this, but she had nothing to say.

If they were just ordinary monsters, Yukino Yukinoshita might have the confidence to say that the government's power could protect the people. However, vengeful spirits and ghosts are beings that clearly defy the laws of physics, and are obviously not something ordinary people can contend with.

However, these are not things that Yukino Yukinoshita needs to consider.

After all, Yukino Yukinoshita hadn't forgotten that she wasn't sitting here by invitation to discuss developments, but rather as an ordinary person who had accidentally stumbled upon the shelter's operations and was brought here to await processing.

"Now that Ms. Yukinoshita knows our identities, let's have a proper discussion about how to handle this matter."

Takahashi Yu smiled and spoke.

"According to the code of conduct for the internment camp members, any ordinary person who interrupts an operation or notices an unusual disaster during the operation of the internment camp members must be dealt with in a confidentiality manner. There are two specific confidentiality measures: incorporation and amnesia."

"Recruitment and...amnesia treatment?"

Yukinoshita Yukino asked.

"That's right. The incorporation process involves taking ordinary people who accidentally stumble upon the operation and incorporating them into the Anomalous Containment Facility as unofficial personnel. After signing confidentiality agreements and unofficial personnel contracts, they join the facility to maintain secrecy and prevent information leaks."

"Amnesia treatment, as the name suggests, is to use amnesia measures to make the person forget the memories of the abnormal disaster and the shelter, and then return to society through follow-up arrangements to continue living as an ordinary person."

"These are the two main options for Ms. Yukinoshita's subsequent handling. I wonder which one Ms. Yukinoshita will choose?"

After explaining, Takahashi Yu looked at Yukino Yukinoshita in front of him and slowly asked.

"Could you elaborate on the procedures for handling amnesia?"

Yukino Yukinoshita did not make a choice immediately, but wanted to ask in detail about the specifics of the amnesia treatment.

This was no secret, so Takahashi Yu quickly gave Yukino Yukinoshita the answer she wanted.

"Amnesia treatment is divided into different levels. The higher the level, the better the treatment method, and vice versa, the lower the level, the worse the treatment method will be."

"The lowest level of E-level memory erasure method, which is physical amnesia, involves striking the head with a hard, cylindrical object without any sharp edges, such as a stick, to induce amnesia."

"However, Miss Yukinoshita, you can rest assured. The people in the shelter who are responsible for handling E-level amnesia are specially trained and can guarantee that there is a more than 90% chance of causing amnesia without turning the amnesiac into a mentally disabled person or a vegetable."

Hearing Takahashi Yu's words, Yukino Yukinoshita's lips twitched.

There's no way she could feel at ease with such a statement.

There is a 90% or higher chance that someone will not become mentally disabled or in a vegetative state while suffering from amnesia. That means there is still a 10% chance, or one in ten, that someone will become mentally disabled or in a vegetative state.

Only a fool would choose this kind of amnesia.

If you're unlucky... no, even if there's a 100% chance of nothing going wrong, no one would choose this method of amnesia.

Fortunately, this is only the lowest level, E-rank amnesia method. Takahashi Yu continued, "Beyond the E-rank physical amnesia method, there are even more advanced magical amnesia and magic-based amnesia methods, which can make people forget a memory without any side effects. Miss Yukinoshita can rest assured."

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