

Later on, Shiono brought Eto some food to find her asleep. A distraught Eto crumpled up a copy of Dear Kafka, her debut work, and left it at the doorstep for her father to find. At an unspecified point in time, Eto visited Anteiku but found that her father, Yoshimura, was inside mingling happily with Kaya Irimi and Enji Koma. Shiono was reprimanded by his boss who believed that Eto's draft was fantastic, and Shiono rushed to find her, eventually discovering her at a temple and offering to work for her. Downtrodden, Eto wandered the streets and stole a man's wallet to get by. Shiono casually dismissed her without much word and left. In a flashback, Eto is seen as a teenager struggling to become an author. Eto readily walks off with Haise to her arrest. Haise shows up at the conference, revealing to Ayato Kirishima, who had accompanied Eto, that Hinami Fueguchi is set to be executed in a few days. The book, King Bileygr, features a group modelled after the Washuu Clan, which are associated with ghouls in the novel. As he walks to the conference, Takatsuki/Eto appears and announces to the whole world on live television that she is a ghoul, and that her new and final book is a story about ghoulkind and their struggle. Later, Sasaki explains to Furuta that there is a press conference being held that night in which Takatsuki is set to appear. Haise Sasaki is now partnered with Nimura Furuta, and is interrogating Shunji Shiono, Sen Takatsuki's editor, about Takatsuki's suspected status as a ghoul.

Eto says that there is something she must attend to back on the mainland, and bids Tatara farewell for a final time. On Rushima, Eto talks with Tatara about their impending doom, with the latter stating that the majority of their bases have been taken in the 23rd ward. Yoshitoki Washuu announces to the CCG that Aogiri Tree's base has been discovered on the nearby island of Rushima, and that the plan to invade the island to take down the organisation once and for all is to commence.
