Tatara pov
When we returned from the 24th district I already had a bad feeling but when we arrived my feeling was confirmed when a subordinate ran up to me to report that they had been attacked. There were a few deaths and apparently the person responsible was now involved in a fight with Eto I wasn't really worried because Eto was the strongest of us all and if she lost we probably didn't stand a chance. When two figures finally appeared we got ready to fight but he came differently than I expected when I heard the all too familiar voice of Eto her appearance had completely changed however instead of bandages her body was now covered in armor and from her head you could now see her beautiful upper half of her face. She tried to explain to us that the person next to her was our new leader and her name was Artoria Alter at that moment I noticed that not only her body had changed but also her mind. She behaved very submissively towards this Artoria, completely different from her manipulative, sadistic nature, and yet I didn't pursue the subject any further, because as long as I get my revenge, I'm ready to sacrifice anything and everything. But I had to admit that there was something about Artoria that worried me, she usually only spoke when necessary and never expressed many emotions, only in special cases could you see slight changes in her face. She also usually leaves the planning to me and Eto while she's in her room. Since the rumors that she was weak and that she wasn't a ghoul at all started, instead of putting a stop to it, she decided to take over the 12th district with a small group, with me and the main force heading for the 10th. She didn't answer her question about whether she was a ghoul, although it wouldn't surprise me if she was neither human nor ghoul. When we set off, I still had my doubts about whether she would manage to conquer the 12th district on her own and without much support. When our battle in the 10th was over, we had conquered it, but we still had to clear it of the remaining population. After a while we also received news from the 12th and I had expected a lot but never in 100 years would I have thought that she could cause such massive destruction. The losses she had to show were minimal while over 200 ghouls had died. But when I saw this picture with a huge crater in a city I couldn't help but be happy because with her at our side it was easy to achieve my goals.
Artoria pov
I'm currently training in a remote forest with Eto. She's made good progress, but what was really interesting was that her ghoul power was restricted so that she no longer had any kakuja. However, her resistance and regeneration have improved greatly, which means that she can now even recover from beheading. Additionally, her kagune is now just as strong as her armor. I won't say how I know this, but I'm starting to grow fond of her. Not romantic love, of course, but the way you love your dog. In any case, I've decided to keep taking her with me, while the others who survive stay behind here. I also have a kind of connection to her that I can't quite place yet, I'll have to find out later. I just want to get over this world, but that may take a long time because my goal is not just this country, but the whole world, but I'm not worried because once we've conquered this country, the rest will fall like dominoes because Japan is the leading country in the fight against ghouls. Which automatically means that the other countries have worse or no countermeasures against ghouls. Anyway, I was just about to call Eto back to me when I saw her coming towards me, only that she was missing an arm and looked very embarrassed when she got there in front of me, she bowed and said. "Thank you Lady Artoria for helping me improve my fighting skills." "Well, you already had a good foundation." "Lady, if I may ask, what are your next plans?" "Well, first I will go to the 3rd district where I will tear these clowns apart and as soon as we have more people we will start a full offensive until we have eradicated the CCG and the people behind it." "I'm glad, my goal back then was also to wipe out the Washu family, but now I've realized how short-sighted my old self was, which is why I'm happy to serve you." "That's nice to hear, come on now, Tatara should have finished the preparations by now." Eto was now as good as new and happily followed her masters back to base.
Eto pov
The time had come to make these insects pay for being disrespectful towards my mistress and even openly threatening her. But that was over now. Lady Artoria decided that I was responsible for the attack on the clowns, which of course made me overjoyed before she said that this time she would watch her closely to assess her performance. That definitely motivated me to perform at my best and when we saw the clowns with their make-up and the weird balloons, I stormed at them with 5 of my Bikaku Kagune, immediately disrupting their defensive position. First I swung them either cutting them up or catapulting them against the nearest wall. When I saw the opponents some distance away I shot them with 2 Ukaku Kagune and that was the moment I threw all caution to the wind and started slaughtering them left and right, causing their numbers to drop dramatically within a few minutes. Suddenly the enemies backed away and made way for a huge creature, it was probably bigger than my Kakuja, but by its appearance it knew that even her old self could defeat it and with the new power that her master has given her, she is more than confident of winning. Her opponent was apparently female, but she could only tell by the torso that was attached to the top of this large ball of flesh. "Hehe, so you dared to attack us so suddenly, so be it, you will all die anyway." "Shut up, you ants don't deserve to live." Without letting her get a word in, I attacked her and shot projectiles at her massive body, but instead of piercing her, they got stuck inside her, since that wasn't an option, I decided to just attack her main body. However, she seemed to be aware of her weakness and let a huge mouth emerge from her stomach and tried to swallow me, which was prevented by my superhuman reflexes. When I was almost at her in the next second she was shocked and frightened as she screamed "wwai-" but it was already too late and her head was separated from her body. 'Boom' The massive body fell to the ground and took a house with it when I looked around there were only dead clowns left so I wanted to run back to my mistress but as I passed the numerous corpses the balloons they brought with them started to explode which triggered a chain reaction.
'Boom' 'Boom' 'Boom'
Donato Propora pov
So the phoenix tree came as expected, only that they would send someone that strong to our main base. The other bases were also overrun by the Phoenix tree, but in the end it doesn't matter, as long as I'm still alive the organization will always be able to rise again. But I have to admit that having blown away this one incredibly strong ghoul was very satisfying. "Whatever, it's time to get out." "Where are you going?" Suddenly I heard a voice behind me and saw the same ghoul that I thought was dead, before I could attack it kicked me against the wall, which definitely broke something. Now I could see it more clearly. As I stood up there were definitely marks and injuries, but they healed incredibly quickly, which only made me more frustrated. "Do you think you can kill me with such a devious trap? If so, you're dumber than you look." I spat blood before speaking. "Even if I die, I'll still fight." "Oh, you just won't be like you think. Like my mistress, I have a few very special hobbies." And with that, the intense but short fight began in which I tried to stab her with my Bikaku Kagune, but instead of dodging, she grabbed it and swung me through a few walls until she finally let go, and I fell to the ground in pain and incomprehension. I, one of the strongest ghouls, was defeated so easily that I had lost all hope when I felt my broken body. It didn't take long before this monster came up to me and smiled at me. "Well, I promised, your death won't be an easy one." I didn't understand at first until she started to skin and disembowel me, and then it was just absolute pain. It felt like years until she finally said. "Open your eyes, I have a present for you." I did everything to make this pain finally go away. When I managed to open my eyes, I saw an armored boot above my head and with the words "Die, you damn waste of time" it went dark.
Eto pov
When I got my boot out of this bloody mess I quickly made my way so as not to keep Lady Artoria waiting any longer. When I arrive at the skyscraper I see my mistress standing in my direction and although I can't see her eyes through the visor I know she is looking directly at me. I quickly get on my knees and bow before I start begging. "Please forgive me for my unsightly fight and punish me to your heart's content." "That won't be necessary, apart from the ambush you did a very good job, I hope you now understand that you can never be too careless, otherwise you will die at some point, do you understand that?" "Yes, of course, what is Mistress planning now?" "What do you think we are preparing for a confrontation with the CCG that will decide who this land belongs to. Let's go back to the base and see how high the losses were." And with that we left and left it to others to clean up this battlefield.
Artoria pov
We were currently in a meeting with all the current leaders, well almost all of them. "So another traitor is on the run." Ayato: "So it seems Artoria, the last time I heard from him was when he was sent to conquer the 12th district." Artoria: "It doesn't matter, every traitor is executed sooner or later, in any case I would be more interested to know how many losses we suffered as a result of this attack." Tatara: "Well the losses are worse than expected, we lost 500 men because every time we advanced these balloons exploded, killing many in the radius of the explosion." Artoria: "Hmm what do you say to that Noro?" Noro..." Artoria: "Yes, I agree with you, we should first regain our strength before we carry out the final blow against the CCG. Tatara and Noro, I want you to go to the 24th district and recruit every ghoul you can find. As for the others, you will spread out into the districts outside of our sphere of influence and "motivate" as many ghouls as possible to join in. Ayato: "And where will you be during that time?" Artoria: "Well, someone has to defend the base, do you have any other questions? No, then the meeting is over." I went out. Of course I didn't say everything. After all, I wasn't going to go to the trouble of recruiting a few useless puppets that probably wouldn't even survive a battle. But well, not my problem. Now I just had to wait until either the CCG makes a move or we are fully ready for battle again. Only time will tell.