Lucien spent a long time with Itori and even took her to dinner at his estate, where the meat of demons was often served to him. He also gave her some Blood-Essences and other things before they separated, and Itori returned to the Helter Skelter Bar.
Lucien then went to the 24th Ward to find Eto because they had many things to discuss together. So he went there; fortunately, he was in a very close place where Eto lived.
He went there and fortunately she was at home. He entered her so-called house and found that she was currently reading some books. When she saw him, she stood up, went to him, and started scanning him closely with curious eyes.
Then as if she lost interest, she sat down on the nearest chair and signaled Lucien to sit down too.
"How are the preparations going? I read various reports that everything should be going good and everything for the 11th Ward Battle is already prepared and also more importantly for the Cochlea Raid."
Said Lucien as soon as he sat down. He already had some images of the situation from the reports he read in his jet.
"Everything is already prepared for the fight. All weapons and ammunition are on the place, and most importantly, we have managed to obtain several new S-Rated Ghouls and one SS-Rated Ghoul from the Blood-Essences that you provided us with."
Eto answered his question, which Lucien found very good, especially since several new S-Rated ghouls popped out in the Aogiri Tree and one SS-Rated one.
That greatly enhanced the strength of the entire Aogiri Tree and made them an even more valuable chess piece in Lucien's eyes. Besides Eto and Tatara, no one from Aogiri Tree had any worth to him, and they were just usable pawns.
"Who was the one that became SS-Rated?"
Questioned Lucien with great curiosity.
He wondered if it was Kirishima Ayato or Oomori Yakumo. Truth be told, both of them were hard to handle, but maybe Kirishima Ayato was a bit easier as Oomori Yakumo was mad.
"Ayato. As he became the SS-Rated ghoul, Tatara started to train him in martial arts and teach him combat techniques. But don't worry, Tatara personally has beaten some sense and obedience to him so that he won't be behaving so arrogantly and idiotic as before. He is, after all, without much real combat experience, so this would help him much."
Eto stated after some consideration on what to say.
Ayato's attitude became much better after getting beaten to death several times in a row by Tatara. He was too arrogant before, and this helped him understand his place. Eto knew that some people weren't that good-tempered and would just kill him on the spot, as Lucien did.
After getting trained by Tatara, whose strength was also rising day by day as he also got a lot of blood essences, trained Ayato, he showed wonderful results. Now it would be trouble for several Associate Special Class Ghoul Investigators to battle him.
Before, it was different, as he was totally inexperienced; two or three Associate Special Class Ghoul Investigators were enough to defeat him. Now they would need more than that.
"Good. I would give you enough blood essences to raise your RC Level of all executives and especially Tatara's and Noro's."
Lucien noted as he took out some blood essences that he had prepared for this occasion. Then both of them talked about some minor things before Lucien left the 24th Ward and went back to his estate.
It was already evening, so Lucien went to train a little bit before going to sleep. He always used to train a little bit in his Kenjutsu before going to sleep as it gave him better sleep.
***
In the morning, at his estate, a big surprise was waiting for him in the form of his father Asmodeus, who had now arrived in Tokyo. He was sitting in the living room of the estate and drinking his morning coffee.
Clothed in the pitch-black suit, coupled with his bright blue eyes and long white hair, he was releasing an aura of dominance and nobleness. He was waiting for Lucien to wake up as he knew that they had just now returned from the Kunlun Mountains.
After Lucien woke up, he clothed himself in his Noble White Attire and went to the living room where his father was already waiting for him.
"Father."
Lucien greeted his father with a slight bow because this was also something like a formal greeting to the Patriarch of the Aeon House. His father had a rare gentle smile on his face as he nodded his head and both of them sat down.
"So where should you start?"
Asmodeus question his son and Lucien started telling everything from the start of the expedition in the Kunlun Mountains. Asmodeus was pleased with his son's performance, especially with the harvest he obtained.
Things like the Blood-Essence Extractor were critical to the Aeon House as they were too scarce and had significant effects.
"Besides those three Blood-Essence Extractors, I have also obtained numerous weapons and martial techniques."