After finishing the rite of passage everyone went their separate ways home besides Sachi who is been given a tour of the Shirogane mansion.
Shino: don't you think Yuuka was acting strange just now?
Miku: Yeah, i wonder what she wants to talk about?
Yuuka invited Shino and Miku to talk in their own private group chat.
Shino: well we'll figure out later.
Miku: Yeah.
After safely walking back to their homes they waited.
At the Tanaka household*
Shiro: hey Shino where did you go? You're later than usual..
Shino: well... Do you want me to tell you? It might be a bit shocking.
Shiro: don't worry I'll handle it.
Shino: umm okay.
She explained the entire situation.
Shiro: WHAT?! SERIOUSLY?! KANEKI HAS ARTIFICIAL ABILITIES?! AND HES PART OF THE SHIROGANE FAMILY?!
Shiro works in a company that is being supported by the Shirogane family
Shino: wait you didn't see- oh yeah, you work outside of Shimotsuki so that makes sense no wonder you didn't talk about that.
Shiro: why didn't you tell me?
Shino: well i assumed that you saw the Demonic bout broadcast.
Shiro: sigh~ that Kaneki really kept that secret for many years?! I should go give him a scolding.
Shiro was about to go to Kaneki's home.
Shino: Mom! Don't! You'll just embarrass me!
Shino then stopped her.
Shiro: fine~ but you should scold him then.
Shino: umm.. okay.
Shiro: that kid seriously, I bet he hasn't even told his parents yet.
Shino: yeah that might be the case.
Shiro: anyways, be sure to tell him to be respectful alright?
Shino: I will.
Shiro: alright then, time for dinner!
And so Shiro made dinner and both her and Shino eat.
3 hours later*
After eating dinner Shino waited for Yuuka to chat her, as she was waiting she was having some thoughts.
Shino's thoughts*
(I wonder what Yuuka wants to talk about? By the looks of it, it must be very serious)
Ping!
Shino: a notification! It must be Yuuka.
They began chatting.
"Hey Shino, Miku are you two alone now?"
"Yup, Mom is in the bath right now"
"Yeah, Onii-chan went to bed"
"Good, we can start now"
"What do you even want to talk about Yuuka-Oneechan?"
"... I think I know the real identity of the Hero"
" HUH?! WHAT?!"
"ARE YOU JOKING?!"
"I'm not, this is just a speculation"
"I see, but why discuss it with us?"
"Well... I think we've known the Hero longer than anyone"
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
"What is this about us knowing the Hero?"
"Huh?! Sachi?!"
"What are you doing here?"
Sachi suddenly appeared in their group chat.
"More importantly how did you get in here Sachi-Oneechan?"
"Mo-chan invited me here"
"Mo-chan seriously?"
"Yup! Anyways Yuuka can you continue?"
"Fine but anyways you three don't tell anyone"
"Kay~"
"I won't"
"I won't"
"Okay, this might be hard to believe but... I think Kaneki is the Hero"
"HUH?! NO WAY! THATS IMPOSSIBLE!"
"KANEKI?! DO YOU MEAN OUR KANEKI?!
"WHY WOULD IT BE ONII-CHAN?!"
"Here take a look at this"
Yuuka sent a photo of her and the Hero.
"This was sent to me by Luna-chan she saw me with the Hero on Sunday"
"What does this have to do with Kaneki being the Hero though?"
"Look at the right arm"
Shino: what?
At the Saki residence*
Sachi: at the arm?
At the Higanbana residence*
Miku: hmm?
They all looked at the right Arm.
"I don't see anything"
Miku hasn't noticed.
"Same here looks normal to me"
Sachi didn't see anything too.
"What is it?"
So did Shino.
"Sigh~ look carefully"
They all looked carefully"
"So the arm is blue so what?"
"I don't get it"
"I seriously don't understand"
"Seriously? Just a moment then"
Yuuka sent another photo this time of Kaneki.
"This is from today when Kaneki changed his arms. don't you guys see some similarities?"
They all looked carefully.
"Wait you're right!"
"They both look identical"
"I can't believe it"
"This is just speculation but we don't know Kaneki well as we thought, since he was obsessed with getting power it isn't impossible that he might've had a secret life as the Hero"
"But that means"
"I know"
"..."
"Don't tell anyone about this information Ii gave to you three mostly you Sachi"
"Huh?! Why me?"
"You're the one who spills secrets the most"
"Don't worry"
"If Kaneki is the Hero then we should do something about it right?"
"We can't do anything until we reconcile with him so let's try to reconcile first once all 3 of us finally fix our rel with him then we should confront him about that"
"Yea you three should"
"I don't know Onii-chan being the hero is too far fetched"
"But not impossible"
"..."
They all were worried.
"Alright you three this conversation ends here don't tell anyone"
"We won't"
"I'll do my best"
"S-same here"
"Good, see you girls tomorrow"
"Bye"
"Bye"
"Bye"
They all then left the chat.
Shino: ... No way, if he is then he was in apin for so long and we made it worse.
Shino felt a lot of guilt.
At the Higanbana residence*
Creak*
Kaneki: zzzzz
Miku: Onii-chan...
Miku looked inside Kaneki's room
Miku: it must've been lonely huh?
Miku felt more bad after what Yuuka said and she is checking up on Kaneki to see if he's alright.
Miku: ... I'll be your little sister again soon....
At the Saki residence*
Sachi: ...
Flashback*
Kaneki: I MIGHT JUST CAUSE TROUBLE FOR YOU GUYS PLEASE JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!
end of flashback*
Sachi: I knew something must've happened that time and it was around the time of The war of hell's memorial day. It must be connected right?
Sachi was looking back during middle school times to see why Kaneki was acting weird that time.
At the Mirai residence*
Yuuka: i shouldn't have said that i must've made them all worried... But this might be more motivation for them to fix their relationship with Kaneki. Well besides Sachi she and him are still friends after all. But i should look a bit more into the Hero's identity.
Yuuka's thoughts*
(I must try to find out more but I should try to focus on the research for the Crown, I'll probably try to look into the Hero when I'm not doing Relic research)
With that Yuuka decided to look into the Hero.
But will she find answers? Or will she be led to a dead end?