Tatara looked at Kenzo in silence, knowing that the man before him was incredibly powerful. He had to stay calm and, for now, maintain control of the conversation if he wanted to come out of this on good terms.
"A long time ago, a baby crow felt intimidated by the large birds in the sky that wanted to devour it. They looked at it with hunger and the intention to consume its body. A long time ago, I set out not to feel small. I walked the streets of this great city and told myself that I would create something more than a Ghoul organization," Kenzo said, raising his hands in the air with a calm smile on his face covered by the crow mask.
Tatara remained silent, as if trying to understand Kenzo's words. However, Eto, who seemed to grasp something, said, "Are you saying that humans intimidate you?"
Kenzo glanced at Eto and said, "I respect them in a certain way. I don't underestimate them like many other Ghouls who only know how to eat and excrete... I am more special. I manage an organization integrated with humans in its entirety. They don't know if they are being fed by a Ghoul, if their academy teacher is a Ghoul, or if their coworker is a damn Ghoul. Unlike pursuing highly interesting goals but with aggressive methods, it makes me wonder if they will get anywhere, Aogiri Tree."
"Mr. Crow, be much more specific," Tatara said, somewhat impatiently.
"Terrorist organization with a Supremacist ideology, am I wrong if that defines your organization, Mr. Tatara?" Kenzo asked directly.
"It seems you want to get to a point..." Tatara avoided answering that question and instead pointed out something they had all noticed.
Kenzo nodded and said, "It's a stupid idea to believe that being a terrorist organization with a Supremacist ideology will win against humans. Yes, we are strong, and they can't compare us to humans, but... There are more than seven billion humans, and that number is estimated to increase for the next year. How many Ghouls are there in the world? Hmm, there's no need for you to answer that question."
"Committing acts of indiscriminate violence, such as attacks on innocent civilians, can alienate the local population and undermine the support that the terrorist organization might have. This can lead to community cooperation with security forces against them. And eventually, you will die, be hunted, and exterminated, being the terrorists that you actually are to them... I suppose your struggle is because you want to stop the investigation into our species, the weapons, the technology being created against us as a species continues to increase."
"I understand and defend what you do... However, you are attacking incorrectly because you don't know what to do." Kenzo snapped his fingers, and the auditorium screen displayed a detailed image of the CCG central base.
"My goal is to break the will of humans, come to an agreement with them, and create a world where we don't have to feed on each other like dogs. Are you understanding me?" Kenzo directed a slight gaze at Tatara.
"So, why not join us? If you know exactly what we are doing and support our cause, you must be willing to be part of us." Tatara was straightforward with that proposal, still not understanding the true meaning of Kenzo's words.
But Eto understood it perfectly. The crow in front of them wants to absorb the Aogiri Tree organization.
"No, this is such a big world that I won't focus only on Tokyo... My businesses are much larger, Mr. Tatara. Drugs, arms trafficking is currently booming because organizations from the CCG departments were focused on capturing and eliminating Ghouls, respectively.
"My dominion is growing, Mr. Tatara. I want to have total control of all Ghouls in Tokyo by the end of this year... But I found a serious problem, and that is your organization. It is preventing me from advancing, so that's why I came to propose a merger of organizations. Of course, you would all be under my command."
"And what makes you think we want to be ruled by a complete stranger?" Tatara was furious this time, looking at Kenzo as if he wanted to devour him, so if he didn't respond satisfactorily, the conversation would end here.
Kenzo walked towards Tatara and said, "I have a better plan for the future, Mr. Tatara, don't you think? Supremacist organizations sometimes have an extreme ideology that disconnects from reality, making their goals unattainable. This can lead to frustration among members and internal collapse. Even if you are doing well now, I will still be losing against humans over and over."
"Another problem for you is the inability to recruit new members efficiently, which can lead to a decrease in the organization's strength. Radicalization and successful recruitment are essential to maintain and expand a follower base. I've seen that you submit out of fear, so answer me a question: what will happen at the end of your useless fight once you win?" Kenzo hinted at the Aogiri Tree organization's intentions.
"No need to do anything more when we win..." Tatara didn't have a clear answer since he wasn't the leader of the organization.
"I recently discovered many things, one of them being that the V organization is heavily involved with the CCG, but I still hesitate to tell you about it," Kenzo said, shaking his head and pointing, "But more importantly, do you want to know my plan to conquer an entire city? I don't plan to live peacefully until we are recognized as a species. Japan will be the first country to recognize us not as a problem but as a solution."
"And if you fail?" Tatara had calmed down for a while.
"I'll be a hundred times more brutal than your organization, but unlike you, I know where to strike... Humans are fragile when something other than Ghouls begins to torment them. Terrorism, murder, brutal robberies, and kidnappings. I want to see how far Japan is willing to go for its citizens." Kenzo's tone was cold, as if the life and death of many people were of no importance to him.
"You have very dark ideas in your mind, Mr. Crow..." Eto didn't know how to interpret those words, so she didn't say much.
"Shining Path," a Maoist terrorist organization in Peru, was weakened and largely defeated by the Peruvian government through military operations and the isolation of its leaders. In addition, development programs were implemented to address the underlying causes of the conflict." Kenzo looked directly into Tatara's eyes.
"In short, eliminating a supremacist terrorist organization involves a comprehensive strategy that combines military, political, security, and social actions. These processes can take time and must be accompanied by efforts to address the underlying causes of radicalization and supremacy."
"If you're not willing to join me, then, since you should be the One-Eyed King, we will have a battle to the death for total control of both organizations... If you're willing to go this far for your goal, I respect that. However, I am also willing to go very far, so I would like to know that I have total control of many more districts in Tokyo."
Everyone remained silent at Kenzo's words. A battle to the death with the One-Eyed King, the master crow must be crazy to challenge such a powerful legend without any preparation or fear in his voice. Only now can they understand how far he is willing to go for his goals.