Chapter 13

During a nighttime retrieval, Ken Kaneki nervously bumps a corpse with his foot, and Renji Yomo takes it for his first outing. Kaneki learns that many who end their lives choose to do so at this spot. Yomo admits that Anteiku relies on suicide victims but that its members have also taken human lives, a truth that clearly weighs on him. When Kaneki hesitates to bag the body, Yomo handles it himself and offers a silent prayer, leaving Kaneki to reflect that ghouls carry emotions much like people do.

Heading back, the pair accompany Ryouko Fueguchi, who should not be walking alone. She explains she visited her late husband's grave to bury his mask. Yomo corrects a misconception: the investigators have not come hunting Rize Kamishiro but Ryouko herself, and Anteiku shelters the family for more than Hinami's sake. Ryouko blames herself for leaning so heavily on her husband, and Kaneki is struck by how fiercely a mother guards her child.

At the CCG headquarters, investigators weigh several files, with the 20th ward's case 723 drawing the sharpest interest after a suspect left a train, paused at a stone monument, and was collected by car. Koutarou Amon presses a colleague to dig deeper, insisting the organization's duty is justice and order. Amon later unearths a ghoul mask at the grave, tying case 723 to Ryouko and linking it to case 696, her husband Asaki Fueguchi.

Yomo reveals that Anteiku members have killed humans, not only gathered suicide victims. Kaneki grasps that ghouls feel grief and guilt. Amon recovers a buried ghoul mask that identifies Ryouko Fueguchi as the target of case 723.

Titled Dove, the chapter belongs to the second volume. Its Japanese name is Hato, translated as White Dove. Touka Kirishima, Hinami Fueguchi, Asaki Fueguchi, Rize Kamishiro, and Yoshimura are referenced without appearing.