:re Chapter 2

Sasaki works through a stack of reference material before visiting the medical office, where Doctor Shiba is examining the Quinx Squad's Rc readings and warns that levels climbing too high could cost a member the ability to eat human food. The two weigh whether Tooru Mutsuki truly belongs in the squad.

A joint meeting then brings together the Mado, Hirako, and Shimoguchi squads. Sasaki reports that the ghoul killed earlier was not actually Torso, prompting Shimoguchi to jab at him for slacking on his kills. Akira Mado tries to defuse the quarrel without success, and the argument only worsens until Take Hirako settles matters by committing both teams to a joint effort and announcing that his own will pursue Serpent. Akira strikes Sasaki afterward and scolds him for his naivety, and a colleague, Kuramoto Itou, passes along information about Serpent. Elsewhere, Serpent questions a ghoul for leads on Torso and, finding he knows nothing, kills him on the spot.

At the quarters he shares with the Quinx, Sasaki cooks dinner and phones Saiko, but Urie and Shirazu skip the meal to hunt Torso themselves. Urie voices his drive to outrank Sasaki and join the S3 Squad, which sets off a squabble with an offended Shirazu. Chie Hori breaks it up, revealing that she holds information on Torso and, despite her childlike look, is actually twenty-four.

Shiba flags the danger of rising Rc levels for the Quinx and questions Mutsuki's fitness. A heated inter-squad meeting ends with Hirako's team taking the Serpent case, and Serpent kills an uninformed ghoul while hunting Torso. Urie states his ambition to surpass Sasaki, and Chie Hori arrives with intelligence on Torso.

The chapter opens the first volume of Tokyo Ghoul:re and carries the Japanese title Ida to Ida. It establishes the strained dynamics inside the Quinx household and among the CCG squads early in the series.