:re Chapter 26

In the storehouse beneath Zeum hall, Urie and Suzuya cut down wave after wave of ghouls, the attackers bewildered that an investigator wields both a kagune and a single kakugan. Perched above, Mutsuki wrestles with indecision until Aogiri grunts corner him, and despite his fear he fights back.

Hirako endures No Face's lazy small talk before the masked ghoul drives the embedded knives deeper into his arm. Roma casually slaughters Okamo, while Kuramoto Itou reunites with Shimoguchi, who warns that the Clowns were believed wiped out once the earlier Clown Mask Clean-Up Battle concluded. When Ganbo shatters a quinque, the tide seems to turn, yet Takeomi Kuroiwa hauls himself onto the giant's back, weathers being smashed against pillars, and with his bare hands wrings the giant's neck.

Itou likens the feat to Kuroiwa's father, noting the rare humans whose strength rivals a ghoul's, and the distraction lets Hirako land a strike on No Face. Inside the Administrative Building's monitor room, Shirazu rushes Nutcracker but is impaled by her detachable kagune after ignoring Hayashimura's warning. As Saiko freezes in fear, Nutcracker looms over the bleeding investigator, hungry for his flesh.

Urie and Suzuya hold off a ghoul horde in the storehouse. Shimoguchi confirms the Clowns survived their supposed extermination. Takeomi Kuroiwa kills Ganbo barehanded, echoing his father's legendary strength. Hirako finally wounds No Face, and Shirazu is caught in Nutcracker's trap as Saiko struggles to act.

Bearing the single-character Japanese title あ, read as A and titled Rear in English, the chapter occupies eighteen pages of the third volume. It first appeared in the combined issue 2015-21-22 on April 23, 2015.