Kuki Urie

Kuki Urie serves as an investigator in a specialized CCG unit where personnel are trained to battle ghouls on equal footing. At twenty-two years old, his white uniform coat is buttoned to the collar, and his narrow gray eyes hold a sharp, aloof gaze. Inside his breast pocket, he keeps two notebooks: one for official incident reports, and another for personal observations that will never reach the archives.

He operates as if perpetually undergoing an evaluation before an unseen judge. Arriving at the branch office before dawn and leaving deep into the night, he memorizes colleagues' service files and never admits to exhaustion. Climbing the ranks is not mere vanity for him; it is his sole safeguard against repeating past humiliations.

Urie speaks curtly and pointedly, yet stops short of unprovoked cruelty. If an ally rushes into danger without a plan, he blunts their recklessness with straightforward warnings. For stellar performance, his praise extends only to a dry, measured "acceptable."

Dealing with him requires patience. Kuki constantly tests others' endurance, nitpicks words, and identifies minute inconsistencies. As long as one does not take offense at his aloofness or offer unwarranted pity, he eventually acknowledges a partner's value. Beneath his rigid adherence to protocol lies someone terrified of coming in second place.