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Yuko Kobayashi calmly sat down on the other side of Zhongli's body.

"I have some questions for you," Zhongli said softly, gazing gently into Maria's crimson eyes.

"Since you're not an annoying adult, go ahead and say it," Maria replied casually, taking small bites of strawberry cake with a spoon.

"About how many people are in your small team?" Zhongli raised the campfire. "Are they all 'cursed children' like you?"

“Of course, besides the ‘cursed child,’ who else can live in the ruins on the outskirts of the city? One or two Gastrea often sneak in here.” Maria said without looking up.

"As for our small team... well, it's probably only about a dozen people. Maybe seven or eight? Anyway, the most I've ever seen is a dozen or so."

“Every day we go out to find our own food, and if we find anything good or leftovers, we bring them here to store.”

"But it's definitely not full every day. Some people haven't come for several days, some got injured in the city, some died quietly, and some were taken away by people dressed in black."

Maria's simple words contained a different kind of cruelty.

And the casual feeling she described makes it all the more cruel.

Zhongli simply nodded knowingly and continued, "Do you know how many small teams like yours there are around here? Or rather, how many unregistered 'cursed children' do you know?"

"I don't know. I only remember that there was a small team of more than thirty people on the left. They were all taken away by adults in black clothes, and none of them came back alive."

Maria finished the last bite of cake, her face full of happiness as she spoke coldly.

"Okay, I understand. Then I have one last question." Zhongli smiled gently as he looked at the young girls in front of him and asked softly.

Would you like to study with me?

"Study?" Maria stared with her cute big eyes and asked curiously, "You mean go to school like the kids in the city?"

"Impossible, but I've heard that if you're captured by the black-clad officers, there's a tiny chance you'll become a [police officer]. Then we can use the money we earn to buy cakes. Actually, for a while I really wanted to become a police officer. But we're just untrained, cursed children after all. If we go hunting Gastrea alone, we'll probably die even faster."

"I'm terrified of pain and death. Just thinking about fighting Gastrea makes my legs tremble with fear. And let me tell you, I'm extremely good at leaking urine."

As Maria continued speaking, she started to ramble on and on.

Yuko Kobayashi looked at her absorbed expression and movements and couldn't help but shake her head slightly.

She seemed to be very familiar with this friend's habits.

Zhongli was quite interested in the blonde girl's nonsense. He listened attentively until the girl herself stopped talking, seemingly wanting more, before he continued to ask questions.

Would you like to study with me?

"Hmm... so tell me what you're going to study?" Maria's gaze shifted to Zhongli.

“Of course, everything.” Zhongli said calmly, “I will teach you all the courses taught in schools. Mathematics, Chinese, physics, chemistry, literature appreciation, philosophy. All of them.”

"And I will teach you things that schools can't teach you. For example, organizational structure, analysis of different social classes, the history of war in human civilization, the changes in world civilization, special operations, tank driving, and so on."

"You must be joking." Maria tilted her head and smiled sideways. "Even if you're an adult, you couldn't possibly be that powerful."

"It might also include interstellar warship piloting, Dyson sphere construction, and Super Saiyan blood transfusion training methods, who knows?" Zhong Li winked at the little girl.

"What are all those things?" It was obvious that the little girl in front of him had never seen these kinds of entertainment programs before.

Zhongli only mentioned it casually, then asked for the third time, "Would you like to study with me? There's no tuition fee, and I'll even bring you food every day."

Maria glanced at him, then sat on the ground, hugging her knees. Her messy golden hair fell over her knees, and her thin, young face seemed to flicker in the firelight. "Although we don't know what your purpose is, we do want to learn something."

"Thank you so much, teacher."

Maria stood up and bowed slightly to Zhongli like a little adult.

"Oh, by the way, I haven't asked your name yet."

"You can call me Zhongli,"

The neatly dressed young man stood up, his gaze sweeping over the dilapidated underground parking lot. His voice was clear and crisp: "First of all, we need to improve the environment here. Let's start teaching you from here. There are clearly many things that can be used in this underground parking lot, but you can only rely on the campfire for warmth. It's a disgrace to civilized humans."

“Hmm, no, I misused the words.” Zhongli shook his head as if talking to himself: “I should say that the adults in this world have really lost face as human beings.”

......

time flies.

Almost a month has passed since Tendo Kisara used the beginner quest card to summon Zhongli and the sexy prisoner.

The sexy prisoner had only been in this world for less than three to five days when he was disgusted by some things in this world.

Then, for the rest of the time, he continued to fight in this world.

They slay criminals who trafficked cursed children, destroy gangs that abused children, and even take on the Tendo family in Tokyo, turning the entire Tendo household upside down together with Tendo Kisara.

Even so, the sexy prisoner still felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

Even though he has tried his best to maintain the relationship between humans and the cursed children, most of the time, these attempts end in failure.

The adults in this Tokyo city have become accustomed to discriminating against the cursed children, and this blatant discrimination has permeated every aspect of their behavior. While these cursed children may not always show any dislike for adults, it is clear that most of them are filled with fear of the adults in the world of Black Bullet.

After all, the hardships they have experienced at this age may be more than those experienced by other adults in their entire lives.

"Sexy Mr." Kisara Tendo's voice was clear and bright, showing great respect to the sexy prisoner.

During this time, she followed Sexy Prisoner to hunt down those scumbags, gaining a lot of experience in fighting scumbags. She also saw Sexy Prisoner's fighting style and knew just how strong this muscular GAX guy in front of her really was.

"Hey, Tendo girl, what's up?" The sexy prisoner sat on the large sofa chair, her body squeezing the sofa tightly.

His face looked troubled, his features were scrunched up, and it was unclear what he was thinking.

"It's nothing." Tentong Mugen hesitated for a moment, but still didn't voice his question.

Then, after a moment, she couldn't help but ask, "Sexy Mr., what do you think Mr. Zhongli is doing right now?"

"I don't know." The sexy prisoner shook his head; he was only interested in how to deal with the scum of this world.

He felt his luck was absolutely terrible. He had only been to the worlds of other group members twice, and both times he had encountered such terrible worlds and so many terrible people.

The first time, Mr. Zhongli directly used his great power to reverse time, correcting the distortion of the entire world.

So, will Mr. Zhongli also try to reverse time and change this distortion this time?

The sexy prisoner pondered for a moment, then sighed.

"Hey~! Tendo girl, do you think the Emperor of Tokyo and those high-ranking officials in your world have something wrong with their brains? Otherwise, they wouldn't allow those cursed children to suffer such discrimination, right?"

"This doesn't conform to common sense and etiquette."

"The post-apocalyptic world is full of deceit and suffering. Life is so insignificant. Ordinary humans are both pitiful and suffering, and they are also the ones who inflict suffering and pitifulness."

"However, as a government or organization in the apocalypse, if they want to survive, they certainly won't use fear to oppress everything."

"No matter how you look at it, the cursed children are excellent material for soldiers, and they are also natural victims. Such beings shouldn't have become like this, right?"

"I can't figure it out at all. I guess I'm just not suited for mental activities."

Tendou Kisara simply nodded slightly: "I also find it a bit strange, but then I thought about it again. This thing was originally a policy set by the old man of the Tendou family, that is, my nominal grandfather, on behalf of the Holy Emperor. So I'm not surprised at all."

Tendou Kisara's expression was half contempt and half burning flames of revenge.

She paused for a moment, then turned her gaze to the sexy prisoner.

"Sexy teacher, would you like to explore the Tendo family's house with me again?"

Her purpose was very clear: to take advantage of the chaos caused by the invasion of the sexy prisoner into the Tiantong family, and to go to the Tiantong family to interrogate some people who knew the cause of their parents' deaths.

"not going."

The sexy prisoner waved his hand: "I know that Tendo Girl hates the Tendo family, but unfortunately, you and I have different goals in this matter."

"I understand." Upon hearing this reply, Tendo Kisara was not discouraged. To be honest, she had already spent a long enough time dealing with the Tendo family, and even if it continued for a while longer, it wouldn't be a big deal.

Thinking of this, she turned on the old television in front of her, trying to find something else to change the subject.

Who knew, the screen had just turned on.

The news anchor's voice came through so clearly that both Kisara Tendo and Sexy Prisoner were visibly stunned and stood frozen in place.

An unidentified armed group has appeared in the suburbs.

They attacked our fearless soldiers with homemade weapons.

The following report details the members of the following armed groups.

This man...

Along with the broadcast, Zhongli, dressed in ancient Dongguo attire, was clearly visible on the simple television screen.

Chapter Eighteen: The Advancement of the Times

Let's go back in time a little.

Gastrea, the ruins of the Tokyo Survival Zone.

In an abandoned underground parking lot.

"This is what a base should look like."

Zhong Li looked at the changes in the underground parking garage and nodded with slight satisfaction.

Maria, Yuko Kobayashi, and some other cursed children felt that they had witnessed the most unscientific thing in the world.

"Did we really make this?" Maria couldn't help but ask.

----In just two days, this underground parking garage was transformed into this state?

The thought flashed through her mind, but she ultimately didn't say it aloud.

After all, everything in front of her was built by her and her friends from scratch, without any shortcuts.

“Of course.” Zhongli’s gaze swept over everything around him.

First, there was a row of simple beds in front of him, covered with cotton quilts that had been salvaged from the ruins and remade. The quilts, dried in the sun, were filled with the sun-dried smell of dead mites.

The fluffy cotton quilt makes you want to lie down on it and have a good sleep.

Next to the bed is a separate wardrobe for each person, containing two sets of clothes that, while not brand new, are simple and clean.

"These are the most basic things. Before you start learning anything else, I expect you to learn how to live first." Zhongli said calmly to the children in front of him, "Although you are disliked by almost all the adults, you can still obtain enough basic living supplies because of the habits of the people in the Japanese archipelago."

“A worn-out quilt, after a quick wash and a good airing out, with the ripped parts mended, becomes a clean, soft quilt. A worn-out wooden plank, as long as it's not rotten, can be nailed together to make a cabinet if you find the right size. Clotheslines can be easily repurposed. Your little bodies, which haven't been bathed in a long time and have a bit of a stench, can become clean and tidy children after just a rinse and a wipe with water.”

"Even without my guidance, you could have achieved these things through your own exploration and experience. Why couldn't you have done them before?"

Zhongli pondered, "Never mind, they are still just children. Even if they are so-called 'cursed children,' they are still just children who need guidance and education."