Hawks from the Land of Light are calling me a dove and an undercover agent in the chat group.

"Rentaro, chirp chirp!"

Look, this shameless girl who pounced on me as soon as I entered high school, wanting to hug and kiss me, is called Sima Miori, the daughter of the president of Sima Heavy Industries, the world's largest weapons company, and a beautiful woman in a furisode kimono.

Of course, without a doubt, she also really likes me, loves me to the point of obsession. If there weren't other students all over the school, Weizhi might have even taken off my pants and squatted down right after me, the probability of which is extremely high!

Alas, Rentaro Satomi, what a wicked man.

Putting aside Enju, who is only ten years old—I have absolutely no pedophilic tendencies, so I would never consider her—both Miori and Kisara are making me very conflicted.

Fortunately, I'm only sixteen years old now, and there's still some time before I get married, so I don't have to make a decision until then.

Of course, I know I'm just stalling for time so I don't have to confront my inner conflict, but I don't feel guilty at all.

Because whether it's Miori or Kisara, although they both like me, they've never directly tried to seduce me.

For example, she would drag me to take a shower together, or strip naked and attack me at night, or directly ask me to sleep with her—these things had never happened before.

I'm the kind of person who's timid and overly respectful of women. I may not be physically assertive, but I might be a bit psychologically assertive. So as long as they don't directly engage with me in these ways, I'll keep agonizing over it until the very last moment.

Okay, so here's the question: why would they like someone like me?

Well, I guess this question is probably related to my current profession.

Police officers.

Although they are not police officers, have no law enforcement powers, and are not in a formal position, the fact that they can become police officers inherently carries the connotation of "power."

Well, although my police officer ranking is only 12452nd in IP rankings, which is the very bottom of the bottom in this industry system.

However, it's not that Enju and I are weak in any way. Although we can't compare to the top 300 monsters yet, in terms of strength, if Enju and I team up, we can definitely get into the top 3,000, or even the top 2,000 without any problem.

The problem is that neither Yanzhu nor I have been able to secure any big orders so far.

Uh, you're asking me what a big order is?

Of course, there must be a sufficient amount of gastrulation.

Ah, you're asking me what Gastrulas are? Well... perfect, let's see how they're demonstrated in real combat!

"Enju, a mission has arrived!"

After school, President Kisara immediately sent a report saying that Gastrea had appeared in a residential area. This was no small matter and we had to take immediate action!

"Yeah!"

When we arrived at our destination, people in the building were already screaming. Of course, this was a good thing, because it meant that there were still people alive there.

The screams came from both a plump, elderly woman who was clearly a civilian and the voices of police officers that accompanied the gunshots.

That was a pistol, undeniably a real gun with live ammunition.

Of course, this is useless. Even the weakest Gastrea is not something that a pistol can defeat, because they have a very strong self-healing ability.

Against the weakest Gastrea, a tank or fighter jet could kill it by launching projectiles, but clearly, an ordinary pistol simply doesn't have that power.

Yeonju and I abandoned the stairs and took a shortcut, leaping from the third floor to the sixth floor where the incident occurred. What came into view was the scene of the police bullet piercing the Gastrea, but the Gastrea was still alive, healing itself, and about to kill and devour the police.

Or to be more precise, several police officers had already died here, their bodies lying askew, blood flowing on the ground.

"Tendo-style Combat Technique, Type Two, Sixteenth Form: Hidden Zen - Black Sky Wind!"

This is a kick. Yes, as you can see, I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child, so I am very powerful. Even a casual attack can be as damaging as a bullet. When using these martial arts moves, they are naturally far superior to those of a pistol.

More importantly, a part of my body is actually loaded with a special metal called chromium, which can naturally suppress the Gastrea's self-healing ability, thus allowing me to truly kill them.

What? You're asking me if, since I'm so strong, I can withstand bullets?

Of course that's impossible. How could a human do such a thing? I'm just powerful in terms of output, but I'm still made of flesh and blood. A single bullet from an ordinary handgun could pierce my heart and brain, okay?

Oops, I seem to have gone off-topic.

"In short, the only two types of people humans can rely on to fight against Anti-Venom are people like me, pure humans with bizarre weapons."

"The other type is my partner, someone like Aihara Enju."

"Hey, are you calling me, Rentaro?"

"None of your business. Just focus on killing the remaining two Gastrea. Don't let them splatter so much blood. It's a hassle to take a bath and clean the floor, ugh!"

Come to think of it, why did I suddenly introduce Enju?

Never mind, that's not important. In short, why is it that even though we weren't carrying any metallic weapons, ten-year-old Enju was able to accomplish something that even carrying a handgun couldn't?

Of course, Yeonju is no ordinary person. She is a member of the cursed children, also known as the cursed ones.

What? You don't even know what "cursed child" means?

So, I'm starting the explanation from here... Oh well, I'll just give a brief introduction to our world then.

In 2020, gastrulation organisms, which had never existed before, suddenly appeared on Earth.

Gastrea are a collective term for organisms that have mutated after being infected by the gastrulatory virus. This virus can infect through blood and rewrite the host's DNA. It suddenly appeared in 2020 and infected countless organisms.

Whether it's an insect, another animal, or even a human, if attacked by other Gastrea, they can all potentially become infected with the virus and transform into new Gastrea.

These massive Gastrea launched a full-scale attack on humanity in 2021, resulting in a complete defeat for humankind.

Fortunately, humans discovered that chromium exists in large quantities in volcanic areas. This metal not only inhibits the Gastrea's self-healing ability but also makes them feel disgusted, thus keeping them away from places with large amounts of chromium.

Using this as a basis, all nations of mankind erected enormous chalcedony monuments, at least tens of meters high, to demarcate their territory and imprison humanity in much smaller areas than before, thus allowing us to eke out a living.

For example, Japan used to be the whole of Japan, but now only a few cities like Tokyo and Osaka remain. The rest of the country has been abandoned and has long since become a paradise for Gastrea.

The situation is similar in other countries.

My parents also died in the Gastrea attack in 2021, which led to me being adopted by Kisaragi's grandfather. Although we've fallen out now, Kisaragi and I are completely self-reliant.

It is now 201, and ten years have passed.

In the ten years since the monument was built, there have been no more large-scale Gastrea invasions. Only occasionally have a small number of Gastrea crossed the monument's boundaries and harmed the people.

At this time, of course, it is time for our police officers to be dispatched. Our police officers are part of a special combat system against Gastrea that emerged after the construction of the monument.

Each pair of police officers consists of a fixed team of one human and one cursed child, who take on jobs to kill Gastrea creatures.

In this pair, the human is called the Promoter, and the Cursed Child is called the Initiator.

These two titles aren't important either. Oh, right, you want to know what the "Cursed Child" is, right?

The so-called cursed child is actually a pregnant woman whose gastritis entered her body during pregnancy and flowed into the fetus, but did not directly turn the child into a gastrulator.

At this point, the child's gender will inevitably become female, and she will be born with naturally red pupils, a symbol of the Hemiarchaean species.

Children born in this way inevitably possess the Gastrea power of some kind of animal, as well as human reason and thought. Apart from having the Gastrea power, they are actually no different from humans.

However, the more Gastrea's power is used, and the more Gastrea attacks are taken in battle, the higher the Gastrea virus erosion rate of the Cursed Children will be.

Once the 50% threshold is exceeded, the Cursed Child will lose their mind and become a monster that slaughters indiscriminately like Gastrea, turning into an enemy of humanity.

So although I personally feel that the children of the curse are exactly the same as humans and should not be ostracized or rejected, the mainstream opinion of others is basically one of hatred and hostility towards the children of the curse.

Every day, many people hold marches and demonstrations, claiming that they want to kill all the cursed children or drive them all out of human cities.

What? You're asking me why everyone ostracizes the cursed son?

Of course, it's because of fear. After all, the Cursed Children could indeed become Gastrea... Ah, you asked me if the Cursed Children would increase the Gastrea invasion rate if they didn't fight?

That should still happen, but it will be incredibly slow. It might not even improve by 0.1% in a year.

Will the Cursed Child undergo regular official erosion rate checks?

Of course, there are, sometimes more than once a year. Regardless of whether there is fighting or not, they will all be subject to random checks on the erosion rate.

Why not just prevent the Cursed Child from fighting? There are regular checks, so there's no unknown factor.

As long as the cursed children are prevented from fighting, the virus infection rate will not increase significantly. With regular checks in place, it will be detected early when it approaches 50%, and then it can be killed. It is impossible for it to harm other humans.

In other words, the argument that humans ostracize and fear the cursed child is completely untenable.

This……

How could you say that!

I don't know what you're thinking, but humanity simply cannot do without the fighting power of the Cursed Children!

Although there is chromium alloy, and the top-ranked police officers are all monsters, chromium alloy is limited and cannot be used recklessly, nor is there that much of it. Otherwise, they could simply replace all the firearms and shells with those made of chromium alloy to launch a counterattack against the Gastrea.

Moreover, even if we human police officers were to wield bimetallic weapons, our weapons would still be no match for those of the Cursed Ones. The Cursed Ones' power is the main factor, while our role is more about strategic planning and supporting them.

Regardless of the circumstances, for the continuation of the entire human race, the cursed child... Enju, and countless others like Enju, though it is painful and difficult, must fight no matter what!

For the sake of tomorrow for all humanity!

What? You're asking me how the treatment of us human police officers, human police, and human soldiers compares to that of the Cursed Children, who also fight for humanity?

This……

They're completely incomparable.

Even if Yeonju and the others save countless people, once their identities are exposed, everyone around them will immediately call her a serial killer or a monster and drive her away.

If they see that she doesn't resist, someone might just hit her on the head with a stick. I've seen that kind of thing happen to other cursed children before, even though it wasn't done to Enju.

What reason would the cursed children have to fight for humanity?

You're still saying things like that...

If it is everyone's responsibility to ensure the survival of humanity, and no one can shirk their duty, then shouldn't the common people protected behind the cursed children also take up their shields?

Let them act as meat shields, rushing forward at any time to take the hits for the cursed children who are about to be attacked, and using their own lives to slow down the rate at which the cursed children's corruption rate increases. Isn't that a matter of course?

Since the Cursed Children have power, they should be willing to give their power and lives for the continuation of the entire human race. Ordinary humans don't even have power, so shouldn't they be even more willing to give their lives for the continuation of the entire human race? Why do the Cursed Children have this obligation, but others don't?

After all, no matter how you look at it, the value of the cursed children and the benefits they bring to the continuation of humanity are far greater than those of ordinary people. Shouldn't ordinary people have an unshirkable responsibility to protect these high-value assets?

this----

Rentaro Satomi: A perspective he had never imagined before suddenly blossomed in his mind!

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P.S.: A small Arknights shock to the End of the World

Volume 1: Chapter 51. The Mefilas Alien, The Game of the Gentleman and the Devil