"..."

Upon hearing the price, Yotsuba Mahiro's eye twitched involuntarily. "You wouldn't be after that little bit of balance in my account, would you?"

"Oh dear, what is Yotsuba-chan saying? I don't understand~" Shiba Miori pretended to be clueless and said, "I didn't hear that Yotsuba-chan killed Hiruko Kagetane, the original IP address 134, a couple of days ago and received a reward of 100 million yen~"

I don't know if this woman was deliberately provoking me or what...

Didn't you just blurt that out yourself?!

"Fine, ten million, right? I'll transfer it to you in a couple of days."

"Not now?" Sima Weizhi blinked in surprise.

However, Yotsuba Mahiro gritted her teeth and said resentfully, "...Can't I just keep this money in my hands for a couple of days?!"

His appearance completely amused Sima Weizhi, who burst into laughter without any regard for her image.

But as she laughed, she gradually quieted down, a smile still lingering on her lips as she gazed at the children in the distance and said:

"Speaking of which, Yotsuba is really good to those children."

Unusually, this time Sima Weizhi did not use a gloomy tone, but rather seemed to be sighing.

But Yotsuba Mahiro shrugged and said, "Really? I only remember an old Chinese saying: 'When poor, one should cultivate one's own virtue; when successful, one should benefit all under heaven.' What I did was just what I could do."

"It's within our power... But those generations who were plundered are unwilling to do even something as simple as it is within our power."

They plunder and bully the weak to gain a fleeting sense of satisfaction.

This is what the plundered generation did to the cursed children.

Now, seeing the children's happy smiles as the lights were turned on, Sima Weizhi seemed to be infected by their joy, and a happy smile involuntarily appeared on her lips as well.

Looking at the handsome young man beside her, whose appearance she had never seen before, she couldn't help but say:

"As expected, Yotsuba is very gentle when she kisses you."

"Since you find me gentle, I wonder if I could exchange that gentleness for a small discount?"

"Hey sis~ Let's keep business separate. Besides, the price they gave Yotsuba-chan was the cost price, they didn't make any profit."

The idea that a businessman won't make money is utterly unbelievable.

Not to mention that if it came from the mouth of Sima Weizhi, a shrewd businessman, it was even less believable.

"Speaking of which, Yotsuba-chan, what are your plans for collecting these children?"

"Why would you have such an idea?" Yotsuba Mahiro asked, looking at Shiba Miori.

"Just a woman's intuition."

Perhaps Sima Weizhi felt it was getting late, so she walked gracefully towards the parked Mercedes-Benz, but just as she opened the door to get in, she suddenly turned around and said:

"Yotsuba-chan~ If you have any tickets to Noah's Ark, remember to save one for me too~"

"Noah's Ark? That can't be right. This is just Arcadia in District 39, the place where these children live."

It was also the utopian kingdom he built for these children.

However, Sima Weizhi did not respond again, and it was unclear whether she had heard her or not, before she saw her get into the car.

But it must be said that this woman's intuition is indeed quite sharp.

He had no intention whatsoever of helping this world.

Especially after experiencing all sorts of things, big and small, this year, I feel... this utterly terrible world is probably destined to be destroyed.

......

.....

...

Shortly after Shiba Miori left, Yotsuba Mahiro explained the precautions for using electricity to the children before leaving.

Although he still had plenty of time left, gathering the scattered children of the curse was a very troublesome task.

Especially now, when they no longer have a high degree of trust in others.

However, just after he drove past a traffic light that had fallen and twisted in the middle of the road, turning into an obstacle, and not far ahead was the ruins of what was clearly a gas station, he suddenly saw a police car parked in a corner of the road.

Yotsuba Mahiro immediately stepped on the brakes.

There was something very wrong with that police car; the exhaust pipe was still emitting heat, clearly indicating that it had just been parked there.

The question is, what would a police car be doing in such a desolate wasteland?

The answer is self-evident.

As Mahiro got off the bus, he could already hear sharp screams coming from inside the building.

"let me go!"

"Stop yelling, you noisy little thief with red eyes!"

Peng!

A muffled, heavy thud echoed faintly from the abandoned, unfinished building.

Two police officers dragged a girl deeper into the building. The bespectacled, skinny officer took out new handcuffs and locked one of the girl's hands, while the other end of the handcuffs was locked to the exposed steel railing.

The girl, having caught her breath from the pain, struggled a little, but when she realized she couldn't break free, she seemed to despair.

As if her heart had died, she ceased to struggle, but the unease she felt about not knowing what her future held made her pale.

Fear lingered in those crimson pupils, causing them to tremble slightly.

The two officers silently drew their sidearms, opened the magazines, and counted the bullets inside, a wicked smile playing on their lips.

The menacing atmosphere they exuded made them look less like police officers and more like street thugs.

It was obvious that these two men intended to use the girl to test their guns.

"Let me go first this time."

"up to you."

The two quickly decided on the order of firing.

The crew-cut police officer, carrying a pistol, walked to a position about ten meters away and raised the dark muzzle, pointing it at the girl.

boom!

As the trigger was pulled, a gunshot rang out.

Strangely, there were no bullet holes or bleeding on the girl's body!

Even the girl herself was surprised.

"Hey, have you lost your mind playing around with women? You can't even shoot accurately from this distance?" The skinny, bespectacled police officer scoffed mockingly.

"Come on, isn't it normal to miss the first shot?!"

The flat-headed officer refused to believe it. This time, he took a few steps forward and even held the pistol with both hands, aiming it carefully.

Then pull the trigger again.

boom! boom! boom!

Three gunshots rang out in succession.

But it was still so strange; the bullets still didn't hit the girl, it felt as if...

Disappeared into thin air?

The skinny, bespectacled police officer also noticed something was wrong and stepped forward, saying, "Let me handle this."

boom!

He shoots very fast, almost as soon as he raises his hand.

However, just like before, there was no damage.

He moved a few meters closer and fired several more shots until he reached the girl and, in a fit of rage, pressed the muzzle of the gun against her forehead.

"You damn bitch, are you up to something? Huh? You think you can escape the punishment you deserve, you damn red-eyed bastard? This time, let's see how you hide!"

The girl closed her eyes in terror the instant the trigger was pulled.

But this time, the gun made a hollow sound.

"Out of bullets?!"

The officer fumbled around in his pocket, intending to load his weapon, but then a voice came from behind him.

"These two officers really have a lot of leisure time, bullying a little girl at a time like this."

Yotsuba Mahiro slowly emerged from the shadows, a smile on her face, and said, "How about you come and play with me, you mongrel?"

The moment the words left his mouth, he raised "Nightmare," aimed at the officer who was approaching the child, and pulled the trigger. A dry ice spear that appeared out of thin air pinned the officer to the wall.

Just as the man was about to scream, another flash of light appeared, and his head was instantly dissected cleanly, the cuts so smooth and neat it looked as if it had been swept by a laser.

There was also a faint smell of blood and burnt odor in the air.

The smell offended another person.

Only then did he realize that his companion had been killed!

"Damn it... how dare they assault a police officer!"

"There's so much nonsense."

Yotsuba Mahiro pulled the trigger again, immediately activating "Freezefire"—a magic that can freeze the primer of bullets in firearms, namely lead azide, thereby causing the bullets to malfunction.

However, the power seemed to be out of control, and it accidentally froze the man's gun and hand together.

"Never mind, it doesn't really matter."

Looking at the man who had collapsed and was groaning, Shinji said nonchalantly, "Testing the gun, I actually quite like it too."

"Magic Bullet Shooter", activated.

A barrage of "hail meteors" rained down on the man like a torrential downpour.

He fired thirty or forty shots each at the abdomen, chest, hands, and feet. Because he controlled the power well, he didn't pierce the man's body; he just smashed all the parts to pieces.

The man was thrown backward as if he had been electrocuted, and was slammed heavily into the ground.

The girl's piercing screams made her close her eyes tightly, afraid to open them.

Until the screams completely disappeared, until the footsteps did not sound again.

The girl then slowly opened her eyes.

But she was surprised to find...

The two men who had brought her there had disappeared, leaving only dust on the ground and a completely different older brother standing on that dust.

Sensing the girl's gaze, Yotsuba Mahiro, bathed in the sunset, turned around and reached out her hand to the girl whose face was dirty but who had a pair of beautiful, deep wine-red eyes.

Smiled:

"Hello, nice to meet you. I am Yotsuba Mahiro, the leader of Arcadia in District 39. I wonder if you would be interested in joining Arcadia, little sister?"

P.S.: I wasn't feeling well today and drank a little water, I'm so sorry.

Chapter 73 Haki Rentaro, you bastard...

"Shin-kun, something terrible has happened! Satomi-kun... something's happened to him."

This familiar opening line woke him up in the middle of the night, and he rushed to Gouda Public University Hospital.

I remember the last time I heard this was during the Nine Schools War, I never expected it to happen again in this world.

"Haki Rentaro, you really are a good-for-nothing..."

I forgot the beginning, I forgot the middle, I forgot the end, but anyway, when I saw Rentaro lying on the hospital bed covered in bandages like a mummy, Mahiro couldn't help but make a comment.

This guy looks like he's badly injured, but there's nothing fatal about it.

Besides excessive blood loss, there were extensive fractures throughout the body and minor contusions.

On the next bed, a high school girl dressed in black, Tendo Kisara, was sleeping.

Her long, black hair, flowing like a waterfall, was spread across the pillow, and the light from the white lamp illuminated her peaceful sleeping face.

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