I'm a magnetic field madman

"But more importantly, this man started consciously setting up factories outside of number 30 three months ago to produce some things... and the reason I know this is because they were also involved in the recent arms trade fair..."

Sima Weizhi's expression was slightly gloomy. After a pause, she said...

"Their company's portable personal electromagnetic weapon, the 'Thunder Demon Sword,' is technologically advanced... and has snatched many orders from Sima Heavy Industries in the Osaka and Sendai areas."

"Oh, I see." Kisara Tendo crossed his arms and sneered.

"Two dead businessmen are fighting over each other's business, and you want us police officers to be your pawns, right?"

"No, if it were just about stealing business, that would be one thing," Sima Weizhi shook her head.

"What I'm worried about is that they're using the Cursed Children to do bad things... After all, some of their technologies are just too shady to be true."

"I understand, I'll accept this commission."

Before the boss could react, Rentaro Satomi stood up without hesitation and took on this troublesome task.

After all, he simply couldn't stand by and watch as evil arms dealers persecuted those already pitiful children.

"As expected of Satomi-chan." Shiba Miori smiled happily and hugged him...

"What—let go of me, you shameless woman!"

After another chaotic scene reminiscent of a typical Japanese romantic comedy, Rentaro Satomi, having escaped in a sorry state, set off on his dilapidated bicycle.

He was going to pick up his Initiator partner, Aihara Enju, from school, and then begin the mission based on the information given by Shiba Miori.

It is said that tonight, a truck from the Blue Dream Company will be heading to District 34 to select a cursed child and haul them into their secret factory...

Rentaro's task was to get Enju to sneak into the car with a transmitter and a miniature camera, while he followed closely behind.

Tonight, he is determined to expose the true face of this evil company.

6. Secret facilities

Late at night, the evening breeze grew cool...

Rentaro Satomi, who was hiding in a dilapidated building at number 34, was accompanied by a cute girl with red twin tails. She was his partner, Enju Aihara, a cursed child with "rabbit" genetic factors.

"Rentaro, are you really sure that car from that Blue Dream Company will pass by?"

Yeon-joo asked somewhat unhappily, explaining that because of the need for disguise, she had to take off her own clothes and put on tattered old clothes... While it wasn't a big deal in itself, it certainly wasn't a pleasant experience for a woman who cared about her appearance.

"The information provided by Miori should be fine, right?" Rentaro said somewhat uncertainly.

"If you ask me... if this Lanmeng Company really provides those children with a job that can provide them with enough to eat and wear, then it should be a pretty good company, right?" Lan Yuan Yanzhu tilted her head and said.

Why does Rentaro hate them so much?

"Enju, you need to understand that there's no company in this world that would choose to hire a ten-year-old child to work for them and still call itself righteous!" Rentaro Satomi said righteously.

"Moreover, I instinctively felt that such a 'kind' company must be more than just a business."

And just as they were talking, the car... arrived.

Rentaro immediately hid, while Aihara Enju pretended to be pitiful and went out.

Then you see the end of the road, and a large heavy truck slowly driving towards you.

It was a black heavy truck, nothing special in itself... If I had to say it had anything special, it would probably be the huge blue globe logo printed on the truck bed.

Lan Yuanyan walked pitifully to the road, and soon, the truck stopped in front of her.

"There's another one here?"

"They might be hiding, or they might be compatriots who were too hungry to hear our broadcast."

As the conversation began, two women in light blue uniforms stepped off the bus. They appeared to be around twenty years old, with tall, healthy figures and radiating a sense of vitality.

"I am..." Aihara Enju continued to play the pitiful role in a low voice.

"Alright, you don't need to say anything more. Get in the car. We'll take you to a place where you can eat your fill and stay warm, a wonderful place with many fellow countrymen."

The woman on the left with the ponytail smiled, patted her hair, and led her to the back of the carriage. Her companion, however, frowned slightly, as if deep in thought.

As the carriage door opened, Rentaro, who was hiding in the shadows, couldn't help but gasp.

The dark carriage was already filled with the children of the curse, dressed in tattered clothes.

They huddled together, arms crossed and faces blank, like a flock of lambs who didn't know where they were going to be sold.

"No, it's unforgivable!!"

God knows what terrible developments Rentaro Satomi was imagining at that moment. He clenched his fists in anger and then followed behind the truck the instant it started moving.

Chasing a truck for an extended period of time is difficult for an ordinary person... but for him, whose body has undergone a series of mechanical modifications, it is not a difficult task.

Rentaro Satomi quietly followed the truck for a long time... He walked from District 34 all the way to District 37 before stopping.

The truck slowly drove into a dilapidated garage. After the garage door opened and the truck entered, there was no sound for a long time.

Even a fool could guess that there was a problem down there, so Rentaro quickly went closer and turned on his communicator and computer. The top-of-the-line equipment sponsored by Sima Heavy Industries was really useful.

The miniature camera placed on the Enju hair clip showed everything she saw to Rentaro.

Inside the garage was a slowly descending staircase, and after the truck driver got out... they led these cursed children down the bottomless staircase.

The walls along the way were made of silver alloy, and there were silver-white wall lamps on both sides.

The style of the entrance alone has the feel of a secret organization... and Rentaro probably didn't skimp on the cost.

This further convinced Rentaro of his idea—there was definitely something wrong with this Blue Dream Company!

His idea was logical; after all, why would a waste recycling company build such a secret underground factory in an uninhabited area, especially one that seemed to cost a lot of money and manpower?

This looks like a secret underground research facility.

Some of the cursed children seemed to sense that something was amiss, and one of them timidly asked a question...

"Sister, where are we going..."

"A place where you can eat your fill, stay warm, and never have to worry about being bullied," the white-haired woman said calmly.

“I know what you’re worried about, but it’s all unnecessary. I was once in the same boat as you, but since I’m already at the bottom of hell, why should I fear any further misfortune?”

"Human cities don't welcome us, so why don't we stick together and go live somewhere that will accept us..."

"That sounds nice..." Rentaro muttered under his breath, suppressing his anger.

"They're just being used as tools."

Soon, these cursed children were taken deep underground.

Just as Rentaro had imagined, this was an underground secret facility that looked extremely expensive to build.

The silver corridors on both sides, the enclosed space, and the sophisticated instruments whose nature is unclear... these alone are enough to highlight the "complexity" and "expensiveness" of this facility.

Meanwhile, this only deepened Rentaro's sorrow.

The children of the curse were led to a bathroom, where they took off their old clothes and lined up to enter.

But thankfully, this is actually a bathroom, not some place where a guy with a mustache makes soap ingredients.

The cursed children, stripped naked, underwent a triple disinfection process: their bodies were rinsed with a gentle medicine, disinfected with ultraviolet light, and finally completely dried.

Yeonjoo, trembling and hugging herself, muttered complaints in a voice only she could hear.

"What a humiliation! I am not that filthy..."

Although Enju disliked being treated like a dirty thing and vigorously washed... the other cursed children were quite compliant, and some even felt exceptionally comfortable after being washed.

Especially since they were wearing brand new clothes. Although they were all wearing the same sky-blue uniforms, how could a group of children who had struggled to even keep warm not long ago be concerned about aesthetics?

Even the cursed child, who can survive on this garbage, will feel extremely uncomfortable due to the accumulated secretions.

After washing up, the children were led by several people dressed in the same sky-blue uniforms to a huge restaurant. The long tables on both sides were piled with all kinds of delicious food, which immediately attracted the attention of all the children of the curse!

"Can we really eat these whenever we want?"

A cursed child stared in disbelief at the plates piled high with succulent roasted meat and seafood...

But the way her throat moved up and down betrayed her thoughts.

Although they had never eaten anything so good since birth... their instincts still told them that it was an excellent delicacy.

"Enjoy yourselves, fellow countrymen," a Blue Dream Company employee in a sky-blue uniform sighed softly.

"Don't eat too much, or you won't be able to sleep tonight."

Her warning served as a starting point, after she learned she could freely enjoy these delicacies...

All the children of the curse pounced on the food like dogs released from their cages!

They greedily grabbed all sorts of delicious food, stuffing it into their small bellies like gluttons.

Even when they were already full, they still kept stuffing food into their mouths.

After all, they were afraid that this was all a dream, a dream in which they would wake up and find themselves "eating dinner" in a garbage dump.

Even Enju's throat was moving uncontrollably... Although Rentaro and Kisara had never mistreated her, their struggling agency rarely had the opportunity to enjoy such delicious food.

She glanced around and realized that she was the only one who seemed so calm, which made Yeonju feel that this was bad and not conducive to her pretense.

—This is for disguise.

The little girl thought this, and then pounced on the pile of food.

Meanwhile, Rentaro, who was outside, was also getting hungry from the lavish food that could only be seen at banquets...

However, he wasn't so bad after all; on the contrary, he became even more certain that this Blue Dream Company definitely wasn't up to any good.

However, there was one thing Rentaro couldn't understand: why did these women call these cursed children their fellow countrymen...?

Could it be that they are also children of the curse?

Rentaro quickly dismissed this unrealistic idea. After all, even if we start counting from 2020 when the Gastrea virus broke out, the cursed children born at that time wouldn't be this old now.

About an hour later, the food piled up on both sides of the long table had been completely devoured, and each of the cursed children lay on the ground, unwilling to move, in blissful satiation.

"Alright, alright, girls, you've finished your baths and eaten, it's time for you to go to sleep."

Led by these Blue Dream Company members, the Cursed Children, who had become exceptionally well-behaved, were quickly led to their respective dormitory rooms.

Although it wasn't a luxurious four-person room, the soft pillows and warm blankets... were all the children could ask for.

Everything seemed perfect, so perfect and smooth, like an incredible dream.

Even Enju was now having the thought that living here wasn't so bad.

But her thoughts were eventually replaced by her sense of responsibility, and Yeonjoo, having calmed down, waited for about an hour.

After the other children of the curse in the room had fallen asleep, he quietly jumped off the bed, took out his communicator, and whispered...

"Rentaro, can you hear me? What should I do next?"

"Enju, there's definitely something wrong with this underground base. But it would be very dangerous for you to investigate. If it doesn't work out, then..."

"Don't talk nonsense. Now that I've infiltrated, I have to complete my mission." Yeonju interrupted her partner's nagging, opening the door as lightly and silently as a cat, and moving through the deserted, silvery-white corridor.

Her genes are from rabbits, which gave her a very light body and agile movements.

The electromagnetic boots specially modified by Sima Heavy Industry also gave her the ability to land silently and adhere to walls.

Yeonju crouched low as she moved through the underground base, the layout of which flashed through her mind as she was led in.

Follow the path you came from, passing through those "unimportant" places...

She quickly located the important area of ​​the underground base marked "No Trespassing".

It's strange, really. Despite being such a large and high-tech base, there was absolutely no security along the way, not even a single person in sight.

But Yeonju didn't have time to think about it anymore, and quickly followed the signs to the floor below the cafeteria.

After pushing open a heavy iron door, Enju and Rentaro instantly held their breath.

What appeared before them was a giant factory built inside an underground cavern about the size of ten football fields.

Meanwhile, the factory, operating on an assembly line, was slowly and efficiently assembling some things. When Rentaro adjusted the camera, what he saw was a giant iron bird that had been assembled!

The reason why Tokyo's five wards have become the only five remaining settlements in Japan... is not because of any geopolitics or any other nonsense.

After all, apart from Tokyo, the four areas of Sapporo, Sendai, Osaka and Hakata have almost no symbolic significance... If we have to preserve them according to geopolitics, wouldn't it be more appropriate to preserve Kyoto?

The main reason these five settlements were the only lands the Japanese retained was their industrial capacity.

These five areas are among the few sites close to ruthenium where these important metals can be mined more efficiently…