(Heartfelt thanks to 'o0 Tear Wound 0o', 'I Only Like Betty', and 'A929030' for their tips!)
Among Civil Security officers, there was a saying that was not widely known, yet often mentioned.
"Every Civil Security officer ranked in the top hundred of the IP Ranking is someone who has sold their soul to the devil."
Because any Civil Security officer capable of reaching that ranking, whether Promoter or Initiator, was anything but ordinary.
For example, among those Promoters were mechanical soldiers, people whom others might no longer even consider human.
Likewise, among those Initiators, there were plenty like Tina who worked as assassins and had taken on many dirty jobs.
Naturally, Tina's younger sisters, all of whom ranked within the top hundred of the IP Ranking, could also be said to have blood all over their hands.
Like Tina, those children had almost all been weapons in Ain Rand's hands. They normally only accepted Ain Rand's orders to carry out various missions, and they had killed countless humans and Gastrea alike.
After Ain Rand died and their older sister Tina disappeared, those children completely lost their support.
"In the end, my sisters could only accept the arrangements of the International Initiator Supervision Organization in order to survive, forming Civil Security partnerships with unfamiliar Promoters."
Walking through the corridors of the Seitenshi Palace, Tina tightly hugged the doll in her arms and spoke softly.
"However, abroad, the discrimination and hatred suffered by Cursed Children were even worse than in the Tokyo Area. My sisters' Promoters were all bastards. Not only did they refuse to treat my sisters as people, they even tried to abuse them."
"...Is that so?" Noah fell silent for a moment before speaking.
"What happened afterward?"
"Later, unable to endure it any longer, my sisters killed all of