Everything Belongs to the World Government!

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A Big Mom with noticeable wrinkles around her eyes watched as the headless corpse was automatically pushed in front of her. With a calm expression, she plunged the dagger in her hand into the corpse's chest, then began cutting along the edge of the heart. She then tore off the bloody, transparent membrane and casually tossed it into a wooden bucket beside her.

Looking inside, you could see a thick stack of things, which looked quite bloody and horrifying.

Especially the splattered blood, which dripped onto her blood-stained apron from time to time.

The next moment, the now worthless corpse was slowly carried away by the roller beneath it, followed by another headless corpse with black and purple skin.

Looking around, it turned out to be a large factory with seven roller production lines, where a large number of men and women stood on both sides of the rollers, performing the work of harvesting the Heart Membrane.

Around them, Army soldiers armed with heavy assault rifles remained vigilant, keeping a watchful eye on the situation.

"Call--"

"That's nineteen already. Just one more and we'll have earned exactly twenty thousand Beli!" The old Big Mom grinned as she looked at the gruesome corpse before her.

This place was originally a factory in Iwato Station that repaired Steam Gun and small steam boilers, but now it has become a processing plant for Kabane Heart Membrane.

This can be considered an experimental project by the World Government.

After Crocodile led a thousand elite Army to clear the Kabane from the city, they piled up large numbers of corpses in the factory buildings surrounding the plant.

Then they hired the local survivors to work there.

It is worth mentioning that the Army did not force anyone; it simply issued a notice to everyone.

That is, cutting open a piece of the Heart Membrane will earn you 1,000 Beli, which can then be used to buy more Beli, milk, and luncheon meat, as well as some medicine to treat simple injuries.

These are actually all Army supplies.

However, the authorities have promised that the Beli will become the country's primary currency in the future!

However, the people remained skeptical about the last point, after all, the Shogunate's more than two hundred years of rule had deeply penetrated their hearts.

However, the need to temporarily exchange these funds for more food and medicine was indeed urgent, so people flocked to sign up for the work.

Although some people were terrified when they first saw the Kabane, they grew accustomed to it after discovering that these headless Kabane the rolling line, at the mercy of others.

For the Hinomoto people who have faced the Kabane threat from just a wall away since childhood...

People are far more accepting of things like death, corpses, and flesh that sound terrifying than those living in peaceful societies.

The people of this country, in particular, have a very peculiar mentality.

That is, regardless of whether they were acquaintances in life, as long as they have Kabane wounds on their bodies, or even if they have become Kabane.

Basically, no one would hesitate to pull the trigger, and if they were in that situation, they could suppress their fear, place the suicide bag filled with gunpowder against their chest, and then personally pull the fuse to blow their own heart out!

This shows just how high the level of awareness is among the Hinomoto people!

Inside a room inside the city walls, temporarily used as a meeting room.

The gentle Ayame Yomogawa, accompanied by the Samurai Kurusu, was looking down at a document in her hands containing astonishing content. Opposite her sat a man in a suit and tie, exuding a powerful aura, with two black-clad attendants standing behind him, their hands behind their backs.

"So that's what the World Government means... a government that rules over 170 countries in another world?" Ayame murmured in disbelief.

Behind her, Kurusu's Kurusu also trembled, thinking to himself, "No wonder these people look so strange, and are incredibly strong!"

Meanwhile, the man in black opposite them was also sizing up Ayame Yomogawa.

They have already investigated the girl's situation.

She is the eldest daughter of Kensho Yomogawa, the head and steward of the Yomogawa family who was originally in charge of managing the Aragane Station, and also the niece of Michimoto Makino, who held the high-ranking position of 'Senior Councilor' in the Shogunate.

He has now inherited the roles of head of the Yomogawa family and manager of the Aragane Station, following tradition.

The so-called "General Manager" held the most prestigious position below the Shogunate, equivalent to the daimyo (feudal lords) of Japan in Imu's previous life, belonging to the high-ranking samurai class.

The Kurusu behind her, Kurusu, was a low-ranking Samurai.

"I suppose you now know what the words 'World Government' represent, so let me introduce myself."

The man in black facing Ayame Yomogawa spoke, "We are officials from the Administrative Department under the State Council. My name is Ranode, and I am a Senior Director. I will serve as your advisor, guiding you in managing this country, and even this Kabane World. The entire world."

"What?!"

Not even twenty years old, only nineteen this year, Ayame Yomogawa raised her beautiful face full of oriental charm in shock, and then she hurriedly began to explain.

"You may have misunderstood, Director Ranode. I am merely the manager of the Aragane Station. The one who rules over the entire Hinomoto is the General Amatori of the Shogunate!"

"Please call me Ranode, Senior Director, thank you." Ranode emphasized this point with a stern face; Senior Director and Director are not on the same level.

"Ah, I'm so sorry, Senior Director Ranode!" Ayame quickly apologized, and only then did the former's expression soften slightly.

"So, let's get back to the point. There's no misunderstanding. We've decided to remove Keisuke Amatori Shogunate appoint you, Ayame Yomogawa, to that post. Do you understand now?"

"This"

Ayame Yomogawa and the Samurai Kurusu were completely dumbfounded, with the former covering her open mouth with her delicate white hand in disbelief.

They never expected to hear such blasphemous words.

"You, you really intend to rebel against the Shogunate!"

"Rebel?"

Senior Director Ranode looked at her strangely, spread her hands, and smiled, "I think 'receive' is a more appropriate word."

"From the moment we were born into this world, whether it is Hinomoto where we are now, or the land, sea and sky overseas, all have been brought under the banner of the World Government. It's just that Keisuke Amatori was not chosen by us."

After he finished speaking, the room fell into a moment of deathly silence.

Then, suppressing her fear, Ayame gripped her pink skirt tightly with both hands and asked in a trembling voice, "Then why me?"

"You're very lucky to be the first manager to come into our view and be successfully appreciated and recognized," Senior Director Ranode said with a smile.

"Is it just because of luck?" Ayame Yomogawa said with a wry smile.

"Only?"

Senior Director Ranode earnestly admonished him, "It seems you are still too young. You must understand that luck is something comparable to a miracle; don't underestimate it!"

"Call--"

Ayame Yomogawa bit her lip and subconsciously glanced at Kurusu behind her. Ever since Laskey made his feelings for her clear at the train station that day, the relationship between the two had become delicate.

At that moment, Kurusu Ayame looking at him for help, he immediately nodded heavily, conveying the determination in his eyes.

Seeing this, Ayame felt relieved and turned to look at Senior Director Ranode with a resolute gaze.

"May I ask, can the World Government behind you ensure that the people of Hinomoto are well-fed, clothed, and live in peace and prosperity, free from the threat of the Kabane?"