Chapter 241

When I first met Maria, she only knew a few simple words.

"Eat, sister, hungry, play..."

"Can you believe it? A child who is almost four or five years old only knows a few simple words and can't even speak a complete sentence."

Hearing Luo Mio's description, Tendo Kisara looked at Maria with a pained expression.

"Kisara... you, Rentaro, everyone else, and me... we all know our own backgrounds and what our parents look like."

"But they... the 'Cursed Children' are different."

"They were children born after the Gastrea War were lost. They were abandoned before they could even see what their parents looked like."

"They are also part of the 'Pure Generation,' yet these 'Cursed Children' have learned nothing, done nothing, and are already labeled as monsters and trampled upon."

Even those "Cursed Children" like Enju and Xiao Cui, who became "Initiators," fought against Gastrea for the people living in the city, but despite this, they were still looked at with contempt, disdain, and hatred.

"To those people, Enju and the others' battle against Gastrea was nothing more than a slaughter between Gastrea. If both sides died, they would be overjoyed."

"And Enju, Xiao Cui, and the other 'Cursed Children' born in the first generation are about to enter puberty. At that time, this pain will be deeply ingrained in their hearts."

"Some children don't even have time to enter puberty."

"..." Tendo Kisara, then slowly spoke after hearing Luo Mio's words, "You mean... the rate of erosion within the body?"

Luo Mio sighed softly, looking at the fluffy cat ears on Fuse Midori's head.

"Even without fighting, the rate of Gastrea Virus erosion in these children's bodies will slowly increase."

"So, that's why you made that rule with Enju, Xiao Cui, and the others Brother Miohua..."

"Um."

Luo Mio looked at them with tender eyes.

"The world is far more vast than what we see in books. I hope that one day they can see it for themselves."

"Yes..." Rentaro walked over from behind Luo Mio and Tendo Kisara, and said with a light laugh, "But before that, we have to completely wipe out the Gastrea in this world."

Upon hearing Rentaro's words, Luo Mio smiled gently.

Just as the three were talking.

"Ding ding ding—!"

Tendo Kisara took out his phone and answered the call.

"Yes, I am Tiantong."

"Huh?! Really?"

"Okay, I understand."

After hanging up the phone, Tendo Kisara spoke to the two of them.

"The target's location has been locked!"

"Where?"

Rentaro also hurriedly asked.

"... District 32!"

Chapter Seventeen: Wuhu ~ Takeoff ~

"District 32..."

Rentaro looked at Tendo Kisara with a slightly incredulous expression.

"They only appeared in Tokyo a few days ago, yet they've already traveled all the way to the 32 wards..."

"Perhaps that Gastrea had special abilities."

Tendo Kisara analyzed the situation thoughtfully.

Then she looked up at Rentaro and Luo Mio.

"Someone will come to pick us up soon."

Perhaps because the three of them were talking a little loudly, people across the table turned to look at them.

"Do you have a job yet, Rentaro?"

Enju also put down her cutlery and came to Rentaro's side.

"Um."

Luo Mio walked over to Maria and the others, patted her head, and said softly, "I'm sorry, Maria, your big brother will be leaving soon."

"Then... when will you be back, big brother?"

"It will probably be a while, so you should Mr. Matsuzaki."

"Um."

Then Luo Mio looked at Matsuzaki and nodded slightly at him.

"I understand," Matsuzaki replied.

As soon as the words were spoken, a buzzing noise came from above the sewer.

"Looks like they've come to pick us up."

After saying goodbye to the girls, Luo Mio, Rentaro, and Tendo Kisara emerged from the sewers.

Ahead of them on the road they came from, there was an ambulance helicopter and... an armed helicopter.

In front of the two planes stood a young man in military uniform.

The young man was none other than Hoshikage Hisomi.

Upon seeing him, Luo Mio also let out a slight sigh.

He said to Tendo Kisara, "Kisara, you don't need to go on this mission."

Upon hearing Luo Mio's words, Tendo Kisara taken aback, and then realized what she meant.

"I see."

Because of a Gastrea attack when he was a child, Tendo Kisara's kidneys were damaged, so he has to undergo hemodialysis every now and then, which limits his mobility.

Then Luo Mio looked at Fuse Midori and Yue.

He stroked the little head of Fuse Midori.

"You should go back with Kisara."

Originally, Fuse Midori wanted to say something, but after thinking of her promise to Luo Mio, she nodded silently.

Looking at her slightly dejected face, Luo Mio reached out and gently pinched her cheek.

"Dinner tonight is in your hands, Xiao Cui."

"Yue should also help Xiao Cui from the side."

"Um!"

Looking at the two women, Luo Mio slowly stood up and spoke to Rentaro and Enju.

"Let's go."

——

"Why are you here? Shouldn't you be with her right now?"

Luo Mio sat in the co-pilot's seat in the cockpit and asked Hoshikage Hisomi, who was sitting in the driver's seat next to her.

Hoshikage Hisomi smiled and said to Luo Mio, "His Highness the Your Highness Holy Child is accompanied by Tendo Aide and a junior member of the Guard."

"That old man."

The Tendo Aide that Hoshikage Hisomi mentioned was naturally Rentaro's adoptive father and Tendo Kisara's grandfather, Tendou Kikunojou.

Luo Mio turned her head slightly and glanced at Rentaro and Enju at the back of the cabin.

Then he asked Hoshikage Hisomi.

"How's the situation over there?"

Hoshikage Hisomi, of course, knew what Luo Mio was talking about, and said to Luo Mio with a solemn expression.

"The identity of the perpetrator who stole the 'Solomon's Ring' from the Russia Area research institute has been confirmed."

Hoshikage Hisomi then took out a small mechanical device and handed it to Luo Mio.

Upon activating the mechanism, a Space Window popped up.

A white man appeared in the Space Window.

"Mark Meyerhold, a Russia Area who served for seven years in the Spetsnaz special forces unit in the Russia Area."

"The identities of the other two have also been confirmed. They are Russia Area who have committed crimes in the Russia Area and have served multiple sentences."

"White Russia ..." Luo Mio raised an eyebrow. "I remember that the Minsk region in Russia Area was once wiped out by 'Libra'."

"Right."

Libra

In the past, during the Gastrea War, there appeared terrifying Gastrea that exceeded class IV, and at that time, countries around the world called them the Zodiac, also known as the "Zodiac"!

There are currently eleven zodiacals sighted worldwide.

They possess enormous bodies far exceeding the size of Stage IV Gastrea, tough outer skins that are impervious to ordinary human weapons, and unimaginable molecular-level regeneration capabilities, while remaining unaffected by the magnetic field of the megaliths.

In the past, several "Zodiac" Gastrea destroyed megaliths in several urban areas. The Gastrea poured into the cities like an avalanche, destroying all the urban areas they passed through.

This phenomenon, caused by the "ecliptic," is known as the "Great Extinction"!

Minsk, the former Russia Area, was destroyed by one of them, namely "Libra".

"According to reports, Mark Meyerhold and two others have already smuggled themselves to the Far East."

"Roar roar roar..."

Luo Mio raised an eyebrow.

"The 'Solomon's Ring' was stolen in Russia Area, and coincidentally, the thief smuggled himself to the Far East just as the ' Legacy of the Seven Stars disappeared. How interesting!"

Luo Mio touched her chin.

"Is there any further news from her side?"

Hoshikage Hisomi continued to tell Luo Mio, "According to the results of the investigation sent by His Your Highness Holy Child, Mark Meyerhold was once an underling of Andrei Ridovidev."

"Andrei..."

"Your His Highness, we've spotted the target!" Just as Luo Mio was pondering, Hoshikage Hisomi's urgent voice rang out.

Hoshikage Hisomi's hurried and slightly loud voice also attracted the attention of Rentaro and Enju in the cabin behind.

Through the window, everyone's gaze also turned downwards.

Above the forest, an object resembling an arrow-shaped kite was seen flying in the air.

Upon closer inspection, this arrow-shaped kite has eight thin black legs.

The very goal of the mission was to transform Okajima Sumiaki into Gastrea, Spider-type Gastrea that would consume the "Legacy of the Seven Stars"!

"That's a parachute...?"

One can see that the eight thin legs of the Spider-type Gastrea have strands of spider silk, which is probably the reason why it can fly in the sky.

"No."

Luo Mio and Rentaro Taro unanimously rejected Hoshikage Hisomi's words.

"That's not a parachute, it's interstellar."

"It's a hang glider! If it were a parachute, this Gastrea couldn't have gotten to Section 32 in such a short time. Look at its sharp horns; it uses those horns to cut through the air and generate lift, then it uses its claws to climb the walls of tall buildings and uses the wind from those buildings to fly."

"That's probably why the street surveillance cameras didn't capture it."

"In areas outside the Outer Area, the cameras are always pointing downwards, so they are completely useless against this type of Gastrea."

"Perhaps this is its special ability."