Chapter 248

Looking at her, Luo Mio chuckled and said, "It seems you still remember me."

"Um."

The girl with nothing to her name nodded.

The girl was Chizuru Kaseyo, the "Initiator" partner of Ikuma Shogen Luo Mio, whom she had met in the First Conference Room.

After glancing at the girl's wound, Luo Mio looked at the backpack she was carrying.

"You have a first-aid kit in your backpack, right? There are no Gastrea around now. Let me stop the bleeding and clean your wound."

Upon hearing Luo Mio's words, the girl with a blank expression looked around, then took the backpack off her shoulder and handed it to Luo Mio.

Luo Mio opened her backpack, which contained not only a medical kit, but also communication equipment, bullets, and other weapons.

After taking out the medical kit, Luo Mio spoke to the girl.

"Take off your clothes."

Upon hearing this, the girl's usually expressionless face flushed slightly.

Looking at the girl's rosy cheeks, Luo Mio chuckled and said.

"Your clothes are long-sleeved, which are not easy to clean. Here, you can just turn around."

"I know."

Chizuru Kaseyo nodded, her pretty face slightly flushed, but her expression remained calm and composed.

She then turned around and took off her clothes, revealing her fair and smooth back. Such a sensual scene would be irresistible to most people.

But for Luo Mio, no matter how beautiful or cute the girl in front of him was, or how erotic she appeared in front of him, he could never be perverted enough to become aroused by a girl who was only a year younger than his sister.

After all, he didn't want to be the Dragon King's cellmate.

Luo Mio opened the medical kit, took out the disinfectant alcohol, and looked at the hideous wound on the girl's snow-white arm.

I gently dabbed it on with a cotton swab moistened with rubbing alcohol.

"..."

On Chizuru Kaseyo Natsume's usually composed face, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, but he did not cry out in pain.

Luo Mio looked at the wound and asked her questions while treating it.

"Where is Ikuma Shogen?"

"Because our landing location is relatively close to the center of the forest, Brother Jian, in order to prevent others from capturing Hiruko Kageyasu before him, especially Mr. Toudo Touka, suggested that we split up..."

"Is that why we fell into the trap?"

Luo Mio wrapped the bandage around Chizuru Kaseyo's wound.

Gently tightening the bandage, Luo Mio glanced at the gun in Chizuru Kaseyo's hand, then looked at her calm and composed eyes.

"Killing... aren't you scared?"

Upon hearing Luo Mio's words, Chizuru Kaseyo's usually calm gaze faltered, and a slight wavering appeared on his expression. Then, his usually composed tone trembled slightly as he spoke in a solitary voice.

"Yeah. I'm terrified, my hands are shaking the whole time, but I think I'll get used to it eventually. After all, we 'Initiators' are just tools... Gastrea, tools for killing people."

"..."

Listening to Chizuru Kaseyo's narration, Luo Mio looked at her and sighed softly, reaching out to pat her head.

"No matter what happens, one thing will never change."

Luo Mio looked at Chizuru Kaseyo with her azure eyes.

"You! Chizuru Kaseyo will always be human, and you 'Initiators,' 'Cursed Children,' will always be human."

Chapter Twenty-Five: Dividing the Army into Two Groups

"You are human beings."

Upon hearing Luo Mio's words, Chizuru Kaseyo stared blankly into Luo Mio's eyes with her expressionless face.

Her eyes were a gentle, deep blue, like the ocean.

Looking into Luo Mio's eyes, as if trying to see into the depths of Luo Mio gaze, Chizuru Kaseyo withdrew his gaze and looked down at the bandages Luo Mio had applied to his wound.

"It's incredible, Mr. Todou's eyes."

"..."

"Good and evil... light and darkness... life and death."

Chizuru Kaseyo lowered her eyes, looking at the bandage on her wound.

Hearing Chizuru Kaseyo's murmurs, Luo Mio lowered her eyes as well.

"In this world, good and evil, light and darkness are never opposites."

It's like the situation between "the Cursed Children" and "the Promised Child".

When the "Cursed Children" helps others with good intentions, in the eyes of the "Promised Child," whatever the "Cursed Children" does or whatever their behavior is, it is all seen as malicious.

But when the "Promised Child" inflicts malice on the "Cursed Children," such malicious acts are always seen as benevolent by the other "Promised Child."

Even if Gastrea were wiped out, such a world would still be beyond redemption.

"Brother Miohua."

At that moment, Rentaro and Enju ran out from the direction where Luo Mio had just been standing.

"You're here."

Luo Mio looked at them and said.

Rentaro's eyes flickered slightly when he saw Luo Mio standing next to Chizuru Kaseyo.

"I remember you were from the Ikuma Shogen..."

"Huh?" Enju was taken aback by Rentaro's reaction. "Rentaro, you two know each other?"

"Um."

Rentaro introduced her to Enju, saying, "She's a partner of a 'facilitator' named Ikuma Shogen."

"Where is Ikuma Shogen?"

After glancing around, Rentaro asked Chizuru Kaseyo.

Then Luo Mio explained to Rentaro.

"Is that so?"

Looking at Chizuru Kaseyo's calm and composed demeanor, which was completely out of character for her age, I always felt it was incredible.

As if sensing Rentaro's gaze, Chizuru Kaseyo said something without any emotion.

"I am the first generation of the 'Cursed Child.' Because I am the 'Initiator' of the Dolphin Factor, my intelligence and memory are superior to those of ordinary Initiators."

And just as everyone was talking.

"Roar!"

A roar reached everyone's ears.

The roar instantly made Rentaro and Chizuru Kaseyo raise their guns, while Enju also looked around warily, her feet in thigh-high boots firmly planted on the ground.

Luo Mio turned her eyes to the side, her gaze sweeping over her surroundings.

"It seems that the Gastrea that had been hiding have finally come out."

Luo Mio looked at Rentaro and Enju and spoke to them.

"You guys stay here and keep an eye on her, I'll take care of those guys."

After saying that, Luo Mio gripped "Dao Hui" and walked into the dark forest.

Not long after, Rentaro Enju, who were waiting and watching over Chizuru Kaseyo, suddenly felt a terrifying Sword Aura.

The sword energy even made them clearly feel a stinging sensation on their skin.

Not long after, Luo Mio's pure white figure emerged from the dark forest.

Sensing the sharp sword aura surrounding Luo Mio, Rentaro swallowed hard.

"Has everything been resolved?"

"Um."

Upon hearing Luo Mio's answer, Rentaro couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement. After all, whenever he and Enju worked with Luo Mio, they never had a chance to take action. Even if they did, Luo Mio would always be the first to resolve everything before them.

At that moment, a rough male voice, accompanied by static, came from the black receiver in Chizuru Kaseyo's backpack.

Upon hearing the sound, Chizuru Kaseyo quickly took out a black receiver from her backpack, turned the knob, and the sound gradually became clearer.

The male voice coming from it was Ikuma Shogen, the "facilitator" of Chizuru Kaseyo.

"Hey! Are you still alive? Answer me if you're still alive!"

Chizuru Kaseyo exchanged glances with the others, signaling for silence.

"I'm glad you're safe and sound, Mr. Jiang."

"How could anything happen to me?" Ikuma Shogen rough tone. "By the way, Xia Shi! I have good news!"

The excitement in Ikuma Shogen's rough voice coming through the black receiver was palpable.

Hearing this excitement, one can almost picture the image of Ikuma Shogen upwards beneath the skull scarf.

"I found that damn masked man!"

Upon hearing this, Rentaro immediately took out a map from his pocket, spread it out on the slightly damp grass, and then, based on the information given by Ikuma Shogen, locked onto a direction.

It was very close to where they were now, in a town located by the sea.

After locating Hiruko Kageyasu, Luo Mio, Rentaro, and the others rushed over.

They came to a small hill from which they could see the entire town.

"Um?"

At this moment, Luo Mio suddenly paused, then her azure eyes narrowed slightly, her gaze seemingly piercing through space as she looked towards a direction by the sea.

"Brother Miohua?"

Rentaro looked at Luo Mio and asked in confusion.

"It seems that Hiruko Kageyasu has succeeded."

"Huh?"

The next instant.

"Uh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh-!"

A gigantic roar that seemed to echo throughout the entire Tokyo Bay reached the ears of Luo Mio, Rentaro, Enju, and Chizuru Kaseyo.

"That sound... could it be..." Rentaro's face turned pale, and cold sweat broke out on his back as he looked towards the direction from which the roaring sound came from the shore.

Enju and Chizuru Kaseyo also looked at the seaside with fear on their faces.

"Um."

Luo Mio nodded slightly and said, "Class V, 'Zodiac' - 'Scorpio'."

Upon hearing Luo Mio say these words, Rentaro's face instantly froze.

The next thing that came to his mind was...

The Tokyo Area is finished. Everyone will be killed; no one will survive.

"It seems that clearing out the Gastrea in the forest took a little longer."

Luo Mio's azure eyes pierced through space, gazing at a colossal creature on the sea, and she murmured.

"Satomi!"

Then, Tendo Kisara's voice came through the earpieces in Luo Mio Rentaro's ears.

"Miss Kisaragi... [Scorpio]..."

"..." There was a moment of silence on the other end of the headset, then Tendo Kisara's voice came through.