"Sorry, Kohina! It seems we'll have to look for a house later. We have some other things to do first!"
Seeing the group of young men appear, halting the others from continuing their beating and dragging away the already-weakened little loli as if she were an object, Morin turned to Kohina with an apologetic expression.
"Brother, are we going to chase those guys? They have a murderous aura..."
To Morin's surprise, Kohina shook her head and smiled at him. However, her gaze turned cold as she watched the young men dragging the helpless little loli away. Her small hands began to reach into the travel bag on her back.
Before entering the shopping street in the settlement, Morin had temporarily placed Kohina's weapons in the backpack on her back.
"That's right! Kohina, they're not good people!"
Morin glanced at Kohina with some astonishment, but before she could draw her sword, he reached out and stopped her. As he looked at the young men, whose expressions were anything but friendly, his gaze grew particularly cold. If it had been Rentaro Satomi or other characters from Black Bullet, who were friendly toward the Cursed Children, Morin wouldn't have worried. But these thugs, shouting things like "Throw that monster where it belongs," "Give her a memorable lesson," and "Teach her a lesson," were people Morin could never believe had any kindness toward the Cursed Children!
"Do you want to kill them? It feels very unpleasant... Ouch?! That hurts! Brother..."
Kohina's expression had turned quite terrifying, but before she could finish her sentence, Morin flicked her forehead with his finger. The sharp pain made Kohina's eyes water, and she looked at him pitifully while clutching her head.
"Little lolis shouldn't casually throw around the world 'kill'!"
Seeing Kohina looking at him with those big eyes, Morin smiled, amused by the cute little loli. He gently ruffled her hair, a natural gesture for him now. However, his tone became suddenly cold.
"Let's follow them and see. If the situation is still manageable, we'll break an arm and a leg. Otherwise, we'll figure out how to deal with the aftermath for those guys!"
Morin's words were chilling, but over the year he had spent in SAO, his views had completely changed. He no longer felt any hesitation when it came to dealing with enemies. Kohina nodded in agreement, not finding anything wrong with Morin's words at all.
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The young men didn't throw the loli onto the street, as Morin had feared. Instead, when no one was looking, they threw a bag over her head and stuffed the weak, defenseless girl into an old battery-powered car. Several of them climbed in, and the vehicle slowly drove off toward the outer areas of the settlement.
Luckily, the car wasn't fast. With a speed limit of thirty to forty kilometers per hour, it couldn't shake off Morin and Kohina, who easily followed behind. They stayed a safe distance away, watching as the car drove through the settlement toward the sparsely populated outskirts. These areas, with higher sector numbers, were where normal people wouldn't go unless absolutely necessary. Most avoided them due to the constant risk of Gastrea infiltration.
The electric car eventually reached a dilapidated area, isolated and abandoned. The young men got out and grinned sinisterly, pulling the little loli out of the car. Despite her weak struggles, they shoved her into the crumbling abandoned building.
Morin and Kohina silently followed them inside and overheard words that made their anger boil.
"S-save... save me..." the loli cried weakly.
"Hehe! Brat, wait a while, then yell louder!" one of the men laughed.
"Yeah! Hearing these monsters' pitiful cries gets me all excited!" another chimed in.
"Haha, Fujita-kun, these monsters are tough. In a while, you can really go wild. That last one wailed for hours before it died!"
"What a pity! They all have the virus, otherwise we could do more..."
"Tch! Don't get ahead of yourself. Kill this one, then we'll go find Keiko and the others for some fun."
The men surrounded the trembling loli, grinning maliciously as if they were enjoying a rare form of entertainment. To them, she was nothing more than a monster—an expendable object. No one cared if she lived or died. Not even the authorities, who were too overwhelmed by the situation to do anything about it.
For these men, the Cursed Children were nothing but playthings. The woman in charge of the settlement didn't seem to care, and ordinary citizens would look the other way. It was a twisted and ugly world for the loli, one where violence and hate were routine.
"Hehe! I'll go first! I'll break this monster's limbs and then try out my new method..." one of the men, wearing an earring, grinned wickedly as he approached the trembling loli, wooden stick in hand.
The loli, with no strength left to run, could only close her eyes and brace for impact. She hugged her head as the stick began to fall...
Thwack!!!
Before the loli felt any pain, she heard a dull thud, followed by a bone-chilling "crack" sound, and then the young man's shrill scream of agony. The loli, who had been hugging her head, was somewhat dazed. She cautiously opened her eyes and saw that the young man who had just tried to break her limbs with the stick was now lying several meters away, wailing miserably. His limp body was trembling violently, and one of his arms looked like a twisted towel. The flesh and bone fragments were cruelly contorted, making anyone who saw it feel a phantom pain in their own arm. The young man's face was already ashen, and sweat poured out of him as if it cost nothing. He looked like he was about to faint from the pain.
At this moment, the loli saw Morin, wearing a black trench coat, standing in front of her, retracting his hand in a gesture as if he had just thrown away trash!
"What the hell are you doing?!"
"Bastard! Ono's arm is ruined!"
The three young men who had originally planned to enjoy a "good show" were momentarily stunned by the sudden appearance of Morin. The one whose mind hadn't caught up yet just roared out, while the smarter ones had already realized something was wrong. How could Ono, who was at least over 1.6 meters tall and an adult, be so easily thrown out? And it was with just a casual flick of one hand? Who exactly was this suddenly appearing man? Why did he save that monster...?
"What disgusting scum!"
Morin looked at the young man who was clearly a bit smarter than his three companions and was already slowly backing away. His gaze then turned to the two idiots wielding wooden sticks and folding knives. He turned his head and gave the loli, who was curiously looking at him, a kind smile. His gaze towards the three young men was filled with mockery: "So, for you three pieces of trash, should I break an arm or a leg first?"
"Bastard! Are you looking for death?!"
Hearing Morin's words, one of the young men, whose muscles clearly outweighed his brains, couldn't hold back. The folding knife in his hand unhesitatingly stabbed toward Morin's waist, while the other young man also swung his wooden stick toward Morin's head. The last young man didn't join his companions' attack. Instead, seeing his two companions rush forward, he turned around and ran without hesitation—no kidding! During the pursuit, they hadn't noticed him at all, and he had even crippled an adult man's arm with a single move. This kind of person was definitely not someone they, a few idle thugs, could afford to provoke. Was it necessary for him to challenge such a strong person for the sake of so-called companions?
Therefore, the young man, having assessed the situation represented by his companion's arm injury and made a decision, turned around and ran directly without hesitation!
"A bit clever!"
Morin praised the fleeing young man and then dealt with the two approaching young men.
Bang bang...
Without any intention of blocking, Morin leaned forward slightly, one hand directly grabbing the wrist of the young man holding the folding knife. With a swift pull, he sent the man's head into the path of his companion's stick. The wooden stick, showing no mercy, naturally wouldn't recognize its owner's friend and directly knocked the unlucky fellow down.
The young man holding the wooden stick was dumbfounded when he saw that he had knocked out his companion. Suddenly, his vision went black, and Morin's leather shoe with embedded alloy steel plates had already slammed heavily into his face. The powerful force instantly gave the unlucky fellow's face a deep makeover. Amidst the splatter of blood and teeth, the young man couldn't even let out a scream before flying several meters backward and crashing to the ground, very satisfyingly tilting his head back and passing out.
The slightly smarter young man had just run to the entrance of the abandoned building when he saw a cute little loli wearing a black gothic dress standing in front of him. Then, two flashes of cold light, and he knew nothing more!
"You... you are Civil Security?! Do you know what you're doing??? You actually killed people..."
Seeing his two companions lying motionless on the ground, and another's head flying up and landing in front of him, the first unlucky fellow, who was already close to fainting from the pain of his arm being turned into minced meat, was splashed with blood, and his mind, which had been on the verge of unconsciousness, immediately snapped back to clarity. He looked at Morin approaching him and stammered out.
Initiator and Promoter! A Civil Security team!!!
Seeing Kohina holding the small katana and her pair of extremely conspicuous deep red eyes, he guessed Morin's and Kohina's identities, but it only made the half-crippled young man even more terrified and bewildered.
Civil Security agents, as a special group whose existence was even acknowledged by the higher-ups of various settlements in this apocalyptic world, were not people that many in the Tokyo Area dared to provoke. Even though the Initiators among them were the Cursed Children whom they considered "monsters," few were suicidal enough to mess with them—the lolis who had undergone combat training were not helpless prey, and there was precedent for them killing people!
However, the already half-crippled young man had no idea how they had provoked Morin and Kohina, this Civil Security team. They had previously... wait... could it be...?
Immediately, the crippled young man saw Morin slightly scold Kohina, then reach out and help the barely standing little loli up. He even gave the little loli a piece of chocolate. After gently gesturing for Kohina to communicate with the loli, he understood why his group had been targeted by Morin and Kohina!
And when this young man saw Morin gently comforting the little loli for a moment before turning his gaze back to him, he suddenly shuddered, even suppressing the severe pain of his shattered arm!
"W-what do you... what do you want? Are you Civil Security? You're Civil Security, right! Isn't your mission to kill Gastrea Animals? Don't come over... I won't tell anyone... Wait... help... help me!!!"
Seeing Morin's cold and merciless gaze, the young man, sensing danger, tried to save himself. However, he found that neither his warnings nor his pleas could stop Morin from approaching him. In desperation, he retreated while yelling for help, his face covered in tears and snot, his unsightly appearance particularly contemptible.
"Oh? So you know how to beg for mercy too? But when this little girl was begging you just now, I didn't see any of you show the slightest bit of compassion..."
Ignoring the young man's pleas, Morin ruthlessly stomped on his foot, breaking it. Then, without any pity, he stepped on the man's chest, his sharp eyes meeting the other's gaze. His cold words were like the howling of the Arctic wind: "Speak! How many Cursed Children did you kill with your previous actions!"
Morin had heard the words of the four scumbags earlier and knew exactly what they had done!
Clearly, Morin couldn't understand the thoughts of those called the "Plundered Generation," but the scum in front of him who didn't treat lolis as human beings and killed them couldn't even be called human!
"They're really a bunch of scumbags who deserve to die a hundred times! Letting them die quickly is too good for them!!!"
A moment later, Morin walked out of the abandoned building, greeting Kohina and the loli who had just gone out before him. He looked at the abandoned building behind him, which was already catching fire, and spat fiercely.
Morin had just interrogated the three remaining scumbags, and the terrifying inside story he obtained was enough to make ordinary people faint!
None of the previous group of scumbags were innocent. On average, each of them had killed at least one Cursed Child. In total, over the past year, these four scumbags had killed six Cursed Children.
What was appalling was that the first time the four scumbags killed a Cursed Child, they had beaten her to death with wooden sticks in a secluded corner. As a result, the four scumbags hadn't been investigated or suspected in any way, and no one had even reported it to the police. The four scumbags, who had initially been somewhat fearful, completely turned into unscrupulous devils, repeatedly targeting the Cursed Children. From initially killing and burying the bodies to later various methods of torture, their methods were so bloody and cruel that they exceeded the tolerance of ordinary people.
Without a doubt, Morin directly crushed the throats of the three scumbags, who were just wasting food and harming lolis by living in this world. Then, using some things he found in the building, he dealt with the bodies and the scene of the deaths before setting the building on fire to destroy the evidence!
"Brother!!!"
Seeing Morin walk out, Kohina, who had taken the loli out earlier, waved and called out. Beside Kohina, the little loli who had been rescued was also looking at Morin, her pair of red pupils carrying a strange brilliance, without the previous emptiness and fear!
"Kohina, how is it? How is the little girl?"
Morin walked up, gently patted the little heads of Kohina and the loli, not caring at all about the dust on the little loli's body and the dirt on her face, and asked the little loli.
"I... I'm hungry..."
The little loli looked at Morin and said very softly, then put on another pitiful look.
"Brother, Riko is all alone. She was abandoned by her parents before!"
Compared to the timid little loli Riko, Kohina was easier to communicate with. After explaining the results of her questioning to Morin, Kohina pointed to the abandoned building where the fire had already engulfed half a floor and asked, "What do we do now?"
Hearing this topic, both Kohina and the even smaller loli Riko couldn't help but look at Morin, with little loli Riko's face showing fear and reluctance!
Little loli Riko didn't know what decision Morin, who had just saved her, would make.
"Let's take Riko away from here first, to a place that's relatively safe!"
After a moment's thought, Morin made a decision.
Hearing Morin's words, neither Kohina nor little loli Riko had any objections and directly followed Morin away.
As for the four scumbags' bodies and the burning abandoned building? Well, in this day and age, the Tokyo Area wasn't the peaceful era where every death was a major case. People could die for various reasons almost every day, and in the marginal areas beyond the thirtieth sector, this fire probably wouldn't attract much attention.
Morin even slightly disguised the license plate and appearance of the car, drove it to an area on the other side of the settlement, then abandoned the car and walked in with Kohina and little loli Riko!
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Every 300 Power Stones
2 Bonus chapter
Every 500 Power Stones
4 Bonus chapter.
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