I, holding a long sword in my hand, only know one move

Did he actually set such a goal with a relaxed expression? ! I really don’t know anything!

Relying on his unbridled power, just to vent his boredom, he slaughtered the hateful-looking monsters here? !

[Cold-Blooded Slaughterer - Mission Progress: Kill 65/800 Stage 1 Gastrea Creatures, 24/400 Stage 2 Gastrea Creatures, 0/75 Stage 3 Gastrea Creatures, and 0/10 Stage 4 Gastrea Creatures]

The cold task progress was faithfully presented on the task list on the system light screen. Cheng Rang stared at these numbers that had risen unconsciously, feeling as if his heart was being held tightly by a hand.

89 archenteron [organisms]....The system has never used archenteron [animals] to include pure task achievement indicators....

How many of these were transformed from those lovely children before?

The name of the task seems to silently define one's behavior all the time.

The nauseating feeling made me want to vomit, as if my internal organs were being pulled. This was a feeling I had never experienced before after defeating so many opponents.

Cheng Rang prides himself on being just and will never kill innocent people indiscriminately. Those who are guilty of heinous crimes and bear the lives of others will be spared by themselves.

But only this time, when he clearly killed a monster that threatened human life and threatened the safety of most people, he felt this sickening feeling of guilt.

Big brother is really a good person who saved us!

The words spoken by Lina before were so clear in her memory that it was as if she could still hear them in person.

What's the difference between me and a monster?

——This is a frightening and hopeless world.

Only now did Cheng Rang suddenly understand that the so-called fear and despair did not come from gastrea at all.

Rather, it comes from the cursed child, from the gastroenterovirus, and from this deformed society. and all tests of human nature and rationality.

None of this is a joke.

The system is very clear about its own strength. Even if it imposes superficial restrictions, the actual skill mechanism it possesses, including title effects, can easily destroy the world. Even if the system can eject itself, it will be too late.

I am called the player, and the essential purpose of traveling through the world is "experience" rather than "travel".

In the chaotic Helsalem Zlot, it was a story of constantly stepping towards the light from the beginning, pursuing hope in a strange city where monsters and monsters are rampant.

Although the Little Garden is a playground for Shura gods and Buddhas, the concept of "community" is deeply rooted in people's hearts, and people are even willing to sacrifice their lives for the glory of the community. Convey the concept of collective and glory to yourself all the time.

Former Disbod - the continent of Lucia, a world where human beings were surviving in the endless battles between fifteen races, told Cheng Rang the survival rules of the weak.

In that world, humans are weak, but they are always the weak who bite the throat of the strong! A weakling to be proud of.

Live like the weak, fight like the weak, and destroy the strong like the weak. This has been the case in the past, and it will be the same in the future. Just because you are born with nothing, you can have everything, and be proud of being a weakling - using everything you can use on the world's flag board to defeat the strongest.

And before leaving, Sergey and his daughter met him. Although they lived in a foreign intersection city, Hersalemz Lot, where all races lived in harmony, they were still separated because of their physical condition. Isn’t this situation similar to the current situation of discrimination against fellow human beings?

"If it were completely different, there would be no hatred at all."

But precisely because they look the same, or were originally the same, the differences at this moment are regarded as heresy.

The so-called [former] human Sergei who was infected by jellyfish infection...and the [Curse Child] who was infected by the gastroenterovirus here.

Precisely because they look like cute children, but possess powers that are completely different from humans, more powerful than monsters, and have the potential to turn into monsters at any time, so...

Will he be hated by [human beings]?

Chapter 10 Rescue

A warm and generous palm gently patted his shoulder.

"Cheng Rang, I know what you are thinking." Old Matsuzaki's steady voice seemed to bring comfort to people.

"What you did was not wrong," he said.

What?

"People of our age, including the current ruling class in Tokyo, are the generation that was plundered. We have experienced the era of being invaded by gasterozoans, and many people's loved ones, relatives and even children died from gastrea. In his hands, he will have hatred for the gastrea and these cursed sons."

"It is true that infected people or children of the curse whose erosion rate is too high will turn into monsters, but that is a complete and essential change - they are no longer themselves."

"That consciousness has been obliterated and taken over by the gastroenterovirus, and it's different from before."

"People's hatred of the Cursed Children comes from their belief that they are monsters who will become perpetrators sooner or later, but in fact they are also victims. Every wrong has its own owner, every debt has its own owner... These children bear the burden of They have committed sins that should not belong to them, but they still have to be harmed by generations who are also victims..."

"You can kill them who have turned into gastrea. What you are given is relief, not killing."

"All you can end is suffering and prejudice."

"My old body can no longer do things like yours, so I can only watch them fall into the abyss, wailing in pain but unable to save them... Cheng Rang."

"You are the one who can save them, whether they are monsters... or they are still in the world."

"...."

Cheng Rang stood up again silently, and Lina's call came immediately from the corner.

"Grandpa~Brother Cheng~~When will dinner be served? Lina is hungry..."

"Idiot Lina, you just ate so much at Cheng's place at noon, and now you're complaining that you're hungry again?"

"Hey! Snow... don't hit people on the head, it will make them stupid!"

"No way, because you are stupid to begin with——"

Lina and Xue stopped playing and smiled when they saw Cheng Rang and Old Matsuzaki walking out of the corner.

Cheng Rang smiled and opened his arms to catch Lina who rushed towards him, rubbed her hair and said, "Are you hungry? I'll treat everyone to a good meal today."

"Really, can everyone eat those delicious foods? Great!" Lina's little eyes suddenly lit up, and she clenched her fists and waved her hands excitedly.

"I told you before, I won't lie to you."

"Well! Grandpa, Lina is telling you, brother Cheng is a magician! Super-powerful! He can conjure so much food!" Lina, who was in Cheng Rang's arms, said excitedly Matsuzaki gestured with his hands behind him.

Snow, on the other hand, turned her head away awkwardly and muttered: "So it doesn't look like magic at all...Lina is really an idiot."

"Hahaha, is that so? Then I have to be impressed by Mr. Cheng who can conjure food." Matsuzaki also responded to Lina with a smile, but he didn't take her words to heart.

It wasn't until Matsuzaki, who was about to prepare some simple food, saw Cheng Rang taking out a rice cooker filled with steaming rice from under his thin clothes that he opened his mouth in disbelief.

"Cheng, Mr. Cheng...this!?"

The children surrounding Cheng Rang, except for Lina and Xue who had seen it twice, all opened their eyes in shock and exclaimed in unison.

"Oh - so awesome..."

And this is just the beginning...

Cheng Rangxiao

One after another, he took out a variety of steaming delicious dishes from his arms, as if they were like Doraemon's pockets, which could not be seen to the end. The children who had just seen such a grand scene for the first time almost forgot to close it. Mouth drooling.

"Okay, delicious! Everything is delicious...hehehe~"

"Lena!"

Xue snorted coldly and grabbed Lina's hand that secretly reached for the food, "I want to eat with everyone this time. You have already eaten once and you have to leave some for everyone!"

"Ugh...Snow, what a murderer..."

Looking at the cute looks of the two of them, Cheng Rang couldn't help but chuckle and said: "It doesn't matter, Lina, if there is enough food, everyone will be fed! Feel free to start moving boldly -"

"Really?!" All the children immediately turned their attention to Matsuzaki aside.

Matsuzaki, who was dazed by the eager eyes of the children, looked at the food in front of Cheng Rang and said reluctantly: "Mr. Cheng, this is really a waste of money. We have nothing to repay you..."

Unexpectedly, Cheng Rang just shook his head slightly, looked at Matsuzaki and said to him: "No, you have given me the best reward."

"....?"

"You showed me that there is still hope in this world."

On the outskirts of Tokyo, in District 39, an unforgettable luxurious feast for children finally began at Cheng Rang's insistence.

Everyone sat around a simple stove burning firewood, chatting and laughing, enjoying delicious food. As the warm yellow fire light dissipated the darkness in the sewer, this small space was filled with a rare warmth.

Cheng Rang was deeply impressed by the sensible children.

Although they were already looking forward to the food in front of them, they still held their own small bowls in an orderly manner and ate the food in front of them with restraint, for fear that their companions would not be full because of their own reasons.

Even Lina was like this. Although she was an out-and-out snacker when she was traveling with Xue and Cheng Rang, once she returned here, she began to take care of each other's feelings like other children.

One of the girls was named Nao. When Cheng Rang poured the rice into a bowl and handed it to her, she whispered thank you and then asked: "Brother Cheng, what is this?"

"Hmm? Nao, haven't you eaten it before? This is rice..."

Nao's eyes widened immediately, staring at the white rice in her hands, and murmured: "Ah, so the rice...is white?"

"Why do you say that?"

She raised her face to look at Cheng Rang and said in a calm tone: "Because the rice Nao has eaten is all gray."

“…where did you get the rice that was gray?”

"When I was homeless, a kind person gave Nao something in a convenience store lunch box."

It stands to reason that the rice in convenience store lunch boxes cannot be of a strange color——

"It just feels different from the one made by Brother Cheng. The rice there is hard and cold, and it tastes like sand."

Nao's subsequent answer made the smile on Cheng Rang's face disappear several times.

That's not a kind person at all, Nao...

Real rice will not have sand in it, it will be steaming hot, soft and white.

Afterwards, more children curiously asked Cheng Rang what the food on his plate was called. He suppressed the soreness on the tip of his nose and answered them one by one with a smile.

At this time, a child finally held a bowl and said to Cheng Rang excitedly: "I know this, it's what we usually eat at this time!"

"...."

"But, that's mineral water... I thought you were thirsty -"

"Isn't it porridge? It's just that there is less content this time...it's still sweet."

Cheng Rang looked back at Matsuzaki who looked ashamed. After being silent for a long time, he could only sigh silently in his heart.

In the future, I will let you eat better food....

"Really? Is it delicious?"

"Um!"

"Then try this again."

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The conditions for getting along well with these cursed children don't have to be simple at all.

As long as you don't have explicit ill intentions. A steaming meal and they will consider you their best friend.

Sometimes, even if you don't even need a meal, just expressing kindness to them can get a response several times the amount you paid.

Because no one has ever been so kind to them.

"I decided to stay here."

After dinner, Cheng Rang expressed his wishes to Matsuzaki.

“I want to help these children so that they can live a life where they don’t have to worry about it every day, so that they can have enough to eat every day and have decent clothes and shoes to wear - what they have given is as much as what the world has done to them. The rewards are too different..."

Old Matsuzaki just listened to Cheng Rang quietly.

The dim candlelight swayed, trying its best to dispel the darkness in the sewer. It was already late at night, and the children had all fallen asleep under Matsuzaki's urging.

"This is the first time I have seen each of them sleeping peacefully with a smile..." Matsuzaki took off his glasses, put them aside and sighed: "Your arrival has indeed brought happiness to the children, yes. I am very

gratitude. Because there are really few people here who can be as kind to them as you are. "

"But after all, we can't keep protecting them like this, and Mr. Cheng, you can't always accompany each of them to the end... Although it's cruel to say this, I have to say it. If you have always been so good to them, It may indeed allow them to live a very happy life, but it is not entirely a good thing for them if this continues.”

Old Matsuzaki gestured to the surrounding environment with his hands: "You see, we can only live in such an environment now. It took a long time to get used to the darkness and the attitude of the outside world towards us... ..”

Although life is difficult, it is not completely hopeless. There will also be small happiness.

Cheng Rang's arrival is now like a sun in the eternal night. While bringing happiness and hope to the children, it also allows them to see the beauty that does not exist in this world.

They are still young. Even though they are more mature than human children of the same age due to environmental reasons, it is not enough. They are still unable to distinguish between true and false, good and evil in this world. When they encounter such a dazzling light in the darkness, they They will think that there may really be people in the outside world who treat them better.