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"This… who are you? And who are they?"
Matsuzaki looked at the young woman standing before him and couldn't help but ask cautiously.
"They are Orc warriors. Don't let their appearance fool you; they are actually very gentle!"
"Orcs? What are those? Are they also products of some experiment?"
Hearing Shizu's explanation, Satomi Rentaro quickly asked. He himself was part of the mechanical soldier modification project, so he assumed these Orcs were also experimental products.
"An experiment? No! They are genuine Orcs. Hmm… how should I explain this?"
At this point, Shizu was a bit troubled about how to explain. After a moment of thought, she continued:
"With your current level of technology, you should be able to understand the concept of another world, right?"
"Another world! What nonsense are you talking about! You're not trying to say they all came from another world, are you!"
Satomi Rentaro listened to Shizu's explanation and asked back in disbelief.
"That's right! Although it might be hard for you to believe, that is the truth!"
Hearing Shizu's answer, Satomi Rentaro was momentarily unsure whether it was true or false. Seeing the expressions of everyone present, Shizu raised her right hand.
"This… how is this possible! How did you do that! Are you really human?"
"Wow! Big sister can do magic!"
"So amazing!"
Everyone stared intently at the ball of flame floating in Shizu's right hand, their eyes filled with disbelief, especially Satomi Rentaro.
Although he knew that some special technologies could generate various force fields, he had never seen anyone spontaneously produce fire in their hand like this.
"Do you believe it now? This is magic from our world!"
Shizu said, extinguishing the flame in her hand, then looked at Matsuzaki and spoke gently:
"You must be the current guardian of these children, right?"
Matsuzaki quickly replied:
"Yes! I am taking care of all these children!"
Shizu nodded after hearing this, reached out, and gently stroked the head of a small girl in front of her, saying softly:
"We plan to take all these children with us. They have lived too hard here."
"What! You're going to take them away!"
Satomi Rentaro couldn't help but exclaim when he heard Shizu's words.
"Yes, not just the children here, but all the Cursed Children in the entire world. We are going to take them all."
"No! If there are no Cursed Children, the entire Tokyo Area will be in danger!"
Satomi Rentaro quickly spoke to stop her. Shizu listened to his words, and her tone became slightly cold as she asked:
"Why can't we take these children?"
"If they come with us, they can receive the best education, eat their fill, dress warmly, and no longer suffer abuse from your people here."
"Since you don't care for these children, then we will take care of them. Besides, even if we were to take these children by force, you would not be able to stop us."
Looking at Shizu's determined expression, Satomi Rentaro opened his mouth but couldn't say anything. Yes, he was very clear about how much malice this world held for those children.
What right did he have to stop them from obtaining a happy life?
Shizu no longer paid any attention to the downcast Satomi Rentaro. Instead, with her smile restored, she turned to Matsuzaki:
"What do you think? As their guardian, I'd like to hear your opinion."
The reason Shizu chose to listen to Matsuzaki's opinion was mainly because she had heard Kaito talk about him.
This old man could be said to be one of the few truly good people in this entire world.
The hardships an old man faced caring for so many Cursed Children were simply unimaginable.
Therefore, Shizu held a certain respect for him.
"Me? You really aren't going to do anything to these children, are you?"
Matsuzaki looked at Shizu, who wore a faint smile, and spoke with apprehension.
"You can rest completely assured, because you can also come with us. After all, you have always been taking care of these children."
"I… I can also go?"
Matsuzaki asked with an incredulous expression.
"Of course!"
Having received an affirmative answer, Matsuzaki looked around at the children he had been caring for.
Seeing the longing for a happy life in their eyes, he turned to Shizu and said:
"These children and I will go with you. I hope you won't deceive me."
"Don't worry, we came specifically to save these children."
Shizu showed a gentle smile as she spoke to Matsuzaki.
"Thank you, child! Thank you for being willing to save these poor children!"
Matsuzaki looked at the gentle Shizu, and a smile couldn't help but appear on his face as he spoke to her.
"Uh… that… I might actually be older than you. I'm already over eighty this year."
Miss Shizu, seeing Matsuzaki call her a child, said with a slightly awkward tone.
"What! E… eighty years old!"
"How is that possible!"
"Wow! Onee-chan looks so young!"
"Onee-chan is actually older than the Elder!"
Everyone present was utterly shocked by Shizu's statement. From her appearance, Shizu looked to be only around twenty years old. Now she claimed to be over eighty, which was truly shocking.
"You… no… you are actually over eighty years old. Such an advanced age, it is truly impossible to tell!"
Matsuzaki, after recovering his composure slightly, spoke to Shizu with a hint of respect in his tone.
"Heh heh… there's no need for that. In our world, long-lived races are abundant; I'm nothing special among them!"
"Alright, since we've decided, let's pack up our things and prepare to leave here."
"We still need to go to the camp first, and then once all the children have been gathered, we'll all travel to our world together."
Matsuzaki quickly agreed after hearing this and instructed the girls to start packing their belongings.
Meanwhile, Satomi Rentaro, watching everyone pack, was filled with mixed emotions and didn't know what to say.
"Rentaro, are you alright?"
Aihara Enju couldn't help but ask, looking at the dejected Satomi Rentaro.
"I'm fine! You had me worried, Enju."
"Enju, you should go with them too. You'll be very happy there."
"Rentaro! I…"
"It's decided. I have important things to do, and I'll be relieved once you've gone, Enju."
After saying that, Satomi Rentaro turned to walk outside. Shizu, however, called out to him and tossed him a slime pendant:
"Take this, otherwise you won't be able to get out of here."
Satomi Rentaro took the pendant, thanked her, and then turned and left.
Aihara Enju watched Satomi Rentaro's departing back, reaching out as if to call him, but her words ultimately remained unspoken.
"Shizu, we've all packed!"
Shizu nodded after hearing Matsuzaki's words and said:
"Good, then let's go."
"Mm!"
As everyone emerged from the sewers to the surface, the scene before them left everyone in shock.
The normally barren land was covered with Orcs wearing armor and wielding great axes, interspersed with many humans carrying swords at their waists.
And all these humans were accompanied by many Cursed Children.
"This… there are so many people, who exactly are you…"
"Wow, there are so many Orc monsters, how amazing!"
"Isn't that Lily? She's riding on an Orc's shoulders!"
"It really is Lily!"
Just as the girls were still chattering and expressing their inner excitement, a giant Orc came before Miss Shizu…