Looking at the convenience store manager in front of him who was bowing his head and apologizing to the people around him, Gao Muming felt disgusted as if he had accidentally swallowed a fly, knowing that the other party was just saying some polite words and had no intention of reflecting on himself.

Takagi clearly understood that this was probably the best result he could get for the wronged girl in this extremely twisted situation.

Still somewhat unwilling, Gao Muming frowned. Just when Gao Muming wanted to continue, the policemen, seeing the situation was not good, spoke up to smooth things over.

Knowing that they were powerless in the face of Gao Muming's powerful fighting force, the police decisively chose to follow their inner thoughts and bowed deeply to Gao Muming and the girl behind him.

"We were too arbitrary and acted too radically, which led to the current situation. I apologize to you here."

"The conflict between you and us was in self-defense and does not constitute the crime of assaulting a police officer, and you will not be held accountable afterwards."

As the policeman spoke, he looked at the convenience store manager standing nearby and symbolically punished the convenience store owner. In just a few words, he completely defined the incident, then handled the situation quickly and retreated, leaving no room for Gao Muming to continue his anger.

While the police were trying to calm Gao Muming's anger, the crowd around him were tactful enough to shut up and hurried away to avoid being held accountable by Gao Muming for the scolding they had just received.

In an instant, the commercial street that was originally bustling with people became deserted. There were only four people left there: Enju Aihara and Rentaro Satomi who were knocked unconscious by Akira Takagi, as well as Akira Takagi and the girl wearing patched clothes.

"Thank you for your willingness to help me."

The girl thanked Takagi Akira in a somewhat dry voice.

"You're welcome."

After the brief conversation, the two fell into a strange silence. The girl kept her big crimson eyes open without blinking, looking at Takagi Akira and then at Aihara Enju who was lying on the ground.

Takagi Akira didn't know how to continue chatting with the girl in front of him who had suffered so much. When he saw her eyes drifting to Aihara Enju lying on the ground from time to time, he finally found a topic.

"do you know her?"

Hearing Takagi Akira's gentle question, the girl nodded.

"A long time ago, she was also a cursed child like me who struggled to survive in the ruins of District 39 in the Outer District. We met each other several times, but we never communicated with each other."

"I haven't seen her for a long time. Later I heard that she was kidnapped. She looked like she was doing well."

Hearing the girl's words, Gao Muming couldn't help but sneer.

"Who knows? Being captured and becoming an initiator, assigned to a promoter to form a police force, fighting against gastrulae on the front line to protect those who oppress and treat us as human beings, can this kind of life be considered good?"

"..."

After hearing what Takagi Akira said, the girl was silent for a while and looked at Rentaro Satomi and Enju Aihara who were lying on the ground.

"With the recovery ability of our cursed children, she should be fine now. Are you using holmium?"

Hearing a hint of worry in the girl's voice, Takagi Akira comforted her softly.

"Don't worry, I was very measured when I did it, she will just sleep for a while."

After hearing what Gao Muming said, the girl breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking of what had just happened, a sad expression appeared on her frightened little face.

"My companion and I finally found something in the ruins and wanted to exchange it for food in an honest way, but we encountered this situation. It turned out that my companion was right. I shouldn't have had any illusions."

Seeing the girl's pitiful expression as if she was about to cry, Gao Muming walked to the girl without saying anything and gently rubbed her gray and messy hair.

The moment Gao Muming's hand was placed on the girl's head, one could clearly notice that the girl's whole body stiffened for a moment.

She instantly remembered the convenience store clerk who had been friendly to her just now, but suddenly changed his attitude and shouted at her to kill her. Worried that Gao Muming would also suddenly change his attitude, the girl tensed up and sensed Gao Muming's actions.

After realizing that Gao Muming was just rubbing her head gently, the girl's stiff body finally relaxed.

The relaxed girl felt her stomach protesting against her. She walked away from Gao Muming's hands, picked up the cans scattered on the ground one by one, and bowed deeply to Gao Muming.

"Thank you again for saving me. It's getting late and my companions are still waiting for me to bring back the food."

After saying this, without waiting for Gao Muming to speak, the girl ran a few steps away as if escaping, then stopped, turned back and looked at Gao Muming deeply, memorized Gao Muming's figure in her heart, and then ran away.

Gao Muming, who had originally thought that the communication would be smooth and that he could successfully abduct a little loli and then protect her companions as long as he opened his mouth, was stunned by this sudden change.

Seeing the girl running away, Gao Muming hurriedly wanted to catch up with her. However, after taking a few steps, Gao Muming stopped and frowned as he looked at Hiruko Kagein and Hiruko Kobinai who suddenly appeared not far away.

"This is really a miracle. I actually met him again."

Gao Muming narrowed his eyes and looked at the tall man in front of him who was greeting him. There was a hint of coldness in his tone, and his hand unconsciously rested on the hilt of the knife at his waist.

"What do you want to do here?"

"I originally wanted to invite a police officer I was very optimistic about to join me, but I didn't expect to enjoy a good show for free."

Hiruko Kagetsuji said this while looking at Satomi Rentaro who was lying on the side.

"But now it seems that I overestimated him a little bit. He is just this level."

"Oh, since you've given up on recruiting him, why are you still showing up? Can't you just leave?"

Hearing Takagi Akira's words of dismissal, Hiruko Kagetsugu smiled very gentlemanly.

"I was originally planning to leave, but after watching the performance starring you, I changed my mind."

"I thought you, who were dissatisfied with the current situation in Tokyo and refused to serve those in power, would be my natural ally. That's why I invited you before. When I didn't receive your phone call agreeing to it, I just thought you were hesitant and hadn't made up your mind."

"But after what happened just now, I realized that I was wrong. Although we share some of the same views, in terms of the paths we actually took, we took two completely different paths."

"For me who wants to cause a mass extinction in the Tokyo area, you, with such strength, will be an obstacle to my actions in the Tokyo area."

"Now that I have declared myself the enemy of the entire Tokyo area police organization, if I ask you to join forces with those police officers to deal with me, I will be somewhat overwhelmed."

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