BAMN: Chapter 203/204

Chapter 203: Heaven and Hell

As for what heaven truly was?

"A place full of happiness, where you won't be hungry, won't be cold, and can be with everyone forever, that is heaven!"

Yashiro, who had the aura of a blind saintess, like a little teacher to the girls, explained the meaning of heaven to them in words they could understand.

"Heaven, how wonderful!"

"I love heaven!"

"From now on, can we live in heaven?"

"Is it really okay? We'll make it dirty, won't we?"

"Idiot, of course you have to wash yourselves clean first!"

The little girls followed Rin and Yashiro's steps one after another.

A few of them, seeing their footprints on the smooth floor, even bowed their heads to apologize to the floor and said they would wipe it clean.

This amusing scene truly made Rin laugh and cry at the same time.

"Catch that guy!"

In the real world, on a street in Tokyo Ward, an abrupt voice rang out among the crowd.

Almost simultaneously, a young girl broke through the human wall and rushed out.

She was holding a supermarket shopping basket full of food.

She was wearing denim shorts and a white fitted top.

However, just like the girl's grimy face, both pieces of clothing had not been washed for who knew how long. They were not only worn out but also covered in patches.

As a Cursed Child living in the outer district, the girl had no means of making a living.

To survive, she had no choice but to rummage through trash cans and steal unwanted clothes and food.

But today, she broke into a human convenience store and snatched a bag of food from inside.

The girl didn't even look at what she took.

She just kept stuffing things into the bag and then frantically fled outwards.

'Faster, faster!'

Driven by inner fear and worry for the children she lived with, the girl disregarded the figures blocking her way and rushed forward madly.

On a tall building diagonally opposite, unseen by the girl, a news report was playing on a large display screen.

On the screen, a beautiful silver-haired young girl was expounding on the "New Gastrea Law."

The girl, named Seitenshi, was at this moment sternly appealing to the general public, hoping they would treat the Cursed Children kindly, and then once again proposed a bill to respect the basic human rights of the Cursed Children.

Unfortunately, those who could speak up for the Cursed Children were ultimately a minority.

Most people simply could not accept the existence of the so-called Cursed Children.

In this world, Cursed Children were usually secretly given birth by their parents by the river, and then drowned before their eyes had even opened.

Furthermore, because they possessed astonishing regenerative abilities, many parents would inflict their misfortunes on these children in the form of violence.

It was said that some parents even suffered from a post-war syndrome that triggered shock upon seeing red eyes, Gastrea Shock.

Yashiro was born into such a family.

Her mother, fearing her scarlet eyes, blinded her with molten lead and then abandoned her.

Many people might say that such parents are simply scum.

But the problem is, who knows?

Due to genetic contamination by the Gastrea virus, even Appraisal cannot prove blood relations.

This makes it so that if parents who give birth to Cursed Children do not acknowledge them, no one can prove that they are their children.

Because of this, many people even began to question whether Cursed Children are legally considered human.

"Stop right there!!"

"Disgusting red eyes!!"

However, these things had nothing to do with the girl who was desperately fleeing.

She didn't understand what the Holy Child was saying, nor did she care.

Gradually, more and more people were drawn by the commotion, which made the girl's movements increasingly difficult.

"Ah!!"

Countless hands reached out from behind her, and even though the girl had a physique far superior to humans, she was still held firmly.

Several adults together rudely pushed her down, the sound of her bones scraping the ground clearly audible.

"Let go of me!"

The girl's face was pressed against the asphalt, her otherwise proper face contorted.

She clawed and thrashed like a wild tiger, but no one in the audience showed her any sympathy.

"Thieves, you are the scum of the Tokyo Area!"

"Good job! That damned Gastrea."

"Stop screaming, you murderer."

"If you 'Red Eyes' hadn't killed all my relatives back then..."

"Red demon, go to hell!"

Not only were they verbally abusing her, but many people also viciously kicked the girl's abdomen and back, not even sparing her head.

"What are you all gathered here for?!"

Just then, two police officers pushed through the crowd and walked over.

"This disgusting fellow broke into the convenience store and stole something."

"The clerk just tried to stop her and was almost hit and injured by her."

"Yes, it was too dangerous."

"You're police, right? How can you let a monster like this run wild on the streets?"

...

Soon, from the mouths of the surrounding people, this pair of police officers learned the whole story.

"Ah, I understand."

Without any sympathy, and without needing to hear the girl's explanation, the police officer simply stated with extreme indifference that he understood.

"Get up!"

The stronger police officer grabbed the girl's hair and pulled her up.

He didn't care why the girl stole, he just took out handcuffs from his pocket and put them on her, locking her hands behind her back.

"Let go of me!"

"Hey, let go of me!"

The other police officer ignored the yelling girl, saluting the representatives of the crowd and expressing gratitude for their courageous actions.

Then, the two of them pushed the girl into the police car and drove off.

Soon after, in a secluded, uninhabited area of the Outer District.

The girl, who had been arrested by the police for theft, was dragged out of the police car like livestock.

Cursed Children have stronger physiques than ordinary people, but they are otherwise no different from human children, and can be easily lifted by adults.

"So painful!"

The girl, who had fallen to the ground, was completely covered in mud.

However, there was not a trace of pity in the eyes of the two police officers.

"How disgusting, a monster that looks human."

"Haha, isn't this great!"

The tall police officer sneered, his face contorted in a grimace as he drew a pistol from his waist and aimed it at the girl on the ground.

"Bang!"

"Ah!!!"

A gunshot rang out, and the bullet pierced one of the girl's arms, immediately splattering blood.

(To be continued.)

Chapter 204: Divine Miracle

"Hahahahaha!"

"This is it, only at times like this is it most stress-relieving!"

"Bang bang!"

With that, the tall police officer fired two more shots, decisively breaking the girl's limbs.

"Here, the last shot is for you."

As if playing some game, the tall police officer handed the pistol to his partner, "It's almost time to get off work, do you have any plans for tonight?"

"No."

"Want to go for a drink?"

"Sure."

Calmly taking the pistol, the police officer aimed the muzzle at the back of the girl's head, "Although I've killed many of them already, the bodies of these monsters are truly disgusting."

"Indeed."

Looking at the body that was clearly injured but whose flesh was still slowly repairing itself, the tall police officer's eyes were filled with malice.

"Die!"

"Disgusting monster."

The other police officer's lips curved into an involuntary smile.

Just as the tall police officer said, shooting these disgusting red-eyed monsters indeed brought them a sense of relaxation.

"Bang!"

In the final second, as the sound of the bullet leaving the chamber echoed in her ears, the girl, who didn't even have a name, felt a chilling despair in her heart.

The next moment, she felt a ringing in her brain, followed by the world spinning.

For ordinary people, it would be a fatal injury, but the Cursed Child was still alive.

Of course, with a gunshot to the head and brain matter spilled everywhere, the girl's fate, whose recovery ability could not compare to true Gastrea, was already sealed.

'Am I going to die?'

What did the girl think of in her last moments of life?

Her companions still starving in the Outer District, or her hatred for this fucked-up world?

'Forget it, it doesn't matter anymore.'

Anyway, she was going to die, what else was there to say.

'Do you wish to be saved?'

'Just pray in your heart, and I will hear you.'

It was that strange voice again, the girl remembered hearing it once not long ago.

However, at that time, the girl's entire attention was focused on the convenience store and the cashier, and she completely ignored it.

But now, this voice appeared again in her mind.

No, it should be said, within her soul.

"Hrrk... Hrrk..."

The girl could no longer speak complete words.

And due to the damage to her brain, the girl was also unable to form the thought of 'crying for help,' she could only feel her life slipping away, the world gradually falling into darkness.

"Not dead yet?"

Looking at the girl still twitching in the pool of blood, the police officer holding the gun aimed it at her eyes.

However, just as he was about to pull the trigger, the girl, who had been right before his eyes, suddenly vanished.

"Wha..."

The police officer holding the gun's pupils sharply contracted.

His companion looked as if he had seen a ghost, "She's gone! What happened?!"

Regardless of the two panicking police officers, the girl with the shattered skull appeared before Rin.

This was a garden in the castle, and Rin stood there, watching one girl after another arrive, guided by artificial angels.

Beside him were Yashiro and other girls.

After a period of joy and happiness, the girls spontaneously began to help the angel sisters under Yashiro's leadership.

The new children didn't know what had happened.

So, Yashiro began to explain to them, and informed them of Rin's identity as a deity.

However, in that blink of an eye, Yashiro saw the girl lying in a pool of blood.

"Ah!!"

Yashiro was startled, but more than that, she was worried and flustered, "She, what happened to her?"

"Hanae!! It's Hanae!!!"

Yashiro's sister recognized the dying girl.

They were all Cursed Children living in the Tokyo Outer District, and to survive, it was common for them to band together for warmth.

But what they hadn't expected was...

When they met again, the girl had become so weak and dying.

"Have the people of this world become so cruel?"

Rin saw her previous experiences through the girl.

Simply stealing some food from a convenience store, in human society, would at most result in a scolding.

But this girl, named Hanae, paid the price with her life.

Little girls gathered around, looking at Rin with eyes full of hope and pleading, hoping he could find a way.

"Don't worry."

Rin stroked Yashiro's head, "I will save her."

Having said that, Rin's fingers fiddled in the air, and an invisible force immediately enveloped the girl on the ground.

The next moment, everything within a meter and a half radius centered on the girl began to rewind as if time were flowing backward.

"So amazing..."

Yashiro and the other girls looked at this unbelievable scene, each of them dumbfounded.

"Alright."

After rescuing Hanae, Rin handed her to Yashiro, "This child will wake up soon, Yashiro, please take good care of her for me."

"Okay, God Brother!"

Yashiro and the others were very happy. They thanked Rin gratefully, and then together they took Hanae to bathe and change clothes.

"Unbelievable, this, can even this kind of thing be done?"

Among the crowd, Enju who had already taken a bath and changed into new clothes, was still immersed in the miracle Rin had shown.

Her worldview had been completely shattered by these successive blows.

"This is, God..."

Tina's expression was no longer the indifference and emotionlessness it once was.

On the contrary, the way she looked at Rin faintly revealed fanaticism.

"Hmm?"

Rin noticed the gazes of the two little ones. He turned his head and let out a surprised 'huh'.

Although the Cursed Children are all very cute.

However, perhaps because of preconceived notions, Rin paid more attention to the girls who had appeared in the anime.

Now seeing Enju Aihara and Tina Sprout, Rin immediately became interested, "Hello there."

"Uh..."

"You, hello, God."

"Thank you for saving me!"

Enju was a little nervous, but still expressed her feelings loudly.

"Me too."

Tina, "Is there anything I can do for God?"

"I am willing to do anything."

"No."

Rin shook his head. He beckoned the two little ones to come to his side, and then stroked their heads, one with each hand.

Tina and Enju didn't dare to resist.

But as Rin stroked them, the girls quickly showed expressions of enjoyment.

'Hmph!'

Rin had absolute confidence in his head-patting skills, 'How can my head-patting skills be resisted by mere girls?!'

(To be continued.)