Chapter 39: The truth! Is this Hell?!
『 In the pitch-black night sky, Rentarou Satomi and Enju Aihara were riding in a helicopter, searching for the Legacy of the Seven Stars.
"Wait, WHAT'S THAT?!" The pilot seemed to have discovered something, looking down in shock.
In the pitch-black night sky, a giant spider monster was perched on a web, drifting with the wind!
"It's a Gastrea. It actually wove its nest into the shape of a parachute and used it to move. It can fly into the sky based on this principle," Rentaro looked in shock at the Gastrea whose eyes were full of crimson. 』
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〜Myriad Worlds livestream Chat〜
[ Eren Yeager (Attack on Titan): "Has it finally appeared? A monster is invading the human world! A Gastrea? It seems to be another monster attacking humans." ]
[ Uzumaki Naruto (Naruto): "Whoa! Is that still a spider? It's so terrifying. Why did it get so big? How do you fight a monster that big?!" ]
[ Saeko Busujima (High School of the Dead): "That world doesn't seem to be completely lost, and there are helicopters, so they should be using firearms to take them down, right?" ]
[ Kayo Senju (Black Bullet): "No, that would be too much of a waste of weapons." ]
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『 The next moment, a fierce wind blew inside the cabin, and Rentarou Satomi suddenly turned his head!
"ENJU! Wait, ENJU!"
The next moment, the orange-haired loli girl leaped down from hundreds of meters in the air!
The fierce wind swept through, and the girl's expression was cold and resolute. 』
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〜Myriad Worlds livestream Chat〜
[ Emiya Shirou (Type-Moon): "WAIT?! What's going on? WHY DID SHE SUDDENLY JUMP DOWN?!" ]
[ Kiritsugu Emiya (Type-Moon): "Could it be…" ]
[ Uzumaki Naruto (Naruto): "Ahhh, doesn't she want to live? She actually leaped down from such a high place!" ]
[ Yukari Yakumo (Touhou): "It doesn't look like she's giving up on life." ]
[ Orochimaru (Naruto): "Either a fool or a strong person, but it's a child? It's truly puzzling." ]
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『 The girl's figure fell rapidly, her eyes suddenly turning crimson in the night sky—
Her rapidly falling body plunged straight towards the head of the flying Gastrea!
"Roar—!" The Gastrea immediately let out a sharp wail, and at the same time, under the girl's immense force, its figure fell straight down!
Seeing this, Rentarou Satomi also quickly used a rappelling rope to descend to the ground.
When Rentaro Satomi arrived on the ground, the girl was already confronting the terrifying monster!
A body tens of meters long, each tentacle like a sharp, long blade, crimson eyes radiating ominousness and killing intent.
In comparison, the girl opposite it was like a doll in front of it.
"Ch—!" Dozens of spider webs shot towards the girl like cannonballs!
But what was shocking was that the girl's figure flickered like a ghost, rapidly dodging one attack after another.
Her right leg suddenly exerted force, the ground cracked, and her figure shot towards the Gastrea like a cannonball!
A powerful whip kick directly tore the giant spider monster into pieces!
In the blink of an eye, the girl had ended the battle unscathed.
A white box fell from the monster's abdomen, and the mission was complete— 』
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〜Myriad Worlds livestream Chat〜
[ Vinsmoke Sanji (One Piece): "DAMN IT!! NOT ONLY BEAUTIFUL, BUT ALSO SO STRONG?!! WHAT KIND OF DOG SHIT LUCK DID THIS RENTAROU SATOMI HAVE TO MAKE MISS ENJU FALL FOR HIM?!!" ]
[ Iskandar (Type-Moon): "Excellent! A splendid battle! Little girl, are you interested in becoming my subject?!" ]
[ Artoria Pendragon (Type-Moon): "Beast-like intuition." ]
[ Satanichia Kurumizawa Mcdowell (Gabriel DropOut): "Awoo! With such strength, I, Great Demon Lord Satania, acknowledge you! Be my subject, Enju Aihara!" ]
[ Orochimaru (Naruto): "Her reaction ability, combat awareness, and attack strength are already comparable to a Chunin or even a Jonin. It's surprising to see such a splendid battle from a child." ]
[ Eren Yeager (Attack on Titan): "Could this be the secret weapon of that world against monsters, but this has already exceeded the scope of humanity?!" ]
[ Tsuru (One Piece): "Are adults just support personnel, and those children are the real combat personnel?" ]
[ Hashirama Senju (Naruto): "No… no matter what, sending such a young child to the battlefield is too much. Even in our chaotic era, it wasn't like this." ]
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『 The battle ended, but the imagined joy and praise did not come. The deep darkness seemed to breed despair and twisted emotions.
"Enju!" Rentaro Satomi called out worriedly.
"Rentarou… I defeated it, the mission is complete, how is it… I fought, right?" The crimson in the girl's eyes disappeared, and her sparkling eyes radiated a faint, clear light.
In this silent night, the girl's figure was so lonely and small.
"Mm…" Rentaro somewhat dared not look into Enju's eyes.
"I protected my classmates and everyone at school…" Tears streamed down Enju Aihara, sobbing painfully.
The pain in her body was far less than the severe pain in her heart, which could to be understood, unable to be accepted, unable to be trusted.
That child's pure, blank-paper-like heart was stained with layer after layer of suffering. She threw herself into the boy's embrace, crying heartbrokenly. 』
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〜Myriad Worlds livestream Chat〜
[ Vinsmoke Sanji (One Piece): "Eh, eh? WHY IS THIS CUTE YOUNG LADY CRYING?! IS SHE HURT?! BASTARD! HOW CAN YOU BEAR TO MAKE SUCH A CUTE YOUNG LADY CRY?!" ]
[ Aizen (Bleach): "It's not physical pain, but mental torment. Gentlemen, we are about to touch the truth of the matter." ]
[ Kiritsugu Emiya (Type-Moon): "Could it be that someone is forcing them to fight?" ]
[ Lady Avalon (Type-Moon): "Hehe, who knows, maybe the truth is far more than that." ]
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『 Viewers of Myriad Worlds 』
Even the most witted of them had realized that something was wrong.
Why was the girl crying?
What was the truth?
Was everything they saw real?
Everyone fell silent at this moment, their gazes deep as they looked at the screen.
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〜Type-Moon World, Fourth Holy Grail War Worldline〜
"What a painful and bewildered child—"
Kirei Kotomine covered his chest, experiencing for the first time what pain… and the pleasure it brought, truly felt like.
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〜Naruto World〜
"How could this be?"
Naruto felt a faint sense of foreboding in his heart.
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『 "Ah~," a heavy and sorrowful song echoed in a corner of the mall.
It was a dirty girl with a white cloth covering her eyes, holding a wooden sign.
The wooden sign read: 'I am a Cursed Child from the Outer District.'
Rentarou was stunned, his gaze serious and puzzled as he asked, "What's wrong with your eyes? If you're a Cursed Child, you shouldn't get sick, right?"
The blind girl, realizing someone had approached, stopped singing. Hearing the question, she gently untied the blindfold from her eyes.
A shocking sight jolted both Tina and Rentaro Satomi.
But the girl still wore a faint smile, "My eyes were filled with lead. My mother abandoned me because she hated my red eyes."
The girl reached out to Tina, "Are you also a Cursed Child? You're very beautiful."
"And I can only survive by begging others, so besides a smile like this, I don't know what expression to show." The girl's smile never changed.
A crisp clinking sound rang out, and the girl immediately thanked, but…
It was just the pull tab of a soda can, two ruffians laughing and joking. 』
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〜Myriad Worlds livestream Chat〜
[ Uzumaki Kushina (Naruto): "Because they hated… SO THEY FILLED THEM WITH LEAD?! WHAT KIND OF BULLSHIT LOGIC IS THAT!!! THOSE SCUMBAG MOTHERS DESERVE TO DIE!" ]
[ Tohsaka Rin (Type-Moon): "Are they another group of beasts like those scumbag parents from before? Truly unforgivable." ]
[ Artoria Pendragon (Type-Moon): "Unforgivable! As a knight, this is something I simply cannot ignore." ]
[ Orochimaru (Naruto): "I'm afraid the truth is far more than that, isn't it? What exactly is a 'Cursed Child'? What is their relationship with the called 'Gastrea'?" ]
[ Homura Akemi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica): "This world is rotten." ]
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『 In 2021, humanity was defeated in the war against the viral parasitic organisms "Gastrea," driven to a narrow territory, barely surviving in fear and despair.
Ten years have passed since then. Humanity found its last hope of fighting monsters through the power of girls who could control the Gastrea virus, the "Cursed Children."
However, past wounds created a chasm between the two that was difficult to bridge.
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On the streets, in the bustling city center.
The faces of the people, twisted by anger, were so hideous. They held up signs that read, 'For humanity, kill the monsters, kill the Cursed Children.'
Expelled, exiled—
Because of the Gastrea virus within them, the girls were used as tools for endless battles, but even living in the sewers, they were still relentlessly pursued.
Why don't you die—
Why do you live—
Why do you live with such monsters—
Trampling, discrimination, hatred!
People poured all their anger onto those called 'Cursed Children'! 』
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『 Viewers of Myriad Worlds 』
"…Is this hell?"
In an instant, countless viewers in the Myriad Worlds froze in place, staring blankly at the screen, as if plunged into an ice cellar.
Cursed Children, tools, monsters, ragged girls, crying powerful girls, all connected. When a corner of the truth was revealed…
They couldn't believe that the world could be so cruel—
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〜A Certain Magical Index World〜
The safest city—Academy City
"AHHH!!! THESE DAMNED BEASTS!!!"
Misaka Mikoto burst forth with terrifying lightning, her eyes filled with unprecedented rage!
The girl bathed in light had never encountered such darkness—
This unreasonable world, this world full of resentment, is unchanging. This defiled world will never change—