Doomsday Chat Group: Conquering the Multiverse Heroines

Watching from afar, the radiant and happy smile on Hong Hong's face as she was intimately embraced by Ren, Aihara Enju inexplicably wanted to chase after them.

"Enju..." Satomi Rentaro, having come to his senses, called out. "Can you give me another chance?"

Aihara Enju, who had already taken a step, didn't look back. She softly said, "Thank you for taking care of me during this time." Then, she walked away, leaving only the bitter and sorrowful Satomi Rentaro slumped on the ground, staring blankly at Aihara Enju's retreating figure.

*****

"That girl has been following us," Exusiai remarked, glancing behind her.

"She is Aihara Enju, also a Cursed Child, and Satomi Rentaro's Initiator," Tendou Kisara explained.

Shinobu Kocho: "So, has she broken up with that Satomi Rentaro now?"

"That guy, I don't think highly of him either. He says he wants to protect Cursed Children, but he didn't dare to go up and hit those guys when he saw Hong Hong being abused. He's too cowardly," Exusiai complained bluntly.

"Hmm..." Hong Hong recalled the terrifying things from before and cowered into Ren's arms. Only his body warmth could make her feel safe.

"Although that young man has a gentle personality, there's too much confusion in his eyes, and a lax heart," Reinhardt also offered his assessment of Satomi Rentaro. Such a person isn't suitable for shouting slogans about saving something. Perhaps protecting his small family would be more suitable for him.

"That..." Aihara Enju, who was following closely, suddenly spoke.

Ren and the others stopped. She mustered her courage and asked Ren, "Do you really think Cursed Children are just ordinary children?"

Ren smiled gently, without hesitation or doubt: "Of course, in my eyes, Cursed Children are purer than over ninety percent of the humans in this world."

"Big Brother..." Hong Hong's heart swelled with happiness; Ren in her eyes seemed like a god bathed in holy light. She was willing to believe that this was not a dream. Her big brother was truly a very gentle and kind person.

"Thank you!" Aihara Enju showed a relieved smile. Having received the answer she wanted, she could also leave with peace of mind. Where should she go next? Having left her promoter... she would probably be hunted down too.

"If you don't mind, you can also be my sister," Ren's voice entered her ears.

Aihara Enju stared at Ren in disbelief. She wondered if she had misheard.

"Would you like to be my sister?" Ren extended the invitation again.

"Can... can I really? I just abandoned my promoter... I'm a traitor..." Aihara Enju clutched her skirt with both hands. She also wanted to be like Hong Hong, to have a big brother who didn't care about her identity as a Cursed Child. Instead of being like Satomi Rentaro, with an invisible barrier separating them. When the barrier appeared... everything would collapse. What she longed for was a strong bond, not a fragile bubble that could burst at a touch. From Ren, she felt that genuine, unfeigned attitude of equality and friendliness towards Cursed Children. She was hesitating and struggling.

Ren smiled lightly and beckoned.

"Wow! I'm flying!" In surprise, Aihara Enju flew into his arms, held by his right hand. Hong Hong watched this scene curiously.

"Ugh!" The sudden closeness made Aihara Enju very shy. With a flushed face, she nervously introduced herself: "I... I am Aihara Enju."

"My name is Ren," Ren replied with a smile.

"Ren-kun!" She shyly called out, burying her entire head into his chest.

"Me too!" Hong Hong, unwilling to be outdone, squeezed in.

"Ren-kun is really popular with children," Shinobu Kocho sighed.

Reinhardt: "Because Ren-kun genuinely likes these children."

"Sigh." Tendou Kisara let out a sigh. "Cursed Children are countless in this world; they exist everywhere."

"Huh? Are there many children like them?" Exusiai was surprised.

Tendou Kisara nodded: "Yes, very many, and most of them are homeless children like Hong. Only those with superior genes can become Initiators like Aihara Enju."

Shinobu Kocho: "All like Hong... these children... how pitiful."

Reinhardt's expression was solemn: "If that is truly the case... this world is truly twisted."

"It's okay, it won't be long before the Cursed Children can live freely."

*****

Ren bought Hong a red dress and a new pair of shoes. Hong seemed to have been hungry for a long time, so he also let her eat a very filling meal. Although the money was paid by the extremely poor Tendou Kisara.

When passing under a pedestrian bridge, the few of them heard a clear and gentle singing voice.

"Someone is singing, and it's quite nice." Exusiai pricked up her ears to listen.

"Over there." Ren walked in one direction, and at the corner, he stopped. Hong and Aihara Enju, who were holding his hand, both looked sorrowful.

"What happened?" The few of them walked over in confusion.

They saw a heartbreaking scene. A frail, white-haired girl who looked like she would collapse at a touch was singing with all her might. In front of her on the ground was a tattered, dusty small bowl. The singing girl held up a wooden sign in her hand. On it, crookedly written, were the words: "I am a Cursed Child from the outer district, I need money to buy food for my sister, please give me alms."

Evidently, this was a Cursed Child begging by performing. She wore tattered clothes, with only a somewhat dirty shawl to cover the holes in her attire. The girl's dirty little face had her eyes covered with a white cloth. The girl's voice was very clear, and her singing was pleasant to the ear, making for a beautiful combination. But even such a beautiful song brought her no alms. The small bowl was empty. None of the passersby stopped. Facing the little girl's beautiful singing, they all showed expressions of disgust, frowning and hurrying away, simply because the sign clearly stated that she was a Cursed Child.

Hong clutched Ren's sleeve tightly. Food... She had been so hungry that she couldn't bear it, so she picked up a piece of bread from the ground. She didn't expect that very piece of bread to lead her into the law enforcers' trap. If her older brother hadn't saved her, she would probably have been beaten to death and left to rot in a stinking ditch. It was precisely because she had experienced it that she felt such empathy.

Aihara Enju even stepped forward, frowning, and asked: "Can't you see?"

The girl stopped singing and smiled, nodding: "Yes."

Tendou Kisara was also observing the girl, very puzzled: "Cursed Children have some of the Gastrea's power, and their regenerative abilities are very strong. Cursed Children don't get sick, so how can she not see?"

"Ah..." The girl gently raised her hand and untied the ribbon bound over her eyes.

"Hiss! This is!" Shinobu Kocho covered her mouth. Those eyes were unbearable for her to look at. There were no eyeballs left in the eye sockets, all filled with a silvery-white, uneven substance.

"It's lead," Exusiai said seriously.

"Mm, it's been filled with lead." The girl replied lightly.

Everyone understood. By injecting lead, the regeneration of the eyes was prevented until the eyes were completely necrotic and could no longer regenerate.

Aihara Enju was very angry: "Who did it?" To pour lead into someone else's eyes, what kind of cruel person could do such a heartless thing?

Who knew the girl would gently shake her head? She said softly with a smile: "It wasn't done by someone else, it was me."

"Why... why would you do that?" Aihara Enju blurted out in disbelief.

"Because the mother who abandoned me and my sister hated my red eyes." The girl stated the reason, a reason that silenced everyone. Her mother must have been from the plundered generation.

The humans of this world are divided into two generations: the plundered generation and the pure generation. The plundered generation refers to those who experienced the Gastrea War. They witnessed the horror of the Gastrea firsthand, and many also lost loved ones due to the war. Most of them harbored hatred for the Gastrea and the Cursed Children. The pure generation refers to those born after the Gastrea War. This also includes the Cursed Children. It is precisely because they hated the Gastrea that they also hated the Cursed Children who possessed the Gastrea virus and gained the power of Gastrea genes. If a Cursed Child was born into such a family, there was a high probability they would be abandoned; in severe cases, they would be tortured to death.

The girl re-tied the ribbon. She reached out her hand, fumbling until she touched Aihara Enju's face, who was about the same height as her. "Are you also a Cursed Child?"

Aihara Enju answered blankly: "How do you know? Why are you always smiling? Don't you feel pain?"

The girl withdrew her hand. "I, you see, cannot live without relying on others."

"So, other than smiling, I don't know what kind of expression to show."

As a Cursed Child, she could not work, could not earn money. The girl did not want to steal, and she had a younger sister to take care of, so begging was her only way to survive.

"Clink!" It was the crisp sound of something being dropped into the small bowl. The girl's smile bloomed, and she happily looked up and thanked: "Thank you!" Someone had given her money, so she could buy food for her sister.

It was just that the two men who had thrown down the "alms" were smiling wickedly, arm in arm.

"Haha, look at how grateful she is, so funny."

"Monsters still want to beg; they should just die."

The atmosphere instantly solidified. The few of them looked at the pull tab in the bowl, and a nameless anger rose within them.

"These two fellows..." Even Reinhardt wanted to draw his sword.

The girl also seemed to have realized the truth, but she said nothing, instead intending to continue singing. Just then, "Someone's dead!!!" A panicked shout came from not far away.

The few of them followed the sound. It was the two men who had just thrown down the pull tab; their bodies had burst, as if they had been crushed into meat paste, unrecognizable, splattered on the ground.

Tendou Kisara's pupils contracted. She didn't understand what had happened to them; how could perfectly fine people suddenly become like that? Shinobu Kocho and the others, however, knew the reason and remained calm. Damned scum. If they died, they died.

"What's your name?" Ren, who had been quietly observing, spoke for the first time.

The girl felt confused; this was the first time anyone had asked her name. "My name is Cai."

Ren glanced at Hong. "Cai, Hong..." This was probably fate.

Ren reached out and touched her eye socket. The lead pieces turned into dust and floated out, and a golden Primal Energy entered the empty eye socket. Cai only felt an itching sensation in her eye sockets. Soon, colors suddenly appeared. Her newly restored eyes saw a gentle face that would be etched into her memory for a lifetime. Cai reached for her eyes.

"My eyes... I can see again?"

"What kind of power is this?" Tendou Kisara was even more surprised. She had personally witnessed the golden light from Ren's fingertips pouring into Cai's eyes, and then Cai's eyes recovered.

Cai used her newly recovered eyes to observe the few people around her. Every one of them was beautiful and handsome. Most importantly, there was no disgust or disdain for her in their eyes. Especially the big brother in front of her. There were also two girls with red eyes and red pupils beside him, who, like her, were Cursed Children.

"Big brother... why did you help me?" Ren raised his hand, trying to caress her head, but she dodged it. Afraid that Ren would misunderstand, she hurriedly explained, "My hair is very dirty, don't dirty your hands." This child... was so sensible it made one's heart ache.

Ren didn't give her a chance to dodge and held her in his arms.

"Wuwu! Big brother... you..." Cai, being hugged, was a little at a loss.

Ren said, "My name is Ren. Take your sister and come with me. This place isn't suitable for you."

"Ah?" Cai was a little confused. For a moment, she couldn't understand the meaning of Ren's words.

Hong showed a cute and innocent smile. "Brother Ren is very gentle, you know. Enju and I are both Brother Ren's sisters. Cai, you should come too."

Cai looked at Enju, and Enju's small face blushed as she gently nodded.