Chapter 40

There are few nursing homes in Yokohama, a weathered place, but there are many orphanages.

Those places house children who have become orphans for various reasons. If they meet a good director, at least the donations from the government and some people in society can guarantee the minimum living standard of these children. If they meet a bad manager, in a city like Yokohama, orphans can also be used as a resource.

That's why there are so many homeless children in Yokohama who don't want to go to orphanages.

However, in the eyes of the surrounding residents, the reputation of this orphanage is very good. Compared with those people who make money from orphans, the director here is kind and friendly. The children living in the orphanage are all clean and have rosy cheeks. Just one look and you can tell that they are children who are well taken care of.

It was precisely because of this reputation that Akutagawa Ryunosuke came to check the situation.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa and Gin Akutagawa are the most common orphans in Yokohama, but unlike those street kids who survive by stealing, Ryunosuke Akutagawa possesses special abilities.

Possessing special abilities means that he can easily get food among the street kids and protect himself and his sister. Even if he joins the Yakuza organization, having special abilities will give him an advantage.

But Akutagawa Ryunosuke didn't want to do that. If it was just him, it would be fine, but Xiaoyin couldn't do that. Fortunately, because of their special abilities, the two children supported each other in the chaotic Yokohama and were able to survive.

This kind of life ended a few days ago. The sudden outbreak of influenza was just a minor illness for ordinary people, but for orphans who lacked medicine and treatment, it could be a terminal illness that took their lives.

Flu caused a high fever, which then led to pneumonia. When he had enough money to see a black doctor, Akutagawa Ryunosuke, who had been hiding from his sister, learned about his physical condition. Although it could be cured, the medicine required was definitely not something an orphan like them could afford. But if he didn't get treatment, his body would further deteriorate.

After thinking about it for several days, when I went out to look for food, I heard about an orphanage that treated orphans well.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa is not the kind of person who can decide to send his sister there based on hearsay. He must personally verify whether the orphanage is safe or not.

Having made this decision, Akutagawa Ryunosuke planned to sneak into the orphanage at night.

Just like in other orphanages, the children were placed together to eat and sleep. After the staff took the children to their bedrooms, they would go back to their rooms to rest.

Everything was normal. Akutagawa Ryunosuke hid on the beam and watched everything, watching the staff walk into their rooms one by one, except for one person...

The director of the orphanage has a neat bob haircut and her eyes narrow into slits when she smiles. She is a kind-hearted person recognized by many people.

He did not return to his room, but went to the kitchen and took a cold dinner.

What was he going to do? Akutagawa Ryunosuke followed him.

The secret passage hidden in the orphanage was dark and damp. Even with special abilities, the power difference between adults and children was huge. Akutagawa Ryunosuke could only keep a distance and follow behind. Finally, he hid behind a door separated by a wall and could only see a little bit of the situation inside through a small gap at the bottom.

One pair of feet wearing half-worn leather shoes, which were obviously the dean's. The other pair of tender little feet were covered with mottled marks, especially the right ankle, which was buckled with a metal shackle.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke leaned against the door, trying to get more information. He heard the director, who always treated other children with a smile, put the dinner plate on the table and said in a flat tone without any ups and downs: "If you want to have dinner,"

"Then I'll drive nails into your feet."

It was as if an electric current passed through Akutagawa Ryunosuke's brain. In the slums, human relationships were very cold and people would do anything to snatch life-saving food.

But even so, it was the first time that Akutagawa Ryunosuke heard someone treat sadism so naturally, so calmly, as if the person inside was not a ten-year-old child.

If Xiaoyin was treated like this, just imagining such a possibility, Akutagawa Ryunosuke couldn't suppress his anger and wanted to rush in.

Of course, he didn't succeed, not because he controlled his emotions, but because someone hooked his clothes from behind.

The child who grew up in the slums could not be more alert, but there was no sound of breathing or footsteps, only a slight chill running down his back when he was hooked.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke was so shocked that he could not be more shocked. At the same time, Rashomon was activated instantly. The young beast transformed from the pitch-black cloth opened its mouth to devour, but at the moment of biting, it was solidified into an ice sculpture.

Like a meaningless game between children and adults, Akutagawa Ryunosuke found himself being lifted up by an umbrella that hooked his clothes, and now he was lifted up by a slender hand wearing a white glove.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke should have struggled because of the overly tall woman, but the woman raised a finger across her lips to signal him to be quiet.

It was the first time that Shinichi Hinawa met Ryunosuke Akutagawa. In the original timeline, he and Nakajima Atsushi would meet many years later. Could the butterfly effect now allow the two children of the world, who are like arch-enemies, to meet so long in advance?

"He was sick and didn't want to be a burden to his sister. It just so happened that this orphanage had a good reputation." Yokohama explained the whole story in a concise manner.

Shinichi Hinawa didn't know that Yokohama was also paying attention to this. After all, Hachisha's personality determined that she was more concerned about the Port Mafia, the Armed Detective Agency, and even the Special Powers Department, which were the absolute lifeblood of the city.

"It's just that I have some free time now, so I have time to look around the city." Yokohama said slowly, "Verlaine and Rimbaud are very useful."

"After all, they are the strongest transcendents in the world." No matter how strong they are, they are bound to be defeated by the Son of the World. But as long as they don't face those characters directly, the transcendents cultivated by other governments with great effort are simply all-round talents.

Shinichi Hinawa was very happy that Yokohama could keep more talents like this, so he decided to bring the young version of Akutagawa Ryunosuke home. Anyway, with Verlaine around, there was no need for Hachisha Yoshi to raise a child.

The tall ghost had no experience in holding a child, so he just used one hand to hold Ryunosuke up to prevent him from falling. Fortunately, he did not resist or make a sound, so when he pushed the door open, the dean was surprised that someone was coming.

Hinawa Shinichi didn't want to waste time talking to the child abuser, but after the shock, the man suddenly calmed down and tried to keep a serious face: "This is not the agreed time, you arrived early."

Who did he mistake Hachiya for?

As the director of the orphanage, the man thought he was qualified. This society was extremely cruel, and if the children wanted to survive, they had to adapt to this cruel society. So he would expose the darkness of society to the children from time to time. Wouldn't it be better for them to learn these things under the protection of the director first, rather than dying outside?

However, what worries him more is an unusual child. Humans tend to be the same, and those who are different will be rejected. This child will definitely have a harder time in the future, so he has to train him twice as hard, and make him adapt to more pain, and also adapt to the indifference and cruelty of others.

He tried very hard to help him, but the man knew that the best way to help the boy was to help him escape the cruel fate of being an alien. So when the foreigner with the plush hat came to him, he immediately agreed.

I originally thought he was just an ordinary person with a twisted mind, but I didn't expect that he actually had such a happy meaning.

"Don't let the children see these." Yokohama reminded at the right time.

With Ryunosuke Akutagawa's life experience, he must have seen countless more cruel scenes, but Shinichi Hinawa chose to respect Yokohama's opinion. The tall lady gently put the person on the ground, and then pointed at Nakajima Atsushi who was curled up in the corner. Ryunosuke Akutagawa immediately understood and ran out with Nakajima Atsushi.

"What are you doing?" The man panicked and stretched out his hand to stop it. However, his hand was covered with frost the moment he stretched out his hand, and his skin immediately turned pale and purple due to the extremely low temperature.

The barrier was constructed silently, and the sound of sandpaper rubbing against each other echoed in this narrow space: "Now, you'd better tell me everything about the Russian."

Torture is not Hachisha's specialty, but the Transcendence from France is an expert in it. Since the dean likes cruel education, let him experience it himself.

Since Lan Tang absorbed Bashiyang's magic power, he was naturally considered a ghost's follower, and Wei Erlan was also a subordinate who had signed a contract with the ghost. After notifying them to come and take away the dean and resolve the matter of the orphanage, Bashiyang walked out.

I originally thought that Akutagawa Ryunosuke would take Nakajima Atsushi and run as far as he could, but after they came out, a white-haired guy and a black-and-white-haired guy both poked their heads out from the stairs.

"Idiot, I told you to hide and not peek!"

"But aren't you watching too?"

The two balls, one big and one small, were whispering to each other until a tall ghost came up and the projection of its oppressive height directly enveloped the two little ones.

Although he had not been treated badly, the vigilance he had when coming out of the slums still made Akutagawa Ryunosuke stand in front of Nakajima Atsushi with a stiff face. His principle in life was to protect himself, and Akutagawa Ryunosuke didn't know why he should sacrifice himself for a stranger he had only met once.

Maybe his sister’s name is Xiaoyin, and this child’s hair looks like flowing silver under the moonlight.

Bashiyang is not the type who can coax children. He stared at the wary child for a while and then decided to leave.

"Um, are you the Lord God?" A child's tender voice sounded behind him, stopping him from leaving.

The gods forgotten by humans can only walk around in the world as ghosts. How can such an ugly body look like a god?

However, the innocent child's eyes were full of tall ghosts: "I have read fairy tales. God will save children. The dean said that I am not worthy of being saved. Now that I can see God, does it mean that I am not a bad child?"

Yashayo was unable to answer his question. The sound from his destroyed vocal cords would only scare the child, but the child in front of him was definitely not a bad kid.

However, in such a sinful city, the kinder and gentler the children are, the more they suffer. Nakajima Atsushi was locked up here for a long time and abused. Not only was he malnourished, but his body was also covered with purple scars. And Akutagawa Ryunosuke contracted an illness that could not be cured, and eventually his body was worn out.

They shouldn't have been like this.

The tall ghost was in a very bad mood for a while, but she had no healing ability. Even now, late at night, regardless of whether the hospital was open or not, the ghost's body could not support her to take the two children to see a doctor.

So who are the other doctors who can be of use now?

After a few seconds of thinking, the goblin kicked open the door of the office of the port mafia leader with a child in one hand.

(End of this chapter)