Mygo, New Tokyo Black Girl

After all, the five girls are still in the stage of recuperating from their injuries after the Battle of Burnt City, so it is enough for them to have enough trust and consensus among each other.

Moreover, investigating such a wide-ranging incident is by no means an easy task.

The five members of the Lost Group had not yet been able to launch any specific action plans or preparations, and they still knew nothing about the enemy hiding behind the dark clouds in the harbor area.

However, this is not a big problem. Isn't the philosophy that the five members of the Lost Group uphold that even if they are lost in the wilderness, they must work together and take action?

In fact, even in the current situation, the five members of the Lost Group are not completely without direction and ideas.

For example, we can first start from the clues that Yao Lenai had previously investigated in the harbor area, which were believed to be related to "ninjas". For example, the buildings near the place where Yao Lenai was attacked by the old ninja is a very good entry point.

Also, Kaname had witnessed the sneaky behavior of the New Tokyo Harbor District Fire Department in the Harbor District. The scene of the team holding flammable liquids was not a detail that was so easy to ignore and forget.

After all, the fire department is supposed to be the guardian of the city's safety, but they openly set fire in the harbor area. There must be something fishy behind this.

Next, the behavior of insurance companies that withdraw insurance during disasters is also worth further investigation. Perhaps the interest chain related to the fire can be found from the behavior of these companies.

Although such disaster-related matters may not necessarily be directly linked to the forces that shape the collective mental image, they can at least reveal the activities of some of the masterminds behind the scenes.

The five members of the Lost Child Group had a very thorough discussion on this topic in the conference room, and finally decided to take on different tasks and thoroughly investigate every suspicious clue in the harbor area.

However...at this time, Nagasaki Suyo raised a question:

During the Lost Group's actions in the Harbor District, was there anyone who was able to observe the actions of the five members of the Lost Group in some way?

After all, there are many fire-worshipping fanatics wandering around in the harbor area. These monsters that wreak havoc throughout the city can certainly be regarded as lunatics without free will and independent thinking ability, but the person who led such an incident is very likely hiding in the dark, monitoring everything.

This kind of incident involves a wide range of people and the circumstances are quite shady. The mastermind behind it must have other intentions.

Moreover, the members of the Lost Group have never seen any reports in various media about the atrocities committed by the fire worshippers in the harbor area.

It can be said that even at this level of information blockade, the person or organization that led this incident must have extremely powerful information manipulation capabilities.

This information manipulation capability can be at the social level, for example, the other party controls media channels and conceals the truth.

Of course, in the minds of the Lost Children group, this kind of media channel is actually secondary.

More importantly, the other party must possess the ability of mental imagery!

This is a matter of course. If there are so many fire worshippers who can be said to share the mind image, how could there not be the existence of a mind image awakener behind them?

Taking into account the power of mental imagery, the possibilities are a bit too vast.

After all, the abilities of those who have awakened their minds are so mysterious and strange that they can even control people's minds invisibly.

Nagasaki Motoyo from the Lost Child Group possesses this magical ability that belongs to the spiritual realm.

Nagasaki Motoyo speculated that the other party probably used similar mental imagery methods to control the original fire worshippers and shape collective consensus.

Then, in a way unknown to the Lost Child Group, this consensus was promoted, and finally a shared collective mental image belonging to the realm of fire was condensed within the group.

At the end of the meeting, Nagasaki Motoyo apologized to Chihaya Aine for her negligence in mental protection, which led to her madness during the final battle of Burning City.

"Hmm? It's okay, right? Didn't Motoyo already try her best back then?" Chihaya Aine said.

New Beijing Elegy: Chapter 166: Vegetable Man's Lament

June is the month of barley harvest.

June 1st is known as "Barley Tea Day".

In this month, on this day, it is the birthday of Ms. Yutenji Wakamu.

According to Ruomai's mother, the name "Ruomai" was taken from the young ear of wheat.

The Yutenji family lives in the suburbs of Shin-Meguro on the edge of New Tokyo. The land price here is cheap, and there are many small businesses that have opened industrial factories. The environment is not very beautiful.

Therefore, the rent in this place is relatively cheap.

It is often said that New Tokyo is a free paradise that brings together all the good things in the world.

Considering what Yutenji Wakamushi had felt in his relatively short life, this statement could not be said to be entirely wrong.

As long as you are rich enough and have no bottom line, New Tokyo is indeed a paradise.

Even if the gods and Buddhas came here, they would chant scriptures for you.

Unfortunately, Yutenji Wakamugi herself and the family that gave birth to and raised her were not among those wealthy people who could regard New Tokyo as a place of pleasure.

Even among the residents of the outskirts of New Tokyo, the Yutenji family is barely considered relatively wealthy.

Unfortunately, the Yutenji family is a large family with several children.

With more people in the family, the family's daily expenses, education, medical expenses, and other living costs all go up suddenly.

As a result, even though Ruomai's parents were hardworking, they still lived a tight life.

I am busy from the beginning of each month to the end of the month, but the final income is only enough to pay most of the bills that come in like snowflakes.

Sometimes, Yutenji Wakamu would occasionally see her parents with exhausted looks on their faces.

I hope that one day I can become richer.

This simple idea is an ordinary ideal that Yutenji Wakamu has had since childhood.

"I really want to be rich."

If Yutenji Wakamu could become richer.

The Yutenji family can buy fresh ingredients for dinner every day, especially a variety of fresh vegetables.

In this way, Ruomai's mother would not have to pick and choose among those discounted foods that are about to expire in various supermarkets every day.

If qi貳傘邻is (九)七伞死, then we would not have to eat a variety of prepared foods that are almost entirely made up of a mixture of sugar and oil every day.

Also, it allows his parents to not have to worry about the "lunch loan" that Ruomai has to pay to the Yutenji family at the end of each semester.

In fact, it is not accurate to call the bill that is generally paid to Ruomai's family at the end of each school year a "loan."

After all, this so-called "lunch loan" is actually just asking the Yutenji family to pay the fee that should be charged for Xiao Ruomai's lunch at school.

Of course, since the Yutian Temple family pays this fee relatively late, it is understandable for the school to add a little insignificant interest to the bill at this time.

In fact, it would be more appropriate to call the amount incurred from eating lunch at school "lunch debt"?

Normally, students can enjoy a lunch in the school cafeteria.

However, it is a bit regrettable that the price of this lunch is not cheap.

Typically, at the end of each school year, Ruomai's lunch bill would bring the family a bill of around $600.

On average, each lunch costs about three dollars.

Well, maybe the price of this lunch is acceptable to everyone?

That's true, uh, if we ignore the lunch provided in the school cafeteria.

Generally speaking, the largest compartment on the plates provided to students in school cafeterias is filled with fried and puffed foods, such as potato chips.

This type of high-energy, cheap and low-cost food has become the staple food for lunch for many children in their growing stages.

The school will open a lunch account for each student and require the student's family to pay the bill every school year.

If a student fails to pay off all of his or her "lunch debt" by the end of the school year, the student will not be able to graduate from the school and the school will not provide the student with a transcript that can be used for further studies.

In grades that are not yet worried about further education, in order to encourage students and their families to actively pay this money, schools will force students who do not pay for lunch to work in the cafeteria or prohibit such students from participating in any group activities outside of class organized by the school.

Until such student pays all outstanding lunch fees.

Moreover, the consequences of not paying for lunch are definitely more than just a bill for parents.

In the elementary and middle schools that Yutenji Wakamu attended, there was a phenomenon called "lunch shaming."

Ruomai herself was once subjected to some unpleasant measures by school staff because her parents failed to pay the lunch fee on time.

For example, a seal representing debt was stamped on the back of Ruomai's hand.

For example, the cafeteria staff would throw away the lunch handed to Ruomai in public.

For Ruomai, who was still in elementary school at the time, this was not an experience that was easy to let go of.

That day, eight-year-old Yutenji Wakami returned home crying.

Since then, the Yutenji family has never delayed paying lunch fees into the second school year.

However, Ruomai's parents would occasionally feel worried when they saw the emails and text messages sent by the school.

Of course, of course, this kind of lunch, which may bring some burden to students’ families, is not necessary!

Compared to schools in school districts with more expensive tuition fees every year, such as schools in Toshima Ward, schools in the Meguro District have stricter cafeteria management.

Students are not allowed to bring their own food into the school cafeteria within the Meguro School District.

According to the school's explanation, after evaluating the students' families, the school found that most of the students' families were not qualified to provide the students with nutritious and safe lunches every day.

Therefore, for the sake of students, the school chose to let students eat in the cafeteria.

It is not mandatory.

Because even though students must come to the cafeteria at a fixed time every day under the guidance of teachers, they can choose not to eat lunch.

Of course, skipping lunch doesn't mean the student can leave.

Students who do not eat lunch must also sit next to their classmates and watch them finish the meals they paid for.

This is actually quite scary.

The children who are in school are not very old, and when this kind of situation of "I have you but you don't" occurs, the children's clear and pure malice will take advantage of the situation.

Afterwards, students who choose not to eat school lunch at noon face a problem that can be called "lunch bullying."

New Beijing Elegy: Chapter 167: Scarlet and Dull

Well, looking back on his childhood, Yutenji Wakamu had more than just those not-so-pleasant memories.

For example, during the occasional free time on weekends that Ruomai's parents have, the Yutenji family will go to the zoo near their home to visit and play in amusement parks where the tickets are not so expensive.

For those families with higher incomes, it is no big deal to bring the whole family to such a family-friendly place to spend money.

Of course, it’s not that bad for the Yutenji family, except that Ruomai’s parents will add some spare money to their monthly expenses.

It was not until Yutenji Wakamaki Middle School that Yutenji Wakamaki used the math he learned in school to calculate the household bills and found that his parents' expenses and income were in a relatively balanced state.

Theoretically, there shouldn't be such a large amount of "spare money" to provide the children of the Yutenji family with such entertainment expenses on a few weekends.

When Yutenji Wakamugi asked her parents about this issue, her parents initially tried to evade her by saying that they could occasionally do some odd jobs that paid more and would have some money left after paying the monthly bills.

However, Yutenji Wakamaki is quite perceptive. Compared with his peers, Wakamaki is more mature and is not fooled by this reason.

So, under Ruomai's insistence, her parents finally gave in and told her the source of the extra money that came from time to time.

And, from that day on, Yutenji Wakamugi finally understood the purpose of those stores that were widely set up in Shin-Meguro Ward and could always be seen on the streets and alleys.

Typically, these stores are quite clean and have a lot of foot traffic. The signs always use a bright red font with the chain brand logo against a black background, and the exterior walls are blue and white tones that emphasize cleanliness and professionalism.

Storefront buildings are generally independent flats or small commercial buildings.

People in New Tokyo call this kind of place:

Plasma Center.

This type of building is usually located adjacent to fast food restaurants and convenience stores, and is concentrated in clusters to create a regional advantage of "high frequency and urgent needs".

In the plasma center's publicity, it usually describes itself as "shadow banking for low-income groups."

So, Yutenji Wakamu finally understood what other channels her parents could use to generate additional income besides working two or three jobs every day.

Selling blood.

Accompanied by her mother, Yutenji Wakamu arrived at a chain of commercial plasma centers.

For the first time, I carefully looked at the promotional posters on the wall.

The posters and slogans read: "Your donation saves lives" and "New donors' first-month bonus will be doubled."

With her mother's introduction, Yutenji Wakamu learned that this was a commercial plasma center that encouraged first-time plasma donations and had an introducer bonus system.

Among the plasma centers my mother has visited, this one is relatively generous in paying.

However, when Yutenji Ruomai was about to step into the door of this brightly decorated store, Ruomai's mother advised her:

"Ruomai, let's go home first. There's no need for you to go into a place like this."

"But mom and dad, don't you come here every month?" Yutenji Wakamu asked his mother.