There is absolutely no problem with Kasugano Yuu's youth

As for the real police, they naturally disappeared hundreds of years ago.

Several hundred years ago, some crazy and powerful scientists paid a large sum of money to bribe the management of a certain country, and carried out large-scale brain-related human experiments in that country. The experiments resulted in tens of thousands of casualties. Those scientists became the founders of [Eden Company].

In today's world, there is no longer anything that can be called a country or a government. There is only one management agency for both humans and cities, the Eden Company. Its establishment also marks the arrival of the day when humans will be liberated from labor.

Why is it said that the establishment of [Eden Company] is to liberate the human beings in this world from labor?

We must mention the [ITEM] that was born from the experiments of the [Eden Company] mentioned earlier. To be honest, people of this era really have to thank them.

The greatest achievement of [Eden Company] is ITEM.

ITEM is a prop man created by removing brain tissue such as the frontal lobe in a large culture tank and replacing it with a mechanical structure.

They only need minimum rest and the most basic biomass intake, and can obey orders to work. They have no so-called growth period and aging. If their performance is found to be insufficient, they will be sent to the recycling furnace for recycling. After recycling, they will be used as nutrients for the next ITEM. They are really "perfect" props.

But in terms of appearance, ITEM is no different from humans, except that part of the body and brain tissue have been replaced by machines.

So for capitalists, this is simply the most perfect machine. Humans who need rest and wages are naturally abandoned. Except for work that requires brainpower, most mechanical work is replaced by ITEM.

However, if you were to ask why the human beings of this era have not perished despite living such an extremely depraved life, it can only be said that it was the last mercy of [Eden Company].

The middle-level city management bureau under [Eden Company] distributes food every day according to the population of the city in order to maintain people's lives. That's right, in this city, most people don't need to work at all, because most of the work has been done by ITEM. Of course, if you have to say it, the daily work... is probably just "queuing" to get food.

However, although it is true, not everyone can afford ITEM. An ITEM without a chip alone is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and ITEM can get sick and injured. Compared to normal people, more people are willing to hire people who can treat themselves and can be fired if injured.

According to what Kasugano Yuu learned about ITEM, there should have been several types. However, in the city in the middle area where even the sky and the sun cannot be seen, ITEM probably only has one function left, which is to provide a prop for those who have nothing to do to vent.

ITEMs are sometimes called sub-human races. There seems to be no difference between normal people and ITEMs. After all, they are all made of flesh and have everything that a human should have. But why are they treated like livestock or toys?

The ITEM in its initial state has nothing that can be called a personality, only the most basic "survival instinct". It looks like a living doll, but as a prop, the popularity of this ITEM in its initial state is unexpectedly high.

The value of items equipped with personality chips is very high, because personality chips are even more expensive than their main bodies. There are also several levels of personality chips. If the highest level chip is installed, it will be just like a real human being, with all human emotions, such as happiness, sadness, fear...

Therefore, owning an ITEM equipped with a high-level personality chip is a privilege for powerful people in any middle-level area.

Items equipped with high-level personality chips are very expensive and cannot be afforded by some idle people or even those with low wages. Therefore, many people will pool their money to buy one together and then... share it.

It seems ridiculous, but this kind of thing is normal in the middle-class city. The woman that Kasugano Yuu saw on the street when he first arrived was ITEM.

But even so, no one cares about how ITEMs with high-level personality chips feel, probably because everyone who uses them knows that as long as the chip is removed, ITEM will still be just a doll.

Kasugano Yuu couldn't help but feel a little sad about the meaning of their existence, but Kasugano Yuu could do nothing. After all, he was just a passer-by. Maybe if he had the chance in the future, he could only save a few ITEMs at most. However, to say that he saved them was just flattering himself.

Kasugano Yuu walked to the bed and sat down, looking at the ceiling and sighed. The time in both worlds was almost the same, so when Kasugano Yuu came, Alice would usually be here.

But he didn't see her today, so he guessed Alice must have gone to class.

Alice told Kasugano Yuu that this was actually an orphanage, and the name of the orphanage was... Alice Orphanage, exactly the same as Alice's name.

In addition, there are only Alice and her director here, and Alice has to go to class every day. Kasugano Yuu feels that this so-called orphanage cannot be opened here as it seems.

Kasugano Yu also asked Alice, but Alice was vague and did not explain to Kasugano Yu.

So Kasugano Yuya went to understand the world more deeply, and then discovered something even more unexpected.

Chapter 12 Daily life

According to the information that Kasugano Yuu found on the Internet, normal women in this world can only enter the society after graduating from the cocoon.

This cocoon is the only institution for nurturing women in the world. Normally, girls stay in the cocoon since infancy and can only leave it after they graduate to adulthood.

And Kasugano Yuu has been with Alice for so long, he knows very well that Alice is a living person with her own thoughts, not just an ITEM that relies on a chip to maintain its mind.

But the question is, why would Alice, a real human being, appear in this orphanage?

Kasugano Yuu felt that there must be a secret that he had to explore. He might not know it now, but he would definitely know it in the future.

After surfing the Internet for a while using Alice's mobile phone, Kasugano Yu suddenly raised his head and looked towards the door because he heard footsteps. However, he was relieved after hearing a few slight knocks on the door.

Because Kasugano Yuu and Alice had agreed that whenever Alice returned to the room, she would knock on the door before coming in. This ensured that after Kasugano Yuu confirmed that the person coming was not Alice, he could leave as soon as possible to avoid being discovered.

And this method was indeed effective. There were several times when the dean came to Alice's room, and Kasugano Yu had made preparations in advance and left directly without being discovered.

The door was gently pushed open, and Alice poked her head in. When she saw Kasugano Yuu in the room, a smile appeared on her face.

Alice came in quickly and locked the door.

"You're here!" Alice walked up to Kasugano Yuu with a smile.

Kasugano Yuu nodded slightly, then asked, "Do you have class tonight too?"

"Yeah." Alice sat down next to Kasugano Yuu, grabbed Kasugano Yuu's arm and held it in her arms, leaning her body gently against Kasugano Yuu.

Kasugano Yuu had already become immune to Alice's actions like this. However, at the beginning, Kasugano Yuu was so stiff all over and dared not move just because Alice leaned on him like this.

Although Alice obviously looks like a child, she always makes some actions that are not consistent with her age, and Kasugano Yu feels that those actions can only be described as mature.

But in fact, Alice is much older than Kasugano Yuu.

That’s right, Alice, who looks even more childish than Kasugano Yuu’s younger sister, is actually older than Kasugano Yuu.

Of course, Kasugano Yuu definitely didn't believe it when he heard Alice say this. How could Alice be older than him given her appearance?

But some things happened later, which made Kasugano Yuu realize that Alice was indeed older than him, but Alice had relied on some surgeries to fix her entire development so that her body would no longer continue to grow.

With such strange technology, Kasugano Yuu became even more suspicious whether there was some shocking secret hidden behind this orphanage.

"Why does your dean always have classes at night recently?" asked Kasugano Yuu. It had been several times in a row that Kasugano Yuu didn't see Alice directly when he came at night.

"It's mainly because the dean wants to check whether my homework is up to standard." Alice said nonchalantly.

"By the way, Alice, you'll be eighteen in a few months, right?"

"Yes, so what gift are you going to give me this year?" Alice tilted her head and asked with a smile.

"Well, to be honest, I don't know what to give." Kasugano Yu shook his head. In the past few years, he has given Alice birthday gifts, all of which were things that Alice had never seen. And what gift to give Alice every year was the most headache for Kasugano Yu.

"Really?" Alice clapped her hands, and the smile on her face became even brighter for some reason. There seemed to be a hint of sadness in the smile, but Alice hid these emotions well and Kasugano Yuu didn't notice.

"So Alice, what gift do you want this year?" Kasugano Yu asked Alice.

“Hehehe.” Alice made a few cute nasal sounds and then said, “Well, I just happen to be planning to choose it myself this year. Since you said so, I’ll tell you in advance that I will pick up the gift I want on my eighteenth birthday.”

Alice said this and stretched out her little hand and made a fist.

"Then I'll look forward to seeing what gift you want, Alice." Kasugano Yu said as he reached out and ruffled Alice's hair.

"Hey, stop rubbing my head, I'm not a child anymore!" Alice slapped Kasugano Yu's hand away.

"Good good."

Alice let go of Kasugano Yuu's hand, stood up and said, "By the way, have you taken a shower?"

"He must have washed before coming here."

"Oh, what a pity! I was going to invite you to take a bath with me." Alice said with some regret.

"This is not the first time you've told me this." Kasugano Yu shook his head.

"Yes, I always wait for you to come before taking a shower, but you always refuse every time I invite you. You only agreed the first time." Alice said a little depressed.

"It's because you just love to touch me and can't stop." Kasugano Yuu said and recalled some bad memories.

"It seems you're not willing to do that today. I'll go take a shower by myself." Alice said and turned into the bathroom.

After Alice took a bath, she took Kasugano Yu to bed.

Lying on the bed, Alice kept snuggling into Kasugano Yu's arms, then pulled one of his arms over her chest, as if Kasugano Yu was holding her while she was sleeping.

"Okay, stop digging and set the alarm," Kasugano Yuu asked.

"It's set. I'll wake you up on time tomorrow and go back to school." Alice said and closed her eyes.

Seeing this, Kasugano Yuu could only shake his head and close his eyes.

During the years of being with Alice, Kasugano Yuu also told Alice that he could travel between two worlds. Generally speaking, such things should be kept secret, but after being together for a while, Kasugano Yuu told Alice this secret with confidence, because his intuition told him that Alice would never betray him.

The next day, Kasugano Yuu and Alice were woken up by the alarm clock...

Chapter 13 The Charm of Kasugano Yuu

The next morning, Kasugano Yuu was woken up by Alice who had gotten up earlier than him, and then he returned to his own world.

After lying in bed for a few minutes, he got up and left the room. After walking out of the room, Kasugano Yuu glanced towards his sister's room. Seeing the door still closed, he guessed that Kasugano Yui was probably still sleeping.

After all, Kasugano Sora doesn't have to go to school like him, so it doesn't matter how late she sleeps.

After washing up and quickly finishing his breakfast, Kasugano Yuu opened his schoolbag, stuffed his lunch into it, zipped it up, stood up, walked to the door and went out.

After leaving home and getting on the train to school, there weren't any beautiful girls approaching Kasugano Yuu today, which made Kasugano Yuu feel relieved, as he was not lucky enough to enjoy such beautiful girls.

But probably because of the change in his image, Kasugano Yuu was stared at a lot along the way, and some bolder girls even came up to him and asked about Kasugano Yuu's line, but he politely declined.

After finally arriving at the classroom, Kasugano Yuu greeted Akagi Kohei who had arrived before him.

"Hey, Yu, no, wait!" After hearing Yu Kasugano's voice, Hirohei Akagi subconsciously raised his head and greeted Yu Kasugano, but after greeting him, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

Akagi Hirohei stood up suddenly, and then quickly came behind Kasugano Yuu

As soon as Kasugano Yuu put down his schoolbag, Akagi Kohei put his hand on his shoulder.

"Hey, Yuu, what's wrong with you?"

"what?"

Kasugano Yuu subconsciously turned his head and looked at Akagi Kohei in confusion.

Seeing this, Akagi Hirohei took a breath, reached out his hand, grabbed Kasugano Yuu's face and pulled it hard.

"Ouch!" Kasugano Yuu didn't react. He screamed subconsciously when Akagi Kohei pulled him like that. Then he quickly slapped Akagi Kohei's hand away and cursed, "What are you doing!"

"It's strange, it's true." Akagi Kohei said in surprise.

"It must be true. How could it be false?" Kasugano Yu said while rubbing his face.

"No, you must be an alien in disguise. Tell me the truth. Where did you hide my good brother Kasugano Yuu? Return my good brother to me." Akagi Kohei yelled.

"You bastard!" Kasugano Yu said and punched him.

Then Akagi Hirohei punched Kasugano Yu in return.

After the two quarreled for a while, Akagi Hirohei asked again why Kasugano Yuu suddenly changed his image.

“This, actually, is…”

Kasugano Yu briefly recounted what happened to them at lunch yesterday, as well as what Kasugano Yu's father said the night before, which made Kasugano Yu himself think about whether he should change his image.

Just when Kasugano Yu was struggling with this matter, Maki Yosuke happened to come up to him and took him to take a photo. Now that his hair had been trimmed, it would be impossible to go back to his previous appearance in a short period of time, so he could only continue to look like this.

"Isn't that good? Look at those girls yourself, many of them are staring at you, You." When Akagi Kohei said the second half of the sentence, he lowered his voice a few tones.

Hearing this, Kasugano Yuu subconsciously looked around and found that it was just as Akagi Kohei said, although no one was staring at him like he said, he could tell that someone was secretly watching him.

"It seems that you, Yuu, will soon become a hot topic of discussion in the class, and then someone will definitely take the initiative to make friends with you." Akagi Kohei had an expression of "Dad, I'm so pleased" and reached out to pat Kasugano Yuu's shoulder.

"If you don't really want to make friends with me, and just want to make friends with me because of my appearance, then there is no point at all. Besides, there is no need for me to deliberately change my image in order to fit into any circle." Kasugano Yu shook his head slowly.

"As long as you're happy." Akagi Hirohei didn't care. Like Kasugano Yuu, he had seen through the true colors of those so-called classmates.

Before the two of them could complain too much about this matter, the bell for class rang.

Kohei Akagi closed his mouth and turned to walk towards his seat, because the teacher of the first class was a rather strict old teacher. If he came over and saw that Kohei Akagi had not returned to his seat yet, he might stare at Kohei Akagi during the class, and if he was distracted for a moment, he would call on him to stand up and answer questions.

Akagi Hirohei has experienced this kind of thing once, so he doesn't want to experience it a second time.

After enduring a few classes, during lunch break, the two went out to eat lunch together again. Nothing happened during the meal, but there was a small incident when they were cleaning the lunch boxes after eating.

A girl suddenly ran up.

"That classmate, can you add me on the line?" the girl said, standing behind Kasugano Yuu and Akagi Kohei.

Kasugano Yuu and Akagi Hirohei turned around at the same time. Akagi Hirohei glanced at the girl and asked, "Do you want it for me or for my good brother?"

As Akagi Kohei said this, he reached out and hugged Kasugano Yuu.

Seeing Akagi Kohei hugging him, Kasugano Yuu rolled his eyes, then slapped Akagi Kohei's hand away and said, "Don't touch my clothes with your wet hands."

"This classmate's." The girl gently pointed at Kasugano Yuu.

When Kasugano Yuu saw the girl pointing at him, he couldn't understand why she wanted him. After thinking about it carefully, he remembered that he didn't look the same as he usually did at school.