Manager, give me a membership card too!

Luo Xia didn't insist. He pointed to the food he had brought (from his system space) on the other side and smiled at the girl, saying, "Why don't you try some? It's delicious."

The girl with crimson hair glanced at the pile of pastries Luo Xia had brought, a flicker of instinctive longing flashing in her clear eyes. But the next moment, she suppressed that longing, turning her head away and speaking to the other side:

"I've already eaten, I'm not hungry!"

'Gurgle gurgle~'

The sound was not loud, but loud enough for two people to hear. A gurgling sound came from the girl's stomach. The girl, who had just said she wasn't hungry, turned red in a flash, and it seemed as if steam was rising from her head.

Instead of mocking the girl who had been betrayed by her own body, Luo Xia took a brown paper bag from his pocket and silently handed it to her.

"This is my daughter's favorite taiyaki, filled with red bean paste. I guarantee you won't be disappointed."

"I will not eat the food from the orphanage. Sister Hera has not returned since she went to the orphanage to find food for us..."

Seeing the girl turn her back to him, Luo Xia understood. No wonder she reacted so strongly when he suggested sending the child away.

Gently crouching down so that his tall frame could align with the petite girl before him, Luo Xia spoke sincerely and apologetically:

“I’m sorry to have brought up sad memories, little one. But I’m not from the orphanage you’re thinking of. My name is Rorschach, and I’m a shop manager.”

"Really? (Todoroki)"

The girl with long, crimson hair turned halfway around and asked again, half-believing.

Luo Xia didn't explain further, but instead handed the bag of taiyaki in front of the girl and chuckled, "It won't taste good when it's cold, that's my experience."

She glanced again hesitantly at the paper bag wafting a faint, sweet aroma, feeling the churning hunger in her stomach. After a moment's hesitation, the girl took the bag from Luo Xia, took out a taiyaki, and began to eat it in small bites. She ate very carefully and meticulously, chewing each bite thoroughly, as if the food in her hand might be snatched away at any moment, and she had to properly absorb what she had already eaten.

What kind of life did this child lead before?

Hesitantly, he reached out his hand again. This time, the girl didn't flinch, but obediently let Luo Xia pat her head.

After eating three small taiyaki, the girl stopped eating. She beckoned a child to come over, handed him the paper bag, and the child nodded, clutching it tightly as if it were a precious treasure, and ran off to a corner of the warehouse.

Luo Xia frowned slightly as he watched the departing child.

Are three enough?

“I am the elder sister, this is enough for me. The children are still growing, so let’s leave it for them. This kind of nutritious food is hard to find, so it must be properly stored.”

As the girl spoke, she glanced intentionally or unintentionally at her flat chest, and for some reason, the corners of her mouth, which had been smiling because of the delicious sweets, fell down again.

“You don’t need to do that. I have plenty of food here, enough to feed all of you.”

"So, what are the conditions, big brother? Do you require me to go with you?"

"Conditions?" Luo Xia didn't know how many times he had frowned today; it was as if his eyebrows had never relaxed since he came into this world.

“You are minors, and as an adult, I have a duty and responsibility to protect you. I will help you until you find a way to support yourselves and can live independently.”

Hehehe~

The girl with long, crimson hair chuckled and walked up to Luo Xia with her hands behind her back.

“All of my companions who believed in the free food disappeared: Chinatsu, Tsukiyo, Kyoko, and Hera. They all believed it because they heard that someone was giving out free food to us children so that we could fill our stomachs. And then, they never came back.”

The little girl in crimson stared intently at the man before her, her smile filled with sorrow.

"So, kind elder brother, in order for me to trust you, could you make a request?"

"Really? Oh, I see."

His broad, calloused hands clenched into fists. The names the girl had uttered represented the painful past of these children. What had happened to those children who never returned? Luo Xia dared not think about it.

Now, all he can do is give hope back to the girl in front of him who has lost trust in others.

"If I had to make one condition, I would hope that from today onwards, you will never be sad again. Tears are not suitable for a lovely child like you."

The girl's dark eyes widened, as if she couldn't believe the 'conditions' Rorschach had proposed.

He quietly extended his right hand and slowly presented it to the girl in front of him. The man's rugged face was full of smiles, the kind of smile that was deepest in the girl's memory.

"I've presented my conditions. What's your decision, little one?"

Gazing at the large, kind hand before her, the girl with long, crimson hair trembled as she reached out her small hand, the distance between her palms gradually closing...

"This concubine...this concubine...is willing..."

"boom!!!"

"Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!"

Third update~rua~

Chapter 75 is okay.

Chapter 75 is okay.

A cylindrical metal object smashed through the leaky glass of the dilapidated factory building, falling to the ground with a plume of green smoke. The resulting dust spread rapidly, frightening the little girls who were eating nearby.

Just as their hands were about to touch, they were pulled back due to the sudden situation. The girl in front of him was filled with shock and despair at being betrayed!

"Did you bring them here, big brother?!"

Seeing the incredulous expression on the girl's face, Luo Xia remained silent and offered no explanation.

Slowly rising from the ground, the man turned around expressionlessly, staring at the factory wall with a large hole blasted in it, his sharp eyes filled with displeasure.

Guys who cause trouble without considering the atmosphere deserve to die.

"Attack! Attack! Attack!"

"Those monsters have the ability to regenerate themselves, so there's no need to worry about casualties. Fire at will!"

"Quickly finish this! We still have many settlements to capture, and IISO is already pressing us for orders; they need more bastards."

"Groups one and two, advance! Groups three and four, surround all exits and don't let them escape!"

The command he heard turned Luo Xia's displeasure into anger. As he watched the terrified little faces running past him, the man's fists clenched tightly at his sides.

What does it mean to fire indiscriminately? What does it mean to make an arrest? What is an order?

What exactly do these people want to do?

Through the thick, green smoke, indistinct figures gradually approached. Before Luo Xia could say anything, a scene that made his eyes widen in horror appeared before him.

The dazzling flashes of fire alternated, and the deafening roars echoed continuously in the small, abandoned factory. Orange-yellow bullets roared out of the barrels, shooting across a distance of more than ten meters toward the girls who were crying and running away.

Without mercy or pity, Rorschach could even hear the soldiers' barely suppressed laughter of excitement as they fired, as if firing at these frail girls was a very enjoyable thing.

'Da da da da da da da da da da da!'

"Cease fire! Cease fire! Don't fire too badly, or we won't be able to deliver the goods properly, and we'll starve if we don't get our commissions."

"Haha, the captain is joking again. He's always the one who hits the hardest when we're capturing these monsters."

The fully armed soldiers fired and laughed as if they were attacking cattle and sheep in a slaughterhouse, not young children.

Suddenly, a cold male voice rang out in their ears.

"May I ask why you did this?"

The soldiers, assuming it was some rookie in their ranks who had taken a soft heart, laughed and replied:

"Haha, buddy, what are you talking about? You're in this line of work and you don't even know why? Of course, it's all about the money."

"Oh, really? Then you can all die, you scum."

A violent gust of wind suddenly arose, gathering all the thick smoke inside the factory and then throwing it all out through the exit.

When the soldiers, who had been blown about by the strong wind, finally got up from the ground, the sight before them almost made them drop their weapons.

"Bullets! Bullets! Those bullets!"

"Stalled in mid-air?"

"Impossible! It must be a hallucination! Fire! Fire now!"

The tall, muscular man stood directly in front of all the girls like a sharp sword, and in front of him were countless golden bullets, bound in mid-air by some kind of electric field.

Such an illogical sight filled the soldiers with a sense of inexplicable fear, as if the man standing before them was not a human being like them, but some kind of predator at the top of the food chain.

A trembling feeling urged them to instinctively resist, but before the soldiers could even raise their guns, the bullets, fixed in mid-air, pierced through these beasts in human skin at a speed several times greater than when they came, accompanied by lightning and thunder.

Cries of pain, screams of agony, hysterical wails.

The scene that should have happened to those young children was faithfully recreated on these soldiers by Rorschach. The bullets, carrying high temperatures and lightning, burned the wounds the moment they penetrated the human body, allowing them to enjoy the most prolonged and cruel punishment without dying from bleeding.

With his strong legs moving slowly, Luo Xia walked step by step to the captain who had given the orders earlier.

"Kill me! Quickly...quickly! Kill me...please...please..."

The pain from over a dozen bullet holes all over his body was unbearable for the man. He looked up at Luo Xia, the one who had caused all this, his eyes filled with a mad, desperate desire to die.

A strong hand gripped the man's thick neck, lifting him up like a rag doll until his eyes were level with Luo Xia's, which burned with rage.

"Why did you shoot these children? They are just a group of orphans with no one to rely on. They are human beings! They have no reason to provoke you. How could you do this!"

Upon hearing Luo Xia's words, the man revealed a mocking and crazed smile, looking at Luo Xia as if he were a hopeless fool.

"What are you talking about, you idiot? Those aren't people at all, just monster cubs. The monsters killed my wife, so I'm killing their cubs. Isn't that fair? And you, why are you protecting these monsters? Are you betraying humanity, you bastard?!"

His limp right hand, as if in a final burst of energy, gripped the gun tightly. His well-trained body allowed him to keep the gun pointed at Luo Xia's head even in this strange posture, and his trembling fingers firmly pulled the trigger.

"Traitors to humanity have no right to live in this world. Die, you bastard!"

'Da da da da da da da!'

'Clang clang clang clang clang clang clang!'

The scorching bullet flew from the muzzle, accurately hitting Rorschach, who was standing inches away, at an extremely short distance. However, the scene of blood and flesh flying everywhere that the captain had imagined did not appear. What appeared before his eyes was the sparks that seemed to burst when an iron hammer was forging metal, and the sound that sounded like a bullet hitting a steel plate.

"Hahaha, hahaha, so that's how it is. You're a monster too, you damned thing..."

'cluck'

Rorschach snapped the neck in his hand like a fragile straw, and the tattered body was tossed aside like useless trash. Rorschach strode past the still wailing soldiers and stood before the girl with the long, crimson hair, slowly extending his right hand.

"Can the agreement still be continued?"

Looking at the large, kind hand in front of her, the girl paused for a moment, then looked up and gave a bright smile.

"Sure, big brother."

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Fourth update~

Chapter Seventy-Six: The Cursed Children

Chapter Seventy-Six: The Cursed Children

The setting sun was like blood, its crimson rays illuminating the tall, black monolith. The dim sunlight added a touch of blood to this magnificent structure, as if it were forged from the flesh and bones of countless people.

Standing on the roof of the dilapidated factory, Luo Xia gazed at the row of tall, black monuments at the end of his vision, his emotions a complex mix of feelings.

Having heard about the Heroic Spirit's true form from the system yesterday, Luo Xia, feeling that it was too shameful for a grown man to be locked in a basement by a woman to give birth, asked the system if there were any other ways to strengthen his power besides the daily dungeons.

The all-powerful system provided a definitive answer.

【Ancient Battlefield of Stars】

[You will be transported to a world facing a crisis, where you will change its original fate. There are no restrictions on power or the participation of contracted members; the host is free to act as they see fit. Whether you save or destroy the world, you will be rewarded with shopping vouchers and lottery items based on the world's rate of change.]

In addition, the system will randomly release a series of tasks. These tasks are not mandatory; completion rewards you, and failure incurs no penalty—an extra perk.

[The contractors signed by the host can gain three times the cultivation speed in the Ancient Battlefield of Stars. After death, they will be resurrected in the gym space. True strength requires real combat experience; there is no future in self-study.]

[The world line change rate has exceeded fifty percent, opening the next Ancient Battlefield of Stars. Host, please make the most of your abilities.]

Looking at the system interface that was faintly glowing white, Luo Xia smiled bitterly. He had imagined which world he would arrive in, but he never thought he would come here.

"Big brother!"

A lively sound came from behind Luo Xia. The man turned his head slightly and looked at the girl who was climbing up the roof with great effort.

With her long, crimson hair, crimson eyes, and petite, adorable face, she was the girl who had made a promise with Luo Xia.

"You've come, Yeonju."

"Yes! I've told Medusa about all the settlements I know, and Anna has already brought back several groups of children who were kidnapped by those bad guys. I saw you were alone on the roof, so I came over to keep you company."

"Thank you, little one."