The daily life of Bat Cubs traveling through Yokohama

The weak have no value in living

The location, somewhere in a slum in Yokohama City.

"Hey, kid," Jason squatted on the top of the wall, under the watchful eyes of the kid hiding in the corner and staring at him guardedly, he threw the food to the nearest stone slab, "I want to ask you something."

After seeing the food very close to him, the skinny kid suddenly made a sprint, trying to grab it straight away.

"Ding--"

A dart skimmed the hand he extended toward the food, and plunged obliquely into the stone slab in front of the food.

Looking at the dart embedded in the stone, he swallowed, retracted his hand, and stood there frozen.

"Equivalent exchange, do you know?" Jason knows very well that children in slums cannot be treated as gently as ordinary children outside. He has to use his strength to deter the other party and let the other party know that you are not easy to mess with. "This is the next time, ok?"

……

In the past two days, Jason has used similar methods to inquire about many things.

Because this is the most disorderly and chaotic place, it is very common for people of any background to exist here, especially some outlaws at home and abroad will basically wander here.

Most of the residents here are marginalized groups, and the Yokohama government is unable to govern, and this place has long been separated from normal society by an invisible barrier like a moat, as if it is a forgotten place isolated from the world.

The missing persons reported in the police system will not include this place, so no matter how many people died or disappeared here, even cold numbers will not be displayed on the records, after all, no one cares about them.

This is a place where faith collapses, and human beings can only use the most primitive instincts to survive, but because of this, once the fire of faith is rekindled in this spiritual desert...

Therefore, the Yokohama police system is only the tip of the iceberg from the missing persons reported recently, and the source of the large number of missing persons hidden under the sea must be here.

"Brother...you can eat some too."

The skinny boy with long frizzy black hair who just got food came back to a hut that was simply repaired with discarded materials and could serve as a shelter from the wind and rain. Some immature voices sounded in the house, weak and clear. , is a little girl.

"Ahem... Yin, have you gone out?" A weak-sounding voice came from inside.

They are a brother and sister living in a slum, maybe abandoned, or maybe something happened to their parents.

In short, they have struggled to survive here and grew up dependent on each other.

The younger sister's name is Akutagawa Yin, because her brother has been in poor health and has a fever for the past few days, Xiaoyin is a little adventurous today, going to a place farther than usual, and almost walking out of the neighborhood formed by her brother's long-term bad reputation. Invisible protective ring.

But recently there really isn't much food here, and many adults seem to gather together occasionally to talk about something, some of them are talking about something, and several of them haven't opened fire for many days.

In the past, when his elder brother was weak and couldn't rely on his special ability to find food, and with the occasional pity of his neighbors, he could barely eat by relying on the leftovers from their daily life, or scavenging for something, but Now……

Fortunately, I didn't encounter any danger today, but I saw the Robin mentioned by the temporary companion who occasionally teamed up together.

It's just that when they mentioned him, they didn't say anything good, and when they talked about him, they just looked disdainful.They often started a mocking competition as they talked, one by one was meaner than the other.

For example, since Robin even often haunts the slums to fight against the small forces and bully the weak, why not directly provide some real and practical help to the "weak" like them.

What they need most is not this kind of protection, but food to fill their stomachs or occasional recreational snacks, steal weapons for money, and even steal alcohol.If they could get all of this after a few beatings, they would rather suffer. After all, it was only a flesh injury at most, and as long as they could survive, they would make a lot of money.

But Yin remembered the most important point, Robin didn't seem to have killed anyone, especially not a child.

That's why when Yin saw such a well-equipped Robin-like figure today, she held back and ran away without turning around immediately.

Because I was afraid that I didn't have the information the other party needed, and I was hungry for too long at the time, I couldn't think too much when I saw the food, and only the idea of ​​grabbing it and running was left in my mind.

...Anyway, at least the other party doesn't kill children, doesn't he?Just being alive is enough...

When the dart passed her eyes, she was so frightened that her heart stopped for a moment, regretting her recklessness.

However, the final result was good, fortunately, the other party did not hurt children as rumored...

"Did you go outside?"

The elder brother lying on the rough bed frowned, half-supported himself up, saw the well-packed compressed military rations in Yin's hand, his pupils shrank.

His elder brother is called Akutagawa Ryunosuke. He has poor health and long-term malnutrition, making him look very weak.

Although he has the ability to turn clothes into long strips of sharp blades and swing them out, perhaps because the clothes are also very worn out, so the special ability is not particularly strong.

However, it is very difficult to find weapons in the slums. This is still a very useful ability when a damaged knife can become a precious life-saving weapon.

Brother Akutagawa is also regarded as a mad dog that can bite people in this small area because of his desperate ruthlessness in fighting.Although he is young and not very capable, it is quite difficult and very difficult to subdue him, so if he is injured, it is not worth the loss in the slums where medicines have always been scarce.

Over time, no one will want to do thankless things.Fortunately, as long as he does not irritate him or touch the other party's red line of safety, he will not take the initiative to attack others.

"Where did you get it?" As soon as the words fell, Akutagawa Ryunosuke asked in a bad tone.

Such compressed food is difficult for a child like Yin to come into contact with in the slums. Where did she get it?Akutagawa wasn't angry with his sister, he was just afraid that she would get hurt or there would be hidden dangers in the future.

"It was given to me by Robin..." Yin said timidly, "Don't worry brother, it's an exchange of equal value."

Equivalent exchange?Akutagawa's expression was stunned. It had been a long time since he had heard such unfamiliar words in the slums. After all, there was only the so-called predator of the jungle here, and the weak did not deserve to live.

If he dies, it's just that he is not strong enough, so the conclusion he can draw here is that only by constantly becoming stronger can he be qualified to survive.

"What did you exchange?" Although Akutagawa Ryunosuke had heard of Robin's name, he was still a little worried about Xiaoyin. What worth exchanging for worthless people like them?

"It's information..." Fearing that my brother might misunderstand, Yin continued to explain, "It's not any dangerous information, but I just asked about the current situation around me and whether I have noticed anything unusual recently."

"...Don't act alone next time, you are too weak."

"But brother, you..."

"I said there will be no next time! Cough cough cough..." Ryunosuke Akutagawa shouted in a stern tone, because his agitation caused him to cough even worse.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke doesn't trust anyone. As long as there is expectation for such a thing once, and he thinks that the exchange can be easily reached, he can get the supplies they need, and next time he will have unrealistic fantasies and gradually become weak...

And weakness is the deadliest thing here.

Robin didn't always show up, and even if he showed up in the slums, he wouldn't be easily spotted by them, not to mention that the other party didn't always happen to be carrying what they needed every time.

What's more... this time I met Robin, what about next time?Maybe Yin will die next time in some unknown corner that he may not be able to find...

Although he is only a beast with no value or emotion supported by instinct, he cannot bear the possibility of losing his only sister.

"I see, brother..." Yin lowered her head, her messy hair slid down in front of her face and almost covered her entire face, and she couldn't see a trace of her expression under the covering shadow.

……

At night, Akutagawa Gin, who was snuggling beside her brother, woke up because she felt too hot. She sat up suddenly and covered Akutagawa Ryunosuke's forehead with her hands.

"...!" Gin withdrew his hand as if being scalded, and pushed Ryunosuke Akutagawa in a hurry, "Brother...brother...? Brother! Wake up!"

However, the brother who usually sleeps very lightly and is very vigilant still maintains a peaceful sleep state, and the only sound in the room is his heavier and faster breathing than before.

Akutagawa Gin was so anxious that tears were about to fall. In the past, they had to survive illnesses, but at least they would have the most basic consciousness. But this time, Akutagawa Ryunosuke had already passed out in a coma.

'No, the drug has to be found, anyway...'

Akutagawa Yin didn't dare to think about the worst situation, she couldn't accept the death of her only relative before her eyes.If her brother died, she would not be able to survive alone, nor could she bear to live alone.

If she goes out tonight and may never come back again, brother will die, if she can come back but can't find the medicine, brother will die...

So, she will stay outside until the moment she finds the life-saving medicine, otherwise, she won't have to come back...

Yin walked out of the room, closed the door, turned around and leaned against the door and took a deep breath, then strengthened his belief, a silver-gray eye leaking out of the messy hair looked extraordinarily bright.

Yin started to run, and when she was about to leave the safe area around here, her pace slowed down. She turned around and glanced back at the dilapidated shack before continuing on her way.

She knew some of the more chaotic neighborhoods in the slums, where Robin was said to appear more often, and if he could be found, there would be a higher chance of getting the medicine, even though his probability was so low.

Aside from Robin, that's where the most likely shortages will appear.

If she couldn't meet Robin, she would still get the medicine, even if it was a payment... Little Silver pursed her dry and chapped lips, and her silver-gray eyes dimmed.

"Brother...you must hold on..."

……

"Unexpectedly, it was the worst result..."

Yin was lying weakly in the rusty iron cage. Relying on the dim light from the only exit with a plastic curtain full of dirty traces, she could see people around her who were basically as dirty or physically ill. People with disabilities.

The opposite wall was covered with iron chains with horrifying barbs. Because the environment was too dark, she couldn't see the specific surrounding environment clearly, and could only smell the faint smell of rust.

The source of this smell is not the cage in front of him, but faintly coming from outside the plastic curtain.

Akutagawa Gin had a vague guess in his mind that she probably went to the notorious but deeply hidden "butcher shop" in the slum rumors.

"It's fresh today...he's in good health...to entertain...big shots..." Some vague but frightening words came from outside.

Akutagawa Gin felt the sound of metal clashing from another iron cage next to her, and when she turned her head to look, the huddled shadow in the cage trembled violently.

A person came in from outside the door. Through the light, it was a tall and fat figure. As the person walked in, the sound of depressive sobbing gradually began to be heard in the room.

When the figure stopped in front of her, her eyes moved up from the mud-spotted rubber shoes, and she could only see the waist of the other person wearing a brown and dirty apron. Akutagawa Gin seemed to hear the shadow beside him He let out a long sigh of relief.

Following the opponent's movements, Akutagawa Gin shrank in the shaking cage, his beautiful silver-gray eyes dimmed, turning into ashes.

'...what am I expecting...? '

'...It's not misfortune, it's just one of the ordinary and destined endings that a weak and useless me can have...'

'...But we will meet again soon...Brother...'

'……goodbye……'

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