"Swish!!"
Midori wasn't injured.
Because before that, all the girls involved in the conflict had already been teleported before Rin.
This was a rule established within the Void Ark.
Whenever a clash occurred between Cursed Children, if one party was about to be harmed, they would be teleported away just before the injury happened.
"Hmm?"
Rin was currently tending to a newly arrived girl. Looking at Kohina Hiruko, who had been chasing and slashing at the others, he frowned slightly. "This personality can no longer be described as just mischievous."
At the very least, Tina's five sisters would ask a question before attacking.
But this one was like a rabid dog, not even trying to communicate.
"You've gone too far."
Rin was still seated when the rampaging Kohina was suddenly sprawled across his lap. "Bad children must be punished."
Slap!
Rin slapped Kohina's bottom without holding back.
"So, so scary!"
The surrounding girls collectively gasped.
Almost instinctively, they covered their bottoms, terrified that Rin would punish them the same way.
"Ah!"
"Let me go!"
"I'm going to kill you!!"
Kohina had an extremely high tolerance for pain.
But Rin's slaps carried a mysterious power. After just a few strikes, she was already wailing.
Even so, Kohina had no concept of begging for mercy and just kept struggling.
"Kohina Hiruko, is it?"
Rin didn't hold back. Her actions were truly malicious.
Besides, her personality had already been twisted by Kagetane Hiruko. It wasn't something that could be fixed with a little discipline.
A deeper level of correction was necessary.
"You really deserve to die, Kagetane Hiruko."
Kohina was born through artificial insemination, using five women Kagetane had kidnapped.
She had four sisters just like her.
Before they turned seven, Kagetane locked them in a basement, where he subjected them to brutal killing training and intense brainwashing.
In the end, he made the five of them fight to the death until only one was left. The survivor was the current Kohina.
"What is this?!"
After hearing Rin's account of Kohina's past, Artoria gripped her sword tightly, ready to cut Kagetane down with a single slash. "Can someone like that even be called a father?"
"Did he actually treat those children like daughters?"
If he truly did, then watching them kill each other had long surpassed the limits of human decency.
If he didn't, and merely saw Kohina as a tool, then...
"What does that guy even think life is worth?"
Artoria trembled all over. Ever since arriving in the Black Bullet world, her worldview had been shattered again and again by the depth of human evil.
"I will handle it."
Just like with the Doctor, Rin had nothing more to say to Kagetane Hiruko.
He didn't care about the man's ideology, his experiences, or what sort of suffering he'd endured.
None of it mattered to Rin.
"Die, Kagetane Hiruko."
The moment he spoke, his words became reality. Kagetane Hiruko was marked for death.
The powerful cyborg enhanced by advanced technology from the original world collapsed from the rooftop, shattered into pieces.
No one knew the cause of his death.
No one cared.
"Enju, Midori, I'll leave this child to you."
Through that spanking, Rin had already cracked Kohina's hardened heart.
She would forget Kagetane Hiruko and start over.
"Okay."
After hearing about Kohina's past, Enju and the other girls, who had originally been annoyed with her, began to feel pity instead.
As fellow Cursed Children, they all had pasts they didn't want to remember.
And it was precisely because of that, that Cursed Children could understand each other and show empathy.
"We'll take good care of her."
"Thank you, God."
"Mm."
Rin had not stopped since arriving in the Black Bullet world.
He received group after group of Cursed Children, arranged housing, and distributed supplies.
The number of Cursed Children in this world was around 500,000 to 600,000.
Settling all of them within 24 hours was no easy feat.
As midnight approached, Rin finally received good news from Violet.
"Almost all the Cursed Children in the world are here now."
Not only that, but Rin had already handled the aftermath.
That included Elder Matsuzaki, Katagiri Tamaki, the five sisters, and the schemers behind Kohina.
Those who needed explanations got them. Those who needed to be removed were eliminated.
Rin didn't let a single one escape.
In just a day, Rin's actions had turned the whole world upside down.
Unfortunately, due to the existence of Gastrea, communication between regions and nations in this world was severely limited.
This meant that most major powers only learned what happened by nightfall.
"The Cursed Children have disappeared..."
"I heard it was God's salvation."
"God?"
"How could such a thing exist?"
"If there really was a God, why didn't He show up when the war with Gastrea started?"
"It's a lie. There is no God!"
"..."
In a large conference room, the avatars of national leaders were projected on a shared screen.
The discussion was chaotic. Some passed the blame, others suspected conspiracy. No one agreed. The room descended into disorder.
"What does the future hold?"
As the representative of Japan, Seitenshi also participated in this world summit.
Meanwhile, the leaders of various districts in Japan reported their situations to Seitenshi, who was in charge of Tokyo Ward.
"They're gone. All of them."
"Whether it was Civil Officers' partners or Cursed Children from outer districts, they've all vanished like smoke."
"Seitenshi, what do you think?"
Seitenshi was a silver-haired girl, around fifteen or sixteen years old.
Not long ago, Japan's last Prime Minister stepped down, and Seitenshi assumed office.
Of course, Seitenshi was merely the nominal leader of Japan.
In many people's eyes, she was just a figurehead, a decorative mascot put in front of the public.
(To be continued.)