Chapter 421

Tina and her friends at the church finished watching Tenchu Shoujo together, then pulled out their phones and discovered they had several missed calls.

Her expression changed, and she hurriedly went to one side to dial the missed call: "Hello, Professor A. Rand, sorry, I didn't pick up your call."

Holding her phone, looking at her other hand with hair turning white at the roots from gripping it, Professor A. Rand suppressed his anger and asked: "Tina, what are you doing right now?"

"Uh, I infiltrated the Scorpion Cult."

I joined through the conversion ritual held the day before yesterday, receiving Aqua's baptism.

"Hmm, did you obtain anything useful?"

Hearing this, Professor A. Rand's anger subsided a little, and he pursued the question.

"Yes, the Scorpion Cult is recruiting a large number of Cursed Children to become believers of the sect."

Tina answered.

"And the purpose?"

Professor A. Rand continued asking.

"The specific purpose is unclear, but the Scorpion Cult seems to be conducting experiments to make the Cursed Children happy."

Tina poked her head to look inside the hall; Tenchu Shoujo had finished playing, but there were still some girls who felt unsatisfied, and they were very seriously reporting the situation to Professor A. Rand on the other end of the phone.

"Experiments to make the Cursed Children happy—could they be related to Perfect Gastrea Transformation?"

"I don't know about that, Professor. Right now I'm just an ordinary believer and haven't reached the core of the Scorpion Cult."

"Fine, Tina, keep infiltrating. It's best to infiltrate the high ranks of that sect and dig out its core secrets for me!"

"Understood, Professor. I'll infiltrate properly."

Professor A. Rand had no suspicions. After hanging up, Tina finally breathed a sigh of relief; she had brushed him off again.

But when the professor contacts her next time, how will she explain it? Tina felt a bit of a headache about this.

"Or maybe I should just come clean."

The girl muttered a sentence.

"Come clean about what?"

Broly's head happened to poke out from around the corner, looking at her curiously and asking.

"Ah, nothing."

Tina was startled, and her eyes turned red at that moment.

"Really nothing?"

Broly felt this friend was acting strange, seeming to have a heavy heart.

"Really nothing."

Tina very much enjoyed her current life. She worried that if she told the truth, such an ordinary, plain life might leave her.

"By the way, Doctor Muroto seems to have developed a new Gastrea Virus Suppressant. Do you want to go with me to her Medical Research Institute to take a look?"

Thanks to the girls who underwent Perfect Gastrea Transformation, Muroto Sumire, by studying their physical conditions, made some breakthrough progress in Gastrea Virus research.

"One dose equals three of the previous doses. If the previous doses merely suppressed the Gastrea Virus from continuing to erode inside the bodies of Cursed Children, then the current dose can effectively restore cells already eroded by the Gastrea Virus to their original state, thereby achieving the effect of lowering the Gastrea Virus erosion rate..."

After Broly brought Tina over, Muroto Sumire chatted nonstop, introducing her newly developed product to the two of them.

"Do you know what this means?"

Muroto Sumire asked somewhat excitedly.

"What does it mean?"

Broly played the straight man and asked.

"This means the Gastrea Virus is no longer a completely incurable fatal disease!"

"Uh, joining the Scorpion Cult, believing in Little Scorpio, can't you get treatment that way?"

"I'm talking about not relying on theological means, but scientific methods that we ourselves can master and popularize."

"However, I must admit, thanks to Aqua-sama's Divine Art providing important research material on the microscopic level, I was able to reverse-engineer a method to restore cells eroded by the Gastrea Virus."

"Of course, I also have to thank Eris-sama. Without her Lucky Blessing cast upon me, I definitely could not have achieved research results so smoothly."

Muroto Sumire, due to religious reasons, could not become a priestess of the Scorpion Cult, but using the biotechnology she mastered, plus the Lucky Blessing Eris cast on her, successfully replicated part of the effects of Purification with biotechnology.

"So, Miss Muroto Sumire, anyone infected with the Gastrea Virus, as long as they receive your injection, can clear the Gastrea Virus from within their body?"

Tina asked.

"Yes, that's right. However, it must be before the Gastrea Virus completely remodels the genes within the body—that is, within two hours after infection by the source virus."

"The longer the delay, the slimmer the hope of clearing the Gastrea Virus from within the body."

"Conversely, as long as the injection is administered within two hours, the Gastrea Virus within the infected individual will be stimulated by the special-effect medicine I made and eliminated by their own immune system."

"And used together with the Gastrea Virus Serum I previously researched, which has a thirty percent chance of directly turning a person into a Gastrea, this is the medical technology version of Healing and Healing Potion."

"However, it can only achieve the effect of treating injuries. Achieving Perfect Gastrea Transformation is still impossible, and it still differs from Healing released through Divine Art."

Though she said that, Muroto Sumire believed that in the future she would definitely be able to research the perfect Evolution Potion.

"Take these injections to the church in the Outer District. Although there are more convenient Purification Divine Arts available there, sometimes some potions and injections are needed for assistance, right?"

"I feel like you just want to use the Scorpion Cult to conduct large-scale human drug trials."

Broly looked at the female doctor somewhat doubtfully.

"I can guarantee these injections—even if they don't help, they definitely won't cause any harm."

Saying this, Muroto Sumire took a newly developed injection and loaded it into a Needleless Syringe, then directly injected herself.

Her desire to collect data on the large-scale use effects of the new injection was genuine, but the safety of using the newly developed injection could also be guaranteed.

"Can I try these injections too?"

Tina asked at this time.

"Of course."

Muroto Sumire nodded in reply.

Tina didn't stand on ceremony either; she took the syringe from the female doctor's hand and injected herself with a vial as well.

"Doesn't seem like there's any feeling."

"Your body's Gastrea erosion rate isn't high, so feeling nothing when the agent is injected is perfectly normal; only those with a high Gastrea erosion rate in their bodies would experience obvious physical sensations, like a high fever, when the agent is injected."

The female doctor explained in a sentence.

【Next time's report material seems to have appeared.】

Tina looked at the empty vial tube, silently thinking to herself.

She had already decided to divide this discovery into three phases — 【Heard rumors of the Scorpion Cult's miraculous agent】, 【Obtained the Scorpion Cult's miraculous agent's empty syringe tube】, 【Then obtained the actual miraculous agent】 — and report them to Professor A. Rand in stages.

【Thinking about it, by the time these are reported, half a year will have passed as well.】

To protect her current peaceful life, Tina mastered the art of workplace slacking without a teacher.

Pity, plans can't keep up with changes.

On the fourteenth day since the Scorpion Cult was formally established.

At noon this day, the formerly blind girl, now the Scorpion Cult's little priestess, was outside the Outer District Church, distributing free nutritious lunches to girls who were also Cursed Children.

With a boom, suddenly, a terrifying explosion detonated right beside the semi-open-air church kitchen, where supply crates were stacked.

The power was extremely terrifying; the semi-open-air kitchen was directly blown apart.

Even the newly built Scorpion Church next to it had nearly half its walls collapse.

By the time Broly and the others rushed over to this side, what they saw was a scene of utter devastation.

"What happened here, was it a gas canister explosion?"

Satomi Rentaro asked.

"It wasn't a gas canister explosion, but a terrorist attack."

Elder Matsuzaki answered this question.

"Mixed inside the donated supplies delivered today were several high-yield bombs.

Don't know if they were timed or remote-controlled, but they suddenly detonated right at noon during the lunch distribution.

At the time, I was farther away, so I only suffered minor injuries, but those who were closer..."

The old man didn't continue; the scene was already enough to explain the situation.

Several big-pot chefs hired from among the believers, because they were closest to the explosion point, met the most miserable ends — their bodies blown apart into fragments.

Besides the chefs, the food distributors were also in a bad state, their backs a mess of flesh and blood; the other victims were the Cursed Children receiving the food.

The line had ten rows, nearly two to three hundred people queued, and this attack directly resulted in 76 dead, 134 severely injured, the rest all lightly injured.

"How could this happen?"

"Around the supply crate containing the bomb, there were some doll boxes stuffed internally with Varanium metal fragments; after the bomb exploded, it launched the Varanium fragments from inside the dolls outward, creating an effect similar to a fragmentation grenade.

Just like with Gastrea, Varanium metal fragments can also produce an effect that blocks the regeneration ability of Cursed Children.

And this kind of targeted method, without a doubt, this was a premeditated terrorist attack specifically aimed at Cursed Children."

Tenkō Kisara, who had arrived a step earlier, had already finished the on-site investigation; she relayed the situation she had investigated to Aqua and the others.

"Who, just who would do such an inhuman thing?"

The corpses covering the ground before his eyes made Satomi Rentaro clench his fists.

"This still needs investigation, but the Scorpion Cult did not keep detailed records of the real identities of supply donors.

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Wanting to trace the culprit who sent bombs disguised as donated supplies to the Outer District Church here will likely be very difficult; as long as the culprit is cautious enough and cleans up their tracks..."

"Aqua-sama, I'm not blaming you, I just hope you can persuade Broly to calm down a bit..."

"Aqua-sama, I don't mean to blame you, I just hope you can persuade Broly, let him calm down a little..."

Tenkō Kisara glanced sideways at the Saiyan boy whose expression had turned somewhat cold since arriving here, a bit afraid the other party might do something extreme.

"I'm very calm."

Broly replied with a sentence; this explosion hadn't caused any casualties among the capture targets acknowledged by the Crystal Palace.

Aihara Enju went to school, Sennju Kayo was relatively clever, dispatched to discuss with the Kōda Elementary School principal about opening a branch school in the Outer District.

Tina said she wanted to mail some things to her family, and the others were likewise not on this side.

However, no casualties among capture targets didn't mean the Saiyan boy's mood was good; if the bastard who planted the bomb was here, Broly would absolutely not mind twisting that person's head off, but the problem was, nobody knew who did this.

And the reason Broly was so calm was actually another one: trust in his own Goddess Master.

Just then, two small figures came running swiftly from the distance — one was Aihara Enju, who should have been at school, the other was Tina, who had gone in the morning to mail things to people in the Outer City.

And besides them, Sennju Kayo also arrived driving a small electric scooter requisitioned on the road; after arriving here, she fell off the scooter, walked to the devastated church courtyard, and collapsed sitting down.

"How could this happen?"

Sennju Kayo's eyes lost their luster.

"Everyone, wah..."

Aihara Enju was even more direct, bursting into loud wailing cries, just like the other injured Cursed Children.

"Broly..."

Tina walked over, called out to the Saiyan boy.

"If this morning, I hadn't left here..."

After hearing what happened here, the girl began to blame herself a little.

"If you hadn't left here, you might have died too."

Tenkō Kisara comforted the girl with a sentence.

Tina silently shook her head.

She is not an ordinary person; she is a professional assassin.

Regarding assassination methods, regarding the perception capability for danger, they are not something general people can compare to.

At this moment, the three people's Happiness Values dropped severely.

"Don't be sad..."

Broly attempted to comfort the three girls.

"How can we not be sad? The people who died are all our friends..."

Sennju Kayo came before the little priestess girl; the other party had already lost her breath.

The clothes on her petite body were somewhat tattered; many Varanium Metal Fragments had pierced through her body.

"Aqua Master."

Broly could only look to Aqua for help.

"I don't know if it can succeed, but we can try."

Aqua took out the Lotus Staff.

"Aqua-sama, what do you want to do?"

Tenkō Kisara looked at Aqua with some confusion.

"What else can be done? Of course, resurrect the dead people."

"Eh?!"

Aqua's words made the people immersed in sorrowful emotions somewhat stunned.

"Ah, can this kind of thing also be done?"

Tina opened her small mouth wide and asked.

"I don't know."

Aqua originally wanted to say this, but the words reaching her mouth changed into.

"Who do you think I am? I am the Great Water Main God, Aqua-sama!"

The resurrection Magic Circle began to unfold.

"Broly, gather some of the tattered corpses together!"

Aqua also did not know whether in a world without Ghosts she could actually resurrect the dead, but she was increasing the possibility of resurrection.

Broly hurriedly went to pick up some of the most miserable corpse pieces and rapidly pieced them together.

"Innocent casualties, under the Divine Power of I, the Great Water Main God, be restored as before~"

The staff was planted into the ground; a clattering sound rang out, and a large amount of metal fragments were pushed out from the corpses and the injured people's bodies by an invisible force.

"Resurrect, my believ— uh, my cute daughter Scorpio's believers!"

The injuries on the injured people were healed; the tattered corpses were likewise restored as before, but Aqua was somewhat worried and uneasy; according to Heaven's regulations, the dead cannot be resurrected haphazardly.

Of course, she is not a Goddess who abides by Heaven's rules, but she worried that her resurrection technique might be useless on this world's living beings.

"Aqua-sama, what happened to me?"

Fortunately, her worry was surplus; the little priestess opened her eyes, and aside from being somewhat bewildered, there were no problems.

Black Bullet World, there is no afterlife; Souls only depend on flesh; flesh dies Soul dies, flesh lives Soul lives.

Less than ten-odd minutes of death, after being resurrected by Aqua, no one appeared abnormal, aside from shouting in pain.

Aihara Enju, Sennju Kayo, Tina: "..."

At the scene, aside from Broly, the others more or less were all staring dumbfounded, watching this true Divine Miracle.

"That bastard culprit who sent a bomb to attack here, don't let me catch him; he actually made me expend this much Divine Power!"

Aqua's complexion was a bit pale; a group resurrection of nearly a hundred people was also no small consumption for her, especially since this world has no Mana Factor and not many of her Believers either; it was completely relying on her own Divine Power as fuel for the resurrection technique, and she was cursing and grumbling.

"Uh, Aqua-sama, someone on the Internet announced responsibility for this bombing incident..."

"What?"

Tina took out her phone and opened a Website.

The Human Pure Blood Association was very high profile; after arranging the bomb, they announced a warning of attack on the Scorpion Cult.

"This is a sanction against the Traitor Cult; Pure Blood Humanity Supreme!"

A masked man shouted at the video, then put the bomb into a supply box, and recorded a donation video.

"This is our Human Pure Blood Association's Justice Sanction live broadcast footage; please, all pure blood humans, watch our Justice Sanction against the Traitor Cult..."

Tina clicked the link again; the footage jumped from recorded video to live broadcast footage, and the live broadcast's filmed scene was here.

But compared to the Outer District church courtyard being live broadcast by remote high-definition Cameras, Aqua's group resurrection of the dead just now had already made the netizens watching the live broadcast type countless question marks.

Human Pure Blood Association's Justice Sanction live broadcast?

Scorpion Cult's Divine Miracle solid proof scene is more like it!

"I saw this thing and immediately rushed over."

Tina said.

(Chapter End)