I, Kiriko, the Cheater

"Huo Dian, the friend you just made has come to look for you."

Hearing Maria's shout, Honglu Huoxi turned his head away, and at a glance, he clearly saw Tongzi walking towards this side, held by Maria's hand.

"Sister... sister, why are you here?"

The flushed face suddenly turned pale and lost all blood.

The man looked at Huo Dian's strange reaction: "Huo Dian, what's wrong with you?"

"Are you the elder that Maria said?" Tongzi looked at the man, "My name is Tongzi, and I am a red-blooded friend."

"Elder is just a pet name for me by the children. My name is Matsuzaki." The man who called himself Matsuzaki couldn't help but look at Tongzi more, "You...you are not the cursed son, are you?"

Tongzi shook his head.

"You said you were Huo Dian's friend just now, could it be that you are her partner?"

"No."

Matsuzaki just breathed a sigh of relief, but Tongzi's next words made Matsuzaki nervous again.

"But she is an employee of my company, and I am her boss."

"Little girl, this joke is not funny."

Matsuzaki tried to make a joke to ease the atmosphere, but Kiriko didn't smile, neither did she smile.

Tongzi pointed at Honglu Huo Chui and said, "You can ask Huo Chui, is what I said true?"

Hong Lu Huo Dang still lowered her head and did not speak, but her reaction was enough to explain everything.

"Miss Tong, if Huo Chui took your things, I will apologize to you on her behalf."

Matsuzaki bowed deeply and apologized to the little girl who was much shorter than him.

"Please don't blame Huo Dian, Huo Dang has lived in this sewer for a while before, and after being taken away by IISO and forced to become the initiator, now she just wants to provide us with a little help, I will severely reprimand She, let her not come back."

"No, Mr. Matsuzaki, it seems that you may have misunderstood me," Tongzi's tone became gentler, "I didn't mean to blame Huodi."

Matsuzaki raised his head in surprise.

"If you want to blame her, you just blame her for not telling me the truth and hiding these things."

"Please forgive me..."

Tongzi didn't wait for the other party to apologize again, and interrupted the other party's words.

"Mr. Matsuzaki, why do you live here?"

Matsuzaki didn't feel unhappy because Kiriko interrupted her words: "Because most of the water discharged from the power plant is hot water, it is warmer here than outside, not only for shelter from wind and rain, but also for winter."

"However, in this environment, it's easy to get sick, right?" Tongzi looked at the other party, who obviously hadn't hunched over yet, but his hair was already gray, and he was still leaning on a cane.

Matsuzaki smiled: "These children are physically stronger than ordinary people because of the blessing of the gastroenteritis virus, but this level will not be a big problem."

"But your body..."

Tongzi didn't go on, but Matsuzaki could understand what she meant.

"I'm indeed not as good as them. In fact, after only staying here for a few months, I feel that my body is much worse than before, but..."

Matsuzaki looked down at the lolis around him, and his tone suddenly showed some pity and sympathy.

"But I feel obligated to fulfill some responsibilities. Before the gastrulation war, I was a teacher at the University of Tokyo. After the war, due to my past qualifications and education, I was entrusted with the important task of teaching at Biwa Women's College. But I often think about these children in the outskirts..."

Matsuzaki patted the head of Lori who was holding her trouser legs in pity, and the latter closed her eyes comfortably.

"Although these children have gastrenteroviruses in their bodies, they are all victims just like our plundered generations. The catastrophe ten years ago has nothing to do with them. Why should they be burdened with burdens that did not belong to them?" crime?"

"So I came here to be their guardian and teacher. I hope to teach them as much as possible about living outside, but people outside will definitely abuse them because of their red eyes, so before that, they have to first Learn to control your red eyes and the common sense it takes to live outside."

Looking at these loli's dependence on Matsuzaki, he shouldn't be pretending, but then again, there is no need for him to pretend.

Because pretending to be good to the cursed son will not win the sympathy of the public, but will be scorned. For example, the policemen who fought side by side with the initiator are often sprayed by some keyboard warriors as "the companion of the red-eyed monster". On the deportation list, the policemen are listed as the second only to the cursed son.

Teachers in Japan are very respected, and they are satisfactory in terms of status and salary. If it’s just for show, Matsuzaki doesn’t have to resign as a teacher at Miwa Women’s College and come here to take care of these loli .

"That's it, but it must be very hard for you to take care of these children by yourself?"

"It would be a lie to say that it's not hard work, but with these lovely children by my side, the hard work in life will unconsciously forget a lot."

Tongzi thought for a while, then took out a few Fukuzawa Yukichi, and put them on Matsuzaki's hand that was not holding a cane.

"This……"

Matsuzaki was surprised and wanted to return the banknote to Tongzi, but Tongzi had already retreated skillfully.

Fukuzawa Yukichi has the largest denomination among the yen, which is [-] yen.

A few Fukuzawa Yukichi is tens of thousands of yen, which is roughly equivalent to several thousand yuan in RMB.

The purchasing power of the yen after the gastrulation war was probably about the same as before the war. Although tens of thousands of yen was not much, people in downtown Tokyo were reluctant to give these children even a single coin.

"You...why do you..."

Matsuzaki squeezed the banknotes in his hand, just a few pieces of fluffy paper, but they can save them from worrying about food for a long time to come, and even allow the children to eat cheap once or twice of meat.

Tongzi smiled: "I'm the same as you, isn't it natural to help lovely children?"