Black Bullet World, IISO Tokyo Area Headquarters.
"Mr. Drake, your registration procedures are basically complete."
"There is only one final step left."
After receiving a series of docunts handed over by the staff mber, Drake nodded.
"I know. Claiming an Initiator, right?"
"Since you already understand, there's no need for to explain further."
The staff mber took out a terminal. Rows of portraits appeared on the screen.
All of the portraits were of young girls. They had different appearances, but they shared the sa trait.
Their eyes were all a faint crimson.
Initiators were all Cursed Children.
Those red eyes, almost like a demon's, were their defining feature.
Seeing Drake flip through the pages quickly, the staff mber kindly reminded him, "If you tap on a portrait, you can view the detailed information for each Initiator…"
"No need. Her."
Drake directly locked onto the portrait of one little girl and confird his choice.
"Enju Aihara — I wish to beco her Promoter."
...
Soon, a little girl wearing plain clothes was brought before Drake by a staff mber.
Aside from the identification tag hanging from her clothes, there were no other accessories on her body.
Her waist-length crimson hair was simply draped behind her, not styled into the twin tails Drake rembered.
"Sir, are you certain you want to choose her?"
The staff mber beside him glanced at the information in his hand and spoke without hesitation in front of the little girl.
"Her Gastrea Virus corrosion rate has already exceeded thirty percent. Even with the inhibitors regularly provided by the organization, there is still considerable risk…"
The Cursed Children were children infected with the Gastrea Virus from the ti they were still in the womb.
This group was characterized by being born with a certain amount of Gastrea Virus in their bodies, as well as abilities related to Gastrea.
In addition, due to a certain influence caused by the Gastrea Virus, all known Cursed Children were girls.
Cursed Children taken in and trained by IISO could serve as partners for Civil Security officers.
However, every ti they released their Gastrea abilities, the virus corrosion rate in their bodies would rise.
Once the Gastrea Virus corrosion rate exceeded fifty percent, they would no longer be able to maintain a human form and would transform into Gastrea.
Although research institutions had developed inhibitors after the war to slow the rate of virus corrosion, that was rely like easing off the accelerator of a car whose brakes had already failed.
Because of that, when Civil Security officers chose Initiators, they paid particular attention to the value of the virus corrosion rate.
A lower corrosion rate ant one could fight more freely. It also ant that this "weapon" was more durable.
"I hope your organization can use more humane wording when handling business."
Drake glanced at the staff mber, not showing much emotion.
Perhaps from the other party's perspective, those words had actually been ant for his own good.
"I don't need to change Initiators. I choose her."
After completing the final procedures, Drake officially beca a Civil Security officer.
And leaving IISO headquarters with him was the newly assigned Initiator.
"There was originally another person who ca with . She's our company president."
Holding the little girl's hand, Drake spoke as they walked.
"But she usually has to attend a noble girls' school, so on workdays she only cos to the company at night."
"That's fine too. As long as we et our performance targets, we can go wherever we want. No need to sit around in the office."
Although Drake had been late on his first day of work, Miss Kisara had not been much better.
After hurriedly bringing him to IISO headquarters, she rushed off to school.
Drake had completed the registration procedures by himself. The president had not been of any use at all.
Listening to Drake's muttering, the little girl nad Enju Aihara remained silent. She rely followed his footsteps chanically.
"Looks like Enju's personality hasn't beco cheerful yet at this point."
Drake raised his hand and called a car, thinking quietly to himself.
Even when he looked at her, Enju's face remained dim and lifeless, her eyes hollow.
If she did not occasionally blink, soone might mistake her for a lifeless porcelain doll.
"A ntoring route, huh… A change of pace once in a while isn't bad."
On the way back, Drake also used [Appraisal] on Enju.
As expected, yet still sowhat surprising, Enju did indeed possess a contract skill.
However, her contract skill was sowhat similar to Rika Minami's. It was related to combat.
The trigger thod, though, was completely different.
[Contract Skill — Cursed Child: Bonuses to jump count and jump height also apply to lee attacks. When tead with other Cursed Children, the skill effect is shared.]
[Possession of the sa color "Large Gem" counts as being in the sa team. Team limit: 5 people.]
"Team" was a chanism in Terraria used during multiplayer.
When in a team, one could use certain team items.
For example, a Wormhole Potion allowed the user to teleport to another teammate's side.
"So I can form a team through this thod too."
"But the cost is a bit high…"
After seeing the information from Appraisal, Drake felt a little pained.
A Large Gem could be crafted from fifteen gems of the sa type, such as diamonds, athysts, eralds, rubies, and so on.
Originally, it was a capture-the-flag item used in a certain PvP miniga. Here, it had beco a team-forming item.
With Drake's current gem reserves… creating a full five-person team was nothing more than a fantasy.
"Looks like Adventurer's Ho needs to start its purchasing business soon too."
"Since I'm earning so much money, naturally I should convert it into resources."
Originally, Drake had planned to wait until he had accumulated more capital before starting a purchasing service.
He was not trying to compete with the Adventurers Guild by buying magic stones.
Rather, he wanted to buy resources like ores and gems from adventurers.
Because of the Dungeon's existence, Orario was extrely rich in resources, with everything from potions to minerals.
Certain floors even had fixed material-gathering points, making it convenient for adventurers to harvest resources.
It was said that in the deep floors of the Dungeon, there were advanced minerals such as mithril, orichalcum, and adamantite.
These also had corresponding ores in Terraria's world and could be transford into usable materials through [Appraisal].
For now, Drake did not have enough financial power to purchase materials like mithril.
However, he could start considering gold, silver, and gemstones.
The thoughts inspired by Enju's talent ca to an end when the taxi arrived at Tendo Civil Security Agency.
"We're here. This is our company."
Leading Enju into the narrow office, Drake sat in the armchair that the company president loved most and looked at the little girl in front of him.
"In theory, from now on, I'm your partner."
"However, I still need to sign a contract with you."
Enju's eyes finally showed a trace of movent.
She raised her head in confusion and t Drake's gaze.
"…Contract?"
"Yes."
Perhaps she thought it was the sort of docunt one had to sign when joining a company.
Enju did not ask any further questions and agreed directly.
For a little girl around ten years old, that was already the full extent of what she could imagine.
Only when Drake's will carved an indelible mark into her soul did she finally react.
"Should I call you Master? Or sothing else?"
"Please absolutely do not call that!"
Drake imdiately rejected Enju's suggestion, feeling a chill run down his back.
Fortunately, there was no one else in the office.
If soone heard him making a little girl call him Master while they were walking outside…
He would probably suffer social death in the Tokyo Area.
The pro cess of forming a contract with Enju went very smoothly, which was also expected.
After all, she was a Cursed Child who had originally been raised to beco an Initiator!
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