In the blink of an eye, the four discovered that their surroundings had changed.
The safe house was gone, and it was surrounded by a place that looked like a meeting room. The room was very large, with a row of floor-to-ceiling windows on the outside, and sunlight flooded the room. It was dusk, and it had to be in the afternoon.
There was a slender oval table in the center of the room, and a large, shimmering panel on the opposite wall.
Ryota looked around.
People in splendid suits were sitting around an oval table, behind them, standing behind them were people who knew they were dedicated to hard work, holding weapons emitting black crystal light in their hands.
Ryota immediately assessed the situation.
If his guess was correct, this should be the meeting room where Seitenshi called the Civil Security to gather.
The bunch of people in suits and ties sitting there should be the presidents of various Civil Security Companies.
Each Promoter is accompanied by a little girl, presumably all Initiators.
Ryota looked ahead, Kiritsugu was sitting on the other side of the conference table.
He himself stood at the back with Manaka and Mine.
Kiritsugu turned his head, looked at Ryota and the others, and said in a low voice:
"I was given the status of president of the Civil Security Company."
"It seems I am the Initiator." Mine frowned.
The experience of suddenly having this piece of information in her mind made her feel a little uncomfortable.
Behind, Ryota felt the urge to laugh when he heard Mine's words.
The original Gastrea Virus broke out in 2020. Since then, the oldest Initiators are at most 10 years old.
As big as Mine... If anyone asks about that, he can only say "growing up too fast".
Luckily, Ryota held back his laughter just in time.
Otherwise, the atmosphere might be awkward.
"I am a Promoter."
After setting the mood, Ryota said loudly.
At the same time, he glanced at Manaka beside him: "My initiator seems to be Manaka."
"Civil Security, Promoter, Initiator, very interesting combination, this world is very interesting."
Manaka read the additional information in her mind, feeling novelty and excitement at the same time.
After reading the information, she saw a group of strangers around her, and her eyes were full of curiosity and curiosity.
It seems that she wants to go and say hello one by one.
Seeing this, Ryota pressed the girl's shoulder in time, and reminded:
"Let's focus on the quest first, Manaka. As for getting the unknown… After all, you have already joined the guild, and there will be more opportunities in the future, so don't rush."
"Hah? Shiro-chan seems to know me well?" Manaka blinks.
"That's right."
"Why?"
"Confidential."
"That kind of statement again, really shameless."
Manaka is a little dissatisfied with Ryota's perfunctory attitude.
But at the same time, she became even more curious about Ryota.
How many secrets are there...
This curiosity caused her to temporarily divert her attention from other people.
"Okay, don't show that kind of friendly attitude to strangers casually in the future."
Ryota raised his voice to remind:
"The unknown is not all good. If you meet bad people, you will be hurt yourself, you must remember this."
"Is Shiro-chan worried about me?" Manaka smiled sweetly.
"No matter how you put it, you are still teammates, so just treat it as such."
"Don't worry, I can see people very accurately."
Manka replied in a very casual manner.
Ryota glanced at her, and after thinking about her characteristics, he didn't care about this matter anymore, and brought the topic back on track:
"Everyone, let me talk about the current situation first. We were called by the governor of Tokyo..."
Slowly, he narrated the Seven Stars Inheritance, and the Tokyo government issued an order to retrieve the item.
At the same time, it also introduces several situations of Gastrea, Varanium, Monolith Monument, Cursed Child, and Civil Security.
The world is dissected bit by bit to be understood and recognized by the three of them.
After listening to Ryota's words, Manaka still looked around curiously, without any strong emotional reaction.
On the other hand, the other two were feeling a little uneasy.
"Cursed Child...!?"
Mine was taken aback, gritted her teeth randomly and said:
"You mean, people in this world let kids fight and have people abuse them? These people even include their parents?"
"Something like that."
Ryota nodded, his face slightly somber, and he sighed softly.
"Hmph! It behavior is completely no different from that of the empire!"
Anger appeared in Mine's eyes, and she seemed to have a hint of killing intent.
Kiritsugu also frowned.
He looked around at the young Initiators around him, and the image of his daughter appeared in his mind.
But he is a mature person after all, temporarily suppressing the emotions in his heart, and asked:
"That is to say, if we leave the Tokyo area and exit the Monolith Monument, we will be able to meet up with Gastrea?"
"That's right." Ryota nodded "And the inheritance of the Seven Stars can be used to call a Stage 5 Gastrea. We don't need to worry about this matter. We'll hire someone to do it for us, let's just focus on the main quest first."
"But these kids..."
Mine looked around, feeling a little unbearable in her eyes.
Originally, she had come to join the adventure only to prevent something similar from happening.
In the end, she encountered this kind of thing in the adventure world, but should I ignore it?
"Don't worry Mine. I'm not saying I don't care about that. Ryota said: "I just said, finish the quest first, after all, there are only 48 hours. How to act naturally is up to us. "
"But after the quest, we'll be back, right?" Mine looked at Ryota suspiciously.
"That's what I'm going to say next."
Ryota raised a finger:
"There is most likely a guild member in this world, the governor of the Tokyo area, Seitenshi..."
"Wait a minute, you said Seitenshi!?" Mine showed an extremely surprised expression: "I communicated with a member called Seitenshi on the forums, it can't be a coincidence right?"
"That's very possible!" Ryota said, "So, as long as we can connect with Seitenshi, when we want to come to this world in the future, let her issue the nomination task."
"Still can be used like this?"
Mine was stunned.
The task module has been played?
"Go back and read more forum posts."
Ryota didn't explain too much, and continued on with the topic:
"Besides, getting in touch with Seitenshi isn't just for this purpose. When I was in the safe house, I said before that we need to get this world's guns and bullets to help us kill Gastrea. Seitenshi can definitely give us these things."
"Moreover, we can't handle Stage 5 Gastrea. To kill it, we can only rely on [Ladder of Heaven]. If we want to use [Ladder of Heaven], we must have the authority and password given by the Seitenshi."
"[Ladder of Heaven]?" asked Kiritsugu.
"A weapon similar to an electromagnetic weapon." Ryota explained: "It can accelerate shells made of metal to speeds under light, and destroy a stage 5 Gastrea with a single strike."
"Speed of light..."
Kiritsugu's heart trembled violently.
There are very powerful weapons in this world!?