Honkai: Man(Sludge) From Future

Hachiman Hikigaya was preparing to pack up and run.

He felt that he should quickly take Komachi and leave Japan. This place was no longer safe.

The TV was still broadcasting some strange news, which made him feel even more afraid.

There was even a news report where the US Secretary of State said at a press conference that they would increase investment in the Far East and further develop human gene technology, just like the free skin color potion, to bring stronger national cohesion to the United States.

'Do you even know what kind of crap you're talking about?'

Hachiman Hikigaya cursed in his heart. After all, people in the Far East didn't have the habit of cursing.

'Do you think I haven't seen the videos posted by your locals? Everyone is fighting each other. It was better before the potion. You're telling me now that it has brought you national cohesion?'

'It's brought you more tax revenue, right!'

His complaints were very sharp. He didn't want to listen to the nonsense of these world politicians.

'I don't know where to run to. I don't know if the countries across the sea will accept us. If that doesn't work, I can run to Okinawa or Taiwan. If that doesn't work, I can go to Singapore in Southeast Asia... No, that's too far. I don't have enough money.'

'Should I get a tourist visa or go through illegal channels...'

'Island countries are just bad in this way. Even if you want to go through illegal channels, you can't find an easy way to leave.'

Hachiman Hikigaya's feelings were indeed correct. He had indeed sensed the strangeness that permeated the country.

But this strangeness wasn't just about biotechnology. There were also many things related to the Honkai.

According to Schicksal's research, the Honkai should be more concentrated in the recent years, and it would even reach a very frequent level.

And the Herrschers would also descend as recorded in the previous era.

The progress of civilization was basically unstoppable. Even if they used methods like the Valkyries, they could only temporarily slow down the spread of this kind of danger.

The more industrialized a civilization was, the more fragile its key nodes would become.

If a city suddenly dispersed so many people, it meant that many jobs would suddenly stop, and the tax revenue brought by the important companies there would also become abnormal.

This situation was like directly cutting a part of the country's body.

Even if Hachiman Hikigaya was young, he had heard about this kind of thing on the internet for a long time and could understand a lot.

He didn't dare to reveal his thoughts, just like the adults around him didn't dare to directly talk about Nagazora City.

The atmosphere around him was so subtle and terrifying that he, a high school student, didn't dare to breathe.

His daily life seemed to be condensed in a cold iron tower. Even the work of ordinary people that he usually saw had become so abnormal.

'There aren't many explanations on the internet, but I tried to send packages to Nagazora City, and it even gave me a notification that someone had received the goods.'

'But I know that there's no one there. The so-called receipt of goods is just a false front.'

Hachiman Hikigaya had only mailed packages to the neighbors of his relatives.

His test had given him the results he wanted.

"Little friend, you know too much..."

Hachiman Hikigaya was blocked at his doorstep. He hadn't even had time to send a message to his sister.

"Wh, what do you mean by knowing too much?"

He had never encountered such a terrifying thing where armed personnel directly entered his house.

It was said that everyone's impression of police officers stopped at the first time they called the police, but he hadn't even called the police yet.

Hachiman Hikigaya had actually experienced it before. For example, when he crashed his car when he first arrived at school.

Those people couldn't be said to be bad. It was just that they were desperately licking up to the car owner's family.

Their obsequious attitude was overflowing.

The fully armed man didn't give Hachiman Hikigaya a chance to pretend. He looked down at the record book and said, "As expected, it's you who have been using your phone to search for Nagazora City and doing probing actions, even trying to use mail to observe. It seems... this kid isn't stupid."

"Officer... sir... what are you talking about?"

Hachiman Hikigaya waved his hands, indicating that he didn't have any weapons and that he was precious and innocent.

The man raised his chin, and his subordinate stepped forward and opened the large backpack that Hachiman Hikigaya had packed.

"Food, maps, newly withdrawn cash, some foreign currency... As expected, you know things you shouldn't know. You unlucky kid, you know too much now. In theory, our normal way of handling this is just to have you chat with us and then wait for time to pass before finding a way to soothe your psychological problems. But now..."

The man also seemed to know that something big had happened in Nagazora City. He shook his head, not seeing a good future for this little guy.

The problem of the Honkai had been known by all countries in the world after the First and Second Herrschers. They basically all fully cooperated with organizations like Schicksal and Anti-Entropy. There were even special economic departments to make up for the aftermath.

It had been almost ten years, but he hadn't expected that the Third Herrscher would break out in the Far East.

Now, the Far East was doing everything possible to complete the tasks assigned by both sides. Besides maintaining their own economy, it was also for their own safety.

If the locals in the Far East didn't do a good job, others would probably come with a fleet to help them do a good job.

They still had Theresa's fleet staring at them from above.

"Sir! Sir! I'm innocent! I'm really innocent!"

Hachiman Hikigaya immediately jumped up. He had never encountered such a terrifying thing in his life. How could someone come to his door specifically to investigate him?

"Don't say too much. If you were just searching online, that would be fine. We wouldn't come to your door at all. The point is that you actually dared to mail things inside to test it. Then we have to talk to you. Coincidentally, you're also a high-quality high school student aged 15-17. Your entrance exam scores are also very good. You can only say that you've hit the jackpot. You perfectly meet all the conditions of the academy city. Congratulations on obtaining extremely high-quality learning resources."

The man's mouth under his hood revealed a gloating smile.

Hachiman Hikigaya immediately knelt down. He was stunned for a long time. Then, he suddenly reacted and immediately grabbed the man's clothes and asked, "You just said 'normal way of handling this'? Does that mean there are also abnormal ways of handling this, and that many people will be treated like me?"

"Huh?" The man was very surprised and said, "You're quite smart, kid. That's right."

Hachiman Hikigaya really understood this time. He really understood.

There was no such thing as a normal way. These people were actually deliberately using the students' curiosity to lure these young boys and girls in. The rest was just an excuse.

Everything had been prepared from the beginning. He hadn't been given any other choices.

'Something big really happened in Nagazora City...'