Hina Mayuri's past

"Sorry, but it was difficult for me to trust you, after all, you are part of them, aren't you?" Ren questioned why Hina was telling him these things.

Honestly, Hina's explanation was easy to understand. Although the monster gene fluid Ren obtained was very expensive, the success rate of humans obtaining genomancer powers from it was very low.

Therefore, from a certain point of view, Ren, who successfully obtained genomancer powers from the monster gene fluid, was more valuable than the fluid itself. Until now, Ren had been too afraid of Blue Triangle as a big company, so he had a bad prejudice against it.

What Hina said about the secret of Trash Haunter turning into a monster was also very understandable. So far, although humans could gain power from monsters by becoming genomancers, there was always a line separating genomancers from the monsters themselves.

Even the ugliest genomancer still had many human features and human intelligence. So it was very strange to see Trash Haunter, who was already dead, turn into a mindless monster.

This might be a secret researched by Blue Triangle or whoever the big people behind it were.

"Hm, I've told you about your problem, now you can listen to my story. Blue Triangle, as a company that produces monster gene fluid, has been researching this field deeply for decades.

One of the earliest studies was about the offspring of genomancer couples. As you know, changes occur in the human body after successfully becoming a genomancer. What Blue Triangle researched was the possibility of a human genomancer child being born naturally.

With the help of genomancers under their company, Blue Triangle began that project on a massive scale. From there, they found that the fertility of genomancers usually decreased. Out of 100 couples, only 47 managed to conceive.

Out of the 47 first-generation children born, 90% of them were ordinary people, while most of the rest had noticeable physical defects but that was it. There was nothing special about the children with physical defects.

Blue Triangle didn't give up; they kept experimenting, but the results were not optimistic. Until they finally found the strongest genomancer couple at that time to collaborate with them. It could be said that the child born at that time was the only successful product of those experiments.

I am that child."

His intuition told him that the girl in front of Ren right now was not lying. Unfortunately, Ren knew nothing about the world of genomancers, so he couldn't confirm whether Hina was lying or not.

Hina then continued speaking, "After I was born, my parents immediately left me with Blue Triangle. I was raised in a cold white room. But fortunately, Blue Triangle seemed to realize my needs as a child and sent a 30-year-old woman from the streets to be my mother. Her name was Shizuka, a mother figure who has been instrumental in my life.

Long story short, I grew up faster than normal children. My relationship with my mother continued to grow. Although I couldn't live like normal children, her presence truly became the only light for me. Among the cold researchers, Shizuka was the warm sun.

But... "

Hina paused for a moment. She lowered her head briefly before lifting it again. A pair of blue eyes stared sharply at Ren, Hina's angry expression also made Ren unable to suppress the fear that naturally arose.

"They killed her! They dared to kill my mother! Filled with anger, I went berserk right then, but what greeted me was the joyful laughter of the researchers who saw their experiment succeed. I managed to awaken my genomancer powers right then and there.

It was only then that I realized that my life had been nothing but a small plaything for them. Everything that happened to me had been planned, orchestrated in such a way that everything moved towards their desired goal.

Since then, I hated them and wanted to destroy the company and all the darkness within it. However, I realized my own limitations. I began planning from that moment, pretending to be obedient to gain their trust.

As their focus shifted to many new experiments, their attention on me also waned, allowing me to be more at ease and choose to join Blue Falcon. Nevertheless, I continued to gather information about the experiments they were conducting.

The monster gene fluid you possess was also something I initially intended to steal; I ordered my subordinate to obtain it. Unfortunately, he was captured by Blue Triangle's genomancer group, but he managed to hide the box inside the trash bin.

Yes, that box is the one you found."

Hina recounted her lengthy story. However, Ren listened attentively to the narrative. Now that Hina had finished telling her story, Ren finally understood the origin of the girl in front of him and why the monster gene fluid, of such importance, ended up in Komorebi Kuyo.

Once again, there was no evidence that what Hina said was true, but Ren felt that at least 90% of Hina's story should be true.

"Both you and I have dealings with Blue Triangle. That's why I want to offer you sincere cooperation. Although I think it's almost impossible to defeat such a big company, at least we can help each other to survive," Hina explained her purpose.

"I don't know if I can trust you, but I'll think about it," Ren said. After that, he stood up and left Hina.

This time, Hina didn't stop Ren; she knew that Ren still couldn't trust her. However, Hina was sure that when Blue Triangle started paying attention to Ren and bothering him, the boy would surely choose to cooperate with her.

"However, even if the boy doesn't want to cooperate, it's not a big problem. Although the monster gene fluid he obtained has high potential, it's not a complete monster gene fluid, only one-third of it."

What Hina was doing was just trying to communicate with the figure who had managed to survive the king monster gene fluid. Whether she succeeded in cooperating with Ren or not was not a big issue for her.

Meanwhile, the human resistance finally managed to hold off the ongoing wave of Hell Hound attacks until nightfall. Ren returned to help the other members of the fourth squad fight off the wave of Hell Hounds and only got rest from Akihisa at midnight.

The fifth day since Ren arrived at Naraki Fortress finally ended. The defensive war against Hell Hounds continued as some groups managed to sneak around Naraki Fortress and enter the farmland area owned by the city of Enzo. However, the situation was not as dire as before; the mercenaries and genomancers in the fortress city worked together to hold back the wave of monsters.