Chương 112: Chapter 5:”The Capital of Natura, Diesnatura 2″

After walking around returning from the Central District to District 4, I finally found a place that looked like a station. I found it, but... Can I call this a station? Following the library, another unexpected thing was reflected in front of me. There are no vehicles or rails anywhere. Instead, several huge red and blue arch-shaped gates, large enough for many people and large objects to pass through easily at once, are installed. Not only on the ground, but there were also gates for vehicles in the air.

In every gate, the space inside was distorted like a whirlpool, and I couldn't see ahead. 『District 4, Block 1 - Trive』 The sign said so. It wasn't a station after all. But it seems this plays the same role as a station in my sense. There, a spectacle that made me inadvertently widen my eyes was unfolding. Different destinations were written on multiple red gates. People enter the red gates on the ground, and cars enter the red gates in the air one after another.

Then, when they completely entered there, they suddenly disappeared. On the other hand, people and cars come out one after another from the distorted space of the blue gates. They disappear into the red gates and appear from the blue gates as if it were natural. Like a magic trick or something. This is, could it be... While not being confident, but somehow having such a premonition. Out of uncontrollable curiosity, I walked unsteadily towards one of the red gates. 『To District 5, Block 1』.

It is written above the gate. Mustering up courage, I decided to jump into that gate. For a moment, I felt a dizzy floating sensation. In the next moment, I had slipped out of the gate as if nothing had happened. Walking a little forward and looking back, I understood that I had come out of a blue gate after all. Above the gate, it says 『District 5, Block 1』. It seems I moved in an instant. Looking around, certainly, the appearance was completely different from the place where I was just now.

There is no mistake anymore. As I thought. It's a Warp Gate! Unbelievably, it seems there is technology in this world to directly connect two distant points. There was a convenient thing called Teleportation Magic until now, but that was like a unique skill. To realize the same effect in a stable form called a gate that anyone can use. Terrifying scientific power. Oh, that's right. It wasn't the time to be impressed. Is there a map around here? I searched and found it. I found it.

There was a hole to insert a finger again, and a machine with a guide saying"You can install maps and surrounding information" was installed on the wall... Geez! That's why machine society is so...! The frustration of having what I want in front of me but not being able to reach it. While irritated, I decided to steel myself that it couldn't be helped. Since it has come to this. It takes time, but let's use this Trive or whatever warp gate facility one after another.

By repeating movement with this, I will grasp the connection between all gates and at least the state around the Trive. If I connect all the points called Trive, the overall picture of the city should emerge roughly. Deciding so, and executing it with tenacity for several hours. Just as the sun began to set, I finally succeeded in obtaining a very rough map of Diesnatura (Self-made in Brain).

Apparently, Diesnatura spreads in a beautiful circle centered on the Central District, and is divided clockwise from the north, from District 1 to District 12. Furthermore, each district is divided into nearly equal intervals in order from the inner Block 1 to the outer Block 15. Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. One Trive exists in each block of each district, connecting adjacent districts or adjacent blocks.

In the outer blocks where the area becomes wider, the intervals are too wide and the number is insufficient with Trive alone. So, smaller warp gates called Victrive supplement the gaps. What emerged by connecting the whole like this was: The figure of a beautiful and glittering future city with high symmetry and unity. It fully suggests that it was carefully developed in accordance with a considerably clear concept of city planning.

By the way, there was not a single Trive or Victrive connecting to the Central District for some reason, probably from a security perspective. It seems that easy movement is not possible. Now. I have just gone around the town once. I am in District 5, Block 15, that is, on the outermost side. The reason why I am in such an outskirt is obvious. I'm hungry. It seems my concern was right. No matter where I looked, there was not a single food item.

In this case, I have no choice but to go out of the town and find food by myself. Thinking so, I came all the way here. And, I never thought the edge of the town would be in such an outrageous state... I was looking up at it blankly. The entire outer rim of the city was surrounded and covered by a thick silver-white wall that was easily fifty meters high. It is completely separated from the outside, and there is no gap for even a single ant to pass through.

The wall is smooth, and there is no place to hook my hands. In addition, when I tried hitting it, it was just hard. No matter how I think about it, current me couldn't destroy or climb it. Then is there no exit at all? That's not the case. There are several Outer Gates, and in front of them, there are simply built checkpoints. I saw people and cars passing through after being checked. The gate opens only for a short time when they pass, and closes tightly at other times. I decided to go there too.

There was a male inspector with an unfriendly and stern face.

"Hello." When I spoke amiably, he replied bluntly.

"What is your business?"

"I want to go out of the town." Then, he demanded something outrageous. It was the moment I was made to realize again that I was an outcast.

"Going out? Then, present something that shows your Manufacturing Number." Wha—!? Manufacturing Number!? There's no way I have such a thing! I wasn't manufactured! Driven by the urge to scream so inside, I manage to paste a smile and answer.

"I'm sorry. I don't have it with me right now..." The inspector man thrust a "No" at me in a curt tone.

"Then, I cannot let you pass here."

"Just for a little while is fine. Can't you do something?" With upturned eyes, I try to ask desperately with a voice as sweet as possible. Hoping he might overlook it, I utilized my charm as a woman to the fullest. But, it seemed useless.

"Impossible. That is the rule." No good. It doesn't get through. Damn bureaucratic work. I had no choice but to give up. He is just faithfully performing his original duty, and there is no fault, but... Since my life is at stake, it can't be helped that I spew a little poison.

"Is that so... I understand..." Following the library, leaving the checkpoint with my shoulders dropped heavily, I was feeling quite intense impatience. Bad. It became really bad. I'm completely trapped in this town! Knowing I still can't eat anything, my stomach growled honestly Kyuru-kyuru. If I knew it would be like this, I should have eaten something just before coming to this world. The sky has become dark too. Really, what do I do? I have to secure food somehow. But I have completely lost anywhere to go.

For the time being, looking for something, I wander around the area unsteadily. Around me, people who seemed to be on their way home from work began to appear here and there. Eventually, when I approached the business district, I saw news being played on a large monitor hung on a nearby building. Hee. Is TV normal in this world too? While thinking such things, when I looked at the monitor somehow. At a timing as if it was planned, it flowed. 『Next news.

Around 12: 00 today, there was an incident where a Humite man suddenly appeared at District 3, Block 5. 』 —On the screen, there was the figure of"Ore" wanted with a face photo. Dead or Alive. Bounty 100, 000 Gal. It was projected there.

"No way..." Inadvertently, a small voice leaked out. Of course, the female announcer on TV, who has no way of knowing my circumstances, continues in a calm tone. 『The man assaulted more than a dozen Dieclan members who rushed to the scene and escaped. The man is seen to be in his teens, of medium build and height, and was wearing blue jeans and a green jacket at the time of the crime. The route and motive of the man's illegal entry are still unknown.

Dieclan is investigating with all its might and is also soliciting information from citizens by placing a bounty of 100, 000 Gal on this man. They say they will do their best to execute the man as soon as possible. Now, the next news—』 Nothing entered my ears anymore. My head started spinning. To think they would target my life seriously to this extent. It's too much of a tumultuous opening from the first day. Alone in a large city full of Machine Humans. I wonder if I can spend time safely in this world.

I glared at the outer wall of the metropolis soaring in the distance. Now, the town called Diesnatura seemed only like a huge cage gradually cornering me.