Hosoda Yoshiyuki followed Seeking Shadow, searching for the person who had called for help from the Cyber Specter.
They moved through the dry, bleak woods, littered with discarded advertising billboards, rusted vehicles, and damaged building materials. The Self-savers lived amidst these heavy materials, many of them lacking any real hands-on skills, needing the natural cover for shelter from the wind and rain.
Hosoda Yoshiyuki disliked the Self-savers because they were too indolent.
In this place, a Poison Master controlled a rationing terminal that directly connected to the public warehouse. The terminal housed a cheap AI that could provide 1000 to 3500 grams of grains, meat, vegetables, and clean water every day based on a Self-saver's weight, gender, and age. It also distributed necessities fairly evenly and required applications for anything extra. It even let all the Self-savers openly vote on major issues.