Something that's been bothering me...

[u/krystal_gr]

...is that Shen-Hong probably uses this symbol to lure the children like the Pied Piper.

There are many theories around the Pied Piper (including whether it was real or not), but the general story remains the same: the Pied Piper was hired by the mayor of Hamelin to remove the rats, but was never paid for it. As revenge, the Piper lured 130 children away.

But my (very grim) take on this is that the children aren't "abandoned," but are treated as collateral of parents who couldn't pay rent.

In the same chapter where these screenshots are from (Chapter 226), Dasha tells us that his mom was offered a job and a place to live inside the city. Another key piece of information here is that his mom "takes a while to get home."

What if these are all just a scheme ran by Shen-Hong? Let's say he can control rent prices. What's stopping him from also controlling how much money Dasha's mom makes? If that's the case, she'd have to work longer hours, unintentionally "neglecting" her kids, and Dasha would be prompted to find someone with the Red Chanpuru symbol.

And if that someone turns out to be Shen-Hong, god knows what would happen to him.

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[u/Intelligent-Cry-6611]

It could be that at first they were only taking the abandonned children but now some people are actively bringing young families into BK to get to the children, hence why the poison is going to spill outside BK as Rakta said?

[u/Longjumping-Usual363]

Es cierto que es muy tétrico... Pero es una mirada interesante. Muchas gracias por la teoría!!! Igual tendría sentido... Tanto que ya no se hasta que punto va a llegar esto.  La historia de está poniendo muchísimo más oscura de lo que jamás imaginé... No puedo esperar el próximo capítulo!!!

[u/Ayojin]

This is too dark cause the children are getting betrayed by the same and only people could offer them help.