Chapter 144: The Innocent Tremble
Milo's words pierced Hugo's heart, and what he said was not simply to show favor to Hugo, but very sharply punctured the "bubble" that had been blinding Hugo, and he made Hugo completely recognize what kind of whirlpool he was in. Of course, this incident not only made Hugo more sober, but also made Hugo have a kind of "mustard" in his heart, which can be said to be enveloped in and retreated.
Hugo was well aware of this, but he couldn't avoid it.
Looking at Hugo's muffled expression, Miloon continued: "What I say is not false, and I don't care to say those things, there is nothing in this world that can be worthy of my flattery. β
"As far as I know, when you first acquired the Desecrater's abilities, you didn't get involved in the maelstrom of various families, but chose to become a 'superhero'. β
Hugo smiled when he heard this: "You also know this?"
Mi Luoyang nodded and chuckled: "Yes, is it surprising? Indeed, those are the negligent entertainment products of centuries ago, but there are still some interesting stories among them, and judging by those stories, you should also be affected by them." β
Hugo said: "For a while I could only be with books. β
Mi Luoyang said: "It sounds unfortunate, but it is also very lucky. β
"That's right. Hugo responded.
Mi Luo continued to ask, "If there was a chance for you to go back to that time, what would you choose?"
Hugo said: "There has never been a superhero in this world who only reads comic books at home, has there been?"
Mi Luoyang smiled: "That's right. But even then you are one of the few people who choose to be a 'hero', because when people come into contact with the darkness, they usually choose to be with it. β
"In the darkness, the heart is in the light. β
Hugo said it again.
"Haha, wonderful! wonderful!"
Milo laughed for a while before he continued, "Whether you like light or darkness, it's not a bad thing for me, because you're not a completely unbalanced person, at least compared to everyone else..."
Hugo smiled: "This should be the best evaluation of me." β
At this moment, the expressions of Hugo and Mi Luoyang suddenly froze, and then the two continued to look down with an incredible look.
In the thick smoke and dust flying, a figure was faintly visible.
After a moment of silence, Hugo said, "This guy should be something that breaks the balance." β
...
A dense cloud of smoke envelops an area, and the reflection of the chaotic lights reveals itself as if it were a prison of smoke and dust like never before.
Gao Dakuan stood on the roof of a moving building, holding a pair of high-powered telescopes in his hand and looking at all this from afar, a big pimple wrinkled on his eyebrows.
If it was in the past, Gao Dakuan would have already commanded all the work on the front line, or threw his head and spilled blood in fierce battles, or desperately rescued, but at this moment he could only stand from a distance and watch everything, unable to achieve the mission in his heart, which is the most painful thing.
But at this time, Gao Dakuan can only choose pain, at this time he has long been exiled by the Metropolitan Police Department, in the eyes of the high-level he is an unstable hidden danger, a person who is more threatening to the Metropolitan Police Department to be accurate to some senior leaders. If Gao Dakuan goes to the scene of the incident at this time, then I am afraid that the Metropolitan Police Department will have to allocate some police forces to supervise him.
Tall and wide can't stop things from happening, and they can't stop things from developing. All he could do was watch.
At this time, Gao Dakuan even envied Janice, after all, she could stick to the front line as her own reporter.
Gao Dakuan constantly watched with a telescope, and did not access the network to query information, according to past experience, Gao Dakuan knew that the current Internet must have become a pot of porridge, all kinds of rumors are everywhere, and the truth is often hidden in it. All Gao Dakuan believes in this is his own eyes and the "exclusive information" that Janice has provided for himself after her return.
At this moment, all of a sudden, the tall and wide PMT bell rang, which made Gao Dakuan, who was in a state of full concentration, shudder, and when he opened the PMT, he found that it was a completely unfamiliar MEID, but Gao Dakuan still did not hesitate to connect it, and his intuition told him that the person who called him at this time was definitely related to tonight's events.
"Hey!" Gao Dakuan said quickly in a deep and hurried voice the moment he connected to the PMT.
"Officer Gao, your tone seems to be very eager. β
A leisurely voice came from the other end of the phone, Gao Dakuan was stunned when he heard this, and then said in surprise: "Liu Zhenmin?"
"Surprised?" said Yoo in an unhurried tone, as if he were in a quiet afternoon beach somewhere.
"Where are you?" said the tall and wide voice.
"I'm in my own room, what's the matter? Do you still have to take a closer look? But before you interrogate, I want to remind you that you haven't been reinstated by the official yet. β
Gao Dakuan frowned when he heard this, and the intuition in his heart told him that Liu Zhenmin's call must have a deep meaning.
"What the hell are you trying to say?"
Liu Zhenmin said: "Tonight is destined to be another sleepless night, and there is something noisy happening, isn't it?"
Gao Dakuan said coldly: "Does that have anything to do with you?"
Liu Zhenmin said: "You think too highly of me, how can I set off such a big storm with my strength? Tonight I am just a small bystander, pour a glass of red wine, sit in front of the window and watch everything quietly." β
Gao Dakuan's intuition hit his spine with a chill, and his mind imagined Liu Zhenmin's appearance at the moment as Liu Zhenmin said, only feeling that he was a terrifying villain, and all this was really planned by him.
Gao Dakuan said: "You and I are both bright people and don't do dark things, I don't want to go around in any circle with you, I just want to know what you have to do with tonight's events!"
Liu Zhenmin said: "Officer Gao, Officer Gao, please calm down, I understand your current mood very well, I know that you are an excellent servant of the people, and I am sure of your past achievements, but all this does not mean that you can slander me arbitrarily." I'm calling you tonight just to show that I care. β
Gao Dakuan said coldly: "Oh, yes, in that case, I thank you, but I have a lot of things to do now, and I don't have time to chat with you here, farewell!"
"Wait! β
Liu Zhenmin hurriedly stopped Gao Dakuan, who was about to hang up the phone, and then said: "To be honest, I really can't think of what a sheriff who has entered a state of 'semi-resignation' will do? Let me make a bold guess that all you can do now is to stand on a certain stage one day, gazing at the half-miserable everything with a telescope, and struggle in vain in pain. β
Gao Dakuan's heart was already in his heart, and he quickly circled around at the moment, looking for the pair of eyes that were watching him.
"Oh, Officer Gao. You don't have to look for me, I definitely don't have any surveillance equipment around you, I don't have that energy and mood. β
Gao Dakuan's eyes widened angrily, and his eyeballs were covered with red bloodshots.
"You have investigated many of my details, including me, my father, my mother, and my sister, and you can say that you are one of the few people in the world who know me. But I've also investigated you in great detail, including your life experiences, ups and downs, emotions and even... Tribulations. β
When Liu Zhenmin mentioned the last word, Gao Dakuan's heart moved, and he realized that what Liu Zhenmin was going to talk about was at this point.
Liu Zhenmin continued: "Officer Gao, did this scene tonight make you think about something?"
"What do you want to say?" said Gao Dakuan, in a deep voice.
"Oh, I look like you've forgotten, but don't worry, I can remind you. Tonight's scene doesn't look like something that happened 10 years ago? β
The tall and wide one had turned pale, and he knew that what Yoo Zhenmin was referring to was the destruction day of the East Island.
Yoo continued: "After many years, I can still remember the events of that day very clearly. β
"It was supposed to be an ordinary day for me, finishing school, coming home after school to eat my mother's cooking, watching TV or playing games with my sister, and waiting for my father to come back to the noise of my mother cleaning up the house. β
"But just as dusk was approaching, I was told by the rest of my classmates that there had been an accident in Higashijima, the first city in Tsukishima, and the whole city was in a disaster. β
"I was really shocked to hear the news, and the first image that came to my mind was a common scenario in science fiction movies, where aliens attacked Earth, huge spaceships landed on a bustling city, and then aliens without good and evil launched a crazy attack on humanity. A bustling city was shattered and devastated in just a few hours. β
"After that, I started to look up about it, but soon I found that many reports about the incident had disappeared from the Internet at a staggering speed. Influenced by my father's ears and eyes, I was quite sensitive to this aspect of things, and I immediately noticed that something was wrong. β
Sure enough, that night, my mother's face was full of fear, and my sister and I both fell asleep, and we didn't wait for my father to return. β
After that, Liu Zhenmin exhaled a long breath, and then continued: "You are almost very clear about what happened after that, because that incident finally ushered in an unprecedented catastrophe for our family, and my sister and I almost became 'orphans' overnight. And when the tragedy happened, I didn't associate these two things for a long time, and perhaps in my subconscious, the destruction of a foreign city really couldn't be connected with my father's 'madness'. β
"But the truth eventually told me that I was too naΓ―ve at the time. β
"What the hell do you want to say?" Gao Dakuan couldn't suppress the emotions in his heart and yelled at Yoo Zhenmin.
He still ignored the tall and wide irascible Liu Zhenmin, and continued to say slowly: "Don't get excited, I'm just returning to that dusty memory, and I've been thinking lately, if I don't recall these things for a long time, then will I forget these things?
Gao Dakuan also exhaled a long breath, trying to calm his emotions, and then said to Liu Zhenmin: "I know that the death of your sister and father has hit you very hard, but these things have nothing to do with other people, and all the innocent people involved in tonight's chaos are..."
"And what about the people in the East Island? Aren't they innocent?"
Gao Dakuan pursed his lips and said: "They are naturally innocent, but it was a naked tragedy at that time, and this tragedy should not be repeated again." β
"You have a point. Liu Zhenmin seemed to be moved by Gao Dakuan's words, sighed and then fell silent quietly, and after a while, Liu Zhenmin suddenly said: "So, Officer Gao, where were you on the day of the destruction of the East Island?"
Gao Dakuan's expression was completely stiffened.
"Hehe, don't be surprised. As I said, I've investigated a lot of things about you, and of course that includes the tampered files, and the Metropolitan Police Department often tries to crack the files and records that others have tampered with, but its own methods are so inferior that it is simply ashamed. β
After the taunt, Yoo Zhenmin continued: "Ten years ago, as a member of the East Island Metropolitan Police Department, you were about to be transferred to the 13th District for promotion, and the East Island Destruction Day happened during that time. β
"The official record in the archives of the Metropolitan Police Department says that you left the East Island for the 13th District more than ten hours before the East Island Destruction Day, which is quite a lucky 'lucky remnant', but according to my investigation, you should have been in the East Island at the time of the East Island Destruction Day, and you experienced the catastrophe. β
The tall and wide face was completely pale, and the almost gray-white lips were constantly trembling, and what Liu Zhenmin said had directly uncovered the biggest scar in his heart.
"Haha, to be able to survive the catastrophe of the East Island Destruction Day, and to achieve the status you have today, Officer Gao, your luck is rare in ancient and modern times. β
Tall and wide lips trembled as he tried to say something, but in the end not a word came out of his mouth.
"Was it really red that night? I didn't see it with my own eyes, but I know from the sources that it was as red as blood. β
"You... What exactly do you want to say?" Gao Dakuan said to Liu Zhenmin word by word.
Liu Zhenmin chuckled when he heard this: "Officer Gao, you don't have to care so much, I'm not accusing you of anything when I say this, I know that the catastrophe has nothing to do with you, and you are also a victim." But..."
Liu Zhenmin's words suddenly turned, and then stopped, which made Gao Dakuan's heart suddenly hang high.
β... The others are not as innocent as you, it can be said that the East Island Catastrophe is theirs... Or rather, it was caused by her. β