Chapter 002: The Meaning of the Festival
At the heart of Metropolitan Area 7 is a historic and quaint building, somewhat resembling an old-fashioned royal palace, surrounded by creepers and old black-brown bricks under fresh green leaves.
If there are unsuspecting people passing by here, I am afraid that most people think that this is a nostalgic tourist attraction, but everyone who lives and works in the core area of the No. 7 metropolitan area knows that this is the location of the seventh branch of the famous Hero Association, and the deceased masked man is an S-class hero affiliated here.
Therefore, the statue of the masked man in the square at the entrance of the association is the most magnificent and tall in all the metropolitan areas, at a height of 40 meters.
From a distance, the statue of the masked man on the pedestal of the rock is like the patron saint of the city, looking down on the evil in the dark corners of the city, making the enemies with evil intentions dare not approach, and constantly cleansing the deep desires of their hearts.
At this moment, in the hall of the seventh branch of the Hero Association, there are dozens of display screens densely inlaid on one wall, which randomly scroll to display the real-time monitoring situation in all corners of the city, and there are also twenty desks neatly placed in the hall, and the corresponding office items and computers are readily available on the tables.
At each desk sat clerks in black uniforms, both men and women.
They stared nervously at their computer screens, sometimes even answering office calls while making phone calls, and the empty room was as noisy as a vegetable market.
At the other end of the room, there is a cubicle farthest from the surveillance wall, and the door of the cubicle needs to be closed, and all disturbances outside are completely isolated, as if this is a pure place on earth.
On the sofa sat a woman with her legs cocked and her back straight, she was dressed in a milky white OL suit, her thighs were overlapped, her beautiful and slender legs couldn't help but make people think about it, and the dark red high heels on her right foot rippled rhythmically with the woman's movements, which made people's blood gush.
She clasped her hands in front of her chest, and regardless of how lethal the bulging chest could cause to a man, she looked coldly at the nervous male subordinate who had just knocked on the door.
"Report ...... According to the team leader, the police and the army have been deployed and controlled as originally planned, and the procession has marched in an orderly manner, and no special circumstances have been found so far. ”
"Well, do you have any feedback from the twenty heroes who were distributed?"
"We have contacted one by one and everything is working fine at the moment!"
"Okay, cheer me up, today is a special day, we must ensure that the order in the city is not affected."
"Yes, my subordinates understand!"
After the male subordinate walked out of the cubicle, he was already soaked in cold sweat.
Although the woman is like a delicate flower, the male subordinate knows that it is a thorny rose, and if he accidentally disobeys her, he may even lose his life.
The woman pulled her brown hair behind her ears and sighed.
At this moment, the door of the cubicle was pushed open again, and an old man swayed as if he would be blown down by the wind at any moment.
"President?" The woman screamed in surprise, quickly stood up, and welcomed the old man into the door.
"President, haven't you been resting at home all this time? Why did you suddenly come over today. Are you feeling better? "The doctor told me not to wander around while you are recuperating," said the woman, in a complaining tone. If you really want to come, just let me know in advance, and I'll find someone to pick you up. ”
The wrinkled old man waved his hand and said, "Aren't you worried that something will happen today?" I couldn't sit still at home, so I came over and had a look. ”
The woman helped him to the couch and sat down on the stool opposite.
In front of the old man, she was like a well-behaved granddaughter, and there was still the fierce momentum in her eyes.
"The coalition government is really aware that today's society is constantly bothered by strange people and monsters, and it has to hold a celebration parade of this scale. If it weren't for the fact that there have been fewer cases of weirdos in the past two years, I would have to report to the headquarters of the association and cancel this celebration. ”
The old man sighed slightly, "Aster, after the battle between the masked man and the alien alien, it is estimated that it was affected by the periodic law of monster infestment, these two years are the golden period of rapid development of human beings, and our Hero Association has also relieved a lot of pressure. You know, in that battle, the elite of the entire Hero Association was almost lost, and you were still clamoring to go back then, if I hadn't stopped you in time, I'm afraid even you would have ......"
Shion was silent, and her thoughts seemed to return to two years ago, when the current atmosphere of the Great Enemy was depressed.
"Therefore, the people who are still alive now must not let the heroes die in vain, especially the masked man who saved the entire human race, every time I pass by the gate of the association and look into the masked man's eyes, I will say to myself, come on Aster, the masked man is watching us."
At the same time, Huang Ping picked out a fairly clean short-sleeved shirt and put it on his body, and went out with a pair of slippers on his feet.
The streets of the surrounding neighborhood are no longer so noisy, and the people who participated in the celebration parade have already followed the flow of people to the main road.
Behind him, two little kids suddenly appeared, one chasing and the other running.
The little boy in the back shouted, "Monster stop, eat my masked man's move!" ”
Then, he placed his hands in a cross on his chest, and his mouth made the sound of "biubiu".
The boy in front of him fell to the ground and let out a scream.
But he quickly got up again and shouted excitedly, "Now it's time for me to be the masked man, you to be the monster." ”
The little boy in the back pouted, "No, no, I haven't played enough." Let's do it again. ”
The two boys cried and scuffled together.
Huang Ping glanced at them, scratched his hair, and just thought about whether to adjust the dispute between the two little kids, but he didn't expect the two boys to suddenly stop their movements and look at him with hatred together.
"Giant monsters are spotted ahead, and the masked man is attacking!"
The two boys let out a flood of cries and aimed the rays at Akira's ass together, "biubiubiu!" ”
Huang Ping sighed, and in desperation, he had to run all the way forward, leaving the little fart children who were chasing him far behind.
At this time, the streets are full of festive atmosphere, and the roadside businesses hang colorful flags, and some dessert shops even hang giant masked man-shaped balloons to attract the attention of children.
The formal commemoration ceremony was held in the square of the core area, where dignitaries and celebrities sang and danced, and the general public could only watch it through live television.
In fact, no matter how significant the festival itself is, for most people, it is a happy day to eat and drink.
Isn't that what the Masked Man wants to see for the sake of humanity?