156 The aftermath of the first killing
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Tokyo's 39th ward, fairytail...
"Peng..."
As soon as he returned to his home, Noah collapsed on the couch, until a deep sense of exhaustion appeared on his face that had just remained unchanged in front of all the members of Fairytail.
"President (elder brother)..."
Xia Shi, Yanzhu, and Tina looked at Noah, who was lying on the sofa with a tired face, and their eyes were both distressed and worried.
However, even so, there was no way for Noah to drive away the exhaustion.
That's not physical exhaustion.
It's mental, inner exhaustion.
Noah was really disappointed.
Very, very disappointed.
Although he had long known that the world was too desperate and chaotic, and the human beings in this world were also very unbearable, Noah did not expect that they would be unbearable to such a point.
Obviously the cursed sons are contributing their own strength, just to protect these ordinary people..., fighting against the enemies of mankind, why can these people still look as if the heavens are on their side, and rightfully hate the cursed son, and rightfully reject the cursed son?
And, more importantly. They can still take the children who guard them for granted as monsters, and make a declaration that they all deserve to die.
Do they even know how ugly their actions are?
Do they even know that what they are doing is discrediting all of humanity?
Do they even know that they are taking revenge on their saviors?
Do they know it or not? Do that, in the end. It's just weakening the power and hope of human beings to defeat the protozoa, but in the end, it's themselves who are harmed?
From the moment he made up his mind to protect the fairytail, Noah was mentally prepared to be hostile to the humans who were hostile to the cursed child.
It's just that Noah still didn't expect that there would be so many such people alone.
It seems, even the plundered generation. There are also radicals and stables.
Radicals are those who hate the Cursed Son so much.
The Wen Dìng faction is those who usually reject the cursed son and give hatred to those who hide deep in their hearts and do not show it.
Now, in the face of the crisis of life, these people have all torn off their disguises, and expressed all the ugliness and hatred in their hearts, and there is no way to hide it.
So, until now, Noah didn't know. Those who are hostile to the cursed son are not only more than they imagined, but also more ruthless.
Noah has been disappointed.
Disillusioned with the humanity of this world.
Even so, though. Those people are still people.
Even the guy who plans to blow up the entire fairytail is still human.
Noah, who was lying on the couch, raised his hand.
The pair of hands that belonged to Noah. It's trembling.
"After all, it's still sticking to the blood..."
Seven years.
From the time when life began consciously. So far, it's been seven years.
In these seven years. Noah learned a lot.
Magic.
Sword skills.
Shoot.
Martial art.
Language.
Music.
And so on and so forth, and so on.
Today, for the first time in seven years, Noah has learned something he didn't want to learn.
Homicide.
Takuto Howaki was the first person Noah killed with his own hands in his life.
Before that, only monsters or protosagulars died at Noah's hands.
People, it's the real first time.
Even if the other party is the kind of person you hate the most.
"President." Xia Shi didn't know when he came to Noah's face, stretched out his hand, held Noah's trembling hand, and looked directly into Noah's eyes with a pair of clear eyes.
"Brother." Tina also walked over and shook Noah's hand hard, her face full of seriousness.
"President." Even Yanzhu also came to Noah's face, although her pretty face was a little white, she still held Noah's hand firmly.
Noah's trembling hand suddenly steadied, and his heart was certain, looking at the three little girls who were looking at him with concern on their faces, and smiled bitterly.
"I'm sorry to worry you."
"Please don't say that." Xia Shi shook his head.
"We know exactly who you're doing this."
"My brother killed those people in front of so many people, also to deter, right?" Tina smiled softly, too.
"Only by telling those people plainly what will happen if they want to make a move on fairytail, the same thing won't continue to happen in fairytail, right?"
"Thou hast killed men to protect us." Yanzhu looked guilty.
"So, it's probably us who should say we're sorry."
"So you've seen through it?" Noah smiled stubbornly.
"I thought it would be difficult to be seen through, but I didn't expect that this time I was seen through by you three little girls, the three of you will definitely be smarter than me when you grow up, right?"
Xia Shi, Yanzhu, and Tina just shook their heads, but they didn't say a word, and held Noah's hand vigorously, as if they wanted to separate their hearts from the fear of killing for the first time, and kept exerting their strength.
Among the police, many people are either ruffians and hooligans or criminals who have committed serious crimes.
The general is not just a ruffian hooligan, while being a policeman, he has not done some immoral things in ordinary times.
Murder is also one of them.
And Xia Shi, who has been with the general, has also killed people under the orders of the general.
Therefore, Xia Shi understands Noah's feelings very well at this time.
As for Tina, that's even less to say.
As a former assassin, Tina doesn't know how much she has learned about assassination methods alone, and she hasn't done anything to kill people with her own hands.
And even if she did, Tina still felt scared every time she killed someone.
Therefore, Tina is also the one who can best understand Noah's feelings.
On the contrary, Yanzhu has always lived under the protection of Noah and Fairy Tail (fairytail), plus his partner is still Rentaro's indiscriminate good person, so naturally he has no experience of killing people so far.
However, Yanzhu thought about it.
What would it be like if you killed someone yourself?
Thinking about it this way, Yanzhu also understood Noah's feelings.
Seeing that Xia Shi, Yeon-joo, and Tina all showed comforting expressions, Noah sighed.
"Don't you care about the decisions I make?"
This time, Noah not only gave up the opportunity to enter the underground bunker for the entire fairytail, but also gave up guarding the Tokyo area, intending to sit on the sidelines.
The former is an opportunity for a few to save their lives, while the latter is more likely to lead to the eventual destruction of the Tokyo area, and the fairytail will also suffer.
No matter how you look at it, Noah's decision seems to be pushing Fairytail to a dead end.
But even so, the people of Fairytail still choose to trust Noah and follow Noah's instructions.
Noah was really touched by this, but it was hard to guarantee that the people who trusted his fairytail would be uneasy in their hearts.
Xia Shi and Tina suddenly glanced at each other and said in unison.
"We respect the president's (brother's) decision!"
"The concubine also respects the president's decision!" Yanzhu said loudly, but her voice weakened again.
"But, on Rentaro's side, what should the concubine do?"
"Yanzhu." Noah touched Yanzhu's little head.
"You don't have to worry about my decision, don't worry about going to war!"
"Huh?" Yanzhu was stunned for a moment, and then became a little anxious.
"The concubine is also a member of the fairytail!"
"I know, I don't mean to deny that you're not a member of Fairytail." Noah explained.
"It's just that if you don't make a move, Rentaro will be very dangerous, and you have to protect him."
"The concubine understands." Yanzhu nodded with relief.
"The concubine will protect Rentaro!"
Noah smiled slightly, turned his head sideways, and looked out the window at the sky.
Let's hope there won't be any more accidents in the future. (To be continued......)