Naxino City, Hospital, Rooftop

At night, under the twinkling stars, Xingle stood alone on the rooftop of the hospital, lying on the railing with his hands, and exhaled uncontrollably.

For everything that happened today, Xingle was quite prepared, at least psychologically, he could accept it, but his sister would be hurt because of this, and he was tied to the noose of the truth in public, and his mood could not be described as bad.

"You know, just exhaling can't quench the fire in your heart."

A voice sounded behind Xingle, and when he turned his head, Xingle saw his adoptive father walking over with a can of drink in each hand, and Xingle always had a strange sense of déjà vu, which he had seen on some TV series.

"Dad, I've seen those men talking about the hearts in the TV series, and I'm not going to use it for a live demonstration."

Xingle turned his head and forced a smile, as if pretending that everything was fine, but for his adoptive father, Xingle's demonstration was not good enough.

Also leaning his body against the railing, Brian gave a can of drink to Xingle and said patiently:

"The heart-to-heart scenes in the TV series are well-founded, so it is still necessary for men to talk to each other."

"Dad, you won't understand this feeling, this kind of truth... The feeling of letting myself hate almost intolerable... It's terrible. ”

Xingle just grabbed the jar and pinched it hard, like this heart-stopping feeling, Xingle felt it for the first time, when his teacher was there in the past, maybe he could enlighten himself, but this time... My teacher wasn't there.

“... Listen, I know your detective teacher isn't around, and the other three kids aren't around, and you kid doesn't think anyone can enlighten you, but... Your dad is still your dad, and he still has more experience than your kid, so don't underestimate your dad, okay? ”

Brian said, rubbing Xingle's head with one hand, making Xingle chuckle and roll his eyes, but it made sense, because he was a child, even if he had a lot of experience, he was still not as good as his father.

"To tell the truth, when it comes to making yourself hate, on the one hand, it's because your kid is too glassy, and the words you say not only hurt others, but also hurt yourself, although it's a little funny, but it's enough to show that your kid is very gentle, which is a good thing."

Taking a sip of his drink, Brian continued:

"You're right, strength and will alone can't protect anything, and without the gentleness of treating people with kindness, there will eventually be incomprehensible conflicts, which is a sad thing."

"You don't like those superheroes because you always feel that their behavior is too violent, lack of gentleness towards others, and when this kind of thing happens to you, it is even more of a blow to you, that's why you are so angry."

"I know." Xingle nodded a little dejectedly, but he was not gentle, Xingle himself knew, but when he was really treated like that, Xingle just couldn't control his emotions, especially the moment when he was tied up by the mantra lasso, Xingle just couldn't bear it, the anger that appeared from his heart.

"But ah, Xingle, the so-called heroes are those who have endured a lot of inhuman trials before they can be called heroes, and only when they save others in the process can they be called heroes, and they have to think about many things, because this is the lesson that many things they have experienced have brought them."

"In this process, they have to make a decision about their choices, which is why they have to give up their gentleness, I know that their fights will bring harm to others, and they have no intention of causing this kind of harm themselves, but they have too many things to think about, and they can only let their gentleness run aground for a while."

"And because of this, while you are injured, they are also not lightly injured."

When Xingle heard the end, he finally broke open the can, drank the coffee in the can, and finally said:

"It's bitter."

"It's hard to be a man, and it's even harder to be a hero, so it's all bitter." Brian could see that his son shouldn't bother with this kind of thing anymore, and the rest was for him to come out on his own.

"As long as they are engaged in the act of protecting others, they are all bitter, but the real bitter places are different from what they believe in and what they guard, and because of this, they are destined to have conflicts."

Xingle turned around and threw the can into the trash can at the door, for that matter, Xingle may have come out, but there is one more thing, he may still be very entangled.

"The Indexer saved me and my sister... I'm not saying he's a good guy, but he's not the kind of guy who can't be saved, yes, he's weird, but I can't get out of this matter. ”

"yes... But he has the courage to take his own path well, and what we can really do is to witness his own way of survival to the end. ”

Speaking of Indexers, Brian also smiled knowingly, his son was saved, and he, who was a father, was not saved by him.

“... I'll go down and take your girls something to eat first, and when you kid figure it out, hurry down too. ”

After saying that, Brian left his son on it and went down by himself, and there were some things that he had to communicate with.

“... What my girls, I'm not a scumbag with a few boats. ”

Looking at the back of his adoptive father leaving, Xingle complained softly, and then leaned back on the railing again, exhaling softly, but compared to before, the state was much better.

After a few moments, a new voice came from behind Xingle.

"'Strength and will alone cannot protect anything'... Without strength, without resistance, without will, without support, without strength, what else is needed? ”

This voice is a woman's voice, the voice sounds a little mean, even very cold, Xingle is still very familiar with this woman, but this familiarity is not friendly.

Xingle's face remained unchanged, and he just said: "You still need to be gentle, without this, what you are protecting is just a castle in the air in the final analysis." ”

"Gentle? What can be done? Pull the trigger?"

"Being cruel to oneself can also be regarded as tenderness to others, if you can't let yourself be gentle with what you cherish, then what is the need to protect."

“... Kind of makes sense. ”

Coming out of a dark place, a middle-aged woman with a black man walked out, looking quite slender, but she was wearing a suit, and she always had a sense of vicious snake cruelty.

"Waller, you have to eavesdrop on the conversations between men, so do you want to have a sex reassignment operation, that is, when you eavesdrop on women in the future, you will be treated as a transfiguration. It's just a state. ”

Xingle turned his head and directly started sneering, which shows how 'enthusiastic' this kid is for the comer.

"It's funny." Although the woman named Waller was smiling on her face, there was no smile in her eyes at all, and it could be said that this woman was terrifying.

"Are you looking for me because of Pedron?" Xingle didn't taunt too much, but cut straight to the point and asked.

Waller first took out a document and said:

"Since the attack this morning, our Tianyan Society has begun to pay attention to that area, and has conducted a large-scale search, and found that there have been several cases of missing tourists in this area close to Central City, which should have been eaten, I sent someone to investigate, there are a large number of similar creatures there, but the mother has not been found."

Xingle listened as he flipped through the documents and asked, "How many places have you blocked?" ”

"The traffic arteries are all guarded, and the rest is the screening of the main range, where do you think it is?"

When Waller asked, Xingle looked at a place on the satellite map screen on the document, and finally pointed to a place, and said:

"Here, this is a long tunnel, and it is the only way to go through all routes, and there is no signal here, not even the vibration waves of xenobiotic beasts, which explains why they can eat so many people."

"What about countermeasures?"

“... In Pedron's predatory habits, in addition to eating people, he also likes alcohol, and drops a few cases of beer into the air, and when they are full enough, they will merge into one, so that even if they become bigger, it is only a matter of eliminating one end, and there is no need to wipe them all out in a carpet way. ”

After Xingle finished speaking, Waller nodded and said, "You know that wine is expensive, right?" ”

"Do you have less wine in your army? Drink a little less, maybe be a little more sober. ”

At the same time as complaining, Xingle also memorized all the things in this document and returned the document to Waller.

"When do you think you'll be able to act?"

"Tomorrow evening, that guy will also need time to merge and giganticize after eating, and by that time, it will be time for Saber to show up." After Xingle finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave the rooftop, without even saying hello.

Waller didn't care, the way they got along with each other was so simple and rude, not friendly, but they both had a certain trust in each other's behavior.

...........................................................

Somewhere, in some dark tunnel

Darkness, it feels ominous melody, but here, there is not only darkness, but also... Monster.

——————！！！

Astonishing beast roars through the tunnel, and Pedron squirms through the tunnel, waiting for the next batch of food that will whet his appetite - humans or flammable liquids.

Here, however, there is one Pedron, which looks noticeably different from the others.

It is even larger, with more tentacle organs on its body, and the huge mouth on its abdomen is even more amazing, and the two tentacle-like head organs are even more disgusting, if it weren't for the liquid state of the body, I'm afraid that its huge mass and terrifying size would break the entire tunnel.

No, it should be said, this guy can destroy the tunnel at any time, it's just that its predatory behavior is not over yet.

And at this moment, the sound of an airplane engine came from the mouth of the tunnel where the starlight could not penetrate outside.

It's not the sound of an ordinary aircraft engine, it's not the aircraft of civilian enterprises, it's a military-grade aircraft.

But in contrast to it, it is the taste of alcohol, the taste of their favorite food besides humans.

——————！！！ As the mother Pedron, he let out a command-like roar, and the rest of the small Pedron began to leave the tunnel to hunt for alcohol.

Tomorrow evening, there is less than a day left......