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Chapter 237 Fire Thallium Hero, Act [-]

Fire thallium hero, 16 years old.

An ordinary boy from Xianze City.

Two family members.The location of my father’s fire, the county detective, and——

as well as--

as well as……

No more.

Every morning, Huo Thallium Hero would be woken up by the alarm clock, and then he would habitually sit up and feel drowsy while sitting on the bed.Whenever this reality gradually shines into his brain and drives out dreams, these words will start to turn over and over in his mind.

Every time, at the end, when the words "no more" appeared in his mind, he would suddenly shudder and wake up completely.

Back to the reality of cool colors.

The fire thallium hero got up and walked out of the room.

The corridor is dark and cramped.It’s not that the one-family house itself lacks space, but that it has been left unattended for too long and is filled with all kinds of clutter and rubbish.

Among them, glass empty beer bottles are the most.

The fire thallium hero walked through the garbage without looking back and went downstairs.

In the equally messy living room, the morning news anchor's broadcast was coming from the TV.

The sofa in front of the TV was almost piled with dirty clothes that had no time to wash.Among the piles of dirty clothes, a strange man was sitting lazily, watching TV.

Judging from his body, he should be a young man in his prime.Big pants, slippers, and a slightly tight T-shirt due to his thick and strong chest muscles and thick biceps.

The strange thing is that his head is completely covered by a full-coverage red hood, neither his face nor his hair can be seen.

——That is the shape of the helmet of the protagonist of this year's annual series "Masked Sentai: Celestial Sentai", the 'Stellar Red Warrior'.

In short, this man only has a head that looks like he is cosplaying a hero. He wears a complete set of big pants, slippers, and a T-shirt, and his posture reveals the decadence of life from the inside out... but there is nothing wrong with it.

The "Red Warrior" was watching the news and drinking beer.

Although he didn't lift his mask, he didn't know what kind of magic he had done. It seemed that he actually drank it, making a "gu dong gu dong" sound.

Seeing the hero Huo Thallium coming downstairs, the Red Warrior immediately greeted him and said, "Good morning, Huo Thallium... Can you get me another can of beer?"

"Don't bother me." Fire Thallium Hero muttered.

He walked into the kitchen, opened the refrigerator and took a look - as always, there was no surprise. Apart from the beer, there was only a large bowl of white rice left.

"...What are you expecting?" The red warrior's lazy voice came from behind, "That bowl of rice was also what you put in the leftovers from last night. Is there another person in this room who will cook a big meal for you? ?"

The fire thallium hero closed the refrigerator door, put his forehead against the refrigerator door to calm down, and then took out the large bowl of rice.

Then he boiled water to make tea, and took half of the rice from the big bowl to make chazuke rice.

As soon as he sat down at the dining table and picked up the bowl, he heard something moving upstairs again.

So Hero Huo thallium sighed, put down the bowl, made another bowl of chazuke and placed it opposite him.

Just as he was busy eating, Huo Zhan came downstairs with red eyes, stroking his messy hair and disheveled.

——The so-called disheveled refers to the fact that he was wearing a complete windbreaker even though he came down from the living room above.It was like he didn't even change his clothes when he came back last night, and just fell asleep on the bed.

Huo Tiao showed a hangover-like expression, and seemed to instinctively walked to the dining table and sat down, rubbing his temples and saying: "Miyuki, pour me a glass of ice—"

As soon as the words came to his lips, Huo Tong suddenly woke up like a dream, his voice stopped abruptly, his eyes widened and he stared at the table with a terrifying gaze, and the movement of scratching his head froze there all of a sudden.

After a while, he sighed, relaxed in despair, and whispered: "...I'm not here anymore..."

Then he seemed to notice and raised his head.

The young man across the dining table, Huo Thallium Hero, was holding a bowl. He had stopped chewing long ago and just looked at him coldly.

Huo Thallium uncomfortably avoided his son's sight, looked around, and soon saw another bowl of tea and rice.

"Thank you... thank you. Hero." He murmured in a low voice, then took the tea and rice and drank heavily.

In the room, apart from the sound of news broadcast on TV, there was the sound of father and son drinking soup in silence.

After drinking half a bowl of rice, Huo Thallium Hero suddenly asked without raising his head: "So, why are you back?"

"The case at hand is finally finished. I came back as soon as it was handed over to the prosecutor last night. But I saw that you were already asleep, so I didn't call you because it was too late." After a pause, Huo Thallium seemed to be talking to himself. He said, "Oh, by the way, I have also asked for leave. During the next period of time, I can rest at home for a while."

He looked up at the living room: "Isn't it... time to clean up together?"

However, the fire thallium hero just squeezed out a faint sneer from his nostrils and did not answer the words at all.

The location of Huo Li was a little awkward, and in the end he just asked out of words: "How is the school?"

"It's okay." The fire thallium hero also didn't raise his head, and simply replied with a lowered face.

"What about homework?"

"Fortunately."

"What's the plan for today?"

"Take classes and work."

"...Working?" Huo Thallium finally raised his head in surprise, "Isn't the living allowance I give you enough?"

"The living expenses are enough." Huo Thallium Hero still buried his face in the bowl, "...but I have decided that I will go to Tokyo to study at university. In this case, tutoring fees, travel expenses for taking the entrance exam, rent, etc... …Besides, if you really pass the exam, the tuition fee will also be a problem, right? Why don’t you start working part-time from now on.”

"Didn't I say that I planned to continue studying here, why suddenly..." Huo Thallium said in shock.

The young man raised his head at this time and gave him a cold look: "Actually, I have been working part-time for almost a month... Did you just remember to ask?"

In the end, Huo Thallium had no choice but to lower his head and whispered: "...that's fine."

The fire thallium hero was a little impatient and stood up: "I've eaten well——"

"—Ding Dong", the doorbell suddenly rang.

"Who could it be so early..." Zai took the initiative to stand up and walked towards the door, muttering in a low voice.

The fire thallium hero sat at the table and waited with an expressionless expression.

After the door opened, a female voice full of surprise came from outside: "——Master! Why are you here? When did you come back?"

Huo Thallium stood frozen at the door for a moment, looking back at the hero helplessly.

But the young woman had already disappeared and squeezed into the living room where the thallium was. She spoke quickly: "Yesterday the hero said that there is nothing in your house? I said, I will send some food over in the morning and take the hero to school by the way. .”

Then, she saw two bowls of ochazuke on the table.

"Really..." She complained in a low voice, then simply carried the bag and went into the kitchen, "-But since you are here, Master, I have brought enough ingredients, so I might as well make it for you two. Let’s have breakfast.”

Only then did Huo Thallium react and said: "This, this is not good, Xiao Gong..."

However, the Huo thallium hero shouted first: "Thank you, Teacher Xiaogong!"

"You're not in school, so what do you call me teacher... Didn't I tell you, just call me Kana-san outside!" Kana Komiya deliberately opened the kitchen door and said to the fire thallium hero.

The kitchen door was closed again, and soft singing and the sound of knives could be heard inside.Huo Thallium was sitting solemnly at the dining table in his living room, silently accusing Huo Thallium Hero.

The fire thallium hero turns a blind eye.

……

Kana Komiya, a young female teacher at the middle school where the hero of the fire thallium works.

But she actually met the Huo Thallium family earlier.That was about three or four years ago. During a certain case, Huo Thallium rescued Kana Komiya, who was a normal college student at the time, from the gangsters.

Later, after graduating, Kana Komiya entered the school of Fire Thallium Heroes as a teacher, and the contacts between the two parties gradually increased through Fire Thallium Heroes.

...Then, a year ago, Hero Huo Thallium's mother and Huo Thallium's wife passed away.

After that, Komiya Kana's approach and concern suddenly became more active and frequent.

Especially in the past six months, after learning self-defense for a while at the place where Huo Thallium was entangled, she even called herself "Master" on her own initiative, replacing the slightly unfamiliar "Mr. Huo Thallium" in the past, and became more confident. Visited and helped with household chores.

In this regard, Huo Thallium's attitude was just to avoid it, while helplessly accepting Kana's help.

...After all, he is often away from home due to work, so he can only thank Kana for taking care of the hero.

The fire thallium hero's senses are more complicated... He doesn't hate Sister Kana, but precisely because of this, he has another reason to object.

After eating, the fire thallium hero followed Kana Komiya out the door and got into her car.

The red warrior also quietly opened the back seat door and sat behind the two of them.

"Okay, let's go~"

After bending down to check the safety belt for the fire thallium hero, Kana started the car.

On the way, she asked: "When did Master come back?"

"Who knows. Probably last night." Huo Thallium Hero looked out the car window on the other side and looked at the moving street scene outside the car and said casually.

"How long will Master stay at home this time?"

"Who knows? He said that after finishing this case, he would have some free time."

"Master, has he been in a better mood recently?"

"who knows."

Komiya Kana quietly glanced at the fire thallium hero's expression through the rearview mirror and stopped talking.

But after a moment of silence, she suddenly took a deep breath and began to read a certain article loudly in the car: "'My father is a criminal policeman. In my mind, he is my hero and a symbol of justice. '..."

"——Teacher Xiaomiya!" The fire thallium hero had to interrupt her loudly.

Kana Komiya laughed: "What? Isn't this the essay you wrote when you were in first grade? The one with the theme of father also won the school's excellence award?"

"You said it all happened a year ago!"

Kana Komiya's tone became serious: "Hero, I have always seen the relationship between you and Master. So now, I think it's time to have a good chat with you about this matter——

"You used to think that Master was your hero, but after what happened to your mother, this idea has changed, right?"

The fire thallium hero continued to look out the window and refused to answer.

It was the Red Warrior who took the call.

He lay half on the back seat, crossed his legs, and said lazily: "Since you were a child, you have always regarded your father as the person you admire most. He fights criminals and is selfless, and everyone respects him. .

"What he said to you more than once was - 'Justice is the eradication of evildoers.'

"At that time, if someone asked you what justice was, you would proudly answer - 'My father is justice.'

"…But, that happened."

"A year ago, when your family went to the park to play, you happened to encounter a madman who suddenly rushed into the crowd and started killing passers-by indiscriminately.

"Moreover, the thallium fire happened to have walked away for a while...so, your mother was stabbed directly in order to protect you.

"Finally, the Huo Thallium came back in time. And because he was carrying a gun, he immediately shot and wounded the gangster on the spot...

"But then, the question arises - your mother is also one of the injured. So, should he save your mother first, or should he first pursue the gangster who is more vicious because of his injury and may hurt more innocent people at any time?

"Huo Thallium made a quick choice. He called for backup and then pursued the culprits himself.

"As a result... the criminal was caught, and your mother died in the end.

"...From the perspective of a policeman, whether it is procedure or justice, your father did everything right, and he also avoided the media's subsequent clamor about 'police favoritism'.

"So, the superiors are very satisfied. Apart from being relieved, they also praise your father as a truly selfless man.

"But it means nothing to you. You just lost your mother.

“So, you start to have questions.

"...Is this really justice?
"Can Justice choose to die without saving someone? No, I should say - if it is a close person, then Justice will choose to die without saving someone?"

The fire thallium hero finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"Shut up!" he hissed.

Kana Komiya was so frightened that her hand shook the steering wheel and the car swayed momentarily.

Steadying the car, she apologized carefully: "I'm sorry, sorry...hero?"

"I'm sorry, Sister Kana, I wasn't angry with you just now." The fire thallium hero came back to his senses and hurriedly said cautiously.

"Hey -" Kana Komiya was stunned, and suddenly she was happy, "You finally stopped calling me Teacher Komiya?"

The fire thallium hero took a deep breath: "I'm sorry... I still think it's okay to call you Teacher Xiaogong."

"Oh, don't be shy, call me sister again—"

"I just think that if Komiya-sensei is just 'Komiya-sensei', Kana-san will be happier."

"...Huh? What do you mean?"

The fire thallium hero raised his head and met the red warrior in the back seat through the rearview mirror.

Seeing the red warrior nodding in encouragement, the fire thallium hero finally mustered up the courage and said in one breath: "——I like Kana-san, so I just hope that Kana-san stays away from that man. Otherwise, I am afraid that one day she will be like my mother... …

"In that man's principles, family members will only be sacrificed first."

"...So, in the past, I actually regarded such a man as a hero...Now that I think about it, I just feel ashamed." Huo Thallium Hero looked at his reflection on the window and whispered the last sentence to himself.

Kana Komiya fell silent.

She silently turned on the car stereo and started playing a soft song.

The gentle female voice mixed with the noise of the highway outside the car.Otherwise, no one spoke in the car.

The Red Warrior spoke again from the back seat, breaking the silence.

He said in a slightly helpless tone: "She said - 'But I just have a crush on him.'"

(End of this chapter)