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Chapter 238 Fire Thallium Hero, Act [-]
In this way, the fire thallium hero successfully blocked Kana Komiya's original attempt to persuade him by attacking.

The other party seemed to have lost confidence for a moment. Not only did he not talk on the way to school, he even did not come to see the Huo Thallium Hero again throughout the day after arriving at school.

It is rare for a fire thallium hero to have a clean day, go to class, get out of school, and finally go to work.

The place where I work is a bit far from school and home, in a convenience store on a commercial street near the train station.

The hero of Fire Thallium stood busy behind the counter step by step, and the Red Warrior who followed him as usual did not disturb other customers. He just sat alone at the long dining table on one side and scrolled through his mobile phone.

"welcome!"

"The total is 980 yen, please take the change."

"Does your bento need to be heated?"

After seeing off another customer, the fire thallium hero accidentally looked up and saw a group of high school students wearing uniforms he was familiar with.

This group of students from the same school as him included both men and women. They were wandering on the street, making loud noises and fighting with each other as if no one else was around.

When the hero Huo Thallium saw the appearance of the person in the middle, he was even more stunned, and then fell into a trance unconsciously.

...How long has it been since I last dealt with this person?Even the memories of being friends in the past seem to have become very distant.

The central figure of this group of students is a long-haired boy who always looks a bit sinister.He was being hugged by other students, and he was holding a girl's waist on each side, walking struttingly on the road, laughing loudly and unscrupulously.

——Shinji Noda.

Handsome and rich, his grandfather is a local councillor.A person that no one in the entire school, including the teachers, can afford to mess with.

However, Noda Shinji was not like this from the beginning.

In the memory of the fire thallium hero, from junior high school until the first half of the first year of high school, Noda Shinji was just a person who followed the rules and rarely talked about his family.

The only thing that's slightly different about him is his hobbies: he was once an avid fan of the "Masked Sentai Series", just like the Fire Hero.

Therefore, the two of them also had a period of like-minded days, and they often got together to talk endlessly whenever they had time.

The fire thallium hero still remembers that the last time the two of them spoke... it was a big fight before the holiday in the second half of the first grade.

At that time, the fire thallium hero's favorite was naturally this year's latest "Planet Troopers", while Noda Shinji insisted that last year's "Magic Sentai" was more well-made.As a result, the two had an argument about which one was the No. 1 film in the series, and it eventually escalated into a quarrel.

Then... the incident with the Fire Thallium Hero's mother happened.

When the Fire Thallium Hero returned to school again, he heard that something happened to Shinji during that time.

He seemed to have suffered a serious illness, which caused him to forget many people and things in the past.And even after recovering from the illness, the person's personality suddenly changed drastically and he turned into an arrogant and domineering guy.

Because of his mother's affairs, the hero of Fire Thallium had no intention of trying to reconcile with Noda Shinji, nor did he have the slightest intention to explore why the other party was in such a mood.

Noda Shinji never came to see Huo Thallium again, and he didn’t know whether it was because he held grudges or because the heroes of Huo Thallium belonged to the group of heroes who were forgotten due to illness.

In this way, in just one holiday, the two of them went from good friends to strangers who couldn't even make eye contact.

……

In that group of people, someone suddenly said thoughtfully: "——Shenji, I always feel like I just heard the sound of thallium fire? Just——'Welcome' kind of thing."

Someone immediately spoke up and said, "Huh? I heard that that guy is indeed working part-time, but he is well hidden. We never know which store he is in... There are so many restaurants nearby, maybe he is actually here." Ha ha."

His thoughts were interrupted, and the fire thallium hero instinctively shrank back and hid in the shadow of the store door, hoping not to be discovered by this group of people.

After all, he didn't want to meet someone he knew while working, so he chose this convenience store that was far away from home and school.

But he never expected that a group of people would wander all the way to such a far away place because they were too free.

But among them there is Shinji Noda, whom the Fire Thallium Hero least wants to deal with.

He heard Noda Shinji's lazy voice: "Huh? Fire thallium hero? What a weird name, hahaha...who is that?"

"You can't even remember fire?" came the surprised voice of a girl, probably one of the two being hugged by Noda Shinji.

"completely."

"Your relationship was not bad before, right?"

"As I said, I have forgotten many things before I got sick. So, what kind of person is this fire thallium hero?" Noda Shinji continued to say in a frivolous tone, and he laughed as he spoke, "Isn't it as weird as the name? Hahaha."

"If I have to say it, he's just a rustic, middle-class otaku, right?" Someone else interjected next to him, enthusiastically explaining to Noda Shinji. "...Ah, yes, yes! Remember the postcard collection event last year? Write down what you want to say to your parents."

At this time, everyone around seemed to be thinking of something, and they started talking to each other.

"Ah!! Yes, I remembered it too!"

"Normally speaking, just write some words of gratitude to deal with the teacher, right? If you really want to show it to your parents, you can write something disgusting to get some pocket money..."

"But you will never imagine what that guy wrote! Moreover, that guy Huo Thallium can actually read it out on the spot without blushing!!"

One of them even imitated it vividly: "Ahem - 'My father is a criminal policeman, and he is a symbol of justice in my heart!'"

"——'Just like the Red Warrior of the Star, he is the person I admire the most!'"

Then the crowd burst into laughter.

"What Red Warrior?"

"It's a special photo film, something only elementary school students and nerds would watch."

"Hahaha... Elementary school students nowadays don't believe in that kind of stuff, right?... And you have to read it aloud in front of the whole class, hey~"

"But that guy really read it without hesitation and looked very proud. There must be something wrong with his brain."

The fire thallium hero unconsciously clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

"So if Huo Thallium is nearby, should we find him and have some fun?" At this time, someone suggested.

"Hey~ What are you doing to waste that time?" However, some girls immediately complained and objected, "I want to go to KTV."

"What do you think, Shinji?"

Noda Shinji was thoughtful.

The Fire Thallium Hero frowned and shrank back behind the counter, hoping that this convenient store, which happened to be somewhat hidden, would not attract the attention of this group of people.This group of people are all idle and like to cause trouble. If they are really discovered, it may be difficult for him to work here in the future.

But at this moment, Noda Shinji raised his head as if he had a tacit understanding and glanced at the fire thallium hero.

The fire thallium hero's heart suddenly jumped into his throat.

He made sure that their eyes met.

... Noda Shinji looked away very naturally, and said lightly, "Go and sing."

"Okay!!" the girls cheered.

Then, the group of people continued to make noise and gradually walked away.

The fire thallium hero breathed a sigh of relief.

But after that, his work became somewhat restless.

……

Half an hour later, the doorbell signaling the arrival of a guest rang again - "ding dong"

"Welcome to the light -" the fire thallium hero greeted half-heartedly, and when he raised his head, he was instantly frozen.

The person who walked in was Noda Shinji.

He was alone, walking in with his hands in his hands and looking around.

"Oh, I finally found an excuse to go to the toilet, and slipped away from the group of people..." He directly sat on the chair in the dining area opposite the counter in a lazy "open" posture, red He took the seat next to the soldier, and then looked at the Huo Thallium hero with a half-smile, "Come to say hello to you, Huo Thallium."

Huo Thallium was stunned for a while before he reacted.

And more than Noda Shinji’s intention for doing this, he blurted out another thing that he wanted to know first: “Do you still remember me?”

Noda Shinji stretched out his finger and made a hissing gesture.

Then he smiled evilly and said, "I'll tell you a secret... I haven't lost my memory at all."

"It's just because I felt that some of the people in my past relationships were so boring that I didn't want to continue dealing with them. So it was much more convenient to pretend to have amnesia."

Huo Hero was a little surprised for a moment——Shen Er didn't lose his memory at all?But he quickly realized that even if Shen Er hadn't lost his memory, the change in personality was still true...or verified.

In the past, Shenji's way of dealing with people was not like this - to say it nicely, he did whatever he wanted, and to say it badly, he was bad.

Moreover, if you follow what Shenji said, then why you don't come to the Fire Thallium Hero is because you think he is boring?
Noda Shinji seemed to be observing his expression all the time, and he caught the opportunity just right, and continued at this moment: "But Huo Thallium, you are different..." When Shinji said this, he paused for a moment, and seemed to relax to the Huo Thallium hero. A breath of time...

Then, he suddenly said: "I don't think you are boring, but I think you are disgusting."

Huo Thallium suddenly froze there.

Shinji, on the other hand, admired his expression with great interest, and finally said: "——I'm just kidding."

"I didn't come to see you before, just because the time hadn't come yet."

The fire thallium hero relaxed a little, and couldn't help but follow his words and asked: "...What do you mean the time has not come yet?"

Noda Shinji jumped to another topic with a careless expression: "Huo Li, do you still like Star Red? Remember the last time we quarreled? The topic of that time seemed to be—"

"——Stop talking, I just find Xingxing Hong annoying!" The hero of Fire Thallium suddenly interrupted Shen Er loudly.

His eyes glanced at the red warrior sitting next to Shinji.

But the Red Warrior still sat steadily, with his back to him, humming a song, with no intention of looking back at him.

The fire thallium hero felt the evil thoughts and anger in his heart well up, and he couldn't spit it out.

"Yes, I told you at that time that I liked Xingxing Hong the most. I think Xingxing Hong's 'hatred of evil' is closer to justice than any generation of red warriors...

“…But that’s because the finale hasn’t been broadcast yet!!
"And after I watched the finale, that finale... I couldn't accept it at all!

"Have you seen it too? How could such a thing happen? Just because the villain is too powerful, he has to rely on the sacrifice of his partners to defeat him..."

The fire thallium hero stared at the hunched back of the red warrior: "The evil has been destroyed. But he is back alone. What's the point?"

"I used to think that justice meant eliminating evil..."

In the end, he unconsciously punched the counter hard: "But now I feel that if you can't save the people around you, then it's not justice at all!"

Noda Shinji just continued to wear that cynical smile and quietly listened to the vent of the fire thallium hero.

Finally, after the fire thallium hero completely shut his mouth, he said calmly: "I heard about what happened to your family."

"..." The fire thallium hero gritted his teeth and refused to answer this sentence.

But Shenji did not pursue the question further, but asked again: "Then what do you think justice is now?"

The fire thallium hero took a deep breath and said: "Justice is salvation. Even if it is to eliminate evil, it is also for salvation. Only saving everyone is justice."

"... Shinji, what do you think?" He looked at Noda Shinji with some expectation of being recognized, and asked.

The Fire Hero remembers that in the last debate, Noda Shinji had almost the same view.What he preferred from the beginning was "Magic Red", who was gentler and more focused on his companions, rather than the so-called "tough guy" like "Star Red".

Noda Shinji just smiled.

"That's not true at all. Justice is nothing like that," he said, standing up.

While shaking his head, he continued to speak in riddles: "It's not the time, it's not the time... Although I came with expectations, it turns out you're not ready yet."

The fire thallium hero was also a little confused.He only understood part of it. What Noda Shinji was answering now was the first question - about why Shinji appeared in front of him now.

And he was vaguely aware of it...

The Noda Shinji in front of him would not give him the comfort and recognition he expected.Because this person is indeed another person, not the friend he once was.

"Then why are you coming to me now?" The hero of Fire Thallium asked, suppressing the irritation rising from the bottom of his heart.

"You can't pick it, but you can take a look at how it looks, and you can also have other fun." Noda Shinji replied matter-of-factly, then walked to the counter and said, "A cup of iced latte."

"……what?"

"A cup of iced latte." Noda Shinji repeated.

The hero of Huo Thallium was at a loss for a moment before switching back to his identity as a convenience store clerk.

He turned back to operate the coffee machine and made a cup of iced latte, handed it to Noda Shinji, and then said instinctively: "A total of 250 yen, thank you——"

"Wow"——

Noda Shinji took the coffee, opened the lid of the cup smoothly and poured it into the face of the fire thallium hero.

The fire thallium hero's mind went blank, and he was completely stunned for a moment.

Noda Shinji didn't hesitate at all, he turned to Uma and shouted: "Store Manager!!!"

"Here we come! What's the customer's order—" The store manager who was tallying the goods in the interior opened the door and came out. When he saw the scene in front of the counter, he froze there for a moment.

Noda Shinji shouted directly and arrogantly: "Hey, store manager, what's going on with your clerks? I bought a cup of coffee and they spilled it on me??? And almost spilled it on me? That's how you greet me A guest?"

After a moment of silence, the fire thallium hero finally came to his senses.He wiped his face with his left hand, a sharp look flashed in his eyes, and he pressed his right hand on the counter with a "bang" and was about to jump out from behind the counter——

But at this moment, the store manager rushed over.

He stretched out his hand and pressed down the head of the fire thallium hero, then forced him to bend down, and together they bowed fiercely to Noda Shinji: "Sorry!! Sorry!! Sorry!!"

Noda Shinji tilted his head and glanced at the hero who was suppressed several times but still clenched his teeth with anger in his eyes.

Then he snorted, waved his hand, turned around and walked slowly out of the store: "Forget it, be careful next time."

It wasn't until Noda Shinji's figure moved away that the store manager breathed a sigh of relief and let go of the fire thallium hero.

The fire thallium hero took a deep breath and calmed down.

The store manager glanced at Huo Thallium Hero, sighed, and said softly: "Huo Thallium, I know it's not your fault... You should go back early today, change clothes and take a shower."

……

The fire thallium hero left the convenience store but did not go home.

He just continued to wear the coffee-stained T-shirt, ignoring the strange looks from people coming and going around him, and sat alone on a bench in the commercial plaza with his head lowered.

In order not to think about Noda Shinji's inexplicable malice, and in order to prevent the anger in his heart from exploding, he began to think hard about another question - Shinji said that his understanding of justice was still wrong... so what is true? justice?

As he was thinking about it, a can of Coke was suddenly thrust into his hand.

"Hey." The fire thallium hero lowered his head, looked at the red drink can in his hand, and whispered.

The man who handed him the drink had already sat down next to him.At this time, there was the sound of the can being opened, the sound of drinking, and finally a long sigh of relief.

Finally, the man responded: "What?"

"Do you regret it?"

"Are you referring to the time when I lost my companions in the final battle? Of course I don't regret it."

Got a somewhat unexpected answer.The fire thallium hero turned his head in surprise and looked at the red warrior sitting next to him.

Then he asked: "...Then why are you like a decadent squatter at home now? There are no heroes like you, right?"

"No? I am not decadent, but looking after my old age." The red warrior answered, crossing his legs.

"What's the difference?"

"When you know what justice is, you understand it."

"...So what is justice?"

"Of course I know, but isn't the problem just that you don't know? It's because of your confusion that I appear here."

"So, I still have to figure it out myself?"

"of course."

The fire thallium hero continued to stare at him in confusion, and then suddenly remembered something unrelated: "Hey...wait a minute, you don't have any money, do you?"

"of course."

"Then where did you get my Coke and your beer?"

Before the red warrior could answer, the fire thallium hero had already realized something.

He hurriedly took out his wallet, counted a few coins that were obviously missing, and then muttered: "...Damn it."

The Red Warrior responded with a "burp".

(End of this chapter)