Zhou Lin

"So...what's the situation now?"

This was the first question "Brother Slow" asked when he got off the helicopter.

Brother Man is Ross's colleague and one of the two vice-captains of "Tassel".

His real name is divided into two parts. The first half cannot be expressed by existing phonetic symbols in Chinese or English. Anyway, the sound when pronounced is probably the sound of the tongue tapping the upper wall of the mouth with some subtle changes, while the second half can be Written as "mango".

If you are involved in linguistics, you should know that this man's ancestors came from Africa when he heard this name.

Of course, most people can tell this by looking at his skin color.

The reason why he is called "Brother Slow", apart from the homophony of his real name, the most important thing is...this guy lives up to his nickname and has a very slow temperament.

He is the most "watered" deputy captain of the combat force in the history of EAS. His IQ is only average for ordinary people, and his physical fitness is even lower than average. Although he also participated very hard in various training and tests in the bureau, his grades were more than half. They are all unqualified; whether he speaks or does things on weekdays, he always looks slow...

You might say that he is deliberately trying to slow down his work, which is not correct. From his point of view, he has tried his best, but when others look at him like this, they will think that he is "unskilled" and very offensive.

However, since Brother Man can sit in his current position, there is naturally a reason.

The reason is very simple...his "ability" is very strong.

Like most ability users, Brother Man also awakened under extreme "pressure".

Brother Man grew up in a relatively low-income working-class family. When he was a child, the school he attended was very bad, and his character... also easily made him a victim of school bullying.

Children who are bullied do not have many choices. The common coping methods are to transfer to another school, commit suicide, or... endure.

People always like to make hindsight comments such as "the correct thing to do is to seek help from adults" after some shocking and vicious bullying incidents are exposed, but they seem to forget, or not think about it at all - bullying It is something that grows out of adult indifference.

Every shocking incident of bullying is the result of countless other incidents of varying severity that have been ignored.

This kind of accumulation requires "time" and "environment"... and it is the "adults" who create this environment.

The "evil" displayed by children is rude, simple, and childish... far less complicated than the dirty "evil" of adults. Therefore, such evil deeds with simple motives often appear to be... Very explicit, very raw.

Brother Man has experienced a lot of bullying of this nature: being beaten, forced to touch filth, being stripped and humiliated in public, being used as an experiment for dangerous behaviors and mutilated, etc.

In this experience of "beyond the limit of tolerance", some people can adapt and endure it, while others may suffer from mental breakdown and illness, and Brother Man... was given birth to supernatural powers.

His ability is called - hero.

This so-called "hero" is a fighting entity created by Brother Man's spiritual energy. He is his "imaginary patron saint of the weak." Its image is a strong figure wearing a totem mask and wearing African indigenous clothing. A tall black man in combat uniform.

According to the video data, when the entity first appeared, it was about five meters tall, and its physical abilities had reached at least the peak of non-taijutsu-type paper-level abilities.

The entity was present for only sixty seconds at the time, resulting in the deaths of four minors and one adult.

After the incident, EAS intervened in the investigation, took Brother Man under control, and dealt with the aftermath of other relevant personnel involved.

This incident... happened twenty years ago.

Nowadays, Brother Man can summon "heroes" according to his own will and command them to complete tasks; and today's "heroes" are not only more than 24 meters tall, but their peak strength and speed are difficult to detect (at least according to EAS) Some methods cannot detect it), and it also has many special abilities such as "quick recovery", "mental resistance", "steel skin" and so on.

Although the existence time of the "hero" has not changed over the years, and is still only sixty seconds, Brother Man's action records over the years show that... sixty seconds is actually enough - even a master like Ross, in EAS It was also impossible to fight against the "hero" for more than thirty seconds in the internal simulated battle.

Therefore, in today's situation, Rose's first thought was to ask Brother Man for help.

If Brother Slow can't solve the problem, then it will be really troublesome... Because there are people in EAS who are stronger than the two of them and at the same level as them can be counted on one hand, and none of these people can do it in a short time. Came to Maple Leaf County within a few days.

"See for yourself..." While Brother Man was asking questions, Ross handed over an I-PEN and pointed at the screen and said, "Just click on the first video file."

Brother Man took the I-PEN and opened the file as the other party said. Then, a scene captured by a street camera began to play.

In the footage, a school bus was traveling at a normal speed. Suddenly, fire broke out in an alley in front of it, and then a figure flew out sideways and fell in front of the bus.

The school bus driver was obviously startled. He hit the brakes suddenly and turned the steering wheel, but even so... the heavy school bus still ran over the man because the tires were padded twice and the brakes were applied. And the force of the sharp turn... The school bus slid forward diagonally for a while and then rolled over.

About ten seconds later, a giant claw tore open the thick skin of the school bus from the inside, and then a giant arm protruded from the car.

This scene was already horrifying, but what was even more shocking was that at the same second, half of the head of the man on the ground was blown off by an unknown explosive, and he was crushed twice by a car weighing several tons. My dear friend... actually stood up.

As he stood up, the monster in the school bus stuck its head out and roared wildly. Hearing the howl, the man looked back, and then... he covered his head and started limping away.

At this point in the video, the camera cuts to a camera at another nearby intersection. In the picture, it is still the same person... He was still limping at the previous intersection. After running for more than ten meters, his posture changed, as if His injured leg recovered in just a few steps...

By the time he reached the next intersection, he could no longer be seen injured based on his body movements, but the injury on his head did not seem to have changed, so he was still covering his head tightly with one hand.

At this point, the video ends.

After Brother Man read it, he waited slowly for a few seconds before asking in his lukewarm tone: "Then do you want me to deal with this self-healer, or that monster?"

"What do you think?" Ross looked at him with a noncommittal expression.

"Ha, this is strange..." Brother Man laughed dryly, "With your style, captain, shouldn't you talk about this situation after you go into battle in person?" He paused, "I remember your last time Calling for reinforcements before the fight started was the same as when we were hunting down the 'Hunter' a few years ago..."

"Okay, okay... it's a long story. I'll explain it to you when it's over." At this moment, there were still many FCPS people around them, and Ross didn't want this guy to keep exposing all kinds of EAS. He had internal information and his personal dark history, so he quickly interrupted, "Anyway, this monster has been active in the city for twenty minutes now. Although I have notified the mayor as soon as possible to activate the emergency evacuation plan, and used My 'ghost soldiers' cooperate with the FCPS armed forces to attract the attention of monsters, but the number of casualties and property damage are still soaring, so you have to hurry up."

"Well..." Brother Man heard the words, groaned, and nodded, "Okay, let me take a look first..."

At this juncture, his slow reaction really makes people want to hit someone.

"Is it that direction?" After a few seconds, Brother Man asked as he looked to the west.

"Yes." Ross replied almost biting the end of each other's sentences.

This is also very obvious. Even if you are just standing on the rooftop of the police station, which is not very high, you can already see a thick black smoke rising into the sky over the city.

"Okay..." Brother Man nodded again, and then... closed his eyes.

Just when the surrounding detectives were complaining in their minds whether this guy was about to stand there and think about life, suddenly... a giant humanoid shadow fell from the sky, landed on the ground, and stood on the street in front of the police station.

Before the people nearby could ask themselves, "Am I hallucinating?" this "giant" had already disappeared from their sight.

Despite the huge size of the "Hero", its speed can easily exceed Mach 2. In the blink of an eye, he came from the police station to the scene of the incident and came to...the "monster".

This monster has a tiger body, horns, bat wings and a scorpion tail, crocodile scales, hedgehog hair, and sharp claws and sharp teeth.

Although few people know about it in this era, the image of this strange beast obviously corresponds to one of the "four evils" in the ancient legend of Longjun - Qiongqi.

Because he stands on four legs, Qiongqi doesn't look as tall as "Hero", but his length from head to tail is six or seven feet, and his weight is not lower than "Hero".

Judging from their size alone, the two should be evenly matched.

boom--

It's too late to say it, but it's soon! As soon as they met, the "hero" took advantage of his forward momentum and kneed Qiongqi in the ribs, striking first.

Sixty seconds is not a long time. Although the owner of "Hero" is called "Brother Slow", "Hero" is not slow at all. He solves the battle at an extremely fast speed every time, and this time is no exception. .

And Qiongqi, who was still fighting with the "ghost soldiers" on the ground just now... was suddenly hit with a knee by a giant who came from nowhere, and was pushed away by the huge force of the impact. It rolled half a circle in mid-air... As a rampaging beast, its reaction was also predictable.

In this way, a brief but fierce battle of astonishing scale broke out in the urban area of ​​Kitchener.