The sun sets in the west, its brilliance is like blood.
Even the clouds are red and as bright as a sea of fire.
Burst! Burst! Burst!
A helicopter rotated its propeller, "slowly" passing through the sky, stirring the setting sun. The dull sound that was getting closer and closer also made people's hearts unable to calm down for a long time.
When you get closer, you can clearly see the bright triangular three primary colors painted on the fuselage, setting off the three huge letters in the center: TPC!
The whimsical idea that was ridiculed by others in the past has now become a behemoth that can make the world tremble three times just by stamping its feet.
How unpredictable things are!
Kirino Makoto sighed slightly.
Who would have thought that the world would have changed so much in just twenty years, from a ball of loose sand to a rope, and to the sea of stars.
And he didn't expect that the superpower he once avoided would suddenly be lost again when he finally faced up to this power that was different from ordinary people.
Life is unpredictable!
Kirino Makoto lowered his head, looked away from the landing helicopter, and looked at his open palms, feeling lost.
The palms were empty, and the lines on them drew arcs. One of them seemed to represent a lifeline, but Kirino couldn't tell it apart. He only felt that each one was winding, full of ravines, and full of ups and downs.
People never cherish something when they have it. They only become surprised and reluctant to part with it when they lose it.
No matter when, no matter when, this is the case.
At this moment, Kirino Makoto deeply realized this truth.
Because he lost his superpower, the superpower that he had hated since he was a child, the superpower that made him a "monster", the superpower that made him wish he had never had it.
Now that his superpower has really left him, Kirino feels empty in his heart. It reminds Kirino of the unspeakable loneliness he felt when he returned to his quiet home after dealing with his parents' funeral.
The only difference is probably that there is not too much grief, but too much sadness.
Maybe it's because I was used to having super powers and suddenly lost them.
Kirino Makoto comforted himself in his heart, trying hard to attribute the emotion that made him feel uncomfortable to--
Habit!
Probably just getting used to it.
But...
Is it really just a habit?
Makoto Kirino asked himself, and the answer he got seemed not so reassuring, but rather scary and disturbing.
Silent, speechless, confused, not knowing where to go.
At this moment, a familiar voice came from behind: "We should go back."
You didn’t look back, but you knew who it was?
"Go back? Where?"
"Of course I have returned to the team." Chiba Makoto said matter-of-factly: "The vice-captain and team member Lina are going to the flight school to select some good talents to enrich the team. Now only Sharpley and Fudo are left in the base.
Members of the fitness team are too busy dealing with daily affairs, so don't even think about being idle."
"But I..." Kirino Makoto turned around, stood facing Chiba Makoto, and said in a calm tone: "I no longer have super powers."
"So what?" Chiba Makoto walked over slowly, looked directly at Kirino Makoto, and said: "Without superpowers, wouldn't you be who you are? Or is it true that superpowers are Kirino Makoto?"
"..."
Kirino Makoto was silent. Faced with Chiba Makoto's scorching gaze, he felt a stinging feeling. He couldn't help turning his head and looked into the distance. There, a group of "people in white" wearing protective clothing were digging into the pits and ravines.
It was moving slowly on the ground, bending down to pick it up from time to time.
"Are there... other choices?" Kirino Makoto did not look at Chiba Makoto, but whispered: "Maybe I should experience the life I once longed for and longed for."
"Have you decided yet?
Maybe, you can have a few days to think about it carefully, after all...
That’s the second half of life.”
"There is nothing to think about anymore," Kirino Mufu seemed to be relieved of a heavy burden, and he breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "I am already thirty-four. I have not lived more than half of my life, and less than half has passed. It is time to become a human being.
, a normal and ordinary human being.”
"If this is your decision, I respect your choice."
Chiba Makoto did not step forward again, but took a deep look at Kirino Makoto, then turned around and slowly walked down the mountain, saying: "With a new identity and a new life, I wish you the best.
Every day in the future, I can be happy and happy.”
"Thanks!"
Kirino Makoto said from the bottom of his heart.
He was once envious, jealous, and even hated, and was exploited to inspire the negative emotions deep in his heart. He created a dark beast and almost destroyed the metropolis, but in the end he came over tenaciously.
Even in that dark time, I did what I should do as a human being.
He thought that everything was over and everything would start again, so after receiving the invitation from Chiba Makoto, he agreed after a little thought and joined the Space Adventure Team.
But today, he understood a truth.
That is, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop.
His talent, his super power, is his biggest mistake, just like a piece of meat, even if he makes no mistakes, he will attract countless meat eaters.
Even if the piece of meat has been chewed down to nothing but dregs, it will attract other predators.
If you want not to be disturbed, you either have a shotgun in your hand so that predators can only spy on it but don't dare to approach it, or you have to turn it into a weed that won't attract predators.
Now, even if he loses his superpower, so what? He is still valuable. Even if it is waste paper, he can still use it. What's more, the former superpower has turned into a 'monster' many times, so he must be a
Excellent research vegetarian dish.
If you continue to stay in the Space Adventure Team, you can only maintain peace for a while, maybe for the rest of your life, but it feels bad to be remembered all the time. If you are not careful, you may...
In this case, it might as well——
Be a normal person!
To experience it, the life he once longed for would be better. In this way, his trip to this world would not be in vain.
Fifteen days later!
In an apartment in the K area of the metropolis, Kirino Makoto, who took off his glasses and looked very different from usual, found a thick document bag at the door. The one on top was a man named Kitaoka Hisuki.
The profile of the man was completely different except for the photo, which was exactly the same as that of Makoto Kirino at this moment.
With this identity, you can not only log in to the metropolitan security system-citizen port, but also withdraw a large amount of funds from a bank card sent with the document bag.
"The last gift? From now on..."
Kirino Makio put the document bag in his hand into the shredder and watched it being shredded bit by bit, just like the name and identity of Kirino Makio.