"On a whim", or in other words - spiritual awareness.
This is a special sense born from high-latitude energy and internal force.
The energy that runs through life's spirit and body, authenticity and soul, is illogical in its effects.
The logical world requires collecting information and then analyzing it to figure out who or what will have an adverse impact on you.
Being aware of the occurrence of these things requires a complete chain of evidence to support the brain's analysis of pros and cons.
But spiritual awareness is not needed.
A skilled internal force practitioner will always have a few moments of divine help in his life, even if he has no idea that anyone in the world is talking about him.
He had no idea that someone in this world was planning to deal with him.
You have absolutely no idea what the consequences will be after making a major decision.
But his spiritual sense can occasionally tell him - something is going to happen to your kid - without any information collection, analysis or compilation.
Sam and Bai Tangzheng feel this way now.
Sam's feeling came early, but it was not strong because the relationship between him and Rodin was not actually close.
Bai Tangzheng's feeling was quite strong, but it didn't happen until the last moment. Because his skill was relatively weak.
"Shua!"*2
Bai Tangzheng's strength is 150,000 horses. If he doesn't suppress his speed in the slums, he can blow up large tracts of houses and people in an instant.
Sam should have been able to move him at super high speeds without any hiccups.
But now, I have to follow behind him to calm the air shock waves caused by his high-speed movement.
Looking at the small figure flying in front of him, Sam's lips moved for a while, but he still didn't say anything.
He wanted to calm down Ah Zheng, but he knew that there was no way that kid could calm down at this time.
And things have probably progressed to the point of no return.
What he can do now is to prevent Baitang from unconsciously causing more large-scale destruction.
Ah Zheng will be sad because of his friend's accident, and may even become hysterical when he sees the accident scene.
Sam could imagine this kind-hearted child going crazy with grief.
He could imagine it, because this child's education was cultivated by him, his sister, and his brother-in-law.
They gave him a kind heart, the ability to appreciate the pain of others, the ability to learn not to hurt innocent people, the ability to persist, be independent, fight boldly, and end with caution.
So he can imagine it.
And now, he wants to prevent Baitang from facing the bitter consequences of his madness again after the wave of sadness has passed.
If Ah Zheng regains his senses and sees that he has caused another casualty with his own hands.
Sam didn't want to see that scene, not at all.
It is his responsibility as an elder to prevent that situation from happening.
Following Bai Tangzheng to calm down the chaos, Sam arrived one step behind the black-haired child.
Among the ruins, Sam caught up with Bai Tangzheng.
The little black-haired child stood in the middle of the earthen wall of the house that he had blown away. This dilapidated and dirty building was now reduced to rubbish.
Only the area near the landing point that Bai Tangzheng subconsciously saved was not damaged at all.
This small figure was looking helplessly at a group of human bodies hugging each other.
Her lips were parted but no sound came out, and her eyes were blurred and even unable to focus.
On that group of human bodies, the same petite, monster-like figure hugged the old human body tightly in its arms.
The sharp claws penetrated from the back of the head, and the other stabbed into the back of the heart.
It's like trying to kill with one hit.
At first glance, it looks like a scene that has happened countless times on the news——
The out-of-control giant beast, the son of a strong man, started a playful massacre of ordinary people.
But no.
not like this.
You can vaguely see the face that looks like a black child, and there is no trace of wantonness or indulgence in the tarnished eyes.
He is grieving.
Even though his flesh and bones had been twisted, even though the balance of his life was reduced to zero before his eyes, he didn't panic at all.
He did not give in to his animal nature at all.
He is just sad.
And what about the old man's face?
Her life is framed by a smile.
Smiling as if he finally saw his grandson getting a good future.
Baitang was looking around dully, and the night was getting desolate. His white coat was stained with dust, and his black hair was stained with red blood.
He stood on the small ruins of this small mud house, looking around blankly.
It was as if he didn't realize that his uncle had followed him and was already hesitating outside the ruins.
But he clearly noticed it.
The legs that could easily bend the keel of the ship turned out to be unsteady. After staggering back two steps, he sat down on the ground.
Ashes rise.
A few hours ago, he had been teased by his friends because he couldn't stand the smell here.
Now, it seems like I can't feel anything.
Sam's heart skipped a beat, and he took two steps forward and whispered, "Azheng."
"What exactly is this."
The child's eyes were closed, as if he was talking to himself or asking questions to his uncle.
"what's up?"
The smoke and dust caused by the collapse of the small mud house has gradually subsided, but the air here is still cold and turbid, making Bai Tangzheng unable to breathe.
Sam walked forward slowly, his tone measured and cautious. Even a little nervous.
No matter how promiscuous a person is, they will become nervous when their next generation shows such an expression.
"It seems that your new friend is the son of a strong man. He, he lost control and was 'dealt with'."
Sam desperately tried to pull Bai Tangzheng's thoughts out of the scene in front of him.
Tell him that this has nothing to do with him at all. It is purely fate and an unexpected tragedy.
Life is fragile, this is also a lesson they taught Bai Tangzheng.
In this ever-changing and turbulent world, people are always as helpless as duckweeds.
Sam is counting on his previous education to help Ah Zheng get over the shadow of losing his friend.
Although this is his first friend of the same age in his life.
Although they once talked about their ideals and promised to help their friends realize them.
But he believed that Bai Tang was able to overcome these darkness.
But
"But." The child's immature fingers slowly pointed at his friend's body.
"Is that look really out of control?"
The sad eyes, the real sadness, have nothing to do with Rodin's own pain and situation.
Not at all.
During the play a few hours ago, the most common thing the black child said was "Mother-in-law once said."
And what kind of mood did he have when he stabbed his sharp claws into his mother-in-law's body at the end of his life?
Sam didn't want to imagine.
Even if he is as powerful as him, he still doesn't want to imagine it.
Sam's lips opened and closed in vain a few times.
"Yes, he just lost control." This sentence cannot be said no matter what.
This was the first time that Sam hated Bai Tangzheng's keenness and intelligence so much.
His sensitivity and wisdom are here, and they only bring him pain.
A child who has been living here for many years loses control the night after making friends with him?
Stupid people may think there is no connection, but Bai Tangzheng is definitely not a stupid person.
He believed that this tragedy had his own reasons, and was tortured because of his kindness.
It's not over yet.
The little hands that were no longer white picked up an ear clip-type metal instrument from the ground.
That was the cutting-edge translator that Bai Tangzheng gave him for communication when he and Rodan parted.
The automatic recording and translation functions are turned on.
The little fingers rubbed the ear clips, and the child's voice was hollow and distant.
"Do you know what Rodin said at the end, uncle?"
Sam's exoskeleton-wrapped palm opened and closed with a "click", and the man who had once struck Hinomoto with a red knife and was stunned was now at a loss.
The child's voice continued.
"Rodan. He should have lost his heart by then."
"He tried hard to keep his voice as usual, then moved over, hugged his mother-in-law, and said."
"'Dad is going to pick me up, mother-in-law. Let's go live in the palace. We can all live in the palace from now on.' Then there were two sounds of sharp claws digging into flesh."
Bai Tangzheng raised his head, his eyes still unfocused.
"His mother-in-law was smiling when she died, feeling relieved for her grandson's bright future."
"Did Rodin do the right thing, uncle? Kill the person he loves most with his own hands, the person who loves him most?"
Without waiting for Sam to answer.
Bai Tangzheng, this ten-year-old child already has his own answer.
"There is no savings and no food in this house. Rodin feels that he is dying. For the rest of the days, he can only live by himself as a lame old lady. What should she do? How should she live in this slum?
?How should she accept that her grandson died in front of her eyes?"
"She will be crazy and desperate. The better scenario is that she will eventually return to reality, but so what? There is no food! There is no money! There is no way the living environment here can accommodate a lame old lady!"
"She will be so hungry that she loses all her strength, becomes unconscious, and has swollen limbs. Then she will become so thin that she becomes inhuman, with dry skin and sticky blood. Her muscles and internal organs will atrophy, and her whole body will shrink into a ball. The endless pain and despair will torture her for several days, ten
How many days! Then she will die!"
"You described it to me, uncle. When I was picky about food, you described to me what it was like to starve to death."
The child's eyes stare into space.
"Rodan is right, he also knows what it means to starve to death! He must have seen it with his own eyes, right?"
"So he could only drag his mother-in-law, lie to her, comfort her, and then kill her with one blow."
"So this old lady's face lit up with a smile. She kept smiling! She was still fucking smiling even after she died!"
Sam has never seen the child lose his temper since Bai Tangzheng was seven years old.
But now, the veins on his face popped out, and the power of a giant beast surged from his fist, and he smashed hard against the ground.
Sam couldn't help it any longer, and he grabbed it with his small but powerful fist.
He hugged Bai Tang's struggling body and suppressed him with powerful force.
"It's not your fault! Ah Zheng! It's not your fault!"
Sam carefully restrained his power so that it would not hurt Bai Tangzheng.
Although they often beat this kid until he suffered comminuted fractures during training, it was different now!
It's different now.
This is not an obstacle that can be overcome by relying on "iron fist education". This is not an obstacle that can be overcome by asking children to "stop thinking nonsense".
This is psychological trauma and overreaching.
Even at full speed, Sam could cross the ocean in less than an hour and return the child intact to his sister and brother-in-law.
But this hurdle is still here! Even if he has the power to reach heaven, this hurdle will still be in Bai Tangzheng's heart!
As Bai Tangzheng's uncle, he really can't stand it!
Any elder will be angry and sad when they see their junior's self-defeating and self-defeating behavior.
It has nothing to do with power or anything else!
Just because - love.
"Listen to me, Azheng! Listen to me!"
"Then the boy still has you as his friend, doesn't he? He can actually entrust his mother-in-law to you, right?! This is him, this is Rodin who went to extremes!"
"He actually has a way out! He has a way out! It's his fault!"
Sam stared closely at Bai Tangzheng's eyes, hoping for any kind of emotion to appear in these eyes.
Even if it's just anger at himself for slandering his friend!
Even if his fist hits my face the next moment!
But nothing.
In the lively and cheerful expression of the past, there are no emotional fluctuations now.
"Is there really a way out?"
The child asked calmly. His tone made Sam's breath stop.
"Can a heart that is so sad never really think about it?"
He raised the ear clip in front of his face with his little hand and looked at it word by word.
"Of course Rodin has thought about it. Of course he has thought about all the people who can entrust his mother-in-law to her. But why does he still do it?"
Sam's heart was twitching. He vaguely felt that something was wrong with Bai Tangzheng's state, but he couldn't tell.
I just felt that Bai Tangzheng's pain was too severe, completely beyond the level of "death of a friend".
Therefore, he could only stare blankly at the child imprisoned in his arms.
"He can't think of it, uncle."
The child said a sentence that was like a bolt from the blue.
"Rodan can't think of it at all!"
"For me, feeding an ordinary old lady is really easier than blowing my breath. Countless people and countless forces will naturally satisfy my intentions. Not to mention an old lady, even if the legislation improves the overall
I can also provide social welfare for the world’s elderly people!”
"But Rodin"
Having said this, Bai Tangzheng showed a teasing smile that was uglier than crying.
"That guy doesn't understand at all!"
"He spent his short life wandering around in this slum, without education or vision. He even thought that the best life in the world was to be like the owner of his burrito shop!"
"Can the owner of a burrito shop afford to support an old woman who can no longer work? Yes, but it is difficult."
"So he thought it would be difficult for me too! So he, a child who is used to seeing tragedies, thought it would be difficult for me too! It would be so difficult that he would abandon his mother-in-law in the end!"
"Stupid! Ignorant! You are simply an idiot, Rodin!"
Bai Tangzheng finally couldn't control himself and started crying like a child of his age.
But there was no joy on Sam's face.
There is no joy in letting children vent their emotions.
He released his arm, letting Bai Tangzheng free.
He finally realized something was wrong with this child.
As expected, Baitang regained some composure after venting.
"So, why is this happening, uncle?"
Sam pursed his lips and was speechless.
"Society is progressing, technology is developing, and even the Titans that can destroy mankind are getting stronger and stronger to deal with them. The world is rich and colorful, and the future is beautiful, shouldn't it be like this?!"
"Why are there people like Rodin who live a monotonous and barren life day after day? Their vision is narrow, as if they are living in the dark past? As if everything I said before has nothing to do with them?"
The child looked at Sam with burning eyes, expecting him to answer his questions like he did in previous years.
Sam finally understood where the great sadness in that little heart came from.
It was far more than the sadness of losing a friend.
Bai Tangzheng, he sensed from Rodin, behind the tragedy, the sadness that countless "Rodans" in the world are experiencing or have experienced.
This heavy and huge pain made him feel the pain, and he could not even extricate himself.