[Zhongyingmei] The beating heart

new York.

This is a... how to put it.This is a very troublesome city.First of all, if you don’t mention this little blue planet, it’s very easy to get into trouble. The city of New York is probably one of the most troublesome cities on this troublesome planet.

There are superheroes here.People depend on them for protection.There are super criminals here, too—criminals can be found anywhere, but they seem to favor New York, too.Every day people watch the movie-like scene unfolding in New York City.Superheroes VS super criminals, New Yorkers say they are used to such bridges.

However, it's not all good.I mean, it's impossible for all criminals to have superpowers, and it's impossible for superheroes to arrive in time every time.It's a very, very city, a very, very big planet.You can't have Iron Man falling from the sky to save you every time you scream, and your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man can only be in one place at a time.

Behind the superpowers and unconventional crimes are ordinary criminals.They murder and rob all kinds of crimes.Maybe they don't want to destroy the world and can't do anything too earth-shattering, but they still hurt the lives of ordinary people.Therefore, there must be some people here to deal with these... things that superheroes can't care about.

Mike Taylor, the director of the New York Crime Laboratory, is one of these people.He is a police officer.He used his only weapons: law and responsibility, to bring criminals to justice and return justice and justice to victims.Unlike superheroes, almost no one in the city knows his name.

He's just a normal guy.Just like every other cop, judge, fireman, doctor in the city.They are all ordinary people.They have no superpowers, no invulnerability, no mind-reading, no science fiction-like armor and no extraordinary physical abilities, but they rely on their flesh and blood and ordinary people's abilities to confront the most heinous criminals and help the dead. Seek justice, rush into the scorching fire, and save dying lives.

Mike, why are you doing this?Go home and rest, you haven't slept in three days.

Quite a few people have said that to McTaylor.But Mike couldn't sleep, he couldn't sleep.Why?Maybe it's responsibility, maybe it's... sympathy or pity.But Mike knew that if anyone could speak for the dead, if anyone could still guard the lives of ordinary people covered by superhero movies every day, then that person was only him.

"Are you all right?!" Mike got up from the rain, his whole body was drenched, it seemed that there had been a lot of rain, and now the sun shone through the clouds and shone on Mike.Mike felt his head hurt very much, and the skin on his forehead seemed to be broken.He couldn't remember exactly what happened.It seemed like it was raining...he was at the crime scene and then it rained.He couldn't remember anything after that.

"Did anyone move the corpse?" Mike's colleague also woke up behind him, feeling severe pain as well, but he was the first to discover the abnormality, "Damn it! Our evidence has been soaked by the rain!"

"Okay... calm down, Danny... uh..." Mike wanted to run over, but a dizziness made him slow down, "We don't know what happened, but keep the uncontaminated evidence, where is the deceased ?” He also found that the position of the body seemed to have been moved.

"Over there!" Danny checked his toolbox. There were some evidences that had been sorted out before the rain, and it didn't seem to be polluted. It was great. He pointed to the corpse not far away, "Yes Who got her there?"

"I don't know, but she was also exposed to the rain..." Officer Fleck also came to his senses. He came to the corpse first and looked carefully. "I don't think we can find much evidence."

"Don't say that, we've had worse situations." Mike tried to regain his confidence. He didn't know what happened, but there was always a reasonable explanation for everything.At this moment, he heard something, Iron Man descended from the sky and landed beside Mike with noise.

"Hey! You guys are from the NYPD? Are you okay?" Tony spared a circle, he was searching for people in need, because Dr. Pym's rain worked, but the rain only brought the transformed people back to normal, Aliens cannot be eliminated.The enemy was temporarily blocked in the next block, but maybe the previous situation put some people in danger. Under Steve's suggestion, he and Steve walked around the city to see the situation.

"Uh... not so good. You're standing at my crime scene." Mike still felt a headache, but he couldn't let these 'superheroes' destroy his crime scene—although the scene was almost destroyed It's—he said, "What the hell happened? I guess .

This is so hurtful!Tony sighed silently in his heart, and he said: "Hey, I saved you, okay? I mean... I helped a lot! The earth is now being attacked by aliens, you should go to a safe place ...or help evacuate civilians!"

"What? Being attacked again?" The battle in New York has only been over for a few days?Mike knew that nothing was good, he sighed deeply, "Have you contacted the General Administration yet?"

"Of course. I just came over there. They are almost recovered. Listen, we will block the enemy to the next street, so in the meantime, you need to establish a defensive line." Tony said to Mike , "Your headquarters is also ready. I think you should go back and have a look-oh my god, she is... what happened?" Tony suddenly saw the corpse not far away, because the Daleks and the Cybermen Generally, they don't directly kill anyone, they will transform the captured person, but even if they kill, their method is very 'clean', the person who is hit will simply fall down, and there will be no such thing as That corpse-like scene.

On the ground was a girl.She was wearing a warm yellow dress, and her long brown hair was soaked in the rain.The hem of the dress was torn, and her throat was cut off by something sharp, leaving terrible scars after being washed by the rain. Her eyes were wide open, and fear and panic still remained in her eyes.Tony had never seen a body like this...he had...never seen a victim like this.It was a calm shock.

"It was murder." Mike responded simply, "I'm sure she wasn't killed by aliens."

"You, you mean... a human? Human?"

"Have you never seen a murderer?"

"..." seen.But never seen... such a victim.Directly in front of her eyes, the helplessness in the girl's eyes, the pale ashen skin, and the frightened face froze for a moment.Tony thought he'd never see something like this again, he thought what he'd seen when he was kidnapped was bad enough.He suddenly realized that he was not doing enough.not at all.

Being Iron Man was the right choice.Maybe.But he can't save everyone.Even, he couldn't save most people.He can save this planet, save this universe, but he can't bring this girl back to life, but he can't give her any help.

"You...do you need help?" Tony looked away from the girl.He recovered himself and asked Mike.

"..." Mike seemed to sense Tony's mood, he paused, and said, "Tell those aliens to go back to their hometown. This is something only you can do. And I...I will help this girl get justice. Will catch the murderer and make him pay. If that man thinks that an alien invasion will get him away with murder, then he's wrong."

Tony, he... never watches detective movies.He didn't even think carefully about what kind of trial those criminals sent to prison by him would experience, nor did he think about what crimes they had committed.He never thought about it that much.

He looked at the girl's body again.He let himself remember this scene, he let himself feel the mood now.He knows he's been doing the right thing all along, and he's even more determined now.But he couldn't do it alone.The world is not guarded by him alone.

"You...you are doing very well." Mike looked at Tony who was in a daze, and he added, "I don't like you very much. But I think this city... this world may be better with you."

"You're right." Thank you for saying that.But I'm not as good as you think.Tony turned slightly sideways, and he activated his repulsor as he said, "Then I'm leaving. Maybe there are still enemies left nearby. Go back as soon as possible."

Tony flew away quickly.How many such murders has that police officer solved?How many murderers and criminals have been caught with impunity?Tony dared to say that although the man didn't have any superpowers, he caught as many criminals as he did himself.And what he did was no less meaningful than what he did.

Not all heroes are glamorous, and not all heroes are 'super'.

Alright Tony.Now, it's time for you to do what you do.Tony focused, as Mike said.There is one thing that only you can do.

"Hey Steve! No... I'm fine. I mean, should we fight back?"

The author has something to say:

I originally wanted to write a counterattack in this chapter, but I still wrote this~

I feel like whoever is saving the world has to know the meaning of what they're doing, bring the criminals to justice, stop the evil plans of the bad guys...they have to know other than 'oh today I saved the world again people need I people love me' meaning outside of this thing.Otherwise the so-called 'superhero' is no different from a 'driven puppet'.They need to know what it means about themselves, they saved a lot of lives, they saved people's lives, they let people who were killed by criminals rest in peace, some things may be trivial compared to 'saving the world', but it is also saving the world meaning.

Xiaocang science popularization time: In the New York Police Department in the text world, except for Miss Carter (from "Suspect Tracking" or POI), the police officers and crime scene investigators whose names appear are all from "CSI: NY" ("Crime Scene Investigation" : New York"), such as Officer Fleck, who appears most frequently, or something~ and the boss Mike Taylor in this chapter. CSI is a well-known criminal investigation drama, it's super good~~ Although some people will complain about the nonsense of the detective techniques in it, but Xiaocang thinks that the real significance is that each of the detectives in it will Return justice and the truth to the victims. If Tony and the others catch almost all 'active criminals', then the CSI agents are all looking for criminals who think they can get away with it~

PS.CSI: The investigator Danny and the forensic doctor Shelton in NY are both handsome. In addition, the police officer Fleck with the highest appearance rate in this article is also very handsome (otherwise why the highest rate of leaving the country [beaten) [the forensic doctor is still a little black Oh=w=Handsome and wise~~ [The key point is wrong [Yes, I am still in Amway