[Zhongyingmei] The beating heart

"One shot kill."

Officer Fleck stood at the scene of the crime and looked at the poor guy sitting in the corner of the motel room with tears in his eyes but still being pierced by a bullet in his head. The real culprit of the case?"

"That's right...we just confirmed his location." Mike took a deep breath. It didn't feel so good to be preempted. He briefly observed the victim's body, and then slightly raised the left hand of the body, then It had apparently been stabbed several times with a knife. "He was interrogated."

"Great, a new mystery." Fleck shook his head and said in a drawn-out voice. This city is getting more and more headaches.

Mike didn't answer, he guessed the possible situations, one of which he was unwilling to admit.In court a few days ago, he looked into Frank Caster's eyes and had an unknown premonition in his heart.He didn't know whether the premonition was good or bad, but in Castor's eyes, there was no joy or relief from the inexplicable guilt, but instead, there was great anger and intense sadness.In one sense, Frank Castle was not a 'helpless' victim.He is not helpless, nor does he hesitate.His previous occupation and identity allowed him to overcome difficulties in various ways-even if it was an extreme way.And Mike fears that Castor has gone that extreme way.

"We have vermin in our cities, do you guys really believe that guys in tights can save the world?"

Suddenly, such a strange voice came from the old TV that was still blowing snowflakes in the room, the head of the Horn TV station—as well as the Horn Daily——the editor-in-chief, the president, whatever you want to call it— Pointing to the video on the screen behind him, he made a generous speech.What is displayed on the screen should be the pictures temporarily taken by citizens with small devices such as mobile phones, the 'Spiderman' swinging between the tall buildings with strange spider silk, the 'Night Man' flying between the tall buildings in the dark night. "Magic Man" and "Punisher" who are feared like nightmares by criminals.Suddenly, not just criminals, but 'heroes' in this city.Mike doesn't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing, as J Jonah James, the president who is now criticizing this matter, said, can these guys in tights really save the world?

No.No one...no one can save the world by himself.Mike admits that the emergence of these heroes is likely to change the status quo of this dark city, but it is undeniable that if the majority of the people do not want to change at all or do not respond to this change - then no matter how powerful the hero is, Can't save the world either.

"Either way, we're still going to find the killer."

No matter how heinous the victim is, the sanction of taking another's life is a sin in itself.

"Of course Mike. That's what we do."

This city needs to be purged.No.This city needs to be cleaned.By the blood, by the screams, by the piercing gunshots—by myself.Frank Castel looked indifferently at the person who fell at his feet. He checked the clip of the gun in his hand indifferently, and then stepped on the pool of blood to leave the abandoned warehouse. During the process, he stepped over one corpse after another. The blood that formed the pool made a strange sound when stepped on. The banknotes and jewelry soaked in the blood seemed worthless to Castor, and he left here without looking back.This area is already 'clean'.

"Thank you."

"what?"

"Thank you, Mr. Custer... I heard from Officer Mike. You try to save my uncle."

"…Sorry, kid. I didn't make it."

When Custer was discharged from the hospital, he was found by Ben Parker's nephew.Castor couldn't even look into his glasses.That's not your fault, Custer.Everyone says so.But Custer still couldn't let go, and the words Ben Parker said before he died will always, always echo in his ears.That voice merged with the screams and laughter of his wife and children, becoming his eternal nightmare.

"It wasn't your fault. You were hurt too."

"……"yes.Everyone says that.Castor looked away from Peter and patted him on the shoulder, "You're a good boy. Don't be swallowed by this city."

"I……"

"Don't worry." Peter wanted to say something, but Custer immediately interrupted him, "I will help you solve the real murderer who is at large."

"Caster... sir?"

"In the future, don't be someone like me."

Peter looked at Custer's leaving back in a little surprise. Although the walking posture was a bit strange, it made people feel an inexplicable fear.In that figure, there is great anger and intense sadness hidden - but there is no trace of helplessness.Custer doesn't need to worry about himself, but what should he do?

"Remember Johnny Blazer? We should really thank him!"

"No. It really hurts when he burns me."

"In fact, because of Blazer's hellfire, DX-1118 has undergone an important 'evolution'." Dr. Pym did not intend to listen to Alex's rebuttal at all, and he escaped from a flame jet with an excited expression on his face. "Let's try now—"

"Kill me to silence ==?" Alex saw that Dr. Pym was about to breathe fire on him, and quickly took two steps back, "Calm down, Dr. Pym, I think we can have a good talk again! "

"Trust me Alex, the flames are no threat to you now!" Dr. Pym was so excited that he seemed to have ignored Alex's reaction, and he aimed the flamethrower confidently. Alex, then pressed the squirt button very fast! !

Goodbye Hate Minecraft! !Alex almost thought Dr. Pym was crazy, but it took only a few seconds for him to realize that Dr. Pym had just really made a big discovery.Flames surrounded Alex, but they weren't 'burning'.That means they did burn when they came out of the injector, but they couldn't burn on Alex.Alex looked at his body in amazement, the flames surrounded him like water, but he hardly felt anything——

"How about it?"

"Ha... not bad? But next time, can you not be so scary?"

Because I am fireproof, I spray myself with a flamethrower. If it is bulletproof, do I have to use a machine gun to sweep it?Alex said to Dr. Pym: "But I think you have something even more amazing?"

"Of course!" Dr. Pym was very satisfied with Alex's reaction. He put away the flamethrower, then took out a syringe gun, and filled a small bottle of blue liquid. When he came over, he aimed the muzzle at Alex's neck with lightning speed, and injected the blue liquid into it, "Sorry, Fury said we are in a hurry."

"Uh... well... but this is..." Alex felt a little dizzy, and his whole body was a little cold, as if he had been locked in a huge freezer.He was a little unsteady, and knelt on the ground, "Doctor...?"

"This is the expected rejection reaction, but believe me, after this is over, you will no longer be contagious." Dr. Pym knelt down to support Alex, and he said, "DX-1118 will be based on The adversity you are exposed to evolves, of course, this is its own characteristic, but I didn't expect it to be so powerful. However, it is precisely because of this that we can take advantage of this. Let it evolve itself into a non-infectious type. Although as a virus, non-infection means death, but you are special Alex. I mean you are not just a virus-in short, combining these, we can make DX-1118 lose the ability to infect through simple contact characteristics."

"That means...it's still contagious?"

"Of course. Because viruses are always contagious. But compared to before, you can't infect anyone with DX-1118 unless you intentionally do it. It can only spread through deep fusion now, such as you swallow someone a part of."

That's good...but, it's really uncomfortable! !Is there a way with less side effects?Alex didn't even have the heart to respond to Dr. Pim, he felt the bone-chilling cold, so cold that he could hardly think, and then suddenly it seemed that someone ran over from behind and hugged him: "Alex?! What? , What's going on?! Dr. Pym, did you bully Alex?!"

"How dare I bully him ==..."

"Bill...? Are you... I..." Alex recognized the voice of the person holding him, and at the same time felt the warm touch, as if it could drive away all the cold and comfortable temperature on his body, "Are you ... warm?"

"Dr. Pim! You're just bullying him!" Bea ignored the confused Alex, and she narrowed her eyes slightly to look at Dr. Pim who was looking aside.

"Ahh... I just didn't expect the rejection reaction to be so serious, but it should be fine soon." Dr. Pym said, picked up an unknown instrument from the table and swept it around Alex twice. Next, and then looked at the data, "Everything is under control at present, Miss Dawn. You have to trust me."

"Alex? Alex??" Beer ignored Dr. Pym. Once these scientists entered a certain state, they began to immerse themselves in their own world and couldn't extricate themselves.And Alex is hugging himself tightly now. Speaking of which... he has always rushed to take advantage of Alex, and he has never been hugged like this before.

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