"Speaking of which … Suzuka, why did you come back so late tonight … What did you do?"

Ormet lowered his head and pretended to ask casually as he cleaned up the messy dishes.

He thought worriedly. Ling Ke had grown up in the research institute since he was a child. He had been in that kind of twisted environment for a long time. Even if he was still an awkward child who didn't want to hurt others, his values might have been more or less assimilated. For example, he believed that it was commonplace to take the lives of others at will.

Ormet quietly turned his head and carefully observed Passage Of One Party's expression. He felt a little scared.

Could it be … that he really killed someone again?

Sh * t, this is really bad!

Obviously?

V Neijun said that in the past few weeks when he was away, Suzuka had been quite well-behaved. Other than going out to buy daily necessities, he stayed at home and read.

Why did he come back on the day he came back?

Did something happen on the day V Neijun withdrew the observer?

If this continues …

Ormet imagined more than a dozen versions of Passage Of One Party's story in a short period of time. He went astray, became an enemy, caused great damage to society, and eventually destroyed himself.

Cold sweat slowly slid down.

"It's nothing. When I came back from the internet cafe, a few people came looking for trouble and I beat them up."

Ormet immediately breathed a sigh of relief. So that's what happened. He didn't kill anyone, he just beat them up.

Sigh.

Wait, something is wrong. Beat them up?

Ling Ke had just said the words' beat them to the ground '. That was probably referring to a brawl, right?

On the other hand, Accelerator clicked his tongue. He recalled the feeling of helplessness that made him gnash his teeth in anger when he couldn't do anything for the final product despite knowing the truth.

When Ormet heard Passage Of One Party's words, he suddenly felt even worse.

"Lingling Suzuka, did you fight with others?" Ormet's hands trembled, and the bowl and chopsticks collided.

Passage Of One Party pushed back the chair and was about to go back to the room to wash up when he heard Ormet's question. He stopped, put his hand on his neck, and thought carefully. "No."

"Eh, no?"

Ormet, who was prepared for the worst, heard Passage Of One Party's unexpected answer. He was surprised and confused.

"Fighting means arguing and beating each other up.

Those people were just beaten up. It's not a fight. "

"So that's the point?!"

Then before Passage Of One Party went to bed, as Ormet expected, a police officer called.

"Yes, I'm the child's guardian."

"Well, Mr. Yagi Junnora, in view of the fact that your guardian engaged in a bad fight between seven and eight o 'clock tonight in the 47th Street of Taniguo Street, we need to know the situation. Please go to the nearest police station with the client now and make a statement."

"Okay, okay, I got it. I'll be right there."

After hanging up the phone, Ormet sighed and glanced at Passage Of One Party with a particularly complicated look.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I forgot that no one is helping me clean up the mess now." Passage Of One Party noticed Ormet's expression and said calmly.

Instead, Ormet was shocked by the apology.

"He apologized to me!"

Passage Of One Party frowned and said with disgust, "What's with your expression?

Don't make it sound like I'm some kind of middle-aged kid whose every pore is stuffed with self-esteem, okay? "

"Hey, let's go.

Let's finish this quickly and go home to sleep. "

Ormet sighed helplessly, then raised an indulgent smile, and tentatively held Passage Of One Party's hand.

"Don't touch me." Passage Of One Party, who said so fiercely, removed the reflection on his hand.

"Haha, well, but if they took the initiative to trouble you, then your behavior should be considered self-defense. Then it's easy to deal with."

After successfully holding Passage Of One Party's hand, Ormet was in a good mood. He was suddenly full of confidence to go to the police station to clean up the mess for his adopted son.

Hearing Ormet's ignorant words, Passage Of One Party was speechless and silent.

。

"A total of sixteen people, nine seriously injured, seven slightly injured, woof." The police officer with a dog's head handed the injury report issued by the hospital to Ormet.

At the same time, he continued to explain the situation, "Because the surveillance camera in the alley has been destroyed by the bad guys who gather there all year round, we obtained the current situation through the statements. The statements of the seven people who are still conscious are generally consistent in the general details. Basically, we can confirm that it's the truth, but we can't rule out the possibility of collusion. Now, we just need to compare Suzuki-kun's statement with theirs, and this case is basically closed, woof."

Comminuted elbow fracture, skull fracture, internal bleeding, extensive abrasions and soft tissue contusions …

Just as Ormet was sweating from reading the injury report, Passage Of One Party, who was taken in for questioning, walked in behind a police officer with a serious expression.

"Oh, Morizaki-kun, how is it, woof?" The masked Inuzi raised his paw and greeted the police officer.

"Yes, Officer Morizaki-kun, it's basically consistent with the previous statement, no dispute." Morizaki-Kun saluted and handed over the statement in his hand.

"Mhmm."

The masked Inuzi nodded and roughly flipped through the recorded questioning. He raised his paw and waved at Ormet, who had already put down the injury report and was nervously rubbing his hands. "Then please go back, woof."

"Eh?

Is that all? "Ormet was a little doubtful that he had misheard.

"Yes, that's all, Yagi-kun."

The masked Inuzi glanced at Ormet, who was stunned. "Because it's already clear that the other party attacked first, and Suzuki-kun's personality reflex was activated passively, so even if the other party's injuries are somewhat … No, very serious, it doesn't count as Suzuki-kun's intention to attack. Besides, Suzuki-kun is still underage, so the final conclusion of our police department is that the other party is fully responsible. Is there a problem?"

"… No, there's no problem."

Ormet got up and walked towards Passage Of One Party, who seemed to be a little stunned. Looking at his slightly widened eyes due to surprise, the cold expression on his face that always kept people at arm's length finally showed some signs of a child, and Ormet felt a little relieved.

"Let's go, Suzuka."

Ormet put his hand on Passage Of One Party's shoulder and nodded to the police officers. "Then, sorry for the impoliteness, we'll take our leave first."

On the way back, because it was close to midnight, the lights in the houses were turned off one by one, and only the dim shadows of the street lamps accompanied the quiet cement road.

Passage Of One Party was silent all the way until they were almost home. Then, he muttered to himself, "Hey, the fact that I injured them is undeniable, right?

Even if they're young and have personality issues, that kind of injury is far beyond the standard of excessive self-defense. It's impossible to completely shirk responsibility, right? "

"Haha."

Ormet laughed. Even if his body was haggard, his smile was still full of the power of hope in a desperate situation.

"Suzuka, don't you think that this society is a little too harsh?" Ormet squatted down and looked at Passage Of One Party at eye level.

"Maybe that's what the law says.

But in our current superhuman society, the law alone is not enough.

Harsh laws exist to restrain the abuse of personality, not to stifle a child's sense of self-defense.

Presumably, the police officer thinks the same way. He doesn't want a child to be punished for protecting himself and the damage that he can't control. "

"It's really boring. This kind of thing is fine." Passage Of One Party closed his eyes and snorted.

"Maybe so," Ormet stood up and opened the door. "But it's this kind of boring thing that accumulates little by little to form the trust between people and the justice of this society."

"Speaking of which, I have to apologize to you for something, Suzuka."

The man with golden hair that was even more dazzling than the sun turned around and solemnly bowed deeply to a child who only reached his waist. The child had once made a great mistake.

"I'm sorry, Suzuka. I suspected that you had killed someone again."

"… Ha, you're really an idiot to apologize for this kind of thing!

I've always been this kind of person, haven't I?

Hurting others, killing others, even I don't remember when I started doing this kind of thing. "

"It's not like that," Ormet quietly looked at Passage Of One Party as if he was looking at an ignorant child. "'Doing something' and 'being someone' are two completely different things."

"Suzuka, you don't have to do something you hate, and you don't have to become someone you hate. This is an opportunity that God gives to every child."

"Young man Ling Ke, no matter what, I hope you can seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You still have a long future ahead of you. Don't underestimate your future just because of some insignificant experience in the past."