49 · Chapter 49
Messiah's eyelashes trembled.
Bruce's heart beat beneath his hand, Robin's heartbeat pounded in his ears, and the heartbeat of the Court of Owls also beat in his ears.
His hearing gradually relaxed, and Messiah heard the regular heartbeat of Jason, Alfred's heartbeat, and the heartbeat of all of Gotham.
"Messiah, listen, this is the voice of life."
Bruce touched Messiah's cheek: "Life is such a precious and wonderful existence, and we are just a part of it."
Messiah listened quietly to the heartbeats. Bruce's words gradually became blurred, and all that remained in his ears were the heartbeats of different frequencies and rhythms, but beating in a regular pattern.
The heartbeats of the whole world merge into one melody in the Messiah's ears, and billions of lives sing in the Messiah's ears.
It was as if an invisible membrane was pierced, and the Messiah finally heard the voice of life all over the world again.
——Those beings that were deliberately erased and ignored by the Messiah after the destruction of the world have returned.
"Mother."
"Good morning, students."
"The sun is shining brightly today."
The Messiah listened to the sounds of crying or laughing. After the nuclear explosion of the metropolis in the last world and his destruction of the world, the Messiah never took life and human existence seriously again.
In his eyes, human life is very fragile and can be easily destroyed, so there is no need to pay attention to it.
So, if you meet one, you can just kill it.
But at this moment...
Messiah looked at Bruce's face and listened to Jason's heartbeat, and suddenly realized that those lives were the same as Bruce and Jason. They also had joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, and were very alive.
They are not pale words, nor are they a background of suffering that needs to be purified, nor are they an addition that needs to be destroyed when the world is destroyed.
Life and humanity truly exist here.
"call--"
Messiah exhaled softly, his drooping eyelashes hiding the expression in his eyes, and a hint of divinity stained his fair face.
What he heard was no longer the sounds of ugliness and killing, but suffering.
In the last world, when the Messiah opened his ears, he often heard humanity's hatred and insults against the regime. There was no suffering on the earth ruled by the regime. People were just unhappy, but their lives were safe and peaceful, without suffering.
Therefore, the Messiah is accustomed to capturing those negative voices filled with hatred and anger. His mind is only thinking about "purifying" ugliness, not saving suffering.
suffering.
There are people who need saving and asking for help every moment.
"Bruce." Messiah called Bruce's name softly, his golden eyes fixed on Bruce, but there was no trace of Bruce in them. "Can I save others?"
I can only destroy... Can I really save people as you and Jason said?
Bruce stared at Messiah's face, watching the look of compassion that crossed Messiah's features.
He was ready to take the Messiah to hospitals, refugee camps, and war-torn countries, so that the Messiah could experience the suffering of others firsthand and develop compassion and empathy.
But now…
Before Bruce could nod, Messiah's expression suddenly turned serious. He hurriedly said, "I'm going to save people," and disappeared in an instant.
Messiah heard the cries for help from a group of children. Amidst these cries of grief and fear, Bruce's answer no longer mattered.
Regardless of whether he can save others or not, Messiah now has only one thought, which is to save these children.
Messiah tore through space without hesitation and headed straight for the group of children crying for help.
In the raging fire, the children in the orphanage were sobbing in fear.
When the fire started, the orphanage staff initially tried to put it out, but the flames grew stronger and stronger. These irresponsible staff simply abandoned the children and fled the fire scene. In order to leave no evidence, they even locked the door of the orphanage.
The flames grew stronger and stronger as they spread throughout the orphanage. Waves of heat burned the children's skin, and the thick smoke had caused several children with mutilated limbs who were unable to escape to lose consciousness.
Sadness and fear spread throughout the orphanage.
This was the scene Messiah saw when he appeared in the orphanage: the children were choking on the thick smoke and crying helplessly.
An unknown emotion burned in Messiah's heart. Messiah rushed into the fire without hesitation. The scorching flames rushed towards his body, but not even the corners of his clothes were burned.
Looking at the stranger who suddenly rushed in, the crying child opened his eyes wide and a glimmer of hope appeared in his eyes.
Messiah raised his right hand and exerted his strength without hesitation. Golden light instantly spread out. With full strength output, the golden light covered the entire orphanage in an instant.
Under Messiah's control, golden light followed the heartbeat in the orphanage and automatically formed a golden film to isolate the children from the flames.
The golden film blocked the flames and smoke, and the warm and holy power had the ability to soothe and purify the soul. The golden light illuminated the children's faces and dispelled their inner fear and sadness.
The painful expressions on the children's faces gradually disappeared, and even the expressions of several people who were choked and unconscious by the thick smoke gradually relaxed.
Messiah stood in the courtyard of the orphanage, looking at the little girl in front of him with tears in her eyes. After a moment of hesitation, a candy appeared in his hand.
Without anyone noticing, one of the candy compartments in Batman's utility belt was empty.
Rather than letting Bruce use his hair as a bird's nest and tease him with candy every day, it would be a better place to use these candies to coax children.
The sugar thief Messiah thought expressionlessly.
Little did he know that these candies also served Bruce as a way to coax a child, but the child he was coaxing was none other than the Messiah himself.
The little girl looked at the Messiah descending from the sky. The golden light cast a hazy shadow around the Messiah, giving the Messiah a sense of holiness.
Messiah's face showed no emotion. He lowered his eyes to gaze at the little girl, held out his hand to her, and whispered softly, "Don't be afraid."
The little girl stopped sobbing unconsciously. She opened her eyes wide and looked at Messiah's face. She felt that Messiah's current appearance was very special.
Just like, just like...
The little girl thought hard and finally came up with a description.
Just like the people in the statues they saw in the church when the orphanage’s grandma took them to church for worship, the nuns in the church said they were gods and saints.
Messiah looked at the little girl who was staring at him in a daze, gently placed the candy on the little girl's head, and then rubbed the little girl's hair.
The soothing method learned from Bruce was used here by Messiah.
"Close your eyes, then open them again, and everything will be over." Messiah gently tapped the little girl's forehead and whispered, "Fear and suffering will never come near you again."
"Sleep, and you will usher in happiness and light."
Gentle golden light swept over the children protected by the golden film. Messiah looked at the sleeping children and breathed a sigh of relief with an imperceptible degree of relief.
He looked up at the flames burning in the orphanage, and exhaled freezing breath at the fire, imitating the way he had seen Superman put out a fire.
The frozen frost covered the fire, extinguishing the flames and leaving only the charred buildings.
Messiah snapped his fingers lightly, and golden light spread throughout the orphanage. He deliberately avoided the children sleeping in the golden film and directed his power towards the orphanage's buildings.
The next second, Messiah suddenly clasped his palms together.
Time flows back here, the charred marks on the buildings gradually fade away, and the orphanage returns to its pre-fire appearance.
Messiah looked at the outdated settings in the orphanage and hesitated for a moment. His eyes swept over the equally tattered clothes on the sleeping children. He carefully manipulated his strength, precisely bypassing the children's bodies and covering only their clothes.
The power was activated once again, and the cracks in the orphanage walls healed and the wear and tear on the children's clothes disappeared.
The entire orphanage was restored to its new appearance, and the children's clothes were neat and new. Only their little faces, which were blackened by the flames, proved that there had been a fire here.
Messiah exhaled softly and snapped his fingers again to wake up the sleeping children.
The children opened their eyes drowsily, looked at the brand new orphanage and their own clothes, and almost thought they were dreaming.
"I must be dreaming..." One child pinched his arm blankly, "The fire is gone, and the house looks brand new."
The Messiah paid no attention to their surprise.
Why are there still a few children who haven’t woken up?
Messiah frowned subconsciously and instantly appeared in front of a child with his eyes closed. He also transferred the other children who were still sleeping over.
The power that hypnotized them has been removed, so why haven't they woken up yet...?
Messiah half-knelt on the ground, not caring about the ashes staining his white clothes. He gently touched the face of one of the children and pushed his body: "Wake up."
Golden light also covered the children, trying to wake them up.
But the children still kept their eyes closed and did not react at all. The only change was their increasingly rapid breathing and faster heartbeats.
Messiah didn't understand.
He clearly extinguished the flames and removed the power that hypnotized them, so why weren't they waking up yet?
Messiah pursed his lips subconsciously. He looked at the children's closed eyes and felt a little hesitant. But the sudden sound of breaking air behind him made him stand up suddenly.
A familiar heartbeat. He had walked with the owner of this heartbeat more than once.
The bright red cloak fell to the ground, and a big hole appeared in the roof of the orphanage. The sunlight poured through the hole, falling on the face of the visitor and on the body of Messiah.
Messiah slowly turned back.
The red and blue uniform outlined his figure, and the sunlight gave him a golden glow.
The sunlight hit Messiah's face heavily, and the man's figure was reflected in Messiah's eyes, blending into the bright sunlight.
"Hello, little hero."
Superman lowered his eyes to look at Messiah, and gave Messiah a bright smile without any gloom: "You saved them."
Messiah didn't know what to say. Familiar memories flashed back. The last time he saw Superman shrouded in golden light was in...
When he turns Superman into a diamond.
"These children fell into a coma after inhaling smoke. I will take them to the nearest hospital first."
Superman glanced at the unconscious children behind Messiah, his expression becoming serious. He saw Messiah's confusion at a glance and gently patted Messiah's shoulder: "You arrived just in time. They are not seriously injured and will recover after simple treatment."
"Thick smoke, coma?"
Illiterate Messiah repeated it in confusion. Is that so? He had thought there was something wrong with his hypnosis of these children...
"I'll take them to the hospital with you."
Messiah suppressed his fluctuating emotions. He ignored Superman's surprised expression, held Superman's wrist, and controlled the golden light to cover the children's bodies.
The feeling of weightlessness comes and goes.
Messiah appeared in a hospital owned by the Wayne Group with Superman and these children.
Superman, who was unexpectedly transferred to Gotham, looked at Messiah in astonishment. Messiah called several doctors and nurses to receive these children.
The doctors and nurses were all surprised when they saw the children who suddenly appeared, but when they saw Superman beside Messiah, they suddenly understood and nodded.
It turned out to be someone Superman had saved.
But why did Superman come to Gotham?
The chief doctor pushed up his glasses. He recognized Messiah as their boss's newly adopted child. "I'll arrange a ward for them right away."
Messiah nodded and turned to meet Superman's surprised eyes.
Bruce's child...?
Superman, who also recognized the Messiah's identity, thought hesitantly.
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