Chapter 116 The Hero Loses Control
The stagehand directed some staff members and began to arrange the filming location for the next scene. "Next is scene 33, the scene where the Starlight Knight rescues the heroine. Everyone, get ready."
Starlight Knight took the water and towel handed to him by his assistant, wiped the sweat from his forehead from the intense fighting performance, and slowly walked back to the rest area.
Zhong Mengfan and I were in the rest area, waiting for Star Knight to finish filming his scenes.
Zhong Mengfan was holding a Starlight Knight peripheral card. When he saw Starlight Knight, he immediately stepped forward and greeted him, "Hello, Mr. Starlight Knight. That scene just now was so cool!"
Starlight Knight nodded. "Thank you for the compliment. I've received a message from headquarters and learned that you are the professional heroes who are here to investigate those threatening letters."
His gaze swept between Zhong and me, finally settling on Zhong Mengfan. "Excuse me, the one taking on this mission this time is Night Demon, right? He's also an A-rank hero. I've always heard rumors about you, and I can say I've long admired your name."
I:……
"Ahaha." Zhong Mengfan laughed awkwardly. "No, I'm Link."
Then he pointed at me and said, "This one is the Night Demon."
The Starlight Knight has completely forgotten about me, or that he ever received any mental counseling.
Having recognized the wrong professional hero, it was Starlight Knight's turn to feel embarrassed. "Ah, I'm so sorry. It's just that Night Demon is younger than I thought, and much, much younger."
I said I didn't mind and took the initiative to explain, "Something happened, so I can only appear in front of you like this for the time being."
"I understand. Professional hero work always carries with it all sorts of unknown dangers. I'm going to have to trouble you guys with my situation this time." He sat down and gestured to the two empty seats next to him. "Let's sit down and talk."
I nodded.
After sitting down, Zhong Mengfan picked up the peripheral card printed with Starlight Knight and smiled like a fan. "Mr. Starlight Knight, before I became a professional hero, I heard many rumors about you and saw you saving lives during missions. You are an amazing and popular hero. If it is convenient, could you please sign for me?"
"certainly."
"I will continue to support the new movie you are filming this time!"
When signing autographs, Star Knight said, "Thank you. The film is almost finished. Please come and watch it during the preview."
Zhong Mengfan began, "I'd love to!"
After Starlight Knight thanked me, I brought the topic back to the original topic. "Regarding the threatening letter, do you have any suspects?"
Starlight Knight clasped his hands together, thought for a moment, and then said, "As a professional hero, there are bound to be people who hate me. Moreover, I am a hero who does not wear a mask and does not hide my true identity. Now, because of movies and endorsements, I have entered the entertainment industry and become a public figure. There are many people who like me, but there are also many people who envy and hate me. It is difficult to tell who has the motive to do these things." Starlight Knight lowered his eyes while speaking, as if he was hiding something.
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It wasn't difficult to find the culprit who wrote the threatening letter. He was just an ordinary person without any special abilities. The trouble lay with the Starlight Knight himself.
"Stop!" Zhong Mengfan shouted.
But the Starlight Knight just turned his head and glanced at Zhong Mengfan lightly, then continued to keep his hand raised and released his special ability, Starlight Slash.
“Hmm!”
This was a very violent and bloody scene. The opponent only had time to let out a short groan of pain before being cut in half by the starlight, and bloody intestines and other unknown internal organs fell to the ground.
The Starlight Knight, who was closest to the corpse and had caused the situation, bore the brunt of the blood. His silver combat uniform, along with the six-pointed star symbolizing his heroism, was also stained with red blood. Even his exposed skin and hair bore traces of the blood.
Looking back at our Star Knight, he no longer looked like the sunny and righteous superhero. His expressionless face as he took someone's life made him look like an emotionless killer.
Zhong Mengfan, who rarely saw such a bloody scene, turned his head away and pressed his lips with his hands.
"Mr. Starlight Knight, please explain your current behavior." Although I asked him this, I already knew the answer in my heart. This was the side effect of using Deep Blue Hypnosis to twist the will of Starlight Knight.
"Explain," he repeated, looking puzzled. "Isn't it natural for a professional hero to kill a criminal? Why do you need a reason?"
Zhong Mengfan said, "But that man is not a superpower. I saw him drop his weapon. He is surrendering to you. He no longer has the ability to resist."
The Starlight Knight's expression was blank. "But he's a criminal, the scum of society! Even without weapons, a bad guy is still a bad guy. If you do bad things, you must be punished."
I recalled my last conversation with Starlight Knight, only now he had become even more extreme.
Zhong Mengfan was still trying to reason with the Starlight Knight, "He's just an ordinary person without any special abilities. You can arrest him and hand him over to the police."
Starlight Knight replied, "Mistakes that have been made cannot be treated as if they never happened. Therefore, the criminals do not deserve a second chance to reform."
I listened to the Starlight Knight's words in silence, thinking about how to deal with the aftermath.
"No matter what, you can't take a person's life so easily. Also, the way you killed him was too cruel, it was pure slaughter. Ordinary people have no way to deal with the attacks of people with superpowers. Your behavior doesn't seem like that of a righteous professional hero at all!" Zhong Mengfan's voice was filled with accusation.
The Starlight Knight extended his hand, expressing dissatisfaction with Zhong Mengfan's meddling. "I simply used my usual supernatural powers to punish criminals. My goal in becoming a professional hero is to stamp out all crime and evil. I am enforcing my own form of justice. As for the means and methods I used, I don't need your approval."
Finally, I spoke again. "Mr. Starlight Knight, you should have heard of my special ability. It can provide psychological counseling for those with special abilities, easing tension and releasing accumulated stress. In fact, headquarters also sent me here to learn about your latest situation. The alternation between your roles as a professional hero and a public figure in the entertainment industry must have put some pressure on you."
I lowered my voice and said, "I can help you."
Perhaps Zhong Mengfan and I were still in the process of exchanging powers, and he hadn't fully recovered. Or perhaps my mental suggestion from the last hypnosis session still lingered in his subconscious, causing too much internal stress on the Starlight Knight.
After I said this, he got angry.
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