Chapter 71 Loser
Zhong Mengfan and I ran into the police station. The man we had just met was standing in the middle of the police station lobby, as if he was waiting for us.
The staff who were originally working in the police station lobby had all fallen to the ground and were unconscious.
Zhong Mengfan asked loudly, "What did you do to the people in the police station? Those people who died suddenly at home for unknown reasons, did you use your supernatural powers to do this?"
He looked at us without answering, then finally fixed his gaze on my face, pointing at it as if to confirm something. Finally, he said, "I recognize you. You're the doctor I spoke to that time, and then I ran away. It seems you're more than just a doctor, a professional hero. Are you here to arrest me?"
I pulled out the black long sword from my palm. "Since you know this, just surrender. You are no match for me."
"I don't know if I stand a chance of success going it alone, but as a professional hero representing justice, don't you intend to care about the lives of others in the police station?" He opened his hands and released a poisonous purple gas from his palms. This gas quickly enveloped his entire body, forming a defensive barrier. Furthermore, the purple gas continued to spread outward, blocking the path for Zhong Mengfan and me.
"I still occasionally think about those conversations with you, Doctor. Some things still bother me. Unfortunately, after that, I became a person who escaped from Super Headquarters and was labeled a dangerous person. There was no chance of finding you again."
He first showed regret, then smiled and said, "What a coincidence, we meet again today. It's been so long, the doctor may have forgotten my name. My name is Chen Ziyou. Don't worry, I will control the poisonous gas during the conversation."
—I don’t want to be interrupted when I’m talking.”
As he said, the purple poisonous gas remained in the air in an extremely unreasonable state and stopped spreading.
Chen Ziyou raised his hands, as if showing off his special ability, and said to me, "Doctor, can you listen carefully now and let me talk about the troubles I am facing?"
I asked, "What do you want to say?"
"Where should I begin?" Chen Ziyou pointed his index finger at his forehead, thought for a moment and said, "My grades have always been poor in school, and it's been like this since elementary school." He just started talking about what he had told me before.
He was still gesturing with his fingers on his head. "When I was in school, I listened carefully to the teacher, but I would forget the words the teacher had just taught me very quickly."
"...I tried hard for a while, but the result is still the same. Hard work alone is not enough for someone like me. The teacher only likes students with good grades. My classmates always like to call me stupid and foolish to mock my clumsiness."
He lowered his eyes. "From that moment on, I knew that if I just worked hard but didn't produce any results, no one would see my efforts or care."
"I didn't like going to school, and by the time I was in junior high, I was thinking about dropping out. My parents separated when I was very young, and they were busy with their own things, so they didn't really care about me."
He paused and corrected himself, "I should say I didn't care at all. After all, my parents both had new partners at that time. I was just a relic of their previous failed marriage, so I always lived in my grandfather's house."
He looked up at me and said, "But when I was 15, I awakened. I was quickly transferred to the Special Academy for Psychics. After entering, I passed the ability assessment and was assigned to the most prestigious combat department. As everyone knows, the combat department in the academy has always been the cradle for cultivating future professional heroes. This changed my destiny.
I still remember when I was transferring to my old school, the teacher who had always been distant from me suddenly changed his attitude. He proudly told others that I was a student in their class and that I would become a professional hero in the future. My classmates, who once laughed at me, now looked at me with envy and flattery. Even my parents, who had always had a cold relationship with me, wanted me to move back home.
At that time, I felt so lucky to have awakened my superpowers. My superpowers changed my life, and I had to seize this opportunity to become a professional hero.
"The teachers of the cultural courses at the Academy of Superpowers were very patient with me, despite my poor academic foundation. They said I just had dyslexia and taught me a different way to read. I'm very grateful to them for helping me learn useful knowledge."
"How I wanted to be a professional hero... but awakening my superpowers was like fate playing another joke on me.
I joined the combat department, but was kicked out three years later. The reason was that I used my powers to create poison gas, and I couldn't precisely control its release. If I became a pro hero, my powers would likely harm innocent people during missions. So, I was transferred to a regular class in the support department, and everything changed.
I said, "As a student of the academy, you should know that once ordinary people awaken their special abilities, even if they don't have the ability to create more value for society for the time being, they can still obtain more convenient resources after entering society.
Although some people with special abilities cannot become professional heroes or work at superhero headquarters, after graduating from school and signing a series of confidentiality agreements, they can get a relatively decent and stable job arranged by the government. That's what I told you at the beginning."
Because superpowers themselves are very unstable, doing so is also a means of controlling those with superpowers.
He said paranoidly, "But I want to be a professional hero."
I said, "But you are now a criminal."
Zhong Mengfan also agreed, "You only care about your identity as a professional hero."
"Is there anything wrong with caring about my status as a professional hero and wanting to seize the opportunity to change my life and become a superior person?"
Chen Ziyou took a deep breath, his eyes filled with anger. "How can you, hypocrites who have had such a smooth journey to becoming superheroes, understand a loser like me? The so-called government arrangement is nothing more than a handout. Accepting it will only constantly remind me that I am a loser who can't become a professional hero."
I said calmly, "I really can't sympathize with you on this point. Saying that I'm being given charity or something like that is just greed."
He continued, "Because my abilities are considered dangerous, the so-called confidentiality agreement requires me to take inhibitors for a long time, wear a bracelet that controls my abilities, and undergo regular psychological evaluations.
Although there are professional hero qualification exams every year, these harsh requirements have prevented me from ever using my supernatural powers, effectively cutting off my chance to continue improving my abilities and become a professional hero."
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