Chapter 233 Winter is Coming · Finale [End of Text]

On the ground.

Kasugawa Shugo waited quietly in the mall, and he immediately took action after Edogawa Conan passed through the ventilation duct and arrived at the control room.

Since the organization already knew about the arrival of the police, he didn't need to hide anything anymore. The man with chestnut curly hair quickly contacted the outer team with the communicator, and asked them to organize the orderly evacuation of the people in the mall and the Children's Palace, and then hurried out of the mall.

Many journalists who heard the news had gathered under the mall. Under the camera, the man did not take off his plush suit, but hurriedly pressed the communicator and rushed to the Children's Palace with other police officers.

"There aren't many people in the mall. Send someone to search from top to bottom. Don't miss anyone." Kasugawa Shugo said hurriedly in the communicator, "Others go to the Children's Palace and help the staff there evacuate!"

Most of the customers in the mall had left because of the 'arson' incident just now. In addition, the police who were called in at the door were watching and didn't let anyone go back. Most of the people here are adults. We just need to let the police go up to maintain order and explain the situation and help them evacuate.

The Children's Palace is a bit troublesome. Most of the people inside are children. In such an emergency, it is easy to get confused. More people need to be sent to help.

Thinking this in his mind, he quickly ran into the Children's Palace. When he entered the gate, he saw the police officer who was in the same car with him just now. He hurriedly walked over and grabbed the man who was rushing to the hall, "Where are you going?"

"I...um, I'm going to notify the people inside...? Kasugawa?!" The police officer was suddenly grabbed by a big bear and was stunned for several seconds before he realized from the familiar voice that this was the drug-catching police officer who had been working with him for a long time. He stuttered for a long time and couldn't help but talk about an irrelevant topic in this situation, "Why are you dressed like this?"

After saying that, he suddenly realized the identity of the reporters outside and the person in front of him, and hurriedly wanted to take back his words, but almost bit his tongue.

"Superman is dressed like this." Kasugawa Shugo answered casually, knowing that he would be laughed at to death by them afterwards if he acted like this. He pouted a little inside the stuffy doll costume, but still spoke quickly, "You idiot! Go contact the person in charge and teachers first, and let them organize the children to evacuate in an orderly manner. If you go up to notify them in such a panic, won't they be confused?"

"Oh, yes!" The police officer answered with wide eyes, and almost bit his tongue while nodding repeatedly, "I'll go now, Officer Bear...Officer Kasugawa!"

...Okay, okay.

Hearing the name blurted out by the other party, Kasugawa Shugo twitched his lips, and was surprised that this name would probably accompany him for the rest of his life. He hurried into the hall while thinking, and in a blink of an eye he came to the cafeteria in the middle.

It was called a cafeteria, but in fact it was just a cheap food area specially supplied to students. You can get a discount if you use the Children's Palace card to buy. It was almost evening, and many children were eating here, laughing and joking with each other, completely unaware of what would happen next.

He moved quickly to find the owner of the cafeteria. Seeing the man's suspicious expression, Kasugawa Shugo was about to take out his police ID from his pocket, but Anfu Daming, who was standing next to him, said, "He is indeed a policeman. I can prove it."

The doubt in the owner's eyes disappeared immediately. It can be seen that he trusts the middle-aged man next to him. He looked at the strange little bear in front of him and Anfu Daming next to him, and finally nodded, "Okay... I believe you, I will immediately let the employees cooperate with you to evacuate the people in the cafeteria."

"Children--" After he came out, he took out a loudspeaker from his desk that he usually used to notify things, and said loudly, "We just received a notice that we will immediately conduct an earthquake drill. Please stop what you are doing and line up in the corridor next to the dining table."

"But I haven't finished my meal yet..." someone muttered quietly, and Kasugawa Shugo simply walked towards the cafeteria entrance. At this time, this bear doll costume that is very popular among children finally came into play.

"If an earthquake comes, you can't not escape immediately just because you are eating." He raised his voice and shook his clenched bear paw, pretending that there was something in his empty hand. "Sorry, we have to start the drill now, but if everyone finishes it seriously, I will treat you to candy, okay."

The original chattering voices turned into a very unified "OK——".

"Then I will count to one, and the row at the back will go out under the leadership of Mr. Anfu. When this team has finished walking, the next team should quickly catch up." Kasugawa Shugo said. At this time, Anfu Daming stood in front of the first team and nodded to him. The other employees also hurriedly called up several children who were reluctant to get up, and searched the cafeteria up and down to confirm that every child was in the line.

"Three, two... one!"

As the short countdown ended, the middle-aged man immediately led several chattering teams of children to walk out quickly. After everyone left, the boss would also let the staff lock the door to prevent more children from entering the cafeteria, and then let the employees follow behind and evacuate.

Without waiting to see all the children in the cafeteria leave before leaving, Kasugawa Shugo made sure they left in an orderly manner and immediately set out for the teaching area. There were several classrooms where students were still taking exams and the doors were tightly closed. He knocked on the doors of several classrooms where students were taking classes and called the teachers out individually to give them instructions. He then watched as the students began to evacuate in an orderly manner before leaving. This was a very slow process and within a short while, the radio broadcast rang out.

In order to keep the children in order and avoid disturbance and a series of problems such as trampling caused by disturbance, the Children's Palace adopted a more tactful approach after discussion, "Teachers, staff and children, please stop what you are doing immediately. We are now required by the safety inspection team to immediately launch an earthquake emergency escape drill. Uncles and aunts from the safety team will come to assist everyone in evacuating the Children's Palace. Please stand up immediately and line up in the classroom corridor, starting from the innermost classroom."

He walked past the classrooms and heard the cheers of children coming from several classrooms where examinations were taking place. From the transparent window in the middle of the door, he could see that all the classrooms took action immediately after the broadcast notice.

The door of the Children's Palace is not big. In order to prevent crowding at the exit and causing trampling and unnecessary casualties, whether it is every necessary drill before or today's evacuation, it all starts from the innermost.

Kasugawa Shugo checked the situation inside the outermost classrooms of the Children's Palace one by one. The children in the outermost classroom seemed to have long been accustomed to being the last to leave. Most of them chattered and seemed very happy to end the exam early.

The girl with two ponytails huddled together with her friend and whispered something. Then the child was attracted by the topic of the child next to her. She pouted, looked down at the click pen in her hand, and looked around boredly until she saw a furry little bear head passing by through the window on the door.

The girl's eyes lit up instantly, and she smiled and waved to the outside. Kasugawa Shugo was stunned, and with a helpless smile, he placed his furry palm on the glass and waved, then quickly left.

Most of the people in the Children's Palace had evacuated, and there were still about a dozen classrooms left. Fearing that they were running out of time, all the police officers took the children and ran out of the corridor as fast as possible. It seemed that they could evacuate and clear the venue in less than four minutes.

Before they could breathe a sigh of relief, the ground began to shake.

Kasugawa Shugo's original expression froze instantly. After the underground base started fighting, there were waves of noise, and even the foundation of the Children's Palace was shaking. Inside the building, the children's originally relaxed expressions changed, and the quiet laughter was immediately covered by the overwhelming screams.

"Hurry!" He immediately turned around and shouted at the police officer who was leading the children in the front classroom out, "Speed ​​up! Manage the areas you are responsible for and don't rush to rush over! If a stampede happens now, it will be no joke!"

The man wanted to speed up, but the speed he used when evacuating just now was the maximum speed that the children could keep up with. He sped up for two steps and then returned to his original speed in order to make the children behind him follow him closely.

Kasugawa Shugo hurried to the evacuating team, and quickly helped up the children who fell to the sides due to the sudden vibration of the ground. "No... we have to go faster! There is still room for one more team in the corridor. Take care of the people you are responsible for from the back and add another team!"

He walked nimbly along the gap at the side, scanning the surroundings. Before a child was about to fall, he would notify the surrounding police officers to provide help or help the child up himself. After the original two teams became three teams, the speed of movement increased a little bit.

Almost there! Just two more minutes...

"Bang————"

Kasugawa Shugo's face turned pale.

With this loud noise, the ground changed from a slight tremor to a violent shaking. After several huge tremors, decorative objects began to fall down from the end of the corridor, followed by the walls that collapsed due to the huge shaking amplitude. When the shaking

began, a child screamed and squatted with his head in his hands. He lost the ability to move in this violent shaking, and his legs were shaking for a long time and he couldn't stand up.

The chestnut-haired police officer immediately picked up such a child and ran to the nearby exit. "Hurry - there are not many people left, help evacuate -!"

Hearing this, except for one or two police officers who continued to lead the children who could still move on their own to run outside the Children's Palace, everyone else hurriedly picked up the children who couldn't stand up because of the violent shaking of the ground and ran to an empty and safe place outside.

After putting the child down, Kasugawa Shugo continued to run inside and saw that Anfu Daming, who had already evacuated, also returned to the Children's Palace. Together with the police, who were now not many in number, they picked up the children inside and sent them outside. He opened his mouth to say something, but remembered the words that Tsukiyama Asari had vowed to the public security department when he was going to take the risk, and swallowed it back.

The shaking of the ground became more and more violent. As the bombs buried underground were detonated, even adults could not stand. Several times he saw the police officers who rushed out with children in their arms fell to the ground because of the violent shaking, and then they quickly got up as if they did not feel any pain at all, and rushed back into the Children's Palace without any hesitation to find the next child who had not yet evacuated.

He was also one of them. After all the children in the corridor were evacuated, the children who were hiding in the classrooms and not daring to come out, he carried them one by one and ran outside, put them in the spacious outdoor area and continued to return, sweat dripping from his forehead and soaking into his eyes.

Perhaps because of this plush outfit, the children he carried rarely cried. When he carried out a short-haired little girl and put her on the ground, she looked at the person who saved her with her eyes wet with tears and sighed softly, "It's... it's the little bear!"

Without giving the girl any time to react, Kasugawa Shugo ran towards the gate of the Youth Palace again. Before he ran to the door, another loud noise came.

On the side of the Children's Palace, the long pillars that had been supporting the building for so long finally gave up and broke apart like dominoes. After the one on the far side collapsed, the other pillar that could not bear the sudden increase in pressure also broke apart. All the weight was transferred to the next one, one after another, and finally the entire middle space and gate of the Children's Palace collapsed.

For a few seconds, Kasugawa Shugo just watched the huge thing collapse without any action. In his sight, the police who were desperately running out with their children in their arms and the teachers and employees who went in to help despite the danger were already blocked by the dust. The moment the gate collapsed, the last pillar would collapse.

The place where the pillar fell was the only way for the people in the organization to evacuate after the entrance to the mall collapsed... the last passage.

Anfu

Daming ran out in a hurry with the girl in ponytails in his arms. He fell to the ground because of the violent shaking. The glass fragments of the vase cut his calf and many glass shards pierced his knees. However, he stood up again with the girl in his arms and continued to run to the outside.

As soon as he approached the gate, the middle-aged man heard a very unclear cracking sound. Then, in the huge smoke and dust, he keenly caught the explosion and noise coming from above his head.

There was no time to run out of the Children's Palace. He could only grit his teeth and squat on the spot, holding the girl, whose face was already full of tears, tightly in his arms, trying to use his back to support the collapsed building.

The pain did not come as expected, and the light originally projected in from outside was blocked by another sound.

Anfu Daming looked up in a daze.

The collapsed gate, or... the fulcrum of the collapse of the huge building, although it was only one floor, was carried on the back of a police officer in a plush bear suit who had already left the Children's Palace and had not yet returned to this dangerous place.

Do people... have the ability to fight against the collapse of steel?

He didn't know, but this soft, furry and round plush bear held up the last collapsed door frame.

"Go..." The voice first came out of the throat with difficulty, and then came out of the plush bear's headgear, as if it was heavier than the collapsed building, "...Go... Go!"

Tears fell from the corners of Anfu Daming's eyes. He struggled to stand up, ran to an empty place outside, and then returned again. Regardless of his vision being obscured by the mist, he continued to search for the next trapped child, then picked up and ran outside again. Like a puppet who had been given an order, he could no longer say anything else or make any other movements except this almost intense rescue behavior.

Kasugawa Shugo gasped.

He didn't even dare to breathe, fearing that if he relaxed for a second, the entire collapsed building on his back would collapse completely. Every breath he inhaled would bring a burst of dense and sharp pain in his throat and lungs, as if constantly reminding him that this body could no longer bear more weight.

Then how did he...how did he carry so many collapsed buildings and protect himself under his body?

Every second was like torture. The headgear tilted under the pressure of the building. The eyes that could see outside were now lowered. Except for letting in some blocked light, it was useless. The man blinked his round eyes and tried to think of something else to distract himself in the dim light.

Oikawa... or his father, was it so painful at that time...

"Hurry up and count the number of people!"

"...The last four are missing!"

In the headset, the police officer who helped evacuate shouted urgently, constantly confirming the number of people. Kasugawa Shugo listened quietly, feeling a surge of pain in his chest that was even more severe than before.

"Three left! Only..."

He lowered his head and coughed uncontrollably. Because of this movement, his body trembled slightly. His legs, which were originally nailed to the ground, trembled, and he couldn't control himself from falling down.

There are three more...? What about Zhenping and the others inside the base, have they come out?...

Hold on.

He must hold on.

His knees hit the ground and became another more comprehensive support point. Kasugawa Shugo gritted his teeth and didn't let his upper body fall down any more. The originally wide-open door was rapidly compressed and shortened, but fortunately, it was still possible for people to squeeze out from the middle and evacuate.

Kasugawa Shugo opened his mouth slightly, and with an uncontrollable cough, the blood that surged up from his throat due to the huge pressure of internal organs spurted out directly. If it weren't for the bear hood covering it, when it was sprayed on the ground, the dense blood beads would probably draw a thin line in the air, like thousands of blood-red needles.

...Isn't this considered a breach of promise?

The man curled his lips, and his friend's face suddenly flashed through his mind.

It shouldn't be considered a breach of promise. What he promised was to protect himself, not to make unnecessary efforts, and not to cause any unnecessary injuries.

This is necessary...it is his responsibility.

There is a need to evacuate everyone inside safely, and...when he said goodbye before, he vowed that he could protect their guys.

If we just let them be buried under the ruins with the organization, it would be a breach of promise, right?

Those guys...

"Found it! Found the last child!"

The earphones have been making a crackling sound since a while ago. It must have been hit accidentally just now. Kasugawa Shugo thought, but it probably didn't matter because he could still hear the sound from over there.

"Quickly... evacuate...!"

"...This is... the first... action team. All personnel in the base... have been evacuated..."

"All... evacuated!"

Kasugawa Shugo curled his lips and finally forced a smile. Blood flowed out from the corners of his mouth, staining the inside of the hood and flowing down.

The pair of honey-colored eyes moved slightly.

He suddenly began to recall the faces of his friends... and family. He didn't know why, even though they had been through so many things together, the first thing he remembered was the day at the police academy when he went to the iron railing to get the lunch box that Tsukiyama had brought in. Asuka was holding the railing in a daze, looking inside with some curiosity.

His five friends, as if they thought he didn't know anything at all, were hiding behind the bushes, making a lot of noise, and when he turned around, they squatted down together, and as a result, everyone's hair was exposed outside the bushes, especially Amuro Toru's golden hair and Matsuda Jinpei's conspicuous curly hair, which were obviously missing a few labels on their heads with the words "I'm peeking here" written on them.

So after Yueshan Chaori left with Asuka Kiri, he quietly walked to the bushes while they were discussing the black-haired young man and the boy who often came to visit him, and gave them a big scare.

The five people hiding in the bushes were so scared that they jumped up, then looked at each other and rushed towards the dormitory as if they hadn't seen anything. He, the guy with the worst physical strength, couldn't catch up with them no matter how hard he tried, and finally he could only threaten them fiercely, saying that if they ran again, they would not share this lunch box.

So the guys who were greedy for Yueshan Chaori's skills ran back again, dragged him, who was panting, to the rooftop, where they always stayed.

He followed these physical monsters, exhausted to death. When he looked up, he could only see them turning their heads and grinning at him, as if they were planning how to eat up the lunch in his hand. The

police academy was always bright. The sun shone down from above, passing through the branches and leaves, turning into mottled light and shadows, and then falling on the ground to create layers of ripples, but the light cast into their eyes remained bright, penetrating seven years of time and reaching out to him.

The police officer who carried the entire collapsed steel on his shoulders and built a door to life with his flesh and blood finally couldn't hold on and fell forward.

.

With a loud bang, everything, whether it was the buildings on the ground or the organization that had been lingering on the land of Japan for decades, turned into ruins.

There was no cheering in the rising dust, not even any sound.

All the police officers who participated in the plan from beginning to end just looked around blankly. When everything was really over and victory really came, they could not do anything else.

Even their eye sockets were dry.

Above the ruins, the people under the sky seemed particularly small. Without letting Toru Amuro support him, Tsukiyama Asari stood up and looked up into the distance like all the people who had just left the uncollapsed exit as quickly as possible.

At this time, it was sunset.

The red sun slowly disappeared in this iron city, and for half a day it was a bloody mess. The dust and smoke rising from the ruins slowly rose up, rising, pushed by the explosion sound that was still ringing like the evening prayer bells, but no longer stirring up any wind and waves, like a curtain being pulled up.

"Little Bear! It's Little Bear Superman!"

The child's tender voice tore open the curtain. She held the hand of the middle-aged man who rescued her, looking at his eyes soaked with tears. She didn't know why this uncle who was very close to her was crying, but she still shouted at him loudly, her eyes sparkling and full of surprise.

She didn't know that someone could use their body to lift up the collapsed ruins, but she wholeheartedly believed that this was something that only an omnipotent superpower could do. The girl jumped twice on the spot, and her fluttering skirt made her look like a flower blooming in the ruins.

"Super Bear saved us! He is a superhero! It turns out that there are really superheroes in the world!"

"No..." Anfu Daming squatted down. He opened his mouth, and tears fell before the words he was about to say. The man looked at the girl's face that was not stained with a bit of dust, looked at the girl's somewhat confused expression and the hand that was raised to wipe his tears. The original words were stuck in his throat, and when he spoke them out, they had changed their appearance, "... Not only him, those uncles and aunts are all superheroes."

"All...?" The girl looked up and looked to the side with some doubts, and saw many strangers standing in the ruins in combat uniforms or ordinary casual clothes, saw many people covering their wounds, covered in dust and blood, and saw the teachers and employees who just rushed into the mall to rescue them regardless of everything.

In her confusion, she seemed to feel something, but this tiny perception went around in a circle in her young mind and turned into all sorts of things in the child's world. The girl's eyes lit up and she shouted, "I understand! It's just like the League of Super Heroes, but there are so many more people in this league!"

She smiled even brighter than before, turned around and put her hands to her mouth to make a trumpet shape, and shouted to the many people in the ruins. After her, several different but equally childish voices were heard, echoing in the ruins.

"Thank you, hero uncle -- and aunt --"

"Thank you -- thank you --"

"Thank you, super hero, for saving us --"

The loud and tender voice echoed in the ruins, and then was pushed away by the cold wind, breaking through the bloody sunset in the distance.

[End of the main text]

The author has something to say:

Thank you for reading!

This is the end. Before the reflections, I will put the extra chapter I am going to write at the front!

Note: The jokes and minefields are clearly marked, you can choose the one you want to read and subscribe~ The following table is in no particular order, I will write the one that inspires me the most first:

"Afterword": Forum + Afterword

"Systematic Fake Human Survival Guide": A less serious afterword

"About the Number One Killer Now Taking Care of the Kids Full-time": A joke about everyone surviving (except Miao)

"Routine Letter": A suicide note that every police officer in the General Affairs Office has to write every two months, and it was finally opened today

"Kasugawa Shugo's Big Crisis": If Hanedani Shugo was not kidnapped + Shugo met his brother if the vest survived independently

"One Day": If Hanedani Shugo became smaller

"To Those Who Disappear Easily": The background story of the photo in Mr. Suemitsu's home

"The Little Sun": The young Shuugo in the background of the main text travels to the end Since

last week, I suddenly had an idea to finish this article within a week, so I started writing 10,000 to 20,000 words a day from morning to night. I didn't expect that I would really finish it today!

Hahaha, are you surprised to see the explosion? I wrote almost 100,000 words this week! (Proudly akimbo)

Now I think about it, I have been writing from the end of January to now, and it took a very long time. Your company and encouragement have always been my biggest motivation. I like playing with everyone in the comment area, and I am familiar with many babies who always leave comments. Thank you very much

It ended suddenly and I don’t know what to say (shaking my head) Anyway, thank you very much! Thanks to everyone who has read this carefully. They didn't forget about this novel when I gave up updating because of the previous period of rest and revision. They have been with Chao Li, Shuugo, A Miao, Moeko, Xiao Wu and Tongzi until here.

Thanks to my wife Tao Tao, who helped me think about many problems in the outline and gave me a lot of encouragement when I couldn't write anymore. In short, I love her!

I feel like I have a lot to say, but now I suddenly don't know what to say. Maybe I will talk about it in the extra chapters. I will

write something light next time~ Let's take a look at the new pre-collected "I was forced to become a good person after having Yin Yang Eyes"! This time it is a sweet (emphasis) and not too many words (ah, this time it will not be over a million) Yan Tan hehe!

Because I had to work on a lot of homework after finishing this book, I will start studying for the finals after the extra chapters are finished, so the next book will be published in late December or early January, 33333!

Thank you!!

ps: If there are other extra chapters you want to read, please give me some tips (in more detail)! I will write about some of the ones I am interested in~