"I just moved here."/"I haven't been back for many years."
The extremely similar answers stunned both the witch Saeki Rika and Kirino.
The witch Rika looked at Kirino up and down. He had a tired face, short hair, and a faded but stiff shirt inside the washed-white jacket. Paired with the ordinary look on his face, he couldn't look any further. Ordinary black-framed glasses, as well as the indelible haze and alienation in his eyes, he is a standard frugal middle-aged man.
The witch Rika Saeki has been hanging out with people from the TPC recently, and the people she sees are all energetic and energetic people. Even the people in the fringe departments of the TPC are full of hope.
This was the first 'down and out' ordinary person that the witch had seen with her own eyes. Although she could feel the superpower reaction on the other person's body, she didn't know what to say. "Well, I just thought you liked the Demon Knight." ?"
"Well, it's okay." Kirino was obviously choked by the sudden question of the woman in front of him. He shook his head, and then after realizing the identity of the other party, TPC Police Department, he silently took a step back and said, "Don't worry, I Nothing unusual."
He was just halfway through speaking when he seemed to have thought of something. He smiled helplessly and then made a 'please' gesture. While inviting the witch into his room, he said mockingly, "You are not that old. You probably haven’t experienced what I’ve experienced, but that’s a good thing.”
Then in the witch's perception, Kirino seemed to have completely restrained his superpowers and gave up the rest of the room to himself in order not to collide with him.
Although witches don't understand human rules very well, Kirino's behavior is very consistent with the behavior habits of people with super powers, telepaths, and telekinesis.
Two people who also have spiritual-related superpowers. If one of them completely restrains his own abilities, it means that he is releasing goodwill. After all, in that case, whether the person who has restrained his superpowers wants to activate Whether you want to attack or use mental defense, you will be one step slower than another person because you are surrounded by other people's telekinesis.
The witch was a little stunned by Kirino's behavior. She subconsciously walked into Kirino's home. Even if she didn't care about him at first, she couldn't refuse the kindness released by him now.
Kirino's room is very clean. In fact, the word "clean" is a bit too high for him. Except for some furniture such as light bulbs, sofas, tables and chairs that came with the house when it was originally decorated, there are only two items left in Kirino's room. I don’t know if they are household appliances, a printer, and a computer.
The witch looked around. There were many documents neatly placed on the table, and the documents were densely covered with words.
She had also been asked by Jian Hui to write down some of her thoughts before, so she probably knew how many words there were on these stacks of paper, and how much time and effort these words probably took. Thinking of this, she felt a little bit Curious, but afraid to step forward directly.
Suddenly she noticed that there was a box just under the table. She subconsciously used her mind power to see through the box and saw the contents inside. As a result, there was nothing inside except some neatly folded clothes. And some pots and pans for daily use.
The witch remembered that the other party had said that he had just moved here. It was obvious that he was not lying to her, but was serious.
"What do you want to drink?" The witch was interrupted by a voice, and she turned her head. Kirino pushed up his glasses, holding a hot water bottle in his hand, and said to her awkwardly, "Because I just finished moving, there is nothing. Beverages are only coffee and tea.”
"Tea? Coffee?" The witch was stunned for a moment, then quickly searched for relevant memories in her mind, and finally settled on a dark brown liquid with a sweet taste, "Coffee."
With that said, the witch sat down on the sofa in front of the coffee table and watched Kirino sitting next to her with two cups of coffee.
Kirino put the coffee on the table, and then asked curiously and nervously, "Ms. Saeki, what kind of work do you do at the police station? Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to ask them if they know."
"Work?! I still have two reports on faith and society to write!" When she heard the word work, the smiling face of a woman flashed in the witch's mind. Suddenly she seemed to think of something and pointed. The computer in the distance said, "Um, Mr. Kirino, can I use your computer from now on?"
Kirino was stunned for a moment, nodded blankly, picked up a piece of paper, wrote a series of numbers on it and handed it over, "This is the password for the network link, but if you want to enter TPC's intranet, it may be difficult. , but... forget it, if you want to enter the intranet, let me know."
The witch does not understand humans very well, but her ability to distinguish humans is innate. She can feel the kindness of this middle-aged man towards her, and unlike others, it is a cautious and somewhat humble kindness. The other person was obviously different from the people he had met before.
The witch tilted her head. Under Kirino's doubtful gaze, she suddenly leaned back on the sofa and then said carelessly, "It doesn't matter. I'm not with that woman anyway. Let's put the work aside."
At this point, as if to prove that she was 'very powerful', the witch took out the handheld computer equipped for her by the police station under Kirino's gaze, then opened the communication interface with Megumi, and pressed the voice function. Then he said, "Huh! I met a new friend today. Let's put work aside for a while. You understand!"
The word "friend" is naturally not nonsense. Even if you are a Kyrielod, there are actually some people who know Kyrielod in human society, and these people are collectively called "Kyrielod" by the Kyrielod. People's friends', obviously, in the eyes of the witch, Kirino, an extremely rare superpower among humans, is her 'witch's friend'.
Kirino was obviously shocked by the witch's series of confident and bold actions. He stared blankly at the handheld computer in the other person's hand, which was still very rare nowadays.
The witch looked at Kirino, stretched out her hand and waved it in front of his face, "Is it impossible? Is it because you have restrained your mental power, so your brain is overloaded? Your exercise is still not enough."
"Exercise?" Hearing this word, Kirino was stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile, "I have been able to hear other people's inner voices since I was a child. If I couldn't control the expansion and release of super powers, I would have gone crazy."
"Are you able to hear sounds as soon as you were born? Then your talent is really good. You can reach this level all of a sudden." The witch is very carefree. Even among the people of Kyrielod, she is also the best. Naturally, she is very good. Having said this smoothly, Kirino looked at the other person's actions and words and asked, "People at TPC should pay attention to you, right? You have caught up with the good times, but I have to hide myself all the time in order to be among the human beings. survive in society.”
The witch's eyes widened. This was something she couldn't understand again. She asked doubtfully, "They do value me. But why do they hide themselves?"
Kirino looked at the other person's confidence and real doubts, observed it carefully, and then asked, "Don't you feel anything at all? Did you have contact with their current senior management before TPC was established?"
The witch thought carefully, before TPC was established? We were in contact with you before humans appeared? However, they had indeed been in contact with the top management of TPC for a long time. Thinking of this, the witch nodded.
The word "before" is still difficult to understand for the witch. In her understanding, decades ago is not long ago, hundreds of years ago is not long ago, and probably ten thousand years ago is the so-called "before" .
"Well, it seems that you are indeed lucky to have caught up with an era when supernatural phenomena have appeared." Kirino picked up the coffee and was a little envious, but he shook his head happily, "In this case, you may indeed be very It’s hard to understand me.”
"Let's talk about it. Anyway, I have nothing to do now."
The witch looked at Kirino and then said, "You clearly have superpowers that are unique among humans. Why do you act like a decadent, hopeless, despairing, and somewhat poor middle-aged uncle?"
Listening to the witch's heartbreaking adjectives one after another, Kirino twitched the corner of his mouth, and then said with dark eyes, "Unlike you, I have been regarded as a monster by others since I was a child."
It was clear that the words came from his own mouth, but when Kirino said the word 'monster', he still showed a reaction of disgust and disgust. He realized this, and then showed an apologetic look on his face. , "I'm sorry, I don't have any friends, so I might get a little excited when I talk."
Seeing that the woman in front of him did not show any disgust towards him, he smiled awkwardly, and then continued, "In the era when I was born, Neon and even humans all over the world had just experienced a ridiculous wave of rumors about superpowers. craze."
"Neon, America, Europe, the East, the West." Kirino spat out words one after another as if mocking but also self-deprecating, "Psychic power, superpowers, qigong, mental power, what about using your ears to read words, what about a few seconds Zhong read a book, some perspective, some prophecy."
"In the era when I was in school, mankind had just broken away from that era little by little. Everyone was mocking those liars. Likewise, as a person with real superpowers, I was also treated as an object of humiliation by them."
Kirino looked out the window, focusing on the bird flying outside the window. Under the sunlight, the bird flew farther and farther away, and his eyes also followed the bird, flying farther and farther.
"Good morning! Clairvoyant boy!"
"Good morning." Kirino looked at the classmates greeting him and responded excitedly and enthusiastically. But suddenly, he heard the voice in the other person's heart, "The boy with clairvoyance? What a monster! Disgusting! Horrible! Monster!"
The other party obviously left with a smile, but what came to Kirino's ears were such insulting words.
Subconsciously, he turned his head and looked in other directions. Everyone was looking at him. Everyone was saying words to him in their hearts that made him uncomfortable and frightened. People, including other students of the same age, and those who Kirino once regarded as the most respectable teachers.
In fact, because he caught up with the superpower craze, Kirino Makiro was always reported by the mass media with eye-catching titles such as "Clear Vision Boy" when he was in elementary school.
And unlike other fake people, because Kirino grew up in a small town, the interpersonal relationships in the town allowed stories of his super powers to be spread, and everyone in the local area was sure that Kirino was A real boy with super powers.
At the beginning, everything was so beautiful. When everyone saw Kirino, they would show curiosity towards him, but also be full of goodwill.
But slowly, Kirino found that things began to change.
I don’t know if it’s because his brain has been opened up, but Kirino’s studies have always been very good, and he became the idol of his friends and classmates because of this.
However, when the news that he was a superpower spread, all the original compliments disappeared and were replaced by some weird ridicule.
"That's great. If we can have that kind of super power, we will definitely be able to do well in the exam."
"Hmph! Isn't it possible to get high marks only by relying on superpowers? Without superpowers, he is nothing!"
"Even if you have superpowers, you still can't take the first place in the school. It's really embarrassing."
Similar words kept coming to Kirino's mind. At first, he could ignore them, but as a primary school student, he was quickly struck down by such words. He began to make public the bad words in other people's minds. He even ran to the teacher to complain.
As he expected, the teacher criticized those students. On the surface, no one would attack Kirino, but this was only on the surface.
"Stay away from him! That's a freak!"
"It's really disgusting. If you have that kind of ability and can mess with the teacher, then it's just what he says?"
"I can't even think about it in my heart. He's such a domineering guy."
The classmates who originally attacked Kirino in their hearts continued to attack Kirino, and what made him despair the most was that this time, even the teachers began to have opinions about him in their hearts.
"Does he really have super powers? Then I have to stay away from him. I can't let that freak know what I'm thinking."
"What a pervert. Isn't this the equivalent of a walking lie detector? It's tiring enough to go to work every day, and you have to deal with something like this."
"Why do you let such a weirdo enter the school? What is there to learn from him?"
Compared with classmates of the same age, sometimes teachers who are obviously still adults have greater malice in their hearts.
In this way, Kirino gradually became alienated from his classmates and teachers. Even if they didn't speak, Kirino could understand what they were thinking, including the dirty secrets in everyone's hearts, and the ensuing dislike and disgust for him.
"Originally, it was okay to leave everything like this. After a period of time, the craze for super powers in the human world finally began to be slowly replaced by science. Human beings began to re-examine the absurd things of that period. Although they were excluded, everyone I gradually became accustomed to this kind of world, and at the same time, I was able to control myself from listening to those people’s voices.”
"However, just before the craze for superpowers was about to fade away, a reporter from somewhere found me again. He wanted to prove that I was just like those thousands of liars, just to win the eyes of the people. And did some ridiculous things.”
"But you and I both know that the truth is not like this. I am a real superpower. In order to prove myself, I faced the reporter who interviewed me and said what he was thinking sarcastically, 'What if this If the ability is real, then he must be a monster'."
"Yes, this is the real thought of those reporters. They obviously want to gain attention through me, but from the bottom of their hearts, they are full of malice towards me. Whether I am or I am not, they are all against my existence itself. They were all full of malice toward me as a child at the time."
"Then, everything became uncontrollable. Probably because of my ridicule at that time, the reporters began to attack me. They used adult's aggressive brushstrokes to describe me as a young person. , a liar who deceives everyone just because he is greedy for fame and fortune. In order to gain attention.”
"Then I became the target of everyone's attacks."
Kirino moved his gaze back from the window. He looked at the similar people in front of him and said with a hint of despair in his tone, "Those guys all know that I am a superpower. They all understand clearly in their hearts that I It’s not a lie, everyone knows about it.”
"However, because of those reports, they seemed to get support from those reports, and they began to openly bully me, on the way to school, in school life, on the way after school, everyone, every day A person, they all attacked me verbally or physically.”
"Well, I know that looking back now, I did try to show off because I had superpowers, and I also used to feel complacent because of the envy and adoration of others.
but! but! I've never hurt anyone! Why should I suffer such humiliation! "
"When everyone looked at me, they were calling me a monster in their hearts." Kirino's eyes were bloodshot, and he looked at the 'similar' in front of him in pain, "But I am a human! I am a human!"
"Can you imagine? From that time on, I was out of touch with human society. After I became independent, I left school. I did all the jobs I could do at the time, and I ate all the food I could. It’s bitter, I’ve lived on overpasses, I’ve slept on the streets, I’ve lived a homeless life alone, but why.”
The witch was shocked by the life described by the man in front of her. Then she looked Kirino up and down and asked the question that had puzzled her from the beginning of the story, "So, why don't you use your abilities to let you live a better life?" What about life?”
The witch spoke from her heart. Although she didn't know much about human society, she understood one thing, that is, with Kirino's superpower, he could live well even in the era before TPC was established. It's really good in the sense of being superior to others.
"I don't know, that's why I think you've caught up with a good day." Kirino seemed to have already thought about this issue. He looked at the witch, organized his words, and then said, "Maybe it's because, my Existence will destroy the rules of this human society."
"At that time, I also thought that the easiest way to use my ability to predict the future to obtain a lot of benefits is to bet on horse racing. But when I actually walked into the racecourse, I looked at the people around me, cheering and crying. Being an excited, indifferent person, I suddenly gave up this idea,
I don't even understand why I gave up this idea. I just felt that if I did, everything there would lose its meaning. "
"The emotions of tens of thousands of people there seem to have become worthless. I don't want this. I don't want this."
The powerful emotional fluctuations caused Kirino to release a large amount of spiritual power at once. This powerful power collided with the spiritual power possessed by the witch. Then, the witch clearly felt that there was a kind of warmth in this power. But powerful, small but tenacious.
The witch subconsciously wanted to release her mental power to control the other party, but recalling everything the other party had done before, she withdrew her mental power. She shrank her mental power to only occupy half of the room, and then along with this power , comforting the other party little by little.
Suddenly, she seemed to remember something and said in surprise, "Wait, you mean you have the ability to predict the future?"
Kirino, who had recovered, looked at the other person in confusion. He really couldn't believe that his tragic story would lead to such a strange question.
But the witch did not mean to joke at all, but said to Kirino seriously and seriously, "If it is just mental power and telekinesis, it is actually more common than you think. There are many civilizations and races in the universe who have it." With such an ability, in fact, due to different life forms, this ability is just an instinct for many civilizations, just like eating and drinking for humans."
"However, the ability to predict is different. It is a very unique ability that is extremely rare even among other civilizations in the universe and can become the foundation of a civilization."
"Um, has TPC secretly contacted people from space?" Kirino looked at the other party's serious look and thought of some of the supernatural phenomena and events about people from space disclosed by TPC. He said helplessly, "So, I'm not just like this. Being able to live in isolation, if it weren’t for your appearance, I wouldn’t even mention that past with anyone.”
"Wait a minute, I want to ask Captain Megumi, Masaki Keigo and Casto from the Victory Team. Do these people know how important your ability is to a civilization?" the witch said excitedly. complained.
"Wait a minute, Castor, are you talking about the Giant of Light? It's the house he helped me find. He said it was specially prepared for me, a place where I can live peacefully in human society."
Kirino stretched out his hand to stop the other party, but the witch had already dialed Megumi's communication, and then Kirino saw a scene that he would never forget.
"Megumi! You are such an incompetent captain! Do you know what a person with precognitive abilities like Mr. Kirino means to human society?!"
At first, the witch was very loud.
"Of course I know I still have a job. I deliberately arranged for us to support each other. Yes, he is also a very special existence to us. Of course you think I can get him back on his feet! Of course I can!"
Later, the witch's voice became slightly quieter.
"Don't! Of course I have understood your good intentions a long time ago! I will write a good report!! Don't let Masaki Keigo catch me!!!"
Finally, the witch's voice began to choke.
"Can the report be submitted a little slower!? You are really great!
Wuwuwuwu, we marginalized people in human society are so pitiful. Fortunately, TPC is here. It is really great. Human civilization will definitely not perish. I will definitely guarantee that human civilization and I will coexist! "
Kirino:.
No, although it seems to be very different from my own experience, is there something wrong with this woman? Was he being PUAd by someone? This must be PUA, right? ? ? ? ?
At the same time, Megumi hung up the phone, breathed a sigh of relief and said doubtfully, "What on earth is she talking about? Kirino? Predictive ability?"
Thinking of this, Megumi searched for Kirino's information on TPC's internal network.
Although Kirino's occupation is unclear, it can be found that he was living alone in the city center not long ago.
He is now nearly middle-aged, but he attracted the attention of the world when he was a student. He often appeared in the media as a "superpower boy". However, some magazines published articles denouncing that his "powers" were not real. After that, Soon, he disappeared from the media's sight and was gradually forgotten by everyone.
Suddenly, Hui Jia saw the latest information about Kirino. She clicked on the file, and then said silently, "Application for guaranteed housing for special talents in Dongzhi County? In order to further optimize TPC's talent reserve and develop TPC's future universe plan Housing security will be provided for the required talents. In accordance with the spirit of the "TPC Implementation Plan for the Introduction of Special Talents" (No. 3) and in light of the actual situation, the agent will apply for housing to Kirino Makio."
Jian Hui directly pulled the document to the end, and then saw a familiar name in the agent column, "Agent: Casto, approver: Jian Hui?"
Hui Jian:?
Hui Hui, who laughed angrily, silently turned on the global broadcast within TPC, "This is Hui Hui, the captain of the victory team. Please come to the office of the captain of the victory team. Castor will also be asked to come to the office of the captain of the victory team. In addition, if others find that he is showing signs of escaping, , please arrest him immediately, and all TPC members please pay attention. He is not aggressive, but he is very dexterous. If necessary, you can use nets, ropes, stun guns and other equipment, thank you."
On the other side, Casto, who was walking on the TPC circular corridor with Dagu, Xincheng and others, was going to eat. Hearing the familiar voice in his ear, his expression slowly became stiff.
"New City Team members!"
"arrive!"
"Team Dagu!"
"arrive!"
"Team Lina!"
"arrive!"
"Form a one-two attack formation! Target Castor!"
"Yes!"*3
Under Munakata's command, Shinjo, who was originally walking in two rows towards the cafeteria, Dagu, Lina and Castor, reacted instantly and turned around in formation to narrow the encirclement around Castor.
"No! Munakata, you are sick! Why are you so professional at this time?" Castor was lifted up in the air and shouted loudly, "At least let me eat first! I haven't eaten lunch yet!!!!"
"I want to see Director Sawai! I want to see Chief of Staff Minamihara! I want to see Director Yoshioka! I don't want to see Sister Megumi Nakama!!!"
"I have made meritorious deeds for TPC! I have been injured for TPC! I am a hero!! I am a hero!!!"
(End of chapter)
