First Player

Chapter · "Sheep in the Rain (9)"

——Being muzzled, strangled, and suffocated by an era is considered homicide?

Su Mingan raised his head. The sky was gray and heavy rain was falling on the world, as if it was swallowing up the world.

"Boom--!"

He saw the dilapidated buildings, the bricks and stones tumbling down like sand towers blown away by the wind, and the residents fleeing in panic, without having time to take anything with them.

He lowered the little girl's head and did not let her see this scene.

When everything returned to silence, there was only the sound of heavy rain in my ears, and it was so quiet that I could hear my own breathing.

Afterwards, people's cries of grief rose.

"——My home! My home!!"

"——My things are still in there, my money, my notebook..."

"--Mommy mommy……"

Their few property is this unfinished building. Now that the building has collapsed, it is equivalent to depriving them of everything.

People chanted, lamented, cried, and vented. No one cared that an old woman died in the building, and no one cared about the justice she wanted. All they knew was that everything was gone, gone.

How can they survive when the last inch of the roof covering their bodies is overturned?

Su Mingan touched the little girl's head and slowly placed her on the ground.

The heavy rain fell on her disheveled black hair, with strands of water falling down. Her eyes were still blank, as if she didn't understand why the building collapsed, and she didn't understand the sad look in her grandma's last look at her. The wet hair hung sticky on her neck, and the rain slid down her face.

She looked around, trying to find anyone she knew, even just one person. But all I could see were the sad expressions of strangers, and nothing else.

"Mother?"

She hugged the little bear and tried to call.

——The hard-working and beautiful woman had died in the masonry five years ago.

So, no one responded to her.

"dad?"

She looked around with blank eyes.

——The upright and simple man has fallen asleep in the blood-stained closet.

So, no one responded to her.

Her eyes became a little anxious, her fingers tightened on the bear in her arms, and her whole body shivered with cold.

"……grandmother?"

She raised her head and looked at the overwhelming rain, her voice choked with sobs.

——The old man who wanted a response had disappeared into the cold rain.

So, no one responded to her.

His body trembled slightly and he shuddered.

The call floated in the wet air, like a wisp of smoke, quickly dissipating.

She didn't understand what the heavy rain had brought and what it had taken away. She was still young and didn't even understand what the world was like and what she was fighting against. She could only call over and over again, trying to find the most familiar person, because grandma once told her that as long as she shouted to grandma, everything would be fine.

...but why.

Now she was shouting loudly but couldn't see them?

Why is there nothing but the heavy gray rain in front of me? Obviously they were sitting together for dinner a few days ago, and they even talked about curing her heart disease and living happily as a family. But why - this tall building suddenly collapsed?

Su Mingan knelt down, slid his fingers across her somewhat broken cheeks, and wiped her face clean.

He was about to take his hand back, but his wrist was held tightly. The young girl looked at him with confused and sad eyes. She didn't seem to realize that she no longer had any relatives. She just subconsciously grabbed the last straw and didn't want to let him go.

"Big brother...?" the girl called tentatively.

There was no response to her previous calls. Her voice was trembling and her fingers were cold due to the low temperature.

Su Ming'an responded to her gaze and whispered "hmm".

——So, in the complete silence, someone finally responded to the girl.

When a sheep gets wet in the rain, the wool will absorb water and gain weight, causing it to fall to the ground. So when the weather clears, you can see a pile of fallen sheep, covered in snow, covered in unsightly and filthy rainwater.

People don't realize how the sheep are breathing and struggling when the heavy rain is heavy, and how helpless and unwilling they fall in the rain.

This era has become the heaviest rain and fog. If the moist rainy season penetrates deep into the heart, mycelium will grow in every gap. When happiness becomes a must-do responsibility, no one can be happy.

Some people are unwilling to be a silent sheep, but their limbs are bound, their tongues are blocked, and their fur is stripped off by bottomless demands, leaving them without medical treatment and old age without support, until no one dares to speak out——

——Then Su Mingan's voice rang out.

"I'm here."

He answered the girl's call.

He held the girl's hand and held up the umbrella with his other hand.

With a "crash", the bright red umbrella stretched up, like a drop of bright red blood in the rain.

Under the umbrella, the girl finally felt a moment of peace. Her body was heavy and soaked with rainwater, dripping down her ankles and falling to the ground. She almost thought she would fall to the ground.

But when the red umbrella is propped up, the rain can no longer weigh her down, and the strong wind can no longer blow her down.

The heavy rain outside the umbrella was pouring, and the wind was harsh. The two people under the umbrella were extremely quiet. The girl silently held Su Mingan's slightly warm hand, and the coldness and warmth were transferred inch by inch.

People were crying and shouting everywhere. They dug hard at the rocks, but nothing could be saved.

At this time, officials and guards in round hats gathered around and approached Su Mingan.

"This matter is the responsibility of your City Protection Department." This is what the round-hatted official said.

Su Mingan turned his head.

"If you hadn't wanted to ask the government for an explanation, we wouldn't have come here to award Grandma Lin with the Citizen Medal of Honor and tell her the truth, and she wouldn't have stimulated her emotions and worsened her condition." The round-hatted official pointed to the ruins: " So many people have lost their houses, and you have a big responsibility. Who asked you to interfere in the government affairs of our city? I will report it to the Department of Urban Protection and criticize your behavior!"

"...?"

Su Mingan felt confused.

He was not wondering about the official's thick skin, he was just wondering what kind of examination system gave birth to such a corpse-like person, and what was it that corrupted them to this point.

But soon, he figured out that because there are "silent majority" everywhere in the world, as long as he is good at criticizing others, he can appear more "upright and noble".

"You call this honor?" Su Mingan said: "A son's last love for his mother, a white-haired old man who would rather deceive himself but was forced to get back his sobriety - do you call the death certificate she paid for in such pain - honor? "

"..." The corner of the official's mouth twitched.

"So what you are trying to say is that she should not participate in the rally, nor should she seek an explanation from the government. If she didn't have eyes to see and ears to hear, she wouldn't have known that she killed her son, and she wouldn't have fallen into this trap. This ending...is it?" Su Mingan asked in a declarative tone.

The official's ruddy face twitched, and the corner of his mouth trembled for a moment, but he still said shamelessly: "If Grandma Lin didn't know the truth, it would be - the story of the heroic elderly citizens killing the mutants - wouldn't that be wonderful? Is that so? Everyone has dignity, she will be an honorary citizen, this building will not collapse, and these residents will not be affected at all!"

…It’s all caused by your pursuit of the truth!

...If Grandma Lin had been kept in the dark, deaf and blind, waiting for her son to come back every day, things would never have reached this point!

Looking into his eyes, Su Mingan finally realized the deep-rooted darkness in this world. I thought that as long as one black fog disease was cured, the world would become full of vitality, but it turns out that the disease has long been rooted in people's hearts.

…

[——If she didn’t know the truth at all, it would be——the story of “heroic elderly citizens killing mutants”. This would be a happy HE (HAPPY END) to everyone. 】

[——So, why do you want to pursue a TE (TRUE END) that makes everyone unhappy? 】

…

Su Mingan raised his head, and raindrops fell on his face.

There is no cure for this disease except by ripping it out by the roots and tearing it to pieces.

Dark clouds had covered every inch of the land, bitter rain enveloped the city, and he could not see the light.

"Ding dong."

The phone rang. Su Mingan picked it up and saw that it was a text message from Su Luoluo.

…

[Su Luoluo: Are you okay? 】

…

Since Lu Shu was at Su Luoluo's side, Su Luoluo knew about Su Ming'an's situation. She didn't want him to be sad, even if this was the way the world was.

Su Mingan said to himself, "I'm fine."

He was thinking about whether to reply to her. She could see the perfunctoriness in his brief words, and she could tell that his mood was definitely not calm.

At this time, there was another "ding dong".

…

[Su Luoluo: It doesn’t matter. You don’t have to reply to me. I hope you will be well, little Yunduo. 】

[Su Luoluo: You are not an empty hero. Even if you can't save him, your attempt to save has already saved a lot. You may light the lamp, you may light the fire, but no matter what, you will not regret it, that is enough. 】

[Su Luoluo: Some things may happen again and again, and it may be difficult to find the truth. 】

[Su Luoluo: But I always believe that you will bring light. 】

…

Su Mingan sighed and moved his fingers slightly.

…

[Su Wensheng: I’m fine. 】

…

Putting his cell phone back in his pocket, he saw that the round-hatted official was hurriedly calling the government, saying that there was just a small accident here and it would be suppressed soon.

"Hey, hey, it's okay. It's just a building that collapsed. Aren't there many unfinished buildings that collapsed in the past few years? And there were almost no casualties this time. Only an old lady died. Just appease the citizens. Leader, Don't worry, it will be taken care of today. There are a few members of the City Guardian Department here, I just ask them to stop talking nonsense." The round-hatted official spoke into the phone in an official tone.

Su Ming'an's eyes moved slightly, and he realized that no one was injured when the building collapsed so quickly.

Seeing the broken tentacles around some residents, he realized that it was Grandma Lin who used the tentacles growing on her body at the last moment of death to send out those who had no time to escape.

A kind person is kind until the very end.

"Su Xiaobai, are you okay..."

At this time, Wang Mingming and Han Han came over.

"It's okay." Su Mingan said.

"I thought Grandma Lin's son could give us some information about the Ark Project, but he died three days ago and we didn't find anything. It's impossible to complete this task." Shang Qi sighed.

Han Han secretly wiped her tears beside her. She was a very emotional person, and she was still thinking about the old lady's smile and the plate of delicious prawns.

"I haven't finished eating yet...I haven't finished eating the braised pork made by grandma yet..." Han Han sobbed softly: "Grandma is such a good person, why..."

At this time, a VIP car stopped in front of them, and a polished middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes walked out, with his secretary following behind him.

"Young people."

The middle-aged man looked at the four people for a while and felt that Su Ming'an was the captain of the four. He stretched out his hand to Su Ming'an: "Hello, I am Deputy Mayor Liu."

Vice Mayor Liu has a rosy face, a big belly, and even his palms are very smooth.

"..."

Su Mingan didn't reach out.

Vice Mayor Liu didn't care: "I hope you won't talk nonsense when you go back. This is our city's matter, and we will handle it ourselves. If this matter doesn't spread, when you take the year-end assessment, it will be on your resume. It has my seal."

——[Su Wensheng, regarding the art classroom, don’t call the police or talk nonsense. This is the school's own matter and the school will handle it on its own. If you don't spread the word, I will rate you as one of the three best students of this semester. 】

A similar scene appeared in front of him, and Su Wensheng shook his head resolutely at that time.

But now, facing Vice Mayor Liu, Su Ming'an still slowly shook his head.

Wang Mingming pulled Su Ming'an's sleeve tightly. Hanhan lowered his head and cried. Shang Qi actually wanted to agree to Deputy Mayor Liu. Compared with the injustice suffered by an old woman, a bright resume was more important to him, but when Su Mingan shook his head, he chose to remain silent.

"I thought you would be a smart person if you joined the Urban Guardian Department at a young age." Vice Mayor Liu sighed and took out a cigarette.

"Hey, Su Xiaobai, this is the deputy mayor of a city, we..." Shang Qi whispered.

——They are simply not strong enough to defend against such an enemy.

Even the well-dressed beasts are stronger than them at such a young age. The evidence they go to great lengths to capture may be easily shattered by the other side. As soon as the deputy mayor opens his mouth, their careers may be cut off.

Su Mingan looked at Shang Qi quietly - if you want to agree, that's your freedom.

Let the silence continue.

If you see this and still choose to remain silent, then the fleeting glow will never come again.

Vice Mayor Liu laughed contemptuously and picked up his mobile phone to make a call. He wanted to contact his superiors to cover up the truth and shut up these young people completely. Thick dark clouds are about to cover this place again.

But at this moment,

——A ray of sunlight shone in.