Ultra: Heroes Don't Ask Where They Come From

It is the balanced rhythm of light and darkness, the rhythm of children's lives, that makes the years seem endless and unfathomable.

——Romain Rolland

Children are not weak, they are smart enough.

—Maria Montessori

At night, it was time to go to bed in the adopted girl's family. The adoptive mother was knitting a sweater in the living room when she saw the shadow of the little girl walking in the corridor.

"Kana."

The foster mother quickly called the girl, "What are you doing so late at night?"

“Water the flowers.”

The girl who had walked away came back again, and you could see that she was indeed holding the flowers that she had cut from somewhere today, as if she had kept them by her side all day.

"It's so late, don't water it!"

When her foster mother came over, Kana hid the flowers and scissors behind her. But her foster mother grabbed the flowers in her hands, squatted down and said earnestly, "You can't keep the flowers alive like this. Throw them away. If you want flowers, mom will buy you better-looking flowers tomorrow. Go to bed first, okay?"

The girl said nothing. After her foster mother took the flowers and left, she immediately leaned against the wall with her head down, looking unhappy.

But if you really look at this child's face, you will find that her expression does not change at all; there is no expression on her face at all.

The flowers that could move were delivered to the Set team overnight, and team member Moriyama discovered from the first floor that the flowers sent from the little girl today had also fallen to the ground, and the vase had broken into pieces.

On the moist ground, the bright red flowers looked exactly like the moving flowers, and seemed to have grown larger than when they were placed in the vase.

The two preserved flowers were examined at the same time, and because it was already midnight, the examination of this type of flower continued until daybreak, and the results were not known until then.

"These two flowers are the same blood-sucking plants."

Vice Captain Araki announced the results of the investigation.

"Although it looks like an ordinary flower, its petals are full of hemoglobin and have strong vitality, like a monster. Even a plucked flower may suddenly grow to the size that can attack Moriyama's team. This is not an ordinary plant, it is a blood-sucking plant."

"That is to say, the murder case was caused by this kind of flower."

"I think I've seen it somewhere..."

Bei Dao murmured quietly, but his face showed uncertainty. Vice Captain Araki heard his whisper and asked, "Have you seen him? Where have you seen him?"

Bei Dao shook his head; "No, I have the impression that there was, but I can't really remember."

"These flowers were sent by a girl, and she took a lot of flowers home. Deputy captain, let's call that family first!" Dong Kotaro said hurriedly.

"Hit immediately!"

At Kana's adoptive parents' house, breakfast had already been eaten. The nanny cleaned up and greeted the hostess.

"Mrs. Yanping, I'm going out to buy groceries."

"Go ahead. Thank you for your hard work."

The nanny went out to buy groceries with her bag, and the young foster mother, dressed in yoga clothes, was doing activities in the sunroom near the courtyard of their home.

In the sun-filled dayroom, the radio was playing, and to the accompaniment of the music, a slender body was doing stretching exercises on a special folding chair. At this time, her husband had already gone out to work, so only Kana and her adoptive mother were at home.

Jingle bell, jingle bell.

There was a sound coming from the phone in the living room, but because the house was quite large, the nanny was not there, and the foster mother was doing exercises in the sunroom, no one could hear the sound.

Jingle bell, jingle bell.

However, this sound is inaudible to human ears, but plants further away respond to this rhythmic sound.

There was a continuous noise coming from the trash can outside the house, and finally, with some kind of impact, the lid of the trash can was pushed open with a bang.

In the open trash can, a flower stood up. The center of the bright red flower emitted an almost golden yet red light. The originally clean limbs also grew lush branches and green leaves like ivy. As if endless, they grew out of the trash can to the ground, along the crack in the door, and squeezed into the room.

boom.

This is because of the imbalance of weight, the trash can fell to the ground. Looking into the inside of the trash can, it was filled with green branches, like a small plant cave from ancient times.

Ding-ling-ling, ding-ling-ling—click.

The person on the other end of the phone seemed to be stubborn and would not hang up unless the call was answered. However, this stubbornness was broken by something else. The grown flower knocked the receiver off the phone with a snap. The tinkling sound ended, and the receiver fell to the ground and rolled. The sound coming from the tiny other side could only lead to a void that no one knew about.

The flower continued to move in the room, growing like a vine. It seemed to have a strange radar, like a green snake that could see temperature. It gradually moved towards the daylight in the room.

Kana walked through the dayroom, which was covered with windows so that the sun could enter unhindered. Her adoptive mother was in very good health and had no children, so she kept her figure very well maintained. She did not notice Kana and moved to the music.

As a result, she did not notice the blood-sucking plant that slipped in. Kana's eyes opened slightly, and from her angle, she could see the blood-sucking plant slowly moving towards its foster mother's position like a snake, but other than that, there was no other movement on the girl's face.

The plant climbed onto the lounge chair, and the foster mother finally discovered the plant. She screamed in shock and tried to struggle.

But it was not easy to move on the recliner. She stretched her hands and feet in panic. The petals of the blood-sucking plant suddenly flashed, as if a python opened its mouth. Electric currents came out from every leaf and vine that touched the woman's skin, and instantly flowed through the foster mother's whole body.

The foster mother's body immediately froze and her head fell to the side facing the inside of the room, but her eyes were still open. Her motionless pupils were filled with despair and panic.

The blood-sucking plant quietly wrapped around the foster mother's body, climbing up little by little, and recently climbed to the position around the ear. The petals were facing the hole in the ear. From the core of the flower, a long mouthpart stretched out like an animal, slowly entering the depths of the woman's ear...

The girl neither screamed nor went in to try to stop it, but just stared through the glass.

The blood-sucking plant failed. After its mouthparts extended, the entire plant disappeared as if it had been burned by flames.

The long ivy-like blood-sucking plants, from their petals to their rhizomes, turned into tiny ashes, just like a match burning from the head to the tail. Even the trash can outside the house was no exception. All the flowers, without temperature or flame, turned into ashes at the same moment. Even the amount of ashes was pitifully small, like the shadow of a thin line under the sun.

It was as if some force had suddenly interfered with it.

The girl lowered her head, quickly disappeared from outside the glass and ran away.

When Higashi Kotaro and Kitajima came to this street, they found that the girl Kana was surrounded by young women. Most of these women had children with them. They took the bright red flowers that looked like roses from the girl with joy on their faces and said "thank you".

Kotaro immediately stepped forward to stop these young mothers, and even shouted to the mothers who had already taken the flowers and left, saying that these flowers were blood-sucking flowers. Kitajima rushed to the mothers who had already left and explained to them who had not heard clearly that these flowers were dangerous blood-sucking plants.

The young mothers who were originally surrounding the girl Kana were so scared that they dropped the flowers in their hands, and the flowers in their children's hands suddenly scattered.

Kotaro snatched the flowers from Kana's hand, threw them on the ground, stomped them to death, and then grabbed the girl with both hands; "These flowers are blood-sucking plants and will hurt people! Don't keep them around. Where did these flowers come from, Kana, is your mother okay?!"

Kana looked at the anxious and concerned Tokotaro, with an expressionless face and without saying a word. After a moment, she suddenly broke away from Tokotaro and walked away alone.

"Oh-wait, Kana!"

"Kotaro!......"

Kotaro was stopped by the excited Kitajima.

All the flowers of the girl Kana were thrown away. She walked alone with only a pair of scissors in one hand.

A shadow suddenly blocked her way. Kana looked up to see who it was. It was a strange man, looking at her.

“Where do flowers come from?”

Xia Long said in a calm tone.

Kana looked at Xia Long without saying a word, with no expression on her face. She seemed to be interested in what Xia Long said, but also seemed to have no idea what Xia Long was saying.

The sun was shining brightly at noon, but the surroundings were terribly dark, as if the surrounding environment was not outdoors, but a room with dim sunlight.

The air was as thick as asphalt, sticking the darkness together. Heavy objects were distorting and compressing the space. A one-meter-long iron block would be compressed to the size of a fingernail.

"You don't want to say it, but I have ways to make you say it. You won't like that way, so I give you a choice. Don't let me tell you to say it."

Xia Long's voice seemed to be talking about someone else's affairs.

Kana looked at Xia Long's eyes, those inorganic eyes made of black sculptures, those pupils had no emotion and no reason.

The space around is very quiet, as quiet as being immersed in the deep sea.

It seemed like a long time passed before Kana said nothing.

"Bad guy."

When she finally spoke, her voice was clear.

She turned around the man and walked over, heading straight in a certain direction, the scissors tightly held in her hand.

Xia Long turned around and followed Kana.