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"Speaking of which... Lingke boy, you came back so late tonight... what did you do?" All Might asked casually while tidying up the messy dishes after dinner with his head lowered.

He thought worriedly, the Lingke boy grew up in the research institute since he was a child, and he has stayed in that distorted environment for a long time. Even though he is essentially an awkward child who does not want to hurt others, his values ​​may be more or less different. Assimilated, for example, into the belief that it is commonplace to take the life of another at will.

All Might quietly turned his head, and carefully observed Accelerator's somewhat worried expression, feeling a little terrified.

Could it be... really killing someone again?

Oops, this is really bad!Mingming Tsukachi-kun said that in the past few weeks when he was away, the boy in Lingke had been keeping his own place. Except for going out to buy daily necessities, he just stayed at home and read books.

Why did the accident happen on the day when Tsukauchi-kun withdrew his observers when he came back?

If it goes on like this...

In a short period of time, All Might imagined a dozen versions of the story of Accelerator going astray and becoming an enemy, wreaking havoc on society and eventually self-destructing.

The cold sweat slowly rolled down.

"It's nothing, it's just that when I came back from the Internet cafe, a few unsightly people came up to make trouble, and I beat them to the ground."

All Might immediately breathed a sigh of relief, so it turned out that he didn't kill anyone, he just beat him to the ground.

Eh.

Wait, there seems to be something wrong, beat me down?The boy from Lingke just said the words 'beat up', it must have meant a fight!

On the other hand, Accelerator cut his teeth, recalling the tooth-gnashing powerlessness of being unable to do anything for the last work after knowing the truth.

Hearing Accelerator's staggering sound, All Might suddenly felt even worse.

"Young Lingling Lingke, did you get into a fight with someone else!" All Might's hands shook, and the bowls and chopsticks collided and made a ping-pong sound.

Accelerator pushed away the chair and was about to go back to the room to wash up, when he heard All Might's question, he stopped, put his hand on his neck, thought carefully and said, "No."

"Eh, no?" All Might, who had already prepared for the worst, was surprised and puzzled when he heard Accelerator's unexpected answer.

"Fighting means arguing and beating each other. Those people were just beaten one-sidedly, so it's not a fight."

"So the point is this?!"

Then, just before Yifang Accelerator went to sleep, as All Might expected, a police officer called.

"Yes, I am the child's guardian."

"Well, Mr. Toshino Yagi, in view of the fact that your ward committed vile fights and brawls that disturbed public order at around 40:[-] to [-]:[-] tonight at No.[-] Seventh Lane, Tiandengyuan Street, we need to understand the situation. Please and The person involved hastened to the nearest police station and made a record."

"Okay, okay, I see, let's go right away."

After hanging up the phone, All Might sighed, and glanced at Accelerator with a very complicated look.

"Ah, I'm so sorry, I forgot that no one will help me clean up the mess now." Noticing All Might's expression, Fang Accelerator said calmly.

Instead, All Might was startled by the apology.

"You actually apologized to me!"

And Accelerator frowned, and said with disgust, "What kind of expression is that on your face? Don't make me sound like the kind of second-stage brat whose every pore is filled with self-esteem, okay?"

"Hey, let's go then. Settle the matter early and go home to sleep." All Might sighed helplessly, then smiled indulgently, and tentatively held Accelerator's hand.

"Don't touch me casually." Accelerator said so fiercely, but withdrew the reflex from his hand.

"Haha, well, but if they take the initiative to trouble you, then your behavior should be regarded as self-defense, so it will be easy to deal with." All Might, who successfully pulled Accelerator's hand, was in a happy mood, and suddenly turned to the police. The bureau is full of confidence in cleaning up the mess for his adopted son.

Hearing All Might's ignorant words, Accelerator became hoarse and remained silent.

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"A total of 16 people, nine were seriously injured, and seven were slightly injured." The police officer with a dog's head handed All Might the injury report issued by the hospital.

At the same time, he continued to explain the situation, "Because the surveillance camera in that alley has been destroyed by the bad guys who gathered there all year round, we obtained the current situation through transcripts, and the transcripts made by the seven people who are still conscious are in the general details. The facts are all consistent, and it can basically be determined to be a fact, but the possibility of collusion is not ruled out, and now we only need to compare the transcripts made by Mr. Lingke with them, and the case can basically be closed."

Comminuted elbow fracture, occipital fracture, internal bleeding, extensive abrasions and soft tissue contusions...

While All Might was sweating on his brow as he read the medical report, Accelerator, who was taken for a private questioning, walked in behind a police officer with a serious expression.

"Oh, Morisaki-kun, how's it going?" The masked dog raised his paw and greeted the approaching police officer.

"Yes, police officer, it is basically consistent with the previous transcript, there is no dispute." Morisaki stood at attention and saluted, and handed over the transcript in his hand.

"En." The dog behind nodded, flipped through the recorded question roughly, then raised his paw and waved to All Might who had put down the injury report and was rubbing his hands nervously, "Then please Go back first, Wang."

"Hey! Is this all right?" All Might wondered if he heard it wrong.

"Yes, that's all right, Mr. Yagi." Inuji looked strangely at the astonished All Might, "Because I've figured it out, it was the other party who made the move first, and Suzuko-kun's The personality reflex is activated passively, so even if the other party's injury is a little... no, it is very serious, it can't be regarded as Suzuko-kun's willingness to actively hurt others. Besides, Suzuko-kun is not yet an adult, so in the end our police officers The conclusion is that the other party is fully responsible, is there any problem?"

"...No, there is no problem."

All Might got up and walked towards Accelerator, who also seemed to be a little dazed, watching his eyes slightly widened in surprise, and finally there was a child on that face that always showed the indifferent expression of rejecting others thousands of miles away I feel a little relieved.

"Let's go, Lingke boy." All Might put his hand on Accelerator's shoulder, nodded to the police officers and said goodbye, "Then, I'm sorry, let's take our leave first."

On the way back, because it was getting late at night, the lights of the houses were turned off one by one, and only the dim street lamps accompanied the shadows on the quiet cement road.

Accelerator was silent all the way, and when he was almost home, he murmured as if talking to himself, "Hey, the fact that I injured them is unquestionable, right? Even if you are young and have personality problems, that kind of injury It’s also far beyond the standard of excessive defense, it’s impossible to completely shirk responsibility, right?”

"Haha." All Might smiled, even though his body was haggard and out of shape, this smile was still full of the power to give people hope in a desperate situation.

"Boy Lingke, do you think this society is too sharp?" All Might squatted down and looked at Accelerator at a level.

"Maybe the law says so. But ah, in our current superhuman society, laws alone are not enough. Strict laws exist to restrain the abuse of personality, not to stifle children's self-defense Presumably the police officer thinks so too, he doesn’t want children to be punished for protecting themselves and harm beyond their control.”

"It's really boring, this kind of thing is fine anyway." Accelerator closed his eyes and snorted.

"Maybe that's the case," All Might stood up and opened the door, "but it is the accumulation of such boring things that constitute trust among people and justice in this society."

"Speaking of which, there is one thing I have to apologize to you, Ling Ke boy."

The man with blond hair that was more dazzling than the sun turned around, and bowed very solemnly towards a child who had made a big mistake who was barely past his waist.

"I'm sorry, Ling Ke boy, I wondered if you killed someone again before."

"...Ha, I apologize for this kind of thing, you are really stupid! I am such a person, am I not? Hurt others, kill others, even I forgot when I started to stop, stop did such a thing.”

"It's not like that," All Might looked at Accelerator quietly, as if looking at an unreasonable child, "[doing something] and [being a certain person] are completely Two things."

"Lingke teenagers don't have to do things they hate, and don't have to become people they hate. This is the [opportunity] that God bestows on every child."

"Young Lingke, no matter what, I hope you will take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime [opportunity], you still have a long future, and you don't need to take your life lightly just because of a trivial experience in the past."

Accelerator looked at Olmert's blue eyes that seemed to hold everything, those familiar sarcastic words were stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say a word.