I have become stronger, but also shorter [comprehensive]

Saiki Kusuo has not told Eric and Saitama what he has done to this world.

"The settings have been changed" is just an understatement, and it is not enough to sum up the magnificence of it.

In other words, to use "magnificent" to describe it, the degree is a bit light.

The teenager with super powers has always been calm, living an ordinary life of using super powers in a low-key manner.

It was only after meeting those two men who did not take the usual route that his living conditions changed abruptly.

However, even so, Saiki Kusuo still firmly believes that he will not be influenced by the stupid duo, and he will do things without considering the consequences to create an earth-shattering big battle-the unconscious actions made in sleep are not counted.

Oh, because I don't want to make myself stand out, the series of operations that simply use superpowers to change human cognition can't be counted, after all, there will only be some insignificant effects.

Saiki Kusuo has always thought so.

Stay rational in this world, but you should be more cautious in another world.

The reason is simple, he doesn't like to get into trouble, which is exactly the same as Eric...

"so."

The superpower who has shrunk back from a junior high school student to a baby is probably still thinking about it: "Why can't I keep calm, and I really did something more terrifying than landslides and landslides."

No solution.

The answer is really hard to summarize.

After becoming a baby, the baby Kusuo also continued to think about whether he was right or wrong in what he did.

Saitama is okay, he must not tell Eric the truth.

At least not a word can be revealed until it is certain that the situation is going in a good direction.

He thought about explaining things clearly to his friends, but unfortunately, before the practice, a vision of the future flashed in his mind, preventing him from coming from the truth in time.

"Why can't you just tell me?"

"There's no reason—forget it, you'll find out after a while anyway."

Baby Kusuno still has taboos in his heart, and he doesn't want to tell the whole truth immediately.

Even though his expression is quite ugly now, it has been like this since he found out that Connie was taken to an unknown and strange place by his "adoptive parents", and his mood is obviously not very good.

Before entering the underground place covered by ordinary buildings on the surface, the superpower user seemed to realize something.

For this discovery, he probably couldn't accept it.

It's not that he can't accept it in a way of escaping from reality, it's more like this "truth" is extremely inconsistent with his own expectations, which makes his heart extremely shaken.

Baby Kusuo's mood couldn't calm down either.

Eric: "..."

"I don't understand what you're talking about, I don't care anymore!"

He has always disliked other people's half-spoken words without explaining things clearly.

Sure enough, no matter what Kusuo was struggling with, Eric acted on his own.

After waiting here for five days, I had already reached the peak of my patience. Looking at it again, the fluffy kid holding a rabbit doll was thrown into a place that everyone knew was wrong, which is not bad.

He did not remove the hidden place underground on the spot, but he still restrained himself.

but.

It doesn't seem to be much different from a forced breakthrough.

There was a sudden shock in the ground hundreds of meters deep from the ground, and the source of the shock was unknown.

"Earth, earthquake?!"

"Is there an earthquake? Hurry up, go to a safe place—huh? Has it stopped?"

The small town above is located in a remote place, and there are no more than twenty families in the whole town.

Caught off guard, there was an earthquake, and the people of the town panicked.

In an instant, the house shook violently, like a bunch of reeds swept by a strong wind, and the facilities in the house shook violently. This situation was obviously extremely scary.

However, when the terrified people hadn't run out of their homes and were panicking, the "earthquake" was as sudden as it appeared, and stopped after shaking a few times.

There were no casualties.

If it wasn't for the mess that was still everywhere, it would inevitably give people the illusion that nothing happened.

People didn't know what happened, so they thought it was an earthquake.And because the earthquake only lasted for a second or two and then disappeared, and my mood was stable afterwards, I naturally didn't take it to heart.

On the ground, calm was restored.

Then drop the perspective into the mysterious area hundreds of meters below.

It is no exaggeration to say that the underground world is far more majestic than the surface.

Its area covers the size of the entire town, and even expands several times outward.

The layered interior space is like a giant tower with a hollowed out middle, and each floor is currently shrouded in deep blackness that can't be reached.

——There are so many descriptions, but they are actually not very important.

The "earthquake" that caused people's panic was triggered from the bottom of the giant underground tower.

"Boom!!!"

"Bang bang—bang bang!"

There were constant slapping sounds, and pieces of the ceiling above his head fell, causing screams and cries one after another.

A few minutes ago, there was no sound in here, and there was no fresh breath.

But actually there are.

This is a prison, so stingy that even the light is not allowed to exist, perhaps to let the "fodder" who is imprisoned in predict in advance the situation where they will suddenly fall.

"...Ugh..."

Kony didn't wake up until the floor, which could not see the color clearly but could smell the pungent smell, shook violently.

Trapped here without knowing anything, the helpless little girl huddled in the corner of the cell, and the new clothes she got were dirty and messy, not to mention how pitiful it was.

She was so frightened that she fainted.

During the coma, Coney had a short dream.

She dreamed that she was back in the orphanage. The white house was clean and bright, and the orange light from the burning fire made her feel warm and comfortable.

Looking at the orange light, in the depth of the warm light is the shadow of my mother.

Mother's hand fell on her body, which was warmer than the firelight.

Emma, ​​Norman, Anna... everyone is around, talking and laughing, playing together, no different from before.

Don't want to leave, don't want to leave, don't want to...

The orphanage is Kony's real home.

After listening to her mother's words, the little girl who went to her new family with peace of mind did not understand why her imaginary new parents would abandon her, let alone why this happened.

——Is it because Kony is disobedient, isn't he a good boy?

This idea kept reverberating in her heart, and she couldn't think of any more reasons.

what.

In the dream, there are additional figures besides the mother and brothers and sisters.

Kony's impression of "Santa Claus" is always so deep.

Because the story of "Santa Claus" has placed too many good hopes on the children in the orphanage.The legendary characters in the story really stepped out of the books and came to them.

She likes the bald uncle, and also likes the magical little Saiqi.

But to say I like it the most - sure enough, it is the "big brother sled" I saw the first time.

The big brother sled has silver shiny hair, so it feels like snow.

The little girl didn't bother at all, although "sled" and "snow" have the same word, but they are two completely different things, and they cannot be equated at all.

No way, she acquiesced to this very naturally.

Coney should be one of the few people who is not so afraid of the golden eyes of the silver-haired boy, and it may have a considerable connection with her subconscious.

Big Brother Sled looks cold, but in fact, he also has a warm aura that makes people feel very comfortable.

When they met for the first time, when they hugged the lost and recovered Mr. Rabbit tightly, Coney hesitated, wanting to lean forward but not daring.

The second meeting—well, from now on, it was the period when Big Brother Sled was resident in the orphanage.

After that, there will be a period of time when Big Brother Sled will disappear, and it will come to a time when he no longer rejects contact with children.

Kony often stayed in the crowd, looking around quietly, and he could see the silver-haired brother.

There are also many times when she will break away from the crowd, turn around in the grass, and bend down to pick a few eye-catching flowers.

While walking like this, picking them at the same time, it seems that it didn't take long before I went to the big brother of the sled.

'What are you doing here alone? '

When the eldest brother saw her, he always had the same expression, showing impatience in his indifference.

But Kony mustered up his courage.

Her courage grew more and more each time, and each time she improved.In the past, I could only lean forward quietly, but now I can get a little closer, a little closer...

Until the little flower is handed over.

'...You are a girl, don't give flowers casually, understand? '

'why? '

'Because you are a girl and I am a man, understand! '

'But, big brother is obviously Santa's little friend? '

'Okay, it's a good thing I didn't say I'm not a man—cough.Little girl, why do you always come to me when you have nothing to do? Go play with the little ghosts who are about the same age. '

Facing this question, Coney only pursed his lips, smiled shyly, and didn't say what was in his heart.

She thinks that big brother sled should want to play with them, but he is not too embarrassed.

I'm sorry, what should I do?Then only she took the initiative to find it and play with her big brother.

Connie will play with the big brother sled for a while (actually, one-sided play), until Sage or the bald uncle appear, and then she will leave with Mr. Rabbit in her arms.

……

... so cold.

For some reason, in reality, the little girl curled up into a ball trembled.

The cold I felt at this moment was far colder than when I held the little ice sculpture transformed by Big Brother Sled in my hand.

Coney didn't really want to wake up.

In the dream, there is the home she misses so much, as well as her favorite relatives and partners. Once she wakes up, she has to face the cruelty of reality again.

She vaguely remembered that the bald-headed uncle once said that as long as he could find Big Brother Sled, he would send the children the most wanted gift.

The gift that Kony wants most is not a doll, nor is it a beautiful little dress that little girls like.

What she wants most is...

"Mom... woo."

sobbing.

"Kony... wants to go home..."

"I want to see Emma... I want to see..."

"It would be great if it could appear."

"Brother Sled...can you show up—"

- Bang!

--Its daybreak.

The sun does not exist underground, and it is impossible to have sunlight, but the light that suddenly appears in the dark cell is undoubtedly true.

It's bang--the lights that illuminate the surroundings.

wrong.

There is also "bang bang" which is different from this, like, there are "pa", "da", "boom", and there are...

"Ahhhh"...?

Coney: "!"

The little girl woke up, opened her eyes in a panic, got up, and looked to the side:

"..."

"Wow! It's Big Brother Sled!!!"

"Are you awake? Well, close your eyes, and then cover them tightly with your hands, so as not to reveal the gap for me to discover."

The boy who was doing "evil things" that are not suitable for human cubs to watch said in a fierce tone: "You will have nightmares if you see it, shut it up!"

Coney: "Oh!"

She was very obedient, and immediately closed her eyes and covered them again, so tightly covered that her ears were not blocked anymore.

Evil things that are not suitable for children will result in blood if there is no accident.At the same time, it was accompanied by a series of screams that pierced through the eardrums like killing a pig, which was really sad and frightening to listen to.

In order not to scare the children in the room out of their psychological shadows, Eric took a little extra effort to seal the mouth of the fat pig-like figure that bumped into his hand.

Then, wave again.

This person's head was slammed into the wall of the cell by him, blood spattering.

Because it was very dirty, he didn't want such a dirty thing to appear on himself, or any blank space other than himself, so he simply froze the dirty water and its source.

There is no need to do anything more, and the things that get in the way will be broken into slag, and will not be an eyesore or block the road.

"..."

After finishing this effortless task, the silver-haired boy hung the kerosene lamp brought by the disappeared man on the wall, and as if passing by, raised his right hand to his eyes and stared at it.

His expression was cold, and there seemed to be similar disgust and incomprehension flowing in his eyes.

I don't understand why?

Definitely not the one who issued extra money for the world.

Eric didn't even care about who this person was or what his identity was, but because he immediately smelled the disgusting bloody smell, he immediately dealt with passers-by who didn't care about his identity.

Probably, it was because of the inexplicable reappearance of irritability in my heart.

Killing someone didn't arouse any fluctuations in his heart, not as great as when he looked at Connie.

"You can open your eyes."

Puzzled, but he shook his head slightly and spoke back to normal.

"Okay, big brother."

There was a silence.

"Brother Sledge! Woohooah!"

The little girl rushed forward and did something she had never dared to do because of her introversion before—clutching the waist of Big Brother Sled tightly, and did not dare to let go of her hug.

Eric frowned, and seemed to have a problem with the tears on his clothes.

But at this time, he endured it and didn't say anything more.

The subconsciously raised right hand seemed to want to pat the little girl on the back, but Eric quickly remembered something.

Although he didn't encounter anything unlucky, he felt annoyed, so he put his hand down and put it away behind him.

The next thing to do is the activity that the world's strongest and least good at: comforting children.

He couldn't resist the crying cub, and likewise, he didn't know how to comfort him at all, so he could only keep silent and wait.

However, when Kony hugged him, the silver-haired boy didn't just stand there stupidly.

He was looking at the cell.

Every time he took a look, the young man's brows would be wrinkled, and it didn't take long before he had an extremely weird expression.

——These brats, why...

[Do you want to ask, what happened to the child who was with Connie—no, the child locked up in this entire prison area? 】

Eric's expression moved slightly.

Of course he wanted to say it bluntly, are you finally willing to let go?

But after that, the first sentence that was actually spoken was:

"What's the matter with you?"

【……what? 】

"The tone is not right, as if you have been hit hard, so I ask you, what's the matter with you?"

【…】

Compared with the concealed truth, he is more related to him as a friend. This point, the superpower who has not yet shown up should be very moved.

But at this moment, he was still unable to immerse himself in the emotion, and the oppressive feeling that the boulder was pressing on his heart urgently needed to be dispelled.

[Don't talk about this, sorry, it took so long.But now is the time, Eric, and this time, you saved Coney just in time—and we can finally face the truth. 】

"What do you mean, 'in time'?"

Eric keenly grasped a word that sounded harsh. For some reason, he somehow felt something was wrong.

Baby Kusuo didn't explain.

He came in, but he didn't reveal his real body. Instead, he turned into another person in front of the silver-haired boy.

Eric recognized it, isn't this the look of the passerby he just killed?

"I will go out in this form and take you to a place where you can perceive the truth."

Saiki Kusuo, who turned into a passerby—actually a guard, said with a solemn tone.

Eric glanced at him suspiciously, but didn't move for a while.

Saiki Kusuo: "? What's the matter?"

Eric: "No... oh, so you can open your mouth to talk?"

Qimu Nanxiong: "..."

Eric: "I thought your mouth was sealed, sorry, I misunderstood you."

Qimu Nanxiong: "..."

Although I really want to give a big shout out to the idiot duo, the big idiot is hopeless!

But he thought about what was going to happen later, so he endured it.

It can only be said that the mood is indeed not as heavy as before - it's all the fool's fault!

Closer to home.

Kony should have brought it with her, but Saiki Kusuo said that Eric could go instead of her. For her, staying in the cell was a good thing.

This sentence obviously exposed some truths in advance.

Therefore, Kony stayed in the cell for the time being. In order to reassure her, Saiki Kusuo specially found her lost rabbit doll and gave it to her again.

"We'll be back in a while, don't worry, Kony, I will definitely come back to pick you up and take you... back to see mom."

"Ok!"

The little girl didn't cry or fuss, although she was still a little scared, and shivered even more when she saw other dark figures in the cell, she still nodded bravely: "Kony will wait for Sage and Big Brother Sled to come back, definitely, definitely! !"

Saiki Kusuo also subconsciously once wanted to touch Coney's head with the big fat hand of the disguised guard - Eric knocked him off in half.

"What are you doing?"

"It's too dirty, even if it's fake."

"Mental cleanliness is too serious!"

"Humph."

Eric snorted coldly, as if he was angry with Saiki Kusuo, his arm turned into a phantom at a certain moment.

Brush - like this.

At a speed invisible to the naked eye, he touched Connie's head.

Coney: "!"

The little girl had just opened a smile brighter than the sun, and the two people in front of her disappeared. Eric disappeared the fastest, and there was no shadow at all.

Up to this moment, there is still a sense of relaxation in the atmosphere, and the air is not so depressing.

However, not long after he finally realized the "truth" Saiki Kusuo said.

……

——What ugly thing is this?