magic in heroes

"I'm not joking! I really saw a kappa!"

"I've said it all, you must have read it wrong." Sero picked up a piece of tempura with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth, and said vaguely while chewing: "Maybe it's just a wooden stake in the river."

"It's not a stake! It's really a kappa! It has eyes and a bird's beak! It can move! It's alive!"

"Maybe it's caused by personality?" Mineta said with a rare seriousness.

"That's right. Or someone like Ashido, who is born to look like an alien."

"But……"

Shang Ming stopped talking.What he saw by the river last night made him unforgettable-it was indeed a scaly monkey-a kappa.As described in many ghost novels, it looks like a child, but its skin is greenish, it has a bird's beak, and there seems to be a hole on the top of its head.

At that time, Shangming Electric immediately thought of creatures like "kappa" who lived in strange stories.After the rooster crowed, he ran home without stopping.Kaminari didn't know why he didn't have the idea of ​​"this is someone's personality" in his mind at the time.Anyway, he subconsciously ran away.After returning home, he immediately went to find his mother.The woman who was doing the dishes sighed and said, "Oh boy, the personality is overused again."

In short, no matter how Shangming explained, his mother did not believe him.He also let him go to bed early, and he didn't need to look for his little cousin's watch.

Shang Ming had a nightmare all night, in the dream the kappa chased him, and he turned into "personalityless"!

As soon as he arrived at school the next day, the boy with dark circles caught his brother who usually played well and poured out bitterness.But no matter how he tried to explain that the "kappa" he saw was real, the students in the class listened to it as a story.

Indeed, maybe it wasn't a kappa at all, just a unique looking person.After all, there are many people in this world who don't look like human beings...

Just when Shangming poked the beef noodles and blew himself up, the blond boy who had been eavesdropping through the baffle came over pretending to be careless.

"Ah, isn't this a member of Class A? I heard that a member of your class encountered an enemy who looked like a "kappa" yesterday, and was scared away on the spot. Oh, I don't have the consciousness of being a hero at all. , It’s really an embarrassment to the Hero Division!”

"Wujian!" Quan Teng, the class monitor, rushed over and beat the boy up in an instant, bowed and apologized several times before dragging him away.

"That object room is really annoying, I come to find fault every time... Hey, Shangming, if you don't eat noodles, you will be lumpy."

"Hmm..." Shangming moved his chopsticks slightly.

"Don't pay too much attention to it, you guy, why are you getting more and more gloomy?"

"I... don't really want to eat..."

On the other side, Green Valley and Scarman, who were also eavesdropping, remained silent.Seeing Scarman sitting across from him with a pale face, he had to stop and ask:

"Scamman, what's the matter? Are you worried about something?"

"I know! Newt, you must be worrying about the midterm exam!" Li Ri said boldly, taking a sip of Zeng Tang.

"Yeah, Mr. Scarman really needs to work hard on Chinese, history and physics. Although there is still a short week, if you study hard, it should still be effective!"

"Haha... Iida-san is right!" Green Valley, who knew what Newt was worrying about but in order not to make everyone suspicious, said kindly: "Newt, if you don't mind, I can help you with your homework."

"I can do this too." Hong said bluntly.

"Thanks, but I..."

In the middle of speaking, Scarman was attracted by the TV hanging on the opposite wall and broadcasting news.

Although the cafeteria is very noisy and the sound cannot be heard, the words on the screen can still be read clearly——

"The tramp with no personality died tragically by the river"

"Suspected to be attacked by the enemy"

"Police have not yet identified a suspect"

"What are you watching?" Hong turned around to watch TV in doubt.

And at this moment, Shangming who was near the table suddenly stood up, and the chopsticks fell to the ground with a "snap".The boy's golden pupils shrank violently.He pointed palely at the TV:

"Right, right here! This is where I saw it yesterday! Damn it! I should have activated the personality to stun him then! That way, there would be no victims..."

The more he talked, the more trembling his voice became, with a strong nasal tone.Shangming never expected that his momentary timidity eventually brought about the death of a person.

"I'm so stupid! No matter whether it is a monster or a human, it is an "enemy"! I just ran away like this! I, am I really worthy of being a hero?! I-"

"Calm down, Shangming! That may not be the person you saw to kill! You sit down first! Mineta! You also persuade him!"

"...Ah Naruto, it's great that you came back alive..." said Mineta, who was stunned by the victim's body on the news.

—————Boundary line————

If it were not for Shangming's adventure story, no one would think of "the murderer is a kappa".The real kappa is not the kind ghost in the legend who likes to play sumo with children.On the contrary, the real kappa is a very ferocious animal, and likes to suck human blood the most.This is also the reason why the Kappa is magically classified as a level [-] magical animal (dangerous, requiring specialized knowledge, and skilled wizards can deal with it).

I clicked on my phone and kept refreshing the webpage for further reports on the murder case.

The victim was a man in his 50s.The time of death was presumed to be three o'clock in the morning.At first, no one knew where he came from or what his name was.Only some elderly people who often fish and take walks by the river told the police: "This homeless man wandered by the river two years ago, and he even built a shed under a certain bridge."

Later, the police found the homeless man’s “home” under a certain bridge downstream—an extremely crude, small space of about five square meters surrounded by wooden boards and rubber sheets.The outside of the hut is full of scraps picked up by homeless people, but inside there is only a table made of wood and bricks and a dirty sleeping bag.The smell of urine and sweat is mixed together, it is hard to imagine how this homeless man lived here for two years.

The police rummaged and finally found a long-expired ID card in a jacket full of holes.The man's name is Takanao Matsuda, he was born in Yokohama, and he has no personality.

Based on this little information, the police found out the man's life.Both of Songban's parents died when he was young, and he was fostered at his grandmother's house in the countryside. After his grandmother passed away, he left a sum of money for him, so Songban relied on the money to go to the city.But because he has no personality and low education, he has never found a job that can support him.Over time, he ran out of money and couldn't pay the rent, so he could only make a living by selling scraps.

The unfortunate man was then taken with his life in the early hours of this morning.Songban was strangled to death (it was also reported that he was drowned, after all, his upper body was in the river), and there were not only handprints but also tooth marks on his neck, presumably he was sucked blood.However, neither of these two hideous marks looked like those left by normal people.

The police preliminarily judged that the person who killed Songban was a person with a "beast" personality (some people on the Internet also said that it was a personality similar to a vampire).The prisoner has no reason to kill a homeless man, maybe he is out of control, or he really just wants to kill.However, the prisoner has not turned himself in so far, so the possibility of the former has been reduced.

In short, the police are still conducting further investigations, and it seems that they have not considered the possibility that the prisoner is another creature.

As soon as this incident happened, the waves that were set off were very large.Because the dead are impersonal.In addition to the news, the most popular articles and discussions on the Internet are about "individuality and human rights".

At the beginning, it was simply a discussion on "how to protect the people without personality", and later it involved the hero killer's "hero corruption theory", criticizing the system of this society and emphasizing the distortion of this individual society.

"The enemy alliance is probably making trouble again." I wanted to look at the slightly green bracelet and think.

But when it comes to personality, I think of Green Valley.It's lunch break and almost everyone is in the classroom.Shangming, who was stimulated, was obviously still immersed in self-blame, with a dark face and no words.And Lugu, Wabuki, and Kouda were also swiping their phones, with equally solemn expressions.But Lu Gu's complexion was even worse. He tapped his finger on the table while staring at the phone, which caused the Bao Hao at the front table to be extremely irritable.Tens of seconds later, Bakugo finally couldn't take it anymore, kicked the table with a "bang", glared at Lvgu, and walked out of the classroom with his mobile phone.

Lvgu seemed to be stunned, completely unaware of why he had provoked the irritable bamboo horse again, and glanced at Sero on the right suspiciously, and probably got a "don't care" comfort from the mouth shape.

So the class returned to calm.Sleeping sleep, swiping mobile phone swiping mobile phone, learning learning, dazed daze, autistic autistic.

I yawned and looked at the time. There was still about half an hour before class. At this time, All Might just sent a message, "I have arrived at the principal's office!" 』News.

So, now you can take Green Valley to the principal's office to "take some time off".Let’s talk about the unicorn first, and then talk about the story between Shangming and the Kappa.

—————Boundary line————

"What kind of man am I!"

"Run when I see the enemy, I am so cowardly!"

"Am I really worthy to be Xiongying's student..."

"If I hadn't run away at that time...if I could have fought bravely like Green Valley and the others against the hero killer, holding the enemy until the hero came to rescue...wouldn't there be no deaths?"

"I... I could have saved that person... I should have saved him..."

"That's not the case," Tsukachi patted the boy on the shoulder, "It's very correct to avoid using your personality to fight against enemies before you get a license, Kaminame, otherwise it's illegal. You have to remember, it's not All enemies can be resolved with a moment of passion and personality."

"You said that as long as you use your personality, you can save the victim. No, this is not necessarily the case. Although you said that the murderer looks like a Kappa, we haven't found out what kind of personality he has. If When you acted at that time, there was a high possibility that you would risk your own life."

"Songban's death is not your responsibility, it is the responsibility of our police and heroes. It is caused by our inadequate patrolling. Of course, the society's inadequate protection of "personalityless" is also one of the reasons for the tragedy."

"You have done what you should do - told us the appearance of the suspect to the police, we should thank you. Don't worry, the prisoner will be arrested. You don't have to blame yourself."

"...Then I'll leave it to you."

The blond boy quickly ran away after bowing.Looking at the running figure in the setting sun, Tsukauchi couldn't help but let out a sigh of emotion.

A few hours earlier, he had been struggling with Matsuba's case at the Metropolitan Police Department.

First of all, Matsushita's death was so bizarre and no one saw the killer.It was an old grandfather who found the body on a walk.It was past nine o'clock in the morning when they rushed over.The deceased was lying face down on the bank, buried in the water from the chest up.The deceased had resisted, and the aquatic plants beside the corpse were very messy.It can be speculated that the pine board was strangled by the prisoner and dragged into the water when he was doing something by the river.He still has a small amount of fluid in his lungs.

The forensic doctor speculated that the time of death of the deceased was three o'clock in the morning.In addition to the corpse spots, there were still purple marks and a deep tooth mark on the neck of the deceased. It didn't look like a normal person's bite, but more like some kind of beast. The murderer seemed to have sucked his blood.However, the laboratory did not find the fingerprint of the murderer, and even the saliva left behind could not find a match in the sample library.

In order to find the suspect, Tsukauchi and the others also considered the motive of the murder.However, no one knows with whom Songban had feuds with during his lifetime.Old people who often take walks say that this homeless man has always lived here alone, picking up rubbish by the river every day, and has never seen him talk to anyone, let alone have a dispute.So the murderer may not know Songban at all, and just kills out of interest or wants to suck blood.

Secondly, the impact of the murder of a personalityless person on public opinion is enormous.A few days ago, they spent time and energy trying to solve the influence of the hero killer's public opinion. After finally taking a breath, they immediately encountered another disturbance.It is not a matter of a day or two for people without personality to be discriminated against in this world. The government has also set up protection agencies for people without personality and formulated laws and regulations to protect people without personality.But this didn't have a very big effect.

In this society where heroes are prevalent, there are not a few people who want to have a very powerful personality and become a hero.To be honest, only those who have obtained a hero license can use personality, so there is no difference between ordinary people and people without personality living in society, but for some reason, the status of people without personality seems to be lower than ordinary people.Children with personality will bully children with personality, and people with personality are more likely to find jobs than people without personality.In this society, a person without personality has to work several times harder to be recognized by others.People without personality are born with cold eyes in the future.A person without personality is like being born with a disability, and what he gets is either pity or scorn.

A personalityless person can only face two futures.The first type belongs to a good family, which can be used for him to study, obtain a high diploma, and then live as an ordinary person.The second type belongs to the poor family, who has no money for him to study. In order to survive, he can only do jobs that ordinary people don’t want to do, such as high-risk jobs, cleaners, picking up garbage...

This phenomenon has always existed, and it is difficult for the government to change the reality.After all, it's the 20% that's impersonal, not the 80%.Most people without personality live a life of swallowing their anger. Now, the death of Songban is a fuse. The bomb it is connected to is directly buried in the foundation of society. If this spark is not extinguished as soon as possible, the consequences will be disastrous.

Tsukachi felt that his hair was falling down one by one, and he might be honorably joining the upper bald group soon.Just when he was at a loss, Principal Xiongying called him, invited him to the principal's office for coffee, and said he had good news to tell him.

Although it was inappropriate, Tsukauchi felt that he had better go there when he thought of the shrewd white mouse who played with humans in its claws.

As a result, as soon as he went there, Nezu told him about his innocence.Where is this good news?Are you getting more bald? !

"Okay, we will secretly investigate this matter," Tsukachi Fue said, "Is there anything else? Like good news?"

"Yes, one of the students probably saw the face of the murderer last night." Genjin raised his calf, his tail twitching.

"what!?"

This was a pleasant surprise. Tsukauchi wanted to continue asking, but Nezu had already spoken: "The murderer is a Kappa!"

"River... is this an animal from the magic world?"

The little white mouse nodded, then looked at the watch, and said slowly, "Don't worry, All Might has taken the children to deal with it. But the murderer is a creature of that world, which is really difficult to deal with. Um...I'll get in touch with you. Alright, I'm off work!"

"Wait! Please tell me about the Kappa..."

"You can know now that you are a hero."

Tsukachi said that he didn't know what Nezu wanted to express, but after getting along for so long, he also got used to the way small animals speak.He sighed and turned away.As a result, as soon as he took out the car keys in the parking lot, a blond boy ran over with an anxious expression on his face.Because of the USJ incident, Tsukauchi also knew that this boy was Kami Naruto from Class A.The boy seemed to have experienced a lot of inner struggles, and finally summoned up the courage to explain his "adventure" to him.So there was the very first conversation.

Tsukauchi thought, Kaminaru is a child worth looking forward to.Though frivolous at times, the boy's heart undoubtedly belonged to a hero.After going through this incident, he will definitely grow a lot.At least he also realized how much courage it takes to be a real hero.

Thinking so, Tsukauchi opened the door and got in the car, and drove to "Hachigami Lake" according to the location sent by All Might.It was getting late at this time, and the tourists had already left this relatively remote resting place.Tsukauchi parked the car on the side of the road, and walked alone through a "squeaky" pine forest.At the other end of the woods, several people are trying to find the trace of the Kappa.

"Yo! You're finally here!"

"All Might, what's going on? Isn't the kappa in the river? Isn't this place too far from the crime scene? At least 5 kilometers away!"

"It was the Scarman girl who brought us here, uh... that bracelet... haha, it seems that the fertilized egg can swim very well!"

"...Have you found the Kappa?" Tsukauchi followed All Might to the lake, where Green Valley and Scarman were still squatting.

"I haven't found it yet." All Might scratched his head.

"Ah! It's Mr. Tsukauchi! Long time no see!"

"Hello, Midoriya. Actually, it's only been a few days... We met at the hospital in Hosu, didn't we?" Tsukauchi smiled, and then looked at the lake, "How is the situation now?"

"Newt invited a Mr. Mermaid and Mr. Frog to search the lake together, but they haven't been found yet."

"After all, the kappa's perception is relatively strong, maybe it's hiding in a ditch," Scarman added, "but fortunately, the lake is small, and with the help of mermaids, we can definitely find it today."

"Are you missing one person?"

"Are you talking about Mr. Kouda? He can't come today due to family business," Green Valley replied, "It would be great if he were here. There are many fish in the lake, and there must be a few of them who have seen Kappa?"

"Indeed..." Tsukachi rubbed his chin, tilted his head and accidentally glanced at a bag of cucumbers at Scamman's feet, and asked suspiciously, "Did you buy this as bait?"

"No, this is like an amulet. When you meet a kappa, if you throw a cucumber with your name engraved on it, it won't hurt you. So Xiaomeiyu and the others must bring this when they go down to search," Scar said. Man took out two cucumbers from the bag, one was crookedly engraved with the words "Green Valley Izuku", and the other was not engraved.

"Just in case, take one too."

"The knife is here."

Just as Tsukachi received the melon from Scamman and the knife from Olmert, the surface of the lake not far away suddenly started bubbling, and soon, the head of the frog popped out.

—————Boundary line————

Wabuki and the little mermaid Bobby found the kappa between two stones in the depths of the lake.However, when they found it, the kappa had completely passed out.

To be precise, he was fainted by starvation.

This kappa has been thinned into a pole!How can it look like it has just sucked blood?

"This... is this too thin?" All Might took the 50cm-long little guy from Bobby's hand, with a look of embarrassment on his face, "It doesn't look like a murderer..."

"Isn't that what Shang Ming saw yesterday..."

"Gero, or the kappa that Xiao Shangming saw yesterday was indeed the kappa, but the murderer was someone else."

"This kappa looks less than a year old, and his strength is no match for a grown man," I said. "It can't be the murderer."

"Then..." Mr. Tsukauchi also had a headache, at this moment, his cell phone rang, and it was a call from one of his subordinates.The police officer quickly pressed the answer button, turned his back and walked to the lake.After a while, he put down his mobile phone and walked towards us with a happy face.

"Murder was caught by Jungle Kamui!"

"What?!"

It turns out that the real murderer is a man with a "blood-sucking" personality, who can convert other people's blood into his own energy to achieve the purpose of strengthening, so that he can muster up the courage to rob the bank.As a result, the car overturned.An hour ago, he and his three accomplices were arrested by Milin Shenwei, and after being sent to the police station to be "tortured" they confessed their crimes, and the truth came to light.

"So Shangming-san really saw it?!" Lugu asked while flicking the small fish for the kappa.

"Maybe. In about one night, this little guy really swam 5 kilometers along the river in search of food..."

I poured a ladle of water on the little kappa's head, the little guy opened his eyes in a daze, sat up and looked around with his big eyes wide open, and when he saw the fish in Lvgu's hand, he jumped up excitedly and hugged his thigh wow Calling, probably found a mother's love, but Lugu's face is pale.

"Gero, it's kind of cute." Frog squatted down with his head tilted, poked the little Kappa who was eating fish, and said, "It's great that the murderer wasn't you."

"Well, there is indeed a bright side." I sneaked a glance at the happy-faced Lvgu who was feeding the Kappa, and lowered my head to think to myself: "However, it is an unchangeable fact that a person with no personality was killed."

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The day after the murderer was caught

Kirishima (patting the table): Then Kamizuru, you saw a real Kappa boy!It's so cool hahahaha!

Sero (waving his hand): So it's just speculation!You must be wrong.

Erlang (laughs): Heh, I didn't expect you, an idiot, to have a rich imagination.

Shangming (kneeling): Please don’t mention this matter again, please? !Let the black history dissipate in the wind! ! !

Chang An (tilting his head): Maybe it really is a Kappa.

800 million (worry): I don't think it is possible.Shangming must have been hallucinating because he studied too hard recently.

Mineta (suddenly realizes): So watching movies can no longer satisfy you? !

Shangming (covering his face): I told you not to mention this matter again! ! !Please let me go! ! !Miss! ?Brother! ?

Ye Yin(?): What a miserable man...

Bakugo (disdain): Heh, rubbish.

Green Valley (buried her head): I feel a little sorry for Shang Ming...

Boom (doubt): The knowledge we learned is not that difficult... as long as you listen to the lectures, you can memorize it, there is no need to review it...

Ashdo (smiling): ... Please shut up.