Chapter 310 – #311 Why Do I Keep Getting the Leading Stack?(5)
#311 Why does the precedence stack keep piling up? (5)
Quaang-!
The building, engulfed in flames, exploded again.
“Damage!”
“Aaaaagh!”
Remnants of buildings engulfed in flames flew in all directions at high speed, like a meteorite falling.
Thanks to this, the firefighters who mobilized to extinguish the fire, the citizens who were evacuated by the sudden fire, and the police officers who mobilized to organize such citizens were in danger.
Even a 3-year-old could tell that a barrel flying at bullet-like speed would kill instantly if it hit flying debris.
People ran away in a panic like a flock of sheep meeting a pack of wolves.
Kwaaang-!
Once again the building exploded. Debris from the building flew towards a firefighter.
“Ah…”
The firefighter who saw the fireball flying at him intuited his fate. The fireballs flew at high speed, but to his eyes they seemed to move slowly, in slow motion.
‘I need to give you a doll…’
Tomorrow was the birthday of the firefighter’s only daughter. Her sweet daughter swung her arm and sang to buy her a big teddy bear like her.
So the firefighter prepared a big teddy bear for her daughter’s birthday. But I don’t think I can gift the doll to my daughter.
Bang-!
“Ugh!”
There was a roar in the fireman’s ears, and he thought he was dead.
“… Huh?”
But no matter how long I waited, I felt no pain. Strangely, he opened his eyes, raised his head, and saw the back of a large man standing in front of him.
“Oh shit. What kind of dog school is this in the middle of the night?”
“… Uh?”
The man grumbled as if it was a nuisance. And in front of the man’s outstretched hand, the fireball that had just been flying toward him stopped in the air as if caught in a spider’s web.
“What are you doing? Aren’t you saving people?”
“Everything, you…!”
When the man just turned his head and said, the firefighter could tell who the man was.
Everyone in Dark City didn’t know a man wearing a mask with a picture of a skull on it. The firefighter unknowingly called the man’s name, no, the villain’s name.
“Steel Armor!”
“Yes, I am Steel Armor. I will sign the autograph later, so let’s solve that first.”
Bang-! Kwagwagwang-!
Even as Steel Armor and the firefighters were talking, the building exploded, spewing debris and fireballs in all directions. It was a terrible fire, as if a demon from hell had descended to the ground.
Debris flying in all directions threatened people’s lives.
“It’s tea.”
However, no one was killed or injured by the burning building fragments. Because everything stopped in midair.
The hero hasn’t been dispatched yet. The only psychic in this position was Steel Armor. If so, it was obvious who was the one who caused the miracle like now.
The villain, Steel Armor, was to save people.
“Cow, raise your hand!”
“Yes?”
At that time, a careless police officer pointed a gun at Steel Armor. He knew the gun didn’t work for him, but he instinctively pointed the gun at him.
“You’re already raising your hand. How can I raise my hand again here? Or lower it?”
Even as a dangerous weapon was pointed at him with the flick of a finger, Steel Armor leisurely cracked a joke at the nervous police officer.
“You madman!”
“Evil!”
It was the same fellow cop who subdued the cop who aimed a gun at Steel Armor. There was no way his gun could work against an S-class villain. Besides, isn’t the opponent just a S-class villain and a steel armor?
Currently, public evaluation of steel armor is known to be the most powerful among S-class villains and S-class psychics.
To point a gun at such a dangerous man! The senior police officer hit this clumsy junior police officer hard on the back of the head.
“…”
The senior police officer who took the junior’s gun swallowed and looked at Steel Armor. It was because if he attacked them saying that he was offended, he would be dead.
But Steel Armor didn’t seem particularly offended.
“No, why don’t people do their job when I show up? Hey. Don’t look at me and go and do your job. Aren’t you going to save the citizens?”
“… I see. What are you all doing! Evacuate the citizens quickly!”
“Yes!”
At the senior police officer’s words, the police officers who were watching Steel Armor moved together. As they evacuated the citizens, they were worried that Steel Armor would stab them in the back.
“Wait a minute! I’ll take a few more shots! I’m a very famous youtuber!”
“… What a crazy bastard!”
“Aagh!”
It wasn’t just the rookie police officer who pointed a gun at Steel Armor that didn’t notice. The man who called himself a YouTuber was filming a fire scene and a steel armor that suddenly appeared despite the police’s control, and it upset the officers.
The police officers took Nutuber’s cell phone, trampled it and smashed it, and began beating Nutuber wildly.
‘Oooh. Leadern police class.’
Seeing that, Steel Armor raised his thumb inwardly.
I could often read articles about police officers in Dark City, but most of them were about police officers assaulting citizens. When I read that article, Steel Armor reminded me of the leadern police.
‘What did you say? Didn’t I say that leadern police don’t discriminate and everyone is a fan?’
The law resembles Korean law, the medical system resembles the American medical system, and the police resemble the leadern police.
‘Confused, confused.’
Indeed, it was like a world in which the villains played the game.
“Let’s go to sleep. Let’s quickly turn off the lights and go have a late-night snack.”
“… Yes?”
“Let’s turn off the lights.”
“Ah yes.”
While police officers were wielding clubs and driving citizens away, Steel Armor led firefighters to extinguish the fire.
*****
The presence or absence of superpowers definitely made a big difference.
If firefighters had started to extinguish the fire with their own power without steel armor, they would not have been able to extinguish the fire until morning. Perhaps the fire spread to the building next door and caused a catastrophe.
However, the situation turned 180 degrees when steel armor helped to extinguish the fire.
I don’t know how to block the fireballs bouncing in all directions, but anyway, since the steel armor was responsible for the safety of the firefighters, they could put out their efforts to extinguish the fire with peace of mind.
Also, as the time dragged on, a helicopter full of sand flew in and sprinkled sand over the burning building, and the fire that broke out in the middle of the night was extinguished before the sun rose.
“…”
“…”
The firefighters and police officers who had worked so hard all night sat looking at each other with awkward faces.
In front of them, a variety of meats, including delicious steaks, were piled up to the point of breaking the upper leg.
‘Can I stay here like this?’
The firefighter, who saved his life thanks to the help of Steel Armor, scratched his head looking at his clothes.
It was a firefighting suit that was blackened because Steel Armor dragged them to the restaurant right after the fire was extinguished. She couldn’t even wash her hair, her hair was covered with sweat and her face was glistening with dog oil.
Entering a luxurious restaurant in such a dirty outfit felt somehow guilty.
Then, Steel Armor wiped the water off her hands, opened the door, and came inside. Come to think of it, did I say this is a VIP special room?
“Huh? Why is everyone doing this? Are there any ancestral rites?”
Steel Armor sat down at her empty seat, looking at the full table.
“…”
“…”
Thanks to this, the firefighters and police officers who took the seats next to him broke into a cold sweat.
Coincidentally, the fireman sitting on the left was the same fireman Steel Armor saved, and the policeman sitting on the right was the same ignorant new policeman who aimed a gun at Steel Armor.
Rattling-!
In the case of a police officer in particular, his hands trembled, perhaps because he had committed a crime (?).
“Aren’t you hungry? Let’s eat.”
When Steel Armor first took up a fork and knife and ate the steak, the firefighters and police officers who had been paying attention also took up forks and knives.
I have never tasted such delicious food in my life. No, did the original steak taste like this in the first place? I don’t know, but it was certain that a plate of this would cost hundreds of dollars.
“…”
“…”
However, they did not fully enjoy the taste of the steak. Being treated to a meal by Steel Armor, an S-class villain!
Forced to experience something that is difficult to experience once in a lifetime, they could not tell whether the steak went into their mouth or nose.
There was no conversation, only rattling and chewing meat.
The table full of meat ran out quickly, probably because everyone had worked hard. It was because I was concentrating on the meal and I didn’t notice Steel Armor before I knew it.
After the meal was over for a while, Steel Armor stood up.
Then, all at once, the people stiffened.
‘Could it be… The Last Supper?!’
It is said that a prisoner sentenced to death is served the last meal of his life, is that so?! I didn’t tea, but everyone thought so.
But the steel armor didn’t hurt them.
“Everyone has had a hard time. No, some bastard set fire to a building and said it? It was also in the middle of the night like this? Ugh, really anyway, there are a lot of bad bastards in the world, right?”
“…”
People looked at the steel armor with absurd eyes.
It was embarrassing to hear such a sound come out of the mouth of an S-class villain, who can be said to be the representative of those bad guys.
“Anyway, as I said before, everyone has worked hard. Thanks to you, good citizens like me can safely stretch out and sleep.”
“…”
Good citizen? You?
“But people always look for and cheer for heroes and don’t know the hard work of all of you who are struggling like this. If your house catches on fire, do heroes go out? Police officers are dispatched. But people don’t know that and only suck heroes. People shouldn’t be like that.”
“…”
I was still embarrassed, but I also cried.
As he said, people did not know about the hard work of firefighters and police officers.
Citizens are always looking for heroes. Ordinary firefighters and police officers without superpowers were not citizens’ heroes.
Of course, I did not do this work hoping for the support of the citizens, but where did the human heart go as I wanted?
They risked their lives and did their best for the safety of the citizens, but they couldn’t help but feel sorry for the citizens who only looked for heroes.
“But everyone, please remember this one thing.”
“…?”
“At least one person, I know of your hard work. I know that you risk your life toil day and night for the safety of citizens. Please remember that I am always rooting for you.”
“…”
It was ironic indeed.
My sad heart melted away at the words of Steel Armor, who could be said to be the leader of the bad guys.
“Kheup!”
Some people were so moved that they covered their eyes with their hands and even shed tears.
“Oh, why are you crying?”
Steel Armor approached the crying man and patted him on the shoulder. It looked very warm in people’s eyes.
“Now, since you seem to have adequately filled your stomach, let’s all go back to work and home. Oh, and there are some wrapped ones at the entrance, so take them home one at a time. It’s free, so you can take two.”
Steel Armor handed envelopes of steaks to the firefighters and police officers who had worked hard all night and sent them back.
In a way, it was just a few words and a few bucks, but this incident made firefighters and police officers look at steel armor differently.
He’s an S-class villain…But he might not be that bad.
“Go in carefully. If you feel unwell, come visit me. I’ll pay for the hospital bill. All I have is money? Euhhahaha!”
Steel Armor shook hands and sent them off until the last person. People’s affinity for him has increased.
“Whoa…”
After the firefighters and police officers left, Steel Armor sighed.
“Next time, don’t start a fire and clean it up. Fuck, this is why the movie is a problem? I just copy it… Oh, that’s right, CCTV.
They will never know that Steel Armor made them ill and gave them medicine.
