Chapter 510 – Gaiden 13) Young Hero (2)
Gaiden 13) Young Hero (2)
Back in time, it was when Young Hero broke up with Rachel in front of the academy.
“Hmm…”
“Ummm…”
“…”
The children were walking, thinking hard about something.
“Hey… Boys.”
Then Hannah, a girl three years older than Rachel, opened her mouth. The children stared at her Hannah.
“Shall we promote today without Rachel?”
Activity, this was a slang only for children, meaning the hero activity of young heroes. In other words, now Hannah was suggesting to her friends that they do Young Hero activities without Rachel.
“Without Rachel?”
“Wouldn’t that be difficult?”
Sevi and Laura reacted negatively to Hannah’s proposal.
Hannah and 17-year-old Sevi, her same age, had [Body Enhancer (Lv. 3)] Psychic powers, and Rachel and her 14-year-old Laura, her same age, had [Lizard Trainer (Lv. 2)] Psychic powers.
Their roles within Young Hero were Sevi as the tank and Laura as the support.
By the way, she once said that Rachel once helped her friend who was being bullied, and that friend was Laura.
Due to the nature of her psychic powers, Laura, who always brings a lizard with her, was ignored by the children as disgusting and dirty, and then she was bullied.
But it was Rachel who reached out to Laura first. She saw her past self in Laura and couldn’t stand it.
Thanks to Rachel, Laura got out of her bullying and at the same time became Rachel’s best friend. She and she were currently working together in Young Hero. With her passive personality, she became a young hero because of Rachel.
“I-I don’t really…”
She didn’t have Rachel, but she didn’t want to be a young hero. She was Laura, close friends with Rachel, but still uncomfortable with the other kids.
“Let’s just rest today. Even so, we were scolded by Ice Queen-nim and Aquagirl a few days ago. If we say we’re promoting again, then it won’t end with words. It might put a disadvantage on our academy life.”
Sevi was also negative about promoting as a young hero without Rachel. He became a young hero because he fell for a girl three years younger than him.
“Um… I like it.”
“Me too. If Rachel isn’t there and doesn’t do anything, she’s not a hero!”
On the other hand, Evan and Cristina agreed with Hannah.
Evan had [Telepathy (Lv. 3)] Psychic powers at the age of 16 and was in charge of communication during battles. And Christina, like Evan, has the supernatural power of [Pyromancer (Lv. 2)] At the age of 16. Along with Hannah, she was a key combat agent for Young Hero.
Rachel (Female/Age 14/Sword Sorcerer Lv.6), Sevi (Male/Age 17/Body Enhancer Lv.3), Hanna (Female/Age 17/Descendant of Giants Lv.3), Laura (Female/Age 14/ Lizard Trainer Lv.2), Evan (Male/Age 16/Telepathy Lv.3), Christina (Female/Age 16/Pyromancer Lv.2).
In this way, 6 people were Young Heroes.
“I really like democracy. Then, at 3:2, Young Hero is active today! Bang Bang Bang!”
Hannah said happily.
Sevi and Laura refused, but the other two voted in favor, and Young Hero decided to operate without Rachel, as she was eventually pushed out of the vote.
“Oops… I’m just going to rest today.”
Sevi smiled wryly, but did not strongly express his disapproval. Although she started as Rachel, now she too was proud of her heroic activities.
“Well, then can’t I take it out…?”
In contrast, Laura still refused. She was really reluctant to do Young Hero activities without Rachel.
“Ugh! We are one body! Even if we live, we die together, and even if we die, we must die together!”
“…”
Hannah put her arm on her shoulder and pulled her little Laura into her arms. The timid Laura’s resistance ended just like that. It took a lot of courage from Laura’s point of view to bring up her request to have her removed.
“Then everyone knows that we are going to gather at my house in the evening, okay? Especially Laura! If you don’t come, I’ll kill you?”
“Uh, uh…”
It looked like her sister, Iljin, was harassing Chinta. Anyway, the activities of the Rachel team without Rachel were decided.
*****
“Welcome everyone~”
“Hiya… No matter how many times I’ve been here, I can’t get used to it?”
Hanna welcomes her friends, her young heroes, to her home. Sevi hung out her tongue as she looked around her spacious and splendid home. She came here several times, but every time she came, she couldn’t get used to it.
This was her home that her rich father, Hannah, had bought for her sweet youngest daughter, who looked exactly like her mother.
For reference, her full name is [Hannah Francesco], And in terms of her degree, she was the niece of the current president of Francesco Corporation.
It was a Francesco company that had been in second place for ten thousand years behind Sanctuary, but it was by no means negligible. It wasn’t 2nd in class, it was 2nd in Dark City.
But she couldn’t tell Hannah where she went and that she was the niece of President Francesco. Because she was the daughter of her father’s affair with her mother, who was her secretary.
Naturally, she was not included in the Franciscan family register. The Franciscan family was not open enough to place her illegitimate son on her family register.
Still, she was able to live a wealthy life because the cosdog Francesco, the younger brother of her current president and Hannah’s father, recognized Hannah as his own daughter and liked her.
She was living apart from her family, so she was using it as the Young Hero’s hideout.
“But where are you going today? You don’t have any information?”
Cristina, who sat down on the expensive sofa as if she was used to it, asked her Hannah.
For reference, Hannah and Cristina were childhood friends who grew up together. Cristina’s mother is friends with Hannah’s mother, so naturally, Cristina and Hannah became friends as well. When she wasn’t doing her young hero activities, Cristina often came over to Hannah’s house to play.
“Hee hee. That’s right… Wait a minute?”
Hannah smiled bashfully at Cristina’s question and went into her own room. After a while, she came out with something.
“What is that? Earphones?”
What Hanna brought out was none other than wireless earphones. It was six to match the number of young heroes.
“These are not just earphones.”
As she lifted her earphones, she said proudly of Hannah.
“It’s a special earphone that can eavesdrop on police and hero radio!”
“What?”
“Really?”
Only then did the children begin to show interest in the earphones Hanna brought.
The biggest stumbling block for young heroes to engage in vigilante activities was the location of the villain.
Compared to the abundance of villains in Dark City, crime is less common than you might think.
As the former head of the Valencia Association, who passed away, reformed the Hero Association, the overall number of heroes decreased, but the quality increased considerably. In addition, Aqua Girl became an S-class hero, and through a technical partnership with Sanctuary, it was possible to use a weapon for suppressing villains with high technology.
As the arrest rate increased, the villains could no longer openly commit crimes and act as before.
Of course, that didn’t mean that the villain’s crimes had completely disappeared. If so, they would not have been able to gather together and create a hero group called Young Hero.
“Hiya~ Then it will be easier to chase the villain.”
“As expected, Hannah! You’re our water supply?”
“What? Water?”
“Ah, no, it’s not a water owner, it’s a mu, a munju! It’s a munju!”
At Evan’s words, Hannah frowned and glared at him. Then Evan hurriedly changed his words.
“Munju? What is it?”
“Problem-solving protagonist! This is what we need the most right now! Oh, you’re pretty!”
Evan rubbed Hannah’s earphones on my cheek and flattered me. Then Hannah laughed.
“But how did you get this? Police and hero radios aren’t easy to get.”
“Hee hee! I begged my dad to buy me a radio sensor so I could run away as soon as the villain shows up.”
“No matter how much you asked me to buy it, you said you would get 6 of these?”
“Because I’m clumsy a lot, I asked for a generous amount.”
“Hey… I’m using that here.”
Cristina, who knew her Hannah well, stuck out her tongue. In fact, Hannah often lost her belongings because of her sloppiness.
“But what about Laura? Didn’t she come?”
Looking around her, Hannah made her impression as she saw that Laura was invisible. She seemed very upset with Laura for not coming over at her own words.
“Is this really… Disregard me? Where’s my phone?”
Hanna tried to call her Laura and call her right away. But she didn’t have to.
“Uh, there… I’m here…”
“The cell phone… Huh? What the heck Laura! Why are you there?”
Unlike the young heroes who were comfortably seated on the sofa, Laura was still pacing around the entrance. Plus she’s so invisible that no one notices that she’s standing in her doorway.
“What are you doing? Come here quickly.”
“Uh, uh…”
At Hannah’s beckoning, Laura finally came inside. Hannah greeted Laura with a wide smile as if she hadn’t been mad at all. It was Laura who couldn’t adapt to that look.
“Anyway, everyone except Rachel has gathered, so shall we start the meeting now?”
“Do you have a meeting? Hannah, you’ve got everything ready.”
Hehe. That’s right! Everyone is resting here and when the radio calls, let’s go out then!”
Sevi’s words made her feel better. Hannah brought snacks and drinks from the kitchen table. It wasn’t long before a wholesome, alcohol-free party broke out.
“…”
The only thing she didn’t fit in was Laura. She clutched the Hero Watch on her wrist and wondered if she should tell Rachel about it even now.
No matter how you think about it, continuing your Young Hero activities without Rachel was dangerous.
The other kids seem to think that she took down the villains all this time because she was strong, but Laura was different. Laura, she thought, was able to become a young hero because her Rachel made them strong.
And that was the correct answer.
The young hero was able to apprehend the villains because Rachel used her linguistic spirit to enhance the children’s psychic powers. The risk of moving without Rachel was 100%.
“… Ha.”
However, Laura could not inform Rachel of this fact until the end.
She has a timid personality, but she couldn’t bother Rachel that she was going to spend time with her family.
To her Laura, Rachel was her only friend who reached out to her first, smiling like an angel to herself, whom everyone had turned away and ignored. She couldn’t be bothered with her precious friend like that.
‘Please… I hope the villains don’t appear…’
All Laura could do now was pray in her heart that her villains would also spend time with her family like Rachel.
But, of course, that didn’t happen.
*****
“Hmm…”
“I’m sleepy…”
After 12 o’clock, no matter how long they waited, the emergency radio could not be heard, and everyone began to doze off exhausted. Living in the Hero Academy dormitory, everyone had a fixed life pattern.
There was no sense of tension among the young heroes who gathered to arrest the villain.
It was then.
-A gunfight breaks out in Area 26! Ask for support!
“Ummm… Huh?”
-Notice once again! A gunfight breaks out in Precinct 26! Lots of enemies! Even villains are included! Request help from heroes right now!
“… Up, up! Hey what are you doing! Get up, everyone!”
Awakened by the urgent voice in her earphones, Hannah hurriedly woke her children.
“What, what’s going on?”
“What?”
“Area 26! Young Heroes dispatch to Area 26!”
With Hannah’s cry, the young hero was dispatched to District 26, where the incident occurred, with a face full of drowsiness.
