Chapter 316 86: Target

Without any support, even if you struggle out of the quagmire of the slums, you will find that you have only crawled from one hell to another.

It is true that knowledge can change destiny, but the knowledge that can truly change destiny is not free.

Maria’s parents knew very well that they could continue to live like this here. They could join a gang like everyone else, or find a boyfriend who was not so vicious, find a job in a restaurant, go to get off work and get off work on time every day, watch ball games, go to the beach, borrow money if they had no money, starve if they couldn’t borrow, steal, rob, or go to church for help. There would always be a way to solve the problem.

Then wait for an accident or serious illness to end your short but relatively happy life.

Compared to those bad guys who died in gang fights and whose bodies might not even be collected by anyone, this is already pretty good.

But one day, when their daughter brought back the test paper with full marks and proudly showed it to them, fate began to change.

Somehow, the parents made a certain decision.

He stopped smoking and drinking, stopped watching football games, and took the initiative to find more work, trying to provide Maria with a good learning environment.

And they actually did it. Despite a lot of gossip, they sent a girl to an ordinary high school outside to receive secondary education and prepare for college, without considering vocational high school.

Maria was also good enough to stand out in school and successfully entered the University of Rio.

At that time, there was a craze for supernatural beings. As Japan was a high-incidence area for supernatural beings, many colleges added supernatural courses in Japanese. After much consideration, Maria decided to choose this one.

Even if the enthusiasm for extraordinary talents has faded after graduation, the increasing number of Japanese people in Rio cannot be faked. It should be easier to find a job in a foreign company with such a major.

At the same time, in order to prevent unexpected events in life, such as not getting a scholarship, she shuttles between work and study every day, calculating the only chips she has and looking for possible small opportunities.

However, she had basically no ability to resist risks, and luck would not always favor a person, so when an accident happened, she fell deeper into the mud.

Maria was walking on the way back to the hospital. She felt that the pedestrians on the road, which used to be ordinary, were now full of danger, as if someone would rush out in the next second, snatch her only hope, and walk away.

Sweat oozed from her hand as she held the bank card. She had no time to think about why Shirai would help her so selflessly.

She just wanted the two closest relatives who had supported her in her studies and growth to save their lives so that she could fulfill the promises she had made.

“Ah, it’s Maria.”

A man walked out of the hospital with his arm bandaged. When he saw Maria, he greeted her listlessly.

Maria secretly put the bank card into her pocket and tried to calm down.

The man was the child of one of her neighbors. His mother was also in the intensive care unit, and he was in a gang at the time and suffered minor injuries.

“Are you going to have lunch?” Maria controlled her expression and spoke in a dry tone.

The man sighed and shook his head: “I’ll go get some money and ask the boss if he can give me an advance.”

“I heard that the authorities have ordered all-out treatment for this accident, so perhaps there will be no need for medical expenses?” Maria said hesitantly.

“Oh, just listen to it. The saline solution is indeed free, but it doesn’t work, right?” The man smiled bitterly and shook his head. “I have to leave quickly. There may be many people around the boss who need to borrow money. You guys, do your best.”

He did not ask Maria for help. He knew that Maria’s family had almost no savings due to Maria’s schooling, and he would not offer to help. After all, he could hardly take care of himself.

I would never have thought that Maria had already borrowed money and was preparing to transfer her parents to another hospital for better treatment.

“By the way, if someone asks you about the man in black robe, you can pretend to be there and say something casually. Maybe you can get some money.” The man took out two banknotes and shook them, revealing a smile.

Maria nodded.

She knew about the black-robed man. The number of people whose lives were in danger was not that large compared to the total number of injured. Many people only had minor burns or were in a coma for a period of time.

In the second half of last night, many people discovered during their communication that the people who rescued them all had the same feature of wearing black robes, so they started shouting like this.

There were people who were grateful, but there were also many who didn’t care. Some family members even started to curse, thinking that it would be better to let the injured die in the fire. If more people died, they would hold a demonstration and the authorities might be forced to give compensation under pressure.

Now that I’m an injured person, I don’t know if I’ll get any compensation. If I have any sequelae in the future, it will cost more. It’s better to die.

Maria has observed that there are quite a few people who think this way.

But she was not surprised, the concept of the Rocinha slum was so straightforward and unconcealed.

“Are you also a family member of the victims of the Rocinha disaster?”

The neighbor was right. As soon as Maria walked in, someone came to ask her questions.

“Yes.”

“Did you see one or more mysterious people in black robes and without showing their faces at the fire scene yesterday? Or some strange people who seemed not afraid of fire?” The person asking the question had no intention of paying any money. He was just pretending to be an official and simply asking.

“I’m sorry, I wasn’t at the scene last night. I only came here after receiving a notification from someone else. My relative is still receiving emergency treatment, can you please make way?” Maria looked anxious.

“Oh, sorry to bother you. I wish your family peace.” The man nodded and went to find his next target.

Maria didn’t take it to heart. She had no intention of saying anything. The man in black had done her a favor no matter what. Without knowing the details, not mentioning it was the best way to repay her.

She quickly walked across the noisy hall and found the doctor who advised her to transfer her parents to another hospital.

“Did you borrow the money?” The doctor looked at Maria carefully and felt a little surprised.

He made this suggestion only because he saw that the other person’s temperament did not seem like someone from the slums. Otherwise, if it was someone else from the slums, he would be too lazy to say it, and even if he did, it would be basically useless and he would be easily attacked by the emotional family members.

“Yes, I’m not sure about the procedures. Can you help me?” Maria guessed that the other party would be willing to help because they would get a commission. “It would be best if it’s kept secret. You know, I don’t have the energy to help others.”

“Yes, I will arrange for your parents to be transferred through another gate.”

After confirming the condition, the doctor temporarily assigned the matter at hand to someone else and called an ambulance from another hospital.

Maria finally felt relieved after seeing the words on the ambulance. It was indeed a famous private hospital.

The ambulance arrived at the scene without saying much. A nurse handed over a prepayment slip with a smile, requiring Maria to pay a certain fee first. After the payment was completed, they demonstrated extremely professional qualities and transferred his parents.

The equipment in the ambulance alone seemed more professional than the treatment her parents were currently receiving.

The role of money is once again demonstrated vividly and without any concealment.

Maria naturally followed the car and sent the message to Shirai with excitement on the way.

[Shirai, I’m on my way to transfer to another hospital! ]

Thank you for your generosity!

Shirai looked away, feeling a little sorry that Maria, such a good seed, might be lost. But she did not regret doing this, deliberately manipulating the other person’s emotions and pulling the other person into the experiment. She could not accept herself becoming someone like Hirosue Ryomiya.

Although the seeds she selected were more or less experimental in nature, the Oakley in Australia and the Tada in Rio were both found by her from the crowd, and she also obtained their consent.

“.This is the situation. They are planning the next sacrifice, which will be much bigger than this one. Lord Angel, should we prevent this from happening in advance?”

Tada knelt in front of Shirai and reported everything he had learned.

From his point of view, the purpose of his future life is to eliminate all evil. The only thing he needs to consider is whether the other party’s evil is serious enough to deserve death.

At the same time, it is to protect good people and prevent them from being harmed by evil people.

Shirai looked out the window, as if in a daze, and after a long while, he answered an irrelevant question.

“Tada, what do you think sin is?”

“It is an existence that I will spend my entire life trying to eliminate. Sin is cruel to mankind and a blasphemy to heaven. Only by creating a world without sin can we find a truly perfect world.” Tada’s face flushed and it was obvious that he was very excited.

It is normal for Tada to have such thoughts. His life was ruined because of his strong sense of justice, which led to his almost death in an alley.

At that time, he was lying in a pool of blood, watching the person he rescued escape without saying a word. Instead of feeling any regret in his heart, he approved of that person’s actions.

Because in this way he succeeded in saving at least one person.

If the other party is stupid enough not to run away, he will be disappointed.

“Are you willing to die like this?”

“If you were given a choice, would you be willing to have a new life?”

Later, it was Shirai who came and asked the above two questions.

He agreed.

The price was that from now on, I would become her subordinate and complete the experiments she arranged.

The experiment could have been rejected, but Tada did not.

Shirai immediately asked him to kill the person who almost killed him, so that he could get familiar with controlling his own power, while she would be responsible for finishing off the mess and making the body disappear.

Then the experiment was to let him observe the person he rescued and give him two choices, let the person go or kill the person.

At first, Tada didn’t understand why, but not long after, he found out that the man was actually an unforgivable bastard, even worse than the person who killed him.

So not long after the man was rescued by Tada, he was killed by Tada again.

He fell into self-doubt.

Are the people you save necessarily good people? I don’t understand why when a person becomes a victim, he subconsciously ignores the possibility that the other person is also guilty?

Shirai had no intention of solving his puzzles for him; some problems were better solved by one’s own mind.

So after experiments, Shirai confirmed that Tada was controllable, and was completely different from Oakley who couldn’t stop killing. So he officially made him his first subordinate.

At the beginning, Oakley was much more extreme than Tada. Even though the seeds she planted could ensure the other party’s eternal loyalty, she could not control the other party’s heart.

Oakley kept begging Shirai to let him kill those he considered criminals. If he didn’t kill anyone for one day, he would feel as miserable as if he were having a drug addiction attack.

For Shirai, having a subordinate who couldn’t even control himself would do more harm than good, so he just let him stay in Nan’ao and fend for himself.

In comparison, although Tada also has his own persistence, he is much gentler. He always puts Shirai’s orders first. Even if he doesn’t understand, he will not force it, and his emotions are very stable.

However, the so-called stability is only relative. Tada still wants to destroy all evil lives.

This idea is similar to that of Shirai when he just awakened the Black Light Angel.

She did the same.

But the more she killed, the more confused she became.

I feel like I’m doing something meaningless.

“What you think of as evil is just a definition of human nature. Human nature is inherently mixed with evil, but it is limited by conditions. Some people are inspired to rush out, while others choose to suppress it.”

“I have killed many sinners, but the world has not become a better place.”

“Throughout the killings, I discovered that even if there were no more evil, humanity would not necessarily move towards a better future.”

“But the mere existence of sin is like that. The disgusting smell lingers in my nose. Tada, we cannot save every life devoured by sin. Even among those devoured, many are sinners themselves.”

“Tada, do you still insist that evil must be eradicated?”

Shirai calmly expressed the feelings he had gradually acquired over the years, looked at Tada, and asked a question.

Tada was speechless. Shirai’s words were contrary to his previous justice, but he was sure that Shirai’s understanding of evil must be higher than his. In the end, he could only remain silent, his mind struggling.

“It’s actually very simple. As long as we are determined.”

“If sin hurts more people, I can transform more people into beings like you, Tada. As long as we accumulate enough power, we can establish a kingdom of God on earth, supervise the operation of the human world, eliminate all evil, and guide mankind to always develop upward.”

Shirai’s words left Tada dumbfounded, but he also felt a heavy sense that God had given him a great responsibility, and his mind was lost in the prospects that Shirai described.

Can such a world really be built?

can!
must be able to!

As long as they are under the guidance of the Lord Angel, they will be able to accomplish such shocking feats and achieve unprecedented value for themselves.

“Sir, then we just ignore their plans?” But his heart still ached when he thought that thousands of people might suffer.

“We’ll see what happens then. Everything is changing, nothing remains constant.”

Shirai, on the contrary, is not as confident as Tada, who is not sure that the kingdom of God can really be established on earth. After all, compared to Tada, who does not know enough about the supernatural beings in the outside world, Shirai clearly understands how serious the threat posed by other supernatural beings is.

But it is indeed a good goal and slogan.

(End of this chapter)