Chapter 322 92: Shadow of Self
Even though the world has turned a corner, it has plunged into the era of the advent of the extraordinary without looking back.

But for most ordinary people, the existence of the supernatural is still full of mystery and curiosity.

The fight between two unknown superhumans for unknown reasons in a small city where no superhumans had ever appeared was still very eye-catching to many people, including superhumans from other forces, who often relied on media reports to collect information about other superhumans.

The extraordinary people don’t think about making big news every day. For example, the Defense of Tokyo, from before the war to after the war, all kinds of information have fed the world’s media for a month, from the origin of the demons to the extraordinary people who participated in the war, and then studying half of the ruins of Tokyo, experiencing the intensity of the battle from a distance, and conducting simulated battlefields or deducing and replaying the game.

Both the media and the audience seemed to be so full that they were about to vomit.

I feel like if they continue reporting like this, they will be able to learn Japanese on their own.

However, there is one thing that many people never get tired of, that is, fans of each superhero team compete with each other in terms of fighting power and pull down other superheroes.

There are some opinions that the goddess Ye Jie can challenge the whole world alone, and the other extraordinary people are just trash; the blond William is hiding his strength, he looks like he can do everything with ease, and the most important thing is of course, he is so handsome, my family; there are also many arguments that the Black God will kill everyone if he doesn’t come out.

There are many fans who love looks, but fans who love looks are even more powerful. Once they become obsessed with looks, they bite everywhere like mad dogs. Among them, fans of Ye Jie and William are the most fierce, with their dog brains coming out. They can be called the two major fan circles.

However, more silent people generally support the extraordinary people from their own country.

So now extraordinary treatment is like that of traffic stars, the difference is that they do not need to respond to and maintain their fans, nor do they need to build a likable personality.

Apart from a few superhumans who acted more friendly, like Abdul, few others dared to ask for an autograph or anything.

Therefore, as long as the extraordinary movements are reported, there will basically be a lot of traffic and attention. The mainstream media will report on the whereabouts or speeches of certain extraordinary forces. Depending on the importance, it is basically either the headlines or the hot searches.

Self-media are even less particular, and they just speculate at will. Apart from not daring to slander, they often post things with a “probably”, “possibly”, or “perhaps”. They use any headline that is eye-catching, such as “The latest interpretation of the Special Affairs Bureau’s speech actually contains such information. It will be too late if you don’t read it now!” “I heard that the ninth of the ten types of men that goddess Ye Jie likes most is so simple!”

They are just making money from traffic, and Chaofan is too lazy to bother with them. If something really happens and they are wiped out, it is because the local authorities think they have crossed the line and are afraid of them, so they eliminate them in advance, giving Chaofan an excuse to do something to them for free.

Now three suspected supernatural beings have suddenly appeared in Morelia, instantly making this originally unknown non-resort city well-known. The authorities are both happy and worried.

It is always better to be famous than to be unknown, but Chaofan, who seems to be very free, is also a huge threat to stability. However, talking about stability in the country of drug lords is somewhat like a joke from hell.

Although, many people nowadays have learned their lesson and no longer actively gather in crowded places, so as to avoid being wiped out when a fight breaks out, they cannot resist the traffic. With traffic comes money and fame, and there will be people who are not afraid of death and will rush over to start live broadcasts.

In the country of drug lords, human life has a clear price tag, and there are quite a lot of people who are not afraid of death.

In addition to being curious about why this city could attract three extraordinary people, the audience is also more curious about the identities of those three extraordinary people.

Carlos’s public identity is already dead in the eyes of many people, and he has not exposed his past in front of many people. People only know that there is an extraordinary being beside Hasamu who can transform into an eagle or a wolf, and is extremely similar to the extraordinary being who killed the Prime Minister of David, Nehu.

However, because it appeared in the Tokyo Defense War, it is barely classified as the “justice” side by people, although the David Kingdom and the squid tycoons have strong objections to this.

Now that he appears here, does it mean that Hasam’s Sword of Damocles organization has expanded to the country of drug lords?

Oakley’s identity as the Filthy Wing was soon revealed, and the description was simple. He had caused the deaths of a large number of gang members in West Ni, South Australia, and was suspected to be related to the Black Angel.

A rumor that was suspected to be related to the Black Angel made the local wealthy families uneasy and they fled the city overnight.

The name of the Black Angel is an unreasonable nightmare to them.

Jamie’s figure and appearance changed drastically, and he finally revealed a big beer belly. Although a hint of red often appeared around him during the battle, few people dared to guess that he was the missing Captain Jamie. Moreover, the most important captain’s spear was missing, so people were more inclined to believe that he was a new extraordinary person.

The Black Angel has quite a few extreme fans on the Internet. When they see Jamie is hostile to the Filthy Wings who are trying to eradicate evil, they must think he is bad. The basis for them to distinguish right from wrong is very simple.

Most of the opponents pointed out that the Black Angels were too brutal and that they did not fight for humanity in the Battle of Tokyo.

However, they did not expect that the supporters would think that once the Black Angel appeared, there would be no place for the Tojo Demon. This was an exclusion from the extraordinary circle, and the Black Angel was unwilling to sit at the same table with those ignorant people.

As the argument went on, Black Angel was given the title of Black God, which was considered a mockery by other Supernatural fans.

But those extreme fans actually think this title is quite appropriate.

Rio.

At Shirai’s house.

Maria resumed her daily routine of practicing the local language with Shirai.

Ever since Shirai lent her money to transfer her parents from a public hospital to a private one, although the medical bills were extremely shocking to her, her parents’ condition did gradually improve. They woke up the day before yesterday and were transferred from the intensive care unit to the general ward.

Maria took care of them for a day and only resumed her schooling and teaching Ma Baijing after making sure they could take care of themselves.

Money, money, money. Now Maria is worried about how to make money to pay off the huge debt she owes to Shirai.

But those were all worries she had when she was in school. When she was teaching her benefactor, she naturally couldn’t be distracted. She was very clear about that.

“Your spoken English is basically good enough to communicate with the locals. You even understand some slang. It seems that you have been studying hard these days. I think there is no need for you to come for a few more days.”

Maria admired Shirai’s learning talent. In less than a month, he had basically mastered the local language fluently. Moreover, this was not the kind of intensive training for emergency situations. His vocabulary and grammar were very solid.

“You teach the basics well, and I also have experience in learning other foreign languages, so there are some things we can relate to.”

Shirai’s expression was still as calm and composed as ever.

“I’ll pick two books for you to read tomorrow, but the knowledge in them is not very useful in daily life, so they can be considered advanced.”

“okay.”

After studying for an hour, as usual, Shirai cut some fruit and put it in the living room, then turned on the TV. The two of them watched, ate and chatted.

Coincidentally, the content of the news report now is related to the mysterious and extraordinary things that happened in the country of drug lords last night.

Several guys who claim to be experts in supernatural research were explaining the pixels that had been magnified again and again in a serious manner.

What? In this second, the Filthy Winged One threw eighteen punches, and Fatty Chaofan received seventeen punches, falling into a disadvantage.

This kind of thing captured by ordinary camera equipment, even a superhuman like Shirai can only see the blurry pixel tone that the Winged One took the initiative to attack, and can’t tell that it was the so-called 18 punches and 17 of them were blocked. “Look, from the overall situation, the Fatty Superhuman is on the defensive, because he knows very well that he can’t fight the Winged One head-on.”

“In the end, he was even hugged by the Filthy Winged One and was about to crash into the building over there. If Shadow Superman hadn’t appeared and separated the two, Fatty Superman would have definitely suffered.”

“But everyone can see from here that among the extraordinary people, the reputation of the Black Angel is also one of the worst. Otherwise, the Shadow Extraordinary would not have such obvious biased behavior.”

“Of course, it is also possible that these two extraordinary people know each other. After all, the Filthy Winged One is from South Australia, and the Shadow Extraordinary and the Fatty Extraordinary may have been in Morelia for quite a long time.”

Shirai looked at the experts talking there with an expressionless face.

From time to time, some secret relationships that are said to be in the supernatural world are “exposed”, which attracts a lot of attention and gives ordinary audiences a sense of pleasure of peeking into the life of the upper class.

But this country has never had a real extraordinary person. The only one who could be considered extraordinary was also trained by her. It is questionable whether these so-called extraordinary research experts have actually had a chance to talk to extraordinary people.

Unlike when she was in the Special Affairs Bureau, there were really many experts in supernatural research who had been studying supernatural beings since they were born, and most of the supernatural beings in the Special Affairs Bureau also had to cooperate in the research.

However, the personal freedom of those experts is greatly restricted, and even their speeches have to be repeatedly reviewed. They are not as free and easy as the experts on TV.

Maybe the authorities also know that these people are talking nonsense.

Maria listened to the information very carefully and took out a notebook to write down the “secrets” that the other party said from time to time.

Considering Maria’s major, she had plans to go to Japan as an exchange student. It would be strange if there was no such place for her Japanese major.

And Japan is a place where extraordinary people are everywhere, so she thought it wouldn’t hurt to remember more.

“Maria, if you want to know extraordinary information, you don’t have to learn it from here.” Shirai changed the channel, “Most of what they said was guessed by themselves, and there is basically no accuracy.”

“I see. Actually, I just wanted to try my luck. I’m worried that I might need it in the future.” Maria put away the notebook with some embarrassment.

“In today’s Japan, you only need to consider the supernatural concepts of Mother Goddess Unity, Moon Initiator, and Divine Grace Warlock. There is a lot of public information about this information on the official website of the Special Affairs Bureau and the website of the World Anti-Demon Federation. You can collect it there.”

Shirai gives advice.

Not only does it list the concepts and abilities of mainstream hostile supernatural beings, but it also provides the best action manual for ordinary people when they encounter them.

For example, if you encounter a Black Light Angel, as long as there are no lives lost, there is no need to be afraid. Just find a place far away from the battlefield to hide. If your legs are weak, you can find a nearby cover or lie down.

Shirai felt that it was fair, at least she was not slandered as a demon who killed people without blinking an eye and specialized in eating babies’ hearts.

Maria had never thought about the problem from this perspective. Now that Shirai reminded her of this, she tried to find the official website of the Special Affairs Bureau and clicked on it.

It supports various mainstream languages, but she still chose Japanese, and then easily found the supernatural public database that Shirai mentioned. The information in it was very complete, revealing all the underwear of those opposing supernatural beings.

But so what.

They all know about Shirai’s abilities, but it is difficult for most people to pose a threat to her, not even the Paladins. Although her abilities appear as black flames, they do not represent evil. Instead, they specialize in killing evil.

She can also artificially create darkness. The scope of her domain is extremely large. Under the cover of darkness, she can control the falling starlight. Even if her opponent is Ye Jie, she is not necessarily defeated.

After carefully looking at Shirai’s face, Maria mustered up her courage and asked, “Shirai, I always feel that you are too good to me? You are already…more than just a friend.”

After saying that, he stared at Shirai with eyes that contained unknown emotions.

Shirai was a little dazed.

She certainly knew why she was nice to Maria.

A very complicated emotion.

She saw her own shadow in Maria, and also saw Hirosue’s indifference in herself. The difference is that she doesn’t want to be Hirosue, and wants to give Maria a future different from her own.

There seemed to be a hint of guilt about the name Maria.

“If your father is both good and bad to you, and one day you get a chance to obtain a sum of money that will last you till death as long as your father dies, would you agree?”

Shirai’s question is a classic money-measure-money thing.

This kind of question is a test for many people.

Basically, there are two types.

One is that no matter how much money one has, even if one is as rich as a country or has all the wealth in the world, one is unwilling to accept this kind of exchange of unequal goods.

The other type is loved ones and friends. As long as you have enough money, you can take it away. If you have hatred towards them, you don’t even need to pay.

“No, I don’t want to.” Maria answered the question without hesitation, shaking her head like a rattle.

Maria’s answer was exactly what Shirai expected, because that was her answer.

Shirai smiled faintly and looked out the window: “It’s a pity that the person who gave me this question didn’t give me the right to choose.”

“So, I just don’t want the person I used to be to be forced to take a path that I didn’t want to take in the first place.”

“It’s that simple.”

Maria listened in a daze, still finding it a little difficult to understand, but she roughly understood what Shirai wanted to express.

For some reason, I feel a little disappointed.

But this is also a good thing. She also took the opportunity to get rid of the shyness that was not quite in line with her character and returned to her former cheerful and optimistic self.

(End of this chapter)