In the early morning of April 8, a temporary shelter was found in the coastal areas of Honglian City.

"Is there any bandage left?"

"Yes, Senior Liu Yuan please use it!"

"Well... the cotton swab seems to be used up."

"I'll go and get it now!"

The loud response of the green-haired boy made the female doctor in a white coat smile, "Thank you. He is very active in his work, Hiroshikun."

"That's certain." The boy nodded seriously, "I am a member of the rescue department, and now it's time to use my strength to help everyone."

The boy's name is Hiroki Mitani, thirteen years old. He comes from an inconspicuous town in the northern part of the Kanto region. He just passed the induction assessment of the rescue department not long ago and became a formal member of the rescue department.

Today is his first time participating in a rescue operation. Therefore, he was not allowed to go directly to the disaster site, but was assigned to help in a temporary shelter.

However, Hiroki was not depressed at all - because it was his dream job.

He dreamed of becoming a search officer who could save people's lives since he was a child - yes, just like Chief Search Officer Akira Komye - so he joined the rescue department to train himself without hesitation. There were many wounded people in need of help in the shelter, and he could never watch people suffer without doing anything.

"That's all." Liu Yuan finished the work at hand.

Looking at the young girl who couldn't breathe in pain, Hiroki leaned over and comforted her, "It's okay, your injury is not serious, soon--it won't hurt at most ten minutes."

The girl blinked and Zhan Yan smiled, "Well. Hiroshujun, right? Thank you."

The first time I was praised by the helper, the green-haired boy suddenly turned red, "Uh, I, I did nothing, it's not worth thanking... By the way!" When talking about the topic I like most, the boy's eyes shone, "If you want to say thank you, the one who needs to thank the most is Mr. Shenyu Xinghai! Thanks to him who blocked the Three Divine Birds alone, the city was not destroyed more seriously!"

here we go again.

Liu Yuan shook his head helplessly and muttered softly: "It's really, it's simply a human body propaganda machine of the search department."

Hiroki has always had a high respect for the four major departments, especially the search department, and often spares no effort to praise the search officers. Many seniors joked that he worked harder than the real propaganda ambassadors.

The young boy always seemed to be like this. Liu Yuan smiled and continued the emergency treatment of the next wounded.

As a staff member of the auxiliary medical team, Hiroki may seem a little noisy. However, in such a place, being too quiet is fatal.

Spread positive and hopeful emotions, never hesitate, never lose confidence, and never give up anyone - the principles that rescuers need to follow most have been completed well by him.

"By the way, Senior Liuyuan." He brought large bags of medical supplies into the house. Hiroshu did not forget to talk to his familiar senior, "Mr. Shenyu was indeed resting in the Third Hospital of Honglian City, right? When the work was over, I wanted to visit him..."

"Hongshu, I think it's better not to disturb Mr. Shenyu's rest."

"Hey-but finally in the same city...wow!"

Something tripped at Hiroki's feet and almost fell flat. He quickly shaking and stabilizing his body. When he looked back, the green-haired boy immediately took a breath.

"Yes, I'm sorry!" Hiroshu quickly put down the things in his hand, "Sir, are you okay?"

What tripped Hiroki was the middle-aged man's legs. He lay straight on the mud, his eyes half open, like a solidified statue.

Hearing Hiroshu's voice, the middle-aged man responded for a long time. He glanced at Hiroshu slowly, and this gaze surprised the boy.

It was a dusk-like look, as if it was dying.

"It's okay. I'm not hurt." He replied in a low voice.

“Don’t you really need help…?”

"Um."

Seeing that the middle-aged man did not have any scars visible to the naked eye, Hiroki had to leave with concern and continue his work.

The person lying on the ground seemed not to notice the frequent sight of the boy, but just lay motionless and lifelessly.

The night was dark. Over time, even the busiest staff could feel that fewer wounded people were sent to the shelter.

This is not a good thing - because more people who were excavated have stopped calling out the exhausted wounded fell into a deep sleep, and some people sobbed quietly. Even Hiroki, who was just starting out, clearly felt that the atmosphere of the shelter is too bad now.

The survivors separated from their families were scrolling from time to time on the large screen where the messages were synchronized. Hiroki found that whenever these lists appeared, the middle-aged man who was lying motionless would suddenly open his eyes and stare at the screen until the list was rolled.

It was like the last fire of life in a dying body. The hope flashed in the middle-aged man's eyes was too extreme and fanatical, which made the green-haired boy who looked at him from afar and felt a little creepy for a moment.

Is it…Is there anyone who is important lost?

Hiroki guessed so much.

While the survivor list was released, the death list was also being updated.

In the small refuge, more and more people were gradually falling into grief. They saw their familiar names on the death list, and then burst into tears and even fainted because of this, causing the medical staff to be in a hurry.

Hiroki's active work appearance can no longer infect these sad people, and he cannot find suitable words to comfort him.

What else is more sad than losing a family.

The gray-haired woman's beautiful long skirt had been stained with blood and dust. She stroked her son, who was only one year old but had a high fever due to her serious injury, and finally she couldn't bear it and made a broken cry.

Just now, she saw her husband's name on the list of victims. Their young children will never have a father again.

"Why..." She was almost moaning, "Why can't you come quickly..."

When the house collapsed, the distance between her and her husband was only a few meters. It was only a few seconds before the next attack of the frozen bird was blocked by the starry sea.

But in these few seconds, these few meters have become an unsurpassed separation of life and death.

"Of course, if you are faster, the child's father will not..."

The sad and trembling voice of the young mother made Hiroshu slightly stunned. The people next to her had already red eyes.

"Yes, if the search officer comes a little earlier, I won't have to amputate my arms." The man in his prime said with a gray face. He lost his hands and will never be able to participate in his favorite one-horned rhino race.

"Since you have the ability to repel the Three Divine Birds, wouldn't it be better to stop them from the beginning?"

"Why did the disaster come late after it happens..."

"Obviously...my mother doesn't have to die..."

In the whispers full of sadness, regret and resentment, Hiroki showed an incredible expression.

"What are you talking about!?"

He interrupted the wounded loudly.

"Mr. Shenyu Xinghai saved our hero. If he hadn't been there, we might have all died! Why do we blame him instead? Isn't this too strange?"

Hiroki knew it was incorrect to argue with the helpless citizens who had just lost their loved ones. However, he could not tolerate such unbearable remarks filling the shelter.

"Mr. Shenyu did not arrive in time, there must be his own reasons, we cannot..."

“What’s the reason?”

A slight question that came from somewhere made Hiroki choke.

He looked around and tried to find the person he was talking to. But the countless grief and cold and abominable eyes that caught his eyes shocked him.

Everyone's eyes were talking-

What reason is more important than the lives of our loved ones?

The middle-aged man lying in the corner closed his eyes, as if he was suppressing some terrible impulse.

"Okay, Hiroshujun, there's no time to chat."

Liuhara patted Hiroshu on the shoulder and said, "Go and get some painkillers for me."

"Yeah, OK..."

Watching the green-haired boy with a low mood walk out of the shelter, Liu Yuan glanced at the people who were talking before with his light.

They no longer complained, and the expressions on their faces became cold and dull, but they could not hide the dissatisfaction or even resentment in their eyes.

The female doctor sighed.

Unlike Hiroshu, her work experience as a member of the medical class of the rescue department has been long enough, and she has seen similar incidents countless times.

When people suffer excessive grief, in order to prevent themselves from falling apart, they will naturally blame others and pour negative emotions on other objects - whether the other party is a criminal who is extremely guilty or a hero who tries to protect them.

It has been like this for thousands of years.

The dawn of the morning illuminates the scarred red city.

The rescue department is still working tirelessly. However, the list of survivors has begun to become shorter, and the list of confirmed deaths has become longer and longer.

The entire city is shrouded in an atmosphere of grief and depression. For those who are waiting for news about their family, the disaster is far from over.

In the small refuge, the middle-aged man trembled and tried to straighten his body, but his center of gravity fell back to the ground with an unstable center of gravity.

His bloodshot eyes were wide open to the limit, staring at the lines of words on the screen.

【Riji Akiyama (female, 7 years old), confirmed death】

Finally, he stood up crookedly, and he kept making heavy breaths. The nurse standing nearby approached with some concern and asked, but was pushed away by him rudely.

In his eyes, the extreme and passionate hope was extinguished.

He stood there blankly for a moment, expressionless, his face dull, and a cold liquid kept gushing out of his eyes, and a white mark was washed away on his face covered with dust.

Hiroshu, who was so busy that he was not touching the ground, noticed the abnormal behavior of the middle-aged man. Before he could come forward to ask what happened, the middle-aged man suddenly let out a shrill roar like a wild beast.

He rushed out of the shelter with red eyes.

Hiroshu hesitated for only two seconds.
To be continued...