Air Hero

Max's power II

Max is now laying on the ground feeling frustrated. This is the first time it happened, where the wind won’t listen to him. Previously he never has any resistance from the wind, however, just now, it was as if the wind refused to follow his order.

Max tried it for several more times but the result is the same. The wind refused to move according to his will. Not even a small gust of wind can be felt in the air.

“Why won’t the wind listen to me anymore? Is it because I lost control of my emotion just now? Or my energy has run out? Well, I will try it again tomorrow after some rest. I am tired anyway.”

If Max is in a hero school, he will learn to know that some superpower might be unstable when used. That is because the superpower itself is related to the user’s strength, condition, and more importantly mental health. In Max's current condition where his emotions are out of control, he is already fortunate enough to have his power unusable. There are various cases where a hero’s superpower went out of control and in the end, hurt the user instead. Some even have to say goodbye to this world as it killed them instead.

Being a hero isn’t a job for everybody. Even if someone has a superpower, they might not be suited for it. that is why the hero school existed. To weed out the unsuitable ones so they won’t be standing on the battlefield and lose their life as they aren’t suited for battle.

Since Max feels that there’s nothing he can do, for now, he decided to sleep and wait for tomorrow to come.

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The next day, Max isn’t trying to summon his superpower. He decided to come to the memorial monument once more in order to look for clues. Since he couldn’t do anything about his power right now, he decided to find the culprit first and then think of the future plan.

Arriving at the place after walking for two hours, the area nearby the memorial monument is now restricted by the police line. It seemed that the government is trying to cover up the place of the incident since even on the news, it was said that on the day of the tenth anniversary of the bombing incident, an electrical short-fuse accident happened. Resulting in some damages to the monument and it will be closed for the public as they are undergoing renovation.

It might fool some people but for those who come to this place often, they will realize that the memorial monument that is usually standing tall is no more. Blocked by a blue screen and metal frames around it, Max clearly knows that they aren’t repairing it but rebuilding it from scratch as the monument collapses in the accident.

Max also realized after coming to this place that, what clue could he possibly get by visiting the scene of the accident again? Clearly, the culprit isn’t some stupid person that will openly come to the place that he managed to destroy only to see at the scene. Just like how a robber won’t come back to visit a house in the morning that he has robbed in the previous night.

Max realized that his way of thinking was too simple and naïve. He didn’t give it many thoughts and if it was really that easy, the police should have managed to catch the tail of the culprit from a long time ago. This is also why the detective is divulging some information to him. The detective didn’t have high hopes that Max will actually find the culprit, it was just in case Max saw the man again, he will know of what to do next time and not letting him approaches near the monument and destroyed it again.

“Hey, let me go. I said that I am not someone suspicious. I am just trying to see whether the monument is still alright or not.”

While Max is thinking alone in front of the police line, not far from him, a teenage girl is making a ruckus while being dragged by security personnel.

“How many times should I tell you before you believe me? I don’t have any bad intentions. My brother is one of the victims of the bombing accident ten years ago. What’s wrong with me visiting the monument that could be considered as his grave?”

“Girl, how many times I should also tell you that the monument is in repair. You are not allowed to come and visit. Can’t you just wait until the monument is fully restored?”

“But today is his birthday. How can I come later when his birthday has passed?”

“it’s not like you can celebrate it with him, right?”

The security personnel said something harsh but it was something that he needs to do in order to make the girl give up her intention to visit the monument. What if the girl found out that the monument is actually destroyed?

Max knows that the government tried to hide this event since, on the news, there isn’t any article about it. they are afraid that this incident will incite the people to choose the villain’s side once more and show the incompetence of the heroes.

In the first place, the area is off-limits as there is already a police line so the girl could be charged with the crime of trespassing if she keeps on insisting on entering the area. However, the girl is someone who is stubborn and won’t give up just like that. She looked around and she spotted Max standing not far, staring at the police line in front of him.

“Sir, look. That boy must have the same thoughts as me. He must have lost his family in the incident and he feels so sad because he can’t visit them right now. I bet in a few minutes, he will decide to enter the area and cross the police line just like me. This feeling of longing, how can you understand?”

Max who is standing in the distance couldn’t hear what the girl just said but he feels a chill coming down his spine and as he looked at the girl, he could see her mischievous smile.