allendalepharm Page 75
Page 75
He had just breathed a sigh of relief when, on the sky, the young chief inspector got out of the car.
He saw that the other person was staring intently in the direction he had gone, with eyes as sharp as a hawk's, filled with overwhelming anger and unwavering determination.
He heard the other person, in that cold yet resolute voice, issue a "death declaration" that transcended time and space.
“I’m telling you, one day I will bring you to justice!”
"..."
The look of relief on Bald Qiang's face froze instantly.
Instead, there was an unprecedented, soul-deep panic...
"It's...it's all over..."
"It's all over now!"
"My future self... is now being thoroughly targeted by the Commissioner General of Police!"
Looking into the man's cold eyes on the screen, he felt like a weak, pitiful, and helpless prey being targeted by a top-notch hunter.
"This...this is a fight to the death!"
"To be so closely watched by the highest-ranking police officer of a country... how am I supposed to live my life like this?!"
"Why am I so unlucky!"
Bald Qiang clutched his head and let out a more miserable and desperate wail than ever before.
Bald Qiang fled home and locked the wooden door tightly from the inside.
After being tossed and turned all the way, Dudu finally burst into tears.
Bald Qiang had no choice but to patiently try to coax her with wooden toys and snacks he himself was reluctant to eat.
He even clumsily changed her diapers like a real father and repurposed one of his old T-shirts into a small outfit for her.
The next morning, the alarm clock woke Bald Qiang up.
He glanced cautiously at Dudu, who was still fast asleep, and breathed a sigh of relief.
"While she's still sleeping so soundly, I'd better hurry to town and buy her some formula and diapers."
He pulled out all the money he had hidden for years from a worn-out shoe under the bed, saying with heartache, "My goodness, this is all my savings."
In the small town, Bald Qiang quickly bought what he needed.
"I...did I read that correctly?"
"He...he was actually...patiently coaxing the baby? And clumsily changing her diaper?"
"That little girl named Dudu caused his house to be vandalized and he was chased by the police. He suffered so much, yet he wasn't angry at all?"
"He even... took out all the money he had hidden away for years, money he valued more than his own life, just to buy that girl milk powder and diapers?"
"The transformation of Bald Qiang is too drastic!"
"This is completely different from his previous image as a madman who would kill people for a skewer of candied hawthorns and wanted to destroy the world at the drop of a hat!"
"Perhaps...this is his true nature?"
"An ordinary person who, despite being poor, unlucky, and always making mistakes, is actually very kind and gentle at heart?"
"This review is getting more and more interesting. Just what kind of person is Bald Qiang?"
...
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions
Rikka Takanashi, Yuta Togashi, and Kumino Mayday were watching the scene on the sky together.
"Hmm~"
"He seems... to have become very gentle..."
"I spent all my money on that baby and even made little clothes for her."
On May 7th, Fennel lay on the table and spoke softly in her always sleepy tone.
"Is this really... the man who released the Calamity Spores and caused the world to collapse?"
"My all-seeing eyes have already discerned the truth!"
"The dark, destructive, chaotic power emanating from him has completely vanished!"
"In its place came a kind of... a light called 'fatherly love,' an incredibly warm, even somewhat dazzling light!"
Rikka Takanashi, with one hand on her hip and the other pressing down on her blindfold, spoke with her inquisitive gaze, a trait unique to chuunibyou (middle school syndrome).
"Stop saying things that are incomprehensible to others, Rikka."
Yuta Togashi, standing to the side, looked completely bewildered and couldn't help but retort.
"But... is this really Bald Qiang?"
"Didn't he previously receive a sentence of over a hundred years from the Heavenly Curtain, and even face charges of world destruction and the death penalty?"
"How did you suddenly become such a loving and gentle dad?"
"This character's personality is so contradictory and completely illogical!"
...
Boonie Bears World (Security Department)
Inside the command post.
Watching the clumsy yet incredibly patient Bald Qiang taking care of the little girl on the screen, the security team members fell into a long silence, their faces filled with complex expressions.
"This Bald Qiang... has changed a lot."
One of the team members spoke first, breaking the silence.
He looked at the man on the screen who had used all his savings to buy baby formula for his child, and he couldn't reconcile him with the notorious criminal he had been before.
"Yeah, I always felt... he wasn't the kind of villain we imagined, a complete and utterly wicked person."
"Look at his eyes, they're so gentle and sincere."
Another team member chimed in, adding that he even felt a pang of sympathy for Bald Qiang.
"but!"
Just then, their captain interrupted the discussion with a stern voice.
"No matter how kind he acts now, it cannot make up for the heinous crimes he committed in the past!"
"The crimes previously exposed on the screen were written clearly in black and white!"
"Especially that 'Sin of Annihilation'!"
The captain's eyes were incredibly sharp as he scanned each of his subordinates.
"No matter what, we cannot let him get away with this!"
"This is our unwavering duty as law enforcement officers!"
"Do you understand everything?"
"Yes! Captain!"
...
Boonie Bears World (Chief Superintendent)
The young superintendent of police quietly gazed at the sky, at the criminal he had sworn to bring to justice, yet at this moment, he was like an ordinary father, clumsily and tenderly caring for the little girl who had no blood relation to him.
He watched as the other person took out snacks that they themselves couldn't bear to eat, and as they took out all their belongings that they had hidden away for several years, just to buy some milk powder and diapers for that child.
For the first time, a subtle, incredibly complex emotion called "reflection" appeared on his usually icy face.
"...I used snacks that I myself wouldn't even eat to coax her..."
"...I took out all my savings that I had kept hidden for years, just to buy her baby formula..."
He sighed softly.
"Bald Qiang..."
"If you had this kind of personality from the beginning."
"How wonderful it would be if we just stayed law-abiding and didn't do anything illegal."
"That way, I won't keep an eye on you."
He stared at the man's back on the screen, and for the first time, his eyes held no anger or determination to pursue him, only a deep sense of helplessness in the face of fate.
"But it's a pity..."
"You're going the wrong way."
"And...we've gone way too far."
He hung expensive baby formula and diapers on his handlebars, complaining with a pained expression, "My goodness, why are baby supplies so expensive?"
He grew increasingly angry, and kicked an empty soda can from the roadside hard.
[And this aluminum can, by sheer chance, hit the chief inspector on the head as he was buying breakfast by the roadside.]
The chief inspector still had a white bandage wrapped around his forehead, the wound inflicted by the knife yesterday.
"Who is it?!"
The chief inspector angrily scanned his surroundings, his gaze immediately locking onto Bald Qiang, who was about to slip away.
【"It's you!"】
The chief inspector pointed at him and shouted.
"Look! That chief inspector still has a white bandage tied around his head!"
"That must be the cut from that knife during yesterday's chase of Bald Qiang, right?"
"My God... He clearly holds a high position of power."
"He was just injured in the line of duty yesterday, but instead of resting in the hospital or office today, he's out checking on the people's conditions and patrolling the streets early this morning?"
"It's so...so touching, I'm almost in tears..."