Chapter 403: Happiness 2 (2/2)

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"Elaine, don't burn yourself out!" said Adaet you for that!"

"If you didn't say anything, he wouldn't have done anything," coht"

"And you're in no condition towithto kick your ass instead!" Adam pointed at the shi+eld boy

"You should have stayed under the rubble" Seth grinned as he sped forward, fist cocked back, ready to unleash it right into Ada the boy's shi+eld Force reflected backwards, sending Seth flying back in the air He stopped his recoil ust

"Your friends are just sitting ducks Weakness that'll anchor you down, y Sooner or later, they'll be the death of you," said Seth

"I don't care," said the boy "A hero…is meant to protect, no matter what the cost is"

"Yeah? That so?" Seth laughed Then he laughed so his breath in his peals

"Did he go nuts?" whispered Adam

"Quiet," said Elaine "Take this tiet the point of you heroes Or wait, you three aren't even real heroes yet," said Seth "But still You make my stomach crawl Especially your type, the Golden Era cosplayers that think they're e hero knows that their cape and costume are just for show They know they just want fame and credits

But you-," Seth looked down at the boy and his friends in disgust

"You protect, no matter the cost, huh?

Then where was your kind when I was born? When my shi+tty dad knocked up ? Where were you to stop hi up in this shi+thole of a world?

Where were you when I was tortured, beaten, shaped to be so much All I wanted to do was be happy Normal

Have a mom A dad A life that I could call oet aboutbads you can see in front of your face The kind you can just beat down, put in prison, and forget about

Where the hell are you for the starving child in the streets? In the outskirts of so many cities?

Where are you for this system of heroes that lets people like my father thrive? What about the corporations? The way the Panopticon controls the world's credits, funneling them to the top while everyone below just chokes on shi+t?

What are you going to do about all that? About this syste but to be burned down?"

"Change it," said the boy firmly "I don't know the details I don't know the path I'll take to get there But I'll change it One step at a time

You and I are the sae But where you want to see it burn, I want to see it get better And deep down, that's what you want too, isn't it?"

"No I'd rather see ashes than progress in spite oftwin beay

Seth Solar was not rationing his solar energy any apart froe, y, kept ainst Adam and Elaine to distract the boy, then he would have tired the boy and his shi+elds out in a long, drawn out fight

But now, this was going to be the final confrontation

The boy raised his arlowoff of the beaan to sizzle and bubble, h his heat resistant suit and trained body

But still, the boy took a step forward, against the scorching tide He closed his eyes so as to not be blinded

Step by step, he went forwards, ever forwards, just like the change he had promised