"How scary this is, you should know better than anyone else!" As he spoke, the bald man's tone became much calmer, "Firefighters have to face not only the fire, but also the ashes they will carry behind them. On my back, there are dead companions or people who could not be rescued. My back is already covered with ashes, do you think you can carry it all with your thin body?!"
At this time, even the three people who were fighting just now stopped and listened thoughtfully to the conversation between the two.
"Are you...still concerned about my parents..."
Before Tatsumi could finish speaking, the bald man said again: "Your parents, it feels like I killed them. If even you die, I..."
"What are you talking about! Baldy!" Tatsumi retorted with some excitement, "Mom and dad died in the fire, it's not your fault at all! Compared to that, didn't you save me?! Didn't you already save me? Is it stretched so much?!"
"I want to repay you, what's wrong with that?! What's wrong with wanting to help you?!" Tatsumi was extremely excited at this time, and seemed to have said everything he wanted to say at once.
"Humph, I didn't raise you out of love or anything, I just raised you to atone for my sins! It's a crime of not saving your parents until they die!"
At this time, everyone who had been listening finally understood the ins and outs of the matter.
When Tatsumi was a child, a fire broke out in his home. Except for himself, who was rescued by this bald man, the rest of his family members were killed in the flames. And this bald uncle raised Tatsumi who lost his family...
"So you have no reason to continue being a firefighter, right? If you understand, just find a man and live a woman's life!" After saying this, the bald man was about to turn around and leave.
Shinpachi, who had been listening, couldn't help but wanted to say something, but Kondo and Gintoki covered his mouth at the same time. Kagura did the same, but Jiang Cheng also covered her mouth.
"Uncle..." Kagura turned around and whispered, but Jiang Cheng just shook his head and said nothing.
Whether it's Gintoki, Kondo, or Jiang Chengdu, they understand that although the bald man's words are sincere, they are also a test in a sense. If Tatsumi is going to give up becoming a firefighter because of these words, So…
But at this moment, a slightly sharp man's voice came, "Hey, are you having a party here? Do you want to take me with you?"
"What are you talking about?" Gintoki said impatiently and looked over. However, when everyone looked over, they realized that the fire had spread. Everyone suddenly realized that the man with glasses and stubble on his face who spoke out was the arsonist! !
"Why should we sort the garbage? It's so troublesome!" The man with glasses laughed strangely and poured all the gasoline in his hand on the fire. "In fact, garbage can be burned as long as it is lit on fire! Just burn all the trash!!”
After saying that, the bespectacled man fled towards the alley without looking back.
"Hey! Wait!" Gintoki wanted to catch up, but the fire was too strong, trapping everyone in the alley.
"Get out of my way!!" Tatsumi roared and picked up the fire extinguisher prepared on the side and sprayed it towards the burning garbage in front of everyone.
After a while, the fire in front of everyone was put out.
"Leave that arsonist to the police!" Kondo glanced at Tatsumi and rushed out of the alley.
"We can't just let Tiaozi take the limelight!" Gintoki said and rushed out.
…
"Hey, it's burning here too," Jiang Cheng said, pointing to the wall that was caught in the fire, "Don't be stunned. Didn't you just say that you wanted to be the number one firefighter in Edo? Isn’t this your job?!”
"It's over! It's all burning!" At this time, Tatsumi finally discovered the current situation of the fire, and quickly rushed out, shouting to the pedestrians on the road: "Hey! It's on fire! Everyone, run quickly! It's on fire! "
"You two, go and help evacuate the crowd." Jiang Cheng said to Shinbaji and Kagura who were standing aside.
"Hi!" The two of them responded and quickly rushed out.
"You..." The bald man looked at Jiang Cheng and murmured.
"Don't say anything. I believe that child will definitely prove herself with actions." Jiang Cheng said and walked out of the alley. "When that time comes, you can go ahead and scold her. By the way, I will help you. Inform the project team or something."
…
"Hey, grandpa! There's a fire in your house! Run away quickly!" Tatsumi shouted to the grandpa who was blowing bubbles on the second floor.
"Huh? Feel free to hit the wall with cakes?" The old man said doubtfully, "Okay, I understand."
"No, you don't understand at all!" Tatsumi shouted, "Do you have ear-cursed headphones on your ears?!"
"Yes, yes, my heart is burning for the love that has been chasing me." The old man replied unhurriedly, and then said with a little emotion, "I want to follow you~Nanyangko~"
"I have no idea what you are talking about!" Tatsumi shouted with his eyes rolled, "Your house is already on fire! Can't you see such thick smoke?! You stinky old man!"
"Who are you calling a stinky old man? Be careful, I will kill you!"
"Why do I hear so clearly when I say bad things about you!" Tatsumi had just finished complaining when he heard a loud explosion, "Oh no! I have to go up and save him! There will be no end to this!"
With that said, Tatsumi rushed directly into the house, and the bald man who had just come out of the alley rushed in when he saw this, and shouted loudly at Tatsumi's back: "Wait! Tatsumi! I'll save the old man, You go and evacuate the crowd! Someone from the project team is going to notify you!"
While shouting, the bald man had already caught up with Tatsumi.
"What a mouthful! I don't want to listen to you! Get out of the way, you bald man!" Tatsumi retorted while rushing to the second floor.
"Who would run away from someone!" the bald man retorted, "Although I am bald, I will not run away! I am an enhanced version of bald!"
At this time, the fire was getting bigger and bigger, with thick smoke billowing throughout the house, and because it was a wooden structure, the fire spread very quickly.
"It's not good, the fire is getting bigger and bigger!" The bald man came to the second floor and looked at Tatsumi who was trying hard to push the door open and said.
"What's going on... Why can't you open it..." Tatsumi said as he pushed the door open. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the door being opened from the inside.
The old man blew bubbles in Tatsumi's face.
"Old man! What are you doing! Didn't I tell you that there was a fire?!" Tatsumi yelled.
"I will not go to a nursing home! I will cause trouble to you all my life!" After saying this, the old man closed the door again and locked it from the inside.
"What the hell are you talking about! How can it be repaired? It's just a different story!"
"Who are you calling a donkey?" came the old man's voice.
"Open the door quickly, you stinky old man!" Tatsumi roared and slammed into the door, knocking it down.
But the ceiling fell down.
"Are you an idiot?!" the bald man roared, and rushed forward to push Tatsumi away before he could avoid it in time.
At the same time, Jiang Cheng followed the members of the project team to the fire scene.
"Hey, Shinbaji and Kagura, where are those two people?" Jiang Cheng asked towards Shinbaji and Kagura who were standing there.
"Those two people seemed to have rushed into Aru, and there seemed to be an old man inside who didn't escape." Kagura replied.
Just as Kagura finished speaking, Gintoki and Kondo returned to the scene with the tightly tied arsonist.
…
"Tatsumi, don't waste your efforts," the bald man shouted, looking at Tatsumi who was trying to move the thick ceiling on his body, "a firefighter of your level should know what the top priority is, right?! If you hesitate If you do, people who can be saved will not be able to be saved! You have no idea what firefighters represent!"
"That's nonsense!" Tatsumi retorted, "It's true that I wanted to be a firefighter because I lived with you, and I did want to repay your kindness, but... it's not just that. At that time, you saved me, so I I also want to save others! So, no matter what you say, I will do what I like!"
"What a stubborn woman." The bald man looked at Tatsumi, who was still moving the thick ceiling on his body, and his expression softened a lot, "I also want you to live, yes, just like I said It’s the same as before. I adopted you in the first place to atone for my sins. But I don’t know when. It was more about atonement than it was about living with you because I felt so happy. I watched people die in front of me countless times. Feeling powerless."
"I'm floating in the wind, just like a soap bubble, feeling like it's about to burst at any moment. But, it's because of you that I can never burst. If you burst too, I will definitely not be able to hold on. Are you going down?" As he said that, the bald man thought of every day when Tatsumi was growing up...
"On a back that only carries ashes, you are the only one who makes me feel that I am still carrying relatives connected by blood. So, don't live like us anymore, so run away! Tatsumi! I don't want to carry this burden. My daughter’s ashes!”
"What a brainless uncle..." Tatsumi stood up, walked to the old man who was still blowing bubbles, and carried him on his back, "I don't want to carry my father's ashes again. , idiot. So, wait for me, I will come back to save you right away! Dad! "
After saying that, Tatsumi rushed downstairs carrying the old man on his back.
At this time, the bald father finally couldn't hold on anymore. He looked at the soapy water and straw left by the old man on the ground not far from him. He tried hard to reach out and tried to reach it, but he couldn't reach it. …
"Life is like a soap bubble. As soon as the wind blows, it flies up to the sky, but when you notice it, it disappears with a pop. At the moment when it is about to burst, you want to fly higher, but when you look back It's always too late when the moment comes... I'm sorry... Tatsumi... But, I've flown high enough, right?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Isn't it not broken yet?" Jiang Cheng's voice came, and the wall on the second floor was smashed by Gintoki and Jiang Cheng at the same time. Then, the two appeared in front of the bald father. before.
"I said, when you changed from a bald uncle to a bald dad, you have evolved from soap bubbles to rubber balls." Gintoki leaned down and dug his hands into the ceiling that was pressing on the bald dad. "You know , daughters are the hardest to raise!"
Saying that, Gintoki moved the ceiling with force, and Jiang Cheng quickly pulled the bald father out when he saw this.
"Be careful that your daughter gets entangled with a man with naturally curly silver hair." Jiang Cheng dragged the bald father and reminded him, "If your daughter finds such a man for the rest of her life, tsk tsk tsk..."
"She dares!!" The bald dad shouted without thinking.
"Hahahaha," Jiang Cheng couldn't help laughing, "It seems that soap bubbles have really evolved completely... Hahahaha..."
…
Seeing the three people jumping downstairs, Tatsumi rushed over and picked up the bald father.
"Hey, you kid, if you dare to miss my daughter even a little bit..." The bald father turned his head and said fiercely towards Gintoki, his aura was indeed extremely terrifying.
"What are you talking about! You stinky bald man!" Gintoki shouted, "If I had known, I wouldn't have saved you!"
"Gintoki, at that time, I clearly saw you riding on her..." Jiang Cheng was always a person who did not take things too seriously when watching the excitement.
"What did you say!!" The bald dad suddenly became furious. He ignored Tatsumi and aimed at Gintoki with a combination of punches...
"No! I'm just riding on her curled up in the trash can!" Gintoki retorted while parrying the bald father's fist.
"You might as well not explain..." Jiang Cheng complained.
…
Finally, with Tatsumi's explanation, the bald father was finally willing to believe that it was a misunderstanding.
Of course, Gintoki had been beaten into a pig's head.
"Listen up, Tatsumi!" The bald father was still a little worried, and said earnestly: "You must keep your eyes open when looking for a man in the future! Otherwise, your married life will be like a soap bubble, and you don't know when it will fall apart! "
"You're too verbose!" Tatsumi retorted, "It's too early to think about such things now! I just called you daddy! You got into the role too quickly!!"
"What did you say! You stinky girl!"
…
The two started quarreling again.
But the project team members on the side all laughed...
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