Institute of Biochemistry of Brera.
When King and others arrived, this biological research institute, which was well-known in the scientific community, had already been deserted. Many of the usual scientific researchers had disappeared. It was unknown whether they had escaped or died from the zombie virus.
"Let's go in, everyone, be careful."
King and his team walked into the research institute cautiously. There was no room for them to be careless. This kind of biochemical weapon is the most difficult to prevent. No matter how powerful you are, you may die at the hands of the virus.
Even a mechanically modified person like Genos doesn't dare to be careless, because he is not a complete robot. The core of his brain is still a human brain. Once he is infected with the virus, he will also suffer.
"Huh? Dr. Marcus?"
They slowly walked into the research institute without encountering any danger along the way. When they entered, they found the famous biologist Marcus in the center.
However, Marcus' condition was a bit bad. He was sitting on a mechanical chair, with all kinds of medical infusion tubes inserted all over his body. He looked old and lifeless, and he thought he was about to die.
"You are here."
Marcus slowly opened his eyes, and looked at King and others with exhaustion and relief. He was weak in speech, and he was an old man on the verge of death.
"Dr. Marcus, what's wrong with you? Did someone attack the institute?"
As a top student, Emperor Tong respected these famous scientists very much. At the same time, seeing Marcus's appearance, he secretly wondered if someone was planning to attack the Brela Institute of Biochemistry and release the zombie virus.
"No one attacked, it's just that my life has come to an end. Ha, I also know what you are thinking. Stop guessing. I deliberately released the zombie virus."
Marcus's cloudy and dull eyes finally lit up with a bright light, like a flashback. His overall mental state had recovered a lot. At least he looked slightly rosy and had some energy.
"Why?"
This is probably the thing that King and others want to ask the most.
"Maybe he is unwilling to give in, so he wants to go crazy again before he dies!"
Marcus leaned back in his chair, staring at the ceiling of the institute, his tone full of bitterness and self-deprecation.
Tatsumaki crossed his chest and hummed: "Crazy? What a selfish guy. He released the zombie virus before he died just to satisfy his perverted inner desires. What, even a scientist may not be What a good man!”
Genos frowned slightly and said quietly: "There are also good scientists."
King was already showing off his skills and was watching the conversation of several people silently.
"Dr. Marcus, what are you unwilling to do? Did a certain scientific research experiment fail?" Emperor Tong looked at the problem from a tricky angle and suddenly found the source of the zombie virus.
"The experiment failed?" Marcus stared at the Child Emperor for a few seconds, then laughed suddenly, almost crying, "It's good to fail, it's good to fail. If it really fails, maybe I I won’t be so unwilling. At most, I will leave this world with regrets, but...but I succeeded, the experiment was successful, but it also failed."
King and others looked at Marcus who suddenly had an emotional outburst, and were confused. What succeeded and failed? It's foggy and I can't understand.
Marcus took a deep breath and suddenly asked: "Have you heard of heroes?"
"ha?"
King and others looked at Marcus as if he was mentally retarded, hero? Aren’t we
"In my opinion, a hero is a person who is selfless, fearless of hardships, and risking his own life to protect the safety of the people." Marcus looked at King and others faintly, and said with a smile: "Do you think you meet the definition of a hero?"
His turbid eyes suddenly became sharp, and he pointed at the tornado and said: "The trembling tornado, with its powerful superpowers, makes the world awe-inspiring. However, look at the destruction you caused when you eliminated the monsters. Sometimes you are more destructive than You are a weirdo who is strong, unruly and willful, and always ridicules others. Is a guy like you worthy of the word 'hero'?"
"I?"
The tornado pointed at herself, her almond-shaped eyes widened slightly, and a cluster of flames shone in her eyes, ready to spurt out and burn Marcus to death at any time.
Marcus didn't wait for Tatsumaki to retort, and pointed at the Child Emperor, "You, Child Emperor, joined the Heroes Association at a young age as a child prodigy, and even became an S-class hero. However, no matter how high your IQ is, you can't hide yourself. The unconfidence in your heart is obviously your own truth. You have to cover it up with the name "Swarzkishoder" all day long, for fear that others will not believe your words. If you are so unconfident, then what kind of hero can you be? Go back and be your own student!"
"..." The child emperor licked the lollipop at a sudden speed.
"Genos, a righteous reformer, ha, a righteous hero full of hatred. Hey, your purpose of becoming a hero is to take revenge. Becoming a hero with impure thoughts is an insult to the word 'hero'." ah!"
"There is also Blast. No one is seen all day long. Is he performing heroic activities or playing hide and seek? Metal Knight is full of interests. Even if the citizens are in danger, he will not easily dispatch his mechanical troops. What kind of hero is this? ? The Pig God only knows how to eat, and the Police Dog Man is a narrow-minded guy who only knows how to protect Q City... "
Marcus opened up his mouth and blasted all the S-class heroes except King and Sweetheart Mask.
"It's a good thing I'm not there."
King breathed a sigh of relief thankfully, but...
"You, king..."
What is coming will never escape.
Marcus pointed at the king, paused, softened his expression, and said in an admiring tone: "Only you, king, truly meet the definition of a hero!"
"Having strength beyond the tornado, but always remembering the original intention, never abusing his power and causing trouble to the citizens; having the popularity of Sweetheart Mask, but still maintaining a low-key life, practicing silently, and eliminating weirdos silently , silently protect the world and never show off his achievements to the outside world; he will not talk about money as vulgarly as the metal knight, nor will he be as narrow-minded as the police dog man, who only knows how to protect his hometown, and can be seen from any corner of the world To the king... All other S-class heroes joined the Heroes Association with various purposes. Only you, king, are a truly pure hero. You have no selfish motives or purposes in joining the Heroes Association. You are selfless and fearless. You value dedication and do not seek rewards. In my heart, you are the true hero who best fits the word 'hero', and others are not worthy at all!"
King looked at the excited Marcus stupidly, with a confused look on his face, I... am a real hero? Old man, take a breath of oxygen and calm down. Use your wise eyes to see through the fog and observe the truth. I... am really not as good as you say.
Tatsumaki and others looked at King with confusion. Before, they only thought that King was the strongest man on the face of the earth and a powerful hero. They never thought about it in depth. Now that Marcus revealed something about the hero, they really discovered , among the S-class heroes, King is probably the only true hero who becomes a hero purely to protect the citizens, and they choose to join the Hero Association for various purposes, not purely to protect the citizens.
Thinking of this, they suddenly felt that King was worthy of the title of the strongest man and worthy of the word "hero". The association's call him a heroic role model was not an exaggeration. He... was really a pure hero!