Unusual Fate Records

Chapter 27 001. Dad is a Hero

The city's steel beams collapsed, and the floor-to-ceiling windows shattered violently, scattering into the air like snowflakes.

Black smoke billowed, and streaks of fire from the explosion shot into the sky.

Alarms blared throughout the city.

During the explosion, a blast of air shot into the sky, and the flying object could only be seen after the smoke cleared.

It was a monster covered in wings, with a pair of goat horns on its head, a slender body that looked like bones wrapped around withered flesh, four claws as long as daggers, and a tail like a spear. It turned and twisted in the air to maintain its balance.

"Roar!"

The monster opened its mouth and hissed, its two mouthparts covered with dense spikes, and its dark green skin resembled a body of moss and lichen.

At that moment, a beam of light shot into the sky.

Amidst radiant golden light, a figure clad in silver armor confronts a monster across the void.

The turbulent air currents billowed the cloak, making a rustling sound.

"Scythe-Winged Demon, I will not allow you to continue your rampage!"

Inside the armor, the man swung his arm, aiming his silver fingertip at the suspended monster. A beam of light condensed from his fingertip and shot out in the blink of an eye.

"Ahhh! Daddy is so handsome!"

The girl's cheers enlivened the living room.

Suddenly a circle appears, containing a triangle pointing to the right.

The intense battle and passionate background music abruptly ended.

The scene freezes on the silver-armored warrior's fists clashing against the monster's claws. The camera cuts to a close-up of the man's and monster's faces, both burning with an indomitable fighting spirit.

"Xiao Hui, you've changed the channel."

The man clicked the remote control and exited the screen.

A science fiction tokusatsu film called "Mithril Warrior".

"No—Dad! I want to see you fight monsters!"

"You've already watched it more than ten times, and that's just a movie."

The man's face was exactly the same as the spirited hero on the screen, except that his hairstyle had been changed to a slicked-back style and his skin was no longer as delicate as it appeared on camera.

"That's not a movie!"

The little girl retorted.

The man paused.

The girl raised her little fist, her two little braids swaying gently.

"That's proof that Dad is a hero! Dad can fly and shoot lasers!"

Amamiya Ichiro said helplessly:

"Xiao Hui, you're still young. These are just special effects and props."

"Oh dear, you always take advantage of my age and use props and special effects as an excuse to fob me off. I know, the hero's identity is a secret, and I will keep it a secret even if Dad doesn't tell me."

Amamiya Megumi raised her little head, squinted her eyes, wrinkled her little nose, and pouted her lips, making a smug and cute face.

Amamiya Ichiro smiled and did not shatter his eight-year-old daughter's childhood dream.

"Alright then. Dad will check the news. You go back to your room and draw first."

"News! Is Dad really looking into the recent unusual developments? I want to see it too!"

The girl, who was originally indifferent to the news, had stars in her eyes.

"No... Dad, take a look at the recent market trends."

"Tch, boring!"

Megumi Amamiya made a face, glanced at it briefly, and ran away.

Ichiro Amamiya sighed and lowered his head.

"Are you really not going to consider it? Like starting a new business or something?"

Megumi Amamiya hid behind the door, revealing half of her braid, and asked in a low voice.

"My father is just a person working in the film and television industry."

Ichiro Amamiya stared at the television, his glasses covered in fluorescent light.

Just then, a phone call suddenly rang.

"Moshi Moshi, I am Amamiya."

The man quickly dialed the number and held the phone to his ear.

"Okay, okay, I understand."

Ichiro Amamiya knocked on his daughter's door, but it wasn't closed, so he pushed it open and went inside.

The little girl lay on the bed, her two little feet sticking out.

Ichiro Amamiya sat down on the edge of the bed and touched the little head that was sticking out through the blanket.

"Xiaohui, Dad's vacation has to end early. I'm so sorry."

"Ah..." A little face popped out from under the covers, her delicate eyebrows furrowed into a deep frown, and the little girl's eyes instantly became watery.

Her little hand tugged at Ichiro Amamiya's hand, swinging it as she said, "Megumi wants Daddy to spend more time with me~"

"Um, something came up at Dad's workplace and he needs to go help out. How about I bring you ice cream when Dad gets back?"

"Alright then, world peace is more important. Xiaohui isn't an ignorant child."

The young girl lowered her hand, wiped her eyes, and sat on the edge of the bed, enjoying the man stroking her hair.

"It's not for the ice cream."

"Yes, Xiaohui is the best girl."

Ichiro Amamiya gently embraced his young daughter.

"Don't touch the appliances in the house, and don't touch the gas. Lunch is in the refrigerator, and Dad will order dinner for you and have it delivered. Remember to do your homework!"

"Okay, okay, I know!"

Amamiya Megumi felt as if she were facing a formidable enemy, muttering as she rolled around on the bed.

"Also, if anything happens, you can ask the old lady next door or Grandpa Shino downstairs. Don't bother your uncle."

"Good~"

The little girl answered listlessly.

"Did Dad leave?"

"Yes, Xiaohui is very well-behaved!"

"My little Hui is the best girl."

"dad……"

"Ok?"

"I want the ice cream from Uncle Nakamura's shop, strawberry flavored..."

Amamiya Ichiro was speechless.

"If there's no strawberry flavor, then plain is fine. In short, no matcha or chocolate flavors."

"Okay, I'll check your homework when you get back."

After finishing speaking, Ichiro Amamiya glanced at his daughter, who was smacking her lips, with a smile before slowly closing the door.

"Ugh..."

Amamiya Megumi felt a sharp pain in her chest and collapsed into the covers.

When she looked up, she was the only one left in the room.

On the wall is a picture of a family of three: a father with glittering gold, a mother with smiling eyes, and little Hui who is very happy.

Megumi Amamiya composed herself and sighed.

I finished my homework a long time ago and lent it to Yingzi, a classmate.

She ran to the window, stood on tiptoe, and gazed longingly at the road.

After waiting for a while, I finally saw my dad in a formal suit.

The man hurried along, glancing at his watch, hailed a taxi, and like a grain of black sand, sank into the steel torrent of the city.

She glanced around the room, then ran out to the living room, turned on the TV, and started watching "Mithril Warrior".

"Prepare yourself! Unleash a strike imbued with all my conviction!"

In the scene, the silver warrior's fist, red-hot like a branding iron, slams heavily into the face of the scythe-winged demon.

The scythe-winged demon's two mandibles twitched up and down, its dazed face being slapped towards him, its eyes rolling back.

"Dad is still the most handsome."

The little girl murmured with emotion.

Back then, "Mithril Warriors" successfully propelled the tokusatsu industry forward and became a pioneer, thanks to its lavish budget, excellent visual effects, terrifying and bizarre monsters, and the protagonist's relentless struggle and spirit of upholding justice.

The ending theme song, titled "Guardian," is sung by the lead actor, Ichiro Amamiya.

The youth's defiant roar and tenderness within his resilience touched countless passionate young men and young women in the throes of first love.

Some people even used this song to propose, and the woman was so moved that she covered her face with tears.

Megumi Amamiya sighed.

"My dad from the Heroic Era is still so handsome."

"As a prospective second-generation hero of justice, I must work hard too."

She stretched out her index finger, circled it, and slowly an arc appeared along the path of her fingertip.

I'm both feverish and have caught a cold today, so I probably won't be able to write much. I'm owing more and more words, oh dear.

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(End of this chapter)