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Chapter 2 The Hero in My Heart

"Hehe, leave this to me, Santiago!"

I saw another familiar face, a girl with red hair and twin ponytails, smiling a little silly, and burst into hearty laughter even when she was dozens of meters away from the freighter.

Then Santiago and Reno handed over their duties normally, and the look the captain gave him when he returned to the cabin made him feel a little complicated.

You are a gigolo, right?

Although I didn't say a word, I still got this information.

What's even more tragic is that Santiago seemed to think the same way. Although they were a short distance apart, she had no concept of speaking in a low voice at all.

"Hey, Reno, are you on a date?"

"Anyway, it's very complicated. I'll explain it to you when I get back!"

Reno couldn't keep his cool attitude in front of his partner. He was broken down by just a few words. Without waiting for him to say anything, he hurriedly pulled him up and the pocket ship suit behind him quickly unfolded. It took less than three seconds from jumping to landing, but when the body approached the sea surface, there was already a small yacht on the sea.

Then it accelerated, and the freighter became smaller and smaller. By the time he reacted, it was completely out of sight.

"Huh, that guy really dares to say anything."

Reno leaned against the railing, and under her control, the speed of the yacht gradually slowed down.

"How are you? Are you okay?"

"It's okay. I'm holding onto the rope, and the boat isn't rocking that much..."

The two of them finished their words dryly, both of them at a loss for what to do for a moment.

On impulse, she agreed to help go to the so-called place called by dreams, but was teased by the careless sister ship. According to her personality, she can't keep secrets at all. I'm afraid that now the whole White Eagle knows her gossip!

Reno did not regret helping others, but when he thought about the situation he would face after returning, his silver hair drooped listlessly.

"Um, is there any problem in Santiago? You look quite distressed."

"No problem. Don't look at her like that. She's actually very reliable in combat. I... Oh, let's not talk about it anymore. By the way, what's your name? I can't just call you 'hey, hey,' right?"

The man asked in confusion: "Can't you scan it?"

"It's a radar scan, not mind reading. How can it know everything?"

Reno turned his head and asked with his hands on his hips.

"Oh, my name is Wuming."

"Nameless? No last name like Vlad or Dagon?"

After leaving the freighter, Reno seemed to be much more relaxed and no longer had the cold look he had on the freighter.

Wuming shrugged.

"I also want to have a cool name, but this is my name. Wu is my surname and Ming is my first name. It has nothing to do with vampires and sea monsters."

"Okay, but in this case, it's even less likely that we'll encounter an ancient castle or an underwater city."

Reno muttered, raised his hands to block the sunlight, and looked at the empty sea.

"I always feel like you're a little lost."

Wuming held onto the railing, not understanding where her depressed mood came from.

"How should I put it? It sounds stupid, but sometimes I want to be like a hero in a comic book, saving others, defeating evil, and becoming a partner of justice..."

Reno said in a low voice, but his face was brighter.

"The Cube Battleship always protects humans in the ocean from the threat of the Sirens. Isn't this considered a righteous partner?"

Wuming was a little confused. Perhaps justice needed to be judged based on one's standpoint, but wasn't protecting innocent people an act of justice?

"Yeah, but how should I put it? Protecting justice in the sea is a mission given by the military, just like a job. But I think being a hero should be a spirit, the result of a person's subjective actions according to his own will, rather than a profession that is passively generated by orders."

"What does that have to do with the so-called castle?"

Wuming was even more confused.

“No, this…”

Reno seemed a little embarrassed when she said this, but the sea here was boundless, and there was no one else except Wuming in front of her, which gave her the courage to share the secret.

"You, do you read superhero comics?"

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Wuming nodded.

"Of course, I like Spider-Man, Batman, Superman, and Captain White Eagle. I don't read many comics, but I like watching movies and TV series, especially the Spider-Man trilogy. I watch it at least once a year... But what does this have to do with the castle?"

Reno took a deep breath, and the balloon seemed to swell up.

"Well, don't laugh at me. I, I think that a hero should overcome many obstacles. Whether it's an ancient castle or an underwater city, these are places that sound like they have evil forces. Only those who go through hardships and defeat the huge evil forces here can be called heroes."

Wuming remained silent for a long time, staring straight at Reno, who blushed and whispered, "Is it ridiculous?"

"No, I just want to tell you that this idea is not ridiculous."

Wuming stroked the speedboat that was transformed from a ship in front of him, as well as the boundless ocean. Somehow, he felt very calm.

"There is no difference in the outcome between becoming a hero because of aspirations and becoming a hero passively because of the job. I cannot judge the pros and cons of either, but from the perspective of an ordinary person, anyone who is willing to lend a hand in times of crisis is already a hero."

"Eh?"

Wuming looked at Reno. Even though he had only been away from the freighter for less than an hour, at this moment, he had the illusion that he had met Reno for a long time.

“When I was on the cargo ship, working hard every day, I would actually think, how nice it would be if someone could help me, but no one would help a stranger for no reason;

When I went to sleep at night, the omnipresent feeling of calling kept me awake. At that time, I wanted to tell others about my pain, but no one was willing to listen.

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Earlier, I talked to psychiatrists and doctors in the hospital, hoping that they could help me and tell me what was wrong with me. However, they would only prescribe sleeping pills to help me sleep, or some psychiatric drugs when I was irritable. No one tried to believe me. ”

Wuming let out a long sigh.

"Finally, I worked hard during the day, lived frugally, and searched for information on the Internet at night, looking for people and things similar to me, but I only found various movies and TV series. Uh, most of them were horror movies. Frankly speaking, most of my mental stress came from this. I was too scared. I was not sure if there were really no monsters in this world, and I didn't know if I could avoid these encounters. I was even more worried that even if I lived a peaceful life, such things would come to me. After all, I... Anyway, I lived like this for a long time. Finally, two weeks ago, I followed my feelings and kept comparing the sea charts. In the end, I chose this freighter and met you."

Reno listened quietly, and before he knew it, the two of them had become very close.

"You asked me what was wrong with me, you thought I was crazy, you thought I'd better forget about it and go to work honestly, but it was you who was willing to try to spend time doing something stupid, willing to try to believe me, you know, the moment you took me to jump off the freighter, you were already a hero."

Wuming paused and looked closely into Reno's eyes.

“I’m your hero.”

Chapter 3 We Can't Fall in Love

After a while, Reno's dull eyes gradually became lively, and she slowly opened her mouth.

“Eh? Eh… Eh!!!”

The silver hair on Reno's head suddenly tensed up, and he took a few steps back, his voice becoming incoherent.

"You, why are you suddenly saying something like this?"

"But it's the truth."

"Really? Anyway, you, I, I need to calm down first!"

Before he could finish his words, Reno jumped off the deck with a red face, yelling, and flew away in a panic. After a while, accompanied by shameful screams of "Ahhhhhhhhh", the rumbling sound of artillery fire was heard in the distance, which made Wuming silent for a while.

After a long time, Wuming heard the familiar footsteps returning to the deck.

"call......"

The sound of long breathing.

Reno's face turned a little red. She stood right in front of Wuming with an annoyed look. She was taller than Wuming and was wearing water stagnation equipment similar to ice skates. She was half a head taller than Wuming. When she came closer, the scent of jasmine became stronger.

"Article 57, Paragraph 23 of the Cube Battleship Protection Regulations stipulates that when a human makes unreasonable demands for interaction, the battleship can shoot the human to death. This regulation has the highest right of interpretation under the regulations."

"What?"

"Protection regulations!"

Reno crossed his arms angrily.

"These regulations can ensure that it is legal for me to kill you, so you must never say such things to me again!"

"Are you talking to me?"

Wuming looked around and pointed at himself with an innocent look.

"Who else could it be? You're breaking the law, you know that!"

When Reno saw his confused look, his anger subsided a little, and his tone was filled with powerlessness.

"The law states that the Cube Battleship cannot have close relations with private individuals. Didn't you read the Battleship Protection Regulations?"

Wuming scratched his head and forced out an awkward but polite smile.

"Listen carefully. I don't know what kind of feelings you have when you say this to me, but according to the regulations, no ship is allowed to interact with humans. Remember, any ship, even the highest-ranking royal ship, the flagship [Queen Elizabeth] that has the same rights as the Queen, must strictly abide by this regulation. This is good for everyone."

"Would it be ignorant for me to ask why now?"

Wuming raised his hand with a wry smile. Any regulations and laws must have a reason for existence, and he was indeed curious.

"What do you think a ship is?"

Reno asked.

"Uh, a strong sea force?"

"It is very strong and important, but it has a human structure of sea power itself."

Reno said, extending his hand towards Wuming.

"Give me a glass of water first. I'm thirsty."

Wuming untied the backpack from his body and placed it on the deck. In addition to clothes, the backpack also contained bottled fresh water and several bags of bread. Of course, he also brought three kilograms of oranges. The rest of the things were not taken with him. He had already experienced the speed of the Rubik's Cube battleship, so this was not a long-distance journey.

Reno reached for a bottle of fresh water.

Gululu.

She unscrewed the bottle cap and drank the water in big gulps.

"Huh, I'm alive. This has happened several times. Do we have to wait for the military to issue a notice before you know that we also need to eat and drink water?"

Reno put the water bottle against her face. The cool touch made her look refreshed, and her complaints became lighter.

"If you're thirsty, why don't you just tell me? I wanted to give it to you several times, but I was worried that you'd be angry."

Wuming also opened a bottle of water and asked curiously.

"Does anyone need to tell me this?"

Reno rolled his eyes.

"That's new. Even machines need energy to drive them. Of course, the Cube Battleship needs water."

Eating and drinking are the same as normal people, but it seems that he doesn’t eat torpedo tempura or the like.

Making a mental note in the little notebook, Wuming leaned over and opened his backpack.

"Bread and fruit, then?"

"No need...Listen, let me continue. What do you think is the biggest difference between humans and machines?"

"emotion?"

"Yes, it's emotion."

Reno hesitated for a moment before continuing.

"But humans need emotions, while weapons don't. If we interact with humans, unnecessary concerns will make my ship equipment dull. Moreover, because of emotions, we will not be able to treat humans equally, and it will even affect our judgment of the battle situation. So do you understand?"

Reno did not mention the more dangerous possibilities, such as spies tempting ships to betray their camp, ambitious people hoping that ships would not only serve the country, chaebols within the White Eagle hoping to get further through ships, and so on. These things sound very girly, but ships are super weapons with self-judgment capabilities and must not be treated like ordinary women. After all, even the leader of a country needs the support of others, but a fully armed ship does not need to rely on others to become a mobile disaster. If it is used by guys with ulterior motives and the accumulated conflicts between them erupt, perhaps the Sirens will not even need to take action, and humanity will be doomed in a civil war.

After all, ships are specialized weapons created to deal with Sirens, but these weapons are not limited to dealing with Sirens. What allows humanity to survive today is not just the protection of ships, but also the strange attitude of the Sirens. This kind of peace achieved by relying on the contempt of unknown creatures is not guaranteed at all. Humanity is now almost on the brink of extinction, so this sign that may lead to a civil war among humans must be nipped in the bud.

"I understand."