Due to the uniqueness of Yokohama’s region, for better management, the government has set up an organization here to specialize in the management of supernatural powers – Supernatural Secret Service Division.

At this time, in the office of the Ability Secret Service Division, the daily meeting time was going on.

“…There were no incidents of supernatural powers this week, and the only two reported incidents were just mistakes made by the parties involved. In fact, ordinary people used some means to forge incidents of supernatural powers to confuse people’s attention.” said the civil servant in a suit. .

The middle-aged uncle at the end of the conference table sighed, and leaned back on the chair in discouragement: “That means everything is peaceful, and winter is coming, have all the supernatural beings gone home for the New Year?”

Sitting next to him was a new employee, the young and beautiful Hinata Hitomi opened his eyes wide, and asked his boss for no reason: “Isn’t this good? Yokohama is rarely so peaceful…”

Yuichiro Sasaki, a middle-aged uncle who has been employed for more than ten years, glanced at the naive newcomer and said with a sneer, “Peace is of course good.” Compared with the words, the expression is completely different.

Hinata Hitomi couldn’t understand, so she didn’t ask. Taking advantage of the gap between the end of the report at the meeting, she handed over her own investigation documents with a tense face, and said loudly: “I don’t think there are no abnormal events. According to my investigation , The recent movement on Radium Bowl Street is very strange. According to the survey, the happiness of the recent residents in that area has increased abnormally, and has almost reached the average value of the city center. This is very unreasonable. I have written the details of the investigation in the document!”

At the conference table, everyone looked at the newcomer in surprise, and laughed out loud when they heard her words: “This kind of investigation is the work of the life department, right? Why do you explain it here?”

“But! This might be the work of a person with supernatural powers!”

Hearing this, everyone at the conference table shook their heads, and they didn’t even bother to say any rebuttals. They stared at Hitomi Hyuga with a mocking look, and Yuichiro Sasaki rubbed his brows with a headache, “Next time you do something like this, remember to report it. !”

Under the neglect of everyone, the meeting ended.

Sasaki Yuichiro got up straight away, but when he was in the corridor, he was pulled by the corner of his clothes. He turned his head and saw Hitomi Hinata just now. Seeing her unwilling expression, he knew what she was thinking.

“… Sigh, I really don’t know how you transferred to the Special Ability Division without even knowing the division of different abilities.” Yuichiro Sasaki explained helplessly with a look of defeat, “Listen well, what do you think is different? How are abilities graded?”

“Eh? Is it powerful or not?”

“It’s only half right.” Yuichiro Sasaki took out the lighter and cigarettes from his pocket, and the lighter clicked and lit a small flame.He exhaled a puff of smoke, and the smoke gradually filled the corridor, “The degree of danger is determined by the strength and scope of influence of individuals.”

“For example, the gravitational superpowers who have been active in Radium Bowl Street recently, according to the current assessment above, are judged to be socially threatening to a certain extent, and they are typical powerful people.”

“Of course, there are many kinds of supernatural powers, and it doesn’t mean that they can cause damage and the strength of an individual represents their threat. However, those with gravity capabilities are indeed one of the representative figures of a strong individual. Therefore, there is a problem here. The strength of an individual is the Does it mean that its supernatural ability has a wide range of influence?”

Hinata Hitomi was puzzled: “Isn’t it?”

“Of course not. Although destructive power can indeed be regarded as the scope of influence, it is only the scope of influence of a simple ‘supernatural power’ here. From the information collected so far, most of the gravity-capable people exert gravity on themselves, relying on their own There is no record of using supernatural powers to change the gravity coefficient of the surrounding area on a large scale, which means that the influence of its supernatural powers is limited to individuals.”

“I’ll give you another example, Shibusawa Tatsuhiko, have you heard of it?”

Hitomi Hyuga’s expression turned serious, probably no one who worked in the government would not be familiar with this name.

He once slaughtered [-] people with supernatural powers all over the world, and constantly collected other people’s supernatural abilities by virtue of his own supernatural powers. Because of his terrifying growth ability, all countries were frightened. Of course, this kind of person has a record in the government.

“His supernatural ability is a typical example of a large range of influence. There is a record of covering a city under the mist of supernatural abilities. Although it is aimed at people with supernatural abilities, the wide range of influence of his abilities is real.”

“Then let me ask you, from the perspective of coping, which one is more difficult, the strength of the individual or the wide-ranging influence of supernatural abilities?”

Hinata Hitomi replied without hesitation: “It must be an enemy with a wide range of supernatural powers!” Most of the city is ordinary people, who have no resistance to supernatural powers.

“That’s right, then do you still think your proposal at the meeting is credible? According to the scope of Radium Bowl Street, if there is such an exaggerated supernatural ability, even the most harmless ability, it will be terrible , let alone how rare it is, this kind of supernatural power will definitely be captured by the government early when it is revealed at a young age, so why would it wander around outside.” Yuichiro Sasaki rolled his eyes.

Hinata Hitomi now knew how big a common sense mistake she had made, she used her notebook to cover her flushed cheeks in shame, and bowed down gratefully: “Thank you for letting me know.”

“Yeah, you’re welcome, young man, do it well~” Sasaki Yuichiro patted Hinata Hitomi’s shoulder, shook his head and was about to leave.

After hesitating for a long time, Hinata Hitomi plucked up the courage to ask: “Well… I have one last question, why do you react that way when you talk about peace?”

Yuichiro Sasaki didn’t look back, he stretched out his hand and waved it back, “If it’s always peaceful, how can I earn credit for promotion and salary increase? Young people should not think too easily about the workplace!”

“…”

It was already sunset when I got off work, and the setting sun dyed the road and buildings orange red. Yuichiro Sasaki wandered aimlessly on the road, but he had no thought of going home for a long time.

Like all office workers, adults also have adult worries. He is not young, and he has a sick elder to take care of. The troubles in it are only known to you.

In layman’s terms, it’s money, the baby’s milk powder money, the elderly’s pension and medical treatment money are like a mountain on his shoulders. The government’s work is decent, but in fact it is a dead salary. The system can be said to be Japanese. In places where the annual salary is the most rigid and concentrated, if there is no great contribution, the promotion and salary increase will almost only increase with the increase of age and seniority.

But he was unlucky, he offended someone, and was transferred from the Tokyo Headquarters to this ghostly place, and everything had to start from scratch, but how could he have the time and energy to start over from scratch?

These days, whenever I think of these things and pressures, I feel that I can hardly breathe. I don’t even want to go back to the warm and beautiful home in the past. I just feel that it is difficult to face my wife and children when I go home with such a small salary.

Sasaki Yuichiro walked into a park casually, intending to spend time here, but all the old people or couples in his field of vision were in pairs. This kind of scene made him even more irritable, cursed in a low voice, and walked to a more remote area go.

Suddenly, the ears caught an almost inaudible singing voice.

Yuichiro Sasaki paused, and suddenly there was an impulse in his heart, an impulse to continue listening, so he quickly moved in the direction of the sound, the singing became louder and louder, and he sank into it almost without resistance.

He thought back to the very beginning, when he first met his wife, the girl sitting in the front row in the classroom in the afternoon of the university, the back of her neck was delicate and white like a swan, she turned her head and smiled at herself.

Now, he recalled that feeling again, as if his heart was about to jump out of his chest, but his body was extremely relaxed, as if he had returned to his youth, where there was no pressure or embarrassment, only relaxation and the sweetness from his heart.

The singing stopped.

Yuichiro Sasaki was forced to withdraw from his fantasy, and returned to the world from heaven in an instant. This sense of gap is simply maddening.

Panting heavily, he looked around like a hungry wolf, but he only saw a child looking at him not far away, and there was no one else. He walked a long way without even noticing How did I get here.

But now he was blinded by the feeling just now, and he didn’t notice the strangeness at all. Instead, he asked the little boy as soon as he opened his mouth: “Can, can you sing it again? Please! I can pay!”

The boy gave him a strange look, but didn’t answer. He sat down on a park bench, lowered his head and was a little sullen.

Yuichiro Sasaki swallowed, stepped forward, and sat down beside the boy, “You were the one who sang just now, right?”

“Ah.”

“Where is your home? Why are you here alone?” Yuichiro Sasaki held back his longing and tried to get close to the boy.

“My brother is going to do something, let me wait here.” The boy replied obediently.

The moment the boy raised his head, Yuichiro Sasaki noticed his appearance, and couldn’t help feeling that the boy was too good-looking, no parent with such a big heart would be afraid of being abducted.

“Uncle, can you listen to my troubles?” The boy looked into Yuichiro Sasaki’s eyes.

Sasaki Yuichiro rolled his eyes, “Of course, but after you finish speaking, can you sing it to me again?”

The boy smiled, agreed, and began to say: “My name is Yuuto Kuroki…”