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Wanda’s parents, Oleg and Iryna, returned almost noon with a few loaves of bread in their arms!
“You’re awake!”
They were surprised to see that Hawking was awake and talking with their twin children.
If not for Hawking stopping the missile, they and the two children would have been dead by now.
Therefore, their hearts were filled with gratitude towards Hawking.
“Thank you for saving me.”
Before the two could express their gratitude to Hawking, Hawking pretended to be grateful and spoke first,
“I might have hit my head, so I can’t remember anything. I heard from Wanda that you saved me and brought me here. Thank you so much.”
Memory Loss technique, activated!
Sure enough, the husband and wife were stunned for a moment, before speaking with sympathetic tone to Hawking.
“It’s nothing much. The war ended last night. The government is organizing a rescue and reconstruction across the city.
“You stay here for now. When the order is restored, we will help you find your family.”
The couple had begun constructing a backstory for Hawking on their own.
Hawking might be the child of some Chinese immigrants to Sokovia. The war had torn him from his family, and then he was injured and lost his memory.
They could even rationalize Hawking’s extraordinary power.
The news had been reporting about mutants before the war. Maybe he was one of such mutants with special abilities.
Just like their daughter could sometimes make some little things float, and how their son ran much faster than normal children.
The little boy in front of them saved the life of their family, so they naturally had to take good care of him and try their best to help him find his parents.
“Wouldn’t it be too troublesome for you?”
Hawking said, pretending to be a little embarrassed.
With Wanda’s parents help, he could settle down for a while and work to improve his strength.
In the few hours after he woken up, other than digging for information from Wanda and Pietro, he also studied his trump card.
Although, all that he could confirm was that even after the Protagonist Template was dispelled, “something” had remained.
First of all, the most obvious thing was memories. The memories of Goku’s thirteen years did not disappear with the Protagonist Template’s power. It all remained in his head.
Of course, it was just memories. There were no emotions, just like an extra thirteen year long movie in his mind.
Secondly, he could clearly feel that his body seemed to have undergone some special changes. He guessed that some of Son Goku’s Saiyan physique had been left in his body.
The most direct evidence was the tail growing out of his butt!
Thus, even without the Protagonist Template, he should still be able to improve his strength in accordance to the Turtle School teachings in his memory.
Moreover, the 13-year-old Son Goku was only the first template. According to the hologram, if he worked hard to accumulate Justice Points, he could continue to obtain other templates and obtain the vitality and memories of those protagonists.
The hologram also provided detailed information about how to accumulate Justice Points.
He had to do heroic acts. Every righteous actions he took would accumulate Justice Points according to the scale of the actions. After he gathered a certain amount of Justice Points, he would be able to draw another Protagonist Template.
The Protagonist Template drawn through the system would be permanently obtained. He could then load them one at a time for an hour, with 24-hours cooldown periods.
During his time with Son Goku template loaded, he did quite a few heroic actions. Those actions all counted towards his Justice Points.
As for the measure of “righteousness” and “heroism,” it all depended on the intent within his heart. If he was sure that the action was righteous, then the system would grant him Justice Points.
For example, if he felt that killing a villain could save a group of people, then killing that villain was righteous. If he felt that the president had committed a crime and killing him was justice, then killing him would have Justice Points.
Even if everyone in the world said that he was wrong, as long as he thought it was righteous, then it was justice.
But if he killed someone out of personal hatred, then it was not justice.
Moreover, he must act on his justice by himself. He cannot delegate or use money for it, he must do it with his own body.
Donating money to a charity and beggars wouldn’t count, but helping an old man that fell down would count.
Well, unless the old man tried to blackmail him into helping, then beating that man would be righteous.
Hawking was relieved to find that his Justice Points would always increase and cannot be deducted. He could accumulate Justice Points when doing righteous things, but he would not deduct Justice Points when doing evil things.
Of course, while he was no saint, he had his own line that he wouldn’t cross.
“Troublesome? What nonsense. You’re such a good child.”
Upon hearing Hawking’s politeness, Iryna immediately overflowed with motherly love. She stepped forward and hugged Hawking, who was still a little weak.
“Mom, I want it too!”
Pietro immediately jumped on the bed and joined in on the hug.
Not wanting to fall behind, Wanda, Pietro’s 12 minutes younger sister followed suit and hugged them.
His father, Oleg, put down the bread in his hand and held his wife, Iryna, Wanda, Pietro, and Hawking in the middle in his arms.
“Don’t worry, everything will be fine!”
Hawking’s heart warmed as he was surrounded by the family.
It was the first time he experienced the warmth between family, which made him feel strange and enjoyable.
“So this is how it feels to be loved by a family.”
In his previous life, even his first memories were the endless sounds of his parents arguing, as if they were not lovers but enemies.
He didn’t understand why they even got married and had a child.
Later, when his parents divorced, he became a burden and kicked back and forth by both sides like a rubber ball. When his parents formed a new family and had children, he became even less wanted.
So after getting a job, he never contacted his parents again.
The order gradually returned to the city throughout the next week. The large amount of casualties resulted in a labor shortage, allowing Oleg and Iryna to find an agreeable job.
Today, they brought Hawking to a special organization that handled information about missing people.
“Because of the damn war, the city’s database are in disarray. We cannot find any information that fits him, and there are nothing in the missing people registry either.
“This likely means that his parents and families had all unfortunately died in the war.
“You can choose to send him to the orphanage, or adopt him.”
The fat female staff explained to Oleg and Iryna with a regretful tone.
Iryna and Oleg walked out of the room a moment later, their eyes slightly red. They approached Hawking, who was playing with Wanda and Pietro, and squatted to his eye level.
They then asked gently:
“Little Hawking, are you willing to be our child, the brother of Wanda and Pietro?”
Hawking looked at Oleg and Iryna in turn, before smiling and said:
“I am willing.”
“Yay! A brother! A new brother!”
Before Iryna and Oleg could speak, Wanda and Pietro already cheered.
The week they spent together had made them quite fond of the big brother that took care of them well.
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