《Into The Portal: Monster Invasion》29- The Marooner!
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"Son of a Bitch!" Miles closed the holographic screen floating in front of him with an angry swing. After he left the hospital, he barely arrived at his new home. He collapsed to his bed and slept like a log. Luckily, at this new age, wristwatches were able to do more than showing time.
Coin floated away from Miles's wrist to bandage his wounds and fed him some medicine
Engines uploaded to wristwatches could use electromagnets that produce changing magnetic fields to interact with a conducting surface. Basically, these electromagnets change the magnetic field that produces an electric current in the metallic surface underneath the wristwatch. This electric current then produces its own magnetic field to repel the wristwatch electromagnets.
Other important science behind hovering wristwatches is their unbelievable density. Despite their strength, they weigh so little, making them easier to carry and hover in the air, allowing them to do tasks on their own.
In two days, Miles was almost healed. The video of him saving the hospital was watched by more than 500 million at this time on various channels, and there were more than a million comments.
"Don't mind what he said. I looked into the comments and most of them supported you." Coin said to console him.
"Yeah, I know. I am just angry because this guy used me to get fame." Miles answered. He never cared what others were thinking about him, and he wouldn't get upset over it. He was just angry because this guy got famous and rich with his sweat and blood by showing him as a bad guy. "But I am surprised to see my father looking at such a small case."
"He was probably close, otherwise he wouldn't be assigned for it." Coin guessed.
"Yeah, probably." Miles murmured and continued to look at the videos. A video caught his attention. '#The Marooner fought to save innocents! The real story of the hospital incident.'
He opened the video out of curiosity. It was uploaded minutes ago. It was very new.
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"Hello everyone. I am Grace Innes, I will be the narrator of today's story because I am a fan of this guy, and I volunteered to be the one presenting him." said the cheerful woman on the screen. She had natural red hair and a freckle-filled beautiful face with emerald eyes.
"You may have already guessed the identity of the person. Yes, it is him, The Marooner, aka the guy who saved the hospital. There may be some in the audience who watched the video sent by an amateur reporter who goes by Rinus Bolt. First of all, let me tell you that everything I say today will be facts and nothing but facts. So, if you want to learn the truth, buckle up, and stand by.
First of all, the name Rinus Bolt chose The Marooner. It means a person, often a fugitive, who lives in a remote area and survives as a hunter or buccaneer. But I want to use the name in other meanings. The Marooner I will show you is a vigilante, a person who helps to save people and not for fame, remoting himself to it. And of course, because of the astonishing maroon armor, he wears."
After that, the video footage of Miles stopping the flying shuttle is shown. When Miles was about to throw off the shuttle, the video stopped, and half of the screen showed the reporter, Grace.
"Even though it is true that every government facility has a barrier to prevent accidents like this, most of them can only be used once. So, as the amateur reporter Bolt said, if the flying shuttle were to hit the hospital, it wouldn't even shake dust. But the barrier would be used and the hospital would be vulnerable for any following attacks."
Then the scene of Miles throwing off the shuttle is shown.
"As you can see, The Marooner throws off the shuttle to the parking lot to change the venue of the fight. Because the inside of the bus cannot be seen, the person throwing it off can't see if there are any explosives inside or not. It is a logical move to throw it away from the hospital. And the most logical area is the open area with minimum material damage, the parking lot. Also the video sent by fake reporters has visual effects increasing the area of explosion. As you can see, the real effect of the blast is much smaller."
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Then the video continued. When Miles fought against the three, Grace reported her deductions and defended Miles.
"The reason he is not using his superpowers, is because neither did his enemies. He knows that he can't fight against the three, and is stalling. If he were to use his superpower and unable to knock the trio he would be in trouble. But I don't expect a street show performer to know any deep battle tactics in the first place. It is easy to judge from behind the computer, but he has no right to judge people with his shallow experience."
"And here, he is not running away because he has failed, but he had noticed the arrival of the military, and knew that the device in their hands was an explosive. Only a fool would stay there, and as you can see, the dear ameteur reporter Bolt did nothing but record the fight, and ran away when he saw the device, so we can at least say he is not a complete fool."
By the time the video ended, it had millions of views and hundreds of thousands of comments supporting the reporter.
"As you see ladies and gentlemen. If it isn't for The Marooner, the one-time barrier of the hospital would stop the initial crush but would blow up with the explosion. The Marooner indeed saved the hospital. As for the military, Article #5 points out that:
1. Everyone's right to life shall be protected by law. No one shall be deprived of his life intentionally, save in the execution of a sentence of a court following his conviction of a crime for which the penalty is provided by law.
2. Deprivation of life shall not be regarded as inflicted in contravention of this Article when it results from the use of force which is no more than necessary as such in the following:
in defense of any person from unlawful violence
to effect a lawful arrest or to prevent the escape of a person lawfully detained, and
inaction has lawfully taken to quell a riot or insurrection.
As can be seen from the record, the terrorists carried a giant bomb, threatening innocent lives in the hospital. Are these terrorists' lives sacred? Please do tell."
Miles felt gratitude. One of the reporters used him to get fame by showing him human scum, while the other showed the crux of the matter and let the public judge him. "Now this is true journalism."
"I knew the explosions and lights were too excessive in that amateur's video."
"I knew The Marooner was a true hero. If he hadn't stopped the bus, the hospital would be cleared from the face of the Earth."
"Terrorists deserved to die. The Army is our protector!"
Comments like these were flowing one after another. People were defending Miles and the army, disgracing Rinus Bolt with the terrorists. Even some were defending his connection with them. The minority of commenters thinking like this were lost in the comment section. It also brought more publicity to Rinus, which was what he wanted in the first place. In three short days, he had tens of millions of followers.
Miles put all of them behind his head and checked on his body. He was getting better already, and in a week, he would be just fine.
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