The Legendary Life of an American Superhero

What kind of building is this?

how to say.

Lake looked at the obviously old and dilapidated building in front of him and said that he was about to collapse, and he would believe it.

"Where is this?"

"Formerly a mental hospital in Brooklyn."

"...How come I didn't know this place before."

"Have you ever been out of Manhattan?"

"You mean work or daily life?"

"daily?"

"No."

"..."

The excitement of New York is in Manhattan. Lake is too busy to go to areas outside Manhattan to play. Other places have it, Manhattan has it, but other places don't have it, but Manhattan still has it.

and……

Frankly speaking, the quality of women in Manhattan is also NO.1.

So Lake couldn't figure out why he wanted to go to Manhattan.

George pointed to the abandoned mental hospital and said, "This mental hospital seems to have had some accident back then. After it closed down, it was abandoned for some reason, and then it became some homeless people. Homeless people or those who don't want to enter the shelters of children in rescue centers."

Lake looked at George with contempt: "So, you know, there's a group of kids who grew up here and didn't do much."

George looked at Lake blankly: "The problem here is that of the Children's Department. What can we do? If something goes wrong during the clean-up process, believe it or not, the Children's Department can notify our New York Police Department. Bankruptcy?"

Lake shrugged: "Okay."

This is true.

The most annoying thing about the Children's Department is that law enforcement agencies intervene in their work, but it happens that many of the work of the Children's Department belongs to the cooperation of law enforcement agencies.

Even if the New York Police Department is here, those children can only call people from the Children's Department. They are all a group of minors. The New York Police Department is not qualified to guard or take custody.

To know.

Here, as long as you're underage, the NYPD can't handcuff you, and it's illegal to even interrogate underage children without your parents or guardians.

The so-called children's paradise?

Right.

But that's for those children with families, like Skye, who don't want to go to foster families or go to the Children's Department. Living is the goal of this group of people.

Entering this abandoned building, the darkness inside the building instantly replaced the light across the door. It seems that the inside and outside of the building are like two worlds.

Sparse!

At the end of the corridor on the first floor, a figure seemed to get up after seeing Lake and George coming in, and hurriedly walked into a certain room, and then just closed the door with a bang.

seem……

The figure worried that Lake and George were coming to grab the room.

Even here, there are some kind of social rules. For example, the homeless people living in this building follow a simple rule.

First come first served.

Of course.

If you can beat everyone before the room, then you can become the new room owner after the beat.

So this is a first-come, first-served society where only winners are eligible.

George took off his sunglasses: "How many floors are there?"

Lake took out the note and glanced at it, then looked at George: "Under the sink of a bathroom on the left in the corridor on the second floor."

good guy.

Obviously there is no room left, so why don't you go to the rescue center?

Lake thought so.

In Lake's eyes, although the rescue center is also very chaotic, at the very least, it is also a place to live.

The rescue center won't forcefully kick out any minors, and they won't kick you out until you're eighteen.

On the second floor.

The wooden stairs under his feet rattled, as if in a state of paradoxical confusion, so that Lake had no doubt that if he tried hard, the stairs would crack a big hole.

Second floor.

There were a few homeless people in the corridor, leaning against the door of their room, and a few homeless children. After seeing Lake and George, just like the people on the first floor, they directly chose to close the door. .

moment.

The second floor corridor is empty.

Lake and George glanced, shook their heads, and directly followed Skye's note to find a bathroom on the left side of the legendary second-floor corridor.

only?

The door of this special cat is closed, how can I see where the bathroom is?

Lake looked at George: "Have you been here before?"

George shook his head.

All right.

Lake thought to himself, looked at a door on his left, and knocked.

"Go away."

A stout voice sounded from the door: "There is someone in this room, hurry up, otherwise, I will shoot."

Lake raised an eyebrow.

Bang!

Kick the door vigorously.

After the door shattered, revealing the owner of the house who was also kicked into the house with a kick, a scrawny African who, at first glance, knew that it was another poisonous insect.

Lake tilted his head with a smile: "Can you tell me where is the toilet on the left of the second floor corridor?"

Li, you don't have to.

What can Lake have to do but use soldiers.

Soldiers first and then soldiers.

Lake has always insisted on that.

The black poisonous worm coughed, listened to Lake's words, looked at the Glock in Lake's hand, and pointed to the next door with a trembling finger: "The second room."

Lake nodded: "Thank you."

go out.

George said to Lake, "It's all a bunch of poor people."

Lake glanced at George. "Poisonous bugs were never pitiful."

The poor people who went bankrupt because of the financial turmoil are indeed pitiful, and Lake will also sympathize with them.

but……

Poor poisonous bug?

Ha ha.

What is there to pity such a person?

fortunately.

Lake's foster family was surprisingly unanimous in this matter. Whether it was Thaddeus or Karen, the education of Lake and Betty was nothing to touch with, even the anesthetic that was popular on campus at the time. is prohibited.

Every night Karen will have a special class, with pictures and texts, and use PPT to tell Lake and Betty about the consequences of smoking.

Betty was depressed.

Lake doesn't have it. It's a rare relaxation activity after meals every day. Drinking Coke and looking at these pictures is extraordinarily fragrant.

In the end, Lake and Betty were both pulled to see a psychiatrist. One needs to check whether there is a psychological problem, and the other needs the help of a psychiatrist.

After Lake came out of the poisonous insect's room, he took a few steps, pointed to the door that was also closed, and looked at George: "Is this the one?"

George nodded: "Yes."

Lake was too lazy to knock on the door this time, and it was useless to knock on the door. The people here are rude.

Kick up.

boom!

"what!"

A pair of disheveled men and women living inside let out a scream, unbelievable that both men and women were able to arrange this bathroom into a bedroom.

Don't you feel the smell is rushing?

Lake approached expressionlessly, went directly to the edge of the sink, stretched out his right hand, and felt empty.

What about things?

Lake got up, his eyes fell on the pair of lonely mandarin ducks in front of him, he glanced at it, and took out his gun: "The things that are placed below, three seconds, hand over."

Another poisonous bug.

Gosh.

This is really too much freedom. In other words, when I was in Manhattan, I didn't see anyone using this thing. Among the friends Lake knew, the attitude towards this kind of thing was rejected.

The disheveled woman took out a blue backpack tremblingly from behind.

Lake takes over, unzips the zipper, and takes a look.

A few notebooks, a few folded sheets of paper, and a few pieces of clothes together, although very old, they are clean and have no special smell.

This backpack...

That's all Skye has had for thirteen years.

Lake looked up at the man and woman.

Turn away.

He wanted to compensate for the loss of the door, but that was to compensate the president of the bankrupt mental hospital.

New Amsterdam Hospital.

Inside the elevator.

Lake looked at the backpack in his hand, thought for a while, and said to George, "George, is that thing you said at the bar last time true?"

George looked at Lake: "What?"

Lake said, "Can I adopt?"

The environment of the mental hospital was so sad, and there were so many poisonous insects, God, it was a miracle that Skye was not infected.

Lake then thought of himself.

like……

Adoption is not a big deal. It provides Skye with a comfortable and stable environment. The guest room at home is sorted out, and then there is an extra pair of chopsticks when eating every day.

It doesn't seem to be difficult.

Kindness needs to be conveyed.

Lake thought about what Karen talked to himself after returning to Washington this time, because Lake and Karen called Karen last time to talk about the adoption.

Karen can adopt him, why can't he adopt Skye?

George glanced at Lake and said, "Skye doesn't have any relatives, just need Skye's consent, and then the municipality will sign it. You are her guardian."

Ding!

The elevator opens.

Lake stepped out of the elevator and said to George, "Do you know anyone in the municipality? Help me get in touch?"

George said, "Aren't you going to ask Skye's opinion?"

Lake thought of the scene of Skye refusing to go to the operation that day, smiled and looked at George: "She owes me money, she will definitely agree."

George: "..."

in the ward.

Skye wiped his mouth and thanked Martha for the breakfast.

Lake came in and said hello to Martha: "Excuse me, Martha."

Martha put away the bowl and spoon and looked at Lake: "I know the trouble, just give my Jack a few days off."

Lake laughed: "How about I give him a month's paid vacation and let him accompany you?"

Martha is also polite: "Thank you then."

Martha has talked to Lake these days, she is trying to have a third child, but unfortunately, Jack has been busy with work and has no time.

Lake is definitely not going to take the blame.

Jack's action team is his exclusive team. He runs the hospital all day in his spare time. Jack tells Martha that he is busy, which will leave a bad impression on people.

soon.

Martha left the ward.

Lake then looked at Skye on the hospital bed: "How about going home with me after I'm discharged from the hospital?"

Skye's mouth widened, and his expression was once again like looking at Lake as perverted after waking up: "..."