Thank you for saving me.

One thing has been bugging Yuki for a while, and its about Hiroshi's mask. It's kind of like... broken of in many places. It's technically broken. That mask of his has 2 layers and the 1st layer is broken off on the left side. But he still doesn't change the mask. Why is that? Is it because he doesn't have money? Or is it something else? Now a days, masks like that aren't that pricey. And also, they can make it one their own. And if thats also not possible, he could at least have repaired it. But he didn't. It made her curious.

They were going on a hunting spree that day. Actually, they are now working together. At first, the agreement was that they would do their own thing, but now, it seemed to have become void. Working together can be beneficial for them too, because they can cover each others back's and look for people who want to capture them on camera.

As they were hunting, Yuki brought that topic up about the broken mask of Hiroshi.

"Hey Hiroshi, Why are you wearing a broken mask?"

"Oh this? Its a memory of the past. You can call it a past relic."

"Is that so?"

"Yeah. Its the memory of the only good thing I did in my whole life I guess. You know how people view Quixotic Predators as ruthless killers?"

"Yeah."

"I was able to change that mindset of a child that Quixotic Predators are only ruthless killers that kills people without any reason."

"How so?"

Hiroshi told her about the story. It was from three years ago, when Hiroshi was in middle school. Yuki was not a Quixotic Predator back then. It was only Hiroshi who did that. But the Quixotic Predator was not famous enough to be known to people. It was after Yuki came that the killings doubled. It was also the time that people started to record them. Soon enough, they were named the 'Quixotic Predators'.

The story was how he saved a little girl from getting kidnapped and raped by some dudes. It was a hard battle for middle schooler Hiroshi. Those people were jacked too.

Hiroshi was going on with his killing spree that day, when he saw some guys troubling a little girl. Hiroshi decided to investigate the matter.

"Hey girl, where's your mama?"

"U-um. W-who are you?"

There were five of them in total. They looked at each other and giggled.

"Looks like your mama is not here, kid. Oi, Takemi. You said you liked little girls?"

"I love them. But the problem is, they get pregnant fast."

"Will this one do?"

"This one is perfect. It has a cute face too."

"Let's take her. If she becomes pregnant, we can sell her in the black market. Human child, especially girls, sell for a lot there."

The girl was visibly scared. She tried to run, but they caught her. She shouted her lungs out for help.

"Please, somebody, help me."

Hiroshi couldn't just stand by and watch what they were planning to do. He hates those kind of people. They resemble his dad to some extent. He immediately jumped to the scene. Hiroshi's first priority was to rescue the girl. But it wasn't going to be that easy. One of the guys caught hold of her.

"Hey you. If you don't want me to kill her, drop to your knees and drop that knife."

He had no option but to do that. He dropped his knife and went to his knees. Those guys then got up and began to kick and punch him, but he stayed still. He didn't try to run or anything. Then they picked up his own knife and started to cut him down. The poor girl witnessed all that. The guy that was going to save her from the bad guys is getting hurt. She couldn't do anything. One of the guy then punched Hiroshi on the face. Well, on the mask that is. Which broke the first layer of it on the left side.

She knew she had to do something. She struggled to be free. She even bit the guy who was holding her. In the process she got a cut. She jumped out and immediately went to Hiroshi. She tried to protect him. Seeing her to be free. He picked her up and put her to the back. Then he said,

"Hold onto me very tightly. Don't ever let go of me, okay? Things are going to be a bit messy so you should close your eyes too."

"O-okay."

After she did that, Hiroshi finally got up and cleaned himself up a bit. And the rest is history. Soon enough, he was standing on a pool of blood, with the bodies of five person surrounding him.

After all that mess. He got away with the girl. They both were tired. The girl had a cut on her hand. She was bleeding. Hiroshi took her to a safe place. It was a abandoned building. There, he took off his mask. The girl could see his face. He then teared up a piece of his shirt and wrapped it around the girls hand to stop it from bleeding.

"What about you, mister? You have been beaten up and you are bleeding too.", asked the girl.

"I will be fine. You don't need to worry about it."

"You are going to take me home right? When we reach home, I will treat you. We have a lot of bandages in our home."

"Is that so? Are your parents doctors?"

"No, but they need them often."

"I see."

"Thank you for saving me."

"Your welcome. Now let's get going. You parents are worried about you too."

He got up and put back his mask on. Then he picked up the girl on his back and asked her for her address. But upon reaching there, he saw something...

It was a big mansion that the girl was living in. She was rich. But that's not the problem. The problem is, it was surrounded by the secret police's cars. The secret police is the top most powerful defence force of the country.

"You live here?"

"Yes. And those guys are my father's subordinates."

"Those police guys?"

"Yes."

Before he could react, he was in the lions territory. But he knew that he had to get that girl to reach home safely. He slowly walked to the front of the gate and dropped her. The secret police was shocked. It was an unexpected visitor. The girl ran to the ground and went to the policemen. Then she started to say all the good things Hiroshi did. But as she was saying all that stuffs, she looked around to see something unexpected...

All the police surrounded Hiroshi. They had guns in their hands. They were all pointed at Hiroshi.

"You are the serial killer that is on the loose. I didn't expect you to be here. You are under arrest.", said one of the officers.

"Hey. What are you doing? Why are you pointing guns at him? He is a good guy, right? Then why? He is injured. He needs to be treated. Otherwise his injuries might kill him. Why aren't you dropping you guns? Hey, I promised him that I would treat him when we get home-"

"You should get away from him, miss. He is a criminal."

"No he is not. He is a good guy."

Hiroshi saw all of it. He giggled a bit. It was what he had expected. He had cuts all over his body, and now he is about to get pierced by bullets.

"Sorry miss. You promised me to treat me, right? Well, maybe not this time. Next time for sure.", said Hiroshi.

After saying that, he ran away. Of course the police shot at him, but he somehow managed to get away. Their first priority was the little girl's safety and health, so they didn't follow him. He escaped from death while he was trying to do something good. As he was running, he heard the little girl crying and apologising to him. She had a pure heart.

After that incident happened, the girl was interrogated. But it was not severe. Because that girl was the daughter of the branch head of the secret police. Plus, she is just a little girl. But the thing is, she wouldn't say anything about Hiroshi. She knew if she told them about him, he would definitely get arrested and get executed, so she kept her mouth shut.

The branch head of the secret police was a very strict man with a strong sense of justice. He was somehow displeased that he couldn't thank him for saving his daughter. His motto was,

"Anyone who does good deserves praise for that. Even if he is a die hard criminal. And anyone who does bad deserves punishment for that, even if he is a monk or something similar."

Due to his strong sense of justice, he told the officers to stop the search for Hiroshi. So the secret police wasn't able to catch Hiroshi to this day. To this day, the head of the branch protected the Quixotic predators. Of course they kept an eye on their movements, but didn't capture them.