Chapter 29: The Marooner!

Chapter 29: The Marooner!

"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.

"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.

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.