Let Go of That Boy!

New York University Medical Center.

As soon as the doctor came out, John Coleman and his family surrounded him.

"The abdominal bleeding has stopped, but his neck injury is serious. He is currently in stable condition, and you are very lucky."

"That's what the doctor said."

"Can we see him?"

John asked.

"You'll have to wait a bit."

The doctor said, "He is still in the ICU Intensive Care Unit."

"Thank God."

John's wife breathed a sigh of relief at first, then asked anxiously, "Can he tell us what happened?"

At that moment, the only one sitting there without moving, the one who made eye contact with Adam, causing Adam to back away, the Coleman family's newly adopted little girl Esther, suddenly looked over.

"Possibly."

The doctor nodded and said, "But we'll have to wait until he wakes up to be sure."

Esther looked away, her clasped hands twirling her thumbs as if she were deep in thought.

"John, come with me, I have something to tell you."

John's wife, Kate, glanced at Esther, then pulled John to the corner and told her husband about her suspicions.

"I know you're exhausted, and so am I, but there must be another explanation. How could Esther come from a mental hospital? And how could she have done such terrible things?"

John frowned.

How did you know?

Kate questioned, "The orphanage didn't even know her background. Sister Abigail noticed something was wrong, came over to ask, and then she was murdered."

I gently tugged at her, and her arm broke?

And I'm pretty sure I pulled the handbrake when I parked. God, John, that was a really steep hill. How could I have stopped there if I hadn't pulled the handbrake?

How could the treehouse suddenly catch fire this time? The fire grew so big in the blink of an eye, trapping Danny inside and forcing Danny to jump down. Only Danny, Max, and she were there. It wasn't her; could it have been Max?

"Hehe, Kate."

John shook his head with a smile, "Why don't you think about your own reasons? Alcoholism, depression, irritability, God! Don't put all the blame on Esther, she's just a child!"

"..."

Kate looked at her husband in despair. After she had laid out so many doubts, he rejected her without even thinking and was unwilling to give her a shred of trust. What was the point of this kind of life?

"I can leave if that's what you want, but I have one condition: Esther must leave with me too. I have to protect my child."

Esther watched this scene Jingjing. When Kate pointed at her emotionally, a fierce glint flashed in her eyes, but she quickly concealed it and obediently said to her grandmother who was waiting beside her, "Could you give me a dollar to buy a soda?"

"Your mother told you to wait here."

Grandma refused.

Esther lowered her head sadly.

"Here you go, but don't stay too long."

Grandma couldn't bear it and took out the money to give it to her.

Esther took the money, gave her grandmother a sweet smile, and then got up to leave.

Max, the deaf-mute little girl sitting on the other side of her grandmother, seemed to understand something and looked at the departing figure with a conflicted expression.

Turning around, Esther, her face contorted with malice, strode toward the ward. On the way, she bumped into a silly boy wandering around. In a hurry, she glared at him fiercely, startling him, and then quickly left.

This seemingly silly young man is none other than Leonard.

After instinctively following Esther, Leonard noticed something was wrong with Esther after only a few steps, his IQ of 173 kicked in.

He had seen too many domineering and fierce little girls since he was a child (personal experience, tears welling up), but none of them could compare to Esther.

This wasn't the look of ordinary ruthless characters at all; it was more like the terrifying gaze of prey being targeted by a cold-blooded butcher, as described in books.

"What do I do?"

After seeing Esther glance around and then slip into the ICU, Leonard's bad premonition intensified. However, as composed as he was, he simply stood there watching from a distance, his body seemingly frozen in place.

"Leonard, you're here? I've finished my shift. Let's go to my apartment first, and I'll show you around this afternoon."

Just then, Adam walked over.

"Adam, you've finally come..."

Leonard was overjoyed. Suppressing his fear, he voiced his guess, "What should we do now?"

Adam frowned, glanced at the ICU, and tried to ignore it, because as soon as he heard Leonard's description, the image of that little girl who exuded a similar aura to his ex-girlfriend, Amazing Amy, immediately came to mind.

This wasn't the Juno he knew so well. Knowing the rules of American TV shows, he understood that the best option at this moment was to pull Leonard away and ignore him.

But faced with Leonard's expectant eyes, he just couldn't bring himself to say those rational yet somewhat cold-blooded words.

"Damn it! Why are his eyes so big and expressive?! Penny is right, it's really hard to resist Leonard's gaze."

Adam thought to himself, "Thank goodness Leonard isn't a big dog, and Penny doesn't keep pets..."

"Come with me."

Adam led the way, walking quickly toward the ICU.

This is a hospital, and it's daytime, with people coming and going. He currently has 260 strength and 480 stamina. The other person is just a little girl, so the safety level is 99%...

Hmm, let's play it safe, maybe 98%!

Leonard followed, trembling, his eyes mirroring Tang Xiaoyou's as she held the ice pick—a mixture of nervousness and excitement.

As he looked at Adam's figure, many images flashed through his mind.

In some versions, Adam dons the Batsuit and becomes Batman, while Robin is depicted.

In some versions, Adam wears Iron Armor and becomes Iron Man, while he plays Happy, the bodyguard.

In short, Adam is a superhero, and he is the superhero's right-hand man.

Although it wasn't his lifelong dream, both were about saving the world, just with different roles. It's like his dream has come true—how exciting is that?

In the ICU.

A boy lay unconscious on the hospital bed.

Esther walked in, closed the door, drew the curtain, a cold smile on her face. She unplugged the pulse monitor from the boy's finger, removed the breathing mask, and the moment the boy woke up, she covered the boy's head with a pillow.

The boy, gripped by fear, gradually suffocated.

"What are you doing?!"

"Let go of that boy!"

Adam and Leonard pushed open the door and, through the curtain, vaguely saw the commotion inside. They shouted and ripped open the curtain, only to witness the scene unfolding before their eyes.

Esther kept working with her hands, but turned around and looked at them coldly.

Although she looks like a little girl, she is an adult older than Adam and Leonard combined, and has taken countless lives, so her mental fortitude is naturally incredibly strong.

Adam quickly stepped forward and pulled Esther down.

Esther shoved Leonard aside and ran away in a flash.

Adam had no intention of stopping him, because he had more important things to do, which was to save the boy. Under Esther's suffocation, the boy's heart had already stopped.

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