Heroes Return

Lin Jie swung his spiked club, striking the man in front of him hard.

“Under my force field, no physical attack can harm me,” the man said, as a powerful repulsive force erupted from him. Within this field, the direction of all forces seemed to reverse.

For a brief moment after Lin Jie's spiked club came into contact with the repulsive force, his club paused briefly, but then continued to strike at Kato as if it had been unaffected.

"What!" Kaito exclaimed in shock. This was the first time in his life he had encountered a physical attack that was unaffected by him. But it was too late. With a single blow from Lin Jie, Kaito began to convulse.

"Alright, the small fry are done." Lin Jie turned to look at Dong Xue'er, who was staring at him with a horrified expression. "Let's continue our chat."

“I’ve said it before, anyone who sabotages the company’s plans will be punished.” With that, Cato stood up again.

This time, he produced a syringe and plunged it deep into his neck.

"Damn it, it's this stuff again. Is it now fashionable to take drugs when you can't win a fight?" Lin Jie looked at the guy in front of him helplessly.

But Cato gave him no time to think. As the red mark appeared on Cato's body, the space around him began to collapse, and the ground began to sink. Not only that, the area of ​​collapse also began to expand continuously.

Like a legendary demon that destroyed the world, Cato floated proudly in mid-air.

"Accept your punishment," Kaito said in a gloomy voice. As he spoke, he raised his hand and unleashed a powerful shockwave towards Lin Jie, who was standing not far away. The space around the shockwave distorted as it passed.

It shot towards Lin Jie with great force, but to no avail.

Lin Jie swung his bat, dispersing the shockwave that Kaito was unleashing at him, then charged into Kaito's domain and struck him with his bat. Kaito's devastating aura came to an abrupt halt.

"Let you show off! Let you sell yourself to be more handsome than me! Let you unleash shockwaves! Let you disrupt official business! Let you do drugs! Let you dye your hair! Let you lead an immoral life..." With each sentence Lin Jie uttered, he stomped hard on the ground, Kato.

After about five minutes of playing.

"Stop hitting me! I surrender! Spare me!" Cato begged for mercy at Lin Jie's feet.

"Didn't you say your voice was deep? Turns out you can speak normally!" Lin Jie kicked him again: "Then what were you pretending for just now, acting like some kind of demon king?"

"I was wrong, okay? I've already surrendered, please stop hitting me! I promise I'll never talk like that again, okay?" Kaito said weakly at Lin Jie's feet.

"That's more like it! You know what? I hate people who are more handsome than me the most," Lin Jie said.

"Big brother! You're the most handsome man in the world, isn't that enough? How could there possibly be anyone more handsome than you!" Cato quickly said.

"What? You actually used a question!" Lin Jie stomped at Kaito.

"You're the most handsome man in the whole world! There's no one more handsome than you!" Cato quickly corrected himself.

Under Lin Jie's overwhelming strength and tyranny, Kaito instantly threw all sense of decency to the winds.

Dong Xue'er stood to the side, staring blankly at the two of them. When her gaze swept over Lin Jie, her expression was indescribably complicated.

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The battle unfolded much faster than Dong Xue'er had anticipated. In the peach garden, only one person remained standing—a muscular man wielding a golden shield and spear, striking a pose to display his muscles.

The mosaic installation in the peach orchard has stopped working.

When Lin Jie and Dong Xue'er appeared in the peach grove, this was the scene they saw. At this time, Lin Jie was holding a rope in his hand, and the other end of the rope was tied to two people, namely Ouyang Rui and Kaito, who were in a weakened state after the effects of the drug wore off.

Just as she was about to notify someone to provide some first aid to those lying on the ground, Dong Xue'er discovered an enemy who was still relatively unharmed—it was Shadow.

At this moment, she finally found the target she was looking for. She found Xiao Zhan lying on the ground, seriously injured, among a pile of petals, and the dagger in her hand was pressed against Xiao Zhan's body.

"Hey beautiful! Let go of that scoundrel! Come at me if you have a problem!" Lin Jie and Dong Xue'er sandwiched the shadow between them.

"..." The shadow paused for a moment, then she grabbed Xiao Zhan and held the dagger to his neck.

"I'm telling you, don't be impulsive. My brothers are here. See those two guys my brothers are holding? Even your boss lost. You can't beat them," Xiao Zhan quickly said.

"Let me go!" the shadowy figure said, the dagger in his hand already drawing blood from Xiao Zhan's neck.

However, Lin Jie and Dong Xue'er did not make a move, and Lin Jie even took out his spiked club.

"Xiao Zhan, in order to prevent this evil enemy from escaping, I have no choice but to sacrifice you." Lin Jie said, raising the spiked club in his hand.

"Lin Jie! You bastard! Do you want to kill me?" Xiao Zhan said angrily.

"Don't worry, brother, I will definitely spread the word throughout H City that you sacrificed yourself for justice, and I won't let your sacrifice be in vain," Lin Jie said.

"Sacrifice my ass! I'm still young! I don't want to die!" Xiao Zhan said.

"To die beneath the peony blossoms, even as a ghost, is still romantic, isn't it?" Lin Jie said, preparing to launch an attack.

"Don't be impulsive! Stop!!" Xiao Zhan quickly called out to Lin Jie, "Give me a few minutes!! I'll talk to her!"

"What is there to negotiate?" Lin Jie said. "These kinds of criminal gangs should be wiped out directly."

"I'm begging you, bro! Don't be impulsive! My life is at stake!" Xiao Zhan said.

“Anyway, it’s not me who will die,” Lin Jie said.

"Give me a few minutes! Can I talk to this lady?" Xiao Zhan said.

"Okay, I'll give you three minutes!" Xiao Zhan said.

"Okay, I'll give you a few minutes," Lin Jie said.

“Hey! You heard that too, right? My brother here is a complete scoundrel! He was clearly planning to kill us both, so even if you grab me now, it won’t do you any good,” Xiao Zhan said to the woman behind him.

"..." The shadow did not speak at this moment.

"How about this? I promise I won't expose you, and you can work for me directly! I heard that Evolution Company doesn't allow two consecutive mission failures. You'll just be dead if you go back, won't you? Why don't you just come with me?" Xiao Zhan said hurriedly, cold sweat dripping down his forehead.

"..." The shadow remained silent.

"Trust me, working for me is absolutely the right choice. High salary! Five social insurances and one housing fund! Free meals and accommodation! Weekends off! 9 am to 4 pm! Plus an extra four days off per month." Xiao Zhan rattled off a string of benefits.

"Can you guarantee I won't be arrested by the Hero Association?" the shadow asked.

Hearing the hint of compromise from the shadowy figure, Xiao Zhan quickly said, "Only a few of us here know your identity. As long as I don't say anything and they don't say anything, who will know who you are? I'll give you a new identity tomorrow! I guarantee it will be legal."

After saying that, Xiao Zhan called out to Lin Jie, "She's a real beauty! Wouldn't it be better if she came to work for us?"

“That makes sense!” Lin Jie thought for a moment, then looked at Dong Xue’er, who was standing silently to the side.

"You've helped me a lot this time, so you should decide this matter," Dong Xue'er said to Lin Jie.

"Alright, we can keep this a secret!" Lin Jie said to the shadows. "From now on, we're on the same side. Let's release Xiao Zhan now!"

“Who knows if you’re lying to me?” the shadow said.

"I'm sincere!" Xiao Zhan said at this moment, "You know what? Girls like you are my favorite type! Really, I, Xiao Zhan, can swear to God! I like girls like you the most! So I absolutely, absolutely will not lie to you. Come work for me, our future will definitely be better than yours at Evolution Company. If you really don't want to believe me, just kill me! I would die without regrets if I could die with you."

After saying that, Xiao Zhan closed his eyes.

After a long while, Xiao Zhan heard a sigh: "This is what you said, the benefits and treatment cannot be reduced in any way."

Xiao Zhan opened his eyes in surprise. The dagger pressed against his neck had disappeared. In his eyes, Lin Jie was giving him the middle finger, saying, "Damn, you managed to pick up girls like that! I should have just killed you instead of giving you a chance to speak."

"Phew!" Xiao Zhan breathed a sigh of relief, then his legs went weak and he leaned against a soft body.

“So, what should I do for my first job?” the shadow asked.

"Call an ambulance for me!" Xiao Zhan said before fainting.

"Never mind, I'll go check on Glasses Bro." Lin Jie handed the two criminals over to Dong Xue'er and then walked out of the peach grove.

There, a temporary first aid team was stationed, and many people had already been moved out of the peach grove and were now receiving treatment from the medical team.

The man with glasses slowly opened his eyes and found himself resting his head on a pair of laps.

"Could it be a lap pillow? Who is it? Is it Dong Xiaoye?" Brother Eyes wondered to himself.

"You're awake. Don't move. I'm healing you." A large, bearded face appeared before the bespectacled man's eyes, almost causing him to vomit blood. Only then did he realize that he was resting his head on the lap of a muscular man, who was now groping him with warm hands.

"What the hell?! You're a guy with a chest bra and hair on your face, what kind of healing class are you playing?! You're scary, aren't you?" the bespectacled guy said.

"Four-eyed pervert! You're awake?" At this moment, Dong Xiaoye's voice reached the ears of the bespectacled man.

"Have you been here the whole time?" the bespectacled man asked, turning his head.

"What...what are you saying?!" Dong Xiaoye's face flushed red instantly.

“This girl has been by your side ever since you fell into a coma,” said the muscle therapist beside you.

"You, you, you! What nonsense are you talking about!" Dong Xiaoye exclaimed excitedly.

"Thank you for your concern," the man with glasses said with a smile.

"I...I'm not here because I'm worried!" Dong Xiaoye said, blushing. "I just wanted to make sure when you're going to die, that's why I'm here."

"..." Lin Jie, who had witnessed all of this, silently turned around: "What's going on? Xiao Zhan has managed to get a yandere, and now he's got a tsundere! I was the one who defeated the strongest boss, you know! And these two are here flirting with girls? That's so heartless!"

Lin Jie thought angrily! Then he picked up his phone and dialed Thirteen's number.

"I heard that communication has been restored on Paradise Island. It seems that I still have the most in common with Thirteen," Lin Jie muttered to himself.

Immediately, a screen lit up on the other end of the phone, showing a beautiful beach.

"Lin Jie! I've finally calmed down here! How are things on your end?" Thirteen's voice appeared on the screen.

"I've already taken care of things on my end," Lin Jie said.

"Really? That's great! When are you coming back?"

"I'll be heading back to H City in the next few days," Thirteen said with a smile.

"Thirteen, listen to me, Xiao Zhan and those two scumbags with glasses have no feelings for each other," Lin Jie said.

"What's wrong?" Thirteen asked curiously.

"I was fighting tooth and nail, while those two were using the opportunity to pick up girls," Lin Jie said.

"What?! Those two bastards!" Thirteen said angrily.

“That’s right,” Lin Jie said.

Just then, a beautiful sea creature girl appeared in the video.

“Thirteen!” the sea girl said. “I’ve come to say goodbye.”

"Are you leaving?" Thirteen asked.

“Yes, I must return to my tribe. Thank you for saving me,” the girl said.

"It's alright," Thirteen replied with a smile.

The next moment, the sea girl kissed Thirteen's lips...

Upon witnessing this scene, Lin Jie decisively hung up the phone: "I never imagined that even Thirteen would betray my great FFF group! This world is truly heartless!"