Heroes Return

"Hello everyone! We are the Togami family!!"

"Togami! Togami! Togami!" The cheers below continued to rise, accompanied by screams from many girls.

Just as the concert was reaching its climax, a person standing in the front row, whose face was covered by a hat, suddenly began to swell up, and a huge shark head appeared in the crowd.

The crowd immediately descended into chaos.

"The Ten Gods Clan? I hate you guys the most! Today I'm going to make you my snacks!" the man-eating shark roared at the Ten Gods Clan on the stage.

Although the crowd was in turmoil, they did not scatter and flee, but instead collectively gathered to watch.

In this era where superheroes are everywhere and supervillains are as common as dogs, people have long been accustomed to watching superheroes fight monsters on their way to work in the morning. Of course, this is even more serious in District C. There have been instances where supervillains, unable to bear the fearless onlookers in District C, have run away before the superheroes even arrived.

The music didn't stop. Togami gracefully jumped off the stage, while his teammates remained on stage to continue playing the energetic music.

"Since you dare to show up here, then you'd better be prepared to face a just trial," Togami shouted into the microphone at the man-eating shark.

"I've long heard that Togami of the Togami family is a powerful man. Today, let me see your strength," the man-eating shark said to Togami.

"Now it's my turn to perform!" Togami shouted to the audience.

"Togami! Togami! Togami! Togami! Togami! Togami! Togami! Togami! Togami!" The cheers from the onlookers grew even louder.

"You think I'll be afraid of you just like that?" The man-eating shark charged towards Togami, while Togami calmly struck a pose that would make countless girls scream.

"Let me show you the power of Togami!" With that, Togami prepared to make his move.

But just as he lifted his leg, a huge spiked club came crashing down on the man-eating shark.

Then the man-eating shark lay on the ground unconscious.

"Alright, all done." Lin Jie said, looking at the fallen man-eating shark.

"It's this guy again!" Togami stared blankly at Lin Jie, still holding his raised leg.

'This guy ruined my plans last time too!'

"Alright, that's it. Time to call it a day and go home to watch the new anime." Lin Jie said as he ran out of the crowd. Before leaving, he turned back and gave Shishin a strange smile.

'He even made that face at me! He was definitely doing it on purpose! But I didn't offend him, did I?' Togami was extremely conflicted. Why did he always show up whenever Togami performed in H City?

"This guy is the idiot warrior from the Decontamination Team!" At this moment, a bystander recognized Lin Jie's identity.

"Is that the member of the decontamination team that recently rose to D-rank?" another onlooker asked.

"That's right, it's him, the club-wielding warrior. See that spiked club? He's the only one in the entire H city who uses that kind of weapon."

Their conversation caused Lin Jie, who hadn't run too far, to stumble.

"Go to hell with your idiot warriors! Your whole family are idiots!" Lin Jie cursed angrily in his heart. "And what the hell is the 'Stain Removal Team'? When did we come up with such a useless name? Has Xiao Zhan's censored stain removal stick become our team's symbol? Does that mean we'll have to be spokespeople for adult stores or something? Come to think of it, it's actually a pretty good job..."

Just as Lin Jie was having a field day with the titles "Stick Warrior" and "Defilement Team," Shi Shen, still in his high-legged pose, was also having a field day with his mind.

'A D-rank hero? I get it, this means it's vicious competition and sabotage from my peers! He must be unhappy that I hired criminals to cheat and fake my win, so he's deliberately trying to mess with me. That's it, that must be it.'

However, what Shishin was thinking at this moment was completely irrelevant to Lin Jie; all he wanted to do was go home and watch his anime.

……

Back home, Lin Jie went to his room.

"Watching the new anime and drinking cola alone at home is definitely the best thing ever," Lin Jie said, taking a sip of cola and letting out a long sigh.

Lin Wan works at a research institute and is currently busy preparing for her doctoral entrance exams, so she often leaves early and returns late. The little girl has also been sent to an academy that specializes in teaching children with superpowers.

Time passed by as Lin Jie squandered it.

"It's almost time, I should go pick up Xiao Mumu and take her home." Lin Jie checked the time.

Just as Lin Jie arrived at the school where the little girl was studying, he witnessed this scene.

"Mumu, look at this little dog, it's so pitiful," a little girl said to Mumu.

“Yes,” Lin Mumu replied.

Beside the two little girls was a cardboard box containing a puppy that looked only a few months old, gazing at the two little girls with eyes that could melt any little girl's heart. The box was labeled, "Looking for a sugar daddy/sugar baby, will warm the bed."

"It looks so pitiful," the little girl said. "Mumu, can you adopt her?"

Lin Mumu thought for a moment and said, "No, Sister Lin won't agree. She's been looking very tired lately. If I bring another dog home, she'll definitely be angry."

"What should I do? My mom doesn't agree with me having a dog either. She says it's too much trouble." The little girl said, "Adults are the worst."

"What should we do then?" Lin Mumu asked.

"I don't know either. My family doesn't allow us to keep it, but it looks so pitiful here all by itself," the little girl said. "What should we do? We can't just leave it alone. If those annoying boys see it, they'll definitely bully it."

Seeing her friend's troubled expression, Lin Mumu thought for a moment. She then placed her hand on the ground and pulled a long knife made of clay from the ground.

"Brother Lin said that if you encounter something too troublesome, you should just cut it down first." As she spoke, Lin Mumu pointed the long knife in her hand at the little dog.

"Mu Mu!" The little girl grabbed Lin Mu Mu in surprise: "What are you going to do?"

“Let’s cut it down,” Lin Mumu said cutely. “If we cut it down, we won’t have to worry about adopting it anymore, right? Not only that, we won’t have to worry about it falling into the hands of those annoying boys.”

"Mu Mu! How can you be so cold-blooded! What's your zodiac sign anyway?!" The little girl next to her quickly stopped Lin Mu Mu: "If you really dare to cut it down, I'll break off all ties with you."

"cut!"

"You just cut it! That's not something a girl should do," the little girl said. "We can't be so cold-blooded, or we'll look like bad guys."

"But Brother Lin and the others are all like that," Lin Mumu said, puzzled.

“Those adults are all scum! Don’t be like them,” the little girl said to Lin Mumu.

"I finally understand why Lin Wan has been so against Xiao Mumu playing with us lately. I didn't expect she'd caught it so badly. Looks like I should tone it down a bit in front of Xiao Mumu from now on." Lin Jie muttered to himself, watching the two little girls from behind the tree. "She's still young, so her worldview should be able to be corrected, probably..."

Thinking of this, Lin Jie walked out from behind the tree.

"I've come to pick you up, Mu Mu," Lin Jie said.

"Brother Lin!" Lin Mumu ran over happily when she saw Lin Jie.

"Are you troubled by that puppy?" Lin Jie asked.

"Mmm! This little dog is so pitiful," Lin Mumu said.

"Then let's adopt it," Lin Jie said to Lin Mumu.

"Are you really going to adopt it, big brother?" the little girl who was with Lin Mumu asked.

"Of course," Lin Jie said. "Are you Mu Mu's new friend? I'll have to ask you to take care of her at school."

"Of course! We're going to form a super team together someday," the little girl said.

“But Sister Lin is already very tired from cleaning the room and working. If she has to take care of it on top of that…” the little girl said, lowering her head.

"Our Mumu is so well-behaved!" Lin Jie patted Lin Mumu's head and said, "She already knows how to think about your sister. But don't worry, we can keep her at Xiao Zhan's house. That way, we won't have to worry about cleaning the house."

Lin Jie easily betrayed Xiao Zhan.

"That's great!" The little girl and Lin Mumu cheered.

"By the way, not all adults are scum, although there are quite a few scumbags," Lin Jie said to the little girl. "Don't call all adults scumbags."

"I understand." The little girl was very happy because the puppy had found a place to be adopted. "Big brother, you are the best of the worst scumbags."

"..." Lin Jie was speechless: "'What the hell is 'such a scumbag'?"

"Goodbye, Qingqing." Lin Mumu said goodbye to the little girl and then walked home with Lin Jie, who was holding a puppy.

"Bye-bye, Mumu." The little girl said goodbye to her and then got into a high-end hovercar.

Chapter two

On their way home, Lin Jie and the little girl Lin Mumu stopped by the Xiao Group Building and left the puppy at Xiao Zhan's house, also feeding it some spicy snacks.

“Speaking of which, I think this dog’s name is something like Haqi,” Lin Jie said, looking at the dog’s breed.

"Little puppy, stay here and behave. I'll come see you with my friend tomorrow," Lin Mumu said, petting the puppy.

"Woof!" The puppy barked happily and started running around Xiao Zhan's house.

"Let's go," Lin Jie said.

"Hmm." Lin Mumu glanced at the empty house and said, "When will Brother Xiao and the others come back?"

"Soon, they said the special training will only last half a month," Lin Jie said. "Judging by the time, they should be back soon."

"Oh."

After saying that, Lin Jie recalled what had happened two weeks ago.

……

"Special training?" Lin Jie looked at Dong Xiaoye and Dong Xue'er in surprise and said, "Are you two crazy? Why are you doing special training? And why should I participate?"

"Don't say that. This is a great opportunity! It's a special intensive training program specifically for me, arranged by A-level hero Dong Xiaoye using her family connections." Xiao Zhan said from the side, "Although I've heard you're already very strong, isn't it even better to have an opportunity to improve?"

“That’s right. To be a hero, strength is the only thing that matters,” the bespectacled guy said from the side. “If I were strong enough, the Sage Glasses wouldn’t have sacrificed himself in vain.”

"What the hell are these Sage's Glasses?" Lin Jie said, "I'm not going there. Because of the Hero Events, I've fallen behind on a lot of new anime and games. Catching up on them at home is already a waste of time, why would I want to do any targeted training with you guys?"

"Don't say that," Black Gold said as he walked in. Platinum and Atan followed behind him.

“Exactly, now that you’ve developed such perfect muscles, don’t you plan to refine them even further?” Platinum said. “We can work together to study muscle-related issues, can’t we?”

"Get out of here! You bunch of dead gays."

"Lin Jie, this intensive training was arranged by Xiao Ye at my request." Dong Xue'er came to Lin Jie's side and said, "Actually, I wanted to repay your help in this way, especially you, Lin Jie."

"Then just buy me the latest PS22, aren't you pretty rich?" Lin Jie replied.

"Don't you want to strengthen your abilities?" Dong Xue'er said. "You know, if you consolidate your strength a bit more, you might be able to break into the S-rank."

"What!" Everyone present was shocked.

“Lin Jie defeated both Ouyang Rui and Kaito, both A-levels, single-handedly,” Dong Xue’er said. “I also discovered many of my shortcomings during the last operation, so I hope to make up for these issues. I also hope to receive some guidance from you, Lin Jie.”

"I'm not interested!" Lin Jie said, unmoved by reason.

"You really don't know what's good for you!" Dong Xiaoye couldn't stand it anymore: "I've never seen Sister Xue'er do favors for someone while also having to be humble and subservient! You're such an unromantic man."

"This is too much trouble, and I'm already strong enough. I have absolutely no interest in the intensive training you've arranged," Lin Jie said. "You know, the anime convention is in two days."

“But…” Dong Xue’er wanted to say something more.