Heroes Return

"Oh, this one! I saw that the dog looked pitiful, so I took it in," Lin Jie said. "But judging from your reaction, your mental state seems to be recovering quite well."

"How dare you say that!" Xiao Zhan said, "I almost went back to the rehabilitation center as soon as I entered the room."

At this moment, Lin Jie and his group also saw the state of Xiao Zhan's house, which looked as if it had been robbed and was in a terrible state. Many vases and other items were smashed.

"Wow, that's amazing! To have such talent at such a young age, you'll be incredible when you grow up," Lin Jie exclaimed in admiration.

"That's not the point. Look at the middle of my floor," Xiao Zhan said, pointing to the floor.

Lin Jie looked in the direction Xiao Zhan was pointing and saw a large group of censored stain removers forming a square formation that was constantly twisting and vibrating, with white milk flying out from behind.

"Holy crap!" Lin Jie was stunned by the sight.

"When I came back, it was licking milk!" Xiao Zhan said. "You should at least consider how I, as the owner of this house, feel! Also, can you explain to me how it opened the armory? I set up the armory and a dog managed to break through it! Can you imagine how I feel right now? The worst part is that I stepped in a pile of dog poop as soon as I walked in!"

Faced with Xiao Zhan's barrage of questions, Lin Jie couldn't help but take a step back: "So that's why you smelled so strange."

"How dare you say that!" Xiao Zhan said, "I never imagined that my confident armory protection system would be cracked by a husky! Not only that! Look at him, he's even looking at me with a mocking gaze!"

"Calm down! Let's tidy up the house first," the bespectacled man said. "I heard you just came back from a mental health center, so it's better not to get too excited."

"How can I stay calm like this!" Xiao Zhan said, "I don't care, get this guy out of here right now."

As he spoke, Xiao Zhan pointed to the dog he was carrying in his hand.

"Can't we raise them here, Brother Xiao?" A sweet voice appeared behind Lin Jie.

Lin Mumu arrived here at some point, with a little girl about her age beside her.

"It's so pitiful, let's keep it here," the little girl pleaded with Xiao Zhan.

“But…” Xiao Zhan hesitated for a moment.

"Is it not okay?" Tears welled up in Lin Mumu's eyes.

So Xiao Zhan gave in: "Okay, I'll raise it here with my brother."

"Hurry up and put DouDou down!" the little girl next to Lin Mumu said to Xiao Zhan.

"Oh." Xiao Zhan subconsciously let go of her hand.

"Mumu, what brings you here?" Lin Jie said, "You should be in school right now."

"We have our ability assessment exam this afternoon," said the little girl next to Mu Mu. "We took it early, so we came to see Dou Dou."

"Oh? An assessment exam?" Lin Jie stroked his chin and asked, "How did it go?"

"Qingqing and I both got A grades, Brother Lin!" Lin Mumu said cheerfully. "That's in the top ten in our school!"

"Really? Our Mumu is amazing." Lin Jie patted Lin Mumu's head.

“Of course, Mu Mu and I are not comparable to you three D-level trash,” said the little girl next to Mu Mu.

"What a blunt kid," the bespectacled man said with a dry laugh.

"Alright, let's go play with DouDou." The little girl named Qingqing pulled MuMu and ran into the house. Then, accompanied by a scream, Qingqing pulled a bewildered MuMu back out: "You big brothers are all perverted scumbags!"

Upon entering the house, they witnessed this scene: The dog, named DouDou, was standing in a pool of white liquid, licking it, while a bunch of pixelated stain remover sticks were splashing around inside the liquid.

"Damn! It's not even cleaned up inside yet!!" Xiao Zhan only realized this at that moment.

"Wait! Let me explain, that's not how it happened at all!" Xiao Zhan said, "Dou Dou took those things out himself."

“That’s right! That’s really how it is.” Lin Jie quickly pulled the two little girls back.

"I won't listen! I won't listen! I'm calling the police! I'm calling the police to arrest all three of you perverts!" Qingqing shook her head and said, "The teacher said, no matter what those perverts say, don't believe them!"

"Wait! I admit those two are perverts, but don't include me in that too!!" The bespectacled guy immediately became unhappy upon hearing the little girl's words.

"Let us out," Qingqing said, pulling Mumu along. "Otherwise, I won't be polite."

"Sweetie, stop fooling around. I'll buy you candy later, okay? Let us explain." The bespectacled guy helplessly resorted to the method of tempting you with food.

“The teacher is right! Sure enough, all perverts use this trick.” Qingqing said, “Let’s go, we’ll call the police and arrest these three perverts as soon as we get out.”

“But they are very nice people,” Lin Mumu said.

"Don't be fooled by the appearance of these adults!" Qingqing said. "Beneath their gentle exteriors lies a lewd heart."

"What on earth did you learn from your teacher, you unlucky kid!" Lin Jie grabbed Qingqing.

"Let me go!"

"Can't you let us finish what we have to say? We're registered heroes, after all," Lin Jie said to the little girl who was being held between his waist and his arm.

"So you're resorting to force because you can't fool people?" Qingqing said.

"Who would dare to lay a hand on a brat like you?!" Lin Jie said.

"You hear what we're saying!" Xiao Zhan said, "That's actually my weapon..."

"You still dare to say you're not a pervert!" Qingqing said.

"Damn it, the more I explain, the worse it gets!!" Xiao Zhan said helplessly.

"Let me go, or I'll scream!" Qingqing said.

"Let us finish speaking first," Lin Jie said. "If I let you go now and you run down to call the police, my reputation will be ruined."

Unfortunately, the little girl Lin Jie was carrying around his waist had no intention of listening to them.

"Ah!!" A piercing scream rang out on the top floor of the Xiao's Building, a sound wave spreading outwards from the little girl. Instantly, all the glass on the top floor of the Xiao's Building was destroyed.

Finally, after much hardship, Lin Jie and his two companions explained the whole story to the little girl, who looked at them like they were unrecyclable trash. Then, they were sent away under the little girl's gaze that looked at them like they were scum.

The husky was still happily licking the milk on the floor inside the house.

Lin Jie and his two companions each found a place to sit down.

"It's all your fault! Why do you have to keep bothering that little kid like that?!" Xiao Zhan said.

"What did you say?" Lin Jie shouted. "I can't hear you!"

"Why are you holding onto that child so tightly?!" Xiao Zhan shouted back.

"Ah! How was I supposed to know that kid had such a loud voice?!" Lin Jie shouted at Xiao Zhan, "Besides, if it weren't for those censorship removers you researched, would this have happened?"

"What did you say?" Xiao Zhan asked.

"I said none of this would have happened if it weren't for those censored sticks," Lin Jie shouted.

"How dare you say that!" Xiao Zhan shouted, "If you hadn't brought a husky to my house, would this have happened? I just got out of the mental rehabilitation center! Everyone else went straight home to rest after they got out! And I still have to suffer this kind of mental torture! If I weren't mentally resilient enough, I probably would have to go back to the sanatorium to recuperate!"

"Speaking of which, what exactly happened during your training?" Lin Jie asked!

"Thirteen went! Then problems arose during training! Then the glasses went missing! And that's how we ended up like this! I won't go into details! I really don't want to recall them!" Xiao Zhan shouted as he spoke.

"Speaking of which, Glasses has been mysteriously bleeding over there!" Lin Jie said, looking at Glasses sitting to the side with blood flowing from all seven orifices and his eyes lifeless.

"Holy crap! How could he do this?! The sound waves shouldn't be that lethal!" Xiao Zhan exclaimed.

"He just came out of the Otherworld today; it's incredibly quiet there. He was injured, and after being starving for days in that environment, he's extremely weak," Lin Jie said. "Holy crap! Is he going to die? I think he's barely breathing!"

"Get him to the hospital right away!!!" Xiao Zhan, who was guarding the man, and Lin Jie carried the man with glasses downstairs together.

"Speaking of which, I feel like I've forgotten something," Lin Jie said.

"Who cares!" Xiao Zhan said, "Let's deal with this guy first!"

……

Meanwhile, on a street in H City, a giant monster that Lin Jie had defeated with a single blow was lying quietly on the ground, surrounded by a number of powerful heroes.

There were quite a few reporters present! Several superheroes were staring blankly at the monster in front of them.

When they arrived, the monster was already lying there.

That's what the evening paper reported that day.

"A mysterious hero has appeared in H City! He defeated the monster and left without taking the bounty!"

Chapter nine

After a long day at the hospital, Lin Jie and Xiao Zhan returned to Lin Jie's home together that evening.

“My home is destroyed, so I might stay here for a few days,” Xiao Zhan said to Lin Wan at the dining table.

"What happened?" Lin Wan asked curiously.

"We're renovating our house, so we can't live here anymore," Xiao Zhan said helplessly. "Right, it'll be staying here for a while too."

As he spoke, Xiao Zhan picked up the husky.

"Ah! It's DouDou!" Lin Mumu ran over happily and hugged DouDou.

"When did you get a dog?" Lin Wan asked curiously while looking at Dou Dou, "And such a troublesome breed at that."

"Well... you'll have to ask your brother. I only found out this afternoon that my family has a dog," Xiao Zhan said.

"Huh?" Lin Wan looked at Lin Jie, who was eating beside her. "What's it to you?"

"Ah... actually, this dog was taken in by Mu Mu and me. Considering how busy you've been lately, I decided to keep it at Xiao Zhan's house," Lin Jie said.

"Brother, really! Couldn't you have told me about this beforehand?" Lin Wan pouted, dissatisfied. "Am I the kind of mean person who wouldn't even let people adopt a dog?"

"Oh?" Lin Jie looked at Lin Wan and said, "So my sister is such a reasonable person."

“Of course!” Lin Wan said, “Even if I don’t have time, you’re free most of the day now, so why don’t you take care of it?”

"That won't do." Lin Jie quickly shook his head and said, "I'm a superhero who's always protecting humanity and defending world peace. Small things like taking care of dogs and doing housework shouldn't be left for someone like me to handle, right?"

"Tch, you're just bragging! You've only accomplished a little in the last couple of days, haven't you?" Lin Wan said. "Isn't that amazing? You're awesome!"

"Ahhh!! Don't call me that name! It's almost become a stain on my life," Lin Jie said.

Lin Wan, ignoring Lin Jie's roar, picked up Dou Dou and said, "Speaking of which, this little guy seems to be developing very well, and he's quite energetic! What have you been feeding him lately?"

"Spicy strips!" Lin Mumu blurted out first.

"Lin Jie, you spicy snack maniac!!" Lin Wan said angrily, "When you first adopted Mu Mu, you fed her spicy snacks, and now Mu Mu becomes silly and dazed whenever she gets spicy snacks! You even feed spicy snacks to the dog you adopted! Aren't you afraid of eating it to death!"

"Isn't everything fine? Besides, you only give me this little allowance each month," Lin Jie said. "I can only afford five cents worth of spicy strips."

"Didn't you get a lot of reward money when you defeated the bad guys? And don't you guys get hero stipends?" Lin Wan said, "You've defeated quite a few monsters lately! How could you not have money!"

“That was my start-up capital for games and collections, how can anyone just use it?” Lin Jie retorted.