Heroes Return

"Huh? You mean that disgusting guy?" Eileen looked at Rocky, puzzled. "He's obviously a goofball."

“You don’t understand. Judging from his muscles, he must have learned some kind of powerful boxing technique,” ​​Rocky said. “Of course, that’s not the key point. Did you see the weapons and props he used? He cleverly concealed the true nature of his weapons, which effectively gave him the upper hand in battle and also put unknown psychological pressure on the enemy. Look at that big bird, isn’t it subconsciously dodging his props? This actually created an opportunity for that little girl to launch a powerful attack. There aren’t many young people these days who can think of this.”

“…Uncle, your point of view is really straightforward.” Eileen looked at Claude: “Is it because of the age gap?”

Just then, Loki looked at Kira and said, "By the way, you should also use this effect to hide your Judgment Sword, so you can use it in public."

“I’d rather die,” Kira replied.

“It doesn’t seem to be an age issue,” Claude said. “It’s just a matter of personality. Rocky is the kind of man who can connect everything to a fight.”

"So, based on what I just saw about that weapon..." Eileen came to a shocking conclusion: "I never imagined that the most innocent person among us would be the older man!!"

After saying that, Eileen exploded in the head and muttered to herself, "No, I'm very innocent, I'm very innocent, it's just that guy's weapon was too misleading..."

"Alright, stop nagging there, let's go help!" Rocky said to the group, looking out the window.

Outside the barbecue restaurant at this time.

"How dare I, a being of resentment, suffer such humiliation!!" The giant mandarin duck roared angrily at Xiao Zhan. Then, it flapped its wings, and the giant mandarin duck, whose body had been frozen by Dong Xiaoye, broke free from the ice once again. The loud bird cry echoed throughout the entire H City.

The next moment, four identical giant mandarin ducks descended from the sky.

"Holy crap, there are four more." The bespectacled guy had now switched to magic glasses, and the magic circles in the two lenses were flashing incessantly.

'Glasses Death Ray!'

Two powerful beams of light shot towards a large mandarin duck, which then spewed out a burst of flame that flew towards the glasses.

Just as the power of the Glasses Death Ray and the flames canceled each other out, another flame shot towards Glasses' location.

The immense heat surged toward the man with glasses, and he could clearly feel that if he were hit by this flame, he would be burned to ashes.

Just then, a wall of water appeared out of nowhere in front of the bespectacled man.

Claude appeared next to the bespectacled man.

Rocky rushed out of the house and sprinted to the side of the large mandarin duck. His fist, glowing with golden light, displayed its explosive power. In less than a second, Rocky collided with the mandarin duck, his powerful fist slamming into its cotton-candy-like body.

The giant mandarin duck was sent flying backward by Rocky's punch. Just as its body was about to collide with a building, Rocky appeared in its path. His arm muscles bulged, and his fist shone with golden light as he delivered a vicious uppercut to the giant mandarin duck.

Accompanied by a huge beam of light, the large mandarin duck rose into the sky.

Xiao Zhan, who had been desperately trying to avoid danger, was completely stunned. He never expected such a ruthless accomplice to appear.

Eileen appeared in the parking lot.

"To protect your safety, we'll have to make you car owners sacrifice yourselves a little." As Eileen spoke, she lightly touched the ground with her toes, and an invisible shockwave spread throughout the parking lot from the point where her toes were located.

The next moment, all the cars began to transform.

"Autobots, transform and roll out! Yahoo!" Eileen said as she jumped onto the back of a tall Autobot.

As soon as she gave the order, a large number of Autobots rushed out of the parking lot and charged towards the large couple in front of them.

The battle began to become increasingly chaotic.

Just as Rocky punched through the second giant mandarin duck, the remaining three giant mandarin ducks began to roar simultaneously, followed by twelve more giant mandarin ducks descending from the sky.

"Damn it, there are more and more." Rocky's fist lit up with light, and then several huge fist beams shot towards the couples on the field at the same time. The couples who had just stood still were directly pierced through by his fist beams.

"Why does this look so familiar?" Xiao Zhan said, puzzled, looking at Rocky's attack. "Where have I seen it before?"

Although most of the giant mandarin ducks were killed by Rocky the moment they landed, the remaining ones continued to roar, and even more giant mandarin ducks rained down from the sky.

"We must take them all down at once." Kira appeared beside Loki.

……

"I just went to the restroom, why is it so noisy outside?" Lin Jie walked out of the barbecue restaurant's restroom and glanced at the scenery outside: "Damn! What's going on? Transformers fighting giant mandarin ducks?"

Then Lin Jie took out his spiked club: "Not bad, another treat today."

As he spoke, Lin Jie walked towards the battlefield. He had already noticed Rocky fighting fiercely among the large number of mandarin ducks. He couldn't help but notice him; Rocky's attacks created enormous beams of light.

Just as Lin Jie was about to treat himself to a snack, he suddenly saw a figure appear in the sky above the battlefield.

The person wore a black cloak, held a black longsword that emitted a red glow, and had his face shrouded in black mist, with only a pair of red-glowing eyes gazing down.

"Damn! This guy looks way more handsome than I used to!" That was Lin Jie's first reaction when he saw this person.

Chapter 11

"Damn! Why didn't I think of such a cool way to make a debut back then!" Lin Jie couldn't help but exclaim in his heart, "Speaking of which, his weapon is really well-made!"

Just as Lin Jie was sighing, 'Zero' in the sky raised his black longsword high and then swept it down. At that moment, everyone who witnessed this scene was in an uproar.

A crimson sword light swept across the entire battlefield with lightning speed, and at the same time, all the large mandarin ducks were cut in half.

With a single sword strike, more than a dozen A-grade giant mandarin ducks were all cut in half at the waist. All of this happened very quickly; in the blink of an eye, all the monsters disappeared from the street.

"Zero! It's zero!!"

"Zero!! Zero!!"

At that moment, countless excited shouts rang out along the street. A large crowd converged on the scene, completely filling the street! The crowd continued to grow, with cheers rising in waves.

The reporters who were originally preparing to report on the attack on the giant mandarin ducks were now extremely grateful to have become witnesses to this historic moment.

Almost every reporter at the scene was shouting wildly into the camera at this moment.

"Did you see that? Can you see that? This is a historic moment! The hero is back! Yes, Zero is back!" Amidst the waves of cheers, everyone's attention was focused on the figure standing in the air.

"Is this the power of Zero? So strong!!" Dong Xiaoye looked excitedly at the figure above her head.

Of course, Dong Xiaoye wasn't the only one who was excited; all the superheroes present were excited, except for Lin Jie.

Lin Jie was a little confused at this moment: "Why is the pirated version more popular than the original? I remember that every time I appeared before, everyone would stare at me blankly without saying a word. How come the pirated version gets so many cheers? Was my previous entrance wrong? But his Zero Style imitation is quite good."

Of course, some people reacted differently, such as Xiao Zhan and Glasses, who immediately knelt down before the one in heaven...

"Hey, you two, is this really necessary?" Lin Jie asked, looking at the two of them.

"That's zero!" Xiao Zhan excitedly repeated "that" several times, then shouted loudly at the sky, "Master! Please carry me! I can shine shoes and warm the bed!"

"Damn it!" Lin Jie looked helplessly at the people present.

However, at this moment, with the protection of the crowd, Rocky and the other three also looked up at the person above them.

"Is it really him?" Eileen's voice trembled slightly as she spoke. "Is it really him? We've found him? Right?"

"Not necessarily!" Rocky frowned, looking at the figure in the sky: "Is it really you?"

"I've been searching for you for so long! And you just appeared so easily?" Kira didn't know how to describe his feelings at this moment. He was happy, worried, and also felt a sense of loss.

"Let's go see him!" Claude looked excitedly at the sky, and a stream of water formed beneath his feet.

"Wait!" Rocky called out to Claude at this moment, "Wait a minute!"

"Why? Haven't we been looking for him for a long time? Why are you stopping me?" Claude looked at Rocky with displeasure.

“Look at this!” Rocky said, pointing to his feet.

Several people looked down at his feet, and Rocky slightly moved his foot away. To their surprise, they discovered a line of small characters on the ground beneath Rocky's feet. Rocky quickly moved his foot back, blocking the characters from view, after only a slight shift in his foot.

Although it only appeared for a moment, the eyes of the people present all clearly saw those few small words.

Tonight, at the scrap yard in the eastern suburbs.

When Rocky moved his foot again, only one footprint remained on the ground.

“This is him…” Kira asked.

Rocky nodded, recalling the sword light from before: "I have to admit, the strength is very strong. To be able to control the power so precisely when using such a large-scale sword technique."

……

Dong Xiaoye, who was staring blankly at the figure in the sky, suddenly remembered something. She spread her ice wings and flew into the air.

"Hello! I am the branch president of the Hero Association of H City! May I invite you to visit our Hero Association in H City?" Dong Xiaoye said excitedly as she looked at the figure in front of her. You should know that the last time she saw this figure, Dong Xiaoye was just a little girl.

"I refuse!" But then Zero said something that shocked Dong Xiaoye: "Since when has the World Government been allowed to restrict the freedom of heroes?"

The moment those words were spoken, the scene erupted in cheers once again.

Zero soared into the sky and flew into the distance, disappearing from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye.

Dong Xiaoye stood there blankly, unsure of what to say.

Once the crowd had dispersed, Dong Xiaoye dejectedly landed back on the ground.

"I originally wanted to leave a good impression on him... but I didn't expect..." Thinking of this, Dong Xiaoye couldn't help but feel a little aggrieved: "Haven't I become a world-class joke now??"

"It's not that exaggerated," Lin Jie said as he walked over. "It seems he doesn't really like going to places like the Hero Association."

“You’re right,” the bespectacled man quickly said. “A superhero who’s been missing for five years and then reappears is a very exciting thing. Nobody will care about your situation.”

"That's right! Just thinking about it is awesome!" Xiao Zhan said excitedly, "If I could fight crime with Zero, I'd die happy!!"

"Then you can go die," Lin Jie said calmly.

"Aren't you excited?" Xiao Zhan asked, looking at Lin Jie's expression.

"How should I put it?" Lin Jie thought for a moment and said, "It feels very subtle."

"Why is the fake version more popular than the real me?!" Lin Jie couldn't help but sigh to himself. "What was wrong with my previous entrances? Even though it was a fake, it was more popular than me! Why didn't anyone say a word when I appeared before? I just don't understand! I can't sleep tonight if I don't understand!!"

Regardless of Lin Jie's struggle with popularity, the news of 'Zero's reappearance in H City' was broadcast worldwide via the internet and news outlets. In an instant, the headlines of every news website in the world were replaced with this story.

……

On a fishing boat in the Pacific Ocean, a row of crew members' bodies were hung from the mast.

"Look, Dave! We've captured our first ship!" Ivan said to Dave beside him. "We've taken our glorious first step towards the Grand Line! By the way, don't feed those people on the mast with your plants, okay? That's our precious food reserve! You know I don't really like eating fish every day. Speaking of which, I wonder if these people will taste like cured meat after they're dried? Hahahaha!! Just thinking about it is a little exciting! Maybe we'll invent some delicious sea food! Hahahaha!! Should we start a food company together then? Hahahaha!! And then turn everyone in the world into cured meat! Hahahahaha!!"

Dave listened expressionlessly to Ivan, who wouldn't listen to a word.

"Dave, you're so boring! How many times have I told you to keep smiling? Hahahaha!" Ivan said, walking towards the cockpit. "Ideally, a hearty smile like mine! Oh, right! Let's call it 'The Captain's Smile,' hahahaha! I'm even impressed with the name I came up with!"

Dave then entered the cockpit.

"Let's hear what the news is at sea! Hahaha! Hopefully it'll be interesting!" With that, Ivan turned on the computer on the fishing boat, and the next moment a news article appeared in Ivan's view: 'Zero Returns! Appears in H City!'

"Hahahaha..." Ivan laughed wildly as he read the news, tears streaming down his face. "Are you in H City, District C? Wait for me! I'll be right there! This time I'll definitely prepare a fun game for you! Hahahaha!! Dave! I'm tired of the One Piece game! Let's play the challenge game next! My body is itching for it, hahahahaha! I hope that person is real."

And so, under Ivan's control, the fishing boat once again drifted gracefully, and then sped off in another direction!