Heroes Return

"I'm doing this for our justice, aren't I?" Captain Justice said. "Do you want to see the status quo we've worked so hard to build fall into trouble and crisis? Do you know how many voices have been against the Hero Association these past two days?"

"God said, do not move." Just as the two were arguing, the Son of God said calmly. The two followed his gaze and found that Dong Xiaoye was standing stiffly in place.

On the computer screen in front of her was a line of small print: 'All heroes of the association, Ivan's signal has been located at the headquarters of the Flying Dragon Group. All personnel are to proceed and arrest Ivan before sunset.'

Her finger was hovering over the send button. Dong Xiaoye wanted to try sending the message, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't press the send button.

“I don’t recall giving you such an order,” the Child of God said, looking at Dong Xiaoye. “It’s not your place to give orders on what to do next.”

"I am the president here! I have the authority to issue orders to the heroes of H City!" Dong Xiaoye said. "I will not allow anything to happen to H City during my term of office."

"Well said!" Torus said, placing his large hand on Dong Xiaoye's hovering hand, allowing Dong Xiaoye to successfully press the send button. Then, Torus took out a metal cleaver and, before anyone could react, chopped all the sending machines in the office into pieces.

"Do you know what you're doing, Torus!" The Son of God glared at Torus and said, "Foolish mortal, you're only bringing dangerous consequences upon yourself!"

“I don’t care about all that! I am a hero!” Torus said, looking at the Son of God. “I cannot tolerate the sacrifice of my citizens before my eyes.”

“You might bring even more terrible consequences if you do this! Do you know that?” the Son of God said, looking at Torus.

“I’ll take responsibility for the consequences! Rather than capturing that Zero, whose authenticity is unknown, my primary objective right now is to capture that damned madman.” Torus said, grabbing Dong Xiaoye as he spoke: “Let’s go, let’s save your city.”

"..." While Dong Xiaoye was relieved that she didn't have to bear the wrath of an SS-level official, she couldn't help but sigh. She never expected that she would encounter such a thing less than a week after taking office.

……

On the other side, Lin Jie also saw Dong Xiaoye's message.

"That bastard is really annoying." Lin Jie said as he walked towards the building where Long Shao was. "It seems that this time I need to find a way to get rid of that bastard."

Just then, a blood-red spear shot towards Lin Jie, who instinctively jumped up to dodge the attack.

"Hey! Why are you here again? Why did you ambush me again when we've done nothing wrong?" Lin Jie said helplessly, looking at the brown-haired beauty in front of him.

"Listen to me, that guy seems to have fallen for you at first sight!" Anya said, her face flushed as she looked at Lin Jie.

"Damn it, even if you're captivated by my dashing charm, you don't need to confess with a spear! I'm still single, you know. If you like me, just say the word and I'll definitely go for it! You don't need to threaten me with a weapon!" Lin Jie looked at the woman in front of him with a helpless expression.

“But my body and soul already belong to Lord Zero.” Anya said, as a dozen huge blood-red spears suddenly appeared around her.

"Hey! Then hurry up and go find Zero! What are you wasting time talking to me about?" Lin Jie was also startled by his words. Five years had passed, could it be that she had actually recognized my identity?

“But your image keeps popping into people’s heads.” Anya suddenly saw a red magic circle appear in front of her. The magic circle passed through her body, and her clothes turned into a set of blood-red armor. Not only that, but a pair of huge blood-red wings also appeared behind her.

"I remember now, you're the saintess of that cult!" Lin Jie said in surprise.

"To show my loyalty to Lord Zero, and also to erase your image from my mind, could you please die?" Anya had a sweet smile on her face at this moment.

Chapter 17

At the entrance of the building where Long Shao was located in H City, hundreds of superheroes were gathered. Their ranks ranged from B to E, but they were all trying to break through the entrance.

However, the combined efforts of numerous superheroes, even after several attempts, were thwarted.

"Holy crap! These plants are so weird, they all have glasses, especially those that shoot peas, they can even run around everywhere!!!" Xiao Zhan said angrily, looking at the large number of plants guarding the outside of the building.

"Watch out!" the bespectacled man shouted as he rushed over and hugged Xiao Zhan. In an instant, the two of them disappeared from their original spot, which was now covered by a huge pea field. The peas easily created a crater more than ten meters deep in the ground.

"Holy crap!" Xiao Zhan gasped as he looked at the ground that had been smashed by the peas.

"Damn it, if only Thirteen were here right now! As long as that guy's been camping out here, he'll be able to get us through the mission in no time!" Glasses exclaimed. "Teammates are definitely indispensable!"

"Why didn't you invite him when we were eating roasted mandarin duck?" Xiao Zhan gave the bespectacled guy a disdainful look.

"Let's hurry up and think of a way to get rid of these damn plants," Xiao Zhan said to the guy with glasses.

“Leave it to us.” A man carrying a goggles-protecting sprayer stepped forward: “We’ve just formed a makeshift arson team.”

He then shouted to everyone present, "Everyone step back! This is for us fire users!!"

As he finished speaking, a dozen people wielding various fire powers and abilities stepped out.

"Dave, a huge wave of fire-breathing superheroes is coming! Ahahaha!" Ivan said, watching the scene unfold through the building's monitors. "Can we hold off this attack? Ahahahaha!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a large number of flames burst into flames at the doorway, igniting a large number of plants almost instantly.

"..." Dave didn't say anything, but quietly threw a few small flowerpots out the window.

As the flowerpot hit the ground, a blue mushroom slowly grew. The moment it hit the ground, the blue mushroom exploded, instantly engulfing the entire area.

Most of the heroes present were frozen and curled up, while the dozen or so fire-wielding superheroes who were the first to be hit were all frozen into ice sculptures.

Before anyone could react, several more flowerpots that fell were covered in red chili peppers. With the explosion of these peppers, several walls of fire that pierced the entire arena attacked the people present. Most of the heroes successfully dodged the fire walls, but those with fire abilities who were frozen were too lucky. Except for one superhero who could absorb fire, the others were reduced to ashes. And the superhero who escaped the danger didn't even have time to catch his breath before being riddled with dozens of peas…

"Damn, the Burning Group was completely wiped out!" Xiao Zhan stared in shock at the scene, speechless. Everyone had retreated to a safe location.

Just now, the flying superheroes who tried to attack the building from the sky were also forced back by the dense anti-aircraft plants.

On the rooftop, Evan was talking to Dave: "Hey Dave, it's cloudy now. Are you sure your plants have enough energy?"

“Don’t worry, there are mushrooms,” Dave said.

"Then I'm relieved. Hahaha! Let's have a good time playing a tower defense game. Hahahaha!" Evan said with a laugh to Dave beside him.

At this moment, on the rooftop of the building, Bai Hao was hanging from the top of a lightning rod. He could clearly see that the rooftop was covered with yellow mushrooms. His body was bound by a strange vine, making it impossible for him to use any strength.

……

“We need a strong meat shield to hold off the outer attacks so we can have a chance to break through the plants’ defenses,” one superhero said. “Leave that to the mech team, and the Muscle Alliance will follow behind us to break through.”

“This is the only way we can try.” Black Gold nodded and said, “The remote team will provide cover, the machine team will be the forwards, and our Muscle Alliance will take the opportunity to rush into the building.”

"Hahaha! A huge wave of superheroes is about to attack Dave." Ivan watched as several mechs appeared in the crowd.

Several combat mechs of different sizes appeared in the crowd, followed closely by the Muscle Alliance superheroes who charged toward the building.

Along with the barrage of peas, giant carnivorous plants and bizarre, magnetic plants sprouted from among the many other plants. As soon as the magnetic plants appeared, the advancing mechs mysteriously flew towards them.

The pilots had no choice but to make an emergency escape, and the Muscle Alliance members, having lost the cover of their mechs, retreated back to a safe area once again. As the mechs were being pulled towards the magnetic flower, the giant carnivorous plant swallowed them whole, chewed them a few times in a very human-like manner, and even let out a burp...

The superheroes of H City fell silent as they watched this scene unfold. In just half an hour, they had lost many heroes. They had tried almost every possible method, but the plants' defenses were like an iron barrel. The key was that they were extremely dense and powerful. Even if some of them were damaged, they would quickly regenerate.

"At this rate, we won't even be able to get into the building," people said angrily.

"Not necessarily." A voice then reached everyone's ears; it was Dong Xiaoye and Torus.

"Great! The SS-class hero has finally been deployed!" Everyone went wild when they saw Torus.

"Follow me!" Torus said, and a suit of steel armor appeared on his body, with a giant sword hundreds of meters long extending from his hands.

"Hahaha!" Just as Torus was about to make his move, Ivan's face reappeared in front of everyone, and behind him appeared more than a dozen people tied to plants, including Long Shao: "Hahaha! Hello, Torus, and Rocky, we meet again."

Upon hearing his words, everyone's expression changed. Torus looked around and finally his gaze settled on a parking lot where four people were standing.

"You still came, Loki, and Kira too! I didn't expect you to show up as well," Torus said, looking at Loki.

“I’m here to kill that bastard!” Rocky said, looking at Torus.

"Hahaha! The only key person we're missing is Zero! Where are you? Hahaha!!" Ivan laughed wildly, "Where exactly is Zero?"

Just then, 'Zero' appeared directly in front of the screen and drew the black longsword from his hand.

"Let me warn you first, if you destroy this entire building, all my guests behind me will be going to perish with me! You know, I've prepared a lot of interesting things inside waiting for you. Destroying it like this is no fun, is it?! Hahahaha!! Come on, I'll be waiting for you on the top floor, hahahaha!!"

After he finished speaking, Ivan's face disappeared from the big screen, and in its place appeared Long Shao's face, which had been scrambled and scribbled on.

"That bastard!" Torus said angrily, staring at the large screen.

"So, are you here to deal with this madman or to arrest me?" Rocky asked, looking at Torus.

“I’ll arrest you after I’ve dealt with this madman!” Torus said to Loki.

Just as they were talking, something suddenly happened in the sky.

"I say, bind this sinner." The voice of the Son of God appeared in everyone's ears, and then a chain radiating dazzling light shot towards 'Zero' in the sky. But Zero also swung his longsword, and with a flash of red light, the golden chain was cut into pieces by 'Zero' with a single sword strike.

Just as he swung his longsword, a strong figure appeared in front of him, delivering a powerful punch aimed straight at Zero's face. This person was none other than Captain Justice.

This punch was extremely fast; the powerful gust of wind from the punch alone easily shattered a large area of ​​glass.

Just as the punch was about to strike Zero's head, a strange portal appeared in front of Zero, blocking the way for Captain Justice and Zero.

Captain Justice was sent flying into the portal by the force of his punch. The next second, he appeared on the street, and a huge hole with a radius of tens of meters appeared in the middle of more than a dozen buildings in front of his fist.

Before Captain Justice could react, Rocky's golden fist lashed out at him. However, his punch missed, as a massive iron sword blocked its path. The fist collided with the sword, unleashing an invisible shockwave that spread outwards, creating an earthquake-like scene.

The aftershocks of their mere exchange caused the ground in H City to crack inch by inch, and numerous buildings collapsed at that moment. The only saving grace was that Dong Xiaoye had lifted the blockade of H City in advance, and a large number of citizens fled the city. However, many of them were still running towards the highways leading to the city's outskirts. Naturally, a large number of citizens were now stuck on the outskirts of H City.

Of course, there are still some who are fearless...

A helicopter was hovering in the sky, carrying several television reporters...

Chapter 18

“Although I don’t agree with his actions, I absolutely will not allow you to take him away at this critical juncture,” Rocky said to Captain Justice.

"Loki, so you were involved in this incident too?" Captain Justice looked at Loki and said, "We had already given you a chance to fight again, but we didn't expect you to choose such an extreme method in the end. Loki, you are no longer a hero worthy of admiration. You are just a terrorist."

"Hahaha! You really know how to talk, Captain Justice! At this critical moment, you're ignoring such a dangerous guy and prioritizing attacking those who came to rescue people? It seems these past five years have made you forget the origin of your name?" Rocky practically roared as he finished speaking: "How can you face the previous Captain Justice?"

“Loki, I’m doing this to keep the world at peace.” Captain Justice’s tone softened slightly after hearing Loki’s words: “You should know that if this continues, a new wave of riots will break out all over the world.”

"I don't want to deal with these things right now. No matter how big the riots get, it will ultimately be a problem between you and the World Government!" Rocky said, looking at Captain Justice in front of him. "I don't remember us considering the interests of the World Government when we became heroes and saved people! I only know that no amount of profit can buy a life!"

"Don't you understand? How many people will be sacrificed because of all this you've caused?" Captain Justice said angrily to Rocky.

"If you don't want anyone to sacrifice themselves, then why not just repeal that damn law?" Rocky asked Captain Justice.

“You know this is impossible!” Captain Justice said, looking at Rocky. “You should know how many heroes we sacrificed for this bill!”

"Didn't we sacrifice just as much?" Rocky said to Captain Justice, "You treat these people differently based on their social class, and then you stand at the top enjoying the applause and praise from all over the world. I think you're unwilling to give up the rights you've earned! You damn bastard!"

"We're doing this so that more heroes can benefit!" Captain Justice said to Loki, "You haven't forgotten what happened back then, have you?"

“Zero already solved that problem! And screw you for letting the heroes profit from it!” Loki cursed fiercely. “You made the heroes give up their freedom for a little bit of profit! You made them give up the mystical arts and be controlled by the World Government! You are a damned sinner! I ask you! How did Captain Blade’s family die? His daughter was only five years old, you bastard!!”

“I’m also saddened by what happened to Captain Blade! But that was something that bastard Ivan did!” Captain Justice said.

“Really? Then how did Ivan know about his family?” Rocky shouted at the building, “Damn it! Ivan, I know you’re listening! Tell me, how did you know about Captain Blade’s family?”

As Rocky shouted, Ivan's face reappeared on the big screen.

"Hahahaha!! I think I heard someone calling me?" Ivan leaned in to listen. "Hahahaha!! Although watching you so-called SS-class heroes fight is quite entertaining, if this continues, you'll all die together, and then I'll be out of fun, hahahaha!! So I'll reluctantly tell you, I just went to the house of a World Government senator, threatened him a little, and he gave me all the information I needed, hahahaha!! Speaking of which, this guy often sells superheroes' personal information for high prices, isn't that normal?"

"You're lying!" Captain Justice roared angrily.