Heroes Return

"I've arrived at my classroom. I'm going to class now," Dong Xue'er said to Lin Jie.

Lin Jie glanced at Dong Xue'er's classroom and found it was full of boys...

……

After walking all the way to the deepest part of the top floor, Lin Jie finally found the classroom with the sign for Class S.

"It really is quite remote," Lin Jie couldn't help but remark.

Pushing open the door, Lin Jie couldn't help but sigh again; there were only a dozen or so electronic desks in the entire classroom. But that was more than enough for the number of students, as there were only four students in the classroom!

"I mean, four students is one thing, but three of them are dressed as mohawk soldiers? Hey, hey, hey? Are you three really suited to be superheroes dressed like that?" Lin Jie pointed at the three boys dressed like mohawk soldiers sitting in the corner of the classroom grilling meat and said, "And you, are you not getting bullied?"

The other student was an ordinary-looking boy who was busy preparing food for the three Mohican soldiers.

"Is it really good for the three of you to have barbecue for breakfast?" Seeing that the students present ignored him, Lin Jie moved a little closer to them and said loudly.

"Huh? Want to be burned at the stake?"

"Huh? Want to get electrocuted?"

"Huh? Want to be swept away?"

Three students dressed as mohawk soldiers stood up simultaneously, looking at Lin Jie with displeasure. Wind, fire, and lightning—three superpowers—manifested from all three of them at the same time.

"Can I take this as you threatening your teacher?" Lin Jie looked calmly at the three people in front of him: "From now on, I will be your only mentor in Hero Academy."

"We don't care who you are!" the flame minion said. "If you were a teacher, you could start class right now! You don't need to worry about us!"

"Do other teachers do this too?" Lin Jie couldn't help but ask.

"Um... Teacher... all the other teachers have always done it this way." The boy, who looked weak and submissive to Lin Jie, said to Lin Jie, "Teacher, you don't need to worry about us. Just do what you like."

"That won't do. Now that I'm your teacher, you'll have to listen to me from now on." Lin Jie's words were met with three 'Huh?'

“I advise you not to threaten this new teacher.” Ye Daoshen appeared at the classroom door at this moment: “He just sent the other five teachers to the infirmary in the training field.”

"Good morning, Dao... Dao Shen. I... I didn't expect you to come to class today."

"Ye Daoshen, you seem to be late." Lin Jie looked at Ye Daoshen and said, "You dare to act tough at the door? You can just stand there."

"Huh? You mean this guy took Teacher Karina to the infirmary too?" The Flame Soldier looked at Lin Jie with displeasure: "How could you lay a hand on such a sexy beauty! If we had known that a man like this would be coming to class today, we wouldn't have come."

No sooner had he finished speaking than the head of the flaming Mohican soldier went into the wall.

Next door, a female teacher was drawing formulas on the blackboard and explaining some chemical explosive formulas to the students below the stage. Just as she wrote the formulas on the record board, a Mohican soldier's head bumped into the wall.

Then, under the instructor's astonished gaze, the henchman shrank back.

At that moment, the entire classroom felt quiet.

Through the hole in the wall, the instructor saw Lin Jie in the next classroom, who was carrying two half-dead mohawk-clad henchmen. He was also holding another one in his hand.

"Hello, I'm the new homeroom teacher of Class S," Lin Jie said to the instructor. "Excuse me, I'm just getting to know my new students. Please continue with your lesson."

With that, Lin Jie led the three Mohican soldiers out of the classroom.

"You two, each bring a few stools and come with me." Lin Jie turned to the two remaining dumbfounded students and said, "Oh, and Dao Shen, don't forget to bring the barbecue too! And you, the weakling, go buy some beer!"

"Huh? Are you talking about me?"

"Who else could it be but you? Hurry up!"

"Yes...it's me, I'll go right away."

……

Five minutes later on the rooftop of the building, Lin Jie sat in front of five students, drinking beer and eating barbecue.

"Help yourselves if you want a drink," Lin Jie said to the students in front of him. "Barbecue and beer first thing in the morning is really refreshing!"

"Are you really a mentor? How did you become a professional hero?" Looking at Lin Jie, the five students present couldn't help but think of these questions.

"I'll take attendance now," Lin Jie said, glancing at the student list on his teaching computer. "Oh, so you're called Justin, you weakling."

“Teacher…I’m not a pushover,” Justin couldn’t help but say.

"You look like a complete coward, what else could you be but a weakling? It's a shame your skill name is so powerful." Lin Jie said, looking at Justin's appearance. "One-hit kill! It's a waste to give you such a domineering name. Theoretically, it can disintegrate any object with energy in one hit. Doesn't that mean you can kill everything in one go?"

"Yes, it is."

"With such domineering abilities, shouldn't you be acting all cool and arrogant?" Lin Jie said to Justin, "Why do you look like a pushover?"

"Yes, I'm sorry..."

"Alright, we already met Ye Daoshen last night." Lin Jie said, looking at the three Mohican soldiers in front of him: "Your names are too troublesome to pronounce, so from now on I'll call you Fire Soldier, Wind Soldier, and Thunder Soldier."

"We're not just grunts!" the three students retorted simultaneously.

"It seems you like it very much. Then let's keep it that way from now on."

"Huh? Who likes that kind of nickname?!" the three henchmen shouted angrily at the same time.

"Alright, the remaining seven are the students who skipped class again today." Lin Jie looked at the roster: "So there are twelve people in a class, which is quite like the class organization in the military."

Immediately afterwards, Lin Jie patiently sent a message to the other seven classmates.

"Seven little dwarfs who are skipping class, I'm your new teacher. If I still don't see you this afternoon, well, the consequences will be dire!"

"Alright, we can start class now. What was today's lesson?" Lin Jie asked the students present.

"It was originally Karina's metaphysical theory class, mainly explaining some combat methods against the mystical type." The fire soldier said to Lin Jie, "What exactly is that infuriatingly surprised expression on your face?"

"I never expected that the only one in Class S who would come to class and know the course content would be this brainless scum." Lin Jie looked at the fire scum with a horrified expression.

"You're the one who doesn't have a brain," the fire soldier said angrily.

"Whatever, I'm not saying you look brainless." Lin Jie looked at the three henchmen and said, "I mean all three of you look like you don't have brains."

"Huh??" Three "ha"s rang out simultaneously from the mouths of the three henchmen.

Chapter Six

"You bastard, say that again and see what happens!" the three henchmen shouted angrily at the same time.

"Have you forgotten the lesson we just learned?" Ye Daoshen sat in his seat, looking at the three people in front of him with disdain. "Provoking the person who just taught you a lesson is not a smart thing to do, you three lackeys."

"Damn it! Even Ye Daoshen calls us grunts!" The three men immediately turned their anger towards Ye Daoshen.

"Alright, all three of you, quiet down. If anyone doesn't behave, I'll make sure they spend the whole day on a lightning rod," Lin Jie said, clapping his hands.

Upon hearing Lin Jie's words, everyone immediately fell silent.

"So, this lesson is supposed to teach you how to deal with magic?" Lin Jie asked, looking at the people in front of him.

Everyone nodded.

“Very well, then listen carefully. The most effective way to deal with a mage is to find that mage and then chop him down with one blow!” Lin Jie said to the people present.

"Teacher, what you're saying is as good as saying nothing at all!" Ye Daoshen said to Lin Jie.

"This is the simplest method."

"If we can easily kill a mage, do we need to learn this?" Ye Daoshen said.

“That makes sense.” Lin Jie thought for a moment, then said something that left the five students speechless: “In that case, the occult course will be canceled.”

"Huh?" the three henchmen couldn't help but exclaim.

"It's simple, you just need to get stronger. The fact that you can't even defeat a mage means you're not strong enough." Lin Jie said, looking disdainfully at the students present, "A bunch of trash who can't even beat a mage!"

"What did you say?"

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm such a loser!"

"what?"

Different reactions came from the five students.

"Let me give you a simple example," Lin Jie said, taking a sip of beer. "Ye Daoshen, your ancient martial arts are very powerful, aren't they? At the same level, your moves might be able to defeat many martial artists, but you were easily taken down by me in just a few moves, weren't you? I forgot to mention, I didn't use any moves at all. So why were you defeated by me? The reason is simple: because my level is higher than yours. Your joint locks might be able to subdue someone else, but when used on me, they couldn't even make my arm move. That's absolute strength suppression. Simply put, I'm strong enough, so no move is of any use to me."

“But we’re not strong enough yet,” Ye Daoshen said. “So essential skills are necessary.”

"Then why don't you come to class?"

"..."

"In my opinion, the simplest way is to become stronger, so strong that you can ignore any technique, so strong that even if someone uses all their strength and techniques, it won't be of any use. That's the most realistic way." He looked at the students in front of him while drinking: "In my opinion, instead of spending time figuring out how to find the enemy's weaknesses, it's better to spend time thinking about how to improve yourself to the point where you can ignore the opponent's strengths. A real man is one who dares to fight and is capable of fighting."

“That sounds like it makes a lot of sense,” Lei the henchman remarked, and the other two henchmen nodded in agreement.

"He probably doesn't understand these things at all, so he's just making up this excuse," Ye Daoshen said to the three henchmen.

Then Ye Daoshen was tied to a lightning rod...

“Okay, I admit I don’t understand this knowledge, but in my opinion, as long as you are strong enough, you can completely ignore it. The fact that you need to use these techniques to find out other people’s weaknesses already shows that you are weaklings who dare not face strong enemies head-on.” Lin Jie said to the remaining four people, “Since you are already my students, I will absolutely not allow any of my students to be labeled as weaklings. So this class is canceled. If you can raise your power to the point where you can ignore all the rules, then you don’t need to learn these things at all.”

"Tch, we're not weaklings!" the fire minions said.

"That's right! We're awesome!" "Exactly, we're really strong!"

"Weren't you three weaklings the ones I just utterly crushed in the classroom?" Lin Jie said to the three henchmen brothers. "Now, in my eyes, the three of you are just henchmen."

The three were very unhappy with what Lin Jie said, but after looking at Ye Daoshen, who was tied to the lightning rod, they didn't dare to say anything more.

"So, starting today, this class for our S class is canceled." Lin Jie said to everyone, "Remember, there's only one reason you can't beat the enemy: you're not strong enough. If you can't outwit the enemy with your schemes and tricks, it also means you're not strong enough; you don't have the power to ignore those schemes. Bad luck and a bumpy fate are also because you're not strong enough; you're not strong enough to break free from fate. Ultimately, all misfortunes mean you're not strong enough!"

"Teacher... does not being able to cook well mean that I am not good enough?" Justin asked timidly.

"It also shows that you are not strong enough. If you were strong enough that you wouldn't need to eat, you wouldn't need to cook in the future either."

"..."

"Teacher, may I ask a question?" Ye Daoshen, who was hanging from the lightning rod, asked, "Our current strength is not strong enough! But what if we encounter an enemy we can't deal with before we've improved to a sufficient level? Just like when I met you last night."

"That only proves you're a weakling." Lin Jie looked at Ye Daoshen with disdain: "The enemy won't wait for you to become stronger before they appear! So what you need to do is become stronger before the enemy appears. Your slow improvement only means that your willpower itself is not strong enough."

"That's utterly absurd!"

"In short, instead of spending time studying these boring things that make people want to sleep, you should think about how to improve your own strength!" Lin Jie said to the students present.

"So what courses do you have next?" Lin Jie asked.

"Basic cultural courses".

"Cancel that too. I only have a high school diploma, I can't teach you. Besides, you all can read, right? Are there any children with congenital cerebral palsy who can't do addition and subtraction?"