Confess and Be Forgiven, Resist and Be Imprisoned

"You brat, how dare you look down on me? I'll finish you off with one combo!"

Fist Overlord laughed heartily. As Xiao Wen's head got closer to his fist, and seeing his shocked and flustered expression, the smile on his face grew even wider. "See? This is the difference between a wild player and a top-tier player. I can toy with you however I want!"

"Is that so?"

Suddenly, the panicked look on Xiao Wen's face disappeared, replaced by a strange smile. "Just a fist technique, is it something to be proud of?"

Xiao Wen shifted his stance, planting one foot forward to halt his momentum, and threw out a punch, aiming for Fist Overlord's fist.

"You want to go head-to-head? I'll satisfy you!"

Fist Overlord narrowed his eyes, glanced at his green-grade gauntlets, and showed no intention of backing down, punching towards Xiao Wen's fist.

If it was about using weapons, he might have been a bit hesitant.

But a mere Summoner without any weapons, wanting to spar fists with a Fist Master?

Was he asking for death?

Asking for death?

Xiao Wen's lips curled upwards. Just as their fists were about to collide with Fist Overlord's gauntlets, he loosened his tightly clenched fingers, swung his arm, directly evaded the opponent's punch, and grabbed his wrist.

"What! This... this is..."

Seeing Xiao Wen's move, Fist Overlord's face showed shock.

This scene, how familiar was it?

Once upon a time, he too had encountered a mysterious young man, clashed with him, and had his fist evaded like this, his wrist grabbed.

His wrist was caught as if by iron pincers, instantly cutting off the force in his fist.

At the same time, Xiao Wen yanked his arm back fiercely. Instead of retreating, he advanced, dropping his right shoulder and arm, delivering a shoulder charge to the opponent's chest, sending him staggering backward.

Health -450.

A bright red damage number floated above Fist Overlord's head, his health bar dropping by nearly half.

Originally, taking advantage of Fist Overlord's staggered state from retreating, Xiao Wen only needed to land two more punches to deplete his remaining health, but he didn't.

After just one shoulder charge, he chose to stop.

"I say, Uncle Fatty, five years have passed, and your skills haven't improved much. If I had wanted to earlier, you'd be dead by now."

Xiao Wen shrugged, looking at Fist Overlord with a half-smile.

Fist Overlord didn't move, maintaining his backward-stumbling posture, his mouth slightly agape, his throat choked, his eyes fixed on Xiao Wen.

"Mysterious... Mysterious Kid, is... is that you back?"

Fist Overlord choked out, virtual tears faintly glistening in the corners of his eyes.

Mysterious Kid... a mysterious young man...

Xiao Wen smiled and nodded.

"Good! That's great! Mysterious Kid, Big Brother missed you so much!"

Fist Overlord lunged forward and pulled Xiao Wen into a hug.

He was too excited, far too excited!

The legend of the past, the only man in Kyushu who had the potential to rival gods.

Today, he had finally returned!

"Holy crap! In broad daylight, in front of everyone, two grown men hugging and embracing?"

"My word, a pretty boy with a burly uncle? This is too explosive!"

"Pah! Little sister, let's go quickly, don't let your eyes be tainted."

"The world is going downhill, people's hearts are cold!"

"As expected, same-sex is true love, opposite-sex is just for procreation."

Perhaps because their previous battle had alerted quite a few people to investigate, seeing Xiao Wen and Fist Overlord hugging each other now naturally led to some other thoughts in their minds.

"..." Xiao Wen.

"..." Fist Overlord.

The two men blushed deeply and pushed each other away, extremely embarrassed.

"What are you looking at! Haven't you seen brothers reunite? You still looking? I'll remember you, that brat Wang Tailang, you just wait for me, I'll kill you back to level zero!"

Under Fist Overlord's fierce threats, the crowd gradually dispersed.

The two walked shoulder-to-shoulder, chatting for a long time, from the previous game session, to Xiao Wen's battle against that god-like figure, his defeat in half a move, and then his intervention to teach the Yang Cheng siblings a lesson.

"Brother, you mean to say, you saved those two brats, and then those two little brutes bit the hand that fed them and shot you in the back?"

Hearing this, Fist Overlord's expression instantly turned cold.

He was a protective godfather, that was true.

But he had principles when it came to protecting his own.

At least, the things Yang Lu and her brother had done were not something he wanted to see.

Not to mention, they had offended one of his old friends.

"Brother, I, your elder brother, apologize for this matter. Yang Lu is quite headstrong. A while ago, she had a falling out with her father and ran away from home with her brother. They're staying with me now and refuse to go back. You know my elder brother's temper; he's a powder keg, explodes with the slightest touch. She killed you to drop some equipment and gather tuition fees, wanting to be self-reliant."

Xiao Wen smiled and patted Fist Overlord's shoulder, saying, "Don't worry, elder brother. We're all elders; what's the point of arguing with the younger generation? I'll give you those two pieces of green-grade equipment, and you can take them back to those two youngsters. As for that green-grade staff, I'll keep it. It has..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Xiao Wen suddenly received a series of offline notifications from the system.

Ding! System notification: Detected someone outside calling you. Do you wish to go offline?

Ding! System notification: Detected someone outside calling you. Do you wish to go offline?

"What's wrong with my sister? Is something urgent?"

Xiao Wen muttered to himself, patted Fist Overlord's shoulder, said he had something urgent to attend to and needed to go offline. He tossed the two pieces of green-grade equipment to the other party, hastily added him as a friend, and then rushed offline.

"Oh, right, elder brother, don't forget one thing. Keep my return a secret. It's not time for an announcement yet."

The words drifted into Fist Overlord's ears. He looked at the spot where Xiao Wen had disappeared, a gratified smile on his face.

"The legend has finally returned. Mysterious Kid, keep going! This time, we'll support you, send you to the pinnacle, dethrone that person, and establish Kyushu's might!"

In the room, Xiao Wen went offline. The game pod opened, and he opened his eyes to see Xiao Ya, hands on her hips, looking furious.

"Sis... Sister, what's wrong?"

Xiao Wen was completely bewildered, utterly clueless.

Xiao Ya slammed the bank card Xiao Wen had given her onto the table, crossed her arms, and huffed, "Tell me, what's this card all about? Where did the one million inside come from?"

"Don't tell me you earned it! How old are you? You can earn so much money? Your sister here is so outstanding, and my monthly salary is only ten thousand. Hurry up, confess and be forgiven!"

Xiao Wen breathed a sigh of relief and rolled his eyes.

He thought his sister was angry about something else, but it was just this?

"Sister, have you ever heard a saying?"

"What saying?"

"Confess and be forgiven, resist and be imprisoned; resist and be punished, go home for the new year..."