Chapter 2

Lin Jie and the little girl Lin Mumu made a detour to Xiao's Building on their way home, dropping the puppy off at Xiao Zhan's place and even feeding it some spicy sticks.

"Speaking of which, I think this dog's breed is called something like Husky." Lin Jie looked at the puppy's type and said.

"Little doggy, you stay here nicely, okay? Tomorrow I'll come see you with my friend." Lin Mumu patted the dog as she spoke.

"Woof." The puppy barked happily and started running wild around Xiao Zhan's house.

"Let's go." Lin Jie said.

"Mm." Lin Mumu glanced at the empty house and asked, "When will Brother Xiao and the others be back?"

"Soon. They said the special training would only take half a month." Lin Jie said. "Counting the days, they should be back soon."

"Oh."

With that, Lin Jie recalled what had happened two weeks ago.

"Special training?" Lin Jie stared in surprise at Dong Xiaoye and Dong Xue'er. "Are you guys crazy? Why suddenly start special training, and why do I have to join?"

"Don't say that. This is a great opportunity. A-Class Hero Dong Xiaoye used her family connections to arrange a targeted enhancement training just for me." Xiao Zhan said from the side. "I've heard you're already pretty strong, but isn't a chance to get stronger even better?"

"That's right. If you want to be a hero, strength is the bottom line." Glasses chimed in. "If I were strong enough, Sage Glasses wouldn't have died for nothing."

"What the hell is Sage Glasses?" Lin Jie said. "I'm not going. Because of hero activities, I've already fallen behind on a bunch of new anime and games. Catching up on those at home is already a waste of time. No way am I going with you guys for some targeted training."

"Don't say that." At that moment, Black Gold walked in, followed by White Gold and Yatan.

"Exactly. As someone who's trained perfect muscles, don't you want to refine them even further?" White Gold said. "We can study muscle issues together, right?"

"Get lost! You bunch of damn perverts."

"Lin Jie, I asked Xiaoye to arrange this enhancement training." Dong Xue'er came up to Lin Jie and said. "Actually, I wanted to repay your help this way, especially yours, Lin Jie."

"Then just buy me the latest PS22. You're pretty rich, aren't you?" Lin Jie replied.

"Don't you want to strengthen your strength?" Dong Xue'er said. "You know, if you stabilize your power a bit more, you might break into the S-Class ranks."

"What!" Everyone present was shocked.

"Lin Jie beat both Ouyang Rui and Kaito, both A-Class, by himself." Dong Xue'er said. "I also noticed a lot of my own shortcomings during the last operation, so I hope to make up for them. And I'd also like to get some guidance from you, Lin Jie."

"I'm not interested!" Lin Jie was unmoved.

"You really don't know when you're well off!" Dong Xiaoye couldn't stand it anymore. "I've never seen Sister Xue'er offer someone a benefit while being so humble! You're such an insensitive jerk."

"Too much trouble, and I'm already strong enough. I have zero interest in the enhancement training you guys arranged." Lin Jie said. "You know, the anime convention is in two days."

"But..." Dong Xue'er wanted to say more.

"Forget it, cousin. Ignore this insensitive guy." Dong Xiaoye said. "Since he doesn't want to, forget it."

"But..." Dong Xue'er gritted her teeth and finally shook her head helplessly.

She had originally planned to run some ability tests on Lin Jie at the training site. If his evaluation was satisfactory, he could jump straight to S-Class. That way, the Ouyang family would have a lot more trouble trying to cause him trouble later.

"Hey, Lin Jie, a pretty girl invited you like that, and you still won't give face?" Xiao Zhan whispered to Lin Jie. "Never refuse a girl's enthusiasm, or you'll stay single forever."

"Oh, really?" Lin Jie glanced at Xiao Zhan, then called out to Shadow, who was wearing a maid outfit. "Miss Bu, Xiao Zhan says he wants some milk."

"No problem."

Ever since Shadow started following Xiao Zhan, he'd used some connections to get her a new identity. Her name was now Bu Feiwu.

There had been a funny scene when filling out the name.

"A new name? Too much trouble. Why not just change it to Naruto?" Shadow said to Xiao Zhan.

"You want to be Hokage?" Xiao Zhan said.

"Why?"

After some discussion, Xiao Zhan filled in a brand-new name for Shadow: "Bu Feiwu."

"Bu Feiwu? That's a lame name." Shadow said.

"Still better than just calling you Naruto!"

"Fine, you're the boss." And so, Miss Shadow, now renamed Bu Feiwu, settled into Xiao's Building as Xiao Zhan's housekeeper.

At that moment, Bu Feiwu (Shadow) was holding a pixelated Decontamination Stick and walked up to Xiao Zhan. "Let me feed you, Master."

With that, she shoved the stick into Xiao Zhan's mouth...

The scene...

Xiao Zhan struggled while white milk kept bubbling out of his mouth.

"Wah wah wah wah!!!"

"What did you say? Master? I can't hear you." Bu Feiwu said to Xiao Zhan.

"He says he wants more." Lin Jie said from the side.

"No problem, my Master."

"Wah wah wah wah!!!"

"By the way, Feiwu can come too." Dong Xue'er then said to Bu Feiwu (Shadow). "You can also join the enhancement training."

"Me?" Bu Feiwu looked at Dong Xue'er in surprise. "But I... I used to work for the Evolution Company. I shouldn't be qualified to join your operation."

"Of course you can. Our observations of you these past few days have been enough. I choose to trust you," Dong Xue'er said with a smile.

"Really?" Bu Feiwu was delighted by the news. Her hand unconsciously tightened, and the entire lollipop stick slid into Xiao Zhan's mouth. His eyes rolled back, and he passed out on the spot.

"Have fun with your training," Lin Jie said.

"You're really not coming?" Dong Xue'er looked at Lin Jie again. "I'm sincerely inviting you, you know."

"I'm not interested," Lin Jie said to Dong Xue'er.

"I never thought you'd have the heart to reject me." Dong Xue'er put on a coquettish expression and said to Dong Xiaoye, "Xiaoye, what do I do? I've been rejected by this heartless man."

"..." Lin Jie looked at Dong Xue'er like that and said, "I'm already strong enough. There's absolutely no need for training. You people simply don't understand the loneliness of the strongest."

"You? Don't think you're all that just because you beat two A-Class by yourself. You should know that even among the Eight Great Families, there are plenty of S-Class heroes," Dong Xiaoye said indignantly. "And above S-Class, there's SS-Class. Don't think your little bit of skill makes you invincible."

"At least it's enough to handle you," Lin Jie said.

"What did you say?" Dong Xiaoye was furious. "Do you believe I'll teach you a good lesson right here today?"

"Fine by me," Lin Jie said. "Let all of you come at me at once. If you win, I'll go to that so-called special training with you."

"You said it!" Dong Xiaoye said as an ice spear materialized in her hand.

In the end, Lin Jie stayed in H City.

After the fight, Lin Jie asked Dong Xue'er, who was sitting on the ground, "By the way, do you have any news about Thirteen?"

"Don't worry, he's already gone to the training site ahead of time," Dong Xiaoye said as she climbed to her feet. "Damn, that guy's strong. Xue'er, you weren't going all out just now, were you?!"

"What? You said Thirteen went to the training site?" Glasses, lying face-down on the ground, keenly caught the key point of their conversation. "Can I not go? I suddenly feel like watching the new anime season with Lin Jie is a pretty good choice."

"What do you think?" Dong Xiaoye gave him a cold look.

The next day, under Lin Jie's watchful gaze, everyone boarded the plane to the training base.

"Good thing I didn't agree back then," Lin Jie said, wiping a bead of sweat from his brow. "I never thought Thirteen would go to some enhancement training too. That place is definitely going to turn into hell."

Back to the present.

Lin Jie and the Little Girl returned home. To his surprise, Lin Wan had already cooked dinner and was waiting for them.

"Why are you home so early today?" Lin Jie greeted Lin Wan.

"Nothing much. A group of business people came to the research institute to talk deals, so I left early. Those people seemed to be from the Ouyang Family," Lin Wan said. "Speaking of which, big bro, that guy you guys took down a while back was from the Ouyang Family, right?"

"Oh, that guy? Don't worry!" Lin Jie said to Lin Wan. "He can't cause any trouble."

"But big bro, when I watched the news earlier, it looked like he said something to you, and then got into the car with a creepy smile," Lin Wan said.

"Relax, it's just the howling of a loser," Lin Jie said.

"Still, we should be careful," Lin Wan said. "I've heard that the Ouyang Family is very famous in both business and politics. Not only that, but there are also a lot of super heroes in their family."

"Don't worry, it's totally fine," Lin Jie said.

When Ouyang Rui was handed over to the police, he did say something to Lin Jie before getting into the transport vehicle.

"I'll be out soon. Just wait for the Ouyang Family's revenge," Ouyang Rui said before getting into the car.

"..." Lin Jie didn't reply. He just gave Ouyang Rui a look.

Only Ouyang Rui saw the red light in Lin Jie's eyes. At the same time, within just two seconds, an overwhelming killing intent enveloped Ouyang Rui's entire body. In that brief moment, he witnessed thousands of scenes of himself being killed in various ways.

That intense killing intent directly churned Ouyang Rui's mind and spirit into a mess.

After that, Ouyang Rui got into the car with a foolish grin. No one noticed that he had been completely driven insane by Lin Jie's gaze.

Often, when a powerful aura assaults a person's spirit, those with weak willpower end up just as crazy as Ouyang Rui.

But Lin Jie had no intention of telling anyone else about this. Some things were better kept to himself...