Return to Gotham, Yu Xiaogang!

He was just afraid Bibi Dong would go berserk afterward, throwing all caution to the wind and losing her mind. Then the joke would go too far, and it would stop being fun.

Life was still so peaceful and wonderful. It would be a shame for it to be ruined like this.

"Alright, we've talked long enough."

"Looks like it's about time. I'll be leaving first, and I'll come play with you again when I have time. Of course, if you could grant me access to the secret room, this uncle would be very happy."

"Don't judge by appearances. This uncle is only twenty-two this year..." As he spoke, Du Bei waggled his brows.

That made Zhu Zhuqing giggle.

"No way. Who knows whether you'd do something strange to me? That's my only safe place now. How could I possibly let you in?"

"Haha, I was only joking." Seeing Zhu Zhuqing's shoulders relax, Du Bei laughed heartily as well.

"Enough talk. Come find me whenever you have time. Bye-bye."

He waved, and his figure vanished in an instant!

Looking at the suddenly silent meeting room, Zhu Zhuqing stared at where Du Bei had been and murmured to herself.

"What a... strange uncle..."

Meanwhile, Du Bei had already returned to his room. As he looked through the group chat messages, he headed toward his post.

[Stray Cat: Thank you for your help, Uncle [heart]]

[Already an Uncle: It's nothing. This uncle quite likes pretty beauties like you [thumbs up] [dog head]]

[Little Princess: ???]

[Little Princess: What happened? Let me look through the earlier chat records...]

[Jade Not Jade: No need to look. Stray Cat asked us for food this morning, but we didn't see it. Then someone took advantage of the opening and got to see a certain someone's beauty.]

[Big Radish: What's going on? @Already an Uncle, you didn't do anything bad, did you?!]

On a flowerbed in the park outside the academy.

Xiao Wu was happily munching on a carrot as she watched the work-study students cleaning below. The moment she saw that message, she became alert!

Oh no! Sister Xiao Wu's home had been burgled!!!

Tang San, who was cleaning with a group of work-study students, immediately went over to ask when he saw Xiao Wu react.

"Sister Xiao Wu, did something happen?"

Tang San had been watching Xiao Wu the entire time. The instant he noticed anything, he immediately rushed over.

He looked exactly like a simping dog.

If it weren't for keeping Xiao Wu company, why would a dignified two-ring Great Soul Master get up earlier than a cow every day just for a few measly copper soul coins? What a joke.

He had an ulterior motive for all of it.

Xiao Wu, who had just jumped down from the flowerbed, had no mood to deal with Tang San's attentive flattery.

She only left a few words behind.

"Little San, keep supervising them here. Don't let them get their pay docked again."

"I need to go find Uncle!"

After saying that, Xiao Wu ran toward the academy gate without looking back, her steps hurried!

It was as though she had encountered some major trouble.

Seeing their boss lady preparing to leave, the work-study students who were cleaning hurriedly shouted in unison.

"Goodbye, Sister Xiao Wu!" xn

There was not the slightest hint of unwillingness in their respectful cry of "Sister Xiao Wu." They called her that wholeheartedly.

The work-study students did not have much money to begin with, and Xiao Wu had introduced them to these cleaning jobs in the first place.

That was why they called her "Sister Xiao Wu" so willingly.

The commotion from this group of children successfully caught the attention of a few pedestrians strolling through the park.

"Huh? What are those little brats doing?" A traveler who was clearly from out of town looked over curiously.

He asked the vendor in front of him.

"Oh, you mean them?" The old man frying flatbreads put away his fire-type soul ring and wiped away his sweat as he explained.

"They're child laborers hired by the mafia. They often come to this park to clean. Nothing strange about that."

"Here you go, handsome. Your flatbread."

Nuoding Academy, gatehouse.

"Yawn~"

Looking at the sun that had already risen overhead, Du Bei stood beneath a parasol with a leisurely expression. His broken wooden-stick martial soul lay beside him.

"Notting City is as peaceful as ever today."

All the painstaking effort he had put into reforming the city had brought about the stable life they had today.

"What a carefree little life, so very, very comfortable."

Just as Du Bei hummed a tune and prepared to see what entertainment the chat group had to offer.

An unpleasant voice came from inside the gate.

"Du Bei, is this how you work as a gatekeeper? The academy pays you a salary so you can enjoy yourself here? Stand properly!"

Following the voice, he saw that pathetic man, Yu Xiaogang.

"Did you see the principal while you were on duty? If you did, tell me immediately." His tone was arrogant, as though the person before him was not a gatekeeper but a servant.

With that overbearing attitude, anyone who did not know better would think he was the principal.

Faced with Yu Xiaogang's expression, Du Bei, who was leaning against the wall, did not even spare him a glance.

He calmly spat out a single word.

"Scram."

Du Bei had never thought much of Yu Xiaogang before, let alone now that he had obtained a cheat.

Before getting the cheat, Du Bei's opinion of the Master was this—a useless man with a powerful background.

After getting the cheat, Du Bei's opinion of Yu Xiaogang was this—just like his martial soul, he was a **.

What a joke. Without a cheat, putting up with him a little was one thing.

But now that he had a cheat, if he still gave Yu Xiaogang any face, wouldn't that mean he had activated his cheat for nothing?

"Y-you-you! You dare speak to me like that!"

Yu Xiaogang's eyes widened like those of a bull. He clearly had not expected this gatekeeper to dare speak to him this way, and for a moment, he did not know what to say.

"What do you mean, 'you'? If you can't even speak properly, stop making a fool of yourself here."

"Don't make me slap you this early in the morning."

As he spoke, his hand reached for the wooden stick martial soul beside him, looking ready to start hitting someone at the slightest disagreement.

You could not be nice to this kind of self-important **. Otherwise, he would think you were easy to bully, start pushing his luck, and throw his weight around.

Yu Xiaogang's face flushed red with rage as he pointed at Du Bei's nose and cursed!

"Do you know who I am? I'm the Master! The number one theorist on the continent! What right do you have to talk about me?!"

Du Bei sneered.

He had only said a few words, yet the other side had already become enraged out of embarrassment.

"Can you stop making a clown of yourself here?" At this point, Du Bei actually turned around. "Go back to Gotham City. Batman says he won't beat you up anymore."

"You!"

His finger trembled as he pointed at Du Bei. His body kept backing away, and he panted heavily without stopping.

"You—you parasite sucking blood off Xiao Wu, what right do you have to talk about me?!"

"If it weren't for Xiao Wu, what right would you have to attend the same academy as me! You stinking beggar from out of town, what right do you have to talk about me?"

Faced with Yu Xiaogang's impotent rage,

Du Bei could only turn his head, point at him, and say, "Hey, he's mad. He's mad."