Chapter: Chapter 327
The Hero Association Headquarters, located in the central district of Central City, welcomed two special guests today.
Normally, this wouldn’t be something for the heroes to pay much attention to. After all, people came and went at the Hero Association, and having guests was quite normal. Perhaps they were ordinary people curious about heroes, or government officials. These people had nothing to do with the heroes, so their superiors could handle the reception.
But today was different. These two guests were incredibly beautiful.
“Mom, I think I’m in love.”
“You’ve got a daughter and you’re falling in love? Get back to your mission.”
“Can’t I even fantasize?”
“Then I think you’d better fantasize about how to escape from your wife.”
“She’s off today…”
“Who said I’m off today?”
Ignoring the strange noises coming from somewhere, most heroes behaved normally. Although they were curious about the two beautiful girls, it wasn’t enough to make them lose their composure. They were just beautiful women, not like they hadn’t seen them before.
Some stronger heroes recognized Bai Ling, who was a distinctive girl. Bai Ling was a frequent visitor to the Hero Association. When she had free time, she liked to come here and sit in the spectator seats of the training ground, watching her juniors sweat it out.
In the absence of Leticia, she could only pass the time in such a boring way.
When she met interesting people, Bai Ling would also go down to spar with them and offer them guidance. Through these encounters, Miss Bai had become familiar with the Hero Association.
Many heroes speculated about this girl’s identity. An A-class hero? Or an S-class hero?
Some heroes had also directly asked the higher-ups of the association if they knew anything about this white-haired girl, but they were always told “no comment.” This made them even more convinced that Bai Ling was a powerful figure.
“Hello, boss!”
“Good morning, boss!”
Several heroes who knew Bai Ling greeted her enthusiastically.
Bai Ling nodded coldly in response. Outside, she presented a cool demeanor, living up to her title of “Ice Mountain Goddess.”
Leticia, on the other hand, was not as reserved. The last time they visited, they hadn’t used the main entrance and hadn’t been to this hall, so it was a completely new and fascinating place for her.
“This is the mission hall. Heroes can pick up missions here. However, most heroes nowadays prefer to pick up missions on their phones, which is faster and eliminates the need to come here every time,” Bai Ling whispered to Leticia, seeing that Leticia was quite interested in the place. “However, missions with a difficulty level of A-class or higher must be picked up here.”
“Oh, that sounds quite interesting. How do I pick up a mission?” Leticia asked curiously, looking at the large screen hanging in the hall.
The screen displayed various missions, some posted by the Hero Association and others commissioned privately.
Missions posted by the Hero Association were mostly long-term and had fixed objectives, such as patrolling and maintaining order in Central City, or traveling to other cities for business. These missions offered decent rewards and were low in danger, making them a good choice for a leisurely life.
Are there any missions without danger?
Of course, there are. However, those missions usually don’t appear here. At the branch of the Hero Association on the border line, high-difficulty missions like killing encroaching alien races can be found.
“These private commissions are really varied… Looking for a cat? This kind of mission can be posted here?” Leticia’s expression turned strange as she looked at the commissions on the private request column.
Some of these private commissions were legitimate, such as protecting a target, while others were clearly everyday chores, like finding a cat or cleaning the house.
But was it necessary to trouble the heroes of the Hero Association for such matters? It would be more convenient to hire ordinary people directly!
“Looking for a cat is actually quite difficult… These missions have been screened by the association’s staff. Although they seem a bit strange, they are indeed tasks that heroes can undertake. After all, not all heroes have strong combat power, and some heroes’ abilities are not suitable for combat, but they excel in daily affairs. These missions are prepared for them,” Bai Ling explained.
“Ah, specialization, I get it,” Leticia nodded. It was the humans’ own business and had nothing to do with her, the Demon King. Her goal was simply to make some money from the Hero Association, so she didn’t care what kind of commission she took.
“Then can I go pick up a mission now?”
“Not yet. Your hero identity hasn’t been issued. You need to go to the registration office with me first,” Bai Ling shook her head.
“Huh? Wasn’t I an S-class hero before? Could it be that this identity is fake?”
“Well, you were just a nominal member before, occupying a position. Now that you’re going to do actual work, you need to be properly placed in this position. Don’t worry, it’ll be quick.” Bai Ling took Leticia’s hand and walked towards another place. “I’ve already made an appointment; it’ll only take a few minutes.”
For anyone else, this appointment might have taken several days, but Bai Ling’s appointment wasn’t just an ordinary appointment; it was more like a notification.
“I’m bringing my friend to get hero certification tomorrow, so you handle it.” That’s roughly what it meant.
Passing through the spacious mission hall and the futuristic corridor, Bai Ling led Leticia to a small room on the third floor of the Hero Association Headquarters.
A small wooden sign was hung on the door of the small room, with the words “Certification Office” written on it.
“This is it. I can’t go in with you, but the people inside won’t make things difficult for you. Just act naturally,” Bai Ling said as she knocked on the door.
“Don’t worry, I promise I won’t beat the person inside to death,” Leticia chuckled.
No, hearing you say that makes me very worried. Bai Ling opened her mouth, wanting to say something more, but a voice came from inside the door.
“Come in, we’ve been waiting for you for a long time.”
It was the voice of a young girl, who didn’t seem to be older than fourteen.
“You guys recruit child labor at the Hero Association?”
“I heard that…” Before Leticia could finish her sentence, the closed door opened a crack, and a green-haired girl, who looked like she was still in elementary school, cast a resentful glance from the gap. “Just to be clear, I’m already an adult.”
Leticia blinked. She didn’t feel particularly embarrassed. Instead, she felt that this girl would definitely have something in common with her.
After all, they were the same type of people. It was just that Leticia looked a bit more mature, perhaps like a junior high school student.
“Oh, is it Little Green who’s on duty today? I thought it would be someone else,” Bai Ling asked in surprise upon seeing the girl.
“You should have guessed when you heard my voice, Sister Bai?” The girl called Little Green tilted her head. “I’m just on duty for a while. After I finish dealing with Ms. Su’s matter, I’ll go back to rest.”
So, this little girl was specifically here to serve me? Leticia suddenly felt that she was quite honored to be received by such a cute little girl. Her impression of the Hero Association suddenly became much better.
“Is that so? Then I’ll trouble you, Little Green.” Bai Ling smiled and reached out, patting the little girl’s head amidst her murderous glare.
“Damn it, you’re patting my head again! Don’t you know I won’t grow taller if you do that!” After bringing Leticia into the room, the little girl stomped her feet unhappily, clearly disliking people touching her head.
Leticia felt the same way. She also disliked people touching her head.
If a stranger tried to touch her head, she would guarantee to chop off that unruly hand, absolutely!
“Phew, you must be Su Qianqian, the great contributor of Binhai City, who, along with Sister Bai, defeated a pseudogod-level sea monster.” After venting, the girl finally got down to business. She picked up a document marked “Top Secret” from the desk and began to read. “And a demon…”
“A law-abiding demon. I haven’t done anything illegal all these years,” Leticia quickly added.
“Don’t worry, I don’t have any deep hatred for demons. When we were fighting before, I was assigned to the elf side. If I have any enemies, it’s with the elves,” Little Green said, placing the document on the table and sighing. “The old man probably arranged for me to handle this for that reason. Everyone in this department except me has basically fought against demons, so they might feel a little unhappy doing this.”
Because demons were the strongest at that time, the battlefield against demons was undoubtedly humanity’s main battlefield. Almost all veteran heroes had dealt with demons on the battlefield, and most of them, even if they didn’t say it out loud, would have some reservations about demons in their hearts.
Considering this, Little Green, who was supposed to be off duty today, was temporarily assigned a task.
“I never went to the battlefield, so they can’t hate me,” Leticia shrugged, saying something exceptionally shameless.
After all, no one here knew she was the Demon King. She was just an ordinary demon who loved peace. Leticia? Who was that? She didn’t know anyone named Leticia.
“That’s hard to say. That batch of heroes suffered some psychological damage… Alright, your certificate is ready. Take it, this is your hero certificate.” Little Green fiddled with the computer for a while, and then a small card was ejected from a machine beside her. The card was a beautiful golden color and featured a close-up photo of Leticia, along with some of her basic information.
Then, Little Green took out an even smaller card from a drawer, which looked like a SIM card.
In fact, it was a SIM card.
“Insert this card into your phone, and you can download the Hero Association’s mobile app. You can pick up some ordinary missions directly on your phone without coming to headquarters…” Little Green gave Leticia a lot of advice on being a hero. After saying it verbally, she also took out a thick book, as heavy as a brick, and handed it to Leticia. “The more detailed information is in this book. You don’t need to remember too much, as there won’t be an exam.”
Leticia’s expression became a little strange as she took the weighty Hero Handbook. Were there so many things to pay attention to when being a hero?
She had thought that heroes just finished their missions and didn’t need to worry about anything else.
Seeing Leticia’s expression, Little Green understood what she was thinking. Most heroes would have this expression when they first learned about so many rules, as it was completely different from the heroes they imagined.
“You were just a nominal member before, so you didn’t need to worry about these things. But now that you’re going to do something, you need to remember some of these. Although heroes are called heroes, they are ultimately semi-official superpowered individuals. If they are not regulated, causing trouble will be problematic,” Little Green explained. This had indeed happened a long time ago. After multiple occurrences, the then administrator of the Hero Association, Sang Zhitong, introduced this series of regulations to standardize the actions of heroes.
As long as they followed the rules, heroes wouldn’t be responsible for any major trouble.
“I understand. I’ll take a good look later. So, I can go pick up a mission now, right?” Leticia instinctively tried to put the brick-like book into Infino’s artifact space, but then she realized that the thin golden chain that had been hanging on her wrist was gone.
Right, when Kira left a few days ago, she had given Infino to Kira for self-defense.
It seemed she’d have to hold this brick-like book for a while.
“Yes, I’ll go with you. I can also recommend some easy missions to get you started,” Little Green stood up from a chair that was much larger than her. “Sister Bai doesn’t know the Hero Association very well. If she chose missions for you, it might lead to some embarrassing situations.”
Logically speaking, as Bai Ling’s lover, Leticia should have been angry about her speaking ill of someone behind their back. But was Leticia an ordinary person?
“That would be great! I know how unreliable that person is. It’s best to have a mature guide like you, Little Green!” Leticia patted Little Green’s shoulder happily.
“Of course!” Little Green immediately looked pleased. This Su Qianqian was quite good at talking.
