Unfortunate Hero's Retirement Life

Fifteen minutes ago

Heero was standing before a table. The tools and materials to create a weapon had been prepared.

Just as he was about to pick the hammer, his smartwatch vibrated. He looked down, it was a call from the security house.

He picked the call and Fatty Liang's voice resounded through the smartwatch, "Boss, it's me Fatty Liang. Two Black-Level visitors have moved toward the academy direction!"

A frown appeared on Heero's forehead. Black-Level visitor, a Legendary Class Ranker. That was how the security classified the visitor.

Each of the visitors had to be checked and identified to enter the district. A dangerous one such as a ranker would be monitored. Black-Level was considered the most dangerous.

"Keep an eye on them through the camera and inform me. I will personally watch them!" Heero closed the call and turned around.

"I will wait for your return, Master!" Blacksmith Huang nodded understandingly.

Heero nodded and left the smithy, through the backdoor of course.

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Security House

"Should I report to the Hero League?" Fatty Liang asked back but received no answer.

"Hello? Boss!? Boss!!??"

"Urgh, he closed my call. What should I do?" Fatty Liang looked at the monitor worriedly.

The monitor showed two old men's profiles. Ryong Chong-Shik, Legendary Class Ranker - Rank 1 and Hanzo Keiji, Legendary Class Ranker - Rank 4.

He knew his boss was strong, but this time opponents were no joke.

After some thoughts, Fatty Liang's face brightened. He called an id, Fiery Goddess.

*** ***

Meanwhile, Heero followed the two old men closely through the rooftop. The two old men were doing good.

They visited a few shops and stalls. Creating the impression that they came to the district to play instead of having a hidden agenda.

At first, Heero also thought so, until the two old men stopped in front of the Heero Preschool.

As soon as he saw this, Heero immediately evacuated the preschool. The kids and the teachers were evacuated through the backdoor. Resulting in the current circumstance.

Heero opened the door and faced the two old men.

"How did you know?" Hanzo Keiji asked in a surprised tone.

"What are you doing here? What do you want?" Heero ignored Keiji and looked straight toward Ryong Chong-Shik.

"Hoho, we just wanted to play around. Do you want to play with us?" The old man replied playfully.

"Hah… Why can't you guys leave me alone!? I just want to have a peaceful life here, " Heero muttered in a low voice while breathing out a sigh.

Despite saying it in a low voice, the two old men heard it clearly.

"Good! We will leave you alone, but you have to hand over your secret technique to us!" Ryong Chong-Shik smiled kindly toward Heero, it was as if he was giving out a favor.

"If you want to get my secret technique, why did you come here instead of me?" Hearing that, Heero's calm expression turned cold and his eyes turned sharp.

"Aiyo, don't stare at me like that. You are scaring this old man," Ryong Chong-Shik waved his hand playfully.

Heero said nothing in return, he stood there and coldly glared at the two old men.

Badump! Badump! Badump!

Hanzo Keiji's heartbeat accelerated, the glare somehow made him nervous. He could feel the dangerous sensation from the young man ahead of him.

"Hohoho… it's been a long time I feel this kind of sensation. Who was it? Ah, the last time I felt the same sensation when I faced Old Ming from the Hero League, "

"What a promising young man! I changed my mind, what about joining us instead?" Ryong Chong-Shik offered with a smile.

"You changed your mind? So, what's your initial plan?" Heero replied with another question.

"Why are you so curious about our initial plan? What matters is that I will give you a peaceful life and you join us! It's for a greater future! Let's forget the past and forge a new future with us, " Ryong Chong-Shik did not give up.

"Depending on your answer, I might spare your life! So just spit it out, what were you going to do?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, what a stubborn young man," Ryong Chong-Shik shook his head and sighed.

"Alright if that's what you wanted. We initially wanted to kidnap your daughter and exchange your daughter with your secret technique. Along the way, I will kill a few children and teachers to warn you!"

"That was the plan and we failed as you noticed our arrival. Now I changed my mind, you should join us before you regret, " 

It was as if Heero did not listen to Ryong Chong-Shik's last sentence.

Space next to him distorted and his hand entered the distorted space. Not long after, he pulled his hand out. There was a big blade in his hand.

For the first time, Ryong Chong-Shik's face changed. He was startled by the scene he just witnessed.

Hanzo Keiji immediately sheathed out his sword. He was ready to fight anytime.

"Just like I said, depending on your initial plan, I might spare your lives. But with your answer, there's no way I can't spare your lives!" Heero's eyes blackened, in that instant, his eyes turned totally black.

His skin also grew darker as his shadow slowly spread out.

Shoosh!

Heero's body entered the shadow before the shadow rushed toward the two old men.

"Ryong Chong-Shik! Get your ass ready!" Hanzo Keiji shouted.

The image of a kind old man disappeared as a clear sign of nervousness shown on his face. Yes, Hanzo Keiji panicked with the sudden change.

The dangerous sensation was changed into a death sensation. He felt this countless times, but this time, if he was careless even a little bit, he was sure that death was waiting for him.

Hanzo Keiji's figure also disappeared as he went into stealth. As for Ryong Chong-Shik, he had a spear in his hand with a stern look plastered on his face, no longer playful as before.

In the blink of an eye, the ground turned black, covered by the shadow. Ryong Chong-Shik could not even see his own shadow.

Swoosh!

Heero jumped out of the shadow, he lunged toward Ryong Chong-Shik from the front as he slashed his big blade horizontally.

Ryong Chong-Shik's reaction was quite fast. He put his spear forward, blocking the incoming spear.

Clang!

Urghhh!

The force behind the big blade was out of the old man's expectation. He was pushed back and grunted heavily.

At the same time, Hanzo Seiji took this chance and appeared behind Heero. He swung his sword toward Heero's neck. But the sword brushed an empty air as Heero's figure entered the shadow once again.

Realizing his sneak attack failed, Hanzo Seiji immediately went into stealth once again.

The same scene repeated again and again. Heero would shoot out of the shadow and swung his big blade toward Ryong Chong-Shik.

Ryong Chong-Shik kept blocking the attack while Hanzo Keiji launched his sneak attack through stealth.

After some time, Ryong Chong-Shik's hand trembled. His hand grew numb from blocking Heero's blade numerous times.

"F*ck you, sneaky b*stard! Come and face me if you dare!" The kind and the gentle old man could not bear anymore as a curse escaped from his mouth.

With Heero hiding in the shadows, he could not attack him. In fact, he was helpless with the only choice to retreat for the time being. However, his pride as Legendary Class Ranker - Rank 1 prevented him from retreating.

"If you don't come out, then I will force you!"

Ryong Chong-Shik turned around and rushed out of the preschool. He wanted to run amuck in the district to force Heero out of the shadows.

Just as he was about to reach the gate, he crashed into an invisible barrier, preventing him from breaking the gate.

The old man was startled at first, but he did not panic. He took two steps back and raised his spear.

The spears were glowing in blue. Out of nowhere, water came out of his hand and covered the spear.

The water revolved around the spear and formed the shape of the drill at the spearhead. It was Ryong Family's secret technique.

Swoosh!

The old man stabbed his spear toward the barrier.

"I will break your cheap trick with my spear!"

Boom!

Not only the spear failed to break the invisible barrier. The barrier flung the old man away.

At the same time, the shadows covering the ground vanished and Heero appeared on the exact same spot. The difference was he had a spear in his hand instead of a big blade.

"I was just testing how strong the Legendary Class Ranker is…" Heero shook his head as he realized something.

Weak, whether it was heroes or rankers, they were far too weak than he thought. Even the peak existence of rankers was just this much.

Bzzzt! Bzzzt! Bzzzt!

Yellow lightning buzzed out of Heero's feet, "Get ready for your punishment, daring to extend your hand to my family, old man!"

But then, Ryong Chong-Shik's appeared right in front of Heero with a big grin.

"Don't get too cocky, young man! It's you who's going to die, not me! DIE!!!"

The old man stabbed his spear toward Heero's head.