“Heroes are no braver than ordinary men, they are just braver five minutes longer.” —Emerson.

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[Feng Bujue, Level 51]

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“Welcome to Thriller Paradise.”

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After a familiar system prompt, Feng Bujue once again arrived at the "Safe House" in Free Exploration mode.

Since the last time he left this universe was still at the Heroes' Dormitory, he reappeared in the bathroom of Room Z250 this time upon returning.

“Hmm… what was I doing before I left last time…” Before Feng Bujue walked out of the bathroom, he first recalled his experience the last time he came to this world, “Oh, right… Park Planet.”

Soon, that memory became clear…

The last time he came here, Feng Bujue and four planetary heroes – Fleaman, Bananaholic, SierraQ, and Green Meteor – went to “Park Planet” together and intervened in the melee between the “Bratty Kids Star-People,” the “Square Dancers Star-People,” and the “Beggar Star-People.”

The details of the mission are not important here, but the final result was… the two wanted criminals of the Universal Superhero Alliance, Regretful Boy and Bucktoothed Aunt, were both arrested half-dead.

Before those heroes returned to the Universal Superhero Alliance, Motobe Taizo, the martial arts expert known as the "Park War God," expressed a strong desire to exchange pointers with Feng Bujue. Thus… this guy shamelessly tagged along.

“Speaking of which, is it really okay to let that park sleeper come along…” Feng Bujue muttered as he walked out of the bathroom, “Although he’s not a wanted criminal, he still has strength comparable to a planetary hero. If this guy makes a scene here, the damage could be considerable…”

His worries were also Frogman’s worries.

And Frogman was a man who left no stone unturned… Therefore, while constantly monitoring Jue-Ge, he had already made all the arrangements when the *Hua Rong Dao* ship returned.

In short, Frogman's strategy for Motobe Taizo was: with some precautions, he could try to develop him into a hero. If it didn't work, he should try to maintain a relatively friendly relationship with him. In short, try not to push this kind of person into the opposing camp.

Ding-dong—

“Eh?” Just as Feng Bujue sat down in front of the computer, preparing to find some more missions to do, his doorbell rang.

Jue-Ge didn't think much about it, walked to the door in a few steps, and opened the door casually.

At this time, there were two people standing outside the door. One of them was Motobe Taizo, and the other was Fleaman, who had performed a mission with Jue-Ge not long ago.

“Hmm…” Feng Bujue narrowed his eyes as soon as he saw Motobe, “He really came…”

“Hehe…” Motobe smiled at him, “I came over as soon as I finished the treatment.”

“What about you?” Feng Bujue turned his head to look at Fleaman again.

“I’m monitoring Motobe.” Fleaman immediately replied in his high-pitched voice.

“Hey hey…” Jue-Ge couldn’t see the expression on Fleaman’s face when he said this (Fleaman’s face had no obvious facial features), but he still looked at the other party and continued, “You said it right in front of him…”

“Ha!” The next second, Motobe took over and said, “There’s nothing to hide in the first place, and I don’t mind…” While speaking, Motobe also showed a bit of a smug expression, “This just proves that I’m the kind of strong person who needs ‘planetary heroes to follow and guard against at all times.’”

“Strong my ass… you didn’t see those two dancing Indian guys…” Feng Bujue immediately complained in his heart, but he didn’t say it out loud, he just continued, “So… what’s the matter you’re looking for me for?”

“Hmm…” Motobe pondered for a moment, then said, “Mister Pokerface, actually, I just think… you have a lot of talent in fighting, and I want to make friends with you to study and discuss the theory of practical martial arts together.”

“Ha?” Feng Bujue said, “Just for this…”

“Yeah, otherwise what?” Motobe asked suspiciously.

“What do you mean ‘otherwise what’?” Feng Bujue replied in a matter-of-fact tone, “If you want me to say it… I can list more than a dozen more adequate motives. For example, you, the park sleeper, don’t have medical insurance, so you want to come with us to get some medical services; or you want to use blackmail to extort a sum of compensation from the Universal Superhero Alliance; or… you may be a sleeper agent sent by the Universal Homeless Alliance to infiltrate our army…”

“Uh…” Hearing this, Motobe’s expression became a little awkward, “Heh… hehe…” He laughed dryly and replied, “I’ve never heard of the ‘Universal Homeless Alliance’ or anything, and I definitely won’t do things like blackmail, but…” He scratched his head, “I was seriously injured and needed treatment here, that’s true.”

Motobe was still a relatively honest person, or rather… no matter what the situation, he ultimately retained the self-esteem of a martial artist; therefore, after Jue-Ge mentioned it, he admitted his mooching behavior with some shame.

“Actually, you don’t have to be embarrassed.” Two seconds later, Fleaman spoke up to smooth things over for Motobe, “There haven’t been any particularly big crises in the last few hundred cosmic years (one cosmic year is about fifty-two hours), and we have plenty of medical resources; we won’t abandon even criminals, let alone you.”

It was not difficult to see from his words… that Frogman had already communicated with him.

Fleaman was a very strong, qualified, and reliable planetary hero; plus, he happened to have an intersection with Motobe in this operation, so Frogman directly assigned the task of defending against and co-opting Motobe to him.

“Then now that you’re cured, go back to Park Planet, you don’t need to come to me on purpose, right?” After a few seconds, Feng Bujue said to Motobe again, and then reached out to close the door.

“Wait!” At this moment, Motobe quickly stopped him, “I know… you’re a Galactic Hero, so you might think I’m not qualified to discuss martial arts with you, right? It’s okay… I’ll show you something…” As he said that, he reached into his collar.