Lu Mingfei doesn't want to be a superhero

“Yes, and I can’t protect you forever, so in addition to scientific knowledge, you also need to learn about the wickedness and filth of human nature,” Tony patted Lu Mingfei on the shoulder and said, “These things are indispensable to you, and I will teach you them slowly.”

"Thank you, Tony!" Lu Mingfei suddenly felt a lump in his throat.

No one had ever taught him these things; his uncle and aunt wished he would always be obedient.

"However, I always feel that this road is long and arduous."

Tony felt a headache coming on when he recalled Lu Mingfei's clear yet foolish eyes.

Even though he's not married yet, he feels like a worried old father.

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Chapter 28 Hulk

In Lu Mingfei's manor, at the newly built training ground.

The tall, muscular white man was locked in combat with Lu Mingfei.

Judging from the appearance, this battle was very unfair.

The burly man was over 1.9 meters tall and was wearing full protective gear, while Lu Mingfei, apart from wearing gloves, was only dressed in light clothes that looked like he was going on a spring outing.

But in reality, every time the burly man's fist landed on Lu Mingfei, it was as if he had hit an iron statue. Lu Mingfei remained completely still, while when Lu Mingfei casually punched the burly man's protective gear, the burly man would shake his body and grimace.

A moment later, the burly man suddenly retreated, withdrawing from the battle, panting heavily and waving his hand: "Stop, stop, stop, I can't go on."

Lu Mingfei stopped in front of the burly man, his breathing even and long, as if he had just finished warming up before swimming.

Once the burly man had caught his breath, Lu Mingfei handed him a towel to wipe away the sweat that covered his body and head.

"Your progress is truly astonishing. At this rate, I estimate I'll have nothing left to teach you in a week," the burly man said, his voice filled with undisguised amazement.

His name is Willie Lynch. He is Lu Mingfei's bodyguard and coach. He is an elite retired Navy SEAL who was hired by Lu Mingfei to teach him combat and marksmanship.

Two days have passed since Lu Mingfei returned to this world.

Tony seemed a bit busy these past few days, and Lu Mingfei still had plenty of time left to travel through time, enough to stay in this world for quite some time, so he didn't rush to bother Tony.

These past two days, besides attending classes with the teachers Tony found, he has been learning martial arts from his bodyguard Willie. His progress has been rapid, but Willie is ultimately just a strong, ordinary person. Even with full protective gear, Lu Mingfei, with his polar bear-like physique, has to be very cautious and restrained when sparring with him, making the fights very unpleasant.

“The shooting range was completed last night, and we can start practicing shooting today,” Willie asked his boss. “Would you like to try it out now? Or tomorrow?”

“Now!” Lu Mingfei’s eyes lit up.

Guns and cars are a man's romance, and Lu Mingfei is no exception.

“It’s good to have a positive attitude, but I have to remind you that although you’ve made rapid progress in combat, there’s not much to teach in shooting. It all comes down to long hours of practice to develop a feel for it,” Willie laughed. “So don’t be discouraged if your attempt doesn’t go well later. That’s perfectly normal.”

Half an hour later.

Lu Mingfei stood in front of the shooting range, holding up his Colt M2000, and pulled the trigger repeatedly, emptying the magazine in two seconds. The muzzle, spitting flames, barely shook.

On the stand in the distance, a black silhouette of a human figure has a target drawn on its chest, and every shot hits the bullseye.

Willie, standing to the side, was dumbfounded.

……

evening.

"Looks like I'm quite talented at shooting."

Lu Mingfei finished his training for the day, took a cold shower, and was about to go out for a drive to relax when his phone suddenly rang.

The caller ID showed Tony.

"Hello? Tony?" Lu Mingfei answered the phone. "Are you done with your work?"

“I have something very urgent to discuss with you. Get ready,” Tony said. “I’m already on my way in a helicopter.”

Lu Mingfei was taken aback: "What's the rush?"

“It’s hard to explain over the phone, so get ready first,” Tony said. “Wear something light; I brought you the Iron Man suit.”

"Holy crap!" Lu Mingfei exclaimed in surprise. "What do you mean we need to wear combat gear? Isn't that dangerous?"

"Why would I bring you a suit if it's not dangerous?" Tony retorted.

Lu Mingfei: ...

What you said makes perfect sense!

……

A flashy gold Sikorsky S-92 was parked on Lu Mingfei's lawn, its hatch open.

Wearing a highly elastic fiber garment, Lu Mingfei strode into the helicopter.

"Why didn't it land on the tarmac? Now my lawn will probably need to be replanted." Lu Mingfei complained as he sat down next to Tony.

He was also somewhat surprised that Tony had already put on his Iron Man suit in the helicopter, only opening his mask to reveal his face—it seemed that Tony was taking what they were about to face very seriously.

"It's an emergency, there's no time to find a helipad," Tony said frankly.

"Are you sure you're not retaliating for what I did that night?" Lu Mingfei asked.

He was referring to the time a couple of days ago when he caught Tony in the act.

"No, why would I seek revenge?" Tony said sincerely. "I'm the kind of person who doesn't hold grudges."

Ah……

Having spent so much time with Tony, Lu Mingfei still doesn't know if Tony holds a grudge.

This guy is more petty than a woman, and he's incredibly vindictive!

But since he was in the wrong, Lu Mingfei didn't dare to expose Tony and changed the subject, saying, "What is it that you need to come to me, and why do you have to wear the Iron Man suit?"

“I originally wanted to discuss your world with you. Based on what you sent me yesterday about your world, I have some new ideas and guesses. However, plans can change, so we’ll have to talk about that later. We need to solve the problem at hand first,” Tony said, pointing to a platform in the middle of the back of the cabin. “Go and put on your Iron Man suit first. You’d better wear a helmet and watch the video while I’m about to talk about.”

The cabin itself was quite spacious, so Tony installed a device to help users put on their Iron Man suits. Now that he had brought Lu Mingfei's Iron Man suit up, it was ready to use immediately.

Lu Mingfei stood in the center of the circular metal, and several robotic arms, some holding parts of the Iron Man suit and others holding tools, assembled a complete Iron Man suit around Lu Mingfei in just a few dozen seconds.

Lu Mingfei's suit is similar in appearance to Tony's, except that the edges are sharper and less rounded, and the paint scheme is silver and black.

Tony initially painted Lu Mingfei's suit with an extremely flashy purple-gold color, which looked more like the color favored by Roman or French noblewomen.

Later, under Lu Mingfei's staunch resistance, Tony had no choice but to change his suit to be primarily silver with black accents.

Lu Mingfei, wearing the Iron Man suit, walked over and sat down next to Tony. Although he had tried it on before, he still felt quite novel about it.

“Put on a mask,” Tony said.

With his battle suit mask fastened, Lu Mingfei looked around at his field of vision with some curiosity. He could see out almost unobstructed, but some blue program windows floated at the edges of his field of vision.

The next second, Tony's voice came through the chat channel: "After we escaped from the terrorists' hideout, you were suddenly taken away by that sorcerer. In order to find you, I had Jarvis search for supernatural traces around the world at a high intensity during that time."

“After you returned, I didn’t let Jarvis stop the search, but I reduced the intensity of the search. Although I still know very little about those mages, Jarvis found some secrets, such as… the military’s super soldier program.”

"Uh... let me guess, has the military's super soldier program gone out of control?" Lu Mingfei complained.

Tony was somewhat surprised: "How did you know?"

"That's how it's always portrayed in movies. The villain wants to create a superweapon through some evil plan, then use the superweapon to rule the world. Then the plan goes out of control, the superweapon goes berserk, kills the villain or beats him half to death, and finally the protagonists go through all sorts of hardships to take down the berserk superweapon," Lu Mingfei's吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for sarcastic or critical commentary) spirit burned brightly. "This plot is too old-fashioned."

"In short, things have developed pretty much as you described. A poor guy named Bruce Banner went out of control in the Super Soldier program and underwent a severe mutation, turning into a huge, uncontrollable green monster with incredible destructive power and immunity to most firearms," ​​Tony said. "He escaped after the mutation, and the military has been trying to capture him for research to continue the Super Soldier program."

"Wait, how did you know?" Lu Mingfei asked curiously. "The military is so generous as to share such classified information with you."

“How could we share it? I found it after I had Jarvis hack into their system,” Tony said.

"I vaguely remember someone telling the military a few months ago that he was a law-abiding citizen," Lu Mingfei complained.

“The military has also claimed that it will not conduct human experiments or produce biological soldiers,” Tony shrugged. “This is the first lesson I’ve taught you about humanity: promises are meant to be broken, agreements are meant to be broken, and public pronouncements are just for fooling the public, especially the U.S. military and the U.S. government.”

"Is it really okay for an American like you to say this?"

"Why don't you guess why I don't trust them?" Tony asked.

Before Lu Mingfei could answer, a large amount of information and videos popped up in his masked field of vision.

The video shows a green giant, over three meters tall and with exaggeratedly strong muscles, fighting against fully armed U.S. military personnel on a lawn.

However, compared to the battle, this was more like a one-sided crushing. The green giant was overwhelmed by bullets and RPGs without even breaking his skin. He could stop the armored vehicle that crashed into him just by standing on the ground. Lifting the armored vehicle was easier than an ordinary person carrying a case of mineral water.

Even a casually thrown projectile could shatter two military armored vehicles into pieces and then explode.

After the Hulk wreaked havoc, the sonic weapons on the two armored vehicles briefly suppressed it, but the Hulk was holding two metal shields in its hands at the time—heaven knows why it would carry two shields when it was clearly invulnerable to blades and bullets.

Suppressed by the sonic weapon, the green giant threw the sheet metal he was holding and easily destroyed an armored vehicle equipped with the sonic weapon. Then, with a leap, he destroyed another one.

At this point, all of the military's armored vehicles and heavy weapons were destroyed, and the offensive came to a halt.

Lu Mingfei gasped in shock.

What kind of monster is this? Its physical strength and power are ridiculously high. If Obadiah's Iron Monger were there, it would probably be torn to pieces in no time.

But what happened next made Lu Mingfei pause for a moment.

A woman in a white coat walked toward the green giant. The green giant, who had been wreaking havoc, suddenly became much quieter, holding the remaining "shield" and letting the woman stand not far in front of him without any intention of attacking.

The next second, a sudden change occurred. A military helicopter flew over from a distance and scanned the green giant below. The range of the heavy machine guns naturally also covered the woman in white.

The Hulk pounced almost immediately to protect the woman in white, then threw another shield amidst the hail of bullets, shooting down the helicopter.

In the explosion after the helicopter landed, it bent down to protect the woman, and finally brought the woman in white out of the blast unharmed, and then ran away with her all the way.

After the video ended, Lu Mingfei looked at Tony and said, "This thing is ridiculously strong. I feel like even a tank would be like a toy in front of it."

“That’s why I put the suit on you,” Tony said.

“Don’t tell me we’re going to have to deal with this,” Lu Mingfei immediately stood up. “I just remembered you left the gas on. Let’s go back and turn it off together.”

“Not to deal with it,” Tony said. “Quite the opposite, we need to deal with the military so that those idiots don’t provoke that poor Banner guy and let that green monster show up in the city.”

“I hacked into the military’s system and found a conversation between Banner and someone called ‘Mr. Blue.’ Mr. Blue has the potential to help him eliminate the mutation, so he went to see Mr. Blue,” Tony said. “The real identity of that Mr. Blue is a doctor named ‘Samuel Stern.’ They are going to Mr. Blue’s lab to cure Banner, but the military will not allow Banner to be cured, otherwise the Super Serum will be a long way off. So they have already set off for Dr. Stern’s lab in the city.”

"Is there something slightly off about the brains of your American military?" Lu Mingfei couldn't help but ask.

Tony retorted, "It's definitely more than just a little."

Lu Mingfei twitched the corner of his mouth and sat down again: "But I don't think that big green guy is completely irrational. You see in that video, he knows how to protect people."

“I checked. That woman’s name is Betty Ross. She’s the daughter of General Ross, the top leader of the Super Serum research, and also Banner’s ex-girlfriend,” Tony said.