Too Many Reincarnators? I Bring the National Team to the Field - Chapter 23

At this moment, Li Xin’s confidence reached its peak.

Not even the nation’s hot weapons could touch him. He was the world’s superhero, a top powerhouse!

Who hasn’t dreamed of being a hero?

And he was Heaven’s favorite, the Chosen Son!

-He could be a hero as recklessly as he wanted, fulfilling his own hero dream.

“Hahahahaha!!” Li Xin laughed loudly.

Hao Jingye looked at Sheng An and called urgently, “Sister Sheng!”

Sheng An remained calm. She finished assembling the gun in her hand, aimed at Li Xin, and said in a steady voice-

“Li Xin, invulnerability comes from Buddhist scriptures, Iron Man is a Western comic superhero. Don’t mix cultures-it only makes you look even less cultured!”

As soon as she finished speaking, Sheng An pulled the trigger.

This time, there was no sound of metal clashing.

Instead, another sound rang out-

“Awooo!!”

Li Xin let out a howl like a pig being slaughtered.

Accompanied by this miserable scream, Li Xin fell from high in the air and crashed to the ground.

“Bang-” a loud crash.

Sheng An calmly stepped back.

Li Xin clutched his hand, rolling madly on the ground. His hand had been hit, and there was a big hole in his metal arm, which was now sizzling, as if something was constantly corroding the metal.

Li Xin was in so much pain he began to cry out loud.

“Ahh, what is this?! What did you do to me?!” His voice was full of agony.

Sheng An squatted down beside him, looking down at him from above.

She watched him writhe in pain, a bright smile slowly appearing on her face. She said lazily, “If I were you, I’d cancel my power right now and get rid of the metal on my hand.”

At her words, the helmet and mask on Li Xin’s head vanished, and the dazzling golden light on his body faded immediately.

A segment of mechanical arm fell off and changed back into his hand, and only then did he recover a little.

Now his appearance was completely exposed in front of Sheng An.

A rather handsome sixteen-year-old boy, his face still carrying a hint of childishness and rebelliousness. His eyes were wide with anger, his hair a little long and partly covering his brows, and he was wearing-bear pajamas.

Li Xin was panting, about to speak.

The next moment, a gun was aimed at his forehead.

Above him, Sheng An smiled slightly at him.

Li Xin froze, not daring to move.

Moments later, the spot the gun was aimed at turned to metal.

He was just about to resist.

Sheng An’s smile didn’t change: “If it were your skin, maybe my gun wouldn’t do anything to you. But if you turn to metal, then this gun is useful…”

Li Xin froze.

The next moment, the metal beneath the muzzle disappeared and turned back into his ordinary flesh.

In the end, he was still afraid of death and pain.

All around them, SWAT officers surrounded them, their guns aimed at Li Xin.

At this moment, whether he turned into Metal Man or not, he was completely at their mercy.

Li Xin gritted his teeth, “What kind of gun is this?!”

Why could it hurt him?

This was impossible.

He was clearly an invulnerable Superpower User!

Sheng An said, “A metal Superpower User can control metal and also turn metal into their own body. You’re already an element of metal. Judging from your color, most of the metal you create is copper and gold. Copper is easy to handle, gold is a bit trickier, and your confidence in being bulletproof means there are other elements in your metal to increase its hardness.”

Li Xin: “?”

What was she talking about?

Sheng An said, “But it’s fine. Your education level is about what I expected; most of the metal you make is common elements. Common metallic elements aren’t hard to deal with. The bullets are filled with a chemical mixture I made myself-concentrated nitric acid and concentrated hydrochloric acid mixed at a volume ratio of 1:3. Commonly known as, Aqua Regia.”

Li Xin: “??”

His eyes became vacant; he was completely bewildered.

She seemed to be mocking him, but he had no proof…

Sheng An continued, “Aqua Regia can dissolve most metallic elements. Especially since your outer shell is made of the common elements Cu and Au-couldn’t be easier to handle. If you’d managed to use any rare elements, that would have been a hassle. We might have needed to call in a chemistry expert.”

Li Xin: “???”
Sheng An smiled faintly and tapped the barrel of her gun against his forehead. “So, kid, read a few more books before you come out to be a superhero.”

Li Xin: “…”

-Was this person mocking him?!

His mind was buzzing, a little dazed, his whole body frozen.

He prided himself as the Chosen Son, believed his superpower was invincible, but never expected that Sheng An would defeat him using nothing but the most basic chemistry from middle and high school.

Copper, gold, concentrated nitric acid, concentrated hydrochloric acid… All so familiar.

Li Xin felt completely disoriented.

In front of him, Sheng An was crouching, aiming that special “bullet” gun right at his brow.

Around them, the SWAT officers had them surrounded.

-He couldn’t escape anymore.

Li Xin gritted his teeth. “I won’t cooperate with you. If you have the guts, kill me!”

Defeated, the teenager felt a bit crushed, but mostly furious.

He was humiliated and angry, making his last stand.

Sheng An’s smile didn’t change. “Oh, really? You won’t cooperate? Then I’ll just have to get your parents and family to cooperate.”

She looked up at the apartment door.

Li Xin was startled and snapped his gaze over.

The elevator entrance was already controlled by SWAT, but the Song family could still come out.

At this moment, they were standing at the apartment door, watching the scene before them in terror.

Song Linwei felt like his head was about to explode.

They had witnessed the entire process of Li Xin’s arrogance and Sheng An’s actions.

If the situation weren’t so inappropriate, he would have already lost control and given Li Xin a good beating.

Of course, Song Linlin and Li Huai wanted to do it even more than he did.

“You’re threatening me?!” Li Xin’s eyes were bloodshot.

If it were only Sheng An, he would have resisted, maybe even considered taking out this “villain.”

But there was also a SWAT team here, and they could easily control his parents.

Sheng An: “You can think of it that way, but I see it as analyzing the situation for you.”

Li Xin clenched his fists and cursed, “Sheng An, you’re shameless!!”

-At this moment, she looked exactly like the villain who stands in the hero’s way in stories.

Sheng An: “Mm, I’m shameless.”

Her smile didn’t change. “And what about you snatching that kid’s Ultraman figure?”

Li Xin: “…”

For some reason, he felt a little guilty.

Sheng An stood up and looked at the Song family, her attitude gentle:

“You really shouldn’t spoil children too much, or they’ll become lawless and cause big trouble. Just now was a textbook case of ‘raising the roof.'”

Li Xin had come down from the 17th floor.

After provoking Sheng An, he climbed straight up to the 11th floor, crawling around in public like a gecko, shouting arrogantly…

The Song family witnessed the whole thing.

Li Huai was breathing heavily. Before coming down, he had grabbed a broom.

Now he couldn’t hold back anymore. He picked up the broom and charged forward. “Li Xin! If I don’t beat you today, I’m not your dad!!”

“Aow-”

Li Xin let out a miserable scream, even forgetting to turn into Metal Man.

“Dad, why are you hitting me?”

“Aow! They’re the ones stopping me from saving the world.”

“Ow, ow, ow, stop hitting me!”

…

Sheng An calmly put away her gun, no longer looking at the touching scene of fatherly love ahead.

She turned to Hao Jingye and instructed, “I’ll take him away first. You handle the aftermath.”

Hao Jingye nodded silently.

He had already thought of countless ways to handle the aftermath. Today’s commotion was no small matter, and cleaning up wouldn’t be easy.

Of course, it was all because of this wannabe superhero with a middle-schooler’s syndrome.

Hao Jingye watched Li Huai beat Li Xin and showed a satisfied smile.

-Want to be a superhero?

-Better ask your dad first.

After a round of beating, Li Xin was taken away by Sheng An, dejected, with the Song family following, SWAT escorting them, and Hao Jingye staying behind to handle the aftermath.

And Li Xin, the Superpower User with metal abilities, saw his superhero dream…

shattered before he even left the neighborhood.