Chapter 757: Chapter 523: Mushroom Hero (Part 2)
"... Huh?" x5
Li Pu and the others didn’t expect such a reversal.
So it turns out, this mushroom hero is actually the worst of them?
"I heard it stirred up a mob of beasts and leveled an entire village! Mush mush!"
"My mush!" xN
"I also heard it tore down a whole village for a minor disagreement, leaving them homeless, mush!"
"My mush!" xN
"It helped an elderly mushroom cross the street, up to 98 times! Mush mush!"
"My mush... huh? That’s not bad, is it, mush?"
"The same street, the same time, the same elderly mushroom! Mush!"
"So, that’s how it is, this—this is utterly shameless! Terrifying! Mush!"
Unexpectedly, when everyone started listing the mushroom hero’s offenses, they were endless.
Every story shared elicited gasps from the mushroom crowd.
"Shut up, these are all misunderstandings, mush!"
The mushroom hero seemed rather upset.
Actually, it wasn’t fond of money; it came to capture people today just to pay off its bounty.
There’s a law in the Evil Mushroom Kingdom that states any wanted criminal with a bounty of 1W or less can pay an equivalent amount in remorse money to offset their crimes and be removed from the wanted list.
So the mushroom hero planned to pay the remorse money, then leave the Evil Mushroom Kingdom, a place filled with bad memories.
Then head to the neighboring Dao Mushroom Kingdom.
Because the law there is the same, and it still has debts to pay over there.
"Everyone, if we capture it and send it to City Hall, then we can remove ourselves from the wanted list, mush mush!"
However, it wasn’t just the mushroom hero thinking that way.
At this moment, a mushroom person showed rare intelligence.
"You’re absolutely right! Mush mush!"
"Smart, why didn’t I think of that, oh mush mush!"
"Let’s go, catch it together! Mush mush!"
As soon as these words were spoken, they received unanimous response from the crowd.
"Do you think it will be caught?"
Chang Shoushang had already started snacking on sunflower seeds, entering spectator mode.
"1W bounty, taking on a group snatching lollipops shouldn’t be too hard, right?"
Long Ren grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds from him, evenly distributing them to everyone.
"But why isn’t there a turn-based board activated, is it only for beasts?"
Qian Shanshan observed carefully.
"I think 1W seems more reliable anyway."
Wu Guinan sided with the mushroom hero.
Li Pu made no comment on it, he was just here to watch the show.
Whoever wins doesn’t matter, he didn’t plan to intervene anyway.
In a foreign land, it’s best not to stir up trouble.
However, the outcome was a real eye-opener.
The group of mushroom fugitives charged forward with great momentum.
Yet the first fugitive to charge knocked out the mushroom hero with one punch.
This pricey fugitive worth 1W large mushroom coins was ridiculously weak.
"..." x5
The five of them fell silent again.
"I just ate 1.5 sunflower seeds and it’s already over?"
Chang Shoushang’s second seed shell was still stuck between his teeth.
Those fugitives also seemed surprised at this situation, clearly finding it unsatisfying.
Thus even as it lay on the ground, the mushroom hero took several hits from each mushroom, its face instantly bruised and swollen.
After discussing, the mushrooms decided to tie it up first.
Celebrate with a drink, and then send it off to atone at dawn.
Coincidentally, the mushroom hero was tied up very close to the beam near Li Pu and their table.
The slime, treated as a pet, wasn’t tied up and was currently guarding it.
"Mush cough cough..."
The mushroom hero seemed pretty injured, coughing up several mouthfuls of blue glowing liquid while sitting on the ground.
"Water... water..."
It weakly pleaded in a low voice.
"It looks so pitiful now, can’t even say mush mush anymore."
Qian Shanshan, being a girl, was quite sympathetic.
Especially toward a mushroom person, which further weakened her resistance.
"Mush hahaha, even a big villain like you meets your match today!"
At that moment, a fierce-looking mushroom person carried a bowl of water and approached with a cold laugh.
From its tone, it seemed to have forgotten it was also a fugitive.
"Water... water..."
The mushroom hero’s eyes turned to the bowl.
"You want water? Do you deserve it?"
The mushroom man chuckled evilly, downed the whole bowl, then spit contemptuously at it: "Mush phooey!"
A full bowl of water splashed onto the mushroom hero’s face.
"Slurp slurp slurp slurp!"
The mushroom hero eagerly licked it clean.
"Thank you, goo goo da."
Its condition immediately improved somewhat.
"..." x5
The five were speechless again.
They no longer knew how to criticize.
These mushroom people must be lacking more than just a couple of screws.
After the mushroom person glared fiercely at the Mushroom Hero and left, the slime began to circle around, looking very anxious.
Mushroom person + slime, at this point, Qian Shanshan’s heart was completely melted.
"Are you... alright?"
Finally, she leaned in to ask.
"Don’t worry, my species is the Long Life Mushroom."
"Just need to sleep it off, goo goo da."
The Mushroom Hero responded with a polite smile.
Long Life Mushroom, a type of mushroom with a long lifespan.
"You seem to misunderstand the meaning of ’long life,’"
Wu Guinan couldn’t hold back.
"Please, can you save it, bo?"
Unexpectedly, the slime spoke up.
Initially thought to be just a strange pet, now it seemed quite intelligent!
"It’s a criminal, why save it."
"Yeah, then we would be accomplices of a criminal."
"Committed so many crimes, it’s time for punishment."
"Especially that old lady mushroom, how tragic."
Chang Wulong and the others chimed in one by one.
"No, no, bo!"
"It’s all a misunderstanding, listen to my explanation, bo!"
The slime shook its body vigorously.
BONG~BONG~BONG~
Then, it began to explain.
"The monsters initially planned to attack the village, it tried to stop them but couldn’t, then it got chased, it didn’t lure the monsters, bo!"
Listening to it, it seemed quite reasonable.
With the Mushroom Hero’s level of prowess, how could it possibly defeat the monsters.
"It demolished houses as it foresaw the signs of an earthquake, told the villagers but no one believed, bo!"
"So it had to tear down the houses first to prevent them from getting crushed, bo!"
"In the end, the earthquake didn’t happen, bo!"
Well... this sounds a bit hard to judge.
"Helping the old lady was because she had mushroom dementia, couldn’t remember the way home, bo!"
"One moment saying it’s on this side of the road, and the next, saying it’s on that side, bo!"
Subsequently, every single crime listed was explained by the slime.
After hearing it all, Li Pu and the others realized this Mushroom Hero was indeed quite kind-hearted, always acting with good intentions.
Yet not only was it weak, its luck was disastrously bad, always misunderstood.
"Enough, you devil!"
"Stop talking!"
"A hero doesn’t need to explain!"
"Goo goo da!"
At that moment, the Mushroom Hero sternly stiffened its face.
"Uh... if you really didn’t want it to speak, you could have stopped it in the first sentence."
Today Wu Guinan criticized more than usual.
Unexpectedly, this hit the nail on the head, making the Mushroom Hero slightly lower its head, its face a bit red.
Needless to say, its mood was indeed good now.
No one previously wanted to hear its explanation.
"Wait, you’re a devil?"
But Li Pu noticed something important.
"Ah hmm, bo."
The slime truly nodded.
At this moment, everyone saw a pair of tiny sharp teeth from its mouth.
If one looked closely, they could also see a pair of tiny gray transparent wings on its body, hard to distinguish as they blended into its jelly-like body.
"Well... should we rescue it first?"
Wu Guinan suddenly hesitated.
Their sole purpose now was to go home, better to miss than to let go.
"Rescue it, rescue it!"
Qian Shanshan was the first to agree; her heart had already been conquered by this adorable pair.
"But you guys forgot, now we only have this money, how would we rescue."
Chang Shoushang took out his Large Mushroom Coin and casually threw it on the table.
Just then, the bartender served them tea and happened to see that Large Mushroom Coin.
"Imperial bounty! Goo goo da!"
The next second, it exclaimed in surprise.
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