Chapter 1678: WTF! Zhao Linger, You

"That's true!"

Su Han nodded in relief.

Then he turned to face the other members of the guild, "Since the mission is complete, we should head back."

"The leader is right."

Thor nodded.

Signifying agreement.

"You all get ready to go back—wait, you're going to the same place?"

Wonder Woman's expression froze, then she instantly realized something, looking strangely at Thor, Su Han, and Bai Hu Zi, "You're all beings from the Divine Realm—now you're preparing to return to the Divine Realm?"

Wonder Woman, due to Thor's condition, had misunderstood the origin of Su Han and the others.

"We're not... from the same world."

Su Han gave a brief explanation without going into detail, then nodded toward Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Tony, and others, "Goodbye!"

Su Han clicked to submit the quest.

A brilliant light surged upward, and then Su Han and the others vanished.

"...... Not from the same world?"

Batman's pupils contracted sharply; after a brief silence, he turned to Clark, "Superman! I think you owe us an explanation."

Batman did not ask Tony.

Because his own strength was inferior to Tony's, and Tony's intellect was no less than his.

Batman was completely outmaneuvered by Tony.

Tony had an extremely deep understanding of... Batman.

And Batman, through this period of interaction, had gained an extremely deep understanding of Tony.

Batman knew well that if he questioned Tony, Tony would inevitably use every trick to interrupt his questions.

In the end, he'd get no answer at all...... Better to avoid useless effort and ask the honest man Clark instead.

He might get at least some information.

After all, honest people aren't good at lying.

"Cough! Cough!"

Tony coughed lightly twice.

"...... Don't worry, I've got it under control,"

Superman glanced at Tony, hesitated, then briefly said, "The leader has never lied to you."

Of course, Superman said only that much.

Then, in a flash, he soared into the air and vanished using his super speed.

Su Han and the others weren't from this world—Su Han himself had already said so...... So Superman wouldn't hide it.

But other matters, Superman couldn't reveal.

Besides, he knew well that due to his loose tongue, he'd easily lose ground before Batman.

So he simply chose not to continue talking to Batman—just leave directly....

"...... Not from this world!"

The first to react was Wonder Woman; her expression went slack with shock.

She had already accepted Thor as a god from Norse mythology of their world, yet Superman now said Thor wasn't from this world—did that mean she'd been completely wrong? Wonder Woman pressed her hand to her forehead, feeling utterly bewildered.

After a long while, Wonder Woman finally recovered, and said with some difficulty, "...... Norse gods from other worlds aren't impossible! But it still feels weird."

After a long silence, Wonder Woman sighed deeply and walked off into the distance.

Batman silently watched Wonder Woman's back, making no effort to stop her; only after she vanished completely did he turn to Tony beside him, voice low, "So... you're from another world too?"

Tony: "......"

You asked me that—what can I do? Of course I choose not to.

"Yeah,"

Tony nodded slightly, bluntly, "I'm from an Earth in a parallel world."

"No wonder your strength is so strong, and I've never heard any intelligence about you!"

Batman nodded, unsurprised.

Or rather, he felt a sudden clarity.

Everything made sense now.

Batman had suspected from the start, but initially he thought Su Han and the others came from another planet... from a parallel Earth.

Though this shocked him, it also slightly eased his mind.

At least, beings from a parallel Earth were more credible than aliens.

... In the space of a breath, Su Han returned to his room.

The moment he appeared, he felt a gust of wind slashing toward him.

Instantly, he furrowed his brow and activated the time law power he had just gained, freezing time.

"...... Why is it this guy?"

Su Han looked closely and saw Zhao Linger, face filled with delight, frozen mid-air before him—he fell silent.

Never mind why Zhao Linger was in his room... why did she launch herself at him the instant he appeared? What was this move? He sighed softly, stepped slowly behind Zhao Linger, grabbed the collar of her robe, then released time.

"Eh... ah!"

Zhao Linger had been startled when she saw Su Han vanish before her, then felt a tug at the back of her robe—her entire body was lifted into the air by Su Han.

Zhao Linger stiffened, swallowed hard, and slowly turned her head to see Su Han's expressionless face.

"... You'd better explain this to me! Why are you in my room, and doing something like this?"

Su Han said softly.

"If I said I missed you, would you believe it?"

Zhao Linger hesitated for a moment, then said carefully, "I promise, I'm telling the truth."

"It's only been a short while since we parted — would you believe that yourself?"

Su Han shook his head helplessly, then used his Observation Haki to listen to Zhao Linger's inner thoughts. His face instantly stiffened, and he looked at Zhao Linger again with a look of shock.

"Holy crap...! You saw how handsome I am and now you're lusting after my beauty! Not only are you plotting a sneak attack, you're planning a nighttime raid on me!"

Zhao Linger: "..."

Wait...! How do you know about that? Zhao Linger's eyes went a little wide, very shocked.

But she quickly came back to her senses, her cheeks puffing up with anger.

"You're using mind-reading! That's not allowed, bro — you can't use this kind of cheating trick in the future!"

Zhao Linger was a bit frantic. "You're being so inconsiderate of a girl's heart."

"A girl's heart?"

Su Han scoffed. "More like a lovesick woman's heart!"

Su Han gave a casual flick and sent Zhao Linger flying onto the bed.

"... That's just plain rude!"

Zhao Linger ground her teeth.