Chapter 177: If you are not strong enough, you are called an unlicensed knight
At the end of the day, heroes still have to fight monsters, and fighting crime and doing good deeds are just incidental.

As an ordinary person, the Unlicensed Knight really does not have the strength required to fight against monsters and become the hero the association needs.

That is, he persists in doing these trivial things and has a strong sense of justice, which is very consistent with the association's positive image.

He was thus made an example. Otherwise, given his long-term dominance of the top spot in Class C, someone would have caused trouble for him and knocked him down.

Let alone the group of C-level minions of the Vested Sage, that is, the Vested Tigers, who stood up after the meteorite disaster and wanted to step on Saitama to get to the top.

At least in Reed's opinion, the unlicensed knight could not beat him.

If it weren't for the support of the power within the association, a villain like Vest Tiger would not be able to find a way to deal with the unlicensed knight.

The reason why the Unlicensed Knight has been able to occupy the first place among C-class heroes and obtain the association's public opinion resources from time to time is because the association values ​​his image of justice.

Of course, Spring Beard wasn't concerned about these things at the moment.

In fact, if Li De hadn't mentioned it, he never thought that Li De would notice a C-level hero, even if he was the number one in C-level.

After all, in his eyes, below Class A, only the first place in Class B, 'Hell's Blizzard', Tornado's sister, is worthy of some attention.

The others are all weaklings with no strength, especially the large number of C-level heroes.

But at this moment, a rookie with no strength was promoted by a heavyweight cadre of the association, which is quite intriguing.

"Dean, may I ask what's special about this C-level hero?" Spring Beard asked Li De.

"The association admires the words and deeds of the Unlicensed Knight and intends to train him to become a business card alongside Sweet Mask. After all, his words and deeds are very consistent with the incarnation of justice in the hearts of the people. The only thing he lacks is the strength to fight against monsters." Li De explained slowly to Spring Beard.

"So that's the case. I'm happy to help, but I don't know where he lives, so I'm afraid he'll have to come find me." Spring Beard glanced at Hibari, then touched his beard and said so.

"Of course!" Li De nodded.

Li De didn't care about Spring Beard's little trick at all.

In the association, it is normal for C-level heroes to not be able to find A-level heroes, but A-level heroes have the authority to retrieve C-level heroes' information.

Otherwise, how could Snake, the "Snake Bite Fist" in the original work, run to Saitama's way home because of being unhappy and accurately intercept him?

So as long as Springbeard is willing, he can definitely find the home address of the unlicensed knight easily.

However, Springbeard didn't want to go looking for the Unlicensed Knight himself.

He hoped that Li De would agree to let the unlicensed knight come to him, so that he could take the initiative and prevent the unlicensed knight from taking advantage of his favor and causing any trouble.

After all, it was Li De who said what the unlicensed knight said and he hadn't actually confirmed it yet.

Although this seemed unnecessary to Li De, he would not refuse Spring Beard's wishes.

One is that there is no need to trample on Springbeard's dignity and leave a thorn in his heart.

You have to know that to Springbeard, the unlicensed knight is a weakling. If he wants to become his disciple, he should naturally take the initiative to come to him and become his disciple.

That’s right, Spring Beard has already decided to accept the Unlicensed Knight as his apprentice.

Although it is unclear whether this disciple has a talent for swordsmanship, it is also unclear whether the unlicensed knight's conduct is up to standard.

But this does not hinder anything. After all, Li De has clearly expressed his appreciation for the other party and wants to train him.

With the means of Li De, the mysterious dean, it should be a foregone conclusion that he can improve the other party's physique.

Maybe the Unlicensed Knight is the first genetically modified person.

And the time I spent teaching was just preparation for the future.

In this case, in order to get closer to Reed, Spring Beard will definitely accept the Unlicensed Knight.

Even if the unlicensed knight has no talent in swordsmanship, as long as his character is really as Li De said, their school will not lose anything.

It has to be said that Spring Beard had almost guessed Li De's plan.

But even if he guessed it, Li De wouldn't care.

After all, he only wanted one result, and that was for the unlicensed knight to have S-level strength.

As for other things, such as who will win over the unlicensed knight in the future, and who will use the unlicensed knight to get close to him, Li De doesn't care at all.

After discussing the serious matters, this trip to Jianhai Mountain officially came to an end.

At the same time, Li De's personal visits also came to an end.

That’s right, Li De didn’t plan to visit anyone in person after that.

The current fifth S is Child Emperor, and there is no need for Li De to visit him at all. The two of them meet and communicate almost every other day.

The sixth Metal Knight, even if Reed wanted to visit him, Dr. Foboy might not necessarily meet with Reed.

The seventh one is not the weakest man on earth, King. Before Saitama’s training has achieved certain results, King will not be able to achieve any results that allow him to enter the S-level.

The current seventh is a zombie man who escaped from Dr. Genos's House of Evolution.

Li De was somewhat interested in this man's immortality, but not much, because his regeneration speed was not very fast.

Another thing is that he may not be willing to cooperate with the research. After all, he should hate being studied.

The eighth one is currently also a Drive Knight. This kind of mechanical modified person with almost no flesh is not worth visiting at all. Reed does not want to expose the information that the healing ability can also work on non-living objects for the sake of a Drive Knight.

Therefore, in Li De's eyes, the Drive Knight is not as worthy of a visit as the ninth Pig God.

But the main value of the Pig God lies in being studied. Apart from anything else, the ability to digest any weirdo alone is worth a look by Li Degao.

The Superalloy Darkshine ranked after the Pig God is just a simple muscle-ganger with almost no research value and no value in winning over.

After all, he is the resident hero of the headquarters in City A. He can just pay a casual visit and complete the process when the time comes.

Reed was somewhat interested in the eleventh-ranked Police Dog Man, but not to study or win him over. Instead, Reed was curious whether he could take off the dog suit he was wearing.

You should know that there is a monster named Phoenix Man in the Monster Association whose situation is very similar to that of Dog Man.

Flash Flash, who ranked behind Dog Man, has been blacklisted by Li Della and will not be mentioned again.

The only ones ranked behind Flash are Vest Master and Sexy Prisoner.

In Li De's opinion, these two people are actually weakened versions of Superalloy Black Light. At most, they are good transformation test subjects, and that's all.

As for Metal Bat, he has not risen yet. He has only been in the association for a short time and is struggling to be in the B rank.

So from Reed's point of view, there is no need for him to visit the heroes after Atomic Samurai in person.

The remaining S-class heroes will be visited one by one by Claire and Alexia after the association coordinates and arranges a time. This can be regarded as an exchange between S-class heroes.

Below S-rank, the visits of A-rank heroes were left to Victoria and Miyano Akemi.

The remaining B-class and C-class heroes were left to Aoko Nakamori and Ran Mouri.

Precisely because the number of these two groups of heroes is large, Li De deliberately left them to the two women, as a training for them in dealing with people.

After all, there are all kinds of faces among heroes of these two levels.

Dealing with these people is of great benefit to the two women in terms of gaining experience.

When the women started to act, Li De notified the unlicensed knight separately and sent him to the headquarters in City A.

In the reception room, Reed saw the unlicensed knight, who was now dressed the same as when the story began.

"Excuse me, did you ask me to come here?" The unlicensed knight asked when he saw Li De smiling.

"Well, first let's get to know each other. I'm Sid, a cadre of the association, and currently the director of the association hospital." Li De said slowly.

"I know that this matter has been announced on the association's official website. I am the Unlicensed Knight, nice to meet you." The Unlicensed Knight nodded and said.

"I think you must be very confused about why you were called here, right?" Li De nodded and asked.

"Yes, before meeting you, Dean Sid, I thought we were still discussing the upgrade of hero levels, but now it seems that is not the case." The Unlicensed Knight said calmly.

After all, he really thought that the Hero Association notified him to come here in order to do some ideological work on him so that he would not continue to occupy the top position in Class C and hinder the promotion of other people.

You have to know that this kind of thing where someone was called in for discussion had happened once before.

However, the unlicensed knight did not think that this was the case this time, because the person sitting in front of him was not the relevant person in charge, but Li De.

"It's definitely not a discussion about your promotion to a B-class hero." Reed shook his head.

"So what is the matter that you called me here for?" the unlicensed knight continued to ask.

"To put it simply, I've taken a liking to you and want to train you. Are you willing?" Li De asked directly.

"I don't quite understand what you mean. Why do you want to train me?" The unlicensed knight frowned when he heard this, because he felt that Li De's words could easily be misunderstood.

"Among the two current S-level knights, neither the Metal Knight nor the Drive Knight is qualified to call themselves knights in my opinion. Among the active professional heroes, you are the only one who can truly bear the title of knight." Li De said seriously.

"You're too kind. How should I..." The unlicensed knight replied with a slight blush.

"Don't deny it. The Association has seen everything you have done. Before calling you here, we have been observing you for a while, so we can be sure that you are qualified to inherit the title of a true knight.

The association is actually very willing to make you a social business card that is completely different from Sweetheart Mask, a business card representing justice for the association. But you have a huge flaw, do you know that? "Li De asked the unlicensed knight seriously.

"I'm probably not strong enough." The unlicensed knight said with great self-awareness.

"To be precise, you are too weak." Shaking his head, Li De gave an even lower evaluation.

"I know." After more than a year of heroic activities, the Unlicensed Knight has actually deeply realized his own shortcomings.

But as an ordinary citizen with nothing, nothingness and nothingness, the only thing that remains shining in him is his heart of justice.

"That's great. Only those who know their own shortcomings will work hard to improve them. To tell you the truth, I plan to train you to be an S-class hero, but I will not use any tricks to raise your ranking.

Because such an S-class hero cannot withstand the test of monsters, and once it is exposed, it will cause a serious blow to the reputation of the association. But if someone like you cannot become an S-class hero, it will definitely be a loss to the public.

That's why I'm sitting here and having this conversation with you. I will give you as many resources as possible in the future. Whether you can help more people in the future depends on how hard you work. "Li De said again.

"Thank you very much for your appreciation of me. I am also very willing to work hard, but I am afraid of failing to meet your expectations." The unlicensed knight has a good impression of people who recognize him, but he also knows his own limitations.

"Unlicensed Knight, I want to know, how far can you go for justice?" Reed asked seriously.

"Dean Sid, I wonder what you mean by this?" The unlicensed knight didn't quite understand what Li De meant by this.

"What I mean is that it is not difficult for me to improve your personal strength. I have plenty of means to enhance your physique in different ways, but one of these ways involves genetic modification surgery." Reed explained while looking at the unlicensed knight.

"Genetic modification surgery? What is that?" The unlicensed knight asked Reed.

"To put it simply, it is to use some animal genes to replace certain genes in your body. For example, we all know that rhinoceros beetles are the strongest in the insect world and can lift objects that are more than 800 times their own weight.

If humans have such a power gene, it is estimated that they can conservatively exert the attack power of a tiger-level monster. If combined with martial arts or kendo, it is entirely possible to increase their combat power to the level of fighting against a ghost-level monster. This is the significance of genetic modification. "Li De patiently explained to the unlicensed knight.

"Dean Sid, is this transformation dangerous?" asked the unlicensed knight after taking a deep breath.

"Unlicensed Knight, you underestimate my ability. Let me be honest with you. Apart from the fact that I cannot confirm whether you can reproduce with ordinary women after the genetic modification, there will be no other side effects.

Even if there is, it is benign, such as enhancing male function, or allowing you to grow again, becoming taller and stronger. You don't have to worry about waking up after the operation and becoming like the orcs in the game." Li De said with a smile.

After all, Reed knew very well what the unlicensed knight was worried about.

"This." The unlicensed knight's mind was a little confused at the moment.

(End of this chapter)