Chapter 3: Chapter 3: One-click costume change and daily tasks for novice heroes
Well, I need to calm down, Jason said to himself. After all, he is only a hero of the lowest level, and he still has a long way to go to become a real superhero. From E-level to A-level and then to the top S-level superhero, this road is not easy.
Jason's goal is not to be an S-class superhero, and even an A-class hero is not his goal. Because Jason knows that to become such a superhero, he must pay a lot of price.
As a person who has lived two lives, Jason's goal is to live a peaceful life and be able to protect himself. So he set a very low goal for himself, as long as he can reach the level of a B-class hero and can protect himself and his family. Don't say that Jason has no ambitions, in Jason's heart, family is always the most important.
When Jason was checking his new abilities, he found a faint star-shaped mark on his left forearm. Jason remembered that he seemed to have a set of growth hero suits, and the memories transmitted by the system should be stored in this small star-shaped mark.
According to the method taught by the system, Jason injected some energy into the mark. Jason originally expected that this so-called growth hero suit should appear directly in his hand, but Jason obviously underestimated the black technology level of the hero system. It took less than 0.1 seconds, and Jason only felt his eyes blurred, and he had changed drastically!
Jason looked at himself in the mirror. He was wearing a grey long gown, the hem of which reached about his hips, and a pair of grey pants. He had a wide black belt tied around his waist. The belt held his waist but did not make Jason feel stiff. Instead, he felt that his waist was better supported and protected. The most satisfying part was that the suit had a hood. After putting on the hood, Jason's face could not be seen clearly.
[Heroes all have their own lives. The basic hero suits have some defensive and psychedelic abilities, which can help heroes hide themselves when they don't want to reveal their identities.] This is the system's previous introduction to hero suits.
This psychedelic function is very important to Jason, and he doesn't want his peaceful life to be easily disrupted by others.
Because Jason's rating has reached the standard of an E-level hero, the system has also issued several tasks.
Daily tasks for novice heroes:
Obtain 100 reputation points (already obtained 0) [Reputation is the cornerstone of a hero's growth. The higher the reputation, the faster the growth. ]
Prevent ten crimes from happening. (Completed 0) [Heroes should help the weak and punish the strong. It's time to wear your red underwear outside! Preventing crimes will earn you reputation. ]
Prevent three vicious crimes from happening. (Completed 0) [Crime! Vicious crime! Murder~sexual assault~child kidnapping! Please make sure to prevent these crimes from happening! You can get a lot of reputation! ]
Completing the daily tasks of the novice hero will earn you rewards: an E-level hero training card and a random E-level item.
It seems that if I want to become stronger, I must complete the tasks given by the system, Jason thought to himself.
"Jason, you finally woke up! Come down and eat quickly, or your mother will be angry."
Jason's father, Enger Lee, opened Jason's door and prepared to call Jason to have lunch. Enger Lee is a middle-aged man with a refined appearance and is also Jason's father. According to family tradition, Mr. Enger Lee also has a Chinese name called Li En.
Enger Lee and his wife, Garth Lee, are Jason's parents. Both husband and wife work in a bank in Queens, New York. Jason also has a grandfather named Li Rong, who is 65 years old and has no English name. Grandpa Li Rong opened a restaurant called MR·LI in Chinatown in Manhattan.
It can be said that Jason's family is a standard American middle-class family, and it can be considered a relatively wealthy one.
After deducting various expenses, they can save at least tens of thousands of dollars a year, which is very difficult in the United States. Most Americans spend as much as they earn throughout the year.
"Jason, I'm glad you finally woke up, otherwise I'm afraid we would have to wait until dinner to wake you up."
Jason's mother, Garth Lee, was a little unhappy that Jason slept in, although she didn't know that Jason didn't really sleep in. Garth Lee was originally named Garth Lee Gadot, a descendant of British immigrants, with beautiful long blond hair and beautiful green eyes.
"My dear, he just celebrated his 17th birthday yesterday. Maybe he was too excited to fall asleep." Enger Lee excused his son and walked behind Gasley, hugged her and kissed his wife from the side.
"Oh, please! Can you not do this in front of me?" Although it has happened many times, Jason is still not used to his parents being intimate in front of him. Mrs. Gasley saw Jason's embarrassment, so she gently patted her husband Enger Lee's cheek with her palm and asked him to be more careful in front of the children.
Enger Lee was upset that his intimate time with his wife was interrupted. He was just trying to excuse Jason and immediately began to mock him, "Hey, kid, you are just jealous that I have such a beautiful wife! If you are jealous, go find a girlfriend! Then you won't be so jealous!"
"OK~OK~ I'll go to the restaurant, you guys are welcome."
Jason always ended up losing when discussing this topic. But his father Enger Lee was clearly not ready to let him go. "From today on, you are seventeen years old, kid! Find a girlfriend right away. Don't graduate from high school without even having a relationship. That's too embarrassing!" Mrs. Gasley patted Enger Lee on the back, signaling him to shut up.
During lunch, Enger Lee finally stopped talking to Jason about having a girlfriend, which made Jason feel relieved. In his previous life on Earth, he was most afraid of being forced to get married by his elders, which always made him feel very stressed. In this life, he came to this world of superheroes, and he was even more burdened in his heart, and he had no intention of having a girlfriend. So he was still afraid to talk about this embarrassing issue.
Only the family of three had lunch together. Jason's grandfather Li Rong went to the restaurant in Chinatown early in the morning to prepare for business, and usually would not return home for dinner until around 8:00 in the evening.
The afternoon was quite leisurely, as the schoolwork in American high schools was not very heavy. Jason had already finished all his homework yesterday.
On Sunday afternoon, the whole family played chess in their backyard. I played a few games of chess with my mother, Garth, and went to the garage with my father, Enger Lee, to do some carpentry work, reinforcing and painting the fence in the backyard. The afternoon passed quickly.
"Mom, I'm going out for a while tonight, so you don't have to prepare my dinner." Jason thought that he had to find time to complete his task, and night was the time when the crime rate in New York was the highest.
"Okay, if you are going to play with Peter Parker, you must be back before eleven o'clock. If you want to stay at Peter's house overnight, ask Aunt May to call me in advance." Mrs. Garth liked the two good friends that Jason made very much. Harry and Peter were both excellent and smart young people. They both had a bright future, and Mrs. Garth was very happy that Jason would interact with them more.
"Well, actually we are not going to Peter's house." Jason thought it was better not to tell such a lie, because it was too easy to be exposed.
"Where are we going?" Mrs. Garth asked.
"It's actually a date, just a date." Jason said this lie a little unnaturally. Mrs. Garth raised her eyebrows and stared at her son with a puzzled look for a while. Then she exchanged a look with her husband.
"Well, okay, Jason, then you have to come back before twelve o'clock. And you have to promise me that you won't stay out overnight!" Mrs. Gasley said to Jason.
"Don't worry, Mom, I will definitely be home before twelve o'clock." Jason immediately promised his mother.
"Hey, son! Do you want a car?" Enger Lee, his father, called Jason and raised a bunch of keys in his hand. Those were the keys to the Dodge SUV that Enger Lee bought this year.
"Oh, no, thank you, Dad. My old Ford is actually pretty good." Jason rejected his father's kindness because his father really thought he was going on a date.
"Okay son, be careful." Dad Enger Lee said with a bit of double meaning. As someone who knows his father's personality very well, Jason naturally heard what his father meant by safety, and almost slipped.
"And remember, don't go to the fifth and sixth blocks, it's not safe there." Enger Lee finally reminded Jason.
"Got it, Dad!" Jason responded, and then went to the garage to drive out his second-hand Ford. In the United States, you can get a driver's license at the age of sixteen, and this second-hand Ford was a birthday gift given to Jason by his family when he turned sixteen last year.
Cars in the United States are not expensive, especially second-hand ones. This Ford only cost $4,500. Although it is a second-hand car, it is well maintained. And because it is well run-in, it is smoother to drive than many new cars.
Jason's family lives in the 15th block in Queens, New York. The 15th block is a middle-class residential area, also known as the rich area, with good security and environment. The 5th and 6th blocks that his father warned him not to go to are relatively chaotic blocks in Queens, with a large number of low-income and unemployed people, and the security environment has never been good.
Although he promised his father, Jason's real goal at night was the Sixth Block to complete the mission. In order to prevent crime, he had to go to a place with a high crime rate. The Sixth Block was the block with the highest crime rate in the entire Queens area!