America: A Prodigy of Stereotypes

"Could you put it simply? Use words I can understand," Wade sighed.

"Hulk, let me practice with Wade first."

"Rock, paper, scissors, Li Qun wins, Hulk will obey," Hulk said.

"alright."

"Rock, paper, scissors..."

When Li Qun and Hulk were playing rock-paper-scissors, Wade also joined in.

Li Qun played scissors, while Wade and Hulk both played paper.

"Let's begin!"

"What? I'm not ready yet!!"

Li Qun raised his hand and elbowed Wade, who was standing next to him. Wade clutched his chest and rolled twice on the ground.

Wade stood up in time, but before he could even stand properly, he saw Li Qun fly over and throw a punch.

"Liqun, you're moving way too fast! That's not how the game is played!" Wade crouched down to dodge and shouted loudly.

“But your opponent is like this. Since you’re going to have special training, you have to start by overcoming the most difficult part,” Li Qun said to Wade.

Do you understand my opponent?

"I know a lot about 'Johnny the Wanderer,' he's the type who can defeat an enemy with a single blow."

"Don't be afraid of the pain! Come at my fist!"

"A spirit that soars to the heavens!"

Chapter 235: The Layout

"Don't run, charge at Hulk, Wade!"

"asshole!!"

"You two bastards!!"

Hulk crashed through a building, and a large green hand grabbed Wade's heel in Wade's desperate gaze.

Wade was "launched" from Hulk's hand like a bullet, his body passing through three blocks before stopping.

Wade lay in the ruins, his body riddled with broken bones and severed tendons, his fingers twitching reflexively twice.

Hulk jumps, Hulk lands; Hulk stands in front of Wade and extends his green hand again; Hulk helps Wade up.

The Ruyi Jingu Bang (magic staff) stretched out in the air, its head piercing the ground. Li Qun, holding the staff, landed on the other side of Wade.

“Hulk, this is going a bit too far,” Li Qun said to Hulk.

"I'm sorry, Wade."

Hulk apologized to Wade.

Hulk, carrying Wade who looked like a tattered sack, realized he had gone a bit too far.

"That's enough, it's time to go to bed and say goodnight, Wade. You'll feel better after a good night's sleep," Li Qun said to Wade.

Wade looked pained, but as his lung injury healed, he was able to speak.

"Fuck me..."

"My self-healing speed has increased..."

"Is this considered a reward?" Li Qun asked.

“I’d rather not have it…” Wade said through gritted teeth.

"Banner, open the door!!"

Hulk looked up and shouted, and Banner opened the door to the mirror dimension in the real world, allowing the three to return to the real world from the mirror dimension.

Hulk carried Wade in a princess carry and, after returning to the Sanctuary, placed Wade on the sofa to lie down, with Li Qun covering him with a blanket.

"Let's just make do on the sofa tonight," Li Qun said.

“Dr. Banner, may I stay here?” Wade asked.

"Living here? What do you mean?" Dr. Banner looked at Wade lying on the sofa.

“I’ve decided to terminate my lease on the old apartment, and I can’t stay in the hotel room in mainland China indefinitely either. I can pay your rent,” Wade said.

"That won't do."

"There are many restricted magical items in the Sanctuary, and you have no resistance to them."

"Have you eaten?" Dad came out of the kitchen with a bowl in his hand. Today, Dad was having hot pot with Dr. Banner.

"Not yet..." Wade replied weakly.

"Should we ask Dad?" Li Qun said to Wade.

"What does he want to ask?" The old man glanced at Wade.

“I want to find a place to live, not for free, but with rent,” Wade said.

"Hmm." The old man looked at Wade and nodded, nodding only to indicate that he understood what Wade meant.

"Do you have a job?" Dad asked.

“Dad, look at me now, I have to follow you guys. Right, Dr. Banner?” Wade said.

"We really need to keep an eye on Wade, otherwise he might actually go to the Vatican and perform a miracle of resurrection for the world," Dr. Banner complained to his father.

"Let me think about it."

“I’ll give you a job, and the salary from that job will be used to pay my rent, how about that?” the old man asked Wade.

"Is there really such a good thing?"

Wade struggled to sit up from the sofa; his broken spine had healed itself as he spoke.

"What kind of job is it?" Wade asked.

“My shop’s opening hours have changed in the last few months. I only open in the afternoon every day. Some people have called to ask if I’m planning to close down and retire, and they want me to rent out the shop,” the old man replied.

"Is my job just to look after the store?" Wade asked.

"Yes."

"Is this difficult?" Wade asked Li Qun.

“It’s not difficult at all. The main business of my father’s shop is not pawning, but renting out videotapes,” Li Qun replied.

"I like this job."

“There are no adult-oriented videotapes for rent.” The old man guessed Wade’s thoughts at a glance.

"That's not what I meant at all," Wade said guiltily, touching his nose.

"And don't you dare try to expand my business behind my back."

"Dad, why are you opening the shop for shorter periods of time?" Wade asked.

“Because I’m traveling, experiencing different cultures and customs in other parts of the world. You’d never guess where I am,” Dad replied.

“Mages are free,” Wade said.

“I also have regular teaching hours in Kamar-Taj. I teach kung fu to the young mages, and Mordo is my teaching assistant,” the old man added.

In the square of Kamar-Taj, shamans dressed in traditional robes and wielding clubs followed the old man in a martial arts demonstration, making him feel as if he had traveled back in time.

The world of mages has a sense of the intersection of "present" and "past" in time and space, and Dad really likes this feeling.

The old man believed he had missed out all these years; he should have joined Kamar-Taj's team at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and worked with Zhang Jiao, the Celestial Master, to save the people.

"Can I have my own counter in the store?"

"If I spend all my salary on rent, what will I eat?" Wade asked.

“Sure, but what you sell has to be legal and compliant,” Dad said.

“It’s perfect!” Wade stood up.

Hulk swept his hands over Wade's legs, which had healed themselves during that time.

Hulk is looking forward to Wade's game tomorrow, believing that Wade's enhanced self-healing ability is due to Hulk's special training.

Wade walked into the kitchen with complete ease, took out a set of bowls and chopsticks from the cupboard, prepared his own dipping sauce for hot pot, sat down at the table, and poured a plate of beef into the spicy hot pot.

"You really don't treat yourself like an outsider." The old man smiled and sat down to continue eating hot pot.

"If I win the games tomorrow and the day after, I'll put autographed photos of Starscream and commemorative T-shirts in my counter and sell them to Starscream fans."

"We also need to make a Red Spider standee to put at the store entrance to attract customers," Wade said.

"Everyone starts out full of enthusiasm," the old man said to Wade with the wisdom of someone who'd been there.

"Dr. Banner, do you have any requests of me?" Wade asked, looking at Dr. Banner across the table as he ate his hotpot.

"My requirement for tomorrow is that after your opponent breaks your neck, you lie still on the spot and don't continue fighting like a monster in a horror movie, clutching your head." Dr. Banner's requirement was very specific.

"The day after tomorrow too."

"Any other requests?"

“I’d like to give you a physical examination, which will take place in my laboratory in Kamar-Taj,” Dr. Banner said.

"Are you going to slice me up?!" Wade made an exaggerated face.

“If you agree, I would like to collect your spinal cord stem cells to see if we can analyze the secrets of your body’s self-healing,” Dr. Banner said.

“I’ve also done it for myself; I’m researching how my body’s cells become the Hulk.”

“It’s okay, I’ve earned money for drug trials for pharmaceutical companies before, it’s nothing,” Wade said.

Chapter 236 Emptying the Intestines

"Let me take a look at your room. You can move in after tidying it up."

What's inside these strange earthenware jars?