America: A Prodigy of Stereotypes

“Dad, I was born in 84, the Year of the Rat,” Li Qun replied.

The old man smiled and shook his head.

"Okay, stop playing around."

“Dad, how can you call this playing? I’m exchanging feelings with the Golden Cudgel; it’s my new friend.”

“A new friend? That’s a unique idea,” Dad said.

"Dad, do you think the Golden Cudgel has its own consciousness?" Li Qun asked.

"It's called the Ruyi Jingu Bang (Monkey King's Staff). It can change according to your will. If you believe it has its own consciousness, then perhaps it will," the old man said.

"Dad, you can also wield the Golden Cudgel. Were you the chosen one from the previous generation?"

Li Qun finally asked the question.

"How should I put it? Maybe I should just keep quiet."

"Is this question difficult to answer?" Li Qun asked.

"I am not the chosen one it is waiting for, but I am its destined one. How is that answer?"

“Take it out to get some sun,” Dad said.

"Sunbathing?"

"The Ruyi Jingu Bang, also known as the Lingyang Bang, has been dormant for a long time and needs the essence of the sun to restore its former glory."

Watching Liqun walk up the stairs, the old man couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Liqun's acceptance of the unknown exceeded his imagination, and he was even able to suppress his curiosity. If it were anyone else, they would definitely be bombarding him with hundreds of questions.

Liqun went up to the rooftop, held the Ruyi Jingu Bang (a magical staff) up to the rising sun, and stood in the sunlight, feeling the warmth of the sun.

“Long…” Li Qun said softly.

The Ruyi Jingu Bang (magic staff) stretched out, becoming twice the height of Youqun.

"Make it longer."

The Ruyi Jingu Bang suddenly rose, and the shift in the center of gravity almost caused Liqun to lose control of it.

"Change back."

The golden cudgel returned to eyebrow-length.

The idea was vague, and the Ruyi Jingu Bang's response was equally vague. It was simply told to lengthen, but without knowing exactly how long it should grow, it would change length arbitrarily.

"Golden Cudgel, you stand here."

Liqun released his grip, and the golden cudgel stood firmly on the rooftop of his father's three-story house.

Li Qun went downstairs, and his father watched him run out with a puzzled expression.

Li Qun ran all the way back to his uncle's house, quickly climbed up to the rooftop, and called out to the Golden Cudgel from afar with his palms outstretched.

"Om!!"

Li Qun waited on the rooftop for a while, and then the golden cudgel flew into his hand.

After basking in the sun for a while, the shaft of the golden cudgel became warm.

“I’m a stick god too,” Li Qun laughed, thinking of Thor, the hammer god.

"Get smaller, become smaller."

Li Qun was thinking about how much the Golden Cudgel should change size, and the Golden Cudgel changed to the size of a toothpick according to Li Qun's wishes.

Liqun gripped the golden cudgel in his hand and jogged back to the rooftop where his father was.

The sun warmed both the Liqun cigarette and the Ruyi Jingu Bang (the magic staff). The Liqun twirled happily with its staff, and one could almost hear the soft ringing of the Ruyi Jingu Bang.

Li Qun swept his staff horizontally, then turned and thrust upwards, imagining an opponent in his mind, and lightly struck him with his golden cudgel.

Turn your back and spin the stick, then leap up and chop down.

After some activity, I broke out in a light sweat.

Li Qun set the golden cudgel aside and then fiddled with the wine gourd at his waist.

How can you tie a gourd so that you can easily take it off and quickly tie it back around your waist?

Through repeated practice and testing, Li Qun can improve in two aspects. One is to practice the knot-tying technique, and the other is to find a better knot-tying method.

The image of the opponent in his mind gradually took on the form of a black bear spirit, who then attacked Li Qun.

Liqun had no choice but to defeat the Black Bear Demon.

"The golden cudgel, transform into a gun."

Li Qun picked up the golden cudgel, but the gun that the golden cudgel transformed into was not the firearm he had imagined, but a cold weapon.

"Does this mean we can't take the Black Bear Spirit's life?"

"Or is it that I don't understand the detailed mechanical structure of the firearm, so I can't conjure it up?"

The golden cudgel turned back into a stick, and Li Qun simply gave up the idea of ​​"cheating" with firearms.

The phone vibrated twice on the tea table. Li Qun picked it up and saw that it was Peter replying to the text message he had sent the night before.

Peter said in a text message that his family, the Parker family, doesn't really like guns. Uncle Ben has a handgun, but he locks it in a safe.

Li Qun replied to Peter's text message, telling Peter that his aunt was a gun enthusiast and that when Peter visited his house next time, he could take a look at the cabinet in the bathroom while he was using the restroom, and there would be a surprise.

Putting down his phone, Liqun picked up the golden cudgel again and began practicing.

He had no intention of telling Peter about what had happened to him today, or about the golden cudgel, nor did he intend to tell Gwen.

We can't tell them, at least not now.

We'll talk to them about this when Peter Parker starts spitting webs, or when Iron Man is flying over New York City.

Li Qun then thought that if he returned the Golden Cudgel to the Great Sage before Peter turned into a spider demon, he could pretend that nothing had happened, keep it to himself, and not tell them.

Li Qun felt that the Ruyi Jingu Bang (the magic staff) was the most perfect staff in the world, the most handy staff he had ever used.

I'm a little reluctant to part with it.

But it's the Monkey King's staff, so I can't leave it unreturned.

……

……

Aunt drove Li Qun to the shooting range on the outskirts of New York City.

The car window was open, and her hair swayed in the wind.

"Are you nervous?" Auntie asked Liqun.

"I'm a little nervous," Li Qun replied.

Li Qun held his cheek with his hand, and his tense expression was genuine.

However, he wasn't nervous about going to the shooting range; rather, he had an extra earring on his right ear.

The Ruyi Jingu Bang (the magic staff) was pierced through Li Qun's earlobe, its shape just like the black staff inserted into the ear of Pain.

To my conservative uncle and aunt, piercing their ears and inserting a metal rod was too unconventional.

He was terrified of being found out by his aunt.

This wasn't something he did on his own initiative; it was the Ruyi Jingu Bang's own idea.

Li Qun only intended to put away the golden cudgel and carry it with him, but the golden cudgel cleanly pierced his ear, causing slight bleeding from the auricle.

Fortunately, his hair was long enough to cover his ears, so it wasn't easy to notice the metal rod through his ear unless you pulled his hair.

Aunt Chen Jiao parked the car in the parking space and led Li Qun into the shooting club. Li Qun followed behind Aunt Chen Jiao, slightly turning his head to avoid her gaze.

"Jiao, it's been a long time. Is this your son? He's changed a lot," the shooting range instructor, wearing sunglasses, greeted her in a friendly manner.

“He is not my son, he is my nephew.”

"Sorry, I couldn't tell. Maybe cousins ​​just look alike."

“You can’t even tell who’s who among Asians, don’t think I don’t know that,” my aunt said mercilessly.

Chapter 79 First Shot Techniques

"Hey kid, need a photo service? Want to take a picture to remember the occasion?"

Instructor Jacob spoke English with a slight accent, sounding like an Italian.

"for you."

His aunt took out a crumpled $10 from her fanny pack and handed it to Jacob, who then went to get his camera with a smile.

Auntie helped Liqun register his identity, then carried the ammunition box to the indoor shooting range, letting Liqun experience the feeling of firing a gun first.

The club has indoor and outdoor courts. The outdoor court is more open and mainly serves shotguns, rifles and sniper rifles. The indoor court is simpler, with 10-meter and 25-meter targets.

Jacob came over with his camera and found Li Qun and his aunt Chen Jiao at the control panel in the indoor area.

"You brought the kids here to play today?" Jacob asked with a smile.

"I'll fire a few shots later too."

When Li Qun fired a gun for the first time, his instructor Jacob and his aunt were putting on bulletproof vests and all the equipment they could wear at the shooting range, and they also armed Li Qun to the brink of death.

Jacob slammed three pistols down on the table.

"Do you recognize these guns?" Jacob asked Li Qun, while disassembling the three pistols into their parts.

"I don't know him," Li Qun replied.

“A true newcomer.” Jacob nodded.

"Glock 17, this is the one for beginners."

Jacob put away the other two pistols and began to examine the remaining Glock 17.

"What do you think of this pistol?" Jacob asked Li Qun.

"Danger?" Li Qun asked tentatively.

"Treat every gun you see as loaded, and never let your guard down just because you think there are no bullets in it," Jacob said seriously to Li Qun.