"Brother Xu, look at this!"
After taking Xia Xu for a tour around his warehouse base, Pan Long finally brought him to a whiteboard as if presenting a treasure.
There are many papers on the whiteboard attracted by round magnets, some of which are text, some are printed photos, screenshots, etc.
"This is… "
Xia Xu took a quick glance and couldn't help looking a little strange.
"This is the information I collected about other superheroes or people with super powers."
Pan Long said with satisfaction and excitement: "Look at this picture, this is Batman, who lives in the city next door to us. I bet he is definitely a superpower like me. There were a lot of news about him a while ago."
What he pointed at one by one were exactly the various news clippings and photos related to Yao Fu.
"To some extent, they are similar, but they are much more scientific than you."
Xia Xu's mouth twitched: "But you two should have a lot in common. I'll introduce you to each other when I have time."
"Really? Brother Xu, do you know Batman?"
When Pan Long heard this, his eyes lit up and he looked excited.
It was as if he had accidentally found out that his friend actually knew a celebrity, and that celebrity happened to be the one he admired.
"know."
Xia Xu nodded.
It's more than just acquaintance, we are so familiar with each other.
To some extent, this 'Batman' was cultivated by him behind the scenes, who added the buff of both parents' death and arranged for the hero to save the beauty, which really broke his heart.
"Great, then Brother Xu, remember to introduce us to each other when you have the chance."
Pan Long was overjoyed when he got another definite answer from Xia Xu.
Judging from Brother Xu's tone, he is obviously very familiar with Batman.
And as the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. Since Brother Xu is familiar with Batman, he must be a superhero or something like that. Even if he is not, he should be not far from it.
This time he finally got in touch with the real superhero circle.
The most indispensable step to delve deeper into any profession or even hobby is to integrate into the corresponding circle. Now that he can get in touch with this level that ordinary people can hardly touch, it means that he has "entered the door". How can he not be happy
"No problem. Maybe you two can form a team called the Justice League and debut together."
Xia Xu teased with some evil humor.
"Oh, and this, Brother Xu, let me tell you, this is exclusive information that I finally got from an insider..."
Pan Long was delighted when he heard this, and he immediately took out a few photos that were not posted on the whiteboard.
This time it’s…
"This one also appeared in German City. It is said that he is a martial arts master who once subdued some kind of inhuman monster in a super-large supermarket chain. Many people confuse him with Batman, but I can be sure that he is definitely not Batman."
Pan Long held up several photos that only showed backs or vague silhouettes and said, "The most obvious point is the news. There is not much coverage of news about Batman, but the news about this martial arts master seems to be deliberately blocked.
Previously, many people were discussing it in places like WeChat Moments, but most of the posts were deleted within a day, and those that remained were all created by a large group of trolls to confuse the public…”
"So, what do you want to say?"
Xia Xu frowned.
Those damn photos all show him at Ruifeng Supermarket in Decheng.
Fortunately, these are all pictures found on the Internet, and the logistics and public relations of the special department have already screened them, so there are no clear frontal faces.
"This person is different from us. I heard from someone who had experienced it personally that this person seems to be an official expert who specializes in dealing with this kind of thing. Just think about it, how could an ordinary person block the news?"
Pan Long opened up the conversation completely. Without waiting for Xia Xu to answer, he continued excitedly, "And he is a martial arts master, Brother Xu. This means that our Xia country really has martial arts... Oh, no, Brother Xu, you seem to know how to use a sword? Is that the legendary Qi family sword?"
"That's the Miao Dao, or the single sword, or the Ming imperial army sword. There's no such thing as the Qi Family Sword."
Xia Xu rolled his eyes.
He had never paid attention to these things before, but after practicing with Uncle Luo for a while, he learned a little about them. In the process, he naturally couldn't get away from the Qi family sword, which had long been confused with the Miao sword.
However, the Qi family sword is basically pure nonsense. In the Jixiao new book written by Qi Jiguang himself, there was no mention of similar swords at all. This kind of sword was never used as a main weapon during the anti-Japanese war. They just picked up some Japanese swords and gave them to the musketeers as close combat self-defense weapons.
This is the same principle as a modern sniper being equipped with a dagger. If there is no dagger, you can replace it with a claw knife or a machete. In the Mandarin Duck Formation when Qi Jiguang deployed his troops, even the main weapons of a certain type of soldiers were not included.
Finally, when the anti-Japanese war was almost over, Qi Jiguang mentioned it in passing in his newly reorganized and streamlined Jixiao book, but it was just a casual mention that was not taken seriously at all, let alone being given the name of Qi Family Sword.
In fact, even the name Qi's Army was given in later generations. Anyone who dared to call it that at the time was tantamount to throwing mud at others and flattering them. Qi Jiguang himself was the first one to jump out and chop people down.
Therefore, the Qi Family Knife is basically fabricated and imaginary. The most outrageous one is from a certain bad movie, which made up a so-called Qi Family Knife with a blade only at the tip, and it has become widely circulated.
That thing is simply the screenwriter has absolutely no common sense. Seeing the movements of grasping or pressing the back of the knife in the Xinyou sword technique, they thought it was grasping the blade. Feeling that it would cut the hand, they imagined that the blade was only sharp at the tip.
If that's the case, you might as well just use a spear. How could people in ancient times waste fine iron like that
As for the Miao Dao, its origin is very controversial. The name was changed in the Republic of China. Some people believe that it evolved from the Tang Dao Mo Dao ring-headed single sword, while others believe that it was influenced by the Japanese sword. There is no way to verify it at all.
Of course, there is no need to do any research, since we can always trace it back to the same ancestor/manually funny.
At least there is no doubt that this thing has amazing lethality, and it can indeed restrain the katana. It is really cool to use it well.
"Brother Xu, where are we going?"
They didn't stay in Pan Long's warehouse for long. After a quick walk, Xia Xu took Pan Long back to the business car driven by He Qing.
"Go find something that can handle armed drones."
Xia Xu pushed Atuo's big head aside with disdain and answered Pan Long casually.
"Something that can handle drones? What?"
Pan Long was a little surprised when he heard Xia Xu's words.
Having been an ordinary person for 10 to 20 years, it is impossible for him to have no fear of guns. He still has regrets when he thinks of the scene of the drone strafing last night.
Besides, he can't resist bullets with his body now.
In fact, Xia Xu was just trying to find out about Pan Long's situation indirectly.
Slightly different from the original plot, the reason why Pan Long started to become a so-called superhero was not because he remembered his grandfather's words or watched superhero movies, but because he came into contact with Yao Fu and the news about him, so he had this impulse and took action - at least Pan Long himself thought so.
In addition, he discovered that Pan Long's second-level life level actually only had the ability of loss of quantity, and his physical strength was not comparable to Uncle Luo and Atuo. His physical fitness was only slightly better than that of ordinary people.
According to his guess, the life level should not be a simple level distinction like the game level and combat power level, but some kind of general comprehensive rating.
For example, physical fitness, mental will, certain special abilities, etc., combined to reach an extraordinary level, distinguishing oneself from the general public in terms of life form, this may be the 'life level'.
"You'll know when you get there."
This time, Xia Xu did not directly answer Pan Long, but kept it a secret.