The next morning, Heero, Hong Yu, and Han Ying did not open the noodles shop. Xing District was closed for today as there were two important events.
First, it was to celebrate Heero's marriage that was already known by everyone. Second, it was to celebrate Sun Zhou Yi's promotion to Gold Class Hero - Rank 1.
Because of these two big events, the people decided to close their shops and attended Sun Zhou Yi's ceremony. Sun Zhou Yi also gladly invited them to join the ceremony as, without him, the people of the Xing District would not be able to attend the ceremony.
As for Heero's celebration, the people of the Xing District would hold a simple celebration for Heero and Hong Yu. It was they who initiated the celebration, not Heero.
Seven in the morning, the Xing District was bustled as everyone excited to follow Sun Zhou Yi to the core region. It was a region that they never thought they would be able to visit and today, Sun Zhou Yi gave them a chance to see what the core region looked like.
Sun Zhou Yi rented three busses to bring the people of the Xing District with him. Looking at the elderly and children who were excited, he was also happy. If he could share the happiness with others, there was nothing better than this.
Heero also stood beside Sun Zhou Yi and he frowned in concern. He was against this idea, inviting the elderly and the children to visit the core region.
It was indeed the core region that was a much better place compared to the outer region, but it was not the case with the people living there. The elderly and the children would receive scorn, he was sure about that.
Moreover, it was kinda dangerous as Sun Zhou Yi had a conflict with the Yuan Family. He was afraid of the elderly and the children would be dragged into the conflict. He did not want Lan Lan's incident repeated once again.
However, the Hero League guaranteed the people who came with Sun Zhou Yi would be safe. Sun Zhou Yi himself pledged that he would protect these people.
With that said, Heero no longer prevented Sun Zhou Yi to bring these people. Moreover, these people were so happy to visit the core region. He did not have the heart to prevent them.
And then, as the people got into the busses even Butcher Wang and his family also came along. There were a few who stayed though. Yun Xia was busy with Heero's new book, Blacksmith Huang who was busy with his work, and a few children and elderly.
At seven past thirty, the group departed from Xing District. Hong Yu, Heero, and Han Ying also followed the bus and they would drop at the commerce region later. As the group departed in a harmonious atmosphere, Star Web was blasted by shocking news.
First, it was a thread posted by the Hero League that said Yuan Chang was not the hero who stopped the Level 10 Calamity, but Sun Zhou Yi.
Because Yuan Chang tried to claim an accomplishment that was not his, he was demoted to Silver Class Hero and unranked at that. It could be said that the punishment was quite light.
However, the fact that Yuan Chang tried to steal someone else's achievement shocked the masses. Yuan Chang was a high-ranking Gold Class Hero and he hailed from a prestigious family, Yuan Family. It gave the masses a shock that a high-ranking hero did a shady practice to raise his rank.
As if the shock from this issue was not enough, Ranker Alliance made a shocking announcement. Dozens of rankers went missing possibly dead and two of them were high-ranking rankers.
Muranaka Kenta, Gold Class Ranker - Rank 98 and Feng Fennu, Crown Class Ranker - Rank 1. Muranaka Kenta went missing was already a shock, but even Crown Class Ranker - Rank 1 also went missing in the city at that.
Yes, the Ranker Alliance posted this thread on Star Web. Its main goal was to threaten the person who was responsible for this and surrender. That's how domineering Ranker Alliance was. Throwing a threat openly on the Star Web.
However, another uproar was caused when the place where the rankers went missing was mentioned. It was the place where the thunder dragon descended, Xing District.
People began speculating that the rankers were either eaten by the dragon or died because of the thunder blast. And then, various kinds of speculations of the missing rankers aired on the Star Web.
And then, it was as if these two threads were not enough to blast the Star Web. The Hero League also announced that Gold Class Hero - Rank 21, Feng Bian also went missing.
Different from Ranker Alliance, the Hero League's thread only was a missing-person thread. The Hero League hoped to call them if someone saw Feng Bian. This thing did not shock them, the thing that shocked people was the place where Feng Bian was last seen.
It was the same place as the thunder dragon descended and the rankers went missing. With the missing threads, people began believing that the thing that descended in the district was a real dragon.
At the same time, the thunder dragon descended, it killed the rankers and Feng Bian. It was what most people believed.
A thing that could kill Crown Class Ranker - Rank 1 only Emperor Class Hero or even Legend Class Ranker could hope to match it. However, if it was Emperor Class Hero or even Legend Class Ranker, there was no need for them to post this thread.
That was why people were convinced it was the thunder dragon who killed the rankers and the hero.
On the way to the Civil bureau, Heero kept looking at the smartwatch in silence. He was reading all of the explosive news on Star Web.
Based on the news, it benefitted him as the owner of the Xing District. It made the district famous, but somehow he could not smile at the good news. There was something in his mind.
He opened the Star Web to distract his mind. However, it failed to do so as he kept thinking about the thing that concerned him. Just as he was reading his smartwatch in a daze, there was a hand tapping his shoulder.
"Dear, we arrived, let's go~" Hong Yu called Heero with her sweet voice. She was beaming with happiness as she would get married to the man she loved.
Heero responded with a nod and followed Hong Yi.
"Goodbye, everyone~" Hong Yu bid farewell to the people in the bus as her face beaming with excitement while Heero waved his hand disturbingly.
Han Ying also followed after them and went down from the bus. Afterward, with an inquiry look, Hong Yu asked in a puzzled tone, "Dear, what's wrong? I feel there's something wrong with you?"
'Sure enough, women really have a sharp intuition just like seven mothers told me…'
Of course, Heero did not tell Hong Yu that he had something that disturbed his mind. It was about last night's assassin. He found that the assassin last night was his best friend's descendant, Musashi Miyamoto's descendant.
He should be about that as someone he knew from Dramonia was here. But after hearing a complete story of Musashi Miyamoto, Heero was afraid to hear the continuation.
Based on what the assassin told him, Musashi Miyamoto was already dead before even the catastrophe struck. The assassin said it was about two to three thousand years ago that his ancestor, Musashi Miyamoto dead.
Which was meant he at least sealed in Eternal Ice about two to three thousand years? It scared him as it did mean he was at least two to three thousand years old.
His concern was this, his age. What if his girlfriend knew that he was an old foggy who was about two to three thousand years old? Would she leave him? It was the thing he concerned about since last night.
If it was Dramonia, he would be respected as only a strong that could live more than a thousand years. Usually, a hero in the Grandmaster Class could live over a thousand years.
However, he was not on Dramonia, but Earth. People that lived over a thousand years old were unheard of. The oldest human in Earth's history was only a little over two hundred years. This man was a former Emperor Class Hero - Rank 1 from Bai Family.
As for over a thousand years or even two to three thousand years, it was unheard of. What did it mean? It meant he was the weirdo here.
What if Hong Yu knew his age? Would she leave him? Should he tell the truth regarding his past? Heero believed building trust was the best foundation to build a harmonious family.
But he was hesitant whether to tell his wife the truth or not. In the end, Heero decided not to tell his wife the truth as he hypnotized himself with, "I was sealed at forty, so I am forty years old, not an old foggy with thousands of years old… I was sealed…"
Heero shook his head in response to Hong Yu's inquiry and answered gently, "Nothing…"
With that, the three entered the Civil Bureau together. During the progress to register their certificate. Surprisingly, the Civil Bureau did not hinder Heero to get his ID Card and register his marriage.
Getting the certificate was simple, handing the papers, taking the photo for the certificate, and waiting for the certificate that would be ready in half an hour.
While Heero had his marriage registered successfully and smoothly, the group of Xing District also proceeded toward the core region smoothly.
For those who first visited the core region, they looked at the regal building on both sides of the road in admiration. With the trees and flowers decorated the road, the core region looked much better compared to the outer region.
As the busses were getting near to the Hero League's HQ, the road was crowded with luxurious cars that had never been seen in the outer region. It took them almost an hour before finally, they reached the Hero League's HQ.
Just as the towering building came into their sights, the people gasped in admiration. The building that usually could only be seen in a picture or on the screen, now they could see it directly with their own eyes.
On the way to the building, various kinds of statues were placed in the middle and on both sides of the street to the HQ. Most of them recognized these statues as they were Emperor Class Heroes, all of them!
They had not entered the Hero League's HQ yet, but everyone was amazed by the scene outside of the building. Slowly, the three busses led to the entrance of the Hero League's HQ under the escort of the Central Police.
At the entrance, Bai Xian Ming and the other eleven executives were waiting for the main character, Sun Zhou Yi who was on the first bus. Not only the executives, Emperor Class Hero, Huo Liang Xun was also present.
Even the former Gold Class Hero - Rank 1, Bai Xin Yue was also present. The Hero Instructor and every hero who was not on duty were present to see the man who stopped Level 10 Calamity alone.
As the bus stopped, the door opened and Sun Zhou Yi came out of the bus. He was not alone, Xiao Xi in a beautiful red dress accompanied him.
Bai Xian Ming was the first one to make a move. He walked forward and with a big smile, he greeted Sun Zhou Yi, "Welcome to Hero League and congratulation on your promotion!"
Heero reached Bai Xian Ming's hand with a big smile as well, showing he was truly happy for his promotion, "Thank You, Executive Bai. It's my honor…"
Sun Zhou Yi exchanged pleasantries with Bai Xian Ming and then, the other executives also came and greeted Sun Zhou Yi.
Afterward, they entered the Hero League's HQ with the group of Xing District followed from behind.
The ceremony was quite simple. Starting the speech from Bai Xian Ming and then Sun Zhou Yi's speech, handing over the gold plate that became proof that Sun Zhou Yi was promoted to Gold Class Hero - Rank 1.
The purpose of this ceremony was to announce to the world that a great hero was born to the people of Star and the other cities. Sun Zhou Yi's presence meant hope for humanity. Hero with the potential to reach Emperor Class Hero.
Despite the simple yet splendid ceremony, it took two hours before the ceremony came to an end. The ceremony was followed by a banquet.
As soon as the banquet started, Sun Zhou Yi got a special guest. The former Gold Class - Rank 1 and the famous cold beauty Bai Xin Yue visited him.
However, the cold Bai Xin Yue had a slight captivating smile this time. In just a glance, Sun Zhou Yi knew, she was smiling as a formality.
In the next moment, Sun Zhou Yi was surprised by what Bai Xin Yue said to him.
"Hello, I presume you already know who I am and I already know who you are. So, I will get to the point. Is that okay?"
Sun Zhou Yi gave a nod in response, and Bai Xin Yue continued. "Do you want to be part of the Bai Family?"