Chapter 784: Corrupted Hero Association

Chapter 784: Corrupted Hero Association

Chapter 784: Corrupted Hero Association

"Mr. Aizen, it turns out that the ways on your Earth are so complicated. I thought being a hero was a noble profession."

Boros, who was standing by, saw this scene and said with a smile, his tone full of sarcasm.

The people in the Hero Association looked even uglier. This was truly a disgrace to the extreme.

Boros can understand Earth's language because he is an advanced life form. Before coming here, he only took ten minutes to learn the current common language of Earth.

Even if he doesn't study, there are high-end translators on the spacecraft that can analyze human behavior and language on Earth through radio waves, summarize the Earth's language in an instant, and then help with real-time translation.

"I'll give you a chance to explain."

Lu Li said to the association manager who had spoken earlier.

Blast also kept his composure and waited for the man to explain what was going on.

"You must be aware that the government allocates very little funding to the Hero Association each year. The Association basically relies on investors' money to operate. We also need to satisfy some of the investors' interests. Otherwise, if the investors don't have any interests, they won't invest for a long time..."

The Hero Association manager explained timidly, "Some of them simply hope to hire some powerful heroes as bodyguards, while others crave some unconventional entertainment activities. If these are not met, the Hero Association will not be able to operate."

Lu Li almost laughed out of anger after hearing this. He looked at Aizen, "Sosuke, do you think what he said makes sense?"

But Aizen nodded, "That makes sense. An organization cannot function without money."

Seeing that this mysterious and powerful interstellar traveler, Lu Li's friend, expressed understanding, many members of the Hero Association breathed a sigh of relief. The man continued, "It's great that Mr. Aizen Sosuke understands. Only when the association has funds can it provide benefits to heroes."

"Welfare?"

Lu Li chewed on these two words, feeling that they were too far-fetched, so he looked at Aizen. He knew that Sosuke was definitely in the same boat with him, and he was just objectively stating a big fact.

Aizen knew that Lu Li was not good at these things, so he looked at the man and said, "Let me ask you, how much money do all parties invest in the Hero Association every year?"

"This... this is a core secret... my authority..."

The man was a little hesitant, but when he felt Lu Li's gaze, his back was instantly soaked with sweat, and he quickly said, "As far as I know, the investment visible on the books each year is a total of 3 trillion."

"You're talking about the amount on the books, what about the rest? How much is it in total?"

Aizen's tone was calm, but his eyes looked as if he had seen through everything.

The man suddenly felt the pressure doubled, cold sweat broke out, and he stammered, "It should be more than 10 trillion."

"I see."

Aizen nodded, then picked up a list of heroes used by the Hero Association for publicity and flipped through it. "I see that the registered heroes, from S-level to C-level, total less than a thousand people."

As he spoke, he looked at Lu Li, "Brother Lu, as an S-class hero, do you have good benefits?"

"Heroes have a basic salary, but it's so little that I didn't pay much attention. Let me see..."

Lu Li took out his cell phone in this world, checked his bank account, and found the amount of money that came in this month, "One million."

The purchasing power of currency in this world is somewhat similar to that of the neon modern society in the world of Death. If compared to the great Eastern country in the 21st century, this amount of money would have a purchasing power of about 60,000.

From this perspective, with a monthly salary at this level, they are indeed high-income earners.

But things cannot be calculated that way, Lu Li is an S-class hero, and S-class heroes do life-threatening work and usually face the most dangerous monsters.

Moreover, they are heroes standing at the top of the pyramid of the Hero Association. Such heroes only have this little income, which is a bit not enough. Even if they want to buy an apartment in the center of City A, they have to work for at least 20 years relying on this income.

But as we can see from Sexy Prisoner, how can an S-class hero last for 20 years? Besides, an old man like Bang might die in just a few years.

Although many S-class heroes do not do this job for the money, the so-called 'excellent benefits' are not really true.

"One million..."

Aizen looked at the people from the Hero Association with a playful expression, "Then tell me, what is the monthly salary of A-class, B-class, and C-class heroes?"

A group of association members seemed to understand what Aizen meant, and they all stammered and were unable to speak. However, there was a younger manager who was quite angry after seeing the video played by Lu Li, and he stood up to explain.

"A-level heroes have monthly salary and benefits ranging from 50 to 20, depending on their ranking. B-level heroes have monthly salary ranging from 20 to 8. C-level heroes have monthly salary and benefits ranging from 8 to 1, depending on their ranking."

When the young manager said this, he also felt something was wrong, "It seems to be a little too little."

It's not just too little. Considering the purchasing power of this world, even if you buy groceries and cook for yourself, it's hard to say whether ten thousand yuan is enough to have enough to eat every month.

After listening to this, Lu Li finally understood why Fubuki was so "shabby". It seemed that their new trick, the so-called free high-quality Wagyu beef when joining the team, was really a killer move.

After all, Fubuki and his friends were B-class heroes at that time, and their monthly salary might not be enough to buy two boxes of beef. No wonder after decorating the Fubuki group's facade, all their actions exuded a shabby air.

The point is, they have no money at all, and relying solely on the salary from heroic activities, they can barely make ends meet.

This is because the members of the Fubuki group are all heroes at the top of Class B. It is conceivable how miserable the other heroes below Class B are doing.

Many of them are only brave and have no special skills in life or work other than fighting. After becoming heroes, they can only be exploited by the association.

Imagine a hero with elderly parents and young children to take care of. If something happens at home and he doesn’t have enough money, then the Hero Association wants him to participate in fake matches and gambling. Can he refuse?

Even if he despises such behavior in his heart, he can only serve capital as a dog. Otherwise, he will not be able to afford food, have no money to treat his family, and cannot keep his family running.

"But... we still have resettlement housing for heroes, so at least the accommodation problem can be solved!"

One association member stepped forward and added.

"Really? There is such a benefit, how come I didn't know about it?" At this time, a female voice interrupted. Several people turned their heads and found that it was Fubuki who came.

It turns out that Fubuki has been at the headquarters of the Hero Association recently. The spaceship made a big noise before, so she was naturally curious, so she wanted to ask Blast about it. Unexpectedly, she discovered the matter as soon as she came in.

"Ms. Fubuki, you have just been promoted to A-rank, so we haven't had time to arrange anything for you. In fact, all heroes above A-rank can enjoy this benefit."

One association member explained.

"Then heroes at B rank and below who have risked their lives don't deserve a place to live?"

Aizen spoke at this time, and these words made the people in the Hero Association feel very uncomfortable.

He stood up and looked around, his eyes lingering on Blast. "I'm really curious about where the funds for the heroes' daily activities come from. Mr. Blast, is your equipment custom-made by the Hero Association?"

Blast shook his head, "I did this myself. I haven't been back to the Hero Association for many years. Who knew it would be like this now?"

"So everyone is basically doing heroic activities at their own expense."

Aizen said with a smile, as if he had made a summary, leaving the people in the association at a loss.

But they couldn't refute it because what Aizen said was true.

In fact, most heroes carry out heroic activities at their own expense. For example, every time Genos was injured, he would go to Dr. Kusno to repair and modify it himself, but Dr. Kusno just confiscated his money.

Of course, Genos's case is special. Generally, if a hero is injured during an activity, he can still go to the hospital under the Hero Association for free treatment.

However, during the activity, the heroes have to pay for their own food, clothing, housing and transportation, and there is no such thing as reimbursement.

If Lu Li had really read the original novel of One Punch Man, he would know that the original protagonist of this world also lived in poverty, and his financial situation did not improve at all after joining the Hero Association.

Although the Hero Association has a mechanism similar to attendance, that is, you will be downgraded if you do not carry out missions or heroic activities for a period of time, they will not give you any bonuses or commissions just because you perform well and defeat demon-level and dragon-level monsters.

Why do so many people want to be heroes? Aizen believes that it is because the wealth distribution in this world is uneven and the gap is too large.

The treatment of heroes is poor from an objective point of view, but it is still much better than that of most people. In addition, the work is relatively free. As long as you reach level B or above, you can have a considerable income in this world.

Someone who doesn't have regular work machine skills but has some brute force and a strong body may just want to work hard to become a B-class hero, without having too high expectations.

"So, where did the Hero Association's astronomical investment go?"

Aizen looked at the managers of the Hero Association, and what made them all sweat was that Lu Li was already emitting murderous intent.

This is the soul-searching question, because the treatment of heroes is objectively not high, only S-level and a small number of A-level heroes are considered high-paid.

Being able to see a doctor and treat injuries for free is the most basic of the basics. Otherwise, no one would come to work for the Hero Association. As for the pension after death in battle, the Hero Association doesn't give much.

Just to support the heroes of the Hero Association, in terms of welfare benefits, the Hero Association spends at most 10 billion every year. However, the Hero Association has an investment of over 10 trillion every year, and 10 billion is only one ten-thousandth of this money.

So where did the rest of the money go?
"Martial Saint, Explosion, don't get excited yet. Let me explain. This is not how the money goes."

A manager of the Hero Association pushed up his glasses and said, "The funds used for hero welfare benefits are indeed small, but we also have to rebuild new cities destroyed by monsters and build various shelters. These costs are sky-high. In addition, the association's helicopters and other means of transportation, satellite communication equipment, and network installation, operation and maintenance all cost money."

"is it?"

Aizen said in a subtle tone, and looked at Lu Li again, "Brother Lu, how does the Hero Association rebuild the city? Will those whose homes were destroyed before be assigned new houses?"

Lu Li thought for a moment and said, "It seems that they are looking for Metal Knight to rebuild the city. The new houses will be used to house the homeless, but they are not free."

Aizen seemed to suddenly realize something, and said with a smile: "It turns out that monsters can continue to drive economic development. It's a pity that the money is not earned by the public."

These words were even more heart-breaking, and some members of the Hero Association who knew the inside story were already sweating profusely.

Metal Knight can build a new city in just a few days. This seems awesome and makes people marvel at it as a miracle, but is the truth behind it really that beautiful?
This is absolutely not the case. First of all, Metal Knight does not work for free. He is paid by the Hero Association to do this job. He can be understood as a contractor.

The Hero Association always assigns this kind of thing to Metal Knight. Although it is very efficient, Metal Knight is also given a large amount of funds. In fact, the money is earned by Metal Knight and has nothing to do with the general public.

Furthermore, it is impossible to say that Metal Knight has no connection with the Hero Association because he always gives the work to Metal Knight. There must be kickbacks or something.

The Hero Association said that a lot of the funds were used to rebuild the city, which may be true, but as time went by, everyone on this chain was sucking blood, and at least more than half of the funds disappeared into the pockets of some people.

As for other areas, if you think about it, you will realize that they are all similar.

So do investors care about their money being misused? Maybe some people do care, but most of the wealthy probably don't. They just want to use the Hero Association to provide them with privileges and make their lives safer and more convenient.

If possible, they can also use these privileges to play gambling games, buy and sell monsters for fights, just like the emperor watching the fight outside the ancient Roman Colosseum.

Furthermore, because the Hero Association is so powerful that its influence even surpasses that of the government, with the help of the Hero Association, they can also gain a lot of benefits in business and make back any money they invest.

Ten trillion dollars a year may seem like a lot, but the Hero Association is a global organization, and if the world's wealthy invest in it, the amount of money is not that exaggerated.

"I roughly understand what's going on. Sosuke, how do you think this matter should be handled?"

Lu Li did not brutally kill everyone in the venue before because he was not as naive as he was when he was young. He knew that this kind of thing could not be solved by simply killing people.

He could kill all those wealthy people in a fit of rage, or even kill all the management involved in the Hero Association, but this would be useless and would lead to worse consequences.

After all, these wealthy people are important figures in the global economy. If they are killed directly, their companies will collapse, many people will lose their jobs, and the world will be in chaos, which is not in line with Lu Li's original intention.

That's why he kept his composure and waited for Aizen to arrive before asking him what to do.

(End of this chapter)