"Argh..."
Wu Chen opened his eyes and felt a sharp pain in the back of his head.
He raised a hand to his head and sat up from the ground. Then he noticed something strange about his surroundings.
Looking up, he saw a nighttime street lined with towering buildings. Looking down, he saw that he was sitting on the sidewalk.
"Where is this? Wasn't I working overtime at the office?"
Startled, Wu Chen sprang to his feet.
He remembered clearly that the project was about to be inspected, but the final checks weren't finished, so his team was working through the night to get everything done.
Had he fallen asleep while working overtime and woken up here?
Am I dreaming?
"Roar!!"
A deafening roar came from nearby, as though some monster had gone berserk.
Then came an utterly frenzied shout: "Hulk!!!"
The tremendous roar caused a vibration that jolted the wound on the back of Wu Chen's head. The pain returned, reminding him that all of this was real.
An unfamiliar set of memories surfaced in Wu Chen's mind. He looked at the bloodstained, fist-sized rock beside him and began to understand.
This was New York in the United States, and he was the owner of a Chinese restaurant in Manhattan.
His name was still Wu Chen, and he was still handsome, but this was no longer the world he had known.
In his memories, Wu Chen saw the Stark Industries headquarters and Tony Stark saying flamboyantly at a press conference, "I am Iron Man!"
This was the Marvel Universe!
Judging by Tony Stark's appearance in his memories, this was the Marvel movie universe.
Wu Chen immediately breathed a sigh of relief... Like hell he did!
Compared to the Marvel Comics universe, the Marvel movie universe was undoubtedly several levels weaker in terms of overall power.
But no matter how much weaker it was, it still wasn't something an ordinary person could stand against.
Now that Iron Man had appeared, could Hulk, Thor, Hydra, and even Thanos be far behind?
Wu Chen considered himself unlucky. He didn't much want to gamble on the fifty-fifty odds of The Snap, because he felt certain he would turn to dust and scatter across the ground.
But what could he, an ordinary person, do?
He thought of the reason he had been lying on the ground.
He had gone out to buy something when a sudden bang rang out, and a rock flew from a distance and struck him squarely in the back of the head.
"How unlucky can I get?!"
Bang!
A wall nearby was smashed open, and another rock shot toward Wu Chen.
He hurriedly dodged and glared furiously in the direction it had come from.
But the next second, he froze for a moment, then turned and ran!
After the wall broke open, an ugly green giant over three meters tall appeared in Wu Chen's sight. He was the culprit responsible for Wu Chen's injury.
And Wu Chen recognized him—Abomination!
Emil Blonsky, the leader of the team General Ross had assembled to capture Hulk, had injected himself with the blood of Hulk, Dr. Bruce Banner, in pursuit of greater power. He had become the hideously ugly, vicious, and incomparably powerful Abomination standing before him!
Blonsky had just transformed into Abomination. Though he had gained tremendous power, he had also lost all reason, rampaging and destroying everything around him while seeking a fight with Hulk!
His powerful body's instincts plunged Blonsky into the pleasure of destruction.
He overturned the cars around him one after another, then violently hurled them away, knocking down pedestrians and vehicles all over the place.
"Ah!! Help!"
The cries of innocent people filled the air. Police arrived and opened fire on Abomination, but their bullets had no effect.
Crash!
A car came hurtling straight at them. Several officers couldn't dodge in time and were killed on the spot.
Watching it all, Wu Chen felt a stifling anger he couldn't release.
To draw Hulk over, Abomination ruthlessly destroyed everything, with no regard for anything. He was a complete demon!
"Mommy! I want my mommy!!"
A little girl's cries suddenly came from behind him. Wu Chen stopped running and turned to look.
A five- or six-year-old blonde girl was lying on the ground. A blonde woman lay in a pool of blood in front of her, while only a few meters behind her, Abomination was bearing down on her with a car in his hands!
Wu Chen's eyes reddened. He wanted to save the little girl.
But she was too far away!
And Abomination had already spotted the blonde girl and was approaching her.
Just as tragedy was about to strike, an emotionless, ethereal voice sounded in Wu Chen's mind.
[˜Ding! The host has been detected to possess an exceptionally strong obsession. The strongest heavens role-playing system has been activated!]
[Host: Wu Chen]
[Current role: None]
[Current role-playing progress: 0]
[Owned characters: None]
[Role draws available: 1]
Wu Chen's eyes narrowed slightly at the sudden voice, and then golden light burst from his dark eyes!
His golden finger had appeared!
With no intention of examining his golden finger or chatting with the system, Wu Chen immediately shouted in his mind, Draw a character to play!
The most important thing right now was saving the blonde girl!
Wu Chen couldn't save her himself and could only rely on the power of his golden finger.
And from the system's name, he could roughly guess that it could let him play any character from the myriad worlds of the heavens.
It could be a powerhouse, or it could be a weakling.
But whoever it was, they were bound to be stronger than an ordinary person like Wu Chen!
Sure enough, the ethereal voice sounded in his mind again.
[Please draw a character pool. Current pool options: Naruto, DC, Dragon Ball]
[Draw immediately?]
Draw!
[Draw successful. Character pool selected: Naruto]
[System scan complete. As this is your first character draw, the buff "Wishes Come True" has been applied]
[Ding, drawing character...]
As the system finished speaking, a succession of figures flashed rapidly through Wu Chen's mind.
Finally, the image in his mind settled on a figure wearing a white Hokage cloak with red flame trim and a Konoha Forehead Protector.
He had spiky blond hair and blue eyes, and his handsome, gentle face gave off a warm feeling. Beneath the cloak was tactical attire that only Konoha Chunin and those above that rank could wear, while five conspicuous characters were written across its back: "Fourth Hokage"!
The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, Konoha's Yellow Flash!!
Wu Chen was overjoyed. The blonde girl could be saved!
When it came to Minato Namikaze, the first thing that came to mind was naturally speed!
With the Flying Thunder God Technique, where in the vast world could he not go?
[Ding! Congratulations, host, on drawing your character: Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage of Konoha Shinobi Village in the Naruto world!]
[Begin role-playing?]
[Note: The host can transform into the appearance of any character he plays]
Wu Chen had originally worried that he would have to dress up as Minato Namikaze and dye his black hair blond before he could start playing the role, but he hadn't expected to be able to transform directly.
So, without hesitation, he answered the system, "Begin role-playing!"