"You mean you want me to ask you again in the form of a mission?"
In all his years, Bruce Banner had never encountered such a strange request.
But since he needed Wu Chen's help, Banner had no choice but to do as he said.
Wu Chen nodded. "Let me confirm: the mission is to stop you after you transform, so you can't hurt anyone else, or to stop you from transforming."
"This is a long-term mission. Each transformation counts as a separate mission."
"That's right!" Banner nodded.
Wu Chen nodded as well. "Then it's time to discuss the reward."
Banner was taken aback. He didn't seem to have expected that.
Wu Chen said unhappily, "You didn't think I was running a charity, did you?"
"No, no. What reward do you want?" Banner quickly shook his head.
"How about this? You work for me as payment for the mission." Wu Chen thought for a moment. "Each time I stop you, you do one thing for me. How does that sound?"
"Do one thing for you?" Banner hesitated. He had reservations, worried that Minato Namikaze would ask him to continue that evil research.
After all, aside from being the Hulk, Bruce Banner's only value was his scientific expertise.
Wu Chen saw Banner's concern and explained, "I won't ask you to do anything that crosses your bottom line. You can rest assured of that."
Banner immediately breathed a sigh of relief and nodded. "In that case, there's no problem. Deal!"
Wu Chen smiled and continued, "However, I won't be following you around. I'll appear when you need me.
"Don't worry. I left a mark on you. As long as you're still on Earth, I can reach your side in an instant."
"I'll be going now!"
With that, Wu Chen used the Body Flicker Technique and left.
Banner was left alone on the roof, wanting to say something but hesitating. "Hey... you could at least take me down from the building!"
After getting away from Banner, Wu Chen stopped playing his role and returned to his own handsome appearance.
He set off toward home.
Although he hadn't been hurt in the fight, he felt a lot of pressure.
Now, Wu Chen needed to take a breather and unwind.
There was nothing more relaxing than sleeping in his own home.
But on the way home, Wu Chen suddenly wondered how he was supposed to play characters other than Minato Namikaze.
He conveyed the question to the system, and its reply sounded in his mind.
[Whenever the host reaches 50% role-playing progress for a character, he gains one chance to draw another character to play]
Fifty percent?
It didn't seem that hard to reach. After all, he had started with fifteen percent, and fulfilling his predecessor's dying wish had raised it another ten percent.
Perhaps he only needed to take a few more missions to reach fifty percent.
Wu Chen didn't think it would be very difficult.
Wu Chen walked all the way home, ignoring several furtive gazes. He opened the restaurant door, went inside, and locked the doors and windows behind him.
He was naturally so cautious because of the area.
Next to the street where Wu Chen's restaurant stood was a neighborhood in Manhattan, central New York. It covered only eight streets, but in the underworld, it was a den of crime known to all.
It had a name all its own—Hell's Kitchen!
"If you haven't grown tired of living, you'd best stay away from 'that damned place.'"
Most slightly older New Yorkers had heard that saying, and they knew that "that damned place" meant Hell's Kitchen.
A great many ruthless figures had come out of there, the most famous of whom was the uncrowned king of New York's underworld—Kingpin!
Besides, Hell's Kitchen had always been a lawless area, and the North American authorities turned a blind eye to it for various reasons.
That was also one of the main reasons it had become a den of crime.
With Hell's Kitchen right next to the restaurant, his predecessor had long since made a habit of closing and locking the doors when the restaurant wasn't open.
Wu Chen didn't want to reveal what made him special, so naturally, he preferred to avoid unnecessary trouble.
Back in his bedroom, Wu Chen lay down on his bed and suddenly thought of something.
When he had drawn a character pool before, there had been three options: Naruto, DC, and Dragon Ball.
He had drawn the Naruto pool, so did that mean the characters he played from now on would all be powerful figures from the Naruto world?
He asked the system, and when he received an affirmative answer, Wu Chen frowned.
Although the Naruto world's top-tier powers were formidable, they were clearly not enough for the Marvel Universe.
Thanos alone was beyond the ability of ordinary powerful figures in Naruto to handle.
Even the Sage of Six Paths probably wouldn't stand much of a chance.
And he wasn't guaranteed to draw the Sage of Six Paths.
But if it were the DC or even the Dragon Ball world, things would be much easier.
The DC world had plenty of powerful figures, enough to rival Marvel, and Dragon Ball was even more impressive.
For one thing, Frieza, the overlord of the universe, was enough to thrash Thanos.
So Wu Chen asked expectantly, System, can the character pool be changed or expanded?