Bruce and the others arrived in Mexico, but the situation here was not as good as it had been in the real world. The point in time of the world Jack had created was around 1986, before any of it had begun.
This was not a good time for the Mexican people. Although 1986 was the year they hosted the World Cup, two massive earthquakes had devastated the country a year earlier. Fortunately, the earthquakes had not affected the stadiums, and the World Cup proceeded as scheduled.
Mexico's economic growth had been stagnant for a long time. When the glory of the World Cup faded, it seemed to announce the complete end of the country's prosperous era. The free-market economy introduced during de la Madrid's administration had failed to save the market, and the government's slow disaster response during the earthquakes had further eroded the Mexican Revolutionary Party's credibility.
At this time, Mexico had reached a crossroads. The left wing's prestige was steadily declining, while liberals were becoming more influential, but none of that had much to do with the living standards of the common people. Drug lords still ran rampant in the south, and the southern trafficking cartel led by Mexican drug godfather Gallardo was extending its reach into more cities.
The problem facing them now was that everyone had lost their superpowers. They could no longer descend from the sky like divine soldiers and deal the drug traffickers a crushing blow through force. Without Bruce and Oliver's money and connections, everything became even harder.
Ordinary people were always small and powerless. Before someone could shout a slogan, they first had to be able to stand up and make their voice heard. Most people in this world could not even do that. They had to spend nearly all their