Kino

A funeral was being held in the cemetery. Kino wore a black mourning suit and stared blankly at the two coffins.

Even though his parents were inside them.

"Kino, would you like to say a few words? Your parents are about to be buried," a middle-aged man standing beside him asked sadly.

Hearing him, Kino calmly shook his head without saying anything.

After all, he didn't know what to say. He had no memories whatsoever of spending time with the parents of this body, so it was better not to say anything.

That's right. Kino was a transmigrator, and he was eighteen years old this year.

He had transmigrated into a situation where both his parents were dead and left him a huge inheritance. This should have been the beginning of a life of enjoyment.

But there was bad news.

This was Marvel.

There was also good news.

He had a golden finger that allowed him to travel to other worlds.

The even worse news was—

The world on the other side was DC.

For fuck's sake, neither side was any better. They destroyed the world and wiped out humanity at the drop of a hat.

Moreover, he didn't know whether these two worlds were the main universes.

As everyone knew, Marvel and DC had countless Parallel Worlds. That also meant his advantage of foresight was useless. He only knew a few hidden secrets.

Thinking of this, Kino couldn't help showing a look of despair.

The middle-aged man also noticed his expression and felt even more sorrowful.

The deaths of his close friends, their only child suffering a mental breakdown and losing his memories—if not for his good fortune, he would already have become a vegetable.

After the funeral ended, George called out to Kino.

"Kino, although you don't remember me, I'm your Uncle George. I was good friends with your parents, and I hope you can come live with us."

"Uncle George, I'd like to be alone for a while."

George also saw the wariness in Kino's eyes, so he took out a business card and handed it to him.

"If you run into any problems, call me. I still have some influence in New York."

After watching the man who claimed to be his uncle leave, Kino slowly relaxed his guard. It seemed he wasn't the kind of relative who had come to seize the inheritance.

George Stacy

He looked at the name and phone number on the business card in his hand.

Gwen Stacy

Wasn't that Spider-Man's girlfriend? It was also possible that she was this world's Spider-Man.

After thinking it over, he put away the business card and walked toward a luxury car.

A sturdy butler stood to one side, his expression stern.

"Young Master, where are we going next?"

"Butler Castle, let's return to the manor."

"Yes."

Half an hour later, they arrived at a manor—the kind he hadn't even seen in his previous life.

After eating a simple lunch, he hurried to the computer in the study. Fortunately, this body came with a built-in translation function. Otherwise, he really didn't want to start learning from scratch.

Iron Man.

Nothing.

Tony Stark

A dense mass of information popped up in an instant, only stopping after several seconds.

The latest news was—

Tony Stark had disappeared, and Stark Industries' stock had plummeted.

"Is it about to begin? The age of the supernatural."

Kino sighed.

In the Marvel world, Iron Man held special significance. Before Iron Man appeared, all the supernatural beings in the world had followed the rule of remaining hidden.

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But after Iron Man, that conspicuous show-off, appeared, every kind of weirdo came crawling out of the woodwork.

"I need to find a way to increase my ability to stay alive first. Otherwise, dying before I can even hold out until Thanos arrives would be too embarrassing."

While searching the internet for all kinds of information, Kino pondered which supernatural abilities from Marvel could be obtained by an ordinary person.

He would set DC aside for now. Appearing in Metropolis would be fine, but if he appeared in Gotham, who knew what would happen? Besides, he didn't know whether this golden finger had a cooldown, so it could only be his backup plan.

"The Life Foundation's spaceship crashed in eastern Malaysia."

Kino's eyes lit up as he looked at the information on the computer.

Venom. How could he have forgotten her?

Superhuman strength, accelerated healing, the ability to copy superpowers...

Although she had the weakness of being afraid of noise and fire,

She was still incredibly powerful. In this world, as long as he didn't provoke certain big shots, he could live quite well.

"But how am I supposed to sneak in?"

In the movie, a reporter could enter effortlessly. That was complete nonsense. How could such an important laboratory possibly have so few guards?

As for buying his way in with money? Not every orphan's surname was Wayne.

"Butler Castle, Butler?"

"Young Master, what are your orders?"

Castle pushed open the door and asked.

"How much liquid capital can I mobilize?"

"About fifty million."

"Holy crap, that much!"

Kino cursed subconsciously. When he noticed Castle's strange look, he coughed twice.

"Castle, do you know where I can find mercenaries?"

"I do, Young Master. Shall we go there now?" Castle didn't ask why. It wasn't a butler's place to meddle in such matters.

"Yeah."

Thus, Castle brought Kino to a small wooden tavern.

The small tavern was filled with an old, musty atmosphere. Under the dim lights, all kinds of people sat or stood around, exuding a dangerous air.

The moment Kino entered the tavern, he felt countless gazes land on him. He frowned slightly, but quickly regained his composure.

Butler Castle followed closely behind him, warily observing the surroundings.

"Young Master, most of the people here are mercenaries. They have all kinds of personalities, and their ways of doing things are difficult to predict. You must be careful," Castle reminded him in a low voice.

Kino nodded and swept his gaze across the tavern. At that moment, a burly man covered in stubble walked over.

"Castle, why aren't you working as a butler in the city? What brings you here? Don't tell me you want to return to your old profession."

"Jason, I'm no longer in that line of work. I'm here today to accompany my Young Master."

Although Kino was curious about his butler's former identity, he had more important business to handle.

Meeting Jason's gaze, Kino said, "Hello. I need some mercenaries."

"You're not even an adult yet, are you?" Jason tugged at the corner of his mouth.

"Does that affect my ability to find mercenaries?" Kino countered.

"Hahaha, let's just consider it a favor to Frank."

Jason laughed loudly and pointed at the people sitting in the tavern drinking. "They're the mercenaries you're looking for. If you can persuade them, that's all you need to do."

"Thank you."

Kino politely thanked him.

Jason's expression turned strange. It was the first time anyone had thanked him—and it was even a Young Master from the city.

"You bunch of bastards, don't start anything in here. Understood?"

Hearing this, Kino politely nodded at Jason. Jason's face reddened slightly as he poured himself a drink and downed it, then asked Castle beside him,

"Where did you find this Young Master? He's nothing like those bastards from the city."

"He was bestowed by heaven."

Castle smiled faintly, one hand resting behind his waist as his gaze remained fixed on Kino.