Just as One Piece Lynn was preparing to head to the Sabaody Archipelago to plot how to get the Magnet-Magnet Fruit,
in the Marvel Universe,
Lynn was riding a bus to another city.
He raised his head and glanced at the bus's destination: New York.
As an international metropolis, New York ranked among the top cities in America for both superheroes and population.
Even if the people at the base had connections to the military and even America's top officials, they would probably still act cautiously in New York.
Lynn was looking for a place where he could train his Electric Current Drive, chakra, and other powers in peace.
After leaving the Unknown Land, he had gained One Piece Lynn's Observation Haki and Armament Haki.
Though these forms of Haki were still weak, Lynn had discovered that
both Observation Haki and Armament Haki could blend well with the electricity from Electric Current Drive and Lightning Release Chakra.
It was a little like Enel, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit user from One Piece.
Using Observation Haki in tandem with his electrical powers let him read his enemies' "electrocardiograms" and predict their attacks.
Most importantly, it let him hear people's thoughts.
After all, a person had to train Electric Current Drive to the level of Magnetic Field Rotation before they could hear the thoughts of people nearby.
But if he trained his Observation Haki to its peak and combined it with Electric Current Drive and Lightning Release Chakra, Lynn would be able to hear people's thoughts.
As for Armament Haki, it could be used to coat and harden the body or weapons, flow outward, and unleash shock waves.
What was more, Lynn had discovered that the electricity from Electric Current Drive and his other abilities could be combined with Armament Haki.
Even chakra could be enhanced with Armament Haki, producing a power greater than the sum of its parts!
Several days passed in the blink of an eye.
During that time, Lynn switched buses several times and used the Transformation Technique to take on countless different appearances.
His chakra reserves had grown several times over.
If they continued to increase, Lynn would truly deserve to be called a human Tailed Beast.
Not only that, but he had also trained his Electric Current Drive to the terrifying level of 200,000 volts.
After getting off the bus, Lynn found an alley with no cameras.
When he emerged again, he had taken on someone else's appearance.
"I need to find somewhere to test my current strength and moves, and combine them into a martial art of my own."
He took out the phone he had bought and checked for abandoned factories or other suitable places nearby.
Soon, he spotted an abandoned soccer field on the map.
"This is the place."
A little over ten minutes later, Lynn reached the abandoned soccer field.
On the way, he had also spotted the famous superhero Spider-Man among the city's skyscrapers.
Lynn was a little taken aback when he saw Spider-Man.
In a way, Spider-Man and Mutants had some similarities.
Unfortunately,
Lynn, a Mutant, would be treated like an animal for research and hunted down.
Spider-Man was different. Those superheroes weren't treated like Mutants.
Lynn shook his head, clearing those thoughts from his mind.
With a powerful leap, he easily vaulted over the wall and entered the abandoned soccer field.
But
it seemed the field wasn't empty.
Lynn looked at the man whose body kept leaking sand, his face completely expressionless.
"I'm only here to rest. I don't mean any—"
"Rest?" Sandman gave him a cruel smile.
The police and Spider-Man were both looking for him. How could he possibly believe this kid?
"You found me, and now you want to rest?" Sandman's right hand slowly absorbed the sand from the ground. "Do you think I'm a toddler?"
Clearly, the entire abandoned soccer field had become William Baker's hideout.
For some reason, Sandman could control sand at will and change his appearance.
He could even manipulate the sand to attack.
Ordinary physical attacks had no effect on Sandman.
"I'm just passing through."
Lynn raised his head, fixing his gaze on Sandman.
Shadows covered his face, leaving only the deep, dark outline visible.
His voice rang out, low and steady.
"I don't want any trouble."
"But you're already in trouble!"
Sandman sneered. His arm connected with the ground, transforming into a terrifying hand six or seven meters long and four or five meters wide. It came crashing down toward Lynn.
One powerful slap from his giant hand would be enough to kill this guy.
Then he wouldn't have to worry about his whereabouts being exposed.
However,
"Armament Haki. Electric Current Drive: 200,000 volts!"
The man's deep voice came from up ahead.
The next second—
BOOM!!
A massive, corded arm wrapped in black-and-gold electricity punched through the giant sand hand.
Its terrifying force erupted, blasting sand in every direction and scattering it across the ground.
What was more, thin trails of blood seeped from the spot Lynn had punched through.
That was the effect of Armament Haki: it let him touch the true bodies of Logia Devil Fruit users.
Though Sandman wasn't a Logia Devil Fruit user, his body had no solid form, and Armament Haki let Lynn touch him all the same.
A sharp pain shot through Sandman's hand.
He quickly pulled it back.
Sandman could clearly see that the hand he could normally repair with sand now had a bloody hole in it.
He would have to keep absorbing sand to heal it.
Seeing the wound, his pupils contracted sharply.
William Baker suddenly looked up, fixing his eyes on the man before him.
"Y-you! Who are you?! How did you wound me?"
He was utterly shocked.
Even Spider-Man couldn't inflict any real damage on him.
Yet this man, whom he had taken for an ordinary person, had wounded him with a single casual punch.
William Baker was shaken to the core.
If the man could hurt him, that meant he could kill him outright.
Lynn walked slowly out of the shadows, his eyes fixed on Sandman, a strange pressure radiating from him.
"Just now... didn't you say I was in trouble?"
Sandman felt a chill run through him.
This man was clearly a terrifying figure he couldn't afford to provoke!
"M-misunderstanding, man." He hurriedly swallowed several times before explaining.
"A misunderstanding?" Lynn's expression remained blank. He wasn't moved.
"But it seems I'm already in trouble."
S.H.I.E.L.D.
Inside the director's office,
Nick Fury, dark-skinned and bald, with only one eye, held a file in his hand.
"Why did Magneto and his people suddenly make a move?"
"Apparently, they found a Mutant with incredible potential," Black Widow said.
She had originally been on a mission, but when she learned about the Brotherhood of Mutants' actions, Nick Fury had called her back.
"Mutants..."
Nick Fury stared at the video on his computer, lost in thought.
It showed Lynn and Cavan's squad fighting earlier.
As he watched Lynn take down the heavily armed soldiers, a trace of disgust flashed in Nick Fury's eye.
"Those guys... they're still just as uncontrollable.
If Magneto and his people are looking for this Mutant, we can't let them find him."
He looked up at Black Widow.
"Natasha, take Bruce Banner to New York and find this Mutant. Bring him back."
"New York?" Black Widow raised an eyebrow slightly.
"That's right, New York. We've detected his Mutant energy there," Nick Fury said calmly.
"S.H.I.E.L.D. was founded to protect all of America.
If he refuses to cooperate and starts destroying the city, you can take him out whenever you need to."
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