I Am Soldier Boy!

Who knew how much time had passed.

Leon, whose body had been dumped into the depths of the sea, gradually regained consciousness.

Most of the wounds on his body had already healed. Only several crater-like scars on his face, exposing raw flesh, were still slowly wriggling as they healed.

"What the f*ck?!"

"Where the hell did that send me?!"

Staring at the dark seabed before him, separated by a thin pale-blue membrane of energy, Leon's mind briefly failed to process what he was seeing.

A flood of memories from his previous life forcibly surged into his mind.

[Host consciousness detected. Novice protection will be removed in three seconds.]

[Three, two, one.]

"What??"

As the system's countdown ended.

The pale-blue energy membrane covering Leon's body immediately vanished, and the terrifying, all-encompassing pressure of the deep sea instantly crashed down on him, crushing the breath from his lungs.

"I'm gonna die! I'm gonna die! I'm gonna die!"

Still unaware of just how absurdly strong he had become, Leon followed his survival instincts and desperately swam upward!

With a crack, the iron chain binding him to the stone—thick as two fingers—snapped apart effortlessly. It felt like tearing cotton candy.

"Gasp! Gasp!"

After great difficulty, Leon finally swam back to shore. Free from the danger of suffocating to death, he panted heavily and greedily sucked in the fresh air.

Sprawled across the beach in the shape of a starfish, Leon rested for a long while before finally having the energy to examine what had happened to him.

It turned out—

In his previous life, he had been an international student from China.

While chasing after the final episode of Season Three of The Boys on a New York street, he had laughed in anger at Black Noir betraying his teammates at the last second.

He had carelessly run a red light.

Then, as expected, he had been hit by a fully insured semi-truck and sent flying into this Marvel world, where he was born as Leon Stark, the twin brother of Iron Man, Tony Stark.

There was no need to mention what happened after that. In any case, through a fortunate coincidence, he had been hit by another stroke of luck and unlocked the Daily Check-in System.

As the name implied, this cheat allowed him to receive random rewards through daily check-ins. He could basically draw anything.

From things beyond the heavens to quantum specks of dust.

It contained everything, encompassed everything, and held infinite possibilities—the only prerequisite was having enough luck.

Clearly.

Leon's luck was fairly good.

His novice gift pack had given him a Soldier Boy template.

In this world, which seemed to be the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Soldier Boy was the ceiling of combat power in The Boys, a superpowered world that copied multiple famous superhero universes. He could at least be considered a fairly impressive source of power.

At the very least, he was far, far stronger than Captain America, the hero he had been based on.

Casually grabbing a handful of sand from the ground, Leon gave it a slight toss toward the sea.

Bang, bang, bang! The sand struck the surface of the water and produced an effect like a shotgun blast. And that had been nowhere near Leon's full strength. It was terrifying.

After that.

Leon tested his defense and strength by smashing boulders against his chest, uprooting willow trees, and the like.

To sum it up in one sentence.

He was basically a Superman now—ridiculously powerful.

In the original show.

Soldier Boy had put on dazzling displays like brushing his teeth with machine-gun fire, washing his face with lasers, and inhaling halothane. His physical durability and toxin resistance were exceptionally outstanding.

At his peak, his strength could probably steadily overpower Homelander.

Not to mention his chest blast, which could easily blow apart a hundred-story building and weaken or even completely erase superpowers gained through physical mutation.

Leon did not dare test it casually.

In short.

He was now a humanoid mobile nuclear reactor.

The kind who could instantly kill anyone below the level of a god. (P.S. Gods here referred to Asgardians represented by Thor, not entities like Infinity or Eternity.)

The chest blast's only flaw was that it needed charging time, but it was still an excellent long-range attack to keep in reserve. Having it was better than not having it.

Otherwise, if someone kited him, he would not even have anyone to complain to.

However.

Leon had not been blinded by his power. Although this world was not as dangerous as the comics, there were still plenty of people stronger than him.

Leaving aside distant threats, Ancient One alone, the Sorcerer Supreme, was still far beyond his ability to defeat. If he caused trouble, she could instantly kill him.

However.

Leon was not worried that Ancient One would come looking for trouble. After all, he was not a bad person. At most, he liked making friends a little too much. Why would Ancient One come looking for him? To make friends?

First, he would build himself up in the early stage.

Then, in the later stage, he would directly protect my Earth. No beef allowed.

[Question: Would you like to perform today's check-in?]

"System, show me your limits!"

[Ding! Today's check-in has been completed. Congratulations, Host, you have obtained "Super Self-Regeneration."]

[Super Self-Regeneration: No matter what injuries are sustained, the body can regenerate and recover in an extremely short amount of time. As long as even one body cell remains alive, complete recovery is possible. (Recovery takes longer in this state.)]

[Description: I heard the echo of endless life and rejected death!]

"Oh-ho, what an opening hand."

Leon's grin nearly split his face.

Wasn't this ability basically telling him to go wild without worry?

Deadpool: Let me see what this is all about.

In just an instant.

The exposed scars on Leon's face recovered completely. There was not the slightest trace of his previous injuries.

[Ding! First check-in completed. Character panel unlocked.]

As the system finished speaking.

A translucent pale-blue, simplified character panel that only he could see immediately appeared in Leon's field of vision—

Host: Leon Stark

Abilities: Soldier Boy Template, Super Self-Regeneration

Items: Soldier Boy Set

[Note: Items produced by the system will automatically be stored in the system space and can be freely retrieved or stored within a radius of one hundred meters.]

Hmm...

One hundred meters? More than enough.

As he pondered.

Leon suddenly looked down at the "tattered strips of cloth" hanging from his body. They were pitifully shabby.

Always conscious of his appearance, he hurriedly retrieved the Soldier Boy set from the system space and changed into it, instantly reaching a whole new level of handsomeness.

The heavy shield, which ordinary people could not budge in the slightest, moved through his hand as naturally as an extension of his arm.

That was the gap created by absolute strength.

"I am f■■king Soldier Boy!"

As the excitement of gaining power slowly faded, the unrestrained smile on Leon's face gradually disappeared as well.

He had not forgotten that his older brother Tony was probably still being held captive by those savages from the Ten Rings, miserably hammering away at metal in some cave in Afghanistan.

"Obadiah, you dog, just wait until I bring Tony back. You'll pay for this!"

After awakening the memories of his previous life, Leon did not need to think hard to know who had sent assassins to use that semi-truck against him.

In order to completely seize Stark Industries, Obadiah Stane, who viewed Tony and Leon as his greatest obstacles, had truly stopped acting human.

Now, Leon could run faster at full speed than most family sedans. Since the location of the accident was fairly close to home.

He returned to the seaside villa in no time.

Pepper did not seem to be there.

She was probably running around everywhere, dealing with matters concerning Tony and Leon.