Golden Girl

As Su Ming mulled things over while skillfully dodging the obstacles beneath his feet,

a high heel suddenly loomed large before his eyes!

Su Ming raised an arm to block—"Crack! Thud, thud, thud..."

The heel struck his arm with a deafening bang, warping it on impact. The tremendous force sent Su Ming staggering back several steps before he steadied himself.

His bones healed soundlessly. Su Ming narrowed his eyes at his opponent:

A skintight leather outfit paired with sleek tactical gear; she was tall, curvy, blonde, blue-eyed, and sharply featured—a truly thorny rose.

Her sexy silhouette blocked the alley's only source of light.

[Golden Girl] Alisha Sweet clapped lightly.

"Not bad reflexes, handsome~"

As Su Ming stared at the woman before him, a sound behind him put him on alert—but it was only an ordinary car.

"Don't worry. Those men in suits got lost a long time ago... You ran pretty fast, like you knew this place well."

Alisha glanced around. When her curious gaze swept over the vomit beside a trash can, it turned into a look of disgust.

"Who are you?"

His heart was anything but calm. The few high-tech-looking gadgets hanging from her waist gave Su Ming a hint of pressure.

Besides, she had kicked his arm apart without so much as a greeting. She clearly meant him no good!

"Who I am isn't important. Someone paid me to retrieve something that doesn't belong to you."

As she spoke, she took out a photograph.

The man in the photo had an Eastern face, messy black hair, dark brown eyes, narrow eyes, and refined features carrying a trace of nobility—it was Su Ming.

Su Ming's pupils contracted as he murmured,

"Bounty hunter?"

Then he froze. He didn't understand why that unfamiliar term had slipped out of his mouth. Was it some kind of profession?

Several images suddenly flashed through his mind:

An abandoned dock. A dimly lit bar.

A burly man in a suit with a scorpion tattoo on his face patted his shoulder.

"Ming~ It's up to you!"

Su Ming subconsciously felt around in his pocket—there really was something there.

At the same time, memories surged in like a tidal wave...

Su Ming looked at the suit riddled with bullet holes and a strange look appeared in his eyes.

"I'm actually one of Hydra's people??"

Su Ming stood there blankly as the memories from before and after his transmigration collided nonstop, leaving him with an unreal sense of being torn apart.

But there was no time to hesitate. His opponent had already attacked...

Seeing that Su Ming was actually ignoring her, Alisha struck in anger.

A barrage of close-combat moves instantly surrounded Su Ming.

Relying on the talent he had redeemed—Jeet Kune Do Mastery—Su Ming defused every attack.

The longer they fought, the more naturally it came to him, and he could not help sighing,

Brother Little Dragon truly deserved to be a Grandmaster of his generation!

Before long, Alisha noticed that something about her opponent's moves was strange. Every time she had barely started an attack, she was intercepted, and the feeling of having strength she could not use left her frustrated.

Realizing that hand-to-hand combat was useless, Alisha backflipped away, drew her pistol, and aimed it at Su Ming.

"I'm sorry!"

As Su Ming looked at the gun in Alisha's hand, a price tag appeared on his retina:

[Used Glock 26 (includes 10 rounds) → Appraised at 400 dollars]

"Wait..." Su Ming had just started to speak.

"Bang!"

A wisp of smoke drifted past as the bullet pierced Su Ming's shoulder.

Under Alisha's shocked gaze, the bullet hole beneath his tattered clothes visibly healed before her eyes.

If bullets worked, I would've died dozens of times over already...

First, I need to find out who this woman is.

He slowly walked up to Alisha and gently took the pistol from her, every bit the gentleman.

"Madam, suddenly shooting someone is very rude. I'll be keeping this. I assume you... have no objections?"

[Unclaimed weapon detected. Redeem it?]

"Redeem!"

The compact Glock 26 transformed into a stream of data and vanished into his hand. His account balance rose to 400 dollars.

Alisha's pupils shook. She did not even react when Su Ming took her gun.

Holy shit~!

What did I just see?

The bullet definitely hit him. Damn it! How could he be fine?

Damn it! It was supposed to be an ordinary job. Why did I have to run into a monster like this?

In that case...

Her eyes darted about as Alisha prepared to flee from this freak—despite how polite he was.

But her wrist was tightly gripped by him.

"Don't be in such a hurry to leave~. You haven't told me yet—who hired you?"

Feeling the smooth, cool sensation beneath his fingers, Su Ming looked into her deerlike blue eyes, where a trace of fear showed through.

Su Ming's other hand slowly reached toward her waist.

[Unclaimed blade detected. Appraise it?]

[Unclaimed rope detected. Appraise it?]

[Unclaimed equipment detected. Appraise it?]

A few more traces of amusement appeared in his eyes.

"Appraise it! Redeem it!"

The bounty hunter known as [Golden Girl]—Alisha Sweet—had encountered the darkest moment of her career.

A man she could neither defeat nor kill had firmly restrained her and forced her to reveal the source of the mission.

As a professional bounty hunter with principles, Alisha felt deeply insulted.

She glared fiercely at Su Ming, gritted her pearly teeth, and said,

"It was Baring... Scorpion Baring, one of Hydra's people. Retrieve the item, or kill you—the commission was 2,000 dollars."

She had nearly confessed the color of her underwear too...

A burly man in a suit with a scorpion tattoo on his face appeared in Su Ming's mind—Baring Tult.

He was the previous owner of this body's boss.

Hadn't he been the one to hand the item over to him?

It seemed some things needed to be clarified...

As the thought crossed his mind, Su Ming found this bounty hunter, who spilled everything after only a little intimidation, rather interesting. He had not suffered any losses anyway, so what was the harm in letting her go?

Suddenly, he heard the noisy discussions of people searching for him. It was time for Su Ming to leave.

With that, he left the stunned woman behind and ran off at a leisurely pace.

Alisha looked at the handprint on her wrist. Recalling Su Ming's expression, lingering fear showed in her eyes.

"He was just now... considering whether to kill me!!?"

She abruptly discovered that every weapon and piece of equipment on her waist had vanished—she had lost everything.

Terrified and shaken, she fled the place. For quite a while afterward, she did not dare accept another job.

Su Ming was now heading toward a place from his memories—an abandoned dock.

He casually knocked out an agent chasing him and changed out of his bullet-riddled suit.

To be fair, the suits issued by Hydra had excellent texture. Looking at the handsome young man with broad shoulders and a narrow waist reflected in the glass, Su Ming raised his brows slightly, nodded, and silently praised himself.

Taking a moment to study the system, a golden stream of data formed a holographic interface before his eyes:

[Name: Su Ming]

[Age: 28]

[Physical Fitness: 5]

[Current Account: 10,200 dollars]

[Existing Talents: Sub-Wolverine-Level Recovery, Dynamic Vision Lv.1, Jeet Kune Do Mastery]

Surprised that the blonde woman's equipment had been so valuable, Su Ming opened the System Shop for the first time.

[Infinity Stones (Blue) ** dollars]

[Infinity Stones (Green) ** dollars]

...

[Magneto → Magnetic Control Lv.1, 20,000,000 dollars]

[Superman → Steel Body Lv.1, 10,000,000 dollars]

[Professor X → Telepathic Projection Lv.1, 6,000,000 dollars]

[Doctor Strange → Item Summoning Lv.1, 5,000,000 dollars]

...

Looking at the familiar names one after another, Su Ming realized that most of the abilities came from the Marvel Universe.

Could I have come to the Marvel Universe...?

Oh? I can even redeem Infinity Stones?

When he looked carefully at the price...

A trillion dollars?

All right, never mind...

Aside from the Infinity Stones, a dazzling array of talents appeared before Su Ming, spanning more than a hundred pages.

Even the cheapest ones cost no less than ten thousand dollars.

This made Su Ming realize just how precious the system's three proactively recommended talents with their ninety-percent discount had been.

Those talents had originally cost one hundred thousand dollars each!

At this rate, as long as he had money, there was nothing in the system he could not redeem.

If that was the case...

Why the hell am I still working myself to the bone at the bottom of Hydra?

From his memories, the previous owner of this body had merely been a disposable grunt at the bottom of Hydra, barely scraping by on a pitiful salary.

Making money is the real path!

Change jobs! I have to change jobs!

Wouldn't becoming a bounty hunter, making loads of money, improving my strength, and then making even more money be perfect?

Still, he needed to figure out the situation before him. Being hunted by a group of people all the time was hardly pleasant.

Having made up his mind, Su Ming hailed a taxi.