Marvel: Starting by Collecting Debts from Kamar-Taj
Chapter 10

The Ultimate Completion of the Secret of Curved Trajectories

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After spending several days in his apartment familiarizing himself with his newly acquired psychokinesis and making preliminary attempts to attach it to objects for manipulation, Li Wei had felt the enormous potential of this ability in "fine control" and "physical interference." It immediately made him think of another ability that urgently needed completion—the Curved Shooting Technique of the Assassin's League.

Back then, due to limited time and means, he had only learned the technique from Cross and relied on magic to simulate it. But now, with psychokinesis—a mental power closer to the essence of Assassin's Secret Energy—he felt he could truly understand and master the core mystery behind twisting bullet trajectories, perhaps even... surpass it. "System, locate the Assassin's League world. Set the time point to one month after I left. Target: the Loom of Fate chamber, and... all advanced Fraternity texts concerning curved shooting and Assassin's Secret Energy."

[Coordinates locked. Time flow adjusted (1 hour in the main world ≈ 24 hours in the target world). Beginning transmission.]

A flash of light passed, and Li Wei appeared once more in the Assassin's League world. He stood inside Fraternity headquarters, deep within that ancient textile mill, in the secret chamber of the Loom of Fate.

This time, he had no intention of hiding himself. His psychokinesis spread like an invisible tide, instantly enveloping the entire mill. The remaining assassins within, thrown into chaos by the deaths of Sloan, Fox, and the others, felt an irresistible, terrifying pressure descend upon them. It pinned them firmly in place. They could not move even a finger, and even their cries were strangled in their throats.

Li Wei strolled through the silent mill as though walking through his own territory. He first returned to the Loom of Fate. This time, he did not use magic to replicate it. Instead, he directly placed a hand shrouded in azure psychokinesis against the loom's core. "Analyze." His psychokinesis acted like the most precise probe, penetrating every rune and every energy circuit within the loom. Combined with the structural diagram he had previously copied with magic and the system's powerful analytical capabilities, the secrets of "causal prophecy" and "secret-energy conversion" contained within the loom unfolded before him with unprecedented clarity.

[Analysis complete. Acquired "Fate-Thread Weaving Law (Incomplete)" and "Principles of Low-Dimensional Causal Interference." Recorded in the knowledge base. Warning: Core technology is missing, and traces of interference from an unknown higher-order entity have been detected. Complete replication is impossible.]

That was enough. Li Wei withdrew his hand. He had little interest in the power to forcibly foresee fate, but the principles of "causality" and "energy guidance" would greatly benefit his understanding of various power systems. Next, he entered the Fraternity library. With a sweep of psychokinesis, every text concerning Curved Shooting Technique, Assassin's Secret Energy cultivation, pharmacology, and movement techniques—regardless of rank—rose into the air and hovered before him.

The pages turned on their own, rustling nonstop. Under Li Wei's psychokinetic scan, which rivaled a supercomputer, and the system's records, all that knowledge was plundered within mere minutes.

[Ding! Plundering complete. Acquired Ultimate Treatise on Curved Shooting, Secret Energy Meditation Method (Complete), Adrenaline Control Technique, Introductory Bullet Enchantment... All relevant knowledge has been recorded in the knowledge base and has undergone preliminary fusion analysis with the host's existing psychokinesis and magic systems.]

Having completed his main objective, Li Wei willed it, and his figure instantly appeared outside the textile mill. He turned back for one glance at the ancient building, then raised a hand. Vast psychokinesis mixed with magic surged forth like an invisible giant hand and clenched fiercely!

"Rumble—!" The entire textile mill, along with the immobilized assassins inside, was forcibly compressed and crushed amid a teeth-grating sound of distortion. In the end, it became a dense pile of steel-and-concrete rubble no taller than a person. The traces had been thoroughly erased, along with any possibility of this assassin organization rising again. After doing all this, Li Wei sensed the world's "repulsive force." Because of his brutal actions and the drastic changes to the plot, it was noticeably stronger than when he had left last time, though still within tolerable limits. "Return." Having remained for barely half an hour, Li Wei vanished from the Assassin's League world again. ... Inside an apartment in the Marvel Universe, Li Wei sat cross-legged as the complete assassin knowledge he had just plundered flowed through his mind, especially the Ultimate Treatise on Curved Shooting and the Secret Energy Meditation Method.

"So that's how it is..." he murmured. The complete Secret Energy Meditation Method revealed a way to stimulate the body's potential through specific breathing patterns and mental frequencies, producing and controlling that unique Assassin's Secret Energy. This secret energy focused more on "granting kinetic objects specific trajectories" and "enhancing neural reflexes." It had different strengths from psychokinesis, which excelled in the breadth of mental manipulation and material interference, but it was more specialized in "kinetic control" and "precise trajectories." With the complete theory and meditation method as support, Li Wei immediately realized that using psychokinesis to simulate and drive curved shooting was more compatible and efficient than using magic. Psychokinesis itself was the direct manifestation of mental power, sharing the same essential origin as Assassin's Secret Energy's "will-based trajectory distortion."

He took out an ordinary coin. At a thought, azure psychokinesis enveloped it. Go! The coin shot forth, but the instant it left his hand, its trajectory began to twist strangely. It was no simple curve. Instead, it traced continuous, complex paths through the air like a DNA helix, ultimately piercing the bullseye of a distant target with perfect precision and even leaving behind a spiral-shaped hole. This was no longer curved shooting—it was a Psychokinetic Guided Projectile!

Moreover, combined with the Adrenaline Control Technique, he could use psychokinesis to stimulate specific glands in his body for a short time, unleashing speed and reaction power far beyond normal. Paired with the defense of magic shields... his close-combat abilities had also been greatly supplemented. This brief yet efficient plundering had perfectly integrated the precision, unpredictability, and lethal one-strike nature of an "assassin" into his power system.

[Ding! Detected that the host has completed the ultimate completion of the Assassin's League world's core abilities. The energy-control system has been further refined. Overall strength evaluation has stabilized at [City-Level (Mid-Rank)], and practical combat threat has risen significantly.]

Li Wei opened his eyes, satisfaction flashing through them. This plundering operation had been extremely efficient and immensely rewarding, with almost no wasted time. "Very good. The foundational ability modules are more or less in place now.

"Feeling the magic, psychokinesis, and newly fused "assassin traits" flowing within him, his plans became increasingly clear. "Next, it's time to conduct some more practical 'application tests' in the Marvel Universe and... begin preparing for the greater turmoil ahead." He knew that after the Chitauri invasion, the undercurrents of the world would only grow more turbulent. Now that he possessed sufficient strength for self-preservation and growth, it was time for him to step slightly out of the shadows and onto the stage.

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