Seven Years of Check-Ins, God-Tier Stealing Card

This April Fool's Day, no one was in the mood to make a big deal out of it.

After all, Lorna was feeling terribly depressed. As a Mutant, she had been caught in the crossfire and barely dared to show herself outside.

Although she had never dared to display her abilities in public before, the atmosphere among humans had never been this strange.

Now, countless people marched and protested under all sorts of slogans, demanding the extermination of Mutants!

Was this really the new century people had hoped for?

A new century without Mutants?

Under such circumstances, Ke Chen tried to cheer Lorna up. He only barely managed to make her smile, but there was nothing else he could do.

He also considered how to completely resolve the Mutants' plight.

He vaguely had an idea, but putting it into practice would be difficult.

As long as the fire did not reach Lorna, he would not interfere.

"We have to solve this problem."

After dinner, Captain Carter's sense of justice flared up.

She knew perfectly well that she could not defeat Phoenix, so she did not provoke her.

But seeing Lorna unhappy made her feel uncomfortable as well, after they had spent so much time together.

After all, Peggy Carter had already come to see Lorna as a younger sister.

Though she was an antique from World War II... excluding the time she had spent frozen, she was only in her twenties.

In terms of mental maturity and the like, she was still Lorna's older sister.

While Lorna was doing the dishes, she stopped Ke Chen.

"How do we solve it?"

Ke Chen looked at Peggy, who was deep in serious thought.

Peggy had grown increasingly comfortable wearing dresses.

As for her own uniform, she had not worn it in a long time.

She still used her shield often, though, and kept training to maintain her condition.

"Do you know about that little mustache from World War II?"

Peggy had some experience with that.

"Of course. Is there something we can learn from him?"

Ke Chen took Peggy upstairs, discussing it with her in a low voice.

Naturally, they went to his master bedroom.

In Europe and America, talking about the little mustache was risky. Most people hated him intensely and considered him a demon.

Worshipping him would be even worse...

Unlike Napoleon. At least within France, people still admired Napoleon.

No one in Germany even dared mention the little mustache.

Since Ke Chen and Peggy were not only discussing the little mustache but also drawing lessons from him, they naturally needed somewhere private to talk.

And just like that, he lured Peggy into his room.

"The little mustache's method of resolving conflicts was to create a new conflict."

Peggy spoke seriously.

"Isn't that the Japanese method?"

Ke Chen found that somewhat amusing, though it was indeed true.

Those guys who lived such comfortable lives had done exactly that during World War II. Their solution to their current conflicts had been to create new ones.

They had recklessly gambled their nation's fate.

"Mutants can resolve things that way too."

Peggy spoke seriously.

"As long as we have a common enemy and humanity has no choice but to rely on Mutants to protect them, no one will dare spout that bullshit again."

Hearing Peggy's words, Ke Chen nodded seriously.

"The problem is that there is no such enemy."

Peggy then spread her hands.

"There is."

Ke Chen smiled. "Aliens."

"Huh?"

Peggy was somewhat shocked.

"Aliens really exist?"

This old antique was having trouble accepting it again.

The last time Ke Chen came home late, he had not told her what he had gone to do.

He had been afraid Peggy would not be able to accept it.

"If Mutants exist, why can't aliens exist?"

Ke Chen smiled. "For all we know, there could be plenty of aliens on Earth. We just can't detect them."

Take the Skrulls, for example.

Once they transformed into other humans, there was simply no way to identify them.

Only the people closest to them might sense that something was wrong and become slightly suspicious.

The two continued their discussion, naturally talking about the universe and whether Earth was safe.

The sky outside quickly grew dark.

"I'm going to take a shower."

Ke Chen glanced at the sky.

The annual check-in was about to arrive, and he did not want to rush through it.

Even though he did not know whether doing this actually helped.

Peggy immediately stood up in a hurry as well. "I'm going to rest."

Then she displayed the agility of a super-soldier and vanished in a flash.

Like a big white rabbit, she bounced along in a dazzlingly eye-catching way, yet moved incredibly fast.

Clearly, she was not ready yet.

Feeling somewhat regretful, Ke Chen immediately bathed and burned incense, quickly casting the conservative Peggy out of his mind.

He thought with utmost devotion about what this check-in would bring.

Though check-ins were infrequent, each one brought enormous rewards, so Ke Chen no longer had anything to complain about.

Without the check-ins, he would have nothing at all.

A person had to know contentment.

Soon, the auspicious moment arrived.

Ke Chen immediately chose to check in.

[Congratulations, Host. You have successfully survived for seven years, concealed your true strength, and received a check-in reward: God-Tier Stealing Card.]

[God-Tier Stealing Card: The Host may select any target and use the Stealing Card to obtain one of that target's abilities or skills. It cannot exceed this scope. After using the Stealing Card, the Host will possess the acquired ability.]

A fluorescent card appeared in Ke Chen's hand.

He carefully examined the requirements. Although it could only steal abilities or skills, it was already powerful enough.

For something this good, he naturally had to use it on someone powerful.

To Ke Chen, being strong was only temporary. Being handsome lasted a lifetime.

Therefore, he had made up his mind. He wanted to be strong and handsome.

Getting both was naturally best.

After a while, Ke Chen immediately called Lorna upstairs and had her come in.

The gloomy Lorna lunged straight at him.

She had been in a terrible mood lately and needed to relax in time, or it would not be good for her health.

After venting some of her pent-up depression, Ke Chen held Lorna and gave it a try.

[Does the Host wish to use the God-Tier Stealing Card? You can obtain Polaris Lorna's magnetic field manipulation ability.]

Seeing that he really could steal a Mutant's ability, Ke Chen smiled.

However, he did not choose to use it.

It was enough for Lorna to have her own ability.

Though it looked spectacular, Ke Chen still found it not quite handsome enough.

He already had an idea in mind.

To Ke Chen, the Stealing Card was not important for increasing his strength.

After all, Thanos was still more than a decade away. If he checked in more than ten times, no one knew how powerful he would become.

Ke Chen's greatest advantage was that he had never worried about being too weak.

He could just eat, drink, have fun, and steadily grow stronger through one check-in a year...

How many people could envy that without ever attaining it?

Even Mutants would be green with envy when they encountered someone like him, someone with cheats enabled.

Lorna was like that. Every time, she asked Ke Chen just how strong he was.

Ever since she had seen Ke Chen's strength last time, she had not been able to forget it.

Then Ke Chen would raise two fingers.

And tell her.

Just a tiny bit.