The First Version of the Inheritance

In the video, brilliant light shot skyward from Wakanda's Holy Mountain. The twelve animals of the Chinese Zodiac soared and circled, lifelike in every detail. The dragon was at the center, with the other eleven revolving around it.

The Array was complete, and Kino began "recruiting" from across the world.

This time, he did not appear for just one second and leave the rest to a voice-over. His face was on-screen throughout.

He stood atop the Holy Mountain—or rather, he rode the Divine Dragon.

His godlike majesty stunned the world all over again.

Unlike during the Battle of New York, the video was not pushed to every internet-connected computer and mobile device. This time, Wakanda's official website sent notices to the official websites of other countries.

Its reach was nowhere near as vast as before, but the screams from that battle still rang in people's ears. Plenty of them were watching the official sites.

The instant the video went live, five percent of the world received the news. Within an hour, traffic had climbed to a staggering thirty percent, crashing the homepages of some smaller countries. Thirty percent was no small figure. Marvel Earth was more developed than the Earth of Kino's previous life, but by rough estimates, only about half its population had internet access.

Much of Africa, as underdeveloped as it had been in his previous life, had virtually no internet.

That meant roughly three in five people with internet access visited an official site within the hour.

"Good evening, everyone. Or good day."

"I'm sure you all know me by now."

"I have to admit, you're impressive. It took you just a few days to dig up everything about me. Now I can't even go back to the Odd Jobs Shop."

"Right, that's enough complaining."

"I'm sure