Whose Child Was It, Anyway?

Kino had been sitting in a wondrous space, watching the Earth below. His pose looked much like The Thinker.

He had been on this Earth for five years.

At first, he had thought he had finally returned to the Earth of his first life, but he soon realized something seemed off.

He had studied this Earth for a long time before discovering that it was a world similar to the Marvel Earth he had once traveled to. It did not merely have Marvel, but DC as well—a chaotic Earth where the two had converged.

He was not very clear on how this world would develop. After all, he had not read much Marvel or DC comics, especially DC. Still... "Captain America," Steve Rogers, had been born a month ago, and he still looked like Chris Evans. He had also seen Peggy Carter. Well, she still had the face of actress Hayley Atwell.

In addition, he had found "Wonder Woman," Diana. Her appearance matched Gal Gadot's look in the films.

However, things on the DC side did not seem to be following the movies' plot.

That pilot Steve—not Captain America's Steve, but the pilot from World War I—had not stumbled onto Paradise Island after a plane crash.

Nor had he encountered Wonder Woman by chance, won over a rich and beautiful woman, and risen to the pinnacle of life.

Kino had not found the pilot. Perhaps he had died in World War I?

There were too many people, and he could not possibly search for every last one.

Besides, Steve was not some important character.

In short, DC... Paradise Island had avoided World War I, and Wonder Woman had not met this "boyfriend" of hers.

And now... World War II had broken out.

He had found Captain America early on. Back