[You can read this side story as a new book; it's quite different from the main story. This account was banned before, so I haven't been able to post any more updates.]
"I am Iron Man!"
As his vision flickered, Mercer's foggy mind gradually cleared.
He looked at the interview with Tony Stark on television, then at the night outside the window and his own rundown apartment.
His eyes went from unfocused to bright.
"This! Is this my old apartment?"
"Wait, how did I get here?"
Mercer's expression grew grave. He clearly remembered researching how to break through the dimensional barrier and reach other universes.
All he remembered was forcibly detonating the Six Infinity Stones to break through that barrier. Their energy had converged and struck him.
But at the very end, he had vaguely seen a green light representing time envelop his entire body.
Then he had lost consciousness.
When he came to, he was here.
Mercer took stock of his current identity.
At this point, he had only been in this world for a few months and was an ordinary young Chinese American man.
In this world, his name was Mercer-Alex Mercer.
If I'm right, that landlord of mine will come demanding rent any minute now.
Just as he thought that, an angry pounding came from outside the door.
"Hey! Asian kid, pay your rent! Your lease expired two days ago. If you don't pay today, get the hell out!"
Sure enough.
Mercer frowned.
He glanced around his shabby old room. Why couldn't he afford the rent?
Because this room was an absolute wreck!
Either the pipes burst or the light tubes blew. He had brought it up with the landlord time and again, but the man refused to do anything.
Mercer had been forced to pay