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Hearing hurried footsteps approaching, Xia Zuo remained calm. At the same time, the eye totem slowly sank beneath his skin, leaving his forehead smooth and flawless, without the slightest sign of anything unusual.
This was his only gain over the past few days. He could sense changes in the eye totem and control whether it appeared on his skin or stayed hidden.
"Oh, little Asta, there you are. Didn't I tell you to get some proper rest? You were sick just two days ago. But resting can wait for now. Come with me. Mrs. Steve is planning to adopt a child. You should come over too. She might take a liking to you."
A slightly plump white woman in her forties appeared before Xia Zuo and spoke to him like a mother fussing over a child. This was Mary, the director of Mary Orphanage, an ordinary-looking but very kindly woman.
She was a kind, gentle, motherly woman. She was not frightened by Xia Zuo's differently colored eyes and gave him the same love she gave the other children. What she did not know was that Xia Zuo had no feelings of inferiority whatsoever. In fact, he was eager for these unusual eyes to grant him some special abilities.
As for Asta, the name Matron Mary had called him, she had given him that name because it meant a bright star. She meant that Xia Zuo's eyes sparkled like stars, encouraging him not to feel inferior because his eyes were unusual.
"All right, Matron Mary. Also, please call me by my Chinese name, Xia Zuo," Xia Zuo told her. Although he had been here for some time, he still preferred his original name.
"All right then, my dear little Mr. Xia Zuo. Let's get to the hall. We shouldn't keep Mrs. Steve waiting too long." Matron Mary chuckled, then led Xia Zuo briskly to the hall.
When Xia Zuo arrived, he immediately saw a beautiful woman standing in the middle of the hall, smiling as she spoke with the children, and froze.
The woman wore a plain white long shirt and round glasses, looking rather understated. But Mrs. Steve had exquisite features, and the hint of allure that slipped into her smile brought a familiar figure to Xia Zuo's mind.
Is that Black Widow?
Xia Zuo was stunned, because he immediately recognized this so-called Mrs. Steve standing before him as Natasha Romanoff of the Avengers-the renowned Black Widow!
As for how Xia Zuo recognized her, her face, which looked so much like Scarlett's, and that fleeting, unconscious allure were enough for him to be certain that she was Black Widow Natasha!
As for why Natasha was here, using the supposed name of Mrs. Steve, Xia Zuo guessed that she was probably carrying out some mission and had therefore come here under an alias.
And that was indeed the case. According to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s intelligence, a robbery would take place shortly at the bank next to the orphanage. The robbers were very likely to use the neighboring orphanage as their final escape route and take its children hostage. That was why Black Widow had come here to lie in wait.
"Come here. What a beautiful child. Let me hold you." Natasha's eyes lit up when she saw Xia Zuo. She smiled at him and reached out to pick him up.
"That wouldn't be very appropriate."
Xia Zuo's cheeks reddened slightly, but his body honestly moved closer to Natasha. This was the legendary Black Widow, whose alluring smile held a hundred charms. With his identity as a child conveniently keeping people from being on guard against him, how could Xia Zuo possibly refuse?
"What a shy child." Natasha chuckled, thinking Xia Zuo was embarrassed, and picked him right up.
Held in Natasha's arms, Xia Zuo immediately felt her fullness and softness. There was even a faint, captivating fragrance.
Xia Zuo had merely been a young virgin in his previous life. When had he ever experienced anything like this? His cheeks reddened slightly, and his heart kept pounding. Just then, however, he froze for a moment, because he felt the eye totem beneath his skin pulse.
This is...
Xia Zuo's brow twitched, and a gleam of delight flashed through his star-bright eyes.
"What is it, child with the beautiful eyes?" Natasha asked in surprise. She sensed a strange change in Xia Zuo but did not know exactly what had happened.
"Nothing, dear Mrs. Steve." A faint smile curled Xia Zuo's lips. He said nothing more, merely easing his little head closer to Natasha's softness.
Outwardly, Xia Zuo showed no change, but inwardly, he was beaming, because this chance encounter had already let him understand what the eye totem on his forehead was.
The Ultimate Eye!
Or rather, an immature Ultimate Eye would have been a more fitting description.
That was the information the eye totem had just relayed to him, and the trigger had been the moment Natasha held him in her arms. More precisely, it had been the rapid emotional change he experienced because Natasha had picked him up.
That was right. The condition for activating the Ultimate Eye was a change in Xia Zuo's own emotions-and a particular kind of emotional change at that!
But none of that mattered. What mattered was the abilities this so-called Ultimate Eye could grant him.
According to the message the eye totem had just relayed to him, the Ultimate Eye could grant him certain special Dōjutsu.
The Ultimate Eye had twelve eye rings, each representing a Dōjutsu. What he needed to do was fulfill the conditions for unlocking those rings. As long as he could do that, he could unlock those special Dōjutsu.
Thinking of the Dōjutsu he knew—Sharingan, Rinnegan, Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, Eye of the All-Seeing—each possessed bizarre abilities, with some even approaching the level of laws themselves. According to the information the Ultimate Eye had relayed to him, he could unlock them all as long as he met the conditions.
At that thought, a trace of fervor flashed in Xia Zuo's eyes. With these special abilities, he would effectively have the means to survive in this dangerous Marvel Universe. How could he not be happy?
On the other hand, his Purple-Gold Heterochromatic Eyes were a change that had appeared to accommodate the various Dōjutsu he would acquire in the future. Xia Zuo had only just learned this as well, but he did not mind, because power was everything. With power, everything else could be worked out.
Unlocking each Dōjutsu was an evolution, and when all the Dōjutsu were unlocked, the eye totem could complete its evolution and become the true Ultimate Heterochromatic Eye!