The Extraordinary Life of a Certain American Comic...

New York City.

As the sun set, three black vans with the 'SSS' logo painted on them, along with a black Audi A8 following closely behind, drove from Manhattan onto the Brooklyn Bridge and sped towards the Brooklyn area on the other side of the bridge.

SSS!

Sentinel Secret Service!

Sentinel Special Operations Bureau.

This is a new federal law enforcement agency established after the "Mutant Freedom Act" was announced in 1973.

Under the Mutant Freedom Act, all cases involving mutants and mutant-committed crimes fall under the jurisdiction of the Sentinel Special Service.

In a word.

The Sentinel Special Service was established specifically to serve mutant talents.

Federally authorized, with no restrictions.

Inside a black Audi A8.

Locke, sitting with his legs crossed in the back seat, turned his head to look at the scenery rushing past the car window, then stared blankly at his reflection in the glass.

He had short, blond hair, bright green eyes, a angular face, and a very well-fitting black suit.

handsome.

And he's very manly.

but……

It's one thing to be transported to the world of American comics, but why was I reborn as a foreigner?

Is it to conform to local customs?

Locke didn't quite understand at first.

However, after so many years, he has come to accept that he has been reborn as a foreigner in his lifetime.

The only problem is that the time he traveled through time was somewhat inconvenient.

Today is August 30th, 2011. Locke is 25 years old this year.

Unfortunately, he was born at the wrong time.

Born in 1986, he neither witnessed the glory of Captain America and his Howling Commandos during World War II, nor lived in the same era as the original X-Men.

After all, by the time he was born, World War II had already ended with the disappearance of Captain America and the retirement of his Howling Commandos.

Even the original X-Men completely disappeared from public view after the Mutant Freedom Act was passed in 1973.

same.

Born in 1986, he didn't get to attend the same school as Spider-Man, befriend the rich second-generation Green Goblin, or talk about ideals with his first love in American comics, Gwen Strange.

The answer is: I was born before you were born, and you were born after I had grown old.

If he were to go to Midtown High School now to befriend Gwen, that would be a crime.

It is still a federal felony.

and so……

Born at a somewhat incongruous point in his life, Locke's life over the past twenty-five years can be described as either unremarkable or uneventful.

If one had to find a particularly shining point in his otherwise unremarkable 25-year life experience, it would be that he got into Harvard University entirely through his own 98% effort and 2% family support.

His parents in this life both graduated from Harvard, so it makes perfect sense for him to go to Harvard.

If there's anything unreasonable about it, it's that after graduating from Harvard two years ago, he didn't go to Washington to find his parents, but instead asked an older classmate to help him join the Sentinel Secret Service in New York City.

Locke had no problem with mutants.

He was neither like some agents who joined the Sentinel Service out of jealousy of mutants' superpowers and a desire to kill them, nor like those who joined the Sentinel Service out of hatred for mutants.

Locke chose to join the Sentinel Special Service because, at present, it is the only organization with the easiest access to superhumans.

Although this is a comic book universe where cutting-edge technology is everywhere, superhuman beings are treated like dogs, and gods roam around.

but……

Many people go through their entire lives without ever having the chance to experience these things, and may even die without ever having the right to leave their name in this world.

No matter what world it is, only one percent of the population truly shines.

Ninety-nine percent of people are given only ordinariness by the world.

There was even suffering!

What was that saying again?

In the American comic book universe, the rich rely on technology, the poor rely on mutation, and gods rely on bloodlines.

For an ordinary person, living to old age in this world full of disasters after the gears of time begin to turn is already the greatest good fortune.

Locke initially thought the same thing.

Set a small goal: to live to ninety-nine.

no way.

It's because he didn't have a cheat code when he transmigrated.

Locke initially held a sliver of hope, thinking that perhaps he could awaken the X gene during puberty and mutate into a mutant.

As he said before, he has no problem with mutants.

Unfortunately, he didn't mutate until he went to university.

From that moment on, Locke understood that he only had one last path ahead of him.

That is to go to school peacefully, graduate, find a wife, save some money, go back to the East, and try to live to a ripe old age.

After all, in the American comic book universe, perhaps only his homeland in his previous life, the Eastern Kingdom, can be considered the last pure land.

As for the idea of ​​becoming the protagonist in this American comic book universe?

Absolutely not.

He has no system, no mutation, and he's not a tycoon, so what kind of protagonist is he?

Eat when you're hungry, drink when you're thirsty, live to old age, and you've made a fortune in this life.

save the world?

Maintaining world peace is not something an ordinary person like him should worry about. Anyway, if the sky falls and someone dies, it won't be just him.

Those who are not in a position should not concern themselves with its affairs.

result!

Just before graduation, when he had already made plans to go to the Eastern Kingdom, the standard cheat code that a transmigrator should have finally arrived.

Locke still remembers the day he woke up from a hangover at the prom, his head throbbing, when the system notification sounded in his mind.

Even now, that voice still sounds like heavenly music.

Locke spent the morning figuring out the functions of the cheat and figuring out how to maximize its effectiveness. He then tore up the plan for how to lie low after Run went to the East and resolutely joined the Sentinel Special Operations Bureau.

No time traveler would actually enjoy lying down and giving up after being transported to the American comic book universe.

Locke was no exception.

A good reputation can be a good thing or a bad thing.

The past is the past, the present is the present.

He used to choose to lie down and accept his fate because he could see his own future at a glance.

but……

Locke preferred a future full of unknowns and infinite possibilities to a mundane one.

After all, even a salted fish wouldn't only dry one side of itself from head to tail; it would definitely want to flip over and dry its back as well.

The arrival of the system two years ago made Locke feel that his chance to turn things around had come.

The scenery outside the car window flashed by, pulling Locke back to his thoughts.

Locke, regaining his senses, had a sudden thought.

next second.

A system interface so minimalist it looked like a poorly made product appeared in the view of only him.

The system name is—

"Transcendence, Godhood"

……