Marvel Gashapon Maniac

"What is this?" As a takeout enthusiast, Loki and her brother Thor are the same kind of creatures. Since she doesn't usually go to supermarkets, she has never actually seen or eaten a bento box.

"Oh, just a bento box." Fu You glanced at it sideways.

"To put it bluntly, it's just a convenient cooking method, but the taste and nutrition are not impressive. It's mostly chosen by office workers."

"Instead of eating this kind of food, it's better to go home and cook it yourself."

Fu You didn't really care about bento boxes; he considered them just like instant noodles—completely convenient food, and not particularly delicious.

“Yes, that’s right. This type of dish can’t be considered part of food culture at all.” Another voice rang out at that moment.

A man in armor stood up and stood opposite Fu You.

The two stared at each other, as if trying to read something from each other's expressions.

"What are your preferences for tofu pudding?" Fu You suddenly asked.

"Salty," the armored man replied indifferently.

"Spicy," Fu You replied with a smile.

The atmosphere between the two suddenly became tense, as if they were soldiers about to go into battle.

After a moment of silence, the two simultaneously reached out and clasped hands.

"not bad."

"the same as you."

The two seemed to have found kindred spirits.

……

After talking to NPCs in the game, All Might learns that the so-called card game is actually another game mode in the tavern.

It's called Hearthstone.

It's a card game based on World of Warcraft. NPCs in town will invite you to play cards, and you can also challenge other players to battles.

"But what's with this practice of randomly picking someone off the street and pulling them over to play cards? Is this some kind of strange cultural tradition?" All Might couldn't help but think to himself.

With the intention of trying out the game, All Might entered the tavern.

"Hehe, find a seat and sit anywhere," the bar owner warmly welcomed the two.

The two sat down opposite each other, and All Might received a system notification as soon as he sat down.

[The closed beta version includes a trial version of the corresponding class deck]

The game notification sounded, and a deck of cards appeared on the table.

All Might curiously picked up the top card and looked at it with interest.

It was a card with a gold background and an orange gem embedded in the center.

The image depicts a paladin wielding a greatsword, with his name written below.

Tirion Fordring

1. I remember my first golden legendary card in Hearthstone was Tirion Fordring, which was a very strong card back then.

2. Would you like a No. 1 superhero whose normal attack is an area-of-effect attack and whose skills include shielding, invincibility, and healing?

3. (Continued from image) So the question is, what can we write?

Chapter 38 Tony's Experience of Poverty

Tony Labs on the other side

Several robotic arms were scanning the gashapon machine in front of them, moving it up and down.

The scan cannot penetrate the surface to get inside, but now it cannot even analyze the outer material.

“Sir, the outer material of this machine is far stronger than vibranium, and there is currently no known way to destroy it,” Jarvis reported.

"If that old popsicle carried this into a fight, wouldn't he be invincible? Pshaw, shield fighting should be called egg fighting." Tony chuckled.

He hadn't really expected Jarvis to be able to analyze the machine, since everything Fu You had was just too strange.

He was quite embarrassed because he couldn't analyze any of the data.

However, Tony didn't plan to ask where Fu You's things came from. After all, he didn't really understand gods like Thor, so there was no need to press him for answers.

Everyone has some little secrets, right? Secrets are like bra cup sizes; you can't just tell others about them.

Hmm... Although he knew that he needed to take a measurement when extending the straps.

“Since the material cannot be deciphered, we can only give it a try.” Tony deactivated the mechanical arm and stepped forward.

He took out 5 gashapon coins from his pocket.

He originally planned to find Fu You to find dozens of them, but Fu You shook his head and said there weren't any.

After some haggling, Fu You reluctantly handed over 5 coins.

Tony couldn't help but shake his head as he recalled the experiment; five experiments were really too few.

Thinking it over, Tony dropped a coin in.

The machine started running, the screen lit up, and the words "Please select type" were displayed.

"Since there are only 5, let's try drawing one magic and one technology first."

Tony made up his mind and selected the magic skill option on the screen.

The machine started running, emitting bursts of light.

Tony was curious about what kind of magic might be inside this machine.

Is it the spell card magic, or the nun's strange magic?

Tony was somewhat excited, after all, even he knew very little about magic, and he felt as excited as if he had discovered a new element.

After a routine wait, a gashapon capsule fell out.

Tony picked up the gashapon capsule and opened it.

A burst of golden light emerged from it.

Tony recalled that the light in the gacha was divided into 3 types.

White light, golden light, colorful light.

Colored light represents the highest grade SSR, followed by golden light.

"Hey, looks like I'm in luck!" Tony picked up a book that popped out of the gashapon capsule and looked at it.

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【The Sweet Spell】

Type: Magic Skill

Effect: Ignores resistance and makes the target crave sweets.

Description: This spell inflicts a negative buff on the enemy, such as "Oh dear, I suddenly crave sweets." Even heroes consider this skill invincible.

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"What is this thing?" Tony's face stiffened as he stared blankly at the object in his hand.

Tony, who clearly doesn't usually play gacha games, has grasped the essence of gacha games for the first time in his life.

That's just a guaranteed draw, a complete waste of resources.

They won't give me the CBA 10 singles I wanted, and they won't give me the hydroelectric Wan Shi I wanted.

This is a gacha game.

Tony was speechless. Did this kind of magic even exist? And what was its use?

If this can be called magic, then can automatic laundry and automatic takeout ordering also be considered magic? Magic is losing all its sophistication!

Luo Ji, who was in the same car as Fu You, sneezed.

Tony looked at the machine and a bad feeling rose in his heart.

Is this thing full of these kinds of scams?

Tony hesitated for a moment, then inserted another coin. After the machine started running, he selected the mechanical type.

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Dancing Grenade

Type: Consumables

Effect: Forces people in an explosion zone to start dancing.

Introduction: Some people, they just keep jumping around and then they're gone.

-

Tony stared at the remaining three coins, lost in thought.

He had been to countless casinos, but this was the first time he had ever felt the tension of gambling.

This sense of tension stems from poverty.

It was a novel experience for Tony.

……

"What, is this your first time in New York?" Fu You chatted with the armored man in the car.

The armored man gripped the bus handle and nodded.

The two were on the bus, holding onto the handrail.

However, due to his height, Fu You was hanging upside down with his hands raised. The armored man, on the other hand, was gripping both the handle and the railing connected to it, because he was too tall.

This adorable height difference scene attracted a lot of attention, and of course... it's undeniable that many men were there to see the waves created when the bus bounced around.

Loki and the bespectacled man sat in their respective seats, remaining silent. Loki scrolled through her phone out of boredom.

Because the armored man was over 2 meters tall and his armor couldn't fit into the taxi, everyone took a bus together.

After chatting for a while, Fu You learned that the armored man had come to New York to try some food, so he immediately decided to go to the No. 1 Restaurant in the World.

The four got off the car and stood in front of the No. 1 Building Under Heaven.

"This brand is quite impressive," the armored man remarked, looking up at the brand.

"After all, it's the number one Chinese restaurant in New York, mainly catering to Chinese people, since every country has a large Chinese population," Fu You explained.

Loki had a particular fondness for this restaurant because it also served the Panda Magic Mapo Tofu.

These are some of her little hobbies.

Ever since she first tried it, she, who has a cat-like palate, has inexplicably fallen in love with this dish and often goes out to eat it alone, carrying her husky away.

The husky even thought his little sister had gone out on a date, and told the goddess.

However, the goddess smiled without saying anything, just patted his head and told him to keep trying, but the husky didn't take it seriously.

Fu You led everyone to his private room and ordered some specialty dishes.

Head chef Wu Ziming was cleaning up the floor when his apprentice spilled a lot of things, so he took a broom and started cleaning it up.

Upon hearing that Fu You had arrived, he paused for a moment, then immediately threw down his things and rushed over.

After learning about the situation, he personally cooked the dishes today.

He would explain each dish as it was served, and the armored man nodded in approval at these special dishes.

However, the bespectacled man subtly pushed up his glasses, looked at the dishes in front of him, and pondered for a moment.

"Reincarnated Spring Rolls, Magical Panda Mapo Tofu... These dishes should be from the Master Boy series, I never thought they would actually appear in reality?" the bespectacled man thought to himself, then picked up his chopsticks.

There was no way around it; if we didn't grab our chopsticks soon, the remaining three people would eat all the food.

We had a hearty meal and tried all sorts of local specialties.