Marvel Gashapon Maniac

"What kind of job do you have now? Do you just play video games all day?"

“Oh…” The group admin, Tony, thought for a moment and typed, “There’s no work.”

Before the parents could utter a sarcastic remark, Tony continued typing:

"Let me introduce myself, Tony Stark. I'm arguably the richest man in America, but I only know how to spend money and don't really have a job. Ugh, I'm so bored."

The group chat suddenly went silent.

"...What about the administrator? Administrator, you, the one called 'The Most Handsome God,' what do you do?"

Thor thought for a moment: "Prince."

"Prince...? Um, what about that one called 'I Have a Monster Inside Me'?"

"A PhD in Physics."

"..."

Fu You almost burst out laughing at this, laughing like an Aqua.

"Pfft, did that last parent get rejected after asking each one?" Kazuma couldn't help but laugh out loud. As a former NEET, he found this kind of thing quite amusing.

"No, we ended up finding someone and giving them a piece of our mind," Thor replied, his lips twitching as he almost burst out laughing.

"Nick Fury got a piece of his mind, hahaha. He's the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., the head of the secret service, so we can't reveal his identity, hahaha!" Tony laughed first, slapping his thigh as he laughed.

Seeing the way the trio from the other world looked at Aqua, the members of the modern group burst into laughter.

This is something that probably only modern people would understand.

After wandering around for a while, we returned to our usual spot: Avengers Tower.

"Given the recent spate of people coming from other worlds, we Avengers think we need to register them," Tony explained, leading the group up the elevator.

The elevator stopped on the first floor, where the testing area was covered with a special alloy.

"You can test your abilities here, or join the temporary Avengers if you wish."

Kazuma said somewhat nonchalantly, "I don't have any special abilities, can I skip the test?"

He was feeling lazy, since the only skill he could be good at right now was the one he had just learned: stealing.

Tony continued naturally, "There is a salary, the workdays are uncertain, the shortest working hours may be only 3 hours a day, and there is a bonus at the end of the month."

"I'll do it, I'll do it, shall we test now?" Kazuma agreed instantly.

The individuals were tested in different areas: Megumin was supervised by Tony, Kazuma by Captain America who was training there, and Darkness by Thor.

"Go for it! Go for it!" Aqua cheered listlessly as the others watched the test with boredom.

"Huh? Aren't you going to test?" Thor, who was the first to help with the testing, looked at his colleague sitting outside the arena with a strange expression.

He was in charge of testing Darkness, originally intending to test her attack power, but he was dumbfounded by Darkness's technique of missing even when facing stationary targets.

After briefly testing the defenses, Thor came out to watch the show.

"My abilities have mysteriously disappeared," Aqua said, looking utterly frustrated. "It must have been a problem when I transmigrated with Zhenra. I just need to defeat the Demon King to get them back..."

“Oh, then you don’t need to test her,” Fu You suddenly interjected.

"Huh? Why?"

"You've seen her abilities a long time ago."

Thor scratched his head, somewhat puzzled. "When was that? I don't remember?"

Fu You sighed and took out the sealing stone.

The sealing stone was activated, and Fu You's clothes changed into a blue dress exactly like Aqua's.

Holding the lotus staff in her hand, Fu You cast a buff on Thor.

"Do you remember now?"

Thor clapped his hands, remembering something.

Aqua stared at the familiar outfit and abilities, her eyes widening like those of the frog that often ate her.

"Huh? Huh!!! Isn't this my ability!?"

1. (Continue with image) Please read the lines.

2. Good night

Chapter 70 WiFi or Time Travel, Choose One

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[Aqua Sealing Stone] (Residual)

The ability is slightly weakened, but the original skills can still be used.

It is impossible to regain a rank through the sealing stone.

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Fu You looked at the sealing stone in his hand, unsure whether he should be happy or not.

At Aqua's pleading and cajoling, Fu You returned the power within the sealing stone to Aqua, but the sealing stone did not lose most of its power like Tony had.

This is likely related to the system's multiple upgrades, and it's also the first time Fu You has returned the sealing stone since Tony's incident.

That's good news, at least I can still get the skill for free after paying it back.

Unfortunately, Huihui said she needed to think about it, so she didn't accept the sealing stone.

"Is your machine still working?" Fu You asked, bored, as he went over to Tan Lesheng to check on the progress of the repair.

Tan Lesheng kept adjusting the data and complained, "Do you think this kind of time machine is like a TV at home? You can just tap it and it's fine."

"Time travel is essentially a unique ability of the King, and the teleporters used by the organization are all crystals bestowed by the King."

Fu You remembered the purple crystal and realized that this must be it.

"As far as I know, there are quite a few characters with the ability to travel through time, right? Aren't there many time-travel dramas?" Fu You suddenly became curious, after all, in her impression, there are many characters in anime with the ability to travel through time or even more.

Tan Lesheng stopped what he was doing, took out a teacup, and placed it on the table.

Do you see this cup?

Fu You nodded.

"What you call 'crossing' basically involves moving within the water in a cup; they can't break through the cup."

"And the king's ability is to make a hole in these cups."

Fu You suddenly asked with some curiosity, "What does the spacetime chaos you mentioned earlier look like?"

Tan Lesheng remained silent for a moment, then bent down and threw a blender onto the table.

"The way they throw several cups into the blender."

Fu You was speechless; what a bizarre metaphor.

"What if someone is playing on their computer at home and suddenly gets transported to another cup?" Fu You asked a question he had always wanted to ask about his own time travel.

Tan Lesheng looked at Fu You with an expression as if he were looking at an idiot: "Are you writing a time-travel novel? How can you possibly cross the barriers between worlds without professional equipment?"

"Then you probably haven't seen a time traveler from the Celestial Empire before," Fu You thought to himself.

However, I probably won't get any information from Tan Lesheng. There's also a VTuber breathing collaboration this afternoon, so I won't waste any more time here.

"Sometimes a tap might fix it, at least that's how it is with my TV," Fu You said before leaving.

Tan Lesheng took a cup of coffee and said with a smile, "If it were that easy to fix, we wouldn't have to go through all this trouble, haha."

As he spoke, he patted the transmitter's main unit.

The system has restarted and is running normally.

Suddenly, a notification sound came out, and Tan Lesheng was stunned.

"Wow? This trick actually works? What's the principle behind it?"

……

After being vetted by the Avengers, Kazuma and his group registered with Eddie Redmayne and officially became prospective Avengers.

However, although it was said to be a preparation for the Avengers, there were actually not many activities, and Kazuma even returned to his lazy nature, lying at home all day.

"Maybe this is the beauty of modern society... I finally have WiFi again." Kazuma lay sprawled on the sofa, pressing the TV remote to find a program he liked.

Life without WiFi is unbearable. Kazuma suddenly doesn't understand the protagonists in those isekai (another world) novels anymore.

"Kazuma! Kazuma! Stop sleeping!" Aqua yelled at Kazuma, who was sprawled out like a salted fish.

"What's wrong, Aqua?" Kazuma looked up at Aqua impatiently.

"Stop lying there! We still have to defeat the Demon King!"

"The Demon King?" Kazuma pursed his lips. "Why would I need to defeat the Demon King? I've already returned to the normal world... well, I guess."

"This world is not normal at all, okay?" Aqua couldn't help but complain.

“Yes, Kazuma. This world is so strange,” Darkness chimed in from the side.

"The cabbages in this world can't fly, huh? It feels like something's missing... It's so bland."

Darkness held a cabbage she had bought from the market, looking it over from all angles, seemingly trying to figure out why this cabbage couldn't fly.

"It would be strange if cabbages could fly," Kazuma retorted.

“This world is really abnormal; there’s no sign of any magicians at all,” Huihui chimed in.

"Huh? Megumin, didn't you spend ages asking a duelist questions? I feel like you're more interested in dueling than magic." Kazuma glanced at Megumin.

Huihui blushed and retorted, "That's because the summoning phrases and stuff... are really cool."

"Just hurry up and go back! What's so great about this world?" Aqua yelled at Kazuma.

Kazuma suddenly revealed a wicked smile: "What's so good about it? You'll find out soon enough."

Just then, the doorbell rang.

"Hello, Stark Express. Your gaming pod has arrived."

……

In an unknown small town in the United States, a purple portal appeared out of nowhere.

A tall figure clad in black armor stepped out of the door, his terrifying aura spreading outwards.

The black knight held his head in his hands, looking at the somewhat desolate scenery around him.

"Is this the other world?" the headless horseman muttered.

He had already undergone training in dissecting tissues and was confident that he could complete this mission, so he came to this world.

but……

"My horse is gone," the headless knight said, somewhat dejected.

After all, he didn't bring a horse when he was summoned, so he has no means of transportation now.

Just as he was feeling troubled, he suddenly saw a streak of firelight heading straight towards him in the distance.

The headless rider gazed into the distance, where a burning skull was speeding towards him on a cool motorcycle.

The headless horseman quickly waved his hand, intending to stop him.

The burning skull over there gradually slowed down and stopped not far away.

"Friend, what kind of horse is this?" the headless horseman asked.

"A horse?" the flaming skull asked in confusion. "This is a motorcycle."

"A motorcycle? Hmm... Where can I get one?"

The fiery skull paused for a moment, then pointed its skeletal fingers at the town not far away.

"Okay, thank you." The headless knight nodded his thanks and walked in that direction.