When Hela's words reached him, Ryuuto leaned in and whispered something into her ear.
After a moment, Hela's lips curved into a small smile, and then—poof—she vanished.
Susan, hovering nearby, couldn't contain her curiosity. "What did you say to her?"
"I'll tell you when we get back," Ryuuto replied with a shrug.
As Susan blinked, Ryuuto activated his mental link with Shion. "Hey, the Juggernaut just fainted for a second. The system thinks I died. Now that he's back on his feet, can we get the mission rewards corrected?"
[You are shameless! Don't forget I see everything you do!]
Ryuuto rolled his eyes. "Fine, fine…let's see if it can be fixed."
[Actually…there's a new feature after the last system upgrade. After a mission, if Host thinks the system messed up, you can request a review. You're ridiculous, but I'll let it slide this once. Normally, I wouldn't even tell you.]
Ryuuto snorted. "Wow, thanks for the generosity, Shion."
[If I didn't tell you, that would be negligence. I must inform you after every upgrade.]
[…Fine, my bad.]
Ryuuto couldn't help but laugh at Shion's mock-threat. Susan and Juggernaut stared, utterly confused. Especially Juggernaut—still reeling from Ryuuto's earlier pinch. He eyed Ryuuto nervously.
"Juggernaut…did you think you were in hell just now?" Ryuuto asked casually.
"Well…yeah," Juggernaut muttered. "It was weird. First, everything went dark. Then light. Not bright light—dim, like dusk. I was following some people, but they didn't answer me. Then someone grabbed my shoulder from behind, and boom—I'm back here."
Ryuuto didn't want to tell him it had been the Underworld, so he moved on. "Magneto just ditched you?"
"My arm…broken. Trash," Juggernaut grumbled, letting the mangled limb dangle.
"Didn't you go to a hospital?"
"I went to a tiny clinic. Doctor said my bones were shattered beyond repair. I thought I could match the Hulk…silly me. Bones looked like oatmeal. There's no way to fix it…unless I swapped arms."
Ryuuto's grin turned mischievous. Perfect experiment material. Since unlocking the Tsunade Data Package, he hadn't tried healing anyone yet. This was the perfect test.
He grabbed Juggernaut's arm and infused it with Chakra. As a medical ninja, Ryuuto could control every thread of Chakra, turning it into a precise scalpel, capable of slicing tumors, rearranging muscles, or even shifting bones and organs. In short—he could heal…or kill.
And today? He wasn't just healing. He was testing whether medical ninjutsu could reassemble shattered bones.
Closing his eyes, Ryuuto analyzed the arm's inner structure. The fragments were a chaotic mess, fused with muscle. With careful Chakra control, he gathered the shards, moving them into proper alignment.
Juggernaut's face changed from curiosity to wide-eyed shock.
"Feels…like ants crawling in my arm!" he muttered.
Not ants. Bone fragments, shattered by the Hulk.
Ryuuto's Chakra gently manipulated each shard, binding them together. Juggernaut stared in disbelief. A human doing this…impossible!
Half an hour passed. Finally, Ryuuto opened his eyes and released the arm.
"The bones are aligned. It'll take seven days to fully heal. Keep your arm still—just hang it down," Ryuuto instructed.
"Thank you!" Juggernaut bowed his head. "I owe you my life! Please, let me join the X-Men!"
Ryuuto smirked. "X-Men have standards. Not like Brotherhood. You don't qualify…yet. Meet my criteria in the future, maybe then."
"What's the standard?" Juggernaut asked eagerly.
Ryuuto shook his head. "If I tell you, you'd try to game it. Go rest for now. I might be useful to you later."
Juggernaut, overwhelmed, fell to his knees. "I've never knelt to anyone! You're the first!"
Ryuuto just chuckled, shaking his head. Another day, another chaos…