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Jimmy's claws shot forward.
One strike, straight into the heart.
Then he pulled upward.
A forced Wolverine-style heart rip.
Under Bullseye's unwilling, furious gaze, Jimmy ripped the dart out of his chest, then casually wiped the blood from his neck.
"Trash, Kid-level tricks."
"Ghk—"
Bullseye died with his eyes wide open.
Jimmy glanced at Frank's corpse beside him, then casually drove a wolf claw straight into his skull.
Yep, definitely dead.
For good measure, he swung back and severed Bullseye's neck in one clean cut.
"Big Daddy, all targets eliminated."
"Good, Evacuate immediately. I'm coming to pick you up."
Jimmy scanned the surroundings, retrieved the iron anvil, then jumped back down through the hole to the fourteenth floor and made a rapid retreat.
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By the time he reached the ground floor, the maintenance van was already waiting outside.
The signal jammers had been loaded into the vehicle.
Jimmy jumped in.
Damon slammed the accelerator.
The van shot forward.
Whoosh!
Horus swooped down through the open sunroof, clutching the jammer in his talons. Jimmy quickly removed Horus's tiny helmet and stashed the jammer in the corner.
"Haa…"
Jimmy exhaled deeply, his eyes unfocusing as the familiar status panel appeared before him.
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[Name: Jimmy Halstead]
[Level: 14 (11%)]
[Age: 1]
[X-Gene: 1 (+)]
[Abilities: Accelerated Healing, Feral Senses, Enhanced Smell, Advanced Hand to Hand Combat, Bladed Weapon and Claw Mastery]
[Equipment: Memory Adamantium Alloy]
[Strength: 60] (+)
[Agility: 60] (+)
[Mental: 40] (+)
[Available Points: 5]
[Skill Points: 1]
[System Note: One skill point granted every ten levels. Skill points may be used to evolve X-Gene traits or unlock latent mutations.]
[Techniques: Silat]
[Random Instance Activation Scroll: 1]
[Lottery Draws: 1]
[Lonely Mountain Anchor: 1]
[Mutant Plane Coordinates: 1]
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He leveled up.
Not as fast as inside a dungeon, but it was clearly a viable method.
With another break approaching, Jimmy figured he should get a driver's license first, then prepare for his second dungeon run.
Technology was a dead end for him. With Tony backing him, he had no real advantage there.
Botany and zoology, on the other hand, were worth studying.
At least next time, if he brought back exotic plants or creatures, he wouldn't be clueless again.
No more situations like planting Blueheart Fruit seeds and not even knowing why they wouldn't sprout.
With that thought, Jimmy allocated all five points to Mental.
As for the skill point, he decided to assign it after returning.
His second journey was approaching.
And this time, Jimmy planned to go much farther.
Back at the warehouse, he headed straight for the bathroom.
Damon went to dispose of the vehicle.
Click, Click.
As the little yellow car was crushed into scrap by the machine, Jimmy, who was still in the shower, froze for a moment.
Then his face lit up with wild joy.
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Ding!
[Hidden Quest Completed: Save Big Daddy]
[Reward: +5 Attribute Points.]
(Congratulations on saving the most useless superhero in Marvel. He is worth exactly five attribute points. Unfortunately, we don't have any smaller change.)
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What an unexpected bonus.
Originally, Jimmy just wanted Mindy to have a happy childhood.
Besides, seeing such a small child nearly brought to tears after being tossed around by Frank, forcing herself not to cry, had been heartbreaking.
That was why Jimmy decided to help them in the first place.
He never expected an extra reward on top of that.
And the system even specified "the most useless superhero", which made Jimmy start thinking.
If saving someone weak gave five points…
Then saving someone stronger would give even more?
Could rescuing powerful figures become another way to gain attribute points?
Jimmy quickly allocated the points, then pulled out some Pokémon biscuits and started munching happily.
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Soon after, Damon returned from destroying the vehicle.
There was no joy on his face.
No satisfaction from revenge.
Only a hint of confusion and emptiness.
He looked at Jimmy, who was eating, and said softly:
"Jimmy…"
After a long silence—
"Thank you."
"You're welcome," Jimmy replied with a smile. "Your revenge is done. The bad guys got what they deserved. And Mindy gets a perfect childhood. That's a pretty good ending."
"But…" Damon hesitated. "Didn't we spend a huge amount of money building this safehouse? Isn't it kind of useless now?"
Jimmy shook his head.
"How could it be useless? Your revenge is over, but there are still plenty of people who've escaped justice."
"This is Hell's Kitchen. By day, it belongs to God. By night, it belongs to the Devil."
"I want to be a light in the darkness. I want to give people hope."
"So, Damon, I hope you'll help me."
"Justice shouldn't be late. And crime should always be punished."
"If you don't want more tragedies like yours to happen, then join me. Let's do something for this city together."
Jimmy extended his hand.
'Attribute points! Attribute points! Attribute points! Attribute points!'
Damon finally gave in to the restless fire in his heart.
Right now, he needed a direction.
A purpose.
And what Jimmy said was exactly what he had been quietly thinking all along.
"Alright," Damon said firmly. "I'm in, let's be that light in the dark."
He gripped Jimmy's hand tightly and shook it.
With Damon joining him, Jimmy was genuinely happy.
With Damon around, his ability to clean up traces improved dramatically.
There might still be loopholes for professional agents, but for regular police investigations, it was nearly flawless.
And with Marcus as an inside contact, they could get early warnings when needed. Marcus wasn't exactly a man of strict principles, after all.
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The next day, Jimmy returned home.
His final exam report card had been picked up by his friendly neighborhood Peter, who had waited at the house for a long time before leaving when Jimmy didn't return.
Jimmy casually tossed the report aside.
Just then, Yinsen came out of the room.
"Jimmy, Tony called yesterday. He asked if you still wanted armor. He's built a really good one recently."
Jimmy: …
Armor with eyes in it?
No thanks, that was terrifying.
"Does he want something?" Jimmy asked.
"Oh, yes," Yinsen said. "He said he really likes your book, but he really doesn't like the fate of the Wolf family."
"He said what happened last time was his fault, and he wants you to revise the book. Otherwise, he'll use... unconventional methods."
Jimmy: …
Last time, after discovering Tony had installed surveillance in his armor, Jimmy pretended to be furious and wrote the Wolf family into absolute misery.
It went something like:
The big wolf got sick.
The second wolf checked on him.
The third wolf fetched medicine.
The fourth wolf brewed it.
The fifth wolf died.
The sixth wolf carried the body.
The seventh wolf dug the grave.
The eighth wolf buried it.
In the end, only the dumbest one survived barely preserving the bloodline.
Would Stark be okay with that?
Jimmy had practically written the Stark family into the story.
Tony could tell there was personal revenge in it.
Sure, the Wolf family members were vivid and well-written…
But they all died.
And they died miserably.
"Legendary," sure but still dead.
After reading it, Tony honestly didn't know whether he should be furious or amused.
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