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Chapter 21

The Portal

The portal was an experience unlike anything Tony Stark had ever known.

One moment he was in a forest on the outskirts of New York—
The next, he was standing right back in Manhattan.

“This is… simply incredible!” Tony exclaimed, looking around at the familiar city skyline.

Turning to Linen, he continued excitedly, “Is this magic? Linen, can anyone learn this kind of magic? Or are there prerequisites—like you have to be smart to master it?” 2025-10-28 13:41:07 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 20

Inside the Wooden Cabin

Lifting the carpet that had a strange hexagram pattern, Linen casually opened the cellar door beneath it.

Standing beside him, Tony Stark and Natasha Romanoff leaned forward curiously to see what was inside.

The moment Natasha glanced down, her expression turned grim. Tony’s brows furrowed deeply.

In the cellar, more than a dozen children huddled together, trembling. The oldest looked to be around ten, the youngest barely three or four.

...

Chapter 19

Inside S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters

“What’s wrong with him?”

Nick Fury asked as he looked through the glass window of the interrogation room. Thor sat slumped in a chair, his expression dark and lifeless, as if he had just lost his father.

Coulson shrugged. “No idea. Maybe it’s because he couldn’t lift the hammer?”

He gave a helpless smile. “You asked me to find Thor Odinson, and I actually found him pretty fast. When Hawkeye first caught him, he was full ...

Chapter 18

After visiting three corpse dumping sites in a row, Linen and the others still found nothing.

When they arrived at the fourth site, Tony Stark finally lost his patience.

“Sorry, I’m not doubting your expertise,” Tony said, his tone half-skeptical, half-playful, “but are we really supposed to believe in ghosts and the undead now?”

Before he could finish, Linen, who had been squatting to inspect the ground, suddenly stood up. “There’s a clue.”

“Huh?”<...

Chapter 17

New York Central Park — inside the cordoned-off area.

Looking at the group of people gathered around the police tape, Natasha said to the agent beside her, “Evacuate these onlookers.”

“Yes, ma’am!”

Hearing Natasha’s order, the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent immediately directed the staff to clear the surrounding area.

Once inside the cordon, Natasha led Linen toward a large tree. “This is the first location where the NYPD found the body.”

Hearing that, Line...

Chapter 16

New York — S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Specialized Corpse Storage Facility

Natasha Romanoff opened one of the cold storage freezers, her expression serious as she turned to Linen beside her.
“You’d better brace yourself,” she warned. “This body is... pretty gruesome.”

With that, she unzipped the body bag.

Inside lay a mutilated male corpse — pale, mangled, and cut in half at the waist. The skin from his face had been completely peeled off, and on his stitched stomach w...

Chapter 15

Late at night, a thunderstorm arrived right on schedule.

Standing on a temporary observation tower, Clint Barton scanned the area while chatting with his wife on the phone.

Through the pounding rain, he suddenly spotted a shadowy figure slipping past the perimeter.

Barton immediately hung up, drew his bow, and aimed at the intruder.
“Coulson, someone just broke in. He’s highly skilled—took down several agents already. Do you need me to eliminate him?”

“Don...

Chapter 14

After the video ended, Natasha Romanoff leaned back on the sofa in her apartment, frowning deeply.

The video she watched today revealed a lot of shocking information, but what bothered her most was why her future self called S.H.I.E.L.D. a quagmire.

After serving in S.H.I.E.L.D. for so many years, she never felt there was anything wrong with it.
And then there was the Red Room... and Dreykov.

Didn’t Clint and she already blow up Dreykov years ...

Chapter 13

When Steve Rogers appeared in the video, Natasha Romanoff was stunned, while Tony Stark shot up from his chair in disbelief.

"How is that possible? Didn’t he crash into a glacier with a fighter jet seventy years ago? How could he still be alive?"

Sitting back down, Tony’s expression was complicated.

Although he had already come to terms with his father in his heart, the words Howard Stark used to compare him to Captain America seemed to echo in his ears once again.

Chapter 12

"Thor Odinson, Wanda Django Maximoff?"

Inside the theater.

Hearing the two new names mentioned by the system, Nick Fury paused for a few seconds, but found no memory of them.

After memorizing the names, he sat down in his chair, ready to watch the video.

As the lights dimmed, the screen came to life.

On the screen, Natasha Romanoff, her hair dyed red and white, sat with her legs on the table, casually eating a sandwich.

The scene shifted — Linen appeared ...

Chapter 11

As the system’s notification suddenly echoed —
[Viewing Room Level Upgraded!] —
Tony Stark and the others froze in surprise.

“I remember the Spoiler System saying that when the Viewing Room reaches Level 5, everyone can gather together in the same space,” Tony said, glancing between Nick Fury and Natasha Romanoff. “But the upgrade method was supposed to be something we had to figure out ourselves. So… why did it just upgrade on its own?”

“What exactly trigg...

Chapter 10

Inside Linen’s Apartment

[Host: Linen]
[Age: 19 years old]
[Identity: The Judge; sophomore at the State University of New York]
[Abilities: Magic Shield (Beginner), Teleportation Magic (Intermediate), Exorcism Magic (Advanced), Demon Eye (Beginner), Undead Summoning (Intermediate), Undead Chain (Intermediate), Magic Slash (Intermediate), Self-Healing (Beginner)]
[Current Side Quest: Ivan Vanko]
[Creation Points: 5 | Number of Videos Available: 0]

Looking at the sy...

Chapter 9

Sorcerer?

Linen didn’t answer Natasha’s question.

That said, the abilities granted to him by the system were indeed quite similar to those of a mage.

Inside the car—

“This is your reward for this time!”

Handing over $30,000, Jessica smiled. “So, how much do you have saved now? You always said you wanted to buy an apartment, right? If it’s not enough, I can lend you some.”

Taking the cash, Linen replied casually, “Forget it. I can’t scam ...

Chapter 8

Getting close to Linen was a task assigned to Natasha by Nick Fury.

However, Nick Fury told her to figure out the method on her own.

At first, Natasha planned to pose as an ordinary neighbor to approach Linen—just as she had done with Tony Stark.

But when she read the report about the Paranormal Investigation Agency founded by Linen, and learned that he earned his tuition and living expenses by “exorcising demons” and solving supernatural problems, she immediately chan...

Chapter 7

As everyone knows, besides Hiroshima in that small island nation, there are also priests in America who have earned a… questionable reputation.

After all, parents in China trust their children to Shaolin Temple without worry, but American parents? They’d think twice before leaving their kids with a priest.

Of course, not all priests are like that.

Take Father Randall, for example — a man deeply respected by the local community.

And that respect wasn’t blind fai...

Chapter 6

Natasha never refused a task assigned by Nick Fury.

In truth, ever since watching the video inside the Spoiler System’s viewing room, she had become very interested in Linen, the mysterious black-robed judge.

The intel file didn’t say much about Linen’s life after being adopted — only that he was the only second-generation member of the Digital Gang who ever made it to college.

According to the report, his childhood had been “stable” and “unremarkable....

Chapter 5

S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters – Trident Building

After greeting the agents around her, Natasha Romanoff walked straight into the elevator.

“Natasha? Didn’t Director Fury say you were on a special mission?”

Inside the elevator, Clint Barton glanced at her, a hint of curiosity in his voice. “Mission completed already? Need any help?”

Natasha opened her mouth to answer but quickly remembered the rules of the [Spoiler System] — she couldn’t mention its existenc...

Chapter 4

In the cinema.

Watching Linen disappear, Nick Fury’s expression grew serious.

From the strength shown by the Judge in the video, it was clear that this was no ordinary man — he was mysterious and terrifyingly powerful.

Ivan Vanko had been able to fight Tony Stark and Colonel Rhodes in full armor, yet the Judge had cleanly beheaded him with ease.

Not only that — those chains that appeared out of thin air, the magic shield, and even the portal-like techniq...

Chapter 3

After seeing the video in which he created a new element and completely solved the problem of palladium poisoning, Tony Stark was beyond excited. At that moment, he wanted nothing more than to rush out of the theater and do something big.

Oh my God, the death threat that had been hanging over him could finally be solved.

Even if the new element smelled like rust and coconut—or even worse—he would replace it without hesitation!

[System Prompt: The video has not fi...