American Comics: Something's Wrong with This Superhero World

Chapter 161 Kira

Emerging from a beautiful female mage's room, Xiao Xian answered the White Queen's call.

"Xiao Xian, where are you now?" Empress Bai asked directly, her voice tinged with urgency.

"I'm in Kamar-Tek, what can I do for you?" Xiao Xian replied.

"There are a lot of people online badmouthing you, Xiao Xian. Your reputation seems to have suffered quite a bit." The White Queen paused for a moment, seemingly considering how to phrase her words directly without being too offensive. "They're saying you're a scumbag."

"Hmm, that doesn't seem wrong?" Xiao Xian paused for a moment before saying, knowing his own limitations.

"It might be true, but there's a lot of arguing about it online. I think there must be someone stirring things up behind the scenes," said the White Queen after a moment of silence following Xiao Xian's blunt words.

"It doesn't matter, it's a small matter. I'll deal with it after I finish Kamar-Tekki's coronation ceremony. Then someone will naturally help me find the mastermind behind it all."

Xiao Xian didn't care about the Dao. A bad reputation was a bad thing for others, but for Xiao Xian, it could not only speed up his super regeneration, but also better fit his persona as the Lord of the Hell Space Dimension.

Perhaps in the future, as Dimensional Space opens up more functions, these negative emotions can become nourishment for its growth.

Besides, since his reputation wasn't bad, how could he attract others to kick him when he was down? If others didn't kick him when he was down, how could Xiao Xian have the nerve to drag someone into the hellish space without any grudge?

"Okay, but what is this Kamar-Tekki? Is Sorcerer Supreme some kind of superhero award? Like the Avengers, Justice League, or X-Men?" The White Queen nodded, then asked curiously, "You sounded really powerful when you talked about it. Last time you even said that if you were elected, it wouldn't matter if Osborn's affairs were exposed."

"Probably a position similar to the Earth Guardians, anyway, it's quite powerful." Xiao Xian thought for a moment and said, "It's a reclusive organization, the kind that doesn't usually show its face, but it maintains a certain degree of cooperation with special departments like S.H.I.E.L.D."

"That's amazing!" the White Queen exclaimed in delight. "My dear, you're truly incredible!"

In a sealed meeting room at S.H.I.E.L.D., a high-level meeting about the superhero Xiao Xian is underway. S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury stands at the front of the room, reporting to a projection screen showing Security Council members seated on either side of a long table.

Nick Fury cleared his throat and began his report:

"According to the latest reliable information we have obtained, Xiao Xian has been officially elected as the Sorcerer Supreme. I am sure you all know the importance of the Sorcerer Supreme. I suggest that S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Security Council stop smearing Xiao Xian as Tony Stark has requested. Instead, we should cooperate with the Osborn Group to help him clear his name and suppress all negative voices. We know that some of his actions have been criticized as 'scumbags,' but we can completely redefine them as 'charming' and 'debonair,' changing the public's negative perception of him."

"The Sorcerer Supreme?!" a male councilor in the audience exclaimed indignantly. "How could the Ancient One have chosen an Asian as the Sorcerer Supreme?!"

"There was no prior information indicating that Xiao Xian possessed magical abilities. Are you sure the information is reliable?" Another councilor directly questioned the accuracy of the information, stating that the Sorcerer Supreme's transformation from Anglo-Saxon to Asian would affect the power structure of the entire world.

These councilors were not yet fully aware of the threat posed by the dimensional demons, but they were all well aware of the horror of the supernatural. The Sorcerer Supreme and his sorcerer corps were a vital force in the fight against the supernatural.

Even a slight favoritism from the Sage Supreme, or a slight adjustment in the priority of handling strange events in different countries and regions, could have a huge impact on a nation's strength.

The state's strength is one thing, but strange events can pose a threat to the rulers, since the supernatural doesn't care whether you're a member of parliament, a lord, or a big capitalist.

Leaving aside Pennywise, who once destroyed the entire S.H.I.E.L.D. base (since it is dead), the strange creature codenamed "Kira," which is causing a global sensation, is causing the powerful and wealthy immense headaches and fear.

Kira has no geographical, age, identity, or gender restrictions, and no one has seen its physical form or real name. All that is known is that it continuously causes various sinners to disappear around the world.

Among the missing are notorious scum like the perpetrator of the Korean Na-won case, as well as high-ranking officials involved in the America Epstein case. Of course, they are not all famous criminals; some well-regarded politicians have also mysteriously disappeared, suspected of being taken away by Kira.

Of course, this good reputation refers to the public's good reputation. In reality, other councilors know his true character. If we don't say he's as good as the Virgin Mary as his reputation suggests, then at least he's like Satan with a tattoo on his back.

Kira has taken many people away, but very few have returned. The few who have returned brought with them evidence that the other party was innocent. It is precisely because of Kira's actions that he has gained immense popularity among the public, with many people regarding him as a "weird and wonderful" figure who punishes evil and promotes good.

The public admires him because most people have neither committed evil nor had the intention to do so. But the legislators and capitalists don't think that way. Everyone knows what kind of people they are. There were quite a few people who went to Epstein's house. Epstein's colleagues were not without their own, and there were even more outrageous and elaborate ones.

According to the testimonies of those who were released by Kira, the fate of those who went missing because of Kira can only be described as death being a relief, and even a mercy.

So even for the sake of their own lives, everyone has to curry favor with the newly appointed Sorcerer Supreme, even if he is Asian. Not to mention Asian, even if he is African, or even a monkey or an alien, everyone still has to curry favor with him.

"It's absolutely true. Many of our mage informants in Kamar-Tek have relayed this message." Nick Fury answered the senator's question. As a veteran agent and director of S.H.I.E.L.D., he was also very nervous. Others might not know what he had done to climb the ranks, but how could Nick Fury not know?

Although Nick Fury has destroyed most of the evidence, and in theory no one else should know about it, Kira is a weirdo! Is a weirdo something that can be measured by common sense?

As for S.H.I.E.L.D.'s protection, Nick Fury had no hope of it, because he had personally witnessed a prisoner in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s most secure prison disappear before his eyes. Since Kira could take that prisoner away, he could naturally take Nick Fury away as well.

(End of this chapter)