He was selling gashapon toys in Marvel Studios, and at the beginning, Tony turned into Kuuga.

"What is this? A toy machine?"

"Are you crazy? The people outside have real guns and live ammunition!"

Jack turned his head and stared blankly at the flashy machine.

"What your family needs is a superhero who can protect them, or... a monster that can terrify all villains."

Li Ang's smile deepened, and his voice carried a seductive quality.

"Instead of a corpse lying in a stinking ditch."

"This is a miracle that can change one's destiny."

Li Ang snapped his fingers, and the gashapon machine immediately burst into extremely festive music, its colorful neon lights blinding Jack.

Good luck~ Best of luck~

In this sinful city amidst gunfire and chaos, this background music sounds utterly absurd and outrageous.

"Let's try a gacha pull, Jack."

Li Ang suddenly had a POS machine in his hand and shoved it directly in front of Jack.

"Your luck is always good on the first draw; who knows, it might solve all your problems in one go."

Gangsters? Police?

"If you win the grand prize, they won't even be worthy of carrying your shoes."

Jack swallowed hard, looking at Li Ang's harmless face and then at the street outside with its flashing police lights.

"How much?" he asked instinctively.

He was more convinced that this was protection money demanded by Li Ang than a gashapon machine.

After all, the Dongda gang has a lot of influence here, and the people from Dongda are very reserved in their speech.

"One hundred thousand US dollars at a time, loans are supported, no deception for young or old," Li Ang replied with a smile.

"This is outright robbery!"

Jack stared wide-eyed at the black-haired youth in front of him, incredulous.

"Robbery is nowhere near as lucrative as selling gashapon toys," Li Ang retorted confidently.

"Besides, do you have any other choice now?"

"Should I press this button, or go out for some peanuts?"

Jack puffed out his cheeks, and his back teeth ground together with a grinding sound.

He looked at his hands, which were trembling with fear, and thought of his family back home.

What will they do if I die? What will happen to Jenny?

Those gangsters will definitely not let them get away with this!

"Once you press this button, you will no longer be that helpless chemical plant engineer."

Li Ang's voice was incredibly seductive.

"You will possess power, superhuman power, enough to send all those bastards who point guns at you to hell."

Jack was breathing heavily, his eyes fixed on the red button.

After a moment, he gritted his teeth and made up his mind, taking out a package from his pocket.

"Can I use this to pay? They said there's $100,000 worth of goods inside!"

"Of course!" Li Ang nodded with a smile.

As a key item that turns Jack into the Joker, it's naturally worth a gacha pull.

"If this thing doesn't work, I'll come back to haunt you as a ghost!"

Jack closed his eyes and slammed his hand hard on the red button of the gashapon machine.

Clang! Clang!

The gears inside the gashapon machine began to spin wildly, and colorful lights flashed wildly in the small shop.

"That's right."

Li Ang watched this scene with satisfaction.

Let me see what bizarre things the future king of crime will pull out of my shop.

Clang!

A gashapon capsule emitting an eerie purple light rolled out of the exit.

Click!

The capsule toy shell opened, and a beam of light shone out from inside, causing Jack's hands to tremble.

"Are you kidding me?"

As the light faded, he stared at the strangely shaped fruit in his palm, burning with rage.

$100,000 for a strangely shaped fruit?

"Those people outside are armed with guns and knives, and you're giving me a rotten fruit?"

"That's 100,000 US dollars!"

Jack completely lost control of his emotions, spitting everywhere.

"This is called a Devil Fruit, specifically the Hobby-Hobby Fruit."

Leon leaned back in his chair, completely ignoring Jack's rage.

"Don't let its ugly appearance fool you, this thing contains causal rules that transcend the common sense of physics."

"Causality? What nonsense are you spouting? I knew you couldn't believe those Eastern charlatans!"

Jack was stunned, his mouth agape, unsure of what to say.

"What if I told you that if you eat this, you'll gain superpowers? What would you say?"

Li Ang stood up and placed his hands on the counter.

"If you touch anyone, that person will turn into a toy."

"Turn into a toy? Do you think this is the time for jokes?" Jack's legs went weak, and he almost collapsed to the ground.

"I never joke," Li Ang said with a smile.

"Becoming a toy is just a side effect; the most terrifying thing is its erasure rules."

"Once you turn someone into a toy, every trace of that person's existence in the world will be erased."

"His parents will forget him, his wife will forget him, and all the records will disappear into thin air."

"To this world, this person is as if he never existed."

After Li Ang finished speaking, the room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Jack opened his mouth, making strange gurgling sounds from his throat.

Erasure of existence?

This is a power that no human could possibly possess!

"Once you eat it, all those gangsters chasing you outside, the assassins of the Falcone family, can all become rag dolls in your hands."

Li Ang put the POS machine away and pointed to the fruit.

"Eat or not is up to you, I've already taken the money."

Jack stared at the purple fruit in his hand, his hands trembling so much he could barely hold it.

eat?

This thing looks poisonous.

Don't eat?

How can he save his family if he has no goods?

Just as Jack was caught in a mental struggle.

boom!

The door to the gashapon shop was pushed open, and a dazzling blue light flashed at the entrance.

Jack was startled and turned his head sharply to look.

He saw a terrifying scene that he never dared to dream of in his life.

A man dressed in dark gold armor strode in, carrying a giant hammer crackling with black lightning.

"Damn profiteer! You ran pretty fast!"

Tony grumbled as he opened his mask.

Immediately afterwards, a giant nearly three meters tall with green muscles squeezed through the door.

"Boss, the central courtyard is in trouble. We need stronger measures."

Hulk clasped his hands together, the sound so loud it made dust fall from the ceiling.

Then, a robot wearing strange gloves floated in.

Behind the robot, a man reeking of blood strode in.

Frank's arms still retained the form of fleshy giant blades, and his scarlet eyes scanned the store.

"Boss, is there anything more powerful or insane than the Blacklight virus?"

The last person to squeeze in was a one-eyed Black man wearing a black trench coat.

"Fuck you! Can't you open the door of your shabby shop a little wider?"