Marvel: Saint Seiya Starting with the Reality Stone

On the Kelso Hill, where the horizon was already beginning to lighten.

Mike stood there quietly, his eyes lowered, his golden-red pupils shimmering slightly.

next second.

As Mike extended his right hand and placed it on his chest, his golden-red eyes also looked up at the starry sky above.

His gaze swept across the endless starry sky at that moment, finally settling on the constellation Leo, which is eighty light-years away from Earth.

Just as Mike's gaze traversed eighty light-years and landed on the constellation Leo.

In a daze.

He seemed to see a golden-red lion.

One head—

At this very moment, a golden-red lion is beating in sync with his heart.

quite a while!

Mike blinked, and with each blink, his golden-red pupils gradually returned to their original black color.

But it didn't completely revert back.

If you look closely, you might notice a golden-red hue deep within Mike's black pupils.

It resembled a flame, burning slowly beneath his black pupils in a subtle rhythm that beat in sync with Mike's heartbeat.

"so--"

"I did not become the Phoenix Saint."

"But am I qualified to become the Leo Gold Saint of the Zodiac?"

"..."

After missing out on the Phoenix sign, Mike suddenly gained the approval of the Leo sign. Feeling a mix of highs and lows, Mike couldn't quite describe his current mood.

But one thing is certain.

He was happy.

This time, although he did not become the Phoenix Saint as originally planned, he became the Leo Saint of the Zodiac.

Mike had never thought of this before.

Although he is the only Saint Seiya in the Marvel Universe, he did not consider the twelve zodiac signs when choosing his constellations.

He hadn't even considered the 24 constellations, let alone the 12 zodiac signs.

Because thinking about it is useless.

He didn't even feel the gaze of the twenty-four silver constellations at the time, let alone the twelve zodiac signs.

Even with the forty-eight Bronze Constellations he sensed, he had to resort to trickery, using the Reality Stone to imprint the Phoenix constellation in his cosmos beforehand, acting first and asking questions later, hoping to transform himself into a Phoenix Saint through a forceful and domineering approach.

So Mike had considered the zodiac before.

If you don't even feel it, how can you consider it?

But this time there was a slight mishap.

It's still because of the Phoenix constellation.

Because at the moment when Phoenix in the real universe sensed the phoenix phantom in his microcosm, his microcosm was also reflected in Phoenix at that moment.

From an Earth-scale perspective, the distance between Leo and Phoenix is ​​not that far.

and so--

At that moment, Leo felt his own universe, then chose his own universe and merged with it.

Even a Saint who hasn't awakened their Sixth Sense can become a Saint of the Zodiac.

This is normal.

one more time.

The essence of Saint Seiya lies in one's own cosmos, not in the constellations.

However, all the Saints who have become members of the Zodiac have the potential to awaken the Seventh Sense, and even the Eighth Sense.

It's quite normal for this to happen.

Phoenix can be understood as a relay station.

As the only Saint Seiya in the Marvel Universe, Michael could theoretically become a Saint Seiya of any constellation.

However, when Michael was on Earth, his cosmos, which only truly existed because of the Reality Stone, could only be perceived by the 48 Bronze Constellations.

Or perhaps he only sensed the perception of the forty-eight bronze constellations, since he hadn't even grasped the sixth sense.

In reality, all the constellations, including the twelve zodiac signs, sensed him the moment his microcosm was born.

When his inner universe was reflected in the constellation Phoenix because of Phoenix, although the time it stayed was only for a moment, it was enough to complete the fusion with Leo.

Is defeat a phoenix rising from the ashes?

Success is achieved through the phoenix?

"one way or another."

I owe you a favor.

Mike withdrew his gaze from Leo, eighty light-years away and whose heartbeat was in sync with his own, and looked back towards Phoenix, thinking to himself.

Because that's just how it is.

If the Phoenix Force had reacted more violently, he wouldn't have been able to use Phoenix as a relay station; he might have been severely injured by the Phoenix Force, which was so enraged that it thought it coveted his power.

If that were the case, he wouldn't have been able to turn his luck around and become the Leo Saint of the Zodiac instead of the Phoenix Saint.

Although he, the Leo Saint, is still only at the Bronze level.

But it is not important.

The potential of the Zodiac is there, so sooner or later, Mike will awaken his sixth sense, and then his seventh sense, becoming a true Leo Gold Saint.

Just then.

The pattering sound coming from below Kelso Hill reached Mike's ears at that moment.

next second.

Bang!

A gunshot suddenly rang out deep in the Mojave Desert, which was gradually recovering over time.

"It worked?"

He's gone.

"What?"

He disappeared.

"That's impossible."

A Centipede soldier, hearing his comrade's words as he tried to shoot a cold bullet into Mike's body with a sniper rifle, and seeing the look of horror on his comrade's face, subconsciously said something and then raised his binoculars to look at Mike, who should have been standing on Kelso Hill.

into the eye.

The sky above Kelso Hill was deserted, with no one in sight.

Where did he go?

I'm looking for it.

"you……"

Just as the Centipede soldiers were whispering amongst themselves, a voice suddenly rang out beside them: "Looking for me?"

The centipede warrior named Eli, who was sent to capture Mike, a civilian, heard the sound beside him and, without the slightest hesitation, swung his right arm in an instant.

After he was modified, his right arm could smash through a concrete wall when swung at full power.

but--

The sound of shattering that he had imagined did not occur. Instead, in the next second, he felt an immense, boundless pain surge through his arm.

The centipede warrior named Ellie screamed involuntarily as he retracted his right arm.

into the eye.

and many more.

Where is my right arm?

Ellie looked at her empty arm, and after realizing what had happened, she turned around and looked in the direction from which the sound had come.

Boom!

Mike released his right hand, dropping the severed arm, and then looked thoughtfully at the five soldiers who appeared before him.

"You're the soldiers who appeared in the nuclear-bombed town, aren't you?"

"interesting."

"I didn't provoke you, but you delivered yourselves to my doorstep."

"..."