Lu Mingfei doesn't want to be a superhero

Earth, New York, at Lu Mingfei's home.

Lu Mingfei emerged from the light of the Rainbow Bridge, where Peter was sitting with his hands on his phone, seemingly typing a message.

"Mingfei?" Because of the commotion at the Rainbow Bridge, Peter noticed Lu Mingfei as soon as he appeared.

"I'm back, Peter." While waiting for the Silver Oak Sword to absorb the energy of the Rodpnir Golden Ring, Lu Mingfei's buff status had already worn off, so the scales on his body had also shrunk back, and he had now returned to his normal appearance.

But Peter's gaze towards him remained strange, which puzzled Lu Mingfei.

“Mingfei, you’re not really Jesus, are you?” Peter asked cautiously.

"Godf*** Christ! Do I look like I have a lot of connections with Christianity?" Lu Mingfei thought to himself.

Aside from the books he read in the literary society, his understanding of Christianity mainly came from the hellish jokes Tony told him, such as "Since the Virgin Mary gave birth out of wedlock, Joseph the carpenter's coworkers became the world's first atheists."

"If you really are Jesus, are you prepared to preach on earth? Or is the Judgment Day mentioned in the Bible real...?" Seeing that Lu Mingfei did not refute, Peter asked with a curious look.

Lu Mingfei took out his phone: "Hey Jarvis, book me a psychologist. The patient's name is Peter Parker..."

Peter remained unmoved, still looking curious.

"The patient will pay for the treatment himself," Lu Mingfei said.

Peter rushed forward to stop him: "No, no, no, I was just kidding."

Lu Mingfei put down his phone: "Stop being so superstitious. What's with all this talk about God and Jesus? You're supposed to be a modernly educated person, can't you talk about science for once?"

Peter looked ashamed.

“I just went to Nidavellir via the Rainbow Bridge in Asgard because Odin, the Allfather of the Gods of Asgard, gave me a gift of thanks, and I’m going to collect it…” Lu Mingfei explained.

Peter was completely bewildered.

……

Lu Mingfei's living room.

“So Asgard is actually a celestial body far away from Earth. The Aesir, who live on it, are not gods, but an alien race that looks similar to humans but is much more powerful. The ‘magic’ they use is essentially ‘technology’,” Peter rubbed his temples. “I need to calm down. I think my worldview has crashed.”

Because Asgard itself didn't care whether its existence was revealed to Earth, Lu Mingfei told Peter about Asgard.

“Take your time. By the way, I also have a new car accident to give you a new worldview,” Lu Mingfei said. “After you mutate, most Asgardian gods should be no match for you. Even the most elite warriors among them will have a hard time fighting against you.”

Peter's punch was so powerful that for a moment Lu Mingfei even felt a bit like he had been hit by Abomination before.

"Huh? Really?" Peter exclaimed in surprise. "Am I that good? I couldn't hurt you even when I used all my strength before."

Lu Mingfei: ...

Can you please stop bringing up that punch?

"In short, Peter, you have to believe in yourself. You are actually very strong," Lu Mingfei patted him on the shoulder and said earnestly, "If you go out to do good deeds in the future, you'd better control your strength. Don't accidentally break the prisoner."

Peter imagined himself punching someone to pieces, and instinctively shuddered. He quickly and earnestly replied, "Don't worry, I'll always be mindful of my strength."

“Hmm,” Lu Mingfei nodded, “but you still need to be careful. Here, let me show you something.”

He planned to find a place to demonstrate to Peter the power he had drawn from Odin's artifacts.

Through the feedback from the connection between the Silver Oak Sword and himself, he roughly understood the power and effect of that force. Simply put, it could make his attack unleash several times the power without any side effects. Whether it was a normal punch or sword swing, or releasing a destructive incantation with all his might, it could be amplified. Moreover, the reaction force would not increase in close combat, nor would the consumption of the attack itself increase. If the release of the ability had side effects or backlash, it would also not increase.

In other words, theoretically, if Lu Mingfei had a killing move that could unleash all his power at once, then even if he had no extra power left when releasing this move, the power of this attack could be multiplied.

This ability comes from the energy properties of the Golden Ring, while the energy of the Golden Ring itself is absorbed by the Silver Oak Sword to strengthen itself. Once the Silver Oak Sword has digested all this energy, the energy of the Golden Ring itself will no longer exist, but its properties will be retained in the Silver Oak Sword.

However, while this ability is powerful, it also has significant limitations, especially since the Silver Oak Sword is not yet strong enough to fully utilize this characteristic.

Firstly, this increase is fixed at three times, but it can be stacked. Each time it is multiplicative. Without stacking, it is three times; with one stack, it is nine times; with two stacks, it is twenty-seven times; with three stacks, it is eighty-one times; with four stacks... forget about it, even Odin couldn't stack it four times.

Unfortunately, the Silver Oak Sword cannot be stacked at once at the moment; it can only increase the base value by three times. We need to wait until its strength increases to a certain level before we can try to stack it.

Secondly, it has a limited number of uses; it can be used nine times every nine days and cannot be accumulated. Moreover, Lu Mingfei cannot solve this problem at present. This is a limitation of the Golden Ring itself. Even if Odin brings the Golden Ring itself, it can only be released nine times every nine days.

However, it's normal that such a bug-level skill has a limited number of uses—let alone the maximum nine-fold amplification, even a three-fold amplification would be enough to instantly kill an opponent who was originally evenly matched when used in a full-force attack.

For example, in a professional fighting arena, if someone's punching power suddenly triples, their opponent will definitely walk away without uttering a sound.

So Lu Mingfei decided to take Peter to an open space, and with the help of the Silver Oak Sword, he would freeze him, letting him see what it means to be outmatched and capable, which would also help him stay grounded when he acts as a chivalrous hero in the future...

This was for Peter's own good, and definitely not because he wanted to save face in front of Peter!

No!

Just as they were about to lead Peter out, there was a knock on Lu Mingfei's door.

"Tuk tuk tuk..."

Lu Mingfei went to open the door with a puzzled look on his face, wondering who would be looking for him at this time.

He opened the door, and standing outside was a slender, red-haired woman in a leather jacket.

"Natasha?" Lu Mingfei looked surprised.

“We meet again, Mr. Lu Mingfei…” Natasha stepped forward, smiled slightly at Lu Mingfei, and exuded charm.

"Hello Natasha, goodbye Natasha."

Lu Mingfei slammed the door shut behind him.

Natasha stood outside the door, took two steps back, and squatted down, covering her nose—she had just taken a step forward, causing Lu Mingfei to bump into her when he closed the door.

A moment later, Lu Mingfei opened the door: "Oh, I almost forgot, Tony told me before that it's okay for us to talk, as long as you don't invite me to join that Avengers thing..."

He looked down in surprise: "Huh? Natasha, what are you squatting down for?"

Natasha lowered her hand from her nose, looked up, her nose red, and stared blankly at Lu Mingfei.

Suddenly, two streams of blood flowed from her nostrils, leaving glaring marks on her fair skin.

"Pfft..." Lu Mingfei couldn't help but laugh.

Natasha: (*￣￣)

106. Chapter 105 Captain America

Lu Mingfei at home.

Natasha sat on the sofa, her nostrils stuffed with crumpled paper, staring blankly at Lu Mingfei.

Peter sensed something was wrong and wisely sat in the far corner of the sofa, away from the two men.

"Sorry, we don't have any ice packs at home, please make do with these for now," Lu Mingfei said apologetically.

Given his physical condition, ice packs are unnecessary; bruises and swellings can be healed by his own body's natural healing ability.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Mingfei added, "But I have some disinfectant alcohol at home, why don't you disinfect yourself?"

Pouring medical alcohol into your nostrils? Natasha shook her head repeatedly just imagining the scene.

"When I get back, I might suggest to the chief that we add this method to our interrogation and coercion program," Natasha thought to herself.

As they were talking, a blonde, blue-eyed beauty dressed in a maid outfit came over to pour coffee for the three of them. When she bent over, her skirt was pulled up, revealing a small section of her smooth, white thigh between the hem and the edge of her black lace stockings.

Natasha couldn't help but look at Lu Mingfei with a strange gaze, subtly implying that he shared the same hobby as Tony Stark.

Lu Mingfei was silent.

The maid was found for him by Tony. In addition to her, there was also a beautiful driver and a beautiful housekeeper, all of whom Tony had Pepper carefully select. In Tony's words, the more you are in contact with beautiful women, the less shy you will be, especially since these beautiful women are willing to do whatever you want with them.

Peter subconsciously cast an envious glance at Lu Mingfei—he knew his thinking was wrong, but the wicked life of the rich was indeed enviable.

In the past, whenever the maid passed by Lu Mingfei, she would greet her master and give him a charming and alluring look. But this time, she kept her head down and behaved diligently and attentively.

The reason for this was probably that Natasha's presence made her feel insecure—even though Natasha was still stuffing a piece of paper into her nose.

As the maid poured coffee, Lu Mingfei looked at Natasha and asked, "Natasha, what brings you here?"

Natasha had originally wanted to reply with an ambiguous "Can't you come if there's nothing wrong?", but her throbbing nose made her decisively abandon the idea—her nose was still stuffed with paper, and if she tried to flirt with him like that, Lu Mingfei would probably burst out laughing again.

So she looked at Lu Mingfei, her voice muffled because of the paper stuffed in her nose: "Mr. Lu Mingfei, could you take a look at this?"

She pulled a photograph out of her collar.

Lu Mingfei thought to himself, "Why do you always take things out from there? Just because they're big doesn't mean you're anything special."

Taking the photo from Natasha by pinching the edge with his fingertips, Lu Mingfei glanced at it and placed it on the coffee table, seemingly disgusted. Natasha couldn't help but wonder if Lu Mingfei had a problem with his perception, and that she was actually a monster with ten heads, eight eyes, and tentacles all over her body in his eyes.

But the main reason is that Lu Mingfei is too familiar with the contents of that photo. Not to mention the photo, he has already watched the video several times today!

The photo shows a sidewalk at night. A handsome young man stands like a god in the city lights, with black hair and golden eyes. People around him are kneeling down. Next to him, an old man is covered in blood, but he sits up as if he has just woken up from a dream. From a certain perspective, it has a religious feel to it.

Jarvis blurred all the videos on the internet, but he didn't touch the information of those special organizations and government departments. Therefore, Natasha's photo is not only uncensored, but also in ultra-high definition.

Of course, this doesn't mean Jarvis can't hack those organizations. The main issue is that if these organizations were hacked, they would definitely feel that Tony and his AI are extremely threatening, and might do something irrational, causing unnecessary trouble. Moreover, these organizations wouldn't actively leak video data online, so there's no need for them to target their data. However, Jarvis is indeed helpless when it comes to physical data like photos or data stored offline.

"Is this why you came?" Lu Mingfei asked.

Natasha nodded, looking helpless: "Using superpowers to proselytize and develop religious organizations and followers is a major taboo in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s management rules, and such situations are usually dealt with seriously."

Lu Mingfei had already learned from Tony that there were other people in this world with special abilities, some strong and some weak, some very magical and some completely useless.

So it's quite normal for someone to use their superpowers to cause trouble, and Lu Mingfei doesn't find it strange.

But he's innocent! It was that little devil who tricked him! Why did you all think I'd pull off such a melodramatic scene?! Just looking at the videos and photos from that time makes me want to die!

"What are you going to do with me?" Lu Mingfei asked Natasha curiously.

“There’s no way to handle it,” Natasha said sincerely, spreading her hands. “In terms of combat power, you can take down even the Abomination and that armor in New Mexico. Most armies would have a hard time fighting against you… But this is actually not too bad. S.H.I.E.L.D. always has measures to deal with high-risk targets.”

Natasha herself didn't believe what she was told, but that's what the director had told her. When dealing with outsiders, you always have to act like you have all the cards in your hand and are calm and collected. Even if you only have a pair of threes, you have to put on an air of "I only have the royal flush left."

“However, in terms of status, as long as you don’t do anything particularly outrageous, S.H.I.E.L.D. really can’t do anything to Stark Industries’ second-largest shareholder,” Natasha changed the subject. “Everyone knows this, so I don’t need to beat around the bush with you.”

Everyone knows that S.H.I.E.L.D. can't do anything to Stark Industries. After all, even the US government couldn't force Tony to hand over the Iron Man suit and Arc Reactor technology. No matter how powerful S.H.I.E.L.D. is, it can't outdo the US government.

“So the director asked me to talk to you and ask if we could stop making these kinds of scenes in the future?” Natasha sighed. “He said his phone has been ringing off the hook since last night, even the Pope has been calling him from the Vatican.”

"Does the church want to invite me to be a Holy Son or something?" Lu Mingfei asked expectantly, wondering if he would have nuns serving him personally after becoming a Holy Son.

“The Pope asked if you could be arrested, preferably sentenced to several hundred years in prison,” Natasha said.

"Damn it!" Lu Mingfei exclaimed in disappointment.

“Don’t worry, I’m not here to hold you accountable,” Natasha said. “I’m here because the director wants you to do us a favor, a very important favor.”