Lu Mingfei doesn't want to be a superhero

Lu Mingfei, who had been displaying his prowess at the terrorist base, was grabbed like a chick and dragged into the portal, his maniacal laughter abruptly cut short.

Tony looked around in bewilderment—Lu Mingfei was gone, and Ethan was still lying next to him.

Standing in the vast desert, Tony muttered to himself, "Am I dreaming?"

Chapter 3 The Ancient One

Lu Ming sat properly in an antique-style hall.

He knelt on a soft cushion, his legs together and his hands resting flat on his knees.

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In front of him was a simple wooden table with a brass teapot and ceramic teacups on it. The teacups were covered with a bluish-black glaze, with delicate flower petals raised on them.

On the other side of the table was a bald woman with no wrinkles on her face, yet she showed no signs of youth, making it difficult to judge her age from her appearance.

Lu Mingfei felt that she was somewhat like a verdant mountain peak. Although green mountains always give people a sense of vitality when viewed from afar, no one would ever think that a "mountain" is young.

Before he could recover from the euphoria of winning 240 billion in the desert, he was captured and brought here by the woman in the yellow and brown clothes in front of him.

His instinctive reaction was to hit the woman, but he immediately felt the surging, magma-like power within him cool down.

In just a few seconds, he transformed back into his usual self, Lu Mingfei.

The woman seemed unaware that Lu Mingfei had almost thrown a punch at her. She simply gestured for him to sit down and poured him a cup of tea. The azure tea flowed smoothly and calmly from the brass teapot, reflecting Lu Mingfei's helpless figure.

After a brief moment of confusion, Lu Mingfei immediately decided to be pragmatic and obediently sat down at the table.

“You can call me Ancient One,” the woman smiled at Lu Mingfei. “I am a sorcerer, and this place is called Kamar-Taj.”

“I…I’m called Lu Mingfei,” Lu Mingfei said quickly.

Lu Mingfei wasn't surprised that the Ancient One called herself a sorcerer—after all, he himself had just grown scales, so it's not unusual for sorcerers to exist in the world.

“Hello, Lu Mingfei,” Gu Yi pushed a teacup toward Lu Mingfei, “an outsider from another universe.”

"Other universes?" Lu Mingfei was stunned.

“Yes,” Gu Yi nodded. “It seems you don’t know that you don’t belong to our universe. You appeared in our universe out of thin air a few days ago. My duty is to protect Earth in this universe from other dimensions, which is why I invited you here as a guest. Of course, the method was a bit rough, and I apologize to you.”

"Does this other universe mean... I've traveled through time?" Lu Mingfei's eyes widened.

In other words, he will never see his uncle and aunt again, and he will never see Chen Wenwen again.

Lu Mingfei felt a wave of dizziness washing over him.

Gu Yi quietly sipped her tea, giving Lu Mingfei ample time to react and accept reality.

After a long time, Lu Mingfei gradually returned to normal.

He asked, "So I didn't just inexplicably travel from China to the Middle East, but from my world to yours, like in 'Dragon Warrior,' except I wasn't the chosen hero?"

"How do you know you aren't?" Gu Yi asked, maintaining her calm smile.

"Could it be that I really am?" A glimmer of hope ignited in Lu Mingfei's heart. After all, which chuunibyou (delusional) teenager hasn't dreamed of becoming the chosen hero?

“No, I was just joking.” Gu Yi shook her head.

Lu Mingfei: ...

"You say I'm an outsider from another universe, what do you plan to do with me?" Lu Mingfei asked cautiously.

As Gu Yi just said, her duty is to protect Earth from harm from other dimensions. Lu Mingfei pondered for a moment—he seemed to be the "harm from other dimensions" that Gu Yi mentioned.

In other words, he has now been caught red-handed by the police for illegally crossing the border, and the nature of the crime is many times more serious.

"Won't I get arrested and thrown in jail?" Lu Mingfei swallowed quietly.

In his ordinary and ordinary life, he fantasized about many spectacular and cool adventures, but he never imagined that he would end up in prison.

After all, committing crimes requires both ability and courage.

"Do you have a way to get back to your own world?" the Ancient One asked.

"No," Lu Mingfei shook his head with a mournful face, "I don't even know how I came into this world. I just made a wish upon a shooting star!"

“Um… I’m sorry, I don’t have the ability to send you back either,” Gu Dao said. “It seems you’ll have to stay in this universe for the time being.”

"You're not going to detain me?" Lu Mingfei wanted to slap himself as soon as he finished speaking.

"As long as you don't do anything to harm this planet." - Gu Yidao

"Absolutely not!" Lu Mingfei swore.

"So, are you planning to stay here, or go somewhere else?" Gu Yi asked.

Lu Mingfei was a little afraid that she was setting a trap. What if he said he was going to leave and she turned on him and detained him?

Isn't that the kind of plot you see in TV dramas? A gang leader is talking to someone with a smile, but if the person says something wrong, the gang leader immediately orders his men to chop off that person's hands and feet.

“You don’t need to worry,” said the Ancient One. “I don’t want to force you to live in Kamar-Taj. As long as you don’t do anything to harm the earth, you are free to go wherever you want. We sorcerers will not interfere.”

“You’ve just arrived in this universe, so you probably don’t have any money or legal status,” Gu Yi said. “I can give you some money and help you get a status, but I can only help you get a status within the United States. I can’t help you outside of the United States.”

“Then… I’ll go to America,” Lu Mingfei thought for a moment and asked cautiously, “Could you send me directly to Tony’s side? The one in the metal suit when you brought me here.”

Lu Mingfei really wanted to go back to his small southern city to see if his uncle and aunt, Shilan Middle School, and Chen Wenwen were there in this universe.

But if he didn't have one, he would probably be homeless and wouldn't even be able to go to the United States to ask Tony for help, because he has no identity or passport and can't take a plane.

Once he arrives in the United States, he can find Tony. If Tony keeps his promise, Lu Mingfei can fly back to China.

“I’m sorry, Tony Stark’s identity is very special, and it’s not convenient for us to get close to him, otherwise it would cause a lot of trouble,” the Ancient One shook his head. “I can only send you to an inconspicuous place in America, and you can go find him yourself.”

Tony is a very wealthy American. I haven't asked for his phone number, so it must be very difficult to meet him.

You can't exactly find his Stark Industries and then tell the receptionist, "Hello, I saved Tony Stock's life, and he promised me six percent of the company. Please let me see him."

That would likely increase the likelihood of being taken away by the police.

Lu Mingfei was very distressed, but he dared not tell Gu Yi.

His current status is equivalent to being caught red-handed as an illegal immigrant, so he doesn't dare to bother with the "police officer" Gu Yi.

So Lu Mingfei nodded decisively.

“Alright, then you can rest for the night. Tomorrow my assistant will take you to the United States and arrange a legal identity for you.” Gu Yidao said.

"Um..." Lu Mingfei rubbed his hands together and said cautiously, "Then, could you please give my power back?"

Although the sudden appearance of scales scared Lu Mingfei a little, it was still a superpower, and a really cool and powerful one at that. He was still very reluctant to lose it.

“I did not deprive or suppress your power; it simply went dormant on its own. That power lies dormant in the deepest part of your body and mind, so you cannot usually feel its presence.”

The Ancient One explained, "It only appears when your body is in mortal danger or your emotions reach a certain extreme point. After you are safe, it goes dormant again."

“My body was in mortal danger…that’s why I suddenly exploded after being shot,” Lu Mingfei scratched his head, completely puzzled. “But why is there a dormant power within me?”

“I don’t know about that, you’ll have to figure it out yourself. But I can give you a suggestion…” The Ancient One’s calm smile, which was originally that of a hermit, suddenly turned into a hint of teasing. “If you ever need this power, just stab yourself in the chest. When you’re on the verge of death, your body will definitely activate this power in order to save itself.”

Lu Mingfei shrank back – to stab himself for power, and to do it to the point of death, was too terrifying.

In particular, as Gu Yi said, this power is only temporary.

……

After spending one night at Kamar-Taj, Gu Yi indeed arranged for someone to take Lu Mingfei to America as promised.

It was a somewhat overweight middle-aged man who called himself "King." He looked very serious and rarely smiled, much scarier than the Ancient One.

However, perhaps because they were both Chinese, even though they were from different universes, Wang's attitude towards Lu Mingfei was still quite friendly.

The next morning, he knocked on the door of Lu Mingfei's room and prepared a thousand dollars in cash, a bank card with ten thousand dollars, a brand new mobile phone, and relevant identification documents for him.

Lu Mingfei stared wide-eyed as Wang raised his arm, spun around twice, and opened a portal in the space in front of him.

This is so handsome!

If he weren't a "smuggler" who dared not stay in this "police station," Lu Mingfei would have shamelessly begged Gu Yi to let him stay and teach him a couple of spells.

Following Wang through the portal, Lu Mingfei arrived in New York. When Wang handed him a set of keys, Lu Mingfei realized that Gu Yi had thoughtfully rented him a room for a year.

So, amidst Lu Mingfei's tearful emotions, Wang waved goodbye and returned to Kamar-Taj.

"Thank you for your hard work." Gu Yi remained seated at the table, drinking tea, as if she wanted to spend the rest of her life immersed in tea, surrounded by the small table.

“Supreme Master, I don’t quite understand,” Wang said, somewhat puzzled. “You told me before that the boy had the potential to become the new Supreme Master, so why didn’t we leave him in Kamar-Taj to be taught?”

“What he needs is not the power of learning magic, he doesn’t lack power,” Ancient One put down her teacup and shook her head. “He just needs to change his mindset.”

"Then why can't we change his mindset in Kamar-Taj?" Wang still didn't understand.

Gu Yi gazed at the sky outside the window, her eyes calm, and said slowly, "Because the opportunity for him to change his mindset does not lie here."

Chapter 4 Tony Arrives

In front of the gate of Midtown Science High School.

Lu Mingfei glanced at the navigation in his hand, then carefully checked the name to make sure he hadn't gone to the wrong place.

The identity that Gu Yi gave him was that of a student whose parents died in a car accident, and who transferred to the Midtown Science High School in front of him after the accident.

Although Lu Mingfei really wanted to complain about the setting of his parents being dead, he knew that Gu Yi could only do this. After all, she couldn't just conjure up a pair of parents for him out of thin air, could she?

Gu Yi thoughtfully arranged all the transfer procedures, so Lu Mingfei only needed to enroll.

After staying at home for a few days, Lu Mingfei came to school.

The main reason was that he saw on the news that Tony publicly announced he would close Stark Industries' military division, causing Stark Industries' stock price to plummet. He guessed that Tony was currently overwhelmed with work, and since he couldn't meet with this wealthy upper-class tycoon, he decided to postpone meeting Tony for now.

So why not go check out the high school first? Anyway, Gu Yi has already taken care of this high school, so Lu Mingfei doesn't have to pay a penny. Plus, he can eat in the cafeteria, which should be cheaper than eating out.

He took the materials, went to the teacher's office, and was led into the classroom that had been prepared for him.

This process is actually quite difficult, after all, for a senior high school student, the fear of teachers and offices is ingrained in their DNA.

Even though he had changed universes, Lu Mingfei still did some mental preparation before knocking on the teacher's office door.

……

"Classmates, this is our new transfer student. He is Chinese," the middle-aged blonde female teacher with glasses said to Lu Mingfei beside her. "Come on, introduce yourself."