Chapter 38: World-Breaker Hulk vs Allen Walker
*Allen's POV*
The softness and sweet breath immediately left me numb; was I kissing Gwen? It was so sudden that I couldn't react! After a brief moment, she pulled away, looking as surprised as I felt.
"Don't turn me into a rabbit, Gwen, hehe," I said somewhat embarrassed, trying to keep calm.
Gwen remained blank while MJ nudged her shoulder. "Gwen, are you okay? Hey, Earth calling Gwen Stacy~" MJ looked at me, shook her head, and shrugged. "Looks like she's lost in space at the moment."
I handed Gwen the magic wand, and the system immediately made her its sole owner. Gwen seemed to feel a jolt through her body, immediately snapping out of her trance. She was so embarrassed when she looked at me that she couldn't speak and turned away.
I thought she would run, but she didn't. It seems Gwen didn't want to run this time. In an unexpected act of courage for me, she took a deep breath and calmed herself enough to look at me with her blue eyes. Her face was still red, but she didn't retreat. She came closer and hugged me, whispered a small "thank you," and then ran to another room, probably to practice spells. I smiled at seeing all this.
"Darling... don't you think she'll blow the place up?"
My aunt interrupted my thoughts; she felt I was spoiling Gwen too much. A concern arose in my mind: what if she burns down the apartment? However, I immediately stopped worrying about it.
"Gwen is responsible; she'll probably start practicing harmless spells," I responded confidently.
"I'm jealous of that confidence you have in Gwen~" Mary Jane hugged me from behind, pushing her chest against me. She complained, but I had a feeling it was just an excuse to hug me.
I smiled as I turned to pat her butt. "I trust you too, but Gwen didn't secretly stalk me for months."
"Ah~...you!," she moaned but immediately felt embarrassed when she remembered my aunt Natt was here and pouted. "Ugh, you've got a point, pervert."
My aunt Natt laughed at her, and MJ felt embarrassed.
I directed my gaze to the next green chest on the table and used my hand to lift the lid.
[4. Harry Potter's Philosopher's Stone Fragment, green grade: a powerful relic capable of granting immortality - however, being only a fragment, it only can heal severe wounds once a day.]
A fragment? Still, it's very useful and valuable life insurance. The current health potions of the system aren't reliable. How lucky!.
[5. Space ring with a space of one meter, green grade: can store everything except living beings.]
Damn, not very useful for me now that I have an inventory, and my inventory is much larger than this. I looked at my lovely redhead girl and offered it to her.
Mary Jane's eyes widened cutely upon hearing what it was, but she immediately smiled cunningly and extended her left hand.
You didn't need to be a genius to know what the girl was trying to do—to get back at me for patting her earlier. My Aunt Natasha frowned, waiting for my response.
I teased MJ with a smirk. "This ring is very useful but a bit ugly; it's not suitable for marriage proposals." I put the ring on her middle finger.
Although I acted like that, I was sweating inside. Sometimes Mary Jane's pranks were too much. She looked at me with delight and amusement at how I dodged her revenge.
[Host, that was a magnificent way to dodge a deadly bullet.]
Wednesday looked at me with slightly squinted eyes, and my aunt smiled while their expressions seemed to say, 'Shameless.' I ignored them and continued opening chests.
[6. Mermaid Protective Amulet, green grade: grants the ability to breathe underwater.]
I suppose it'll be useful if I ever go to Atlantis... although I see no reason to go there. Sorry, Aquaman, but he's not my favorite superhero.
[7. Paralyzing Glove, green grade: allows you to paralyze your opponent for a few seconds when hitting them with the glove on - depending on the opponent's strength and endurance, it may not work.]
It's a shame; there are good skills and equipment in green chests, but either they're strong abilities with some restriction or permanent but weak abilities.
[8. Batman's Grappling Gun, green grade: can easily climb a building, capable of stopping falls, and is so strong it can carry two people - do not use in the presence of Batman, or you'll become his target.]
There's nothing more to say. I gave the card to my aunt Natasha. This is something only a super-spy can put to proper use.
[9. Normal Kryptonite, green grade: this is the most basic type of kryptonite, capable of weakening Kryptonians.]
Thanks! This is very useful... I'm sorry for Clark, but his evil versions are very dangerous. I have a feeling I'll encounter more than one evil Superman in the future.
[Host, there are many abilities of the same origin... Do you wish to open all the chests?]
How many are we talking about?
[Twelve green chests, seven blue, and one purple from the same world in the form of restricted abilities, but mostly permanent.]
I opened my eyes with interest... Given that they share the same origin, why don't I open those chests at the same time?
*End of POV*
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On a bed lay a beauty so incredible she could steal men's souls. She was lying down, and only the faint sound of her breathing could be heard.
The alarm sounded, and Felicia began to turn over; she stretched, lifting her hips. Her appearance at this moment was like that of a cat just waking up.
Her beautiful white hair fell across her face as she yawned. The girl's green eyes fixed on the sun coming through her window. She slept until noon.
If there's something she doesn't like about her hobby, it's that it takes away hours of sleep. She got up, wearing only white underwear as she slept, her emerald eyes settling on a gold necklace with a ruby hanging from a chair.
Felicia was one of the most beautiful women Allen had seen in his life, but she had a secret; she was a thief. Taught by her father, she dedicated herself to stealing museums and other places; however, she wasn't primarily after the monetary value. Her main goal was the thrill of stealing. Yes, Felicia was that kind of bad girl.
However, upon checking her phone, she saw no news about her theft. Instead, there was news all over about an incident in New Mexico.
Felicia fixed her hair while glancing out of curiosity, but as she investigated, she was paralyzed upon seeing a familiar face.
"Allen?..."
Allen's disguise worked very well as long as the other party wasn't a close acquaintance of his and had seen his face. But a few days ago, Felicia briefly saw Allen's eyes through the glass of his lenses that normally reflected light.
Felicia opened her beautiful eyes as she contemplated the boy she enjoyed playing and flirting with, facing a monster in New Mexico.
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The young man with white hair looked silently and calmly at the place where something had just fallen, breaking the ground.
"What the hell?" Coulson startled.
Allen stared fixedly at the spot without changing his expression, immediately grabbed Coulson by the neck, and created a shield with Crown Clown that wrapped around him. Then, he threw him several miles away.
People couldn't keep up with the events; a moment ago, it seemed like a comedy with Phil intoxicated and dancing naked, but out of nowhere, everything changed.
Allen felt an enormous sense of danger at the level of seeing Doomsday again, or even greater than that. However, he didn't get scared and remained calm.
The growls of a creature were heard behind the dust.
"Allen Walker..." Allen inclined slightly and formally with a hand on his chest in greeting toward the humanoid shadow growing behind the dust. Such a gesture is common for a polite gentleman but at the same time gave off the strange sensation of seeming like mockery from Allen.
"GAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!"
With a monstrous roar, the dust dispersed, and Hulk's gamma energy pushed the air around him; the ground shook as if it were a category ten earthquake.
Hulk charged violently, breaking the sound barrier several times. Allen smiled and raised his hand.
Hulk crashed into him, creating a shockwave that spread over dozens of miles.
Allen remained calm and unmoving in his place, while his hand stopped the three-meter giant.
"Good afternoon, Dr. Banner..."
Allen greeted calmly while trying to understand why the Hulk he saw in the news was in front of him trying to destroy him. Also, it looked so different from the one he saw fighting Abomination.
Crown Clown waved behind Allen in the form of a lightly torn cape ready to attack or defend.
Enraged, Hulk stomped on the ground, creating gigantic cracks that traversed the ground for miles around. Allen was surprised and felt danger as Hulk's pushing force doubled instantly.
Allen stepped aside, disappearing from the spot. "That was close..."
Allen didn't have Infinite available until tomorrow, so how did he stop Hulk? How could he move so fast? The answer is so simple and they're all the abilities he obtained earlier.
Hulk immediately clenched his fist and jumped toward Allen. He opened his eyes as Hulk's fist was about to hit him, but he was already prepared.
[Green Grade, Fujitora's anti-gravity]
Allen extended his hand against the imminent danger, and a faint purple aura enveloped Hulk, causing him to float and lose his foothold on the ground.
[Blue Grade: Old Shirohige's physical strength]
Allen clenched his fist and struck Hulk in the face with all his strength; the green giant flew into the sky.
[Blue Grade Ability: Tenth of Kizaru's speed]
Allen appeared above Hulk at such a rapid speed that even sound couldn't break in time. Allen looked at Hulk with cold eyes and with a massive kick at a tenth of the speed of light, the green giant crashed to the ground, creating an explosion several miles in diameter.
The ground trembled, rocks pulverized, and the atmosphere moved. However, Allen didn't stop; immediately his hands were covered in fire, and the temperature around him continued to rise.
"The fire of Portgas D. Ace + the heat of Netsu Netsu devil fruit..."
The fire in Allen's hands turned into incandescent plasma, and Allen pointed to where Hulk had fallen and fired the plasma beam capable of melting everything in its path.
"RAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!"
At that very moment, with a thunderous roar, the dust was expelled from the surroundings, revealing a furious Hulk with green veins on his skin.
Hulk, upon seeing the plasma heading towards him, clapped, creating a shockwave that disintegrated Allen's attack as if it were a candle's flame. Immediately, he jumped toward Allen as fast as a hypersonic missile.
Allen didn't get scared; he pointed in front of him, and when Hulk was about to reach him, he slowed down unnaturally, as if he were trapped in slow motion.
[Green Grade: Foxy's slow-down]
Allen's eyes sharpened, and his fist turned black with a lots red lightning around it.
[Blue Grade: Old Garp's Armament Haki]
[Purple Grade: Shanks' Conqueror's Haki]
Allen hit Hulk's head with all his might, trying to knock him unconscious, but Hulk only got angrier. Feeling pain, he became more furious; the green aura surrounding him grew and astonishingly competed against Allen's combined Haki.
"Impossible!" Allen exclaimed at seeing this.
Putting aside Garp's Armament Haki, which is restricted as a blue grade, Shanks' Prime Haki came from a purple chest. Even though Allen isn't an expert in its use yet, he should be able to use it at eighty percent of its actual level, yet he was losing against world breaker Hulk's energy.
Hulk roared, and Allen was pushed several meters backward. When he recovered, Hulk's fist was about to hit him; Allen couldn't dodge.
Hulk managed to repel the full Haki of someone said to have the most powerful Haki mastery currently in the world of One Piece, creating an opening in Allen's stance.
Allen gritted his teeth against the fist that seemed like a meteorite. Crown Clown reacted to the danger and wrapped around him as synchronization reached 200%.
(A/N: The higher the synchronization with the innocence, the more powerful it becomes)
But it wasn't just Crown Clown...
[Blue Grade: Kaido's defense]
[Blue Grade: Shirohige old's endurance]
[Green Grade: "immunity" to Luffy's physical attacks]
Hulk's punch hit, and Allen felt several of his bones breaking as he lost consciousness for a second. Allen understood that the World breaker title wasn't just for show.
The clouds cleared, and with a wild shout, Hulk sent him flying. Allen crashed into a mountain, easily piercing through it, then traveled hundreds of miles until crashing into a wooded valley.
[Host!]
Allen got up from the ground upon hearing the system's call; he coughed up a little blood, and had a dozen broken bones, several internal wounds, and two organs destroyed, but he had Shirohige's monstrous endurance and managed to get up.
Allen immediately used the Philosopher's Stone to heal himself. Before the world's stunned gaze watching him live, his wounds disappeared. Still, Allen's look was grave because he had completely lost the first clash.
"RAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!" Hulk appeared in front of him while roaring, frightening all the animals dozens of miles away.
Crown Clown expanded around him to block the collision between both and prevent the forest from being destroyed.
"Don't underestimate me!" Allen raised his voice while concentrating the King's Haki, Armament Haki, his cursed energy, and the colossal strength he obtained from Shirohige.
Both fists clashed - or rather, Hulk's energy and Haki collided, causing state to tremble.