Family Plans

The Karl family had been established by Kyle for less than half a year. Compared with organizations and forces like the Red Room and Kamar-Taj, its historical foundation was simply not worth mentioning.

But in terms of wealth, it had tangible assets equal to half of Germany’s national treasury and Stark Industries, which commanded cutting-edge technological products. In terms of connections, it had the new S.H.I.E.L.D., recognized by the American military and the World Council. In terms of strength, it had the Symbol of Peace standing at the pinnacle of Superheroes, along with two mutants capable of standing on their own.

As long as the Karl family’s rules and management system were properly established, Kyle believed it would develop at rocket-like speed and become Earth’s strongest hidden private force—without equal!

Logan and Yutong had complete faith in Kyle’s words. Sometimes, even when plans and proposals sounded utterly inconceivable and they did not understand them at first, they would still follow his orders and carry them out.

Natasha, the newcomer, only grew more confused. She muttered under her breath, "Granting others a physique no weaker than mine… how could that possibly be done?"

A Super Agent physique could not be achieved merely by injecting some serum for immediate results. Otherwise, the Red Room’s top agents would not have produced only one per generation.

Women had to undergo all kinds of brutal training from childhood, tempering inhuman willpower. Only then could they be injected with a Super Agent formula specially formulated for them, before repeatedly fighting to the death to draw out the serum’s potential.

Only when the formula serum perfectly fused with the body could one become the present-day ‘Black Widow,’ Natasha. Since the Red Room’s founding, she had been the strongest agent capable of most perfectly displaying the standards of a Super Agent.

And now, Kyle was saying he wanted to mass-produce her physique and abilities—did he think Super Agents were cabbages?

As if he had sharply caught Natasha’s muttering, Kyle asked calmly from the head seat, "Oh? Natasha, do you have any suggestions?"

"No, I have no suggestions." Natasha hurriedly waved her hands, her vivid red hair shaking like a rattle.

As though he had seen through her thoughts, Kyle pondered for a moment before saying, "Logan, while Natasha is staying at the estate, have her serve as your assistant instructor. The two of you will work together to select and train the children."

"Ah, all right then." Natasha hesitated briefly, then quickly nodded helplessly.

She was forbidden from leaving the family estate for even half a step within the next two months. Having something to do would be a good way to pass the time.

"I have no problem with that." Logan agreed readily. Having someone share the burden of ‘raising children’ was exactly what he wanted.

With that, Lucy would serve as chief financial officer in charge of the family’s funds, while Logan would serve as chief instructor responsible for training family talent. Among the core family members, only Yutong had yet to be assigned a role…

Kyle’s bright gaze fell upon the quiet black-haired little girl. Lucy, Logan, and Natasha all turned their eyes toward Yutong as well.

After spending this time together, they had all clearly realized that while Yutong was only eight years old, placing her at the bottom of the family by age, her actual combat strength was second only to Kyle’s!

Every time she acted, she could swiftly seize control of the situation with her astonishing telekinesis.

Since receiving the Super Agent Ability Card bestowed by Kyle, no one had seen Yutong reveal her full strength again. In this era of Earth, she was likewise a ruler-level combatant!

More importantly, Yutong was solitary by nature and disliked speaking. Her cognitive abilities made her far more mature and independent than her age suggested. She was only slightly close to and protective of Lucy, the future mistress of the family, while she gave Kyle absolute obedience and defended him with near-crazed devotion.

Within the grounds of this estate, anyone who dared speak ill of Kyle—or even merely feel dissatisfaction or hatred toward him—might not know how they died.

Yutong was a blade that lived solely for Kyle. She had always been so.

"Yutong will act in my place as the family’s highest supervisor. She will hold the authority to kill or spare any member other than core family members."

Kyle said in a calm voice that sent chills down their spines, "So long as a family member is slain by Yutong, there will be no need to investigate the reason. They will all be dealt with as traitors to the family."

Yutong had previously been a secret family overseer. Now, Kyle decided to grant her open authority over life and death within the family, making her a sharp blade that could intimidate those within it.

It was still the same problem: he had little time left to remain on Earth. Every preparation and foundation laid for the Karl family had to be planned in the most direct and effective way possible.

Chief financial officer Lucy, chief instructor Logan, and chief supervisor Yutong would form the three giants of the future Karl family. Together with chief research and logistics officer Howard and Natasha, the future high-ranking S.H.I.E.L.D. spy, they were the five pillars of the family in whom Kyle placed great hopes.

Even if he left Earth for the universe, so long as those five pillars remained standing, they could ensure the Karl family’s stable and healthy development for the next hundred years.

That very day, after the Karl family’s first meeting ended.

Logan and Natasha, the two figures who would later collectively be called the ‘Devil Instructors’ by family members, swiftly overhauled the training arrangements for the adopted children.

Using willpower and conviction as the key assessment criteria, the two quickly selected the first outstanding child. After passing Yutong’s test and review, the child was taken to the master room on the second floor for Kyle to bestow a Super Agent Ability Card.

Any child who obtained a Super Agent physique would be listed as the Karl family’s lowest-ranking member—a ‘Karl Disciple’—and officially begin Logan and Natasha’s combat courses and harsh, high-intensity training.

More than ten days passed.

Of the thirty to forty adopted children, nearly ten who had been eliminated were permanently expelled from the estate and sent to a remote orphanage nearby.

Four children, however, passed the instructors’ and supervisor’s reviews and received cards bestowed by Kyle, the Patriarch of the estate! They spent less than a few minutes in the second-floor office, yet their overall physical abilities became more than three times stronger than before.

These Karl Disciples who had gained abilities seemed to have received divine opportunities. One by one, they easily shattered records during the same high-intensity training, becoming Supermen in the eyes of the other children!

Before long, the children who had once lived comfortably in the estate came to understand one thing from the bottom of their hearts—

They had to become Karl Disciples recognized by the Karl family!

Becoming a Karl Disciple not only allowed them to remain in the estate protected by a God-tier Hero, but also to improve their strength without reservation. If they were eliminated and expelled from the Karl family estate, they would return to the hopeless, lowly lives they had once lived in the orphanage.

Thus, the children adopted by the estate all went mad as though pumped full of stimulants. They trained tirelessly every day, hoping to stand out and become the next Karl Disciple.

Meanwhile, those children who had become Karl Disciples began to learn some information about the family. They understood that as long as they served the Karl family for life, wealth, status, and prestige would no longer be unattainable dreams.

More importantly, Kyle had not only granted them Super Agent physiques, but also given them the designation of ‘Evolvers’—beings who transcended humanity and wielded abilities!

Thanks to Feige from 37 Games for the alliance leader reward!

Let me talk about the update schedule.

The first subscriptions have reached five thousand. With the new alliance leader as well, this author who has no saved chapters is getting worried—I can’t suddenly unleash that many chapters at once.

So I’ll spread them out. For the rest of this month, there will be at least three updates per day as the baseline. The update times will be around 12:00, 18:00, and 22:00. I used to be accustomed to two updates a day, but now I’m adapting to become a durable three-update beast.

After all, I’m a new author with clumsy hands. Please understand, QAQ