Master Ancient One

Josh frowned as he looked at the few pistol bullets floating before him. Josh had never considered himself a patient man, especially when someone took the initiative to attack him. However, he felt there seemed to be another reason behind this.

The officer’s expression turned exceptionally ugly as well. He had always known that his unit might contain certain other elements. That was not difficult to understand—hadn’t even the United States’ tightly guarded "superhuman" program been turned into something impossible to replicate?

"I understand English. I swear, I absolutely did not give that order!"

The officer immediately drew his pistol and put a bullet through the head of the man who had fired without authorization, then began explaining frantically without a care for anything else. This was no joke—someone who could stop an entire burst of bullets in front of himself was obviously no ordinary person!

More importantly, this guy spoke English rather than German, which put him slightly at ease. Only slightly, of course. Faced with such a horrifying scene, even someone who had survived barrages of gunfire could not endure something so supernatural.

"All right, it looks like this really was a misunderstanding."

Josh did not say much else. There was nothing wrong with his intelligence; naturally, he could tell what was going on. Rolling his eyes, he directly asked what he wanted to know most. "Can you tell me where this is? And what era this is?"

"This is Earth, Soviet Siberia, 1943."

The officer quickly explained the situation in the simplest terms. At the same time, he found it rather strange, but he soon accepted it. He immediately imagined that these two young men might truly be gods descended into the world and simply did not understand the current situation.

To be honest, the officer felt as though his worldview had been refreshed all over again. At the front lines, Captain America had appeared, a man who could nearly take out an entire regiment by himself. That had completely surpassed the limits of humanity. Later, he had transferred to the intelligence department and entered this top-secret training center for intelligence agents, only to encounter these two before him.

If not for his strong heart, he probably would have been like the soldiers behind him—some of them had actually been frightened into kneeling on the ground and praying!

"Is that a dragon? A dragon from legend?"

"Yes, though I don’t know whether it really is legendary."

Josh answered as he stroked his smooth chin. He felt that this world did not seem so simple, because he had already sensed spatial fluctuations. That meant someone had noticed him and was planning to come over.

Since that was the case, Josh felt he needed to hurry and truly understand this world. Although the person before him was an officer, Josh figured that being sent to this godforsaken place meant he probably was not a particularly high-ranking official. Still, at the very least, Josh could learn what was different about this world.

"Can you do me a favor?" Josh asked with a smile, his eyes half narrowed.

"What?" The officer seemed to have a bad feeling.

"I need your memories. I hope you don’t mind."

With that, Josh extended his right hand. The officer’s face immediately changed drastically, because he discovered that he could not move at all. Worse still, he began floating uncontrollably toward Josh! Yet the soldiers behind him seemed not to notice anything unusual. Those standing guard continued standing guard, and those praying continued praying.

"Don’t worry, I won’t kill you. I just need your memories to understand this world. An unfamiliar world gives me no sense of security. I imagine you feel the same way, don’t you?"

Josh still wore a smile. The officer before him looked utterly despairing, as though he had already prepared himself for death, which Josh found rather amusing. He even felt he might have the potential to become a supervillain. As for the soldiers behind them, they had simply been affected by Josh’s magic.

Although Akathosh, that old dragon, was extremely unreliable, the knowledge he had given Josh was undeniably practical. Using the principles of space in conjunction with his Void Magic, Josh easily separated out a mirror space. It had no offensive power whatsoever, but it was an exceptionally powerful life-saving spell.

"Kamui truly deserves to be the best life-saving secret technique in Naruto. Although my magic still can’t let me use this method to move around everywhere like that one-eyed guy, if I keep at it, I probably won’t be far from that goal. But why do I feel like my shell is getting tougher and tougher?"

Shaking his head and no longer thinking about such random things, Josh’s magic was still different from Kamui. For example, he could project scenes he had previously "recorded," while Kamui could only project its user. Taking the Magic Crystal from his pocket, Josh immediately began using magic power to guide the officer’s memories.

Not long afterward, the Magic Crystal finished "charging." Josh casually stopped his magic, causing the officer to fall to the ground, while also dispelling his mirror space. The officer immediately scrambled back to his soldiers. Ignoring their puzzled expressions, he stared at Josh with a face full of terror.

To be honest, although he had not suffered any injury, the experience just now had been far too terrifying! The feeling of having his memories constantly copied was utterly horrifying. Most importantly, he could understand the effects of that magic himself. He was now even more certain that these two were absolutely not human. Whether they were demons or gods was another matter.

"So it’s here? Does this count as getting what I wished for?"

Josh quickly finished absorbing the memories, but he felt an even greater headache coming on. He already knew what kind of bizarre world he was in. To be honest, although he had wanted to find an intelligence agent, it seemed he had arrived far too early.

"I never expected this guy to be such an important figure."

Josh had learned the officer’s identity, but what he had not expected was that this man was actually the highest-ranking official at the Soviet intelligence agent training center. And the place they were currently in was the legendary Red Wall, where people were brainwashed and sterilized!

"Come to think of it, that Black Widow seems to have been born in 1928. She should be receiving training here right now. That means this Black Widow is only thirteen or fourteen years old? What can a little girl around Hermione’s age even do?"

"As for Captain America, he seems to have already started forming his own team, right? But is this world the movie universe or the comic universe?"

Josh thought carefully. He could feel a force locating him, and he guessed it was probably this world’s Master Ancient One. In that case, he would meet her. But before that—

"Can you do me one last favor?"

"What?!"

The officer immediately reacted like a startled bird. Everything that had just happened was still fresh in his mind. Before this young man, he knew he had no secrets at all. Strictly speaking, he had already committed treason, even if it had been involuntary. It was not that he did not want to resist, but he could not forget those bullets floating before Josh.

"I know there’s a girl here named Natasha Romanoff. Can you hand her over to me?"

Josh still wore a smile. She was somewhat different from the woman he had imagined, but that did not matter. Josh believed in this woman’s talent. Although she was still young, Josh knew very well that this girl, eight years younger than Captain America, had already received all the training. All she lacked was the final selection and the implantation of fabricated memories.

Josh did not care about that at all. Although the selection was meant to find the best candidate, Josh did not plan to stay in this world for long. This place was far too unfamiliar compared to the world in his memories, and he did not want a woman who would eventually see herself as a monster.

"No problem. I’ll go find her right away!"

Not long afterward, Josh saw a soldier bring a young girl before him. The little girl was very pretty, and her large eyes constantly examined Josh, the silent Garen, and the dragon behind them. The moment he saw her, Josh was certain that this should be the movie universe.

"This girl looks exactly like that actress, and there doesn’t seem to be any mutant nonsense in this officer’s memories either. That makes things much safer. After all, comic-book Marvel really isn’t a place humans can survive in."

Josh truly sighed in relief. This result could not have been better. If it really had been the comic universe, Josh probably would never have come to this world again. A comic-book Captain America alone had destructive power comparable to a nuclear weapon, not to mention the Celestials and Thanos. Josh felt they should all be figures on the level of main gods.

"You’ll follow me from now on, understand?"

Josh looked at the future Black Widow and spoke in English with a rather gentle expression. Then he directly motioned for Garen to take the girl onto the dragon before turning to leave. They still had someone to meet; there was no need to keep getting tangled up with these ordinary soldiers.

"You don’t actually like little girls, do you?"

On the dragon’s back, Garen curiously looked Josh over, then watched the little girl, whose face was somewhat stern yet curious, for a while before suddenly blurting that out. The little girl immediately tensed up all over, while Josh did not react for a moment.

"What?"

"Nothing. Actually, that’s not a big deal. I know nobles have many unusual preferences. You grew up in the palace, so it isn’t strange. But why didn’t you choose that girl Hermione instead?"

"What kind of nonsense are you talking about? I’m not into little girls, okay! And I asked for this girl because of her potential. Let me say it again: I like mature women!"

"Is that so?" Garen looked Josh up and down suspiciously, then revealed a strange smile. "All right, I understand. You like mature women."

Josh sighed and could not be bothered to explain anything further to Garen. That kind of thing that started with ten years in prison and ended with the death penalty was not something Josh could do. Suddenly, both Josh and Garen sensed something. Josh patted Hosdena’s back, and the dragon obediently descended once more.

At the same time, a radiant Magic Gate appeared in the sky. Soon, a bald woman dressed in monk’s robes walked out of it. This made Josh even more certain of the world he was in. He knew this Baldy too. She was one of the strongest figures in this world, Earth’s Guardian, Master Ancient One!

"Good thing she’s a woman."