"Huh?!"
After Teleporting into the Villa's main hall, Gwen curiously observed the decorations. Many things here were new and unknown to her.
Just as she was about to ask Noah about the purpose of these items, a mature and magnetic female voice came from behind her. Gwen turned around to see a spherical orb floating in the air, with a large, round eye in its center.
"Gwen, this is Lissandra. She's the first companion I summoned, so you can consider her your companion," Noah said, seeing Gwen's surprised expression and her slightly agape mouth, which looked a bit cute. Then, Noah began to explain Lissandra's identity.
"Oh! Hello, Sister Lissandra!" Gwen immediately greeted Lissandra upon hearing this, feeling a bit embarrassed about her previous expression. However, it was only because Sister Lissandra's appearance was quite shocking.
Gwen wanted to ask Lissandra why she was in this form, but Noah seemed to anticipate Gwen's thoughts and began to explain first.
"Lissandra is an AI life form. Like us, she possesses a soul. And soon, your Sister Lissandra will have a body just like ours." The plan for Lissandra's body construction had actually been completed yesterday; Noah just hadn't started the process yet.
Noah had actually intended to complete the construction of Lissandra's body yesterday, but then a certain 'Black Egg' appeared, and Noah was in a hurry to complete Thor's mission, which delayed the body construction for a day. However, nothing could disturb Noah today.
"Oh, oh! That sounds amazing." Although Gwen didn't understand what Noah meant by AI, it didn't stop her from thinking it must be very powerful.
"Noah, what is this big, black thing?" Gwen pointed at the huge LCD television hanging on the wall, asking curiously. The white wall with a large black object hanging on it caught Gwen's attention.
"Oh, this is an LCD television. It allows us to watch many TV series, movies, news, and other things."
"However, you might not fully understand what I'm saying right now, Gwen. In short, with this large black screen, you can see information from various places around the World," Noah said. He rarely used this particular device; this large TV came with the house. Noah typically used a projection screen, which was much more convenient than a TV.
"Oh, how magical! I never imagined Noah's living place would be so magical. Gwen has never seen these things before." Gwen was quite happy because many things worth exploring had appeared before her. She gained a human body precisely so she could better explore the World and discover more novel and beautiful things.
"Noah, there's some information you might be interested in," Lissandra said at this moment, turning on the TV. The black screen suddenly lit up, startling Gwen.
The TV screen showed a street interview scene, where a reporter was interviewing people on the street.
"Hello, gentlemen, excuse me, how do you view the New Mexico meteorite incident?" The reporter held the microphone to the passersby they had chosen, who were several young people, appearing to be college students. The cameraman focused the lens on them.
"Are you live-streaming this?" asked the blonde young man, who was being filmed.
"Yes."
"Meteorite? I heard Iron Man Tony, and that Swift Wind Swordsman also appeared there. There were many videos online before, so it definitely wasn't just a meteorite falling there," the young man said. His companions also nodded in agreement.
"And the government actually wants to use the meteorite fall as an excuse to fool us? Do they think we're idiots? I hope they can give us the real answer. We have the right to know the truth," the young man said excitedly.
"OK, the interview ends here. After interviewing so many enthusiastic viewers, I found that everyone is quite dissatisfied with the explanation given by the U.S. government. Next, we will continue to explore the truth of this matter. Please continue to follow our channel."
"Is this a video taken by the residents of those towns at the time?" Noah watched the video Lissandra brought up. The video content showed Iron Man Tony's high-profile landing in that town, then many residents gathered around, and many people took photos and videos.
Later in the video, Noah also appeared, and then the video footage became a bit shaky. Noah estimated that the Destroyer had already arrived at that time.
"But, they seem to know my title. When did I become so famous?" Noah scratched his head. He remembered that the person interviewed earlier seemed to have mentioned the title Swift Wind Swordsman. He recalled only mentioning this title here to that one female classmate he had saved at the time.
Noah pondered, almost forgetting who that person was. It was his female classmate. Noah remembered that she had recorded a video at the time. Could it be that this video went viral? Is that why others knew his title?
"Noah, look at this."
Lissandra then brought up many more scenes for Noah. Noah looked, and this time the scenes seemed to be at night.
These were all interview videos. Noah recognized the background; it was Iron Man's Stark Expo. Could this be footage from after it ended?
The reporter interviewed the audience members, asking them what exactly had happened there. Some people had just experienced a thrilling moment and could barely speak clearly. Later, the reporter finally interviewed a passerby who could converse normally.
"That Justin Hammer is a damn guy. The robots he created actually started attacking people on site. Thankfully, someone saved us, or else we would have been riddled with holes."
"Someone saved you? Was it Iron Man?" the reporter continued to ask.
"No, not entirely. Although Iron Man also took some robots away, the one who truly saved us was another superhero. He also wore a high-tech armor. He was so cool, although I don't know his name."
"I know! He's called Swift Wind Swordsman! Look at this video!" Just then, the little boy next to the passerby suddenly shouted, then pulled out his phone and opened a video he had saved on it.
It was precisely the video recorded by Noah's classmate, Hannah, at the time. In it, Noah, wearing the Source Project Armor, told Hannah not to give him random titles and stated that he was called Swift Wind Swordsman. He then ran vertically up the wall towards the rooftop.
Then, as this interview was released, many other interviews also featured many people mentioning the unfamiliar name "Swift Wind Swordsman," resulting in "Swift Wind Swordsman" becoming thoroughly famous.
Overnight, countless people learned of the appearance of a superhero, and Hannah's video, posted on her personal website, went viral. Hannah was so scared she didn't know what had happened, thinking she had offended someone and was being subjected to an Explosion.
"Oh, so that's how it is." Noah nodded. He had allowed his female classmate to film that video at the time; otherwise, he could have had Lissandra delete it.
But Noah's idea was to experience what it felt like to be Iron Man—that feeling where everyone would scream and cheer when you appeared, calling you a superhero.
However, Noah now realized that he still shouldn't actively call himself a hero or anything like that. He was simply not suited to be a hero. He didn't have any lofty ideals, and besides, if he were to become a superhero...
Moreover, if you become a superhero, no matter how many good deeds you do, if you are believed to have done something bad, you will be criticized and blamed by everyone. Many such things happen in Marvel movies.
Of course, if anyone dared to morally blackmail him online in the future, Noah would definitely follow the internet cable and slap them twice, to see if they would still act crazy.
Noah turned off the screen. Gwen, beside him, also took her eyes off the screen. The large black TV had suddenly produced sound and images, which truly startled her. However, she later observed it with curiosity, wondering why people suddenly appeared inside this screen that was just black moments ago. Were they trapped inside?
"Gwen, I'll have Lissandra teach you the basic knowledge of this World first. This will help you understand this World better. Then, I'll have someone prepare a bedroom for you. This will be your home from now on."
"Oh, okay." Gwen nodded. Since separating from her Master, she hadn't had a home for a long time. After she became human, she had a sense of home when she fought alongside her Sentinels of Light friends and sealed Viego. But now, she also had a home in this World.
After Noah finished speaking, he turned his head, seemingly searching for something, but he quickly found what he was looking for.
"Blitzcrank, prepare a habitable room for Gwen. Choose the one next to my room." Noah found Blitzcrank, who was in the corner. After being called by Noah, Blitzcrank emerged from the Shadow, revealing his White mechanical body.
Blitzcrank, Apple Robot
"Yes, Master." Blitzcrank's mechanical voice was still peculiar.
"Hello, I'm Gwen." Gwen suddenly realized there was another person in the house. No, it should be a robot.
"Hello, Miss Gwen."
"Gwen, if you need anything in your room in the future, just tell Blitzcrank directly. He will prepare the things you need." Blitzcrank can assemble the things you need using nanomachines, of course, these are things with design methods, otherwise, he can't conjure a Universe spaceship out of thin air for you.
"Lissandra, I'm entrusting Gwen's matters to you."
"No problem, Noah."
Noah left the Villa. After putting on his Armor, he flew at high speed towards a densely populated community. Of course, he had the stealth function on. He planned to complete today's missions first. Although nothing major was happening, only some C-class missions, you couldn't not do them; not doing them would be a waste.
So Noah began his routine of beating up thugs.
[essence + 100 points]
[Current essence: 3200 points]
Next, Noah returned to the laboratory, ready to begin creating Lissandra's body.