San Francisco.
Dane dragged his heavy feet onto the subway home.
He carefully avoided the urine stains in the corner, inwardly complaining again about the quality of people in the United States.
Finding a clean spot, Dane slumped down, not wanting to get up.
To adapt to the U.S. situation, he applied to join the school football team shortly after enrolling.
He heard that this school valued the football league quite a bit, and if he could lead the team to win the school league championship, he would receive a large scholarship.
This money was very important for an orphan like him, with no parents.
Fortunately, after reincarnating as a White person, he lacked money, love, a father, and a mother, but he certainly didn't lack strength and stamina; just looking at his height and build, the coach decided to take him on.
He estimated that with a little more effort recently, he might even be able to compete for the quarterback position.
As he thought, Dane's eyelids started to droop; training so late every day, his physical exertion was immense.
But he quickly roused himself; this place wasn't safe, and he had to be wary of having his bag picked.
However, when he looked around, he suddenly felt something was off.
"Hmm, why isn't there anyone?"
Dane clutched his schoolbag and walked into other carriages, discovering that all the carriages were empty.
It wasn't even eight o'clock; that couldn't be right!
Amidst this confusion, Dane suddenly noticed that the scenery outside the window was somewhat unusual.
Streaks of light flashed past his eyes, and eventually even penetrated the window and swept past his nose.
"What the hell!"
Dane recoiled in surprise, but how could he be as fast as light? The light passed directly through his body and exited from behind him.
"What. The. Hell…"
The subway's speed suddenly began to accelerate, and the light outside the window quickly merged into a blur, making his eyes ache.
Dane looked up and saw a line of undecipherable cuneiform script appearing on the doorframe, and the windows were covered in static.
For a moment, Dane felt this thing looked familiar, but before he could figure out where he had seen it before.
He found the train suddenly stopped, and the immense inertia threw him forward, leaving him disoriented.
Fortunately, his body was strong, and he recovered quickly; at this point, the train doors opened.
Dane got up from the ground and cautiously stepped out of the door.
He found that before him was not any known station, but a deep-looking, seemingly naturally formed rocky path.
This sense of déjà vu was getting stronger and stronger.
Dane looked left and right; besides this path, there was no other way for him to go, so he could only accept his fate.
At the end of the path, he saw a person, an old man in a red robe, with messy hair and dark skin.
He was stunned.
No, big brother, I've lived here for over a decade, and just as my life was starting to look up, you tell me this World is so dangerous!
"Dane Davis!"
Dane replied expressionlessly, instinctively: "I'm here."
"You shall inherit my abilities and become the new Guardian of the Rock of Eternity."
"Come, grasp this Scepter, and call out my name, Shazam!"
Wait, isn't this process incomplete?
Dane felt something was off; before granting power, shouldn't there be a customary test?
Like a pure heart or something.
He glanced behind the old man; the statues of the seven deadly sins were still there, so Dr. Sivana, the bald villain, hadn't arrived yet. Shouldn't a young person be tested?
Dane always believed there was no such thing as a free lunch, especially when it came to the Shazam Force.
This power is essentially built upon contract magic, and it's too easy to tamper with contracts.
Don't believe me? Ask the Ghost Rider from the neighboring set.
Wizard Jebadiah looked at the young face before him, somewhat helpless:
"Dane Davis, what are you still hesitating for?"
"Mr. Wizard, before I inherit your power, shouldn't there be a test or something?" Dane probed.
The Wizard was silent for a moment, then muttered softly: "No matter which World's you, why are you all so troublesome."
"What did you say?"
Jebadiah suddenly slammed his Scepter, and Dane's right hand uncontrollably stuck to the Scepter. He tried to pull back, but couldn't.
No, you're just forcing it? Dane was dumbfounded.
The Wizard snorted lightly: "Dane, I know what you're doubting, but please believe me, I know more about you than you do yourself."
"Now, repeat after me, Shazam!"
Alright, it seems he had no choice but to become this successor, so Dane could only comply.
"Shazam!"
A thunderbolt descended from the sky, striking Danedirectly.
He trembled all over, an electric tingling sensation spread throughout his body, followed by a surge of power filling every cell.
His already tall body grew even taller, stopping only when it reached 6 feet 5 inches (about 196 cm).
His jacket transformed into a red bodysuit, golden artifacts appeared on his wrists and waist, and his boots were also replaced with golden ones; he stomped his foot, thankfully they weren't uncomfortable.
The most striking feature was the lightning bolt on his chest; Dane quickly looked down, relieved it wasn't the LED light from the movie, but rather similar to Black Adam's.
He had always disliked the movie version, thinking it looked fake.
"Excellent, now you possess the power of the Old Gods."
"Solomon's Wisdom (S), Hercules' Strength (H), Atlas' Stamina (A), Zeus' Power (Z), Achilles' Courage (A), and Mercury's Speed (M)!"
"From now on, you must bear the responsibility that 'Shazam' should bear!"
"The Rock of Eternity is a sacred place for all magic, and must not be lost; I leave it to you."
"Remember, the power of magic comes from within…"
After speaking, the Wizard's face suddenly shattered like sand, turning into a pile of dust in the blink of an eye.
Ah, this…
Does your Wizard Council never provide onboarding training for newcomers? Straight to work?
Dane was full of questions; this hand-off was too clean. By rights, the Wizard should still have a few years left, right?
Don't you still have a role in Shazam 2?
"Dane, Dane, come quickly!"
Alone, Dane suddenly heard murmuring voices around him.
He turned his head and saw the seven deadly sins' eyes glowing with a dim red light, clearly they were speaking.
"seven deadly sins…"
"That's right, it's us. Come, tell us your desires, and we can help you fulfill them."
"Whether it's money."
"Or beauty."
"Or power."
"Even strength!"
"As long as you ask, we will respond. Accept us!"
"Even the Old Gods cannot suppress their desires."
"Don't be shy, child, quickly speak your desires, tell me what you want…"
Dane lowered his head, the arc of lightning danced in his eyes, and Zeus's divine power formed a scorching lightning around him.
"Wait, what are you doing!"
Dane looked up, revealing a smile. He raised his fingertip, and a bolt of lightning "boom" struck the blue magic eye in the center of the stone statue.
"Ah—!"
"No—! Stop it!"
"Damn bastard, ah—!"
This blue-glowing magic eye was the one the bald villain in the movie put into his right eye.
It was the medium for the seven deadly sins to reside in, and also the corporeal vessel connected to their spirits.
At this moment, the magic eye was bombarded by divine power, like being electrocuted, causing them excruciating pain.
After punishing the seven deadly sins, Dane felt refreshed.
"What good are you seven useless things to a promising new God like me?"
Shazam possesses a divine body, divine power, divine artifacts, and divine knowledge; it's perfectly accurate to say he is the Greek Old Gods themselves.
In a time when the Old Gods are hidden and Wonder Woman is not active, Dane saying he is the only God is perfectly fine.
How could he possibly get involved with a foul mess like the seven deadly sins?
Besides, the entire Rock of Eternity is mine now; if I want to do something to you broken stone statues, can you even resist?
Dane opened his palm, and the Wizard's Scepterautomatically flew into his hand. After the Wizard disappeared, ownership of the Scepter automatically transferred to him.
The moment Dane obtained the Scepter, he simultaneously obtained ownership of the Rock of Eternity.
The first thing he was going to do was change the lock password for this place.
From now on, no one would be able to enter without his permission.
Baldy, eat shit!