At night, on a dock in New York's Hell's Kitchen, members of the Black Snake Gang were putting several unconscious children into sacks and loading them into containers.
Akira hid in the darkness, observing every move of the Black Snake Gang members.
After roughly figuring out the Gang's personnel deployment here, Akira equipped the Entry—Walking on Thin Ice. Soon, a layer of ice formed on the ground centered around Akira's feet and spread outward at a visible speed.
Despite it being May, the ice did not melt; on the contrary, in just a few tens of seconds, the ice had spread across the entire port.
A Gang underling, not paying attention, slipped and made intimate contact with the cement ground.
The surrounding Gang members immediately burst into laughter, "Harry, if you're sleepy, hurry home to your mom!"
"Hahaha!"
The underling, getting up from the ground, cursed angrily, "F*ck! Why is this damn ground freezing!"
The outermost underling was still enjoying the show when he felt something brush past him, and then he lost control of his body, but his brain was still clear, and his eyes were still open, so he saw a man in a black trench coat, who seemed to be wearing glasses.
"Who's there?"
As underlings fell one by one, someone finally noticed the anomaly, raised their gun, and aimed at the Shadow. The other Gang members also realized the problem and raised their pistols.
But because of the ice on the ground, several more Gang members slipped and fell in their panic.
Seeing Akira still approaching, the Gang members threatened:
"Stop, or we'll shoot if you get any closer!"
Akira ignored their threats and continued to approach them at an inhuman speed.
The Gang members did not hesitate and began to focus fire on Akira.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Akira grabbed a Gang underling who had lost control of his body, threw him forward, and blocked all the incoming bullets.
By the time the Gang member, riddled with bullets, fell to the ground, Akira was already in their midst. He carried no weapon, but each time he brushed past a Gang member's body, the Gang member would instantly lose the ability to move and collapse to the ground.
Some Gang members, seeing that things were not right, ran towards the exit of the port, but the ice under their feet seemed to become slipperier the more panicked they were, and they all slipped and fell.
A Black Snake Gang boss watched his underlings fall in a bizarre manner. Firearms were useless against that man. He wanted to escape, but his feet kept slipping, making it impossible to move.
Entry—Walking on Thin Ice: After using this Entry, a thin layer of ice will form underfoot and continuously spread outward. The more panicked one is, the easier it is to slip and fall.
After knocking down all the Gang thugs, Akira walked towards the only Gang member still able to move, the Gang boss. He had deliberately left him to interrogate for information later.
Akira was a transmigrator. His previous life was no longer important, nor could it truly be considered a previous life. He vaguely remembered one afternoon when he was strolling down the street and felt a strong gust of wind, and then a Optimus Prime completed its mission, opening the door to another dimension for him.
When Akira regained consciousness, he found himself in an alley in New York of the Marvel Universe. It seemed he had body-transmigrated, at least Akira hadn't found any difference between his current body and his previous one after half a year of transmigration.
And after arriving in the Marvel Universe, he gained a peculiar ability: his vision was filled with many strange dots and lines, and some complex, abstract information, as if the entire World had become fragmented, ready to fall apart with a gentle touch.
When Akira first transmigrated, he merely traced a line on a wall, and the entire wall collapsed like a shoddy tofu-dreg project that had fallen into disrepair.
Initially, Akira, being a pseudo-two-dimensional fan, thought he had obtained the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, similar to Ryougi Shiki's from Type-Moon. As for why he possessed such an ability that only existed in two-dimensional Worlds, he was not clear.
It wasn't until he met other people and saw "tags" or rather, "Entries," on them that shouldn't exist, that he noticed he also had "Entries" like an NPC.
Entry—One Who Escaped Death: Trapped in death, yet escaped death. Ability: Both eyes can see the death of conceptual things and bring death to them, manifesting as the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. Can see the lines of death on things, and cutting along the lines of death can bestow death.
Entry—Person from Outside: From beyond the infinite multiverse, can bypass the influence of this World.
Akira had not yet experienced the effect of the Entry—Person from Outside. He speculated that this ability might make Thanos's snap ineffective against him.
Akira's true ability was to see various abstract "Entries" and then acquire these "Entries" through special means.
There are many ways to acquire "Entries." One is to meet certain conditions, such as the Entry—One Who Escaped Death, which Akira had always equipped. The condition for it was to truly die and then resurrect.
If it's an "Entry" on a person, acquiring it requires 'defeating' the Entry holder or having the other party completely 'submit.' 'Defeating' is easy to achieve; winning a game of rock-paper-scissors is enough, but it requires the other party to admit defeat from the bottom of their heart.
If it's an "Entry" on an object, the object where the "Entry" resides must be completely destroyed or replaced with a similar "Entry" to acquire it.
Some "Entry" abilities are fixed and can only increase in proficiency, such as the Entry—Walking on Thin Ice. This was an Entry Akira acquired not long ago from an Aquaman who was dating seven women simultaneously.
That Aquaman suspected one of his women was cheating and commissioned Akira to investigate. Out of respect for the "Entry," Akira found evidence of cheating and acquired "Walking on Thin Ice."
The specific operation was: "Mr. Aquaman, you wouldn't want your seven girlfriends to know you're dating them all simultaneously, would you?"
The threatened Aquaman reluctantly dropped this Entry.
Through continuous practice, Akira could already skillfully use "Walking on Thin Ice."
There are also "Entry" abilities that can be upgraded, such as the Entry—Human Engineering, which he always had equipped. Its effect is to comprehensively enhance his physique. The current level is lv1: 85/100. Akira felt that he was already close to the human limit and was about to reach the level of Captain America.
The Black Snake Gang boss struggled on the ground but couldn't stand up; the ice was getting slipperier and slipperier.
Akira took out a short knife, threw it down, and pinned the Black Snake Gang boss's palm to the ground. Then he deactivated "Walking on Thin Ice."
"Ow—"
The Black Snake Gang boss howled.
Akira squatted down, took a photo from his chest pocket, and showed it to the Black Snake Gang boss.
"Do you recognize this boy?"
The Gang boss was already scared out of his wits and couldn't answer Akira's question at all.
"Still playing dumb!" Akira frowned, then 'bang, bang,' gave the Gang boss two punches, a personality correction punch.
The Gang boss sobered up a lot, enduring the pain in his palm and gritting his teeth as he looked at the boy in the photo.
"I, I can't remember!" The Gang boss's voice trembled slightly.
Akira narrowed his eyes, then 'bang, bang,' gave the Gang boss two more punches. This was the Great Memory Restoration Technique.
"Boss, stop, stop hitting, I remember!"
"Speak!" Akira showed a kind smile.
The Gang boss's heart tightened, and he said tremblingly:
"Two days ago, on Elm Street in Hell's Kitchen, Salar saw this child alone in an alley and took the opportunity to abduct him. Afterwards, he was sent away with the other children who had been captured."