Ian came to class today largely because he wanted to find a contingency plan here. Yes, Ian had remembered who the boy he had briefly encountered in the cafeteria previously was last night.
Sam Winchester.
He was a crossover character, comparable to Homelander and Hannibal.
The source should be an old American TV show called *Supernatural*. The plot of the over ten seasons is easy to summarize: Sam and his older brother Dean started by hunting ghosts, moved on to killing demons, then angels, and finally, feeling unsatisfied, killed God.
Perhaps the two brothers in this world weren't quite that formidable, but Ian felt that the other party's family surely possessed the knowledge he needed—the ultimate answer to how to solve the root cause of his father's death.
"I suggest if you have a fever, you should take some cold medicine." Sam recovered from his shock, looking at Ian with the strange gaze reserved for a lunatic.
The overly young Winchester clearly hadn't grown his courage yet.
"I am genuinely asking for help."
Ian looked at a girl who was chatting and laughing with her friends nearby. "If you help me find the method I want, I will tell you how you can get what you want."
He had come prepared.
A true top student never takes an unprepared test.
"I... I don't know what you're talking about." Sam's eyes suddenly darted away. His face instantly flushed to his ears. This was definitely a case of a young man's true blush being better than any declaration.
"You're so smart, you definitely know what I'm talking about, and... you should also know what I can do." Ian intended to use the carrot and stick negotiation tactics of a big shot from a TV show.
However.
The cup he raised and shook contained Coca-Cola, and there were remnants of sweet and sour tomato juice on his smiling lips, which severely lacked the proper aura of a big shot.
(T/N:- Leonardo dicaprio or Johan lol)
Nevertheless.
Sam wasn't very old, so he was indeed intimidated.
"You! You can't do that!" He slammed the table slightly in urgency, fire seemed to flicker in his eyes, and his knuckles turned white, though he appeared somewhat flustered.
"Why can't I? This is the free United States of America." Ian raised his head. His intention was to express that he also had the right to pursue the girl Sam liked.
However.
"My dad is a man! You can't accuse him of molesting you! The police won't believe your story!" Sam's train of thought was clearly even more abnormal than Ian's.
"..."
Ian was stunned by the other person's wild guess.
After a long time.
"It's not impossible, we could try it." Ian gave a nod of approval to the "suggestion" offered by the other party. He felt that he was indeed not suited to be a villain who threatens others.
"Damn it! You are too despicable!"
Sam visibly panicked even more upon hearing this. He was defeated by his own suggestion. "I will go back and check for you! Don't involve my family in this!"
"They are innocent!" Sam's reaction was disproportionately large. He stormed off in a huff, leaving Ian still sitting there, feeling that the situation had completely exceeded his predictions.
*Gulp*
Ian took a sip of coke.
He finally understood why Sam couldn't win over the girl he liked.
"We're all Family-Men, why such unnecessary internal strife... Given such a strong reaction, this guy is definitely a fellow patient." Ian, shaking his coke cup, took a bite of the tomato tenderloin left on the table.
He sincerely lamented while doing so.
And also forked the untouched chicken leg from Sam's abandoned tray onto his own.
Food was innocent.
...
The afternoon classes were as boring as ever. The teacher was droning on, while Ian lay his head sideways on the desk, stroking the pendant Madison gave him while staring at her nonstop.
"What are you doing?"
Madison blocked Ian's eyes with her textbook, feeling slightly uncomfortable being stared at.
"You don't really want to date me, do you?" Madison asked suspiciously. She felt Ian was really strange today, more bizarre than any other day.
"You can't even achieve an annual income of ten million, 36D, be genuinely devoted to me, pester me relentlessly, or buy me a Lamborghini. Why would you think I want to date you?" Ian's tone was genuinely confused. He had indeed been exasperated when his leveling practice was interrupted, but now, after being well-fed, his emotions were stable enough.
However.
"?????"
Madison was still stunned by his reply. Seeing that Ian wasn't joking, she fell silent for a moment, her expression strange, and she gave Ian a sincere and admiring thumbs-up.
So, once a man loses his shame, women really have no part in the competition.
"Can we be normal for once? What exactly are you staring at me for?" Madison sighed helplessly. She felt like a total rookie in front of Ian.
"I'm just considering whether you might be a newly awakening superhero, and I am merely a regular NPC who suffered massive losses in your origin story."
Ian stared at his personal panel, speaking with emotion.
Indeed, running into Lucifer wandering the mortal realm the moment she stepped outside, and buying a mysterious pendant from a street vendor on his way back, these scenarios did not seem like things a normal person would encounter.
"Green Wave Woman, no, Wonder Nurse... Damn it, I clearly have writing talent!" Ian wanted to give Madison a title, but he couldn't think of a good name.
Touching someone and immediately curing all ailments—should she be called Touch-Touch Lady? Self-Touching Girl? Ian felt stressed for nearly the entire class because his talent wasn't truly shining. Madison remained silent throughout the morning despite Ian's harassment, and Ian spent the entire morning trying to figure out Madison's situation.
"First of all, I don't have superpowers. Second, my dream is to be a star in Hollywood, not fly around in spandex—in your fantasy story, I fly just like Superman, right?" Madison negated Ian's guess while displaying a strange sense of competitiveness.
"Being a star and being a superhero aren't mutually exclusive. What a coincidence, my dream is to be a big capitalist and open a company that uses superheroes to do good deeds and make money for me."
"Come work for my company. You can be both a star and a hero... That's a triple win for us." Ian was just talking big. He was actually contemplating whether he should create The Boys comic book. Since returning from the nightmare world, Ian had been considering how to activate the [Dormant Profession] brought by Homelander.
"Open a company that uses superheroes?" Madison found it hard to imagine such a niche dream, but she had to admit that it sounded very much like a capitalist's mindset.
"Also, why is it a triple win?"
Madison's curiosity was piqued.
"Because you win once, and I win twice. Added together, that's a triple win." Ian's answer was flawless, and his self-assurance once again silenced Madison.
"Oh, right, how about 'Wonder Girl' for your title?" Ian perked up again, attempting to name Madison. He was met only with Madison's faint reply.
"You're plagiarizing so blatantly. Did you ask Wonder Woman if she agreed?" It seemed Madison was also getting drawn into it, now considering issues of copyright infringement.
"It's not impossible to ask?"
"That's hilarious. If you know Wonder Woman, then I'm Superman's paramour!"
"Uh, that one is genuinely not possible."
The two whispered.
Discussing intensely.
Because their voices were low, they didn't disturb other students, so the teacher, as usual, pretended not to notice. Just as the closing bell was about to ring.
*Ding*
The bell rang.
It suddenly cut short.
Ian noticed that everything around him seemed to freeze again, just like last night, including the classmates. The world in front of him began to rapidly fade as if makeup remover had been splashed on it.
Ian was not surprised by this. Instead, he secretly sighed in relief. The God of Gamblers of Metropolis had struck again, allowing him to confirm another point from the strangeness of last night's events.
If he wasn't anxious.
Someone else always would be.
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