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Chapter 39
🕑 Added 2025-04-07 07:03:54 +0000 UTCWhen I stepped through the portal, I left it open for the other five to walk through. I could feel Reed's eyes piercing my back with wonder. He might have a lot of questions about how I had just torn space and made the distance between two very different areas a walking distance, questions I will most likely not answer because there is nothing more annoying than dealing with people more intelligent than you.
When I saw all the 5 passing trough I close it, and finally let my mind rest my removing all the physical changes I had done to my body to hide my identity, one thing about being just a normal kid, is that even if they see my face, would they even know my name or who I am? Also, most of the things that connected me to my previous life are already gone, or are not easily accessible.
I hear the gasps of some of the people here, my previous overbearing presence now felt more natural, as my aura took a more tame feeling, I embrace the calmness of nature, the vastness of our dimension, the experience of the blood that fuels everyone's body, I changed not only physically, but also in other ways that couldn't just be seen with the eyes.
My height returns to normal, from 1.9 meters to my normal 1.8, my previously big muscles are now back to my normal and chiseled ones, the golden mana that covered my hands and the green veins and wood mask that covered my face also gone, leaving behind a normal 18 years old, if not better looking and fit than the rest.
" You are a kid." The voice of the Invisible Woman states, before anyone else could, I could see the other woman, the one who had crashed the Thing through the roof of Notrè Dame, deflate a little when she saw my real age.
" You just answered the thousand-dollar question, are African dollars ok?" I said, removing my equipment and changing to normal clothing, casting a quick repair on the clock since it was the one that took the most damage.
" Isn't it usually the million-dollar question?" The human torch said, trying to ruin my joke, but I had a counter-joke to his retort.
" Do I look that rich? I live in a temple." I said while pointing around me.
" Fair, I think you would like Spider-Man with your sense of humor." He nods with a smile on his face.
Being honored to be compared to Spider-Man aside, I look at the dad of the group, The Thing, because there is no way Reed is the dad with the number of times he risked his group's lives through his experiments.
" So, what do you all wish to talk about?"
" Your name would be a nice start." The thing said while going for a handshake.
" That is no, you can call me John if you wish to do so, but I am not giving you my name," I said while shaking his hand, using my new control over my physical body to erase my fingerprints.
I feel Ivy wither through my clothes as she goes inside the main building, ready to call for help if necessary, and also a way to protect Mary from possible dangers. Obsidian is also awake but still hugging Mary, ready to use its life if necessary to protect her; he can regenerate, she can't.
" Fair enough, John, you can call me Ben." He smiled while saying that, at least I think it is a smile, a rock physiology doesn't help with expressing emotions.
"Johnny."
"Susan."
"R-"
" Is there a need to even tell me your name? You are one of the brightest minds in the world, and make sure to let everyone know that."
Johnny laughed heartily at my joke, but Reed didn't say anything for a moment, not expecting the remark.
" Yvette." The woman with the sword finally says her name, and the fact that she is still almost naked doesn't seem to annoy her even for a second.
" Why not the brightest?" Reed finally seems to return to his natural self.
Man and their wish to be the biggest in the room, the biggest car, the biggest house, the biggest brain, in this case, let's not make this thought PG-18 and say what they are trying to compensate with these things.
" Because as much of a genius you are, you are also an idiot."
Johnny rolls on the ground laughing, Susan also seems to try and contain herself, the only ones who remain somewhat serious are Ben and Yvette.
"Why do you say that? A lot of my inventions and discoveries have helped this world progress."
" Because you are not aware of what your creations can cause, you create a portal to other dimensions, not knowing if on the other side there might be welcoming people, you create weapons without even knowing they can be used as such, you make most of your inventions public fully aware that not everyone in this world is a hero, are intelligent, that is a fact, but you are also stupid enough to not use your intelligence wisely."
And that is something that I am not the only one who thinks so, a lot of the street-level villains that pester the normal citizen like me, can reign free and cause cause also because of people like Reed, that wish to show off their intelligence and show the world their technologies as if they were nothing, at least Stark keeps the schematics to his armor to himself, and only shows parts of what he creates.
He remains shut, pondering over my words. I hope that makes him think before doing something stupid again.
"Well then, anyway, can we contact you in the future? We are all tired, but we still wish to thank you." Susan asks me in the hope of changing the subject.
I give her my number of my phone number, which remains mostly inside my inventory. Whenever I receive a call or message, I usually am alerted through a notification, luckily, it automatically blocks spam calls.
The 5 then go back to silence, looking around, not sure what to do.
" Any chance you can magic us home?" Even though Johnny is not the one covered in rocks, he seems to be the one with the thickest skin when it comes to awkward questions.
Teleporting Yvette to her home was quite easy, The Fantastic 4 instead had to give me their precise coordinates to teleport them; their base being in Antarctica didn't help.
" We will call you," Susan says before the portal closes, leaving me finally alone, and able to release a sigh in relaxation.
" Why is dealing with important people so hard?"
