Chapter 1: The DC World, Gotham
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America.
Gotham City at night.
In a room in an apartment, a young man nearly twenty-five years old was sitting on the sofa watching TV. The TV was reporting on a recent tragedy in Gotham City.
"Recently, during business hours, a group of robbers broke into a restaurant. A shooting incident occurred, resulting in a total of twelve deaths."
"Fortunately, Batman arrived at the scene, preventing more people from suffering at the hands of the robbers..."
As the news played on the TV, the young man was well aware that he had transmigrated to an extremely dangerous world, called the DC world.
Furthermore, his name was Jiang Li, and he was currently in one of the most dangerous cities in the DC world, the infamous Gotham City.
Crimes happened here every few days, all sorts of crimes, including robbery, murder, and so on.
It had been more than ten years since he transmigrated into the body of a seven-year-old Chinese-American boy with the same name.
The good news was that he was childhood friends with Bruce Wayne and Zatanna Zatara. The bad news was that he was born in Gotham City without parents.
But fortunately, he possessed a sign-in system. When he first transmigrated to Gotham back then, he signed in and obtained the Captain America Super Soldier Serum.
As soon as he got it, the system automatically integrated the Super Soldier Serum into Jiang Li's body, making his physique incredibly strong since childhood.
He had tried going to other cities to sign in, such as Metropolis or Central City, but the system didn't react at all.
Perhaps there was a specific trigger condition.
He hadn't encountered any major events, or perhaps none had happened. The only one that occurred, he probably wasn't present for: the death of Bruce Wayne's parents.
As a transmigrator, Jiang Li only remembered the DC movie plots. Besides character settings, he knew almost nothing else.
Jiang Li secretly regretted it; if he had known he would transmigrate, he would have crammed the DC story timeline in advance.
"Bang, bang, bang!" While Jiang Li was deep in thought, his room door was suddenly knocked on.
"Who is it?" Jiang Li shouted.
But apart from the sound of the TV news channel, no one in the space responded, causing Jiang Li to frown.
If this were any other city, he might not think much of it, but this was Gotham. The slightest lapse in vigilance could cost him his life.
He was now a superhuman equivalent to Captain America, but he would still die if he took a bullet to the head!
Jiang Li slowly stood up, not making any obvious noise. He moved slowly toward the door and grabbed the baseball bat placed next to it.
Jiang Li's eyes narrowed. He slowly placed his hand on the doorknob, silently counted to three in his mind, then quickly opened the door and swung the baseball bat in his other hand forward.
"『Spell』!!" The next second, a beautiful female voice suddenly rang out, and a spell composed of reversed English was activated.
Both Jiang Li's body and the baseball bat in his hand floated uncontrollably in the air. However, Jiang Li's face showed no panic; instead, he sighed in relief.
Because he knew who it was.
"Little Za, there's no need to be so mysterious, right?" Jiang Li said helplessly.
A beautiful woman with long, dark, glossy hair stood at the door, wearing an extremely beautiful black dress. The carefully applied light makeup on her face clearly indicated she was meeting someone very important to her.
Her full name was Zatanna Zatara, Jiang Li's childhood friend whom he had known and played with since they were young, along with a certain wealthy young master named Wayne.
He and Zatanna had a good relationship; they had attended the same public school through elementary, middle, and high school.
Zatanna pouted her cute little mouth, slightly angry, "I finally managed to run away from home to give you a surprise, and you were going to hit my head with a baseball bat?"
Jiang Li naturally wouldn't admit fault. He spoke up, "Do you know where this is?"
"This is Gotham. A murder happens every few weeks or even every few days. You knock and don't answer; it's hard not to be suspicious."
Gotham's crime rate is one of the highest in all of America, perhaps even number one.
Anyone living in Gotham lives their days with vigilance, let alone a transmigrator like Jiang Li.
After hearing this, Zatanna thought about it carefully and realized it seemed to be the case. "Alright, my bad this time."
The next second, Zatanna waved her hand, and Jiang Li's body slowly floated down, landing gently on the sofa.
After the small incident, Zatanna smiled warmly at Jiang Li and said, "Long time no see, Li."
After speaking, Zatanna trotted over and hugged Jiang Li intimately, pressing her entire body close to him.
"Long time no see, Little Za."
It had been two years since he last parted ways with Zatanna. For the past two years, Zatanna had been taken home by her father, Zatara, to train in backward magic.
Perhaps Zatanna was smart enough to escape, or perhaps Zatara secretly allowed it. In any case, after two long years, Zatanna finally saw the person she liked the most.
"You don't know how much I've missed you these two years."
"I know, I know."
Hugging so tightly, almost wanting to merge into one. I know how much you missed me, Jiang Li thought.
In the next second, the system in his mind suddenly reacted, emitting its long-lost voice.
[Sign in on Zatanna, obtained: Extraordinary Magical Power.]
[Extraordinary Magical Power: Gain a magical physique and max-level affinity. Greatly increases the host's maximum magic value, and magic power automatically regenerates over time.]
Jiang Li was overjoyed upon hearing this. The long-dormant system finally reacted today. Jiang Li couldn't help but hold Zatanna's pretty face and give her a hard kiss on the cheek.
Zatanna's little face instantly turned bright red. She had never been kissed by a boy growing up, and now she had been kissed by the person she liked the most.
Zatanna's reaction made Jiang Li chuckle. The little girl was really shy. "Little Za, let's go out for a walk."
"Ah... okay."
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