Chapter 86: God Can’t Save Ian
The return was completely silent.
He suddenly opened his eyes.
【00：42】
Ian habitually looked at the alarm clock on the desk. Everything was the same, the return time was still accurate. He wasn’t surprised that Digital Tony could calculate the time of his disappearance.
“I’ve disappeared from that world many times. That guy is an AI that can even calculate souls. It would be strange if he couldn’t figure out something like this.”
Ian looked at the box in his hand.
The demon’s head was still there.
It hadn’t been swapped.
This guy just seemed to have claustrophobia acting up, constantly trembling.
“You… we’re back again?”
It had clearly sensed the surroundings, so it hurriedly continued in extreme nervousness, “Don’t worry, I won’t say anything. I won’t expose that you’re a dimension demon god who keeps a group of souls captive, then cloned a so-called savior and ruthlessly toys with those souls!”
“Even if the King of Hell comes, I won’t say!”
While in the box, it had obviously thought about life for a long time. Perhaps the dark environment really awakened some literary creation talent in this Minotaur Demon.
“Unfortunately, it still can’t compare to my world-shocking talent.”
Ian closed the metal box again, shutting the Minotaur Demon’s head inside. He thought that if he kept it locked up longer, the demon might come up with many ideas he could steal and use.
“Looks like I’m a little bit naughty after all.”
He briefly reviewed his experiences in the Nightmare World.
The youth had some ideas in his mind.
“I need to prepare in advance for contacting Sentry!” Ian walked to his desk. After passing through Batman’s battle suit, he felt his wisdom had gained a bit more strategy on top of his resourcefulness.
He wondered if Batman’s original battle suit had better effects?
It’s a shame Batman isn’t a girl.
Whatever.
No more trying.
Bruce Wayne has body odor.
He didn’t lack that bit of strategy anyway.
While thinking, Ian picked up his mobile phone and dialed a phone number.
“Beep beep beep~”
As a minor, he now indeed had a mobile phone. It came from Mr. Batman’s free gift. Ian had no intention of being cautious with it. A phone that didn’t require paying bills and could be used as a brick—Ian of course followed the principle of using it if it’s free.
After all, the other party was Batman. If Batman wanted to eavesdrop on someone, whether he threw away the phone or did all sorts of fancy operations, it would just be a futile effort like “one operation fierce like tiger.” As long as he pretended in daily life to have no secrets, then Batman couldn’t know any of his secrets. This was Ian’s way of dealing with Batman.
“Beep beep beep~”
Another series of phone waiting tones.
In patient waiting.
The phone Ian dialed was finally answered.
“Mr. Leonard Hofstadter, it’s me.”
Ian spoke first.
“Ah?”
The person on the other end of the phone was clearly stunned.
The receiver also transmitted 《Halo》 game sound effects and Sheldon’s signature scream.
“What kind of person calls you at this hour! Leonard! You wouldn’t be colluding with a gang behind my back, would you!” Sheldon’s voice was full of exclamations.
The sound of light running appeared.
It seemed Leonard had gone outside the apartment door.
“It’s quiet here now. Just now it was my pet marmot… may I ask who you are?” Leonard didn’t recognize Ian’s voice, whom he’d only met once.
Ian didn’t blame him.
“I’m capitalist Ian. We met at the gym entrance.” Ian spoke patiently. The next moment, the other end of the phone made a sound of sudden realization.
“Homelander’s father! I remember! I have a friend who’s also very eager to see your 《The Boys》 comic!” Leonard’s exclamation made Ian raise an eyebrow.
The other party truly lived up to being an advanced physicist.
He could even sense through quantum entanglement that Ian now had a Homelander persona.
“That’s right, it’s me.”
Ian gave a thumbs-up from afar.
He hoped the quantum entanglement effect would also make the other party thank him sometime soon.
“Uh, Ian, right? Is there something you need from me? If it’s about work, we’re still considering it, um, yes, still considering.”
Leonard’s voice sounded a bit guilty.
“No problem, no rush. We have plenty of time. Today I just want to consult you about comics. Have you heard of the 《Incredible Hulk》 comic?”
“I want to ask about the publishing company of this comic, or other stories in the same universe.” Ian’s so-called preparation was naturally about Sentry.
Sentry’s corpse was clearly a done deal, but if he ran into another Homelander situation, it would be over. So whether useful or not, Ian had to ensure Sentry’s image existed in this world.
“Are you creating comics and need some new inspiration? Okay, wait a moment.” Leonard didn’t feel confusion; instead, he ran off full of understanding.
Rapid footsteps accompanied Sheldon’s complaints. Leonard told him to shut up, the world went quiet. He seemed to have run back to the room, panting like he’d run a marathon. Ian believed the other’s home must be huge; otherwise, how could he be panting so hard? It seemed his setting for the Batman story was quite reasonable too.
“I have a collection of this obscure comic. It only ran for a few issues. I felt like me and Hulk, both pitiful… okay, please ignore my nonsense.”
Leonard was rummaging through things on the other end of the phone.
“The publishing company is Atlas Comics… seems they did have other works. Let me check for you.” With that, the sound of keyboard typing came from Leonard’s end.
“Found it. This company was really unlucky. I checked for you on the 【Edge People Should Read Edge Comics Website】. They published three comics in total: Incredible Hulk, Invincible Thor, and Human Torch. All flopped for various reasons, and even the comic artist died in an accident.”
“This is really creepy!”
Leonard’s gasp sounded like his asthma was about to flare up.
“Great, thank you, Leonard. I have inspiration now. You seem like a real superhero too.” Ian was thoughtful; it matched the information he found on Google.
When the phone dial tone sounded.
Leonard instinctively touched his head—good, still there. As a reader of 《The Boys》, this veteran otaku had way too strong immersion in certain lines.
“After getting to know Homelander, I don’t even dare look at Superman straight anymore.” Leonard and his friends had held more than one debate about whether Superman could ejaculate on the moon.
And Homelander’s appearance.
would inevitably spread this debate to more groups—no other reason, after all, the brain hole of ejaculating into the moon, that comic artist little boy really drew it!
Though it was just the story’s beginning.
But the epic grade famous scene, Moon Fang Heaven-Piercer, enhanced version, the shock it brought to veteran otakus was undoubtedly huge. Leonard couldn’t imagine Superman’s expression if he saw 《The Boys》.
“And that character named Deep Sea… definitely modeled after Aquaman. Aquaman’s temper is not good.” Leonard was really willing to bet again.
He firmly believed that the more popular 《The Boys》 got after publication, the higher the chance he’d see the Justice League reunite in the news to rage against the comic artist little boy. In this disaster-prone world, God might always be blessing America, but He might not protect a bold comic artist.
“Good thing his guts haven’t grown to dare draw Batman yet.”
This was one place Leonard felt Ian still had some wisdom. After all, to create the mentality of 《The Boys》, in his view, it was somewhat deserving of Arkham Asylum.
A little boy.
How long could he survive in there?
