But if he did that, it would be a one-time deal.
After squeezing this opportunity dry, there would be nothing left afterward.
After all, once you’ve taken advantage of someone, and they’re not idiots, they naturally won’t let you do it a second time.
If Alex could only play Minato, then taking one opportunity and leaving would be fine.
After all, it was only a matter of reaching one hundred percent role-playing progress.
There would be plenty of chances in the future.
But Minato wasn’t the only character Alex could play.
There were countless powerful figures from Naruto waiting for him, and even powerful characters from the DC universe and the Dragon Ball universe.
With that ability, he was completely capable and qualified to play the entire lineup of Konoha’s powerful figures by himself.
And just Konoha’s strong characters alone weren’t enough.
The Naruto world also had many charismatic villains.
If he could play them as well, Alex certainly wouldn’t refuse.
And in the Naruto world, what was the most famous villain organization?
Without even thinking, a name appeared in his mind.
‘The Akatsuki.’ The Akatsuki ran through the entire Naruto story.
Many Naruto fans liked the villains in the Akatsuki even more than the two main characters, Naruto and Sasuke.
Alex liked the Akatsuki too.
If he could recreate it in Marvel, he would definitely do it.
These were all part of his ambitions.
So a one-time deal absolutely wouldn’t work.
A long-term approach was the real answer.
And how could he make it last?
Alex’s idea was to strengthen the Marvel world’s trust in the characters he played.
Once they trusted him, there would naturally be a steady stream of commissions afterward.
Wasn’t that exactly what a long-term approach meant?
And as for gaining trust, at the moment it seemed that having Konoha Village show goodwill toward this world was a good method.
Although Konoha in Naruto wasn’t completely righteous, the Konoha Village in Alex’s version would be a genuinely righteous organization.
However, after careful consideration, Alex felt that goodwill from Konoha alone wasn’t enough.
More accurately, it was too slow.
The Hulk storyline had already appeared.
There were only five, six, or perhaps seven years left before the purple potato guy snapped his fingers.
Simply showing goodwill would be enough for that amount of time, but Alex wanted more than just making the people of Marvel Earth believe in Konoha Village.
He also wanted to become strong enough during that period, so he had to speed things up.
So how could he increase the pace?
After thinking about it, Alex found the answer.
A crisis.
If he wanted trust to grow faster, there had to be a crisis.
When the people of the Marvel world fell into danger, and the characters from Konoha that Alex played saved them, wouldn’t that create trust?
As for crises, the Marvel world already had plenty of them.
They weren’t difficult to find.
And even if it were difficult, he could simply play Akatsuki villains himself, stir up trouble, and create crises.
As it happened, cleaning up Hell’s Kitchen was a perfect chance to start causing trouble.
But right now, he could only play Minato.
He couldn’t play other characters yet, so the matter of cleaning up Hell’s Kitchen would have to be delayed.
For now, he could only quietly pray that his second role-playing character would be a villain.
The more Alex thought about it, the more excited he became.
This was basically using one hand to hit the other, profiting from conflict, and making huge gains from a single investment.
As for whether innocent people would get hurt?
Alex felt that since he would essentially be fighting himself, he would definitely control the intensity properly, so there was no need to worry.
Thinking this far, Alex finally understood.
He completely abandoned the idea he had worked so hard to come up with not long ago, finding a rich target, having them commission the cleanup of Hell’s Kitchen, and collecting a reward in one go.
Instead, he decided that from this moment onward, he would start bluffing S.H.I.E.L.D.
Not just S.H.I.E.L.D., but the entire Marvel world.
Looking at Natasha, Alex prepared himself and got ready to make things up as he pleased.
“Agent Romanoff, right?” “I just connected to the village through a mind ninjutsu and asked about your S.H.I.E.L.D.” “According to our intelligence system, your current situation doesn’t seem very optimistic.” “Still, you’re barely trustworthy.
And you’re also the first official organization in the ordinary world willing to approach us in good faith.” “So, I’ll tell you why I came to New York.” Alex’s words shocked Natasha, the think tank inside S.H.I.E.L.D., and even Nick Fury.
They had just seen Alex lower his head without any change in expression and assumed he was thinking.
They never expected it to be a mind-based ninjutsu capable of long-distance communication.
If Alex hadn’t said it himself, they never would have considered that possibility.
As for whether Alex was lying?
Everyone at S.H.I.E.L.D.
believed it was impossible.
The strong had their own dignity and bearing.
S.H.I.E.L.D.’s think tank had evaluated Minato as, “The strongest ninja in history, a powerhouse at least two tiers above every superhero currently known.” Someone with that level of strength wouldn’t bother lying.
And there was no need for him to lie.
Even in modern society, once a person’s strength reached a certain level, they could move beyond the limits of ordinary laws.
As long as they weren’t trying to destroy the world or rule it, governments generally would not pursue truly powerful individuals or superheroes for killing a few ordinary people.
Hulk was a perfect example.