In a dark space devoid of light, a young man was sitting in an armchair with obvious indifference on his face as he watched those responsible for the Marvel and DC universes slowly die; he didn't really care about the silly war that the gods of the intermediate dimensions had started, but he was in a huge dilemma now since he needed to maintain the balance and for that he would have to choose some unfortunate soul to be thrown into a universe on the brink of destruction, after all, to maintain the existence of these multiverses, as well as others in similar situations, he would be forced to create a universe with several of these fragments to maintain the balance that these miserable "gods" had destroyed, and the soul's only role was to be a variable for at least a few centuries for stabilization.
- Honestly... I don't know who to choose... they're all the same in my eyes in the end... - The young man looked at countless souls from a lower layer world that "filtered" many timelines and thus had the "stories" where the unlucky one would be sent. - Whatever let's choose some idiot who died saving someone and doesn't have a hero complex; I'll just give him a mission and that'll be that.
In a destroyed house, the gleam in a young policeman's eyes slowly disappeared, he had received at least half a dozen shots to his body while two children were looking on with tears in their eyes; today was supposed to be just a typical Friday for Eduard, just a simple patrol and it ended in disaster, a bloody gang fight took place at the end of his shift and he was forced to provide support, normally it wouldn't be a big problem, but the fact that he decided to break into a house when he heard a woman's screams ended his night; to sum up his last moments, he broke into the house and was shot twice in the shoulder, and as they had bloody rifles his vest didn't help him in the next few moments either, at least he managed to save the two children who were looking at the policeman with tears in their eyes.
After observing this soul, the young man, who was undecided, simply ignored the next in line. - This one is enough, despite being a mess he still managed to kill everyone while dying... That's exactly the kind of "heroic" madman that place is going to need... Let's just bring him in.
- ? - Eduard opened his eyes and looked around in shock as he remembered a few moments ago, but all he could see was a frightening darkness.
- Hello young human, I know you're confused, but I ask you to remain silent for now.
- !" Eduard immediately looked forward in shock as he heard the voice without understanding what was going on and saw a boy who appeared to be fifteen and could easily be a successful model standing there watching him with apparent disinterest.
- I've already stopped you talking to make sure we don't waste any time, so let's get straight to the point; you must know stories that include Superman, Batman, Hulk or Spiderman, right? - He stopped his words and looked at Eduard who nodded and continued. - Great! In short, you're the unlucky or lucky one who gets to deal with force-fused fragments of this world, I know you're curious about what that means, but honestly, I don't want to explain, so I'll just explain your only job and the pay. Your job is just to survive and spend at least five years of every decade in the designated universe. - Pausing, he looked at Eduard who was confused and considered whether to explain again for a moment before dismissing it and just moving on. - In this world, many heroes and villains from both universes don't exist, after all, they're just fragments, so I'll give you powers based on the beings left to choose from and with that I'll form your body before handing you another gift. - The man stopped and closed his eyes as he contemplated the possibilities, ignoring the confusion of the man watching him in bewilderment.
- Are available;
- Kryptonian genes;
- Martian genes;
- Green Lantern ring;
- Homo magi genes;
- Hulk;
- Sentinel power (sacrificing all abilities except the enhanced body to transform its energy into something used only to improve himself and his powers over time).
- Ego Genes;
- Chaos magic;
-....
- Now you can choose four combinations of abilities; please choose only four of them. - After saying this, he just looked at Eduard in silence while he waited.
- ... - Eduard was watching the teenager who said all these things with nothing but confusion, but he still decided not to ask any questions about the situation, he felt it would annoy the young man in front of him and strangely he felt he shouldn't do that at all. - Can I ask you something about this... payment?
- Go ahead.
- The sentinel power has practically disappeared... Why?
- It was used as a battery for the other powers; it was the strongest in my opinion of those available, but it wasn't strong enough to survive with a guarantee, so I sacrificed all its power in exchange for infinite energy aimed at its development as a whole. - Eduard stared at the "boy" for several seconds as he reasoned out the implications of this and when he understood he was simply dumbfounded.
- Does it improve everything to the point of removing weaknesses? - Eduard asked this while thinking about the Kryptonian genes and even though he didn't really understand it, he thought it would be incredible if he wasn't just hallucinating at the moment.
- Yes and no. - The entity replied disinterestedly before continuing when it noticed Eduard's perplexity. - You see, I sacrificed both him and his counterpart to generate a seed that allows you to grow to an indefinite point like me, but whether you can do that or not is up to you; now as for eliminating genetic or energetic weaknesses among others is impossible, but at the same time those weaknesses won't affect you... If I had to explain it, it would be that as a Kryptonian, for example, you would get stronger even without the sun, and even if someone put a lot of Kryptonite near you, you wouldn't feel a thing, but you wouldn't keep getting stronger until you got rid of it either, since the energy would only be used to keep you at your maximum and also mitigate any form of attack on you, even if it's your direct weakness... - After saying this, he remained silent while Eduard just took this power on his list for granted.
- I'm getting tired of waiting... Pick something soon. - The teenager complained after only a few seconds, forcing Eduard to just pick the best ones he could think of without much consideration for matching.
- All right, sir... I chose Kryptonian genes; Sentinel power; Homo magi genes; and Cosmic power.
- Good choices, actually not so much... Whatever. - The being nodded and after some thought he continued. - I will send you an assistant that you may recognize as a system in many stories from your old world, but he will only serve as a communicator and interdimensional store, and he can also learn infinitely; but there is no such thing as leveling up or anything similar. - He added, and without waiting for Eduard to ask a single question, he just sent him back to earth with lots of information in his assistant in case he screamed in hysterics when he woke up.
After dismissing Eduard, the entity just looked at that new multiverse and looked at his future integrity and nodded when he saw that it would work out, so he just ignored the soul he sent or the body he created since he didn't really care what it looked like, at least not any time soon.
- Ugh... - a baby with golden hair and blue eyes grunted in a dark alley. The child was in a basket with a mere blanket and a chain hanging around his neck with the name Eduard written on it; Eduard looked around a little dazed, but his attention was soon drawn to himself, looking at his tiny hands and his lack of body control he was sure he was screwed, even though he was a super baby he still couldn't change his own diapers right?
[initializing... Good afternoon Eduard, I will be your assistant from now on; to facilitate future interactions I will forward the information about my functions and all the languages of this world to your brain].
Eduard immediately wanted to object, imagining hellish pain, but contrary to what he had expected he felt nothing; Eduard forgot to consider that he was simply a little "god" at the moment considering all the powers he had received, so not only did he feel no pain, he also received countless pieces of information that only caused a frown to appear on his face.
'June 20, 1990, it wouldn't be so bad to be born at that time I guess, but being abandoned in Gotham when hell would be more inviting really sucks.' Eduard felt like cursing as he thought about his ridiculous situation.
'What should I call you?' Eduard tried sending his thoughts to his new "assistant" since he obviously couldn't talk at the moment.
[I was created at the time of your birth, and with the exception of essential data for functioning I have no other information, this includes a name].
'...' Eduard paused to consider this information and then asked. 'Can you save my knowledge or something?'
[With his permission, yes]
'Then do it.' Eduard didn't know where he was in Gotham, he didn't know when or who would find him, let alone what would happen, but he did know one thing, his only "ally" at the moment was useless so he wished she was at least on the same page as him in terms of knowledge, it should save him a lot of time, at least he hoped so.
[Copy completed]
'Good!' Eduard nodded and ignored Baby's grunts that he inadvertently made before asking. 'I doubt you can explain it to me, but I still have to ask; what the fuck is going on and how did I end up here?'
[I don't have that knowledge, the only information I have is that both multiverses catalogued as Marvel and DC have been partially integrated with each other and you were sent as a variable to facilitate the creation of another variable].
'...' Eduard sat in contemplative silence as he refused to admit that he couldn't understand what his "assistant" was trying to explain. Eduard decided to ignore his "transmigration" or "reincarnation" in a fictional world for the time being and just concentrated on his future. 'Right, let's ignore the fact that I'm an abandoned baby in Gotham at its worst for now. Eduard began to ponder the date and what little he could remember of specific DC lines to meet.
'I don't remember very well the month and day Bruce's parents died, but I know he was eight at the time and he became Batman after twenty and before thirty... I mean, I've got nothing now, right?" Eduard thought depressed to himself before listening to his assistant.
[According to the host's memoirs it is likely that Bruce Wayne became Batman around the age of twenty-five; he also said in his memoirs the day Batman was "born" was on June 26, 1981 where Thomas took his family on a night out to the Aragon Theatre in Gotham City. On returning from the Aragon Theatre the Wayne family were stopped by a mugger, Joe Chill, on an abandoned street; the rest is always the same in various stories varying whether it was just a simple mugging or premeditated manipulation].
'...' Eduard was really surprised now by his assistant, that was extremely useful since now he could infer that Batman would appear around 1998 and with her help, he could infer many other things that he probably didn't remember; but before starting that he first needed to understand his assistant. 'Thanks for the information that was really useful for my... situation, would you mind letting me know everything you can do?
[My functions evolve as I acquire knowledge, but the basics would be a perfect memory and high processing reaching the same level that you will have one day, I possess the ability to analyze your body at all times and "quantify" your strength or health if you wish, it is also possible to analyze and collect data from everything you touch, in addition I can also enter networks if you touch a means of propagating it; I can also create dimensional doors where you can visit other places that are fragmented and generate a commercial operation, but this function is deactivated until this new multiverse is stabilized.]
'...' Eduard was pleasantly surprised, since in addition to a body better than those of several gods, he was given his own puffy Cortana, which simply made his life easier.
'I'll call you Cortana,' Eduard thought and without waiting for his assistant to accept while he was excited, he continued. 'Let's start with timetables, the first is to find out the strongest heroes and then look for teachers for magic and...' Eduard went on to make a huge list including even business development plans with Cortana and over time they talked and planned a beautiful future while forgetting or ignoring the unfortunate situation he found himself in.
- Who would abandon a child in the cold and in a place like this? - A bespectacled man with an eye-catching moustache as brown as his hair appeared to stare at the child, who seemed dazed as he stared into nothingness. James Gordon looked at the abandoned baby as he relaxed his grip on the holster of his gun and approached the boy.
- Da? - Eduard, who had stopped his debate with Cortana, looked at the man who lifted him up with curiosity; looking at the man's appearance it didn't take him long to guess who he was, and in a way, he was really grateful that it was this man who had found him.
- Don't worry little one, we'll find your parents or a place for you. - Gordon said with a smile before walking to the car while playing with a perplexed Eduard whom he would adopt.
In my other story I had a problem with the final paragraphs so as a precaution I will post this at the end of all the chapters.