As the words fell, Heisenberg revealed his usual cold smile, but after laughing, he quickly furrowed his brow.
He finally remembered why he had specifically gone to meet the eight-year-old Spider-Man and given the young Spider his watch.
Why he had returned to the rooftop to plan his future.
Whether bidding farewell to the past or envisioning the future.
Everything, all of it, was because he no longer wanted to revert to his ordinary self of the past!
It turned out he was the truly greedy one, for once he gained this power, he never wanted to be ordinary again…
Then, let's not be human anymore.
Heisenberg nodded to himself and commanded the system.
"Returning to the Origin Universe requires over six thousand units of Origin Substance, right?"
"Correct."
"And the cost to return to the Marvel Universe?"
"The round-trip cost is the same."
"When I return home, will the Marvel Universe continue running, or will it pause?"
"As the Keeper of Order, if you wish it to run, it will run!"
"Hmph, I don't know what this system is making me do. My authority is too great, yet it seems there's little responsibility.
But it's fine, send me home and pause Marvel first!"
As Heisenberg spoke, the Ancient One in the distant Kamar-Taj smiled brightly.
She felt the spacetime around her gradually pausing, a pause even she couldn't control.
She felt no fear, for she had long seen that every time Heisenberg brought such a pause, the universe became better.
And Heisenberg, he quietly turned to dust, became a black hole, and spiraled back to the Origin Universe!
…
Pop!
Like a stone thrown into a wave-filled pond, Heisenberg quietly appeared at the foot of Phoenix City's most famous mountain, unnoticed by anyone.
This was once his home, where… before his journey, he ran a mahjong parlor.
But now…
Heisenberg looked around, only to find his mahjong parlor sealed?!
Anger surged within him. Was this some plot from a returning warrior's story?
Had someone taken advantage of his absence to bully his aging parents, smash his parlor, and even slap his orange cat's head?!
"How much time has passed in the Origin Universe during my absence?"
"All time sequences are based on the Keeper of Order. Eleven days have passed in the Origin Universe."
"How much Origin Substance is needed to project everything that happened in Phoenix City during these days into my mind as memory fragments?"
"It's simple, one hundred and eighty-six units."
"Do it!"
Heisenberg gave the order, and everything that had happened in Phoenix City over the past eleven days unfolded in his mind.
Only a Kryptonian's brain could handle such a massive information flow. After sifting through the information, Heisenberg finally found what he needed.
Seeing this, he was overwhelmed with emotions.
…
"Why? What did you all do? Weren't you good friends? Can good friends make someone disappear? Such a big, living person, why is my son just gone?!"
"I've told him not to cause trouble, to cause less trouble, but how did he just vanish? Was he kidnapped? Are they asking us for money? We'll give it!!!"
"Seal it up, it's too painful to keep it open!"
"Sell it? Why sell it? That was my son's place. I'd rather rebuild it as a memorial hall for him!"
"Where did he go? His father, you should look for him, go ask his friends again!"
"We'll report it to the police, yes, yes, yes, I'm Hai Dayou, my son is missing!"
"Can't find him? Not a single clue? You're not even real police, are you? Where is he? Keep looking, he's a living person, please!!!"
"Wife, I… I really can't find our son, where else can I look?!"
"Husband, our son is back, he's back, his watch is gone, he must have taken it!!!"
"What watch?"
"The one in the pile of clothes he left at the mahjong parlor, the one he loved the most, worth several hundred thousand. I've always kept it close, but it's gone. He must have come back and taken it!"
"Why did he disappear? Did he owe money? We're not short on money, he's always given us plenty!"
"Did he go bankrupt? Did he offend someone?"
"Calm down, when he comes back, he must have been in trouble. He'll return sooner or later!"
"Yes, our son will come back!"
…
For a moment, Heisenberg's tears flowed…
Well, the deeply melancholy Heisenberg suddenly realized that even overwhelmed by such immense emotions, he couldn't shed a single tear.
His parents still loved him as much as before, but he had changed, become… unfathomable…
Feeling the clear sadness in his heart, he also clearly discovered his truest thoughts.
Even if his parents loved him so much, even if they needed him so much.
He couldn't bear to give up everything he had gained.
His heart had gone wild, he wanted to experience every brilliant civilization in every universe.
He didn't want to stay in the Origin Universe with all his power, returning to the ordinary him of the past!
Or become a Superman of the Origin Universe!
Moreover…
Heisenberg thought for a moment and helplessly shook his head.
What his parents needed now wasn't this version of him, who no longer valued life and was filled with ambition and control, right?
"System, recreate me, the me of the past, with all the memories from before my journey!"
"Received, it will cost two hundred and twenty-six units of Origin Substance."
"Do it, send this version of me to my parents, they need me!"
As the words fell, Heisenberg soared into the sky, manipulating his stance to refract the surrounding light, making it impossible for any camera to capture him clearly.
Flying out of the universe, Heisenberg paused on the Moon, looking at the Earth, which wasn't far for him.
After a long gaze, he finally shook his head.
"When you're away, you always think the people and water of your hometown are sweeter.
But when you return, you find it's no different.
For me, this world called Origin but actually ordinary is far less exciting than other universes!"