My years as a superhero in Marvel

Chapter 8: Chapter 8: The Correct Way to Obtain Reputation Points



At a small river far from the crime scene, Jason unwrapped the two leather belts he had received from the gangsters. A large amount of hay was contained in a brown paper bag. Jason had no interest in this kind of stuff, so he put two stones in the bag and threw it directly into the river, letting it sink to the bottom of the river.

The other bag contained a bunch of green US dollars. They were all small 10-dollar bills, and each 100 bills were rolled into a roll.

Because most Americans don't use large amounts of cash, but most gang transactions are cash-for-goods.

So large 100-dollar bills are not very popular in gang transactions, unless they are big gangs with perfect money laundering channels. Small gangs generally prefer small denomination bills, which are less likely to be discovered.

Jason counted and found that there were a total of 20 rolls of small-denomination US dollars in the brown paper bag, which meant 20,000 US dollars.

Jason took out two rolls of US dollars from the bag and put them in his pocket. It just so happened that he was going to open a food truck during the summer vacation and needed to prepare some more working capital.

Jason was not prepared to use the other 18,000 US dollars. As mentioned before, using a large amount of cash in the United States is very troublesome, and large cash transactions will always attract the attention of the police. Jason did not want to cause this trouble, and such a large amount of money would be discovered if hidden at home. How to explain the origin of the money to his parents would also be a problem. So Jason planned to give the money to other people in need.

The San Diego Orphanage is a non-profit orphanage, and all of its income comes from social donations. The street where Jason lives has also organized a donation campaign for the San Diego Orphanage.

Peter and Jason have both been volunteers at the orphanage for a period of time. The director of the orphanage is an old nun named Marian.

The orphanage is short of funds, so she sold her own property to ensure the normal operation of the orphanage.

The old nun lived a life of poverty and devoted all her efforts to those homeless orphans. Jason admired the old nun very much, so he placed the remaining kraft paper bill containing 18,000 US dollars on the second floor of the orphanage, on the terrace outside Sister Marian's office. He also wrote a line of words with his left hand: Dedicated to the respected Sister Marian, please use this gift on those in need.

Jason opened his task system to check the completion status of his current tasks.

Daily tasks for novice heroes: 1. Obtain 100 reputation points (35 points have been obtained) [Reputation is the cornerstone of a hero's growth. The higher the reputation, the faster the growth. ]

Prevent ten crimes from happening. (Completed 2) [Heroes should help the weak and punish the strong. It's time to wear your red underwear outside! Preventing crimes will earn you reputation. ]

Prevent three vicious crimes from happening. (1 completed) [Crime! Vicious crime! Murder~sexual assault~child kidnapping! Please make sure to prevent these crimes from happening! You can get a lot of reputation! ]

Completing the daily tasks of the novice hero will earn you rewards: an E-level hero training card and a random E-level item.

Jason only gained 5 points of reputation when he stopped the bald man last time, but he gained 30 points of reputation today by stopping the trade of ha-ha between gangs.

It is true that he gained more reputation by stopping a vicious crime. Moreover, Jason also found that he had only stopped the robbery of the bald man before, so he only completed the task of stopping a crime. But today, he stopped the trade of ha-ha, which not only completed the task of stopping a vicious crime, but also overlapped with stopping an ordinary crime.

This means that we only prevented one crime, but completed two tasks. So today's harvest is still pretty good!

After browsing his task status, Jason returned home to sleep. Fortunately, his family did not notice that Jason had gone out at night. Jason returned home at around 3 a.m. and felt refreshed after sleeping for three hours. It must be said that the benefits of internal strength are not small.

"Yesterday morning, a fierce gunfight broke out in the 6th block of Queens, between local gangs. The gunfight left six gang members dead, and the police initially concluded that it was a fight between gang members." Jason was eating breakfast while watching the morning news on Fox News New York. What he did last night was indeed on the news.

"A strange thing happened at the San Diego Orphanage this morning. Sister Marian found a brown paper bag on the windowsill outside her office. The bag contained $18,000 in cash. It was written on it: Dedicated to the respected Sister Marian. Please use this gift for those in need. Sister Marian is the director of the San Diego Orphanage. She is highly respected in the community because she has devoted her life to helping orphans. There is speculation that this money was specially donated by an unknown kind-hearted person to help the orphanage overcome difficulties. Please see the report sent back by the reporter on the scene."

Jason finished his breakfast sandwich in two or three bites. "I didn't expect that even the donation was on TV. It turns out that reporters are fast runners." Jason thought.

[Host's reputation reaches 100, and you can complete a novice hero mission to unlock the reputation growth system.]

The cold voice of the system suddenly came from Jason's ear, almost choking Jason who was drinking water. When I finished the task yesterday, I checked, and my reputation was only 35 points. There is still a long way to go from the 100 points required by the task. How did it go up overnight? Jason suddenly had a flash of inspiration and looked at the TV. Could it be because of the news?

The more Jason thought about it, the more possible it was.

What is the reputation?

Reputation means letting more people know you and what you do. Although Jason's face did not appear on TV, what he did was on the news today.

Fox News in New York is a news station for the greater New York area. Although its coverage and audience are limited to the New York area, how many citizens are there in New York? That's more than 20 million people, and how many viewers watch Fox News in the morning? At least tens of thousands!

If you calculate it this way, Jason feels that the reputation value is actually too little. After all, more than 100,000 people know about these two things, which pushed the reputation value to 100. Jason opened his task system and saw that his reputation value had risen to 160 points. And the first daily task of his novice hero has been completed.

Daily tasks for novice heroes: 1. Obtain 100 reputation points (160 points have been obtained, and the reputation growth system will be unlocked after the task is completed.) [Reputation is the cornerstone of a hero's growth. The higher the reputation, the faster the growth. ]

Prevent ten crimes from happening. (Completed 2) [Heroes should help the weak and fight against the strong. It's time to wear your red underwear outside! Preventing crimes will gain reputation. ]

Prevent three vicious crimes from happening. (1 completed) [Crime! Vicious crime! Murder~sexual assault~child kidnapping! Please make sure to prevent these crimes from happening! You can get a lot of reputation! ]

Completing the daily tasks of the novice hero will earn you rewards: an E-level hero training card and a random E-level item.

Jason was very curious about what this reputation growth system was, so he immediately clicked on the newly appeared reputation growth system. After a careful browse, Jason found that this reputation growth system was exactly what he needed.

Jason learned about the usefulness of the reputation growth system in detail.

There are actually two uses for this system.

One is to buy, and the other is to upgrade. The so-called purchase means using the reputation gained to buy skills and items corresponding to the hero level. For example, Jason is currently rated as an E-level hero, so he can rely on the reputation gained to buy E-level skills and E-level items corresponding to E-level heroes in the system. The higher the hero's rating, the better the skills and items that can be purchased. Of course, better skills mean that you need to spend more reputation.

As the name implies, upgrading means you can upgrade the skills of the hero by relying on the reputation you gain. Because the skills that the hero purchases by relying on the system reputation are all entry-level in their initial state, they are basically not very powerful.

If you want to master a skill proficiently, you need a lot of practice, and relying on reputation, you can use the reputation to improve the proficiency and power of the skill. Take Jason as an example, the skill he now has is the primary internal skill with an E-level evaluation.

If you want to upgrade the entry-level to a minor level, you need 10 reputation points. If you want to upgrade to a proficient level, you need 100 reputation points. If you want to upgrade to a major level, you need 500 reputation points. If you want to upgrade to the top level, you need 1,000 reputation points.

No wonder the system specifically noted in the mission description that reputation is the cornerstone of hero growth.

So that's the truth!

Jason finally understood now. Jason opened the reputation system to see what skills and items can be exchanged.

Because Jason's current rating is only E-level, only a small part of the skills can be exchanged. Most of the skills and items are gray and cannot be exchanged. This requires Jason to improve his hero rating before they can be unlocked.

Jason's reputation is only 160 points now, which is really not much. He must save money and spend it wisely. Jason originally thought about whether to upgrade "Internal Energy" to the mastery level, which would cost him 100 points of reputation.

But after thinking about it carefully, he still felt that this was not urgent, as can be seen from the previous two battles.

Ordinary people have almost no resistance to attacks involving internal force, and even if they are upgraded immediately, it will not help the current task.

If he encounters a guy with supernatural powers, it is estimated that relying on the mastery level will not be enough. Jason thought carefully. He ran so hard yesterday and survived the gunshot. What he needs most now is to improve his body speed or reaction skills. At least he can run when he can't win.

Jason began to search for skills that could increase his speed. During the search, Jason discovered that different skills had restrictions on their use. For example, the Water Control Step and Wind Step of the Supernatural Power Department were both E-level movement skills, but the prerequisite for using these skills was to have an X gene in the body. In other words, they were skills that belonged to mutant heroes.

The blueprints for high-speed skateboards and low-altitude aircraft are obviously things that belong to technological heroes.

Jason currently does not have the X gene, and it is impossible for him to learn how to make high-tech equipment. As for whether he can gain the ability of a mutant hero or find the ability to make high-tech equipment in the future, Jason still does not know.

Now that Jason's hero attribute is internal strength, the search range is suddenly smaller, and he can only choose skills that match internal strength.

After careful selection, Jason finally chose the skill "Eight Steps to Chase Cicadas".

The advantage of this skill is that it can drive the circulation of internal energy during long-distance running, allowing people to run faster and longer.

In a short distance, it can burst out extremely powerful explosive power and can instantly approach the opponent.

This is not a skill that focuses on agile dodge, but it suits Jason's taste very well, and it is also one of the few best skills that can be exchanged for reputation.

Jason spent 100 reputation points to exchange for the E-level skill "Eight Steps to Chase Cicadas", and then spent another 10 reputation points to upgrade this skill to a minor success. After that, he gritted his teeth and spent 50 reputation points to buy a combat belt.

The only use of this belt is that it has a 0.5 cubic meter space inside, where Jason can put his short stick, the gun he got last night, and the two thousand dollars.

This belt replaced the wide black belt that came with the hero suit.

Compared to the original exaggeratedly wide black belt, this combat belt purchased for 50 points of reputation looks much more handsome.

Although it was still early morning, Jason was already looking forward to the arrival of night!


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