Because Zhao Helen needed to take a plane to Korea, Carl called the captain directly, instructing him to make the necessary preparations.

About ten minutes later, Carl's phone rang.

The captain informed Carl that everything was ready and that he himself was heading to the airport to check the plane.

『Carl』: "Alright."

He turned to Zhao Helen.

『Carl』: "We're good to go."

『Zhao Helen』 (smiling, nodding): "Okay."

The two rested for a while, then headed for the airport.

By a little past nine, they arrived.

After completing the formalities, they boarded the plane. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ NovᴇlFirᴇ.ɴet

The flight was smooth.

A few hours later, a flight attendant approached.

『Flight Attendant』: "Hello, Mr. Smith."

『Carl』 (glancing at her): "Hm? What is it?"

『Flight Attendant』: "There's a phone call for you onboard. The caller says his name is Mr. Stark."

『Carl』 (slightly surprised): "Mr. Stark… Tony Stark?"

『Flight Attendant』: "That's right."

『Carl』: "Alright then."

Carl got up and walked over to the private line.

He knew there was a phone on the plane.

However…

He didn't recall ever telling Tony about it.

Then again, with Tony's resources, finding that number wasn't hard, especially since this jet was registered under Stark Industries.

He picked up the receiver.

『Carl』: "Hello?"

『Tony Stark』: "Hey there, Superman."

『Carl』: "What's up, Tony?"

Carl guessed something must have happened. Otherwise, Tony wouldn't have gone to the trouble of tracking down his plane's number.

『Tony Stark』: "So… I met some people from S.H.I.E.L.D. today."

『Tony Stark』: "It wasn't just Natalie who came."

『Tony Stark』: "There was also this big black guy with a shaved head."

『Tony Stark』: "Oh right, apparently he's the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D."

『Carl』: "That's correct, he is."

『Tony Stark』: "They seemed to want to recruit me."

『Tony Stark』: "Because of my father, I'm a little curious about S.H.I.E.L.D…"

『Tony Stark』: "…but I've never considered joining them."

『Tony Stark』: "That said, their mission sounds pretty good."

『Carl』: "Protecting the planet?"

『Tony Stark』: "Exactly."

『Tony Stark』: "I called you to hear your thoughts on it, Superman."

『Carl』 (chuckling): "I don't have much of an opinion."

『Carl』: "If you want to join, join."

『Carl』: "S.H.I.E.L.D.'s not a bad organization."

『Carl』: "If you don't want to, then don't."

『Carl』: "You can protect the world on your own, you're Iron Man, aren't you?"

『Carl』: "Besides, Banner's with you."

『Tony Stark』: "Oh my god!" (a sudden realization)

『Tony Stark』: "You're right. This way, I won't have to take their orders."

『Carl』: "Exactly."

The two chatted for a bit before Tony hung up.

When Carl returned to his seat, Zhao Helen was already asleep.

He didn't disturb her and simply reclined to rest.

By early morning, Carl's plane landed in Korea's capital, Hanyang City.

After handling customs and grabbing their luggage, Carl scooped Zhao Helen into his arms, and in the next instant, they vanished.

They reappeared in a finely built villa.

Carl had bought this villa last year when Zhao Helen came here for work, naturally, he'd wanted to arrange a comfortable place for her.

He also visited from time to time, so he simply purchased a place he liked.

The villa was located in Gangnam, one of Korea's most famous wealthy districts.

It had cost him over 80 billion won, which sounded terrifying, but was actually less than 100 million USD, closer to around 70 million.

For the area, Carl considered it a bargain. The surrounding streets had a certain charm he enjoyed, so he bought it without hesitation.

Since Zhao Helen had work tomorrow, Carl didn't make any other plans.

They freshened up, then went to bed.

The next morning, Carl made a simple breakfast.

After they'd eaten and rested a bit, Zhao Helen left for work around nine.

Feeling bored at home, Carl turned on his computer and picked a random movie.

For someone like Carl, originally from the East, Korean faces were fairly easy to appreciate, especially since many in their entertainment industry had… refined their looks.

Plus, his girlfriend was a Korean celebrity.

『Carl』 (raising an eyebrow at the opening credits): "Well, what do you know?"

The female lead was very famous, so famous that even in Carl's previous life, he'd heard of her.

However, when he saw the cast list, he was surprised.

The actress's name wasn't what he remembered.

Instead, she was listed as… Cheon Song-yi.

『Carl』: "No way…"

Out of curiosity, he looked up the name online, sure enough, the records matched.

She was indeed Cheon Song-yi, not the actress from his past life.

The name was instantly familiar, she was the female lead of Korea's extremely popular drama My Love from the Star.

In Korea, she was a top-tier actress.

But what really caught Carl off guard… was the fact that this world contained characters from that drama.

If Cheon Song-yi existed, did that mean the male lead, Do Min-joon, was also real?

In the drama, Do Min-joon was a university professor on the surface, but in truth, an alien who had lived on Earth for hundreds of years, possessing powers like immortality, time-freezing, enhanced vision and hearing, and teleportation.

It all sounded impressive… except he couldn't use those powers to kill, or he'd die as well. Contact with human saliva would strip his abilities, and staying away from his home planet too long would weaken him to the point of death.

Even though Carl had a Korean celebrity girlfriend, he had never known Cheon Song-yi existed here.

Thinking back, when he'd come to Korea last year, he had seen posters of her, but had assumed she was simply another star from his past-life Korea.

Back then, he couldn't read Korean, so even if he saw her name, he wouldn't have recognized it.

But just now, in the few seconds of the opening theme, Carl had mastered the Korean language, thanks to the brilliant mind of the Silver Superman.

In the comics, Silver Superman had once learned an alien language in seconds and possessed knowledge of 28 star systems.

Carl, inheriting that intellect, picked up Korean almost instantly.

So now, he knew this wasn't the actress from his past life, but rather the actual Cheon Song-yi from My Love from the Star.

Naturally, he wasn't interested in her, both Zhao Helen and his Korean girlfriend were far more beautiful.

What intrigued him was Do Min-joon.

End of chapter...

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