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 Avery didn't develop a crush on Mercury until about nine months ago but obviously she knew him before then. Somehow he always managed to find her when she was breaking in or out of a place.
 Her father had complained about him more than once so she had been curious about the infamous hero the first time she met him. She hadn't given him much thought at all because he was merely an obstacle in her path at the time.
 But seeing someone pretty much every week for over a year makes you take note of them. Nox wasn't the only villain he fought and he did more than simply fight villains. He did a lot of other do-gooder stuff too that she saw on the news or in videos his fans posted online.
 Avery knew he was a genuinely nice person who believed he was doing the right thing so she couldn't hate him even if his constant disruptions and occasional foiling of her heists were annoying. She didn't have a beef with him personally so she did her best not to hurt him when they fought.
 All those little things she saw in Mercury piled up but didn't result in a crush until the day he saved her from nearly being assaulted by a creep that had apparently been stalking her and waiting for his chance to find her alone in the alley behind the bakery. She tried fighting back as best she could but she was nothing without the suit.
 It gave her increased speed, strength, and reflexes. Without it she was simply an ordinary woman who knew basic fight moves.
 If Avery wasn't so freaked out that she would lose this very important fight for her own safety she would have been able to appreciate the irony that she same person who regularly beat actual superpowered hero Mercury was losing to a common thug. She may have been thinking of him in passing but she didn't expect him to show up.
 In the blink of an eye her attacker was screaming like a little girl about being dangled upside down and she heard a rather familiar, surprisingly angry voice from above. "You know, I hate creeps like you the most."
 "Let me go!" her attacker screeched.
 "I will but not yet. You deserve to be upside down for a while," Mercury said in disdain before looking down at Avery. "Do you mind calling 911 for me? We need to get this creep in cuffs and for someone to take your statement in case you want to press charges. Do you?"
 She blinked up at him in a daze for a moment. The sun shone on him in a way that made him look like he had a halo.
 When she came to her senses she took out her phone. "Yeah. He shouldn't get away scot free. He's been casing me out for a while; I've seen him around before. This was definitely premeditated."
 Mercury mumbled something under his breath but didn't answer when she asked him if he could repeat what he said. Instead he smiled reassuringly at her. "Don't worry. He won't bother you again. Are you okay? Did he hurt you anywhere?"
 "I'll let you know when the adrenaline wears off."
 He surprised her by laughing. "That's fair. Most of the time I don't even know I've been hurt until that happens."
 Avery had been stunned. She had never heard him laugh before. It was a nice laugh; the kind that made you want to laugh along with it. Then she chastised herself for being stupid. Why would he laugh around her? He was actively trying to throw her in jail!
 She stood there kind of stupidly in shock for a moment before making the call and stayed quiet until they arrived. Mercury kept her attacker upside down until the police came and unceremoniously dumped him on the ground. He groaned miserably, suffering from the blood rushing to his head, and didn't even protest when they put him in handcuffs.
 She had to explain what happened, give her statement, and let them know she wanted to press charges. It took so long that her boss came out to see what was happening and was horrified, telling her to go home and rest rather than come back to work.
 Avery would have protested that she was fine if not for the fact that she probably looked really out of it based on the reactions of everyone present. They seemed to think she was in shock.
 Maybe she was but it wasn't from being attacked. It was from the jarring experience of seeing someone she normally brawled with on Saturday nights in a different context. They had never interacted without her being in the suit before and it was a totally weird experience.
 Mercury was treating her like he would any other victim without knowing the truth. If he did he wouldn't be nearly so gentle.
 "Has the adrenaline worn off yet?" he asked her as the police drove away.
 Avery let out a sort of strangled laugh. "Yeah. I'm a little sore where he grabbed me but I should be fine."
 That was what she said but when she tried taking a step back toward the bakery to grab her purse and go home her knees buckled and she pitched forward. Maybe that took more out of her than she thought.
 Mercury caught and steadied her very carefully with concern shining in his eyes. "I don't think you're in any condition to go off on your own. Do you mind if I take you home? If I fly us we can get there quickly."
 While it would be terrible for her nemesis to find out where she lived he wasn't aware of her identity. She didn't have to tell him which apartment either. Her building had dozens and she lived on one of the higher floors where it was a bit safer. He was right that she probably wouldn't make it home on her own any time soon and she didn't want to bother Angelo. He would freak out on her.
 "Thanks. I'd appreciate that," Avery admitted.
 She opened the door and Vanessa brought her purse over, giving her a look that they would definitely talk about this later. Mercury was very polite, being sure to ask her if it was okay to pick her up and when. He ended up carrying her princess style and flew her home in less than ten minutes.
 Her heart raced the entire time she was in the air and she wasn't sure if it was because she was flying or because she was being held this closely by a man. A man she had noticed smelled really nice while she was burying her face in his neck so she didn't have to look down.
 Jumping from building to building wearing an indestructible super suit was entirely different than flying while holding onto someone else. If he dropped her she was dead!
 When they arrived at her building she staggered and he made sure she was alright before letting go of her. He frowned at her in concern. "Are you sure you're going to be alright? You seem shaky. Wait here! I'll be right back with something for you."
 Bewildered, Avery was rooted to the spot. What was he going to get?
 She got her answer a few minutes later when he came back with a hot dog obviously purchased from a street vendor. "Here. You need something to regain your strength. You aren't a vegetarian, are you?"
 "No," she said as she accepted the hot dog in confusion. It had ketchup, mustard, and onions on it. Exactly the way she liked it. "But why are you doing this for me?"
 Mercury shrugged. "You had a rough day. Why not?"
 "You don't even know me."
 "That doesn't matter. Everyone deserves niceness when they're having a hard time. Anyway, eat that and take it easy for the rest of the day. I need to get going. Bye, Avery!" he called before flying away.
 He knew her name. That was a stupid thing to acknowledge because obviously he had been there as she filed the police report. She supposed she hadn't expected him to remember. He probably wouldn't a few days from now considering all the people he saved. But for one brief moment he knew who she was. Avery West. The woman behind the suit.
 That stuck with her long after they parted ways and after a few more encounters with him on Saturday nights she realized she liked him. Which was the worst thing that could have possibly happened. Unfortunately, you can't control your feelings.
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 Cake artist by day, villain by night! Avery West is a woman on a mission to take down the conglomerate run by the man that killed her father. The problem? She might be in love with Mercury, the dashing hero trying to stop her. Juggling her feelings and her goal is no cakewalk but she is determined that her revenge will be sweet!
 Avery never thought her massive crush on the hero trying to stop her would go anywhere. When the opportunity to date him in her secret identity falls into her lap she can't say no!
 Read on to find out if their love can overcome the odds!
 Mercury managed to free himself and began fighting her in earnest. Avery had to do her best to fend him off while not dropping the precious cargo she was carrying under one arm.
 What are you stealing this time? he asked as he tried to grab it.
 He was fast but she was faster thanks to the suit's capabilities. Now why would I go and tell you something like that? I'm not one of those obnoxious supervillains who goes rambling about their plans left and right.
 "Unfortunately. Those guys are easier to deal with. You're the most difficult villain I deal with, you know that?"
 Avery grinned at him. That was quite a compliment. It meant he thought she was clever. It wasn't an inaccurate assessment either; most of the time when they went up against each other she managed to get away with whatever she was stealing. On the rare occasions she didn't she still made her escape. He hadn't successfully caught her and turned her over to the police once.
 I'm flattered! As fun as this has been, I really do need to get going now. See you next week since you always seem to know how to find me, she said before pushing a button on her suit that would shoot a cloud of black pepper into his face.
 Mercury momentarily lost his bearings because he had to stop to sneeze and cursed about it getting in his eyes. She felt sorry for him but she didn't have time to stand around and chat today. The contents of the box needed to be delivered urgently.
 Be sure to rinse your eyes out with clean water! Avery called over her shoulder as she broke through a window and jumped through it.
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 He was betrayed, killed, and returned after assassinating a conglomerate.
 
 And then, he’s back as a healer? The greatest of all time, Healer Revenge.
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 A supernatural thriller game arrives. 
 Randomly select players to enter the strange dungeon. 
 Everyone is immersed in fear and trying to survive in the cracks. 
 Until the game selected Shen Jian, who was worrying about the reconstruction of the underworld... 
 —— 
 While the player is struggling to survive in the horror world, Shen Jian is watching The Ring with Sadako. 
 When the player is on the run in the horror world, Shen Jian is having a heart-to-heart talk with the Mother of Strange Buddha. 
 While players are looking for hope in the horror world, Shen Jian has rebuilt the underworld and brought hell to the underworld. 
 Seeing Shen Jian becoming the Son of Emperor Yin, all the players burst into tears. 
 Brother, are you serious? Your style of painting is wrong!
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 After losing his parents in a car accident, Ryan immediately caught his fiancee cheating on him with his best friend. In just a few days, he lost everything he loved, so Ryan decided to buy a house in the mountains to process all those events. However, something happened before he could even enter his new home: the end of the world.
 Monsters began to appear out of nowhere, and dragons began to dominate the skies. After losing everything, Ryan, who had lost his sense of reality, found new goals with the world in that state: survive and get stronger. Dungeons, classes, monsters, skills, the chance to obtain the DNA of other monsters… Ryan was decided to use them all because he no longer would become a spectator in his own life. Maybe with power, he won't lose anything anymore.
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 Mark is a genius military weapon designer who was kidnapped by a mafia gang after refusing to work for them.
 They forced him to design unique weapons for five years, until one day he successfully escaped only to get shot by his trusted comrades.
 *Ding! You awakened a weapon system.
 When he opened his eyes, he was in a different body and in a different world.
 "You want to kill a wild boar without being detected? Forget about bow and arrow. Here, I present you this sniper rifle."
 "You want to kill a horde of goblins from the sky? Forget about those flying carpets and brooms. Here, I present you the fighter jet."
 "You want to kill a dragon? Forget about taking the help of the S-class adventure team. Here, I present you a nuclear bomb."
 Join Mark Spencer/ Lu Zhen as he brings the whole world to its knees with the help of his weapon system.
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 The Queen of the elves wants to bear his child, the vatican’s saintess is his maid and the empire’s princess wants to elope with him.
 But his only concern was his delusion of taking down the creator of the world!
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 Ye Chen, the first genius of Douluo mainland, awakened the martial spirit in Qibao Liulizong and shocked the entire gate When Ye Chen used the second martial spirit, the entire Doula continent entered the invincible era of Ye Chen!
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 Waking from sleep, Sade found himself in a large cave, and became an infant just a few months old? Endless waves of sleepiness and hunger engulfed him and made him feel deep despair. But just as he thought that he was going to starve to death here, an enormous figure landed in front of him. This was a creature that only appeared in the myths and legends — a Great Dragon! And this place was the Great Dragon’s nest! From then, Sade started his life being raised by a Great Dragon……
 More than ten years later, Sade had matured into an adult and came to the human civilization, shocking the entire magical world! Not only was Sade proficient in Draconic Spell, but the power of those spells was also comparable to an actual Great Dragon. He had all sorts of incredible magic items, almost as though it wasn’t strange at all for divine items to appear in his hands. He was the richest man in the world, it seemed that there was simply no end to his treasure stash, enough to buy an entire kingdom even. He was the son of the Great Dragon! Sade·Prescott!
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 I'm Luo Lin, and I'm also Prometheus. I made a big fuss at the first tea party held by my aunt at the beginning, expressing my panic. 
 But it doesn't matter, the shocking system is possessed, and at the beginning of the game, he got the Golden Emperor Fen Tianyan, blending with himself, and the temperature exploded! 
 Three-color domineering direct comprehension! The cultivation base of the great swordsman, the artistic conception of the great swordsman, paired with the supreme sword and the twelve-handed Gan Wuzhuo can cut everything! 
 All kinds of god-level props, domineering blood, and invincible benefits are simply not too many. From then on, I am the strongest above the sea!
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 On the high platform, Mu En, who is the Grand Duke of the North, the successor of the empire, His Royal Highness the Prince, and the Emperor of the Eternal Yao Empire, innocently shouted: "I am really a warlock! I don't look like a succubus!"
 Everyone in the audience was thinking, and suddenly someone said: "The difference between a warlock and a succubus is that he is still a human being!"
 Behind Mu En, the Dragon Lady, the Beast Lady, the Elf Queen, etc. all nodded.
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 Warlock John Kemp, this believer of the alien god has been collecting the blood of warlocks. After another harvest, he returned to the Dark City where he settled. When he just analyzed the harvest, he found that his treasure was stolen. In order to get back that thing, the magician followed the vague guidance and embarked on an adventurous journey again...
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 Hu Feng, a high school student, accidentally embarked on the road of modifying the world.
 He connected a mobile game with reality, allowing ghosts to appear in real life…
 He became a martial art master, climbing out from the grave.
 He endowed plants and animals with artificial intelligence.
 He even became the leader of Non-human Asian Rebels.
 He devoted himself to build up virtual reality, created new mythologies and constructed a spectacular world..
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 In this infinite battlefield where everything depends on points, Su Yang has obtained ten times the points for his SSS talent! ! 
 Seal players ten times the points! Ten times points for selling items! Even cash back can get ten times points! 
 “Impossible! There was no such abnormality in the previous life!” The rebirth of a certain beauty was shocked. 
 “He is more terrifying than the Demon King!” A certain strong man hid in the corner shivering. 
 …… 
 Three years later, when the alien army rushed to the solar system, looking at the distant Su Yang, who burst the star with his bare hands, all were silent. 
 “This… is that ordinary human being you are talking about?”
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