CHAPTER 000 | SYMBOL OF HOPE

In a room of an apartment, a young man who was around 19 years old was at the window that overlooked the city, while reading a comic.

The room was slightly lit, the boy was not paying attention to anything other than what he had in his hands.

The smiling young man exclaimed. "What the hell, Superman held up a planet by himself… Damn, how would it feel to be a hero?"

This boy's name was Jonathan Richards.

<Jonathan POV>

I wonder what it would be like to be like Superman.

I was born and raised on a farm with my grandparents, my parents died in a plane crash, but that was not an impediment for me. Since my grandparents took their place.

I can say that I am a severely intelligent person, I have an IQ of 190, something very very high than the normal average.

Since I was little I stood out in many aspects of knowledge but that's where the real problems would come.

Nate Smith, a bully at my school, always took advantage of me, he stole my homework and everything that bullies do.

My grandfather was a big fan of comics since he read them after the end of World War II and he liked them. My first comic was one from DC, and from that moment on I became a big fan of the franchise.

After finishing high school I got a scholarship to study at Columbia University, currently my grandparents help me pay the rent for an apartment near the university.

Continuing with the theme of Superman, I was fascinated by the character, the way he helped others, even knowing that it was not his planet. Superman to me is what goodness and hope means, Yes, a SYMBOL OF HOPE.

"A lot of reading for today, tomorrow will be a new day." I closed the comic and lay down on my bed, when at that…

[ ALARM ]

[You have completed all the necessary requirements for the secret quest "Man Of Steel"]

[You accept?]

ACCEPT REJECT

I stared at that screen that appeared in front of me, with doubts I made the decision.

"Yes… I, I accept."

[ ALARM ]

[Welcome, Player. ]

At that point I felt like I was falling from a plane without a parachute, everything around me was dark, my stomach was fluttering and I was starting to get dizzy until at one point I fell on what seemed to be asphalt.

"Because they couldn't leave me in a bed or something… Damn." I exclaimed while I was in pain.

When I noticed something that made me have a poker face.

"New.. Gotham?"

This "chapter" is short since it is a prologue, in the next one comes the sauce

Goodbye.