[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-marvel-a-lazy-ass-superman":3,"chapter-marvel-a-lazy-ass-superman-marvel-a-lazy-ass-superman-chapter-218":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Marvel: A Lazy-Ass Superman",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1721518,2198,"Chapter 218 - 218 – The Continental’s Payment","marvel-a-lazy-ass-superman-chapter-218",218,"\u003Cp>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For 20 advanced chapters, visit my Patreon:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Patreon - Twilight_scribe1\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite understanding most of the Continental's structure, there was still one thing Henry couldn't quite wrap his head around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> \"So… where do the coins actually come from?\" he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charlie gave him a look that could curdle milk — the kind reserved for idiots asking why water was wet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry had to elaborate:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> \"I know, I know — they're minted by the High Table, obviously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I mean, how do they actually enter circulation? Who got the first one?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take me for example. If I become a service provider, I'd be earning coins from clients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But where did their coins come from? Surely the High Table doesn't just hand everyone a free coin and say, 'Here, go have fun spending this,' right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charlie frowned, then said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> \"The Continental issues bounty missions. Each completed contract earns the executor one gold coin — plus the posted cash reward. That's probably what you mean.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> \"Only one coin?\" Henry pressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> \"Yeah, one per contract,\" Charlie confirmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But for harder jobs — ones with higher bounties — more participants can each earn one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> \"Roughly speaking: for every million-dollar bounty, one more person can qualify for a coin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– A job under a million? One coin total.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– A million-dollar job? Two people, two coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Two million? Three coins. And so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> \"But that still depends on the hotel's discretion. If a solo top-tier hitter completes a five-million job on their own, they'll get the full cash bounty — but still only one coin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> \"That's why I said coins are priceless. Exchanging them directly for money is always a losing deal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry thought about that and couldn't help recalling the movies from his old world — John Wick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When John smashed through the concrete of his basement floor and dug out that chest full of gleaming gold coins…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He finally understood what that really meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each coin represented, at minimum, one life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with someone like Baba Yaga, there was no way he only took one per job.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man killed like a storm — an entire mob for a car and a dog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that was his style every time, then that treasure chest wasn't just wealth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a mountain of graves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry could practically imagine it:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> An angel in heaven asks a bewildered soul, \"How did you die?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man shrugs, \"No idea. It was my first day. I saw a guy walk in, got shot twice in the chest and once in the head, and… now I'm here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cannon fodder really had no rights — not even in the afterlife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Henry himself, he already had one Continental coin before all this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He'd looted it off a downed gunman back when he and Tony Stark fought off the Continental's hit squad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So technically… it was stolen property.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether the Continental had rules against that, he didn't know — and doubted they could even track a coin's lineage anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who'd care whether it was earned or taken?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, he thought the gunman had just been careless, carrying his fortune on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now Henry realized — that coin had probably been the poor bastard's entire net worth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charlie, as if remembering something, added:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> \"Actually, there's another way to make cash directly, without dealing in coins. You might find that more your speed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry raised an eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> \"Oh? What way?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> \"Information,\" Charlie said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Continental's intelligence division pays for news. Any intel you pick up on the street — you can sell it to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> \"They'll judge its value and pay accordingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And don't underestimate what might be valuable. Something you think is trivial might be gold to the right buyer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, once it's already in the papers, it's worthless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> \"They also post active intel bounties — those pay better. Even a hint or a lead can earn a payout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> \"When work's slow, even contract killers like us sell info to make ends meet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> \"Right now, the biggest-paying intel bounty is for identifying the clown who helped the X-Men fight aliens last summer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Henry froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should he turn himself in for the reward?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought flickered and died almost immediately. Instead, he feigned ignorance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> \"I thought that was just a tabloid hoax. The place with the most 'aliens' is Hollywood — or maybe Area 51.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charlie shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> \"If it's on the Continental's intel board, it's real enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe they weren't actual aliens — could've been mutants with weird looks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> \"But that battle definitely happened. Aside from the X-Men and the Brotherhood, there was one unknown fighter in clown makeup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He drew a lot of attention, so people want to know who he was.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry asked, pretending to be intrigued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> \"And after all this time, no one's figured out who he might be?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charlie's eyes darted mischievously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> \"Rumor from some government contacts — they suspect it was River Phoenix, that Hollywood pretty-boy actor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry almost laughed aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he'd disguised himself as the Joker back then, he'd literally reshaped his facial muscles to match a photo he'd found in a magazine — River Phoenix's face, chosen on a whim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apparently even with all that makeup, the tech of this world could still reconstruct what was underneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good thing he'd had the foresight to change his bone and muscle structure. Otherwise, his true face would've been plastered across every intelligence file in the country by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't help but think: no wonder superheroes and villains alike always wore masks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if it wasn't about privacy, it spared them endless hassle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he wondered what effect that rumor might've had on the real actor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From what Henry remembered of his original world, River Phoenix had been a gifted but troubled soul — gone too soon from an overdose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry sighed softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> \"River Phoenix, huh…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charlie chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> \"Thinking of going after him? Don't bother. Ever since that rumor surfaced, plenty of people have been watching him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> \"They've been hoping to catch proof — but all they've gotten are boring, unrelated photos they end up selling to tabloids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The clown hasn't appeared again since. Nobody knows why.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> \"What a shame,\" Henry said, feigning disappointment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>🎉 Power Stone Goal Announcement! 🎉\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'll release one bonus chapter for every 500 Power Stones we hit!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let me know what should I do\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your support means everything—let's crush these goals together! 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