While the ultra-heroic Deadpool may not seem like they have much in common, there is one thing they share. Sadly, it's a genuinely stomach-turning secret that would ruin Shang-Chi if it ever got out.
Deadpool and Shang-Chi found themselves in combat due to an extreme race the latter attends every year. Run by the villainous Damnation Army, the race stretches across the desert and through several locations afflicted with deadly black magic. While the race is traditionally for those of an evil persuasion, Shang-Chi takes great pleasure in competing, describing it as one of his favorite leisure activities - one only made sweeter by beating a cadre of evil-doers at their own game. However, the villains Shang-Chi has been humiliating resolve that he can't be allowed to win again, hiring Deadpool to make sure he never crosses the finish line.
In Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu's 'The Annual Race to Benefit Various and Sundry Evil Organizations and Also the Homeless. Now With Beer and Hot Dogs' by Jonathan Hickman and Kody Chamberlain, Wade Wilson s the race in an attempt to fulfill his mission. While Deadpool's reputation rests on stopping Shang-Chi, there are plenty of other competitors to thin out first, and the two spend the first leg of the race bantering and out-driving the competition. In fact, they end up so friendly they actually stop for a bite to eat at Sodom's Diner, which is serving a "mystery meat" that both adore. itting that the meat is likely cat or possum, the racers nevertheless express their approval of the taste. Of course, behind the scenes, it's shown that Deadpool and Shang-Chi have unwittingly engaged in cannibalism.
As a deeply empathetic and honorable hero, Shang-Chi rarely causes harm if he can avoid it, and would never knowingly consume human flesh. However, not knowing the demonic diner's key ingredient, Shang-Chi not only its he loves the meal, but ultimately agrees to forfeit the race as now all he really wants to do is head back to the diner for seconds. While Wade and Shang-Chi end the story blessedly ignorant of what they're actually eating, it wouldn't take much for Deadpool to put two and two together, especially since his famous meta awareness allows him to relevant comic continuity he shouldn't otherwise be aware of. Sadly for Shang-Chi, it's likely Deadpool will be able to use his accidental cannibalism against him when the two meet again in future.
'The Annual Race to Benefit Various and Sundry Evil Organizations and Also the Homeless. Now With Beer and Hot Dogs' is a bizarre story more fitting for Deadpool than Shang-Chi, even if it's nice for fans to see the ultimate warrior relax a little and do something for the sheer fun of it, not because he's compelled by the legacy of his villainous father. Due to his comic awareness, Deadpool tends to bend the rules of reality around him, and while this means Shang-Chi gets to have an uncharacteristically good time, it also means that now and forevermore, fans know that Shang-Chi loves the taste of human.
Aside from not knowing the secret ingredient he so happily wolfed down, the one positive of Shang-Chi's situation is that Deadpool's loose grasp on reality means that if he ever spills this particular secret, heroes like the Avengers are likely to assume he's making an ill-judged joke rather than recounting a bizarre (but true) adventure. While Shang-Chi's connections to his father's criminal enterprise mean he's no longer the most trusted Marvel hero, he's guaranteed to rank above Deadpool in anyone's estimations, even though the two are both equally guilty of enthusiastic cannibalism.
