Tony suddenly felt a sense of deep respect. What kind of experiences could make a nearly seven-year-old child say such profound words?
Looking at the small child before him, already fighting on the front lines to protect Earth at such a young age, Tony wondered what he had been doing. Bragging about building a circuit board at four, creating his first engine at six—all those achievements seemed trivial now.
Tony began to think that maybe, aside from being powerful, Lan Xingyu would be easy to educate and raise. After all, Xingyu was so well-behaved.
Meanwhile, in Lan Xingyu’s mind, he thought, “Wow! I finally said it. I’ve wanted to drop this line for a long time. Ah, it feels great. Saitama-sensei is the best!”
To be honest, in his previous life, when Xingyu watched the first episode of One Punch Man, Saitama’s line, “I will protect Earth,” and later when he told Genos, “If heroes run away, who will stay and fight?” ignited Xingyu’s passion. But in that world, you couldn’t just go out and shout those lines.
But here, it was different. This was Marvel, and who was he? A sorcerer of Kamar-Taj, protector of Earth. If he couldn’t say it, who could?
Tony focused his gaze on the pile of metals. “Xingyu, are these metals also brought from Asgard?”
“Yes, these are some of the very good metals in Asgard. I originally wanted to get some Uru metal, which is the top metal in Asgard. The famous Mjölnir, Thor’s hammer, is made of Uru metal,” Xingyu said proudly.
“Then why didn’t you bring some?” Tony asked curiously.
“Do you think Uru metal is easy to get? Even if you bring it back, you can’t forge it. Uru metal requires the Dwarves to use the energy of a star’s core to forge it,” Xingyu said with a disdainful glance at Tony.
“Uh… okay… By the way, Xingyu, can you move these metals to my lab downstairs? That way, I can test their various properties.”
“Sure, no problem.”
Xingyu raised his small hand, and with a spatial swap, transported Tony and the pile of metals to Tony’s underground lab. (This spatial swap can be compared to the skill Doctor Strange used to transport Thor around in Thor: Ragnarok.)
Experiencing spatial swap for the first time, Tony felt a bit dizzy and had to hold onto the railing to avoid embarrassment. After a while, Tony regained his balance.
“Are you okay? Tony, you need to exercise more. You’re too weak,” Xingyu said mischievously.
Tony gave Xingyu a side-eye, thinking, “You did that on purpose, didn’t you?” But he couldn’t do anything about it since he couldn’t beat him. Frustrated, he thought, “Hmph! You gave me dog food right after getting off the plane. Single dogs have no rights! Do you think I, a vengeful person, will let this slide?”
Ignoring Xingyu’s current thoughts, Tony began testing the metals. The results were astonishing. These metals, whether in hardness or conductivity, outperformed any modern alloy except vibranium by several magnitudes! Most importantly, these metals could be made into alloys, which would significantly enhance their hardness, shock resistance, and conductivity.
Tony’s eyes lit up, and he immediately bought all of Xingyu’s metals.
“Once your identity is sorted out, we’ll get you a bank card, and I’ll transfer the money to you. If you get more of these metals, come to me. I’ll take as many as you can bring!” Tony said excitedly.
“No problem. Maybe you can wait until your company’s stock price drops enough and help me buy all the stocks,” Xingyu said casually. He was counting on making a fortune from Tony’s company. After all, he wasn’t in a rush for money.
“Oh, you trust me that much? Aren’t you afraid of losing everything?” Tony joked, feeling touched.
“It’s okay! As long as you, Tony Stark, are around, I won’t lose. You continue your research; I’m going to check on Pepper.” With that, Xingyu flashed upstairs.
After picking up the Asgardian antiques from the floor, Xingyu saw Pepper finishing tidying up the table, ready to leave.
“Pepper sister, are you leaving?”
“Yes, there are still some things to do at the company. Thanks for the dinner, little chef!”
“Hehe, Pepper sister, be careful on the way.”
“Okay, little Xingyu, see you tomorrow! Bye-bye.”
After sending off Pepper, Xingyu’s expression turned serious. He was about to embark on the most important task since coming out into the world.
Sitting on the sofa in the living room, he commanded, “JARVIS, turn on the computer!” Tony had already given Xingyu the highest authority.
“JARVIS, turn off the lights. It’s about to start!” Xingyu said seriously, looking at the big screen…
“Welcome to League of Legends!” The familiar voice came from the speakers. Yes, Xingyu’s most important task was to play games!
————— I’m a Divider —————
The next day, Xingyu woke up in bed, stretched lazily, and said, “Ah! So refreshing! Have I finally realized my dream from my previous life? Sleep until I wake up naturally, count money until my hands cramp, watch anime, and play games when I’m bored. This is the life! Indeed, this is life!”
Yesterday, Xingyu stayed up late, playing until one or two in the morning. His body couldn’t handle it and he went to bed. After all, he was still a child. In his previous life, his skills were limited, and he was always average in League of Legends. But now it was different! Have you ever seen someone play games with light-speed reflexes? At this moment, Xingyu was like Faker possessed, perfectly dodging all avoidable skills and moving with incredible finesse!
Today he was going shopping with Pepper, so Xingyu didn’t sleep too late. He put on a set of clothes he kept in his space pocket and went out for breakfast.
Tony’s private chef had already returned. As soon as Xingyu woke up, JARVIS notified the chef to start making breakfast. The food was ready just as Xingyu came out.
“Ah, waking up to a delicious breakfast, how blissful!”
Around 9:30 AM, Pepper arrived at Tony’s house to pick up Xingyu. Then they set off together…
Next came Xingyu’s moment of suffering. Indeed, women have a faith-based boost when it comes to shopping; their stamina is terrifyingly endless. Even Xingyu, a peak-level All-Father, couldn’t handle it and exclaimed he couldn’t take it anymore, a state most men only reach when… well, you get the idea.
It wasn’t until noon that Pepper spared Xingyu, taking him to a restaurant for steak. After lunch, Pepper wanted to take Xingyu to buy a phone and other things, but Xingyu declined, saying he didn’t want Pepper to spend too much money and that children needed naps. As they were heading back to find their car, they saw a clown sitting on a bench with balloons beside him.
The clown’s makeup wasn’t cute or funny like a regular clown’s but instead gave off a somewhat dark vibe.
Seeing this, Xingyu seemed to think of something and said to Pepper, “Pepper sister, wait for me a moment.”
He ran to a nearby flower shop and bought three white daisies with his own money.
George Woburn was an unfortunate man struggling at the bottom of American society. He dropped out of middle school to work and lost his family members to illness, leaving him alone in the world. Every day, he dressed as a clown to attract customers for shop owners in exchange for a meager salary.
Yesterday, while he was doing his usual job outside a store, a group of delinquent youths snatched his sign and ran away, teasing him in the process. Unable to retrieve the sign, he returned to the store, only to be fired by the boss who thought he was slacking off.
This incident was the last straw that broke the camel’s back, and he started to collapse. Today, he painted his clown face darkly, took some balloons, and went to the street.
Whenever someone came for a balloon, he made a scary face to frighten them. Watching people run away in fear gave him a sense of revengeful pleasure.
Now, he was resting on the bench when he saw a child running toward him. As the boy climbed onto the bench, George had a sudden impulse and stood up, spreading his arms with a terrifying expression on his face…
But instead of the expected scream, he was met with a small yet warmly comforting hug. The child embraced him. George was suddenly at a loss, not knowing whether to put his arms down. Then a young yet firm voice whispered in his ear, “In this year of 2008, I want to be the light in your heart!”
Letting go of the man, Xingyu gave him a sincere smile. Before George could react, Xingyu placed the three daisies in his hands, took a balloon, and ran back to Pepper.
George watched the small figure run away, his vision blurring for some reason. His previously cold heart suddenly felt warm. Wiping away the tears at the corners of his eyes, George decided to go home.
Back home, he found a bottle, filled it with water, and put the three white daisies
in it, placing it on the table to admire their beauty.
Suddenly, he seemed to realize something and quickly took the flowers out, washed the bottle clean, and put the flowers back in.
Oh! He suddenly thought, how could such beautiful flowers be placed in a dirty bottle? So he decided to wash the bottle clean to match the purity of the daisies.
After finishing, he sat beside the table again, quietly admiring the white daisies.
Suddenly, he felt that such beautiful daisies and a clean bottle shouldn’t be placed on a dirty table!
So he started cleaning the table, organizing the clutter.
Later, he felt that such beautiful daisies and a clean table shouldn’t be in a messy room.
He decided to clean the entire room, organize everything, and remove all the trash…
Because of these three daisies, the entire room became warm and inviting!
At that moment, he seemed to forget where he was!
While he was enjoying himself, he suddenly saw his reflection in the mirror—a young man with ugly clown makeup, unkempt hair, and ragged clothes.
He didn’t realize he looked like this!
How could such a person deserve to be in this room with the daisies?
So he immediately washed off the dirt accumulated from days of self-neglect and laziness.
After cleaning himself, he found some slightly old but clean clothes, shaved, and groomed himself from head to toe. Looking in the mirror again, he saw a young, handsome face he had never seen before…
————— I’m still a Divider —————
“Xingyu, it seems you did something very right,” Pepper said, looking at Xingyu with a mixture of pride and other complex emotions.
Xingyu took out a small straw hat he bought while shopping earlier and placed it on his head. He looked up at Pepper with a cheeky smile. The sunlight on his face gave a warm feeling…
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