Pepper seemed to genuinely like Nine Tails. Or rather, she treated Nine Tails as her own "daughter's" girlfriend, with the distinct air of a mother-in-law looking at her future daughter-in-law?
Rimuru and Nine Tails did not mind. With the important notifications delivered, their main task was simply to wait for the plot to unfold before seizing the Tesseract. Not only had they stayed until evening, but they were even planning to remain for dinner.
However, just as Tony was still enthusiastically recounting how he had crushed his opponents with his plans, Rimuru suddenly looked behind him. Tony keenly noticed the shift in Rimuru and Nine Tails' attention. Just as he was about to turn around, a cool voice reached his ears. "I was wondering why you two still hadn't come back. Turns out you were here listening to a third-rate actor tell a third-rate story?"
Behind Tony, Kihara Tsumiki stared expressionlessly at Nine Tails and Rimuru, who were still focused on eating, her tone carrying the frustration of someone disappointed by their failure to meet expectations.
Unlike the others, who were somewhat interested in Marvel movies, Kihara Tsumiki had never cared much for superhero films. She even looked down on them. Even Iron Man was nothing more than a third-rate actor in her eyes.
It had nothing to do with preference. It was simply because her nature had nothing whatsoever to do with things like responsibility and justice!!
Most people, even if they were selfish, were only pretending to be selfish. They could not let go of their families, their friends, or their world. But Kihara Tsumiki could discard everything without hesitation, willingly giving up all things for the sake of her fiercely competitive nature.
One advantage of followers was that they did not take up team slots. As a