Tomorrow World Expo

Taking the towel handed over by the old butler beside him and wiping his hands, Chen Mo looked toward Steve and Bucky at the door.

"Why are you back so late?"

"Master, I ran into a bully today." Like a child showing off his candy, Steve smugly kept them in suspense.

"And then?" Chen Mo asked helplessly, playing along.

"I followed what you taught me, gave him a good beating, then taught him a lesson. I believe he'll definitely turn over a new leaf and become a decent person."

Seeing Steve's serious expression, Chen Mo's mouth twitched. He then asked doubtfully, "When did I ever teach you that?"

"When Master taught me martial arts, whenever I kept making the same mistake, you'd beat me up hard, then tell me what I did wrong. That made me remember it really clearly, and I corrected it right away."

Chen Mo was speechless at Steve's "practical application." A disciple who was too smart could be quite a headache for his master too. It was good that he could draw inferences from one example, but if this continued, Chen Mo had no idea what he might turn the future Captain America into.

Then, noticing Bucky behind Steve, he quickly changed the subject. "And this is?"

"Oh, Master, this is my best friend, Bucky. We grew up together in the orphanage." Steve pulled Bucky over to introduce him.

"Bucky, this is my Master." Steve looked proud as he introduced Chen Mo. He had always been extremely proud to be Chen Mo's disciple.

Not only was his Master incredibly powerful, easily defeating a whole group of Mafia members, with strength and speed far beyond ordinary people, but he had also transformed Steve, once a frail ordinary person, into someone who could easily knock down a burly man. The old Steve could never have imagined such a thing.

In Steve's eyes, Chen Mo was practically a legendary figure. As the disciple of a legend, how could he not be proud?

Looking at this young man, who was not much older than himself, Bucky would have found it hard to connect him with the immensely capable "Master" Steve had praised so highly if he had not personally witnessed the power, speed, and astonishing precision Chen Mo displayed when throwing knives earlier.

Bucky did not dare underestimate the young man before him now. If that throwing knife had struck him earlier, it would have absolutely taken his life.

Since he was powerful in his own right and also Steve's teacher, Bucky could not help using respectful language. "Hello, sir. It's an honor to meet you."

Chen Mo smiled faintly and raised a hand in greeting. "Welcome to the Martial Arts School. Don't stand around at the door. Come in and sit."

The group sat down on the sofa, and the old butler Albert poured coffee for them.

"Master, Bucky is heading to Europe with his unit tomorrow. Tonight, we're planning to have some fun at the Tomorrow World Expo." When Steve mentioned the army, he could not help shooting Chen Mo a resentful glance. Apparently, he was still bitter about Chen Mo not allowing him to enlist.

"Yes, young people should go out and have fun more often," Chen Mo said with a nod of approval.

Neither Steve nor the others found anything strange about that, but Bucky silently grumbled to himself, You're young too, aren't you?

"Master, you said this afternoon that you had something to tell me. What is it?" Steve asked.

"You've more or less laid a solid foundation now, and you've mastered the fighting techniques I taught you quite well. What remains is the accumulation of real combat experience." Chen Mo looked at Steve as he spoke slowly.

Steve had not yet understood what Chen Mo meant. Thinking that Chen Mo was praising him, he grinned happily. "That's because Master taught me well."

Ignoring Steve's flattery, Chen Mo continued, "So, it's time for you to leave the Martial Arts School."

"W-what? Master, you're sending me away?" Steve's face instantly turned pale.

Chen Mo rolled his eyes at Steve and said slowly, "If you don't want to enlist, you can choose to stay."

"Enlist? Enlist!" Steve finally understood and excitedly asked Chen Mo, "Master, are you saying I can enlist now?"

"I didn't let you go before because you hadn't built a solid foundation yet. Going then would not have been beneficial to increasing your strength. Now the time is right, and you have some ability to protect yourself. You can go to the battlefield and temper yourself properly." Chen Mo smiled as he explained to the excited Steve.

"Thank you, Master!" Only then did Steve realize that Chen Mo had kept him from enlisting for his own good. He wanted Steve to build a solid foundation and gain the ability to protect himself before going. Moved, Steve thanked Chen Mo. Thinking of how he had always complained about Chen Mo before, he said ashamedly, "I'm sorry, Master. I always complained about you before..."

"Alright, I'm not blaming you. Aren't you going to the expo? Let's go. We can go together." Chen Mo stood up as he spoke.

Steve asked strangely, "Master, you're going too?"

"I'm young too, alright?" Chen Mo rolled his eyes at Steve.

The old butler drove the four of them to the expo grounds. "You two go have fun. Eddie and I will look around on our own." After saying that, Chen Mo left with Old Albert.

Steve and Bucky exchanged a glance and shrugged helplessly. "Let's go. No one can guess what Master is thinking." The two found the girls Bucky had arranged to meet, and the four of them began touring the grounds together, while Chen Mo headed straight for the Modern Miracles Exhibit Hall with the old butler.

The hall was filled with futuristic display booths, and a bright red sedan on one of them caught Chen Mo's attention.

This should be the anti-gravity car invented by Howard Stark. Although the technology was still immature, it had enormous potential for future development.

After wandering around casually with Old Albert for a while, the anti-gravity car demonstration soon began. Chen Mo noticed that Steve and Bucky had also brought the two girls to stand below the stage.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Please welcome Mr. Howard Stark!"

Surrounded by a group of beautiful young women, the handsome and dashing Howard stepped onto the stage.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what if I told you that in just a few short years, your cars would never have to touch the ground again?" As soon as Howard finished speaking, several women removed the car's tires together, revealing mysterious devices mounted where the wheels had been.

"Yes, with Stark's anti-gravity technology, all of this will become possible." As Howard slowly pushed the control lever, the entire car gradually rose into the air, drawing gasps from the crowd below.

"God!"

"This is unbelievable!"

"Oh my God!"

Unfortunately, before the crowd could remain excited for long, the anti-gravity device suddenly spat out sparks, and the car crashed heavily onto the stage.

"I said it would still take a few more years, didn't I?" Howard explained awkwardly.

The crowd below still gave him a round of applause. After all, they had never seen anything as high-tech as this before.

Steve below the stage did not seem very interested in any of it. The girl beside him had been watching Howard's impressive technological demonstration with rapt attention, but Steve clumsily chose that moment to offer her a bag of snacks, earning a huge eye roll.

Steve had no idea how to get along with girls. Dejected once again, he looked around in boredom and suddenly spotted an enlistment poster printed on a wall behind him, with an arrow pointing toward a passageway.

"I WANT YOU!"