Tony Stark Takes Action, Man in Black in a Pool of Blood

"How much?" Coulson asked nonchalantly.

"Starting at one hundred thousand dollars, but the actual price goes up depending on the divination result. There's no upper limit."

"What?" Coulson looked at Aaron in surprise, and the hand that had been reaching for his wallet slowly dropped.

He had wanted to pay out of pocket to test Aaron's abilities, but one divination would cost nearly a year's salary. That was insane. He couldn't afford to play that game.

"Gaius, no offense, but that's far too expensive. A thousand times more expensive than I expected.

No one would spend that much money on divination unless they were rich idiots who treated money like dirt."

"Hm?" Aaron froze for a moment, then gave Coulson a thumbs-up. "Mr. Coulson, I'm now one hundred percent certain you have a talent for divination.

Mr. Stark came to me for divination two days ago. Twice, in fact. I accidentally made two million dollars."

Coulson: ...

When had money become so easy to make?

Two million dollars—at his level, it would take him over a decade to save that much!

"Heh." Coulson suppressed his envy and jealousy. "May I ask what you divined?"

"Trade secret." Aaron rubbed his fingers together as he spoke.

"Forget I asked." Coulson certainly didn't think his salary was enough to learn a so-called trade secret.

"Where's Mr. Stark?"

"Probably on a date with Miss Potts. I'd suggest not disturbing him right now.

If you really have some mission to discuss with Tony Stark, going through Miss Potts might be a good idea."

"Thank you for the suggestion. I'll consider it."

Aaron smiled faintly, set down his wineglass, and turned to leave.

Having discovered the unusual old man and woman, he had already achieved his purpose for attending the ball. There was no point in