Press Conference

After eliminating King, everyone in Yuri's small shop returned to their peaceful lives. Ethan clocked in, slacked off, and clocked out every day. The five members of Shark mastered the energy projection abilities newly bestowed by Yuri during the day, and at night, they joined Daredevil in the adjacent Hell's Kitchen to fight crime.

During this time, Tony came to visit once. The reason was that the artificial intelligence Jarvis had discovered that Yuri had used borrowed money to heavily acquire Stark Industries stocks. The two engaged in a spectacular war of words witnessed by Ethan and the others. In the end, with the bottom line being "Yuri shall not interfere with the company's operations without cause after gaining shares and shall always support Tony's decisions regarding the company," they made the man whose mustache was twitching with anger give up his pursuit of the stocks.

Seven days later, the financial company whose top executives Yuri had controlled converted a total of $502.3 billion into Stark Industries stocks. After a comprehensive evaluation, Yuri held approximately 18% of the shares, making him the undisputed major shareholder of Stark Industries.

This was done very well. As a token of gratitude, Yuri proactively used his life energy to help them recuperate, considering it payment for the consumption of various resources and connections over the past week.

Upon hearing this news, Tony immediately began promoting the "Rebirth Potion." Overwhelming advertisements and videos of disabled volunteers regaining their lives became a sensation across the Lighthouse Nation within days. After the military came out to endorse it, dozens of countries worldwide placed unilateral, massive orders with the yet-to-be-officially-established "Rebirth Pharmaceutical Company," orders that were estimated to take years to fulfill.

"Boss, how is it?"

Ethan smoothed his sparse hair back, nervously adjusting the tie around his neck. He pushed his glasses up his nose, anxiously awaiting Yuri's response. Due to extreme lack of confidence in his own company management skills, he had decided after discussing with Yuri to act as the proxy for those 18% Stark shares, while Yuri himself would front the Rebirth Pharmaceutical Company.

Yuri gently smoothed out the small wrinkles on his shoulders. After a serious look up and down, he smiled and said, "Ethan, I personally picked out this suit for you. You should have some confidence in my taste. It looks good, fitted and understated."

At this moment, the five members of Shark emerged from the stairs. Compared to before, their demeanor had changed significantly. Simply put, their behavior was more like humans than untamed beasts. The three male Mutants were in black suits, exuding power, while the two female Mutants wore evening gowns that accentuated their proud figures and beautiful faces.

"Boss, we should get going."

Shark glanced at the time on his watch and put on the black sunglasses resting in his chest pocket. Tiger and Cheetah stood beside Ethan, while Shark opened the door to the small shop for Yuri. Today, the five were acting as bodyguards and escorts. Ethan was assigned two bodyguards, and Yuri had two escorts.

The car was a "friendly sponsorship" from his cheap old man who had "expelled him from the family" at the beginning. Yuri looked it over from every angle, and it strongly resembled the car he had been driven away in back then.

As expected, when he opened the car door, his cheap old man, Rob Ambrosius, was looking at him with a look of approval, holding a glass of red wine. "Get in, my outstanding son. You are the fastest in our family's history to achieve success from scratch. Your mother and I are truly proud of you."

Yuri couldn't be bothered. After getting into the car, he simply hugged his cheap mother, who was sitting in the passenger seat, and then, right in front of his own father, he put his arms around the two women, showing no regard for him at all.

"Hahaha."

His cheap mother, Shaher, covered her mouth with her hand. With every smile and glance, her elegant and noble demeanor flowed like a tide. She turned to look at Rob, whose expression had darkened, and mercilessly taunted, "It seems our son is still angry with you, my dear Rob."

"Cough cough!"

Rob cleared his throat and placed the wine glass on the tray with a gentle clink. The smoothly moving car caused not even the slightest ripple. His gaze towards Yuri suddenly became serious. "Yuri, I admit that what I did to you not long ago was a bit sudden, but that's how your grandfather, I, and the rest of the family have always done things."

Yuri glanced at him and nodded dismissively. "I know. Actually, I don't blame you. I just want to know if there are any other secret rules of the Ambrosius family, which has always passed down through a single heir, that I don't know about. You know, I don't really like this feeling of being kept in the dark and passively accepting things."

"Emm..."

Rob's eyes flickered a few times. He subtly glanced at Vanax and Kate in Yuri's arms. "There are indeed some, but it's a long story. I'd prefer to tell you everything you need to know in detail in my study."

Yuri raised an eyebrow. He knew this family he had stumbled into was not normal. As the saying goes, a wealthy family declines within three generations. How could there be a family like the Ambrosius, which has always passed down through a single heir, whose successors are always keen on courting disaster yet somehow always have immense luck and survive any predicament? It was a strange family indeed!

Of course, Yuri Ambrosius, the unlucky one, was an exception.

It was because he had caught the eye of the leader of the Mutants, whose origins predated human history.

With the conflict brought to light, the atmosphere in the car quickly returned to normal. It could be said that his cheap mother, as expected of a noble lady, steered the conversation towards the upcoming press conference with just a few words. Yuri naturally slipped into the role of "son." Although his golden eyes caused them some confusion, Yuri quickly used his psychic abilities to make them accept the notion that "son was always meant to be this way."

The car soon drove into the venue, which was located at Stark Tower.

Tony's intention was to combine the opening ceremony of the new company with the replacement of the weapons department by Stark Energy. Yuri thought this was a good idea and simply left everything to Tony to handle.

As the car door opened, Yuri proactively got out and helped his mother out of the car. As expected, the media swarmed them, taking photos frantically. At this point, their understanding of Yuri was still at the level of "the next heir of the Ambrosius family." Just as they were preparing to write a news report titled "Filial Piety: A Young Master from a Prominent Family Personally Opens the Door for His Mother," they saw Yuri turn and immediately have two stunning beauties, who could be described as world-class, link arms with him.

"Click! Click! Click! Click! Click!..."

An even more torrential wave of shutter clicks washed over them. A series of bizarre headlines like "New York's Latest Playboy", "The Demise of the Ambrosius Family", and "The Fallen Prodigal Son of a Wealthy Family" erupted like fountains, unstoppable.

All the reporters' faces were beaming with excitement—this was far more newsworthy than filial piety!

Just then, Yuri's very familiar voice came from the broadcast in the first-floor lobby of Stark Tower. The artificial intelligence Jarvis spoke in a powerful voice:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the press conference will officially begin in half an hour. Please take your seats. Our protagonist will be arriving shortly!"