With a Mortal Body, He Stood Shoulder to Shoulder with Gods—You Were Far Greater Than You Imagined!

Alright, he simply could not stay calm right now. The video of Pepper Potts kissing that man lingered in his mind. The more he tried not to think about it, the clearer it became. How could he possibly remain calm under these circumstances?!

Someone had to tell him this was fake!

Ordinary Group Owner: "Of course it's real. Would I, the group owner, send you a fake video?"

Ordinary Group Owner: "In the future, you and Pepper Potts got married and had children. But because of a crisis involving the entire universe, you sacrificed yourself to save everyone, so Pepper Potts became single again. The man beside her was your future teammate."

Ordinary Group Owner: "After you died, he helped take care of Pepper Potts. Over time, feelings developed between them, so... you know."

Ordinary Group Owner: "serious face.jpg"

Son of Nature: "."

Richest Man in the Lighthouse: "I died? Then my teammate cuckolded me?"

Richest Man in the Lighthouse: "Are you kidding me? And it was a crisis involving the entire universe?!"

Richest Man in the Lighthouse: "Do you know how insignificant Earth is in the universe? What use would an Earthling like me be in a crisis affecting the entire universe?"

Richest Man in the Lighthouse: "And how could I possibly sacrifice myself for someone else? Don't joke around!"

Son of Nature: "No, the group owner did not lie to you about that."

Son of Nature: "Your future self really did sacrifice himself to save the entire universe. Even before that, you carried a nuclear bomb into space and narrowly escaped death."

Son of Nature: "When it came to Thanos, you could have stayed out of it and lived your own life with Pepper Potts, but you ultimately chose to take part."

Son of Nature: "That was you—Iron Man, Tony Stark, a man whose mortal body rivaled the gods."

Son of Nature: "You were far greater than you thought."

Tony Stark fell silent. Though he still did not want to believe the other person's words, that solemn tone did not seem like a lie.

Could his future self really sacrifice himself to save others?

But a crisis involving the entire universe? What kind of danger would that be?!

With Earth's level of technology, even with me included, we wouldn't be qualified to participate in that battle, would we?

Wait!

Tony suddenly thought of something.

If, according to them, he was a character in some anime or film, then there was no need to think too hard about the logic.

Because he was the protagonist, the war involved him.

Because he was on Earth, the war involved Earth.

Because this world was a work of fiction, a danger involving the entire universe could appear.

That made everything seem to make sense.

But why the hell did that make it even harder to accept?!

Richest Man in the Lighthouse: "What about you all? Isn't it hard for you to accept that you're characters in some work?"

Uchiha Dance King: "Hmph. Only those weak of will would find that difficult to accept."

Be My Son: "Gurararara! So what if it's a work of fiction? This old man is quite satisfied with his current life."

Worst Spirit: "After joining the Chat Group, does that question really still matter? After learning of the future, would you still head toward it exactly as it was without changing anything at all?"

Son of Nature: "Was the question you just asked part of the original author's setting?"

Boil Daigo Into Soup: "Actually, think of it another way. Without those authors creating their works, we would never have been born."

Boil Daigo Into Soup: "Does that make it easier to accept?"

Ordinary Group Owner: "Why do I feel like that makes it even harder to accept?"

Ordinary Group Owner: "Other than Meowth, me, Bai Xuan, and you, do you think any of the others would be satisfied with their original fates?"

Boil Daigo Into Soup: "Uh..."

Madara Uchiha was betrayed and pierced through the heart by Black Zetsu, the subordinate he trusted most.

Not only did Whitebeard die, but the Whitebeard Pirates were gone as well.

Dongfang Bubai ultimately died because of love.

Minato Namikaze died sealing the Nine-Tails. His wife died too, and his son had a miserable childhood.

As for Kurumi Tokisaki, there was even less need to mention her. She was still trying to kill the Initial Elf and change her own fate.

It really did seem like none of them had particularly satisfying lives.

Glory of the Northern God: "Woof woof woof?"

Ordinary Group Owner: "Oh, I forgot about you."

Ordinary Group Owner: "This Shiba Inu is excluded too."

Richest Man in the Lighthouse: "Although your way of comforting people is rather unusual, I think I understand now."

Richest Man in the Lighthouse: "So, @Ordinary Group Owner, that thing with Pepper Potts was fake after all, right?!"

Ordinary Group Owner: "Ahem. Although the video is fake, reality might not be."

Ordinary Group Owner: "Not everyone is willing to stay alone for the rest of their life."

Richest Man in the Lighthouse: "."

Richest Man in the Lighthouse: "Do you have the full version?"

Richest Man in the Lighthouse: "Name your price. If money won't do, you can exchange it for equivalent gold or jewelry."

It was not that he did not want to offer something else, but wealth was the most useful thing.

For example, gold. Other jewelry and diamonds might be worthless in another world, but gold would never be of low value no matter what world it was in.

Ordinary Group Owner: "eyes sparkling.jpg"

Ordinary Group Owner: "boring.jpg"

Ordinary Group Owner: "Forget the money. I'm too weak right now; if someone sets their sights on me, I'm finished."

Ordinary Group Owner: "How about making me an Artificial Intelligence similar to Jarvis?"

Ordinary Group Owner: "Technological development on my side has become extremely slow because of Spirit Energy. Its existence has caused many scientific formulas to undergo inexplicable changes, so technology hasn't advanced at all—it has even regressed somewhat."

Ordinary Group Owner: "With Jarvis online, I'd definitely be invincible."

Ordinary Group Owner: "Oh, and don't make Jarvis too honest. We still have the internet here, and sometimes there's no helping things like robbing the rich to help the poor, right?"

Richest Man in the Lighthouse: ". You could have just said so directly. Do I look like such an honest person?"

Son of Nature: "Make one for me too. I'll give you a ball of Spirit Energy."

Son of Nature: "It can roughly double an ordinary person's physical fitness and make up for your frail body."

Richest Man in the Lighthouse: "???"

Richest Man in the Lighthouse: "My body is perfectly healthy, alright?! If those dog barks hadn't disturbed me today, she wouldn't have been able to get out of bed tomorrow afternoon."

Richest Man in the Lighthouse: "How about this? Tell me anything else you want while you're at it, and send me a few more of those Spirit Energy balls."

Richest Man in the Lighthouse: "Don't misunderstand. It's not that I want them. My physical fitness doesn't need them at all! I just think Pepper Potts has been working rather hard lately, so I want to reward her."

Ordinary Group Owner: "."

Ordinary Group Owner: "Do you think we'd believe that?"