Tony: Don't Come Any Closer!!

Fifteen minutes later.

George Stacy led a large force of officers and rushed to the scene.

The moment they opened the door.

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"Whoa. What is this?"

"Is this... the taste of the upper class?"

"Gotta say, it's pretty unique!"

Inside the room, ropes hung down from the ceiling, suspending the wealthy men and socialites in a style of bondage filled with Japanese "primitive art."

No matter who they were or what status they held, the men were left in nothing but underwear, while the women had only bras added to that.

Of course, some of the more uninhibited ones wore nothing at all, leaving nothing to the imagination and burning everyone's eyes.

The officers lowered their guns, staring wide-eyed and open-mouthed in astonishment as they murmured among themselves.

Seeing the displeased expressions on Obadiah and the other wealthy men, Chief George Stacy's face stiffened. He quickly rebuked his subordinates and had them begin the rescue.

No joke—many of the people here were major figures in New York. Better not offend them if possible.

Some of the officers quickly searched the entire room but found no trace of the culprit.

Just as they were about to report back.

Tap tap tap.

A mechanical buzzing suddenly came from outside the window.

Chief Stacy's heart skipped a beat. He silently cursed, realizing something was wrong, and was about to send someone to pull the curtains shut.

Whoosh.

A massive spotlight shone in through the window.

Tony had just been rescued and had not even caught his breath.

Then a beam of light landed directly on his bare ass.

Tony's expression froze. His body turned stiffly, like a wind-up puppet, and he saw New York Daily News reporters outside clinging to the helicopter's metal door as they eagerly photographed everyone in the room.

Just as he tried to cover his face with both hands to hide his identity (/▽＼), Obadiah, wearing red underwear, charged over with his beer belly thrust forward and his full chest jiggling.

"Tony!!"

"Oh no, Obadiah, don't come any closer!!"

Waving his hands wildly, Tony went pale with fright and hurried backward.

The New York Daily News reporters were completely drawn in by the sudden shout. Then, as if they had discovered a new continent, they pointed at Tony and screamed.

"Hey, that's Tony Stark!!"

Tony's face turned green at the shout. He wanted to die.

As expected of reporters, their dedicated hands instinctively captured the next scene perfectly on camera.

An old man in red underwear screamed as he passionately embraced a naked man.

The image was simply too beautiful, too moving.

Tony Stark got so worked up that his eyes rolled upward and he fainted.

[Emotional Value from Tony Stark +699]

Over the next few days, the incident at the Four Seasons Hotel continued to escalate.

All sorts of news outlets added fuel to the fire and followed the story closely.

The entire city of New York was filled with the "romantic story" that had to be told between Obadiah and Tony Stark.

Dimensional space.

Li Chao shifted his body with difficulty, holding a newspaper and chuckling.

Especially the picture of Tony Stark and Obadiah, the two naked men embracing amid a crowd of police officers—it was simply too hilarious.

"Hahahaha, I'm dying!"

Because the police had sealed off Loki's information, the outside world did not know much about what had actually happened inside.

As a result, some onlookers who did not know the truth began making certain assumptions, causing all sorts of jokes and false rumors to fly everywhere and accelerating the spread of the news.

On top of that, the police department's disclosure was far too vague. Reflected in the stock market, Stark Industries' share price had plunged over the past few days, leaving the market in mourning.

[Emotional Value from New York Citizens +100312.77]

[Emotional Value from Tony Stark +777]

[Emotional Value from Obadiah Stane +456]

[Emotional Value from Nick Fury +271]

[.]

Looking at the flood of messages on the system panel, Li Chao was so delighted he could barely keep his legs together.

"As expected of Tony Stark, one of the most important characters in the Marvel universe. The emotional value he provided is truly abundant!"

What surprised him most was not that, but the fact that the news impact caused by this incident had already far exceeded his expectations.

"This proves that the idea of drawing more people into an event to gain more emotional value is correct."

Rubbing his chin, Li Chao fell into thought.

He turned his gaze to the system panel.

Host: Li Chao (Lord of Dimensions/Demon God)

World: Marvel Universe.

Lifespan: Infinite.

Items: Fire Cloud Evil God, Loki Mask, Shadaloo, Six Treasury Immortal Thieves.

Emotional Value: 107033.91

Considering that he still needed to inject emotional value into the dimension to expand its area, Li Chao could only put aside the idea of drawing Silver Treasure Chests for now and draw two Bronze Treasure Chests first.

[C-Rank 1-Star Character Card: Chun-Li.

Abilities: Chinese martial arts, Hundred Lightning Kicks, Kikoken Palm.

Introduction: From the Street Fighter world. Besides mastering various Chinese martial arts, she won an award at the International Police Shooting Competition with a sixth-place finish and earned the title of "World's Strongest Woman." She is an extremely capable female fighter.]

[C-Rank Item Card: Captain Jack's Compass.

Introduction: A magical item from Pirates of the Caribbean. With it, one can travel anywhere they wish to go.]

[B-Rank Character Card Fragment ×1.]

[B-Rank 5-Star Character Card: John Constantine.

Abilities: Spells, black magic, curses, fighting techniques, master psychologist, deception.

Introduction: A master of black magic from the DC world. Every partner he has ever had gave him glowing reviews.]

[D-Rank Item Card: Clear Mind Talisman ×5.

Introduction: A specialty from an immortal cultivation world. It calms the mind and protects against external demons.]

"Not bad luck at all. I actually pulled a B-Rank character card—Constantine!"

Rubbing his hands together, Li Chao merged Constantine's character card into his body and carefully sensed the various magical knowledge churning through his mind.

As for the remaining emotional value, he kept eighty thousand and poured all the rest into this dimension.

He had no choice but to invest it. He had long grown sick of this cramped space. If there had been any other way to expand the dimension's area, he definitely would not have used such precious emotional value, but right now, he had no alternative.

As the emotional value slowly drained away, the dimension's area rapidly began to change.

It swiftly grew from the size of a coffin into a... single-person bathroom?

"Fuck, I got ripped off!"

"How did it only increase by this much?!"

Sitting on a manifested toilet, Li Chao propped his chin on one hand, his expression extremely grim.

Although it was much better than a coffin and he could finally move his body, it was still nowhere near what Li Chao had expected!

At this rate, if he wanted it to grow into a small bedroom of a dozen or so square meters, wouldn't he need to spend nearly a hundred thousand emotional value?!

"That's outrageous! A hundred thousand emotional value is enough for me to draw a Silver Treasure Chest!"

Irritably looking around the bathroom, Li Chao manifested a glass of cola for himself.

Slurp.

As he drank, he pondered how he could expand his dimensional space by even a little with maximum efficiency.

After thinking it over and over, Li Chao set down the cola and smacked his thigh hard.

Smack!

"Ah, if I want to achieve a one-bedroom apartment as soon as possible, it looks like I still have to stir up some trouble!"

As he spoke, he cast his gaze toward Earth, and a plan slowly took shape in his heart.

Writing supernatural stories before had been too serious, so I wanted to try a lighter style. This book is just an experiment, I suppose ε-(｀;).