"It was nothing much, really. It just let people stay young forever, never age or die, and awaken a few different superpowers while it was at it."
"Pfft—cough, cough, cough!"
Leon's calm, casual buildup had made Future Tony think he was about to say something insignificant, but instead, he dropped a bombshell.
A mouthful of saliva caught in his throat, and he nearly failed to catch his breath.
"And you call that nothing?" Future Tony laughed in exasperation.
"What else would I call it?" Leon shrugged indifferently.
"You're something else."
Future Tony gave Leon a massive eye roll. Knowing what he needed, Leon raised a hand and snapped his fingers. A mirror as tall as a person immediately appeared before Future Tony.
Looking at himself in the mirror—his skin completely free of wrinkles, as though he had become twenty years younger—Future Tony touched his face and murmured in a daze,
"I really regained my youth?"
"Mm, of course."
Leon walked over to his side and gave him a confirming answer. Then he patted Future Tony on the shoulder and headed toward the brothers' villa on his own, leaving Future Tony with nothing but an exceptionally dashing back.
"The banquet should be nearly ready. Don't keep them waiting too long."
Maid Form Bast gave Future Tony a polite, neither servile nor overbearing bow, then silently followed behind Leon with graceful steps.
"Leon Stark... he really was the kind of bastard who was too handsome to hate." Watching Leon's white-clad back, Future Tony clicked his tongue and sighed.
Then, he lowered his head to look at his fist and clenched it hard.
Boom—
The air was violently compressed in an instant, letting out a piercing explosive crack as it fled through the gaps between Future Tony's fingers.
"So this is my superpower