Master of the Marvel Universe: Chapter 46

His decision to shut down Stark Industries' weapons division had also come from his belief that he could no longer ensure his weapons would make the world a better place.

"Alright, put that aside for now. It's time to cut the cake." Shen He sat down directly beside Tony. "How much of my new company do you want?"

"I think ten percent will be enough." Tony considered it for a moment. "Even with a finished product, no one besides me can crack the technology quickly. And if we calculate based on its future potential, the initial investment is practically nothing. So that ten percent is mainly for the technical support and operational production share."

It was a very fair number, perhaps even somewhat unfair, because Tony had calculated the virtual helmet's greatest future value, something nearly impossible in venture capital.

Besides friendship, Chaldea's mystery was another reason.

"Tony, I have another idea. You should know that I'm not interested in money." Shen He spread his hands and began his performance. "Before I came here, I'd never even touched money. Does money have any meaning to me? It's just a resource, a resource I use to save the world. So, let's exchange shares."

"...You want shares in Stark Industries?"

"That's right." Shen He nodded. "I need Stark Industries' influence, though not right now. We can exchange them gradually as the company develops."

The virtual helmet might become a giant of the online industry in the future, perhaps even affect reality, but that depended on this world safely enduring crisis after crisis. What Shen He needed was not the influence of the online industry, but the influence of actual industry. More precisely, with such an exchange, he could use Tony's power with a clear conscience instead of relying on their friendship.

Even between the best of friends, long-term one-sided taking would eventually cause problems.

"Stark Industries was left to me by my father." Tony spread his hands. "But I only need to make sure the shares and decision-making power remain in my hands. After my uncle died, I had more than enough shares. So what else is there to say? Maybe we should throw a party to celebrate becoming partners."

"Of course. A party is a must." Shen He was somewhat excited as well.

He had only been in this world for twenty days, yet he was steadily becoming one of the people standing at the top.

Of course, with a cheat ability, this was merely routine, but it still thrilled him immensely.

Then his sights needed to reach farther ahead, toward, for instance—the soon-to-arrive Asgardian prince, Thor.

Asgard, a guardian force far stronger than Earth, had ultimately been destroyed before Earth. When Shen He had watched the movies, he had found it rather regrettable. So if there was any plot he wanted to change, Asgard's destruction was one of them, and it also suited the behavioral traits he had established for Chaldea.

That was, the past had been observed, and now they were preparing to personally intervene and save the world.

Therefore, before the plot began, he had to prepare himself and increase his strength.

He was now level thirteen, while Saiki would need an enormous number of Enhancement Stones after reaching level ten, making a breakthrough before the plot began unlikely. So Shen He planned to continue focusing all his efforts on raising Violet.

However, reality was never so beautiful.

"Why can't she be enhanced after reaching level ten?" Shen He felt his mood sour.

"Master?"

Violet raised her head and looked at her Master.

She still could not say many words, but she could already say the word "Master" very smoothly.

"This isn't your fault."

Shen He sat beside Shiki's bed and gently stroked Violet's soft, silky hair.

On the system's virtual interface before him, it showed that further enhancement required ten "Wyvern Claws."

Wyverns only appeared below the thirtieth floor in Dungeon instances, while Shen He could currently only enter up to the twentieth floor.

I can only enhance Shiki first...

Shen He looked at Shiki lying on the bed. Over the past few days, he had tried enhancing her as well, and it had worked, but it did not seem to do much to help her wake up.