Inside the cultivation room of the Astral Tower.
Xu Mo's cross-legged figure floated in midair.
Before him, the pitch-black Darkhold emitted dark energy.
Xu Mo's closed eyes slowly opened.
The Darkhold turned into a blur and sank into the space between his brows, and at the same time, his floating figure drifted back down to the ground.
I still feel like it's lacking a fraction!
Xu Mo sighed.
After all, it was magic capable of traversing the Multiverse, so slightly higher requirements were understandable.
With a flash of his figure, Xu Mo already appeared inside a two-story villa located on the southern shore of Death Island.
The villa had finished construction not long ago.
Returning to the villa, Xu Mo did not linger as a spatial gate slowly opened beside him.
Then he stepped right through it.
He arrived before the door of Tony's villa.
Last night, Tony had informed him that the Powered Armor was finished.
"Hi, Ms. Potts, long time no see!"
At the entrance of the villa, Xu Mo met Pepper, who was waiting for him.
When he came last time, he had not caught sight of her.
"It certainly has been a long time. As the second-largest shareholder of the company, you don't even show up at the office once a month. It really is somewhat difficult for the two of us to meet!"
As soon as they met, Pepper's complaints greeted him.
Of the company's two major shareholders, Tony goofed off all day long, while Xu Mo could not be seen for months on end.
All kinds of affairs for the entire company fell entirely on her shoulders.
"Still, I must properly thank you, seeing as I get along fairly well with my current boss and don't plan on changing bosses anytime back just yet!"
As she spoke, Pepper led Xu Mo upstairs with a full smile.
"Don't mention it. If you feel unhappy doing this job, remember to contact me at any time! It just so happens that Avril is also complaining that she is a bit too busy handling things alone."
"Poor Avril. It seems her situation is virtually identical to mine. You heartless capitalists!"
During their conversation, the two walked into a room covered in various machinery.
"Hey, Pepper, talking bad about us right to my face hardly seems appropriate!"
Tony's figure walked out from behind a desk piled high with parts.
Upon hearing this, Pepper ignored his complaint.
"You two chat!"
Pepper Potts chuckled softly, turning to walk toward the coffee machine on the side.
"Poaching my people right in front of me, you're going way too far!"
Watching Pepper's retreating back, Tony muttered a complaint.
"Fine, next time I'll schedule a private chat with Pepper!"
Seeing the corners of Xu Mo's mouth lift, Tony conceded defeat.
"Alright, the two of us are dating, so please keep your distance from Pepper from now on!"
Although he knew the other man was just teasing him, anxiety clouded judgment, and against Xu Mo, he didn't feel he had any advantages.
Hearing the admission, Xu Mo smiled and patted the other man's shoulder.
"Rest assured, I have no interest in Pepper. You'd better hurry up and take me to see my Powered Armor!"
Hearing Xu Mo's assurance, Tony finally breathed a sigh of relief.
While leading him deeper inside, he muttered under his breath.
"You'd better hope so!"
A moment later, Tony led Xu Mo before a glass display case taller than a person.
He pointed to a dark blue Powered Armor inside the case.
"Based on the Mark IV, the armor has been modified into a portable version according to your suggestions. Take a look and see how it is!"
As he spoke, the glass of the case opened, and Tony pressed a certain spot on the armor. The armor contracted sharply, finally turning into a briefcase the size of a computer bag.
"Although it lost a portion of its performance, the total weight of the armor now does not exceed thirty kilograms!"
Tony introduced it with a confident expression.
"It seems to look pretty good!"
Xu Mo inspected the armor inside the case.
Next, Tony detailed the armor's various functions and weaponry.
After listening to the introduction, a satisfied smile appeared on Xu Mo's face.
Once Wanda put it on, she would have enough to protect herself.
At the very worst, with the armor's top flight speed of Mach 3, very few enemies could hope to catch her if she ran.
"Thanks, I'm very satisfied with the armor!"
In the villa in Brooklyn.
Wanda and Pietro were packing their things.
Ever since Wanda brought up her desire to attend school last time, Xu Mo had quickly arranged everything properly.
With less than a week left until the start of the university semester, they needed to move near the school ahead of time.
Parking the car outside the villa, Xu Mo had just walked into the villa's courtyard when Pietro's complaints drifted out from the room.
"Wanda, you know as well as that I have zero interest in going to school!"
"All right, Pietro, you've been repeating that sentence for nearly a month now. The car to pick us up is about to arrive, you aren't going to tell me you've changed your mind, are you?"
Wanda sealed up the final box, looking seriously at Pietro.
Considering that Pietro and Wanda were the same age, after seeking Wanda's opinion, Xu Mo had arranged a school for him as well.
However, Pietro clearly harbored some resistance toward university life.
"No... well, of course not!"
"I'm just feeling a bit... nervous about the upcoming university life. Yes, that's right, just nervous!"
Pietro forced out an explanation.
Having just stepped inside, Xu Mo listened and smiled with a laugh.
"Don't worry, Pietro. I'm sure you'll fall in love with college life in no time!"
Seeing Xu Mo walk in, the eyes of both lit up simultaneously.
Wanda actually threw herself directly into his embrace.
"Darling, I thought you'd forgotten about today!"
Through a few months of getting along, he had successfully been promoted to 'darling' by Wanda.
The feelings between them had also rapidly heated up.
Xu Mo smiled and ruffled her hair.
"How could I possibly forget something so important?"
"Well, are you all packed?"
Wanda nodded, pointing to a mountain-like pile of boxes in the living room.
"Of course, it's all ready!"
Xu Mo looked at the dozen or so storage boxes covering the floor.
"Didn't I say that everything can just be bought over there? There's no need to drag all of this stuff with us!"
Sure enough, women of any nation were no different in this regard.
Every time they went out, they wished they could move their entire home with them.
"No, these are all necessary items! Besides, after moving over, it'll just waste time going out to buy things, so it's better to just bring them along directly!"
"Fine!"
Xu Mo nodded helplessly.
The three of them walked out of the villa, and the moving company vehicle arranged by Avril had just happened to park outside.
Promptly, Wanda directed the men to start moving the items from the living room into the vehicle.
As for Xu Mo, he brought Pietro—who was merely carrying a single-shoulder backpack—over to a parked Lamborghini sports car.
Casually, he tossed the keys in his hand to Pietro, who was staring blankly at the car.
"Try it out, see if you like it!"
Subconsciously catching the keys, Pietro stared at the bullfighting emblem on them.
Only then did he gradually react, his breathing turning somewhat ragged.
"Wait, do you mean this car is for me?"
"Of course!"
Xu Mo nodded.
Judging from their past interactions, the current Pietro had a personality somewhat different from the one after his powers awakened.
His childhood as an orphan left him harboring a trace of cowardice and inferiority deep down.
Although this personality began to gradually improve after he started cultivating, he still lacked self-confidence at this stage.
And the reason for giving the car was precisely to improve this personality of his.
After all, it is impossible for a person to own a Lamborghini and an inferiority complex at the same time!
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