After Tony ran out, he saw that the Generals had run out too.
"Fair enough that I ran-I really don't know how to do this. But Black Panther, Mephisto, Ratso, you three are pushing it!"
Black Panther was a prince.
Mephisto was a lord.
And Ratso had merged with the consciousness of Norman, a CEO.
The Generals rolled their eyes.
You're the CEO of an arms corporation yourself!
Seeing their looks, Tony flushed slightly. "Ahem. Mephisto and Hyperion, come with me. Everyone else, get back to your own work. Absorbing the Nova Civilization will still take some time."
Doctor Octopus breathed a sigh of relief. "Spider-Man, come on. How about studying biological evolution with me?"
Spider-Man stretched. "Sure, I'll help!"
Winter Soldier Bucky shrugged. "I'll go help Loki. I know a bit about military administration."
Ratso said helplessly, "Fine, fine. I'll help too."
Reed said, "The Nova Civilization has plenty of enhancement technology. I'd like to study it."
Tony was very pleased. "Good, good. Keep up the hard work, everyone. I'm out of here!"
With that, he opened a portal and fled.
Hyperion and Mephisto followed close behind.
The former knew nothing about management, while the latter simply wanted nothing to do with that headache.
He would rather give Loki a share of his energy source than do it.
Tony sat in the lounge of Hyperion's Emperor Carrier, holding a bashful Bionic Beauty Robot in his arms. "Good thing we got out fast. Any slower, and Loki would've dragged us off to do hard labor."
Except when something major was at stake, Loki was quite happy to screw him over in the name of brotherhood.
Hyperion looked rather glum. "Man, I have it rough. I get beaten up every day, and then I get yelled at too."
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