Sneaking Around Isn’t Allowed Either?

"Renoli, Kyle, and Precognitor?"

"I’ll remember that."

"How long have you been members of the Void Cult?"

Rather than frightening Tony, this made him somewhat happy, because they were essentially his kind.

He did not need to fear that displaying excessive strength would draw strange looks and moral condemnation from others.

"Counting today, we’ve only been members for twenty-three days."

When Renoli saw that this Tony was an unfamiliar face yet had joined the Void Cult,

he roughly guessed that Tony was a senior who had joined the Void Cult much earlier than they had.

"You’ve been members for less than a month?"

"I’ve been a member for about nine months now."

"But my physical constitution still can’t compare to yours. Superpowered people really are lucky."

Tony spoke with some emotion after hearing Renoli’s words.

He had expected that if Harvey gave ordinary people the opportunity to join the Void,

there would definitely be people who had only just joined yet already possessed terrifying strength.

He still did not understand Precognitor’s strength, so he could not say much about him yet.

But the strength Renoli and Kyle had displayed made them absolute monsters capable of taking on a thousand enemies alone.

"So you’re a senior. But your combat experience seems somewhat lacking."

"And although your armor can fly, unless it’s sufficiently durable—"

"Flying around constantly on the battlefield isn’t a good thing. It could get you killed suddenly."

Upon hearing that Tony had been a member for nearly a year, Renoli spoke with a hint of respect, though there was also some advice in his words.

He, Kyle, and Precognitor had fought too many people. The moment they exchanged blows, they could tell that Tony was severely lacking in combat experience.

"Yeah, I didn’t really fight people much in the past."

Tony readily admitted it after hearing those words.

Although he had fought terrorists on Earth, the difference in strength between him and those terrorists had been too great.

It had been a one-sided beating and could not be considered combat experience at all.

"Senior Tony, since you’ve been a member for so long, do you have any evolution experience you could teach us?"

Seeing that Tony did not seem angry, Renoli completely relaxed his guard and asked casually.

"Evolution experience? There are two directions for evolution: eating, or adapting to harsh environments."

"But adapting to harsh environments is too painful, so I evolved by eating vast amounts of food."

"However, after some research, I think the direction of evolution follows the area in which you most wish to evolve and grow stronger."

"If you feel your stamina is insufficient, then your next evolution will most likely enhance your stamina. Your other physical attributes will improve too, but not by much."

"At the beginning, the rate of evolution is very noticeable. But the more times you evolve, the slower it becomes."

"But there’s no need to worry. We all have long lifespans."

Tony did not hold back his experience after hearing this. Rather, he had always wanted to find some compatriots to exchange insights on evolution with.

"I see. No wonder my speed has been getting faster and faster, while my strength hasn’t increased much."

"You can evolve by adapting to harsh environments too? What kind of environment counts as harsh?"

"Can any direction of evolution work?"

Compared to Tony, Renoli, Kyle, and Precognitor were newcomers who had only just joined the Void Cult and were still learning about evolution.

Now that they had a senior before them, they naturally wanted to learn as much as possible.

Seeing how eager each of them was to understand, Tony felt the pleasure of teaching.

The group chatted for several hours. When they learned that Tony had only just arrived in the universe and had no money on him, they directly treated him to the meal.

Tony had originally wanted to pay as the senior and treat them, but unfortunately, this was not Earth.

Though he had no money now, Tony immediately made a promise that he would treat them to a feast a month later.

A month was enough time for him to adapt to the universe. By then, he might not be able to earn money, but eating and drinking on the company account was only natural, wasn’t it?

In just a few hours, Tony had met all the Void Cult members on the island and gotten to know them, without borrowing Harvey’s name to ingratiate himself with them.

Being able to talk without hiding his identity made Tony feel rather pleased.

After dinner, Tony bid them farewell and left. He still flew, but this time he did not fly so high. He casually found a villa and moved in.

Less than half an hour after Tony moved in, Sonia arrived.

"Mr. Tony, Mr. Kassadin said that a secretary needs to be arranged for you to take care of your daily life and handle miscellaneous matters."

"I’ve prepared a list. Please take a look."

Sonia projected a hologram.

The hologram introduced their ages and their respective work experience.

"I approve of their abilities… but I have a question. Aren’t there any prettier ones?"

"Someone about as beautiful as you, for example?"

"Even someone like Lacey would do."

Tony sat on a sofa and carefully examined the list of secretaries, finding that every one of them had extensive work experience.

Most of them had been able to work since their teens, so there was basically no reason to doubt their abilities.

It was just that the women on the list could only be called decent-looking. Not one of them struck him at first glance as truly beautiful from the bottom of his heart.

"Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Tony."

"However, Mr. Kassadin said that, for the sake of harmony between you and your wife, the secretary arranged for you cannot be too beautiful."

"Please understand, Mr. Tony."

Upon hearing Tony praise her appearance, Sonia’s smile remained unchanged.

"…?"

Tony wanted to say something after hearing that, but he had no way to refute it.

"Mr. Kassadin anticipated that this would be your reaction."

"So he instructed me that if Mr. Tony wants a more beautiful secretary, I can arrange one for you."

"On the condition that you can persuade your wife."

Seeing Mr. Tony at a loss for words, Sonia said with a smile.

There would certainly be no shortage of exceptionally beautiful secretaries to choose from. On the contrary, it was more troublesome to specifically select women who could only be considered slightly pretty.

"Can’t I just do it secretly?"

"As long as my wife doesn’t know, wouldn’t it be fine?"

Tony knew he could not persuade Pepper after hearing Sonia’s words, but he still wanted to, so he spoke softly.

"Please don’t make things difficult for me, Mr. Tony."

"This matter was decided by Mr. Kassadin. If I violate the rules and fail to handle it properly, I may incur Mr. Kassadin’s reprimand."

Sonia revealed a troubled expression upon hearing this and replied politely.

"Fine, then I’ll take this one."

Seeing Sonia like this, Tony could not guarantee that he would be able to persuade Harvey to spare her if Harvey reprimanded her, so he could only resign himself to it.

After carefully choosing, Tony finally selected the female secretary who looked the most pleasing to him and also had an excellent figure.

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