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"That makes sense."
[Iron Man, Zhuge Cong, opens the newspaper; the most prominent headline is a report about his suspected death.]
When Sugisaki Ken saw the news reports on the screen, which were already reporting on the suspected death of Iron Man Zhuge Cong, he thought of the rich girl from the journalism club at his school.
However, that young lady still had excellent qualities when it came to reporting the news, namely, she valued authenticity and wouldn't start reporting based on mere speculation.
"What's wrong with it?"
The child sat on the sofa, looking at the various battle scars on the steel armor in front of him, and asked a question.
"Life is tough."
"I built her, I take care of her."
[Iron Man Zhuge Cong answers Kid's question while checking how he's being reported on the news.]
"Now I'm going to fix it."
[After quickly reading through the news report about his "death," Iron Man Zhuge Cong threw the newspaper onto the table.]
The primary goal right now is to repair my Mark 42 armor.
"Like a mechanic?"
The kid's eyes immediately lit up as he spoke.
【"Yes."】
"If I were building Iron Man and War Machine..."
"Now we're the Iron Patriots."
[Zhuge Cong interrupted, revising his statement.]
"That's much cooler."
"No, that's not it."
[Iron Man Zhuge Cong doesn't think Iron Patriot is much cooler than War Machine.]
"Okay, if it's me, I'll add that reverse..."
"Antifrecliner?"
The kid wanted to say something, but for a moment he didn't know the technical term for that thing. Fortunately, Zhuge Cong guessed it.
"Yes, that will make it invisible."
"Do you want to become invisible?"
"Isn't that cool?"
"That's a good idea; maybe I'll build one."
"That's a bad idea! What are you doing?"
[Zhuge Cong saw the boy break off a piece from the hand part of the Iron Man armor.]
"You broke off one of its fingers."
"It's in pain, it's injured, don't touch it."
【"sorry."】
【"Really?"】
"It's okay, I'll fix it."
Looking at the boy's expression, Zhuge Cong realized it didn't seem like a genuine apology. But since he'd also damaged the boy's door, he figured they were even.
"Um, which adult is home in your family?"
[After asking the question, Zhuge Cong realized he had asked a foolish question. What adult would send a child out to lead the charge if they suspected a burglar had broken into their home?]
"My mom went out to eat, and my dad went to buy lottery tickets and play scratch-offs."
Fortunately, the kid didn't dwell on how stupid Zhuge Cong's question was and answered truthfully. His honesty was likely partly due to the aura surrounding Zhuge Cong's Iron Man persona.
"I guess he won the lottery, because that happened six years ago."
When the boy finished speaking, Zhuge Cong noticed that his expression had become noticeably more melancholy.
"That's normal; many dads leave home."
"Don't worry about it so much."
Iron Man, Zhuge Cong, comforted the child, also learning that the child came from a single-parent family.
Zhuge Cong plans to have the Zhuge Group's foundation help the child after he returns, since meeting is fate.
"I need something."
"A laptop, a smartwatch, and a mobile phone."
"And the pneumatic propeller tube of your rocket launcher."
"There's also a map of the town, and a big spring."
"Oh, and there's some food too, anything will do."
"What's in it for me?"
"Redemption."
"What's his name?"
【"who?"】
"What's the name of the kid who bullied you at school?"
"How did you know?"
The kid didn't know how Zhuge Cong knew about him being bullied at school.
"I happen to have what you need."
[Zhuge Cong walked to the steel armor, took out a small jar in the same color scheme as the armor, and said.]
"These are just little kids' toy paint cans, just kidding."
"This is a very powerful weapon, don't point it at yourself."
"Press the button above to scare away anyone who's bullying you."
"Non-lethal weapons, only used for escape."
"Did the deal go through?"
[Zhuge Cong looked at the child and said.]
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"Did it go? How was it?"
[Iron Man Zhuge Cong dodged the kid's outstretched hand as he spoke.]
"Sold."
【"make a deal."】
Iron Man, Zhuge Cong, handed the item to the young boy.
"What's your name?"
[Iron Man Zhuge Cong asked, "According to general social etiquette, when asking someone's name, it's usually placed first."]
[However, because his entrance was somewhat unusual, it was slightly delayed.]
"Harry, what about you?"
When Iron Man Zhuge Cong heard the child say his name was Harry, he almost mistook it for Harry, wondering if the child was some kind of little wizard.
【"mechanic."】
"Zhuge Cong."
[Iron Man, Zhuge Cong, introduced himself.]
"Do you know what I've been thinking?"
[Iron Man, Zhuge Cong, points to his head and says.]
"Where's my dinner?"
"I thought Iron Man Zhuge Cong would say something profound."
Looking at Iron Man Zhuge Cong on the screen, Ye Shouguang said that he had been thinking about vampires lately.
I was wondering if I would become a vampire, whether I could become a vampire, and about the vampire hunter Tanjiro Kakuno who appeared in that light screen.
The main concern was that Light Yagami was worried that Tanjiro the Blade Warrior would target Nazuna Nanagusa.
After all, Nanagusa is a vampire, and the Blade Warrior Tanjiro is the kind of person who specializes in killing vampires, just like the older sister he met a while ago.
Of course, Yamori felt that the older sister's purpose was different from that of the Blade Warrior Tanjiro.