Chapter 87: Friendship of Bros
Tony, who had just come to his senses, coughed awkwardly twice and thanked Zane.
"You just told me that."
"Huh?"
Zane looked at Tony, whose spirit was almost entirely focused on the table, and couldn't help but feel a hint of admiration. He guessed why Tony behaved so strangely—it was his relentless pursuit of unknown technology.
Perhaps it was because of this attitude that he could continuously produce various cutting-edge technologies and constantly update his armor at a visible speed, eventually achieving the feat of saving the Universe with a mortal body; with a body of Iron, he challenged the Universe Destroying Being like Thanos.
Tony Stark had undergone a transformation in personality, possessing his own true ideals. Zane had no reason to constantly argue with him as before. In fact, he even entertained the thought of being friends with Tony.
"Zane, why are you helping me?" Tony, who had come to his senses, asked the question that had been lingering in his mind since he met Bastis.
"If I said I admire the future you, would you believe me?"
Although Zane wore a teasing smile on his face, his eyes were serious. Tony stared at Zane for a moment, then suddenly smiled.
"I believe you! Compared to who I am now, the old me was indeed a scumbag."
"Let's get to know each other again, Zane." Zane looked at Tony, who stood up with a smile, and reached out his hand.
Tony also gladly stood up, shook Zane's outstretched hand, and said, "Tony Stark."
"By the way, Zane, are we friends now?"
"Of course!" Zane said with a smile on his face.
"Then can you lift the suppression of Stark Industries by Skynet Tech? I heard from Pepper that during my absence, your Skynet Tech has taken quite a bit of my business."
"Nope!" Zane's face still carried a radiant smile.
The hands that had been clasped together released simultaneously the next moment.
"You stubborn rooster!" Tony said.
"You shorty!" Zane retorted, unfazed.
"Your Skynet missile lost to my Jericho missile!"
"You shorty!"
"You..."
"You shorty!"
No matter how much Tony spat venom, Zane just calmly seized upon Tony's height. After all, this was the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and according to the extensive analysis by netizens in the previous life, Robert Downey Jr., who played Iron Man, was reportedly only 168cm tall, a height that was indeed deserving of being called a shorty in the eyes of Westerners.
After they parted ways on bad terms, Lorna curiously asked Zane what happened.
Zane, with a mysterious smile on his face, said to Lorna, "Nothing, just made a good friend."
Lorna was puzzled. "Tony?"
"Yes, exactly."
"But you two were just..."
"You wouldn't understand."
Zane shook his head without explaining. Women never understand; amidst fighting, men can forge friendships and become friends.
In the car, Tony gave Pepper the same answer.
"So, what were you and Pepper talking about up there? Why is your face so red?" Zane asked curiously.
Although Zane's body had become exceptionally strong after being baptized by the energy in the [Magic Furnace] and the power of faith, and he could easily overhear their conversation in the lounge, he wasn't that gossip-prone.
"Nothing... It's nothing." When Zane asked, Lorna's face turned even redder, and she eventually covered her face and ran into the bedroom.
Leaving Zane bewildered, but he could roughly guess the topic of their conversation. Back in his previous life, when Zane browsed forums, he heard netizens say that women, despite appearing proper most of the time, become even more ruthless than men when they gather together. Now it seemed that what those netizens said was true!
After Tony and the others left, Zane continued to study knowledge about demons. After reflecting with Bastis, Zane discovered a secret about the power of faith.
That secret was that the power of faith also had different attributes. The faith of demons was of the dark attribute, while that of angels was of the light attribute. That's why they were inherently incompatible, not solely because their leaders had old grudges.
The reason for the different attributes of the power of faith was because the doctrines spread by God and Satan when spreading faith were completely opposite. God deceived people into longing for the light, ultimately becoming naive and unresistant, while Satan encouraged people to indulge in their inherent evil nature, eventually becoming slaves to desire.
Based on Bast's memories, Zane and Bastis analyzed that the attribute of the Black Panther Goddess Bast was protection, which explained why her defense was so strong. In the end, because she lacked powerful attacks, she was worn down by Zane.
Now, the problem arose: what was the attribute of Zane's power of faith, he didn't have doctrines like God or Satan, and his power of faith was both offensive and defensive, with no apparent weaknesses. Zane was a bit confused.
Without knowing the specific attributes of his power of faith, Zane couldn't continue to develop it further. Could he only rely on the Great Prophecy to push forward like he was doing now?
Although the Great Prophecy was powerful, it also consumed a lot. Through Mephisto's knowledge, Zane knew that the Great Prophecy he had currently mastered was the most basic application, effective against novices, but against strong opponents, even if it exhausted all of Zane's current reserves of faith, it wouldn't be enough.
Zane was like someone with a vault full of gold bricks, but he only knew how to use those gold bricks to hit people, rather than exchanging them for money to buy guns and ammunition.
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