“Everyone, attention! Also, I have an announcement to make...”
“That is, I want everyone to bear witness, I am taking this amazing Eastern child, Chen Yu, as my god...”
Tony hadn't finished speaking when Chen Yu had an ominous premonition.
Especially the words “take” and “god” made Chen Yu instantly understand Tony's intentions.
I want to be your brother, but you want to be my father?
Eat shit, you!
Chen Yu's brain spun rapidly for a moment.
Use a large-scale Confundo?
No, this is a live broadcast, and his current spell level cannot erase the memories of people watching TV through the signal.
Memory Charm? That doesn't seem to work either.
If the soft approach doesn't work, then it's time for the hard approach!
Before Tony could utter the last word.
Chen Yu stood up and leaped, elbowing Tony in the stomach, making him swallow the words he was about to say.
Then he landed, and rose again with a Rising Dragon Punch, directly hitting Tony's chin.
The two consecutive blows, quick as lightning, knocked Tony unconscious.
Seeing Tony collapse, the entire banquet hall instantly descended into chaos.
Only Chen Yu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
He really couldn't relax for a moment; Tony always wanted to create a big news story.
Although his own actions were also a big news story, that didn't matter.
Chen Yu felt he had acted with good measure; Tony was peacefully unconscious.
A blink of an eye, and a night had passed.
When Tony woke up, he saw a group of people standing in the hotel bedroom.
From doctors to nurses, from police to the military, from Yinsen to Pepper, even his uncle Obadiah was waiting for him to wake up.
Many people breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Tony successfully awaken.
Tony felt he was fine and immediately removed the various wires on his body used to measure his electrocardiogram.
He turned and asked, “Where is that brat Chen Yu?”
Pepper gestured to the adjacent room: “He's currently confined in the suite next door.”
Hearing that Chen Yu was now next door, Tony immediately shooed out all the irrelevant personnel.
While changing his clothes, he asked, “Who called the police?”
“Unclear, probably someone at the banquet. As for the military, they came uninvited. Besides that, there were also people from the FBI and a department called the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division who came to see you.”
“They didn't do anything to Chen Yu, did they?”
“No, Chen Yu is in good spirits. Even with the police watching, he doesn't seem scared. Yinsen stayed with him last night, and he seemed to sleep very soundly. After waking up, he ordered a bunch of hamburgers, and he's probably eating breakfast now.”
“That's good. I just wanted to play a joke, but I didn't expect that kid to react so strongly.”
Tony rubbed his chin, vaguely feeling a phantom pain there.
Obadiah handed Tony a glass of water, then closed his five fingers, placed his hand horizontally at his waist, gestured a height, felt it was wrong, and moved it down a bit, saying to Tony: “You're too weak, you were knocked out by a child who only came up to here, no, to here! Are you kidney deficient lately? Do you want to see a private doctor?”
Tony took the offered water glass, drank it all in one gulp, then quickly retorted: “You're kidney deficient! Your whole family is kidney deficient! Chen Yu is not an ordinary person, you can't judge his strength by normal standards!”
Obadiah waved his hand and said to Tony: “I'm not interested in whether your kidneys are weak or not. Since you're fine, I won't stay here with you. The company still has a pile of messes you left behind that need to be dealt with.”
After speaking, Obadiah left the room.
Seeing that only Pepper and Yinsen were left in the room.
Tony cleared his throat, quickly changed the subject away from his kidneys, saying he was going to the next room to see how Chen Yu was doing.
Upon reaching Chen Yu's room, he found him watching TV and eating hamburgers, completely unconcerned about him.
Seeing the two alert police officers standing in the room, Tony directly told them to leave.
In this country, the power of capital is infinite. Since the victim, Tony himself, said nothing, the police naturally would not overstep.
They exited the door directly, closing it behind them.
Tony picked up a hamburger from the table, and while eating, he chastised: “I just wanted to play a joke on you, but I didn't expect you to get serious! That punch was really hard, my head is still buzzing.”
Chen Yu turned to look at Tony, found him unharmed, and said somewhat exasperatedly: “With so many media present, the joke you were playing was indeed a bit much. I think you were planning to turn a joke into reality, weren't you?”
“I say you deserved it. Never mind your head buzzing, even if I gave you a concussion with one punch, I could cure you. Next time you play a joke like that, I'll use Transfiguration to swap your butt with your face, turning you into a butt-faced alien.”
Tony heard Chen Yu's threat and raised his hands, saying: “Alright, alright, I surrender, it's my fault.”
Seeing that Chen Yu was just talking and hadn't pulled out his wand to turn him into a “butt-faced alien,” Tony also breathed a sigh of relief.
Tony was really afraid that Chen Yu would turn him into that monstrous appearance without a word.
“By the way, are you so against someone becoming your godfather? Becoming my godson is something many people dream of.”
Chen Yu retorted: “Why did you suddenly want to take me as your godson? Is it because you think I'm young and immature, or are you afraid I'll abuse my abilities in the future?”
“Ah... this...”
“I mean, is there a possibility that my parents are still alive, and with their and the school's education, you don't need to worry about this.”
“Then where are they?”
“Another world.”
“Oh, I'm sorry.”
“No need to be sorry, it's literal. If you don't understand, do you know the parallel universe worldview? Just think of it as similar to that. I also come from that world, just here for a trip, and I'll be going back in a few days.”
“Going back?”
Tony had just accepted that Chen Yu was from another world when he heard Chen Yu say he was going back in a few days, speaking as if traversing worlds was as simple as a long trip.
“Yes, in our world, Hogwarts School has only two weeks off for Christmas, and I still have to go back to class after the holiday.”
Chen Yu didn't want to miss the opportunity to get a dragon for free.
Moreover, compared to the Marvel Universe, that world was safer.
“Still have to go to class?”
Tony's mouth dropped open. He and Yinsen had discussed it, thinking Chen Yu was just a mischievous child with strange superpowers.
The reason he got the idea of adopting him as a godson was because he saw that the young child was not bad-hearted, and had saved Yinsen's life when he needed it most, indirectly saving his own life, which is why he planned to keep him by his side.
He didn't expect Chen Yu to be from another world, and from what he said, their world should also have schools specifically teaching magic to children.
A sense of crisis arose in Tony's heart.
If all the wizards in that world were like Chen Yu, with the power to traverse worlds, then this world would be in danger.
After all, the adult world is not as innocent as children's.
How colonizers treated indigenous people is clearly recorded in history books.
“Is the magic school in your world large?”
Tony felt very heavy-hearted. He suddenly feared that Chen Yu was just one member of a vanguard, and that millions more wizards like him were eyeing this world.
Chen Yu looked at the pensive Tony, and without Legilimency, he could guess his thoughts, rolling his eyes at him again.
“I say, aren't you worrying too much? It's as if your world doesn't have similar organizations. Don't always carry everything on your shoulders, always thinking you can solve it yourself.”
“Look up Kamar-Taj. It's your world's organization of sorcerers specifically dedicated to protecting world order and resisting dimensional invaders. The one who pulled me into the portal wearing yellow clothes last time, her name is Ancient One, a very powerful Sorcerer Supreme. With her guarding this world, you can rest assured.”
(Although she won't be around for long before she falls to her death from a building.)
“There's also the All-Father Odin, Lord of the Nine Realms, residing in the divine realm of Asgard. In their eyes, Earth is their Midgard, and anyone who wants to invade Earth will have to face Odin's wrath.”
(Although Odin lasted a bit longer, he still died in the end.)
“And S.H.I.E.L.D., oh, which is the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division. That name is really a mouthful. It's a special unit directly under the International Security Council, specifically used to deal with various strange incidents.”
(Although calling it Hydra now isn't wrong either.)
“With these people around, what are you still worried about? Worried that they'll all suddenly die, and you'll be left isolated and helpless?”
(But he wouldn't tell Tony these things for now.)
(Lest his sense of crisis explode, making him work overtime every day, prematurely bringing out Ultron, or causing other AI crises.)
Chen Yu thought to himself.