It had been four years since I entered Marvel.
I started getting famous fast as a young, handsome investor. I was occasionally invited to TV shows or offered movie roles, but I turned most of them down.
Still, I did appear in short CFs from time to time. I got on Time Magazine, and I became the hottest person in the world.
When paparazzi started swarming in front of my house, I bought an island close to the mainland and built a house and research lab.
I didn't sell my existing house and decided to use it until the island house and lab were finished, and I hired a lawyer and bodyguards because of the annoyances around me.
I made energy bombs by infusing mana into metal balls I had delivered to the house, and asked Nano about the current level of science.
"How does it compare to the world where Nano was made?"
[Far behind. Compared to nanotech, time machines, and space colonies, there's no comparison.]
"I saw the papers you showed me last time. Soon a playboy is going to miniaturize the Arc Reactor. Can we do it too?"
[We can. But given the atomic structures of elements in this world, palladium is highly inefficient. We need to create a new element.]
"Oh! Really? Can we make it?"
[With sufficient funds and materials, we can make it anytime.]
As expected of nanomachinesāthey were overpowered. Miniaturizing the Arc Reactor and solving the problem Tony agonized over while dying from palladium poisoning, all at once.
I needed scientific knowledge too, to talk about it, so I decided to get the knowledge from Nano.
"Put all the scientific knowledge Nano has into my head."
[Impossible. Even though Master has intelligence surpassing humans, receiving that much information at once could cause severe brain damage.]
"Then if we split it up daily so it's not too much, how long would it take?"
[If we proceed that way, it's possible in one month.]
"Then do it that way."
[Understood.]
Suddenly, an enormous amount of knowledge started pouring into my head, and I got a headache. Like Nano said, if I took it all at once, my head would've exploded.
"Ugh..."
I grabbed my head and sat on the sofa to rest for a bit, and maybe due to [Healing Factor], it calmed down quickly.
[I filtered and inserted foundational science and what's necessary first.]
"Yeah, thanks."
I absorbed knowledge daily like that and trained, and invested quite a bit of money to establish an electronics company. To dominate the smartphone market first and make big money.
I bought a failing factory and site, remodeled it, and three years later we started producing smartphones. Thanks to Nano's help, there were no R&D costs, so we could make products cheaper and faster.
To appeal to the practicality and convenience of smartphones, I held presentations myself like Jobs did in reality and ran a lot of ads.
A smartphone craze hit, and we couldn't even meet the initial demand. Not just smartphones, but washing machines, microwaves, vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, TVsāwe made durable, high-performance products at reasonable prices and sold them.
When the company hit big, other companies tried to check and attack us, but with hacking and Nano's help, I exposed their corruption and weaknesses to the press, acquiring companies we needed at cheap prices and letting unnecessary ones collapse.
I also developed essential smartphone apps like Facebook and TikTok-style social network services and started making insane amounts of money.
Now I was too busy with company management and training, so I created an AI called 'Minerva' to run the company. Of course, I still handled important decisions myself.
Because of all this, I eventually rose to #1 on the global rich list. It took five years to get here.
In that time, as a result of training, I was able to raise both and to S-rank. Now I could gradually understand the essence of swordsmanship, and with throwing, I could hit targets accurately even when throwing consecutively.[Swordsmanship][Throwing]
I was in my ultra-modern island facility, drinking coffee while looking at stock charts.
"Minerva!"
[Yes][Master]
"How's the Netflix project going?"
[We're gathering viewers smoothly. But there are many opinions that content is lacking.]
"Really? Then prepare collaborations with movie, anime, and manga companies, and make a list of companies to acquire."
[Understood. And there is a 'Stark Industries' shareholder meeting and party.]
"It's 2007 now, so one year left until Iron Man 1. Anyway, got it. Contact the New York house and have a car ready."
[Understood.]
I decided to attend the shareholder meeting to build connections with Tony. I dressed sharply and teleported to New York.
The existing New York house was remodeled so all but one room of mine was turned into quarters for my secretaries and bodyguards. Naturally, the entrance was separate from my room, so there was no risk of them finding out I teleported.
I rode a luxury limousine with two bodyguards to the meeting location.
I wasn't as big as Obadiah or Tony, but I held a significant stake in 'Stark Industries'.
When I arrived at the venue and got out of the car, countless flashes popped, hurting my eyes.
"Oh~ Who's this, the hottest young gentleman lately!"
When I appeared at the venue, Obadiah greeted me warmly. He was a black-hearted person, so I didn't like him, but I didn't show it.
"Nice to meet you, Obadiah. It's our first time meeting."
"Nice to meet you. I'll say it at the meeting, but we're developing an amazing weapon, so look forward to it."
I shook hands with Obadiah and was guided into the venue. Obadiah kept chattering next to me, pushing me to invest. Just as I was getting annoyed, 'Tony Stark' approached us. Then Obadiah introduced Tony.
"Ah, this friend is Tony Stark. He's our company's CEO and in charge of development."
"So you're 'Jin'. Honestly, I wasn't going to come, but I got curious because you were coming. You're annoyingly handsome."
"Ahem, I'll take that as a compliment. Anyway, nice to meet you. Tony Stark, I'm Jin."
I shook hands with Tony like that. He didn't care about investment or anything and only talked about my smartphone.
"You, that phone your company made. The program and component layout were art. I've never seen such stable performance-enhancing programming and layout. Could I meet the engineer who made this phone?"
Who wasn't an engineerāhe was only interested in that side.
"I made it."
"What? Really? Weren't you an economics major?"
Tony Stark said in surprise. In the world's information, that's how I was known.
"Being an economics major doesn't mean I can't build machines."
"Jin, come visit my house sometime. We seem to get along and I think we have a lot to talk about. You know the address, right?"
"Yes, I will."
At that moment Obadiah tapped Tony and my shoulders and said,
"Let's go in now. You can build friendship later, but the meeting is about to start."
We went into the venue like that and listened to Obadiah's speech.
"This time our company's project in progress, the Jericho missile, is blah blah---"
Zzz snore~!
Suddenly, snoring came from beside me. I looked and Tony Stark was snoring. The sound made the venue quiet and the meeting paused for a moment.
"Hahaha~ Looks like the CEO was tired from developing missiles."
Hahaha~
When Obadiah said that with good sense, people in the venue laughed. Sure, he was black-hearted, but he wasn't incompetent at running a company.
After the meeting ended, during the after-party, Tony Stark brought over a pretty girl from somewhere.
"Jin, make sure to visit my house. There's a lot of fun stuff."
Saying that, he left with that girl. He finished the after-party in his own hot way.
After that, I returned home and got [Thunder God's Longsword]. It stood out too much, so I obtained vibranium and made a cane-shaped sword I could carry easily. What surprised me here was that vibranium accepted mana several times better than steel, so if I made an energy bomb with vibranium, it could have power like a nuke. But sadly, the money wasn't worth it, so I didn't test it. Vibranium was incredibly expensive. It was cheaper to just make a nuke.
"I'll have to go to Wakanda later."
A few days later, I drove a 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 I'd registered in the Marvel world to visit Tony's house in Malibu.
"Definitely, America has wide landādriving feels great."
Driving on the wide-open roads felt refreshing. I drove excitedly and arrived at Tony's house.
I rang the bell, and Jarvis's voice came out.
[Mr. Tony Stark is currently not at home. Please visit again later.]
I immediately checked with [Observation Haki] and felt someone inside the house.
"I was invited. Tell him 'Jin' is here."
[Understood.]
I waited a bit, and the door opened automatically. When I went inside, Tony was lying in bed and a blonde woman with a great body was hurriedly dressing. The situation was obvious. He must've picked up a woman yesterday and enjoyed himself at home.
"Are you just waking up now?"
Yawn~ "Yeah, Jin, you're here?"
Tony yawned and greeted me while lying in bed.
"Here, eat this first. Miss, you eat too."
I tossed a cheeseburger to each of them. And placed two cans of cola on the table.
"Is this a burger? I don't eat just any burger."
"Try it first."
Tony reluctantly unwrapped the burger and took a bite at my words.
"Uh... Where did you get this? Why is it so good?"
"Yeah, really. This is the first time I've had a burger this tasty."
Tony and the woman marveled at the burger's taste. I sat in a chair and ate a burger while answering.
"I made it myself. And this is a gift."
I gave him a bottle of Dalmore 62-year.
"This is a limited edition Dalmore 62-year! I tried to get it and failed... Nice to have a rich friend."
Tony, a billionaire, said something strange.
"Aren't you a billionaire too?"
"That's true, but you're on a different level."
"Well, that's true."
Saying that left me speechless.
"Um... I'm a fan, could I get your autograph..."
The woman, whose clothes were disheveled from dressing in a hurry, blushed, holding some paper and a pen she got from who knows where, asking for an autograph.
It felt weird that a woman who spent a wild night with Tony was asking me for an autograph, but I took the pen and signed.
"Wow~ Thank you!"
The woman jumped up and down happily with my autograph. Tony sighed watching that.
"Geez, women..."