Ethan smiled.
In the Marvel world, Iron Man, Tony Stark, was a very good friend of his.
It was also through Stark that he learned about Iron Man Suit technology, which he then integrated with Devil Fruits to create the “Devil Fruit Suit”!
This technological achievement shone brilliantly in the great war, striking fear into countless supervillains, so much so that they dared not oppose Ethan Shaw later on!
From this, the power of this technology was evident.
According to the knowledge in Ethan’s mind, the Devil Fruit Suit could be realized on Earth, but the prerequisite was sufficient funds for raw material procurement and research and development!
And as he said, even if Ethan wanted to live his life well on Earth, he needed some capital, didn’t he?
“To get capital, the first goal is to create my good assistant, JARVIS!”
Ethan’s eyes flashed.
His old assistant was JARVIS, an advanced artificial intelligence he’d spent centuries refining.
Ethan had originally based JARVIS on Tony Stark’s technology, then spent centuries improving its capabilities.
JARVIS had started as a capable AI.
Over the centuries, Ethan had expanded its abilities until it could even operate through a physical body.
It could be said that in the Marvel Universe, JARVIS was Ethan’s longest-standing old friend, serving him for five hundred years and helping him significantly!
Now that he was back in the home universe, Ethan naturally had to recall his old friend first to pave the way for his future!
“Bang bang!”
“Ethan, I know you’re in there, stop hiding!
Pay the rent now!”
At this moment, the door of the rented room was knocked, and a pleasant female voice came from outside.
At the sound of her voice, Ethan immediately pictured Nina’s beautiful face and striking figure.
His landlady, Nina Vale, was around his age.
She had inherited several apartment buildings from her parents and now spent her days collecting rent and enjoying the comfortable life that came with being a property owner.
However, unlike ordinary landlords who were loud, wore hair clips, and were rather plump, Nina Vale was the dream girl in the entire apartment building for all single and married men!
Now, hearing her voice, perhaps because he had been an orphan since childhood, Ethan Shaw inexplicably felt a special closeness.
“Coming!”
Ethan dried off, pulled on his pajamas, and opened the door.
What met his eyes was an exquisite, beautiful face…
This level of beauty could rival many female characters even in the Marvel Universe!
Nina wore a white T-shirt that did little to conceal her curves.
Her blue jeans seemed unable to contain the weight behind her, fitting incredibly tightly, and also creating an impressive curve!
“Perfect!”
Ethan couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.
He’d known more than his share of beautiful women over the centuries, yet Nina’s figure still caught his attention.
Genetics could be remarkably generous.
“Landlady, you’re here!”
Ethan chuckled.
“You still have the leisure to be cheeky?”
Nina Vale rolled her eyes, extended her fair, jade-like hand, her pretty cheeks puffed out, and her sparkling eyes stared at Ethan, “Three months’ rent, it’s been overdue for so long, shouldn’t it be paid now?”
“Uh…
this..”
As soon as money was mentioned, Ethan remembered that he was now completely penniless!
As an orphan with no dependents or girlfriend, he should have had plenty of money left over.
In theory, supporting only himself ought to have made saving easy.
But one must know, this was New York City, where prices were extremely expensive, and rent already accounted for half of Ethan’s salary!
Coupled with the company repeatedly deducting his wages and bonuses, he was often strapped for cash even for food, let alone rent.
Now that he had just returned from the Marvel Universe, he hadn’t had a chance to show his prowess yet, so where would he get money?
“Landlady, give me three days.
In three days, I will definitely pay!”
Ethan said, his old face reddening.
As long as he created JARVIS, with JARVIS’s powerful internet intrusion capabilities, three months’ rent would be a piece of cake, wouldn’t it?
Of course, Ethan was back to live an idle life, so he naturally couldn’t do anything illegal.
But even so, with artificial intelligence, earning some money was easy, right?
Just thinking that a dignified invincible figure in the Marvel Universe, comparable to OAA, omnipotent and supreme, was actually stumped by rent…
If Tony Stark, Captain, and Black Widow knew about this, they’d probably roll on the floor laughing!
“Three days, three days, you always say three days!
How many three days has it been!”
Nina Vale pouted, her face full of displeasure, “Ethan, I know your situation isn’t great.
You were a tenant when my mom was still here, but I’ve already let you owe for three months.
There has to be a deadline, doesn’t there?”
Although Nina Vale had a fiery temper, her personality was still good, and she was exceptionally kind.
“Landlady, don’t worry, this time I guarantee it on my personal integrity, I will pay within three days, otherwise, you won’t even need to kick me out, I’ll move out myself!”
Ethan said seriously.
Just kidding, a dignified invincible powerhouse, unable to scrape together rent in three days?
I might as well kill myself!
“Okay, three days, you promised!”
Nina Vale said seriously.
At this moment, a phone rang.
Nina Vale took out her phone from her pocket, but just as she was about to answer, the screen suddenly went black.
No matter how Nina Vale pressed, tapped, or shook it, the screen just wouldn’t light up!
“This damn broken phone!”
Nina Vale’s fiery temper instantly flared up.
She stomped her feet repeatedly and hit the phone hard.
If it weren’t for a sliver of rationality left, she would probably have smashed the phone to pieces on the spot!
“Landlady, is your phone acting up?”
Ethan asked.
“This broken phone, it breaks every other day.
I clearly had it repaired at the Apple repair shop, but it’s still like this!”
Nina Vale complained bitterly.
“The phone just won’t turn on, it’s a small problem.
Do you need my help?”
Ethan chuckled.
“You can fix phones?”
Nina Vale looked at Ethan in surprise.
“Just a little!”
Ethan gave a profound smile.
Just kidding, did I boast about having a mind full of Marvel black technology?
If he couldn’t even fix a mere Apple phone, he could kill himself on the spot!