"Oh, now I remember. I've just been too busy lately and forgot."
"You just said you were bored."
"Ahem… Anyway, have you played enough with that toy? I actually like it a lot, so don't break it."
Tony tried to steer the topic away while glancing at the now slightly distorted-looking Ant-Man.
"No, Tony. You've gotten stingier. Let me play with it for a couple of days."
Keno said this casually, turning his back to him.
Future Tony stared at Keno's back, starting to wonder if he had been exposed and the Demon King was just toying with him.
But then, he looked at the Tesseract in his hand and dismissed the thought. The Tesseract couldn't be faked. Maybe in this universe, his relationship with Keno was just… weird like that.
Left with no options, Future Tony decided to let Ant-Man suffer a bit more.
"Keno, where's Captain America?"
Future Tony asked casually, trying not to sound suspicious.
On the other end of the communicator, Future Steve Rogers listened closely.
"There's no Captain America here. Only Demon Captain. He should be cleaning up the battlefield right now. Tony, you're acting really strange today—are you too tired?"
Keno gave Tony a worried look.
"Uh… yeah. I got hit on the head earlier. Bit of memory loss."
Future Tony realized that if he said anything else, he'd really blow his cover.
So in this world, Captain America had joined the Demon Corporation…
Just then, Keno's communicator buzzed.
"Boss, we've captured another Hulk."
"Another Hulk? Like the kind who drank Hulk's blood?"
"No, this one looks a lot like Dr. Banner."
"Lock him up. I'll come check it out."
"Keno, I'll come with you. I want to see this other Hulk too."
Future Tony's heart skipped a beat. The Time Stone plan had failed too.
"Sure."
The two flew off toward Demon Corp.
Inside the Stark Tower, Steve Rogers finally understood Tony's signal:He was going to rescue Banner while Steve went to steal the scepter.
Future Tony and Keno arrived first at Demon Tower.
The architecture was grand and imposing. On both sides of the wide main road, massive dunes of sand had formed, leaving only a single path leading up to the central Demon Tower.
What kind of design is this?There were no iconic structures, and the long stretch of stone in the middle was a time-waster. All that sand could easily destabilize the foundation.
Future Tony frowned, following Keno along the stone path.
As they approached the entrance, the sand slowly formed into a humanoid figure.
"Boss."
"Flint, good work."
"It's nothing, Boss. I wanted to ask what to do with these."
Flint split the sand dunes to reveal the shocking sight underneath—piles of alien corpses, weapons, and even warships.
Future Tony's pupils shrank in shock. Even Ant-Man, still in Keno's grasp, shivered.
"Leave them here for now. Tom will come deal with it later."
"Yes, Boss."
Flint buried everything again.
Future Tony now understood—under the protection of people with powers like this, Demon Tower was an impenetrable fortress.
—
Inside Demon Corp, Future Tony quietly scanned the building's internal structure and relayed it to Future Cap.
While they took the elevator, Keno suddenly asked:
"Tony, you're getting married next month. Are you ready?"
"…"
"…Of course. I've been ready for a while."
Future Tony felt complicated emotions. His counterpart in this world was getting married so early?
The elevator doors opened.
They stepped into the detention area. Most cells were packed with prisoners.
Tony looked at the captives—humans—all while researchers in lab coats were drawing blood and recording notes.
He frowned.
"Keno, who are they?"
"They're criminals—infamous, dangerous, addicted to killing. Mutants whose abilities are worth researching. So we keep them here for study."
Keno explained casually.
"…You're conducting human experiments."
Future Tony recoiled slightly.
"Yep. That's their only remaining value. The crimes these mutants committed… ten executions wouldn't be enough.This measure was also passed by a majority vote of all mutants.
Of course, if any of them don't want to be test subjects, they can choose death.
As for whether this will be written into law someday… that depends on how things go."
Keno spoke lightly, as if he were discussing weather.
"…"
For a moment, Future Tony was silent.
He didn't argue. Just chuckled at himself.
I haven't even fixed my own world, and here I am judging another. How laughable.
As they passed a cell, angry roars echoed out:
"Stop! I am the King of Gods, son of Odin, Thor! You'll be punished for this!"
Tony looked in—yep, a familiar face.
This universe's Thor Odinson.
He was shirtless and strapped to a metallic chair, struggling and snarling at a nearby researcher.
Oddly enough, the researcher wasn't wielding torture tools, just a pair of scissors.
"Odin's son? And I'm a Tier-Three Researcher under the Demon King!"
The researcher sneered, snapping the scissors dramatically.
"Shut it! It's just a haircut for research purposes. If you keep yelling, I'll use Demon Corp's new hair removal cream. You'll never grow hair again!"
"No! Please… just leave a little!"
"Ugh, you're the loudest one here."
The researcher started cutting.
Thor shut his eyes. Tears streamed down his cheeks.
He was crying?!
Future Tony's face twitched.
So this is Thor's weakness…
"Friday, record this."
[Yes, Sir.]
He planned to show this footage to his own universe's Thor.
—
Keno and Future Tony entered a massive laboratory area.
Researchers and scientists in lab coats bustled everywhere.
Tony was stunned—he recognized many of them. They were top-tier minds in their fields.
Did the Demon King recruit every scientist in the country?!
"Boss, you're back!"
"Mm. Cruz, how's the research progressing? No—forget it. Galata will be visiting soon. I'll ask her."
"Boss, I've completed my project. When's the next one?"
"Dahl, give it a few days. You'll be busy again soon."
"Boss, I'd like to request an anti-aging serum for my father."
"Pete, no need for special requests. There's a standard application process. Just follow that."
The higher a scientist's achievements, the more eccentric they become. In some companies, even the boss gets no respect.
But at Demon Corp, it was completely different.
Quote of the Chapter:
"Power builds empires, but it's order that sustains them. Even a tyrant must learn to manage the minds that follow."
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