Chapter 60: Built a Whole Street
"You’re overthinking it. The phones I gave you were brand-new out of the factory. I just happened to call you a few hours ago to ask about Tony Stark, but it actually told me you were out of service range."
"Do you know? As long as you’re on Earth, even in low Earth orbit, it’s impossible to have no signal."
Nick Fury’s voice came from the other end of the call.
"So you called me for several hours?"
"No. I just turned on the phone’s infinite continuous redial mode and left it aside."
"...Fine. There’s no real problem with Tony Stark. He’ll probably come back on his own after a while, so you don’t need to worry."
Orion Cross curled his lips speechlessly. After answering, he directly hung up.
What the hell was an infinite continuous redial mode? Why did S.H.I.E.L.D.’s scientists have nothing better to do than develop such a useless function? Were they scamming research funds?
No wonder, in the future, all the modes in Nick Fury’s car were broken except the air-conditioning mode.
Were all these scientists trained by Handmade Geng or something?
"All right, let’s go home."
Orion Cross stopped a taxi and called the others to get in.
Ten minutes later, Orion Cross’s group returned to the residence in Queens.
"You’re back. These two are... Wanda and Pietro?"
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Skye walked into the living room wearing a kitchen apron. When she saw the siblings who had suddenly grown up, she froze on the spot.
"That’s right. It was an accident. In short... they probably can’t go to that school anymore."
Orion Cross opened the refrigerator, took out a few cans of cold drinks, and tossed them to everyone.
"That’s great!"
The moment he heard he did not have to go to school anymore, Pietro was instantly overjoyed.
"So their minds are still only ten years old?"
Seeing Pietro’s reaction, Skye immediately understood. "Should we hire tutors for them?"
"No!"
Pietro hurriedly flashed in front of Orion Cross. "No, big bro. I don’t need a tutor. I can study on my own!"
"Fine. You study by yourself. I’ll only find a tutor for Wanda."
"Yeah! Long live!"
Orion Cross surprisingly agreed, making Pietro jump up in excitement.
"You’re that happy? I have some good news for you."
Invisible Woman Susan walked over with a stack of documents and handed them to Orion Cross. "Not long after you went out today, a woman came by and asked me to pass these to you."
"Pepper Potts? Isn’t that Tony’s old flame?"
Orion Cross directly flipped to the final signature page. After seeing that name, he looked up at Susan. "She knows I went to find Tony Stark?"
This document was actually the property deed for the entire street. Pepper Potts had bought the whole street and transferred it all to Orion Cross.
"No wonder that guy Nick Fury called me. So that loudmouth talked again."
Thinking back to the call just now, Orion Cross immediately understood.
But this was perfect.
"Pietro, didn’t you say you wanted to study on your own? I’ll give you that chance."
"Pick any place on this street. Whether you open a shop or rent it out, support yourself."
"And you have to take the ACT before you turn eighteen."
"For now, let’s count you as sixteen. You still have two years."
As Orion Cross finished speaking, the smile on Pietro’s face gradually disappeared.
What the hell did he mean by two years?
Just yesterday, he had still been learning addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in elementary school. And now, two years later, he had to take the college entrance exam?
"Big bro, you... you’re joking, right?"
Pietro gripped the drink can in his hand, trembling slightly.
"Don’t be afraid. Your speed isn’t just physical. Guess what would happen if your brain couldn’t keep up when you used your ability earlier?"
Orion Cross knew very well that Quicksilver’s speed was pure speed. That meant his brain’s processing speed also had to keep up with his body.
"You mean..."
"That’s right. In essence, you’ve now activated a learning-speed cheat. Whatever you do, you can get twice the result with half the effort. The premise is that you’re willing to learn."
Orion Cross nodded and spoke.
"Then I agree!"
After hearing that, Pietro decisively accepted Orion Cross’s condition.
Since he could cheat, what was there to be afraid of? Wasn’t it just taking the ACT in two years?
As long as he agreed to this condition, he could own a house of his own, no longer be controlled by others, and go out wherever he wanted...
Just thinking about it made Pietro drool.
"Um,"
Pietro stepped forward and flipped through the property deeds Pepper had sent over. When he saw one of them, his eyes instantly lit up. "I’ll pick this one. A bar. It doesn’t even need renovation!"
Although the law said he could not drink before turning twenty-one, as long as he was the boss, who could control him?
"Fine."
Orion Cross pulled out that property deed and tossed it to Pietro. Then he looked at Mystique and Wanda beside him. "Wanda, your ability has nothing to do with brain development, so Raven can only help tutor you. You shouldn’t be like your brother, thinking about going out and messing around all day, right?"
"No. I’ll study seriously."
Wanda quickly shook her head and hurriedly denied it.
"Good. I used up quite a lot earlier, so I’m going back to my room to rest. Call me when dinner’s ready."
Orion Cross waved at everyone, then turned and went upstairs into his bedroom.
The moment he returned to the bedroom, Orion Cross jumped onto the spring mattress, showing no sign of exhaustion at all.
"Check the rewards!"
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