[Ding! You obtained 200 wish points!]
[Ding! You obtained 500 wish points!]
Hearing the prompts in his mind, then looking at Tony and Happy who were stunned and dumbfounded, Quinn showed a satisfied smile.
Tony was a genius with high self-esteem who wouldn't easily change his opinions about things he believed in.
But he was also a scientist who believed in science.
Before the supernatural elements of Marvel emerged, if you told him about something like "demons," he wouldn't believe it.
But Quinn had first introduced him to a super doctor with superb medical skills who could treat him, using that pretext to meet. Invisibly, Tamayo's authority had been elevated.
Then, she'd demonstrated her abilities in front of him with the demon's acute sensitivity to blood, confirming that Tamayo possessed abilities beyond ordinary humans. Finally, she'd disclosed the existence of "demons" from a scientific perspective.
After layers of foreshadowing, even Tony didn't have the slightest doubt and directly believed in the existence of "demons."
After all, it was hard to believe in gods and supernatural things, but it wasn't so unbelievable to become a transformed being called a "demon" through pharmaceutical modification.
As for Happy... He'd already started imagining all sorts of plots from Chinese web novels, so there was no need to even discuss it.
But Tony was worthy of being Tony. He quickly came to his senses and realized the meaning of Tamayo's words.
"Immortal life, power far beyond ordinary people..." Tony asked meaningfully, "No matter how you look at it, this kind of transformation is something people dream of. Why are you asking me that?"
As soon as those words came out, Happy also reacted.
Yes!
Immortality—this was the long-cherished wish of countless emperors. If it could be obtained, transcending human common sense, no one would refuse it!
Also, someone had developed this drug thousands of years ago?
Modern medical scientists who couldn't even cure cancer were too useless!
There must be a reason for this.
Thinking this, Happy stared at Tamayo, waiting for her to continue.
"To hear 'immortality' and not get carried away by desire—truly worthy of the great genius Tony Stark!" Tamayo praised, then continued. "You're right. Becoming a demon comes at a price."
"What price?"
Tony had expected as much, though his face remained calm.
"Consuming humans and fearing sunlight."
"What!?"
Tony and Happy looked at Tamayo in astonishment, thinking they'd misheard.
Seeing their reactions, Tamayo's mouth curved into a smile. "You heard correctly. It's consuming humans and fearing sunlight. I don't know what the original medicine was like, but 'demons' transformed by that medicine lose their appetite for normal food, become filled with desire for human flesh and blood, and simultaneously become afraid of sunlight."
"Then you want me to..."
The conversation stopped halfway.
Tony remembered that Tamayo had asked if he had a reason strong enough to live as something non-human, and she clearly hadn't been trying to deceive him.
Realizing this, his rising anger suddenly disappeared, and the words of protest died in his throat.
Instead, there was endless loss.
He stared at Tamayo in a daze, as if the sky were falling.
He didn't want to die. He really didn't want to die.
He was Tony Stark, the most talented scientist of this century, the chairman of Stark Industries, and the world's most famous playboy.
He still had a great life to enjoy, and he hadn't even confessed to his beloved Pepper yet. He really didn't want to die.
With so much reluctance and unwillingness, one could imagine how much courage he'd mustered when he'd accepted death calmly.
And now, Quinn had given him hope for life, rekindling his desire to live.
Only to discover that this so-called hope of life was nothing but being thrown into an abyss worse than death.
Going from darkness to light, then falling into the abyss... This feeling was unbearable, enough to drive someone crazy.
Tony wanted to yell, to scream, to vent.
But when he looked up, he saw his most familiar friend Happy, Quinn who'd given him hope, and Tamayo who'd offered the treatment plan...
"Just forget it!"
"That's it!"
"I'll finish the rest of my life spectacularly!"
At this moment, Tony seemed to have lost his soul, his entire body becoming weak.
"Don't be in a hurry to despair, Mr. Tony."
At that moment, Tamayo's voice sounded again.
Tony raised his head and looked at her weakly, without hope.
"Since demons are transformed by drugs, it means this transformation is a medical condition that can be improved through medicine." Tamayo said calmly. "Through hundreds of years of research, I've developed medicine to remove the need for demons to consume humans—requiring only a small amount of blood for sustenance."
Hearing this, Tony's eyes lit up and he regained his composure.
Although having to drink blood and being unable to tolerate sunlight was unacceptable, if medicine could be developed to overcome cannibalism, then medicine could also be developed to overcome blood consumption and fear of the sun.
Even if Tamayo couldn't research it, after becoming a demon with an immortal lifespan, he could study it from scratch himself.
He didn't believe his genius brain couldn't figure it out.
Moreover, blood could be purchased from hospitals.
And if he couldn't handle sunlight, he could wear full-coverage Iron Man armor, which would neither cause trouble for others nor affect himself.
At this moment, Tony felt that life was infinitely beautiful.
But...
"Why do you know so clearly what happened a thousand years ago?" Happy asked, hitting the blind spot.
Hearing this, Tony was stunned for a moment, then suddenly woke up.
Yes! How could she know so clearly what happened a thousand years ago?
Even if there were records handed down, after so long, there would always be gaps!
Moreover, when people of this era saw such mysterious things, their first thought would be that it was from some legend, not discussing its authenticity!
So why did Tamayo understand so clearly?
Wait, she'd just seemed to say she'd been researching for hundreds of years. Could it be...
As if remembering something, Tony and Happy looked at Tamayo in unison. "Are you the one who turned into a demon thousands of years ago?"
"Of course not." Tamayo firmly denied it.
But before the two could breathe a sigh of relief, she raised her right hand, revealing a smooth, white arm. "Although I'm not the one who became a demon a thousand years ago, I am indeed a demon."
As the words fell, she stretched out her left hand and drew five deep bloody gashes across her right arm that was as white as jade.
However, before Tony and Happy could react with surprise, the five wounds healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
[Ding! You obtained 500 wish points!]
[Ding! You obtained 2000 prayer points!]
Hearing the notification sounds in his mind and looking at the two stunned people, the corner of Quinn's mouth curved upward again.