American Comics: Something's Wrong with This Superhero World

Chapter 23 Adsorption Capacity

Despite Xiao Xian's repeated assurances that he wasn't bragging, Aunt Mei still seemed somewhat skeptical about Tomie pursuing Xiao Xian.

In Aunt Mei's opinion, the situation should be reversed. Xiao Xian shamelessly lived with Fu Jiang, but Fu Jiang always disagreed. In order to save face in front of her, Xiao Xian said that Fu Jiang was pursuing him and that he did not agree.

After all, Aunt Mei knew that if she were a man, she wouldn't be able to resist Tomie's looks and charm. As for Xiao Xian, although he was good-looking and strong, he wasn't as beautiful as Tomie, to the point of being devastatingly beautiful, and he wasn't very rich either.

Regardless of whether Xiao Xian and Fu Jiang are in a romantic relationship, or who pursued whom, Aunt Mei has no intention of talking to Xiao Xian about it.

Firstly, there's the age difference between the two; secondly, Aunt May is determined not to date before Peter settles down; and thirdly, yesterday's experience was too outrageous. Xiao Xian's fighting prowess truly surprised Aunt May, and for a time, she even forgot about Ben Parker.

This was unacceptable to Meryl Streep, who deeply loved Ben Parker. Although she was very happy at the time, feeling like she was on cloud nine, she was afterwards filled with panic, regret, and self-blame.

Aunt May was afraid that if she went with Xiao Xian a few more times, she might actually let go of Ben Parker completely.

"I have no objection, but have you considered your nephew Peter Parker? He meticulously orchestrated this between the two of us, and his purpose certainly wasn't to let us treat it as a pleasant dream."

Xiao Xian didn't have any possessiveness towards Aunt Mei, nor did he have any intention of dating her. This wasn't like the ancient Eastern or ancient cultivation world, where you had to take responsibility for someone once you took their body, and the idea of ​​one person for life wasn't popular.

This is America, the superhero world, where the level of chaos in male-female relationships is off the charts. If they hit it off, a friendly match is just standard practice.

In this superhero world, honest people will most likely only end up with a "forgiveness hat" (a symbol of leniency in the eyes of others), and even those who aren't so honest will find it hard to escape. Spider-Man, Ant-Man, Cyclops, Green Lantern, Mister Fantastic, and Doctor Manhattan all have environmentally friendly colors on their heads. If superheroes are like this, then the supporting characters whose girlfriends are stolen by superheroes are even more so.

In short, the best way to avoid being accused of lewdness in this area is to simply avoid talking about it altogether and address the problem at its root. Of course, avoiding talking doesn't mean becoming a monk or abstaining from all desires; friendly matches are still possible.

Xiao Xian chose to help Aunt May purely out of appreciation for beauty and because of his persona as a helpful superhero.

Of course, helping Aunt Mei doesn't mean that Xiao Xian is indifferent to Peter's scheming against him. Although Xiao Xian doesn't feel that he suffered a loss or even gained in terms of the outcome or the process, it doesn't change the essence of Peter's scheming against him.

Slandering Aunt Mei is just collecting interest; once Xiao Xian joins Osborn, he can leverage Osborn's connections and resources to show Peter what the consequences of scheming against him truly are.

"I'll talk to Peter. I roughly know what the child is thinking. I'm so sorry for the trouble I've caused you. I'll try my best to minimize the impact of this on you," Aunt Mei replied to Xiao Xian after a moment of silence.

Not to mention Peter, even Aunt May was amazed by Tomie's charm, so Aunt May also understood Peter's feelings for Tomie.

But that doesn't mean Peter can use such despicable methods, especially drugging her, which Aunt May found intolerable. If it weren't for Peter's deceased parents, Aunt May would have called the police yesterday and sent Peter to prison for reformation.

"I hope so, because if he had drugged Tomie or me, I think we would both call the police without hesitation," Xiao Xian replied to Aunt Mei as he controlled the static electricity in his hands to disappear and fell from the ceiling.

Currently, aside from climbing walls, eliminating objects, or generating static electricity to achieve tip discharge and attract small pieces of paper, Xiao Xian has not discovered any other uses for adsorption capacity.

Firstly, the static electricity generated is not strong enough to perform fancy tricks like water electrolysis. Secondly, it cannot be separated from the body, and the static electricity is mainly generated on the hands and feet, while other places are generally less affected, meaning that static electricity cannot be generated remotely.

If he had to think of any other way to develop it, the only thing Xiao Xian could think of for the moment was to use static electricity to increase the fun while driving, but that seemed like something that could be achieved with a toy, so it was a bit unnecessary.

More than the absorption ability, Xiao Xian was looking forward to the upcoming Tomie-Super Regeneration (Modified+) reward. It would arrive around 10 a.m. today, after seven days. With this ability, Xiao Xian would no longer have to worry about being captured and unable to escape to a laboratory, or being used as a brain-planting field by zombies. Moreover, he wouldn't have to burn his own body; he could freely choose the regenerated flesh and blood with a single cut to use as a teleportation skill.

"I'm truly sorry. I will discipline him properly, and this will not happen again."

Aunt Mei quickly replied to the message. She was aware of the situation. If it had been Tomie or Xiao Xian who had been drugged, they would have definitely called the police. After all, they were not related to Peter by blood, and there was no need for them to indulge Peter.

Xiao Xian wasn't really interested in how Aunt Mei would educate Peter. For the time being, Xiao Xian's main task was the Osborn interview. As for whether Peter would do anything to Tomie, putting aside the fact that Tomie had super regeneration, making it difficult for her to cause any trouble, just look at Tomie's true form. If Peter tried to force himself on her, it would be hard to say whether Tomie or Peter would run away once they discovered Tomie's true form.

With Tomie's help, Xiao Xian put on his suit and stood in front of the mirror, looking at the tie Tomie had tied for him. He nodded in satisfaction; the tie was quite good, much better than the ones Xiao Xian could tie himself.

"I'm going to an interview," Xiao Xian said to Fu Jiang, picking up his briefcase.

"Go for it! You can do it!" Tomie raised her fist to cheer Xiao Xian on, while also adding encouragement, "By the way, I made extra breakfast. Do you want to take some over to Aunt Mei to try? Just say you made it? Men who can make breakfast get extra points!"

"Your suggestion is very good." Xiao Xian picked up the car keys on the shoe cabinet, glanced at Tomie who looked expectant, and said, "But I refuse. The 'warm guy' persona doesn't suit me, and besides, I don't have any intention of pursuing anyone."

"What about the domineering CEO style?" Tomie revealed a black and white maid outfit she had hidden behind a sofa cushion. "I can wear this across the street and say, 'This is breakfast prepared for you by Mr. Xiao.' How about that? Not bad, right?"

"I went to an interview." You're quite the player, aren't you? Xiao Xian's lips twitched. He hadn't even noticed when Tomie had hidden a black and white maid outfit behind the sofa pillow.

(End of this chapter)