"Witch costume? Sir, do you mean..."
Wanda asked with some confusion. She used her superpowers, which had nothing to do with magic.
"Oh, it's just your title, Scarlet Witch. Don't you think it would be great to pair it with a witch costume? A witch's hat, a black robe, and a flying broomstick..."
As Hyuga Mirai spoke, he displayed his imagined outfit for Wanda on a virtual projection screen. He thought a witch's outfit paired with a staff should be the standard gear for the Scarlet Witch.
"For getting around normally, it's a flying broomstick, but during combat, it can be switched to a staff. Equipped with anti-gravity and jet acceleration, it can reach a maximum flight speed of Mach 1 per second. But you'll need to use your magic to protect yourself then."
The witch's staff was the core, so Hyuga Mirai designed many great features into the staff he prepared for Wanda: laser cannons, fire, ice, anti-gravity flight, nano-transformation, and more.
In comparison, Spider-Man and Quicksilver were just superheroes, but with this equipment, Wanda would essentially be comparable to what people perceive as a god.
After he demonstrated all the functions one by one, even Wanda, who hadn't particularly liked the witch costume idea initially, was tempted. There were just so many functions; if possible, she wanted to hold it and play with it right away.
Although Peter Parker and Pietro's costumes were also good, compared to Wanda's staff, the gap in coolness was immediately apparent.
"Sir, what about Spider-Wizard?"
"Peter, there's only Spider-related evil gods, not wizards. And it would be too awkward for you to climb walls in a wizard's robe."
Hyuga Mirai refused without a second thought. Wanda would look good in a witch costume, but Peter Parker in a wizard's outfit would be a bit nondescript.
Tempted by the cool and highly functional staff, Wanda ultimately chose the witch costume.
After finalizing their respective costumes, Hyuga Mirai began testing Wanda's abilities. For now, whether because Wanda was still young or hadn't been exposed to the Mind Stone, her superpowers were still telekinesis and telepathy. Although these abilities had good potential, they couldn't compare to Chaos Magic.
Moreover, Wanda's telepathy was similar to illusions. Hyuga Mirai even personally stepped forward and had Wanda use her power on him, but it had no effect. Wanda's telepathy couldn't even penetrate the chakra inside Hyuga Mirai's body.
During the ability testing, Hyuga Mirai also stimulated Wanda with chakra. After being stimulated, her powers did increase somewhat, but the Chaos Magic ability still didn't appear.
After a series of tests, Hyuga Mirai confirmed that Wanda couldn't use Chaos Magic for the time being; her abilities were still primarily telekinesis and telepathy.
However, Hyuga Mirai still developed a strengthening plan for Peter Parker, Pietro, and Wanda. As long as they followed his plan, even Peter Parker could become a Hulk-version Spider-Man.
After all, except for certain extreme beings, most supernatural beings still needed a strong body.
"That's it for today, heroes. I'm going to enjoy dinner with my wife. Hope you have a pleasant evening too. Oh, and Wanda, Pietro, I've found the contact person for the relief fund for you. If you need anything, just contact her directly."
After speaking, Hyuga Mirai directly left the experimental testing ground. Today wasn't a total loss for him; at least Tsunade was back, so he would have another pleasant evening. Hyuga Mirai's secret help for the Las Vegas casinos had paid off.
After Hyuga Mirai left, Peter Parker sighed and said somewhat nostalgically, "I kind of miss Mary Jane..."
"Your girlfriend?"
Pietro asked curiously. Since arriving in New York, quite a few girls had approached him because of his looks, so Pietro was somewhat interested in this aspect.
"Is that the woman you kissed last time?"
"Oh, no, that wasn't her. That was someone I saved; it was a thank you..."
Peter Parker explained a bit stammeringly. If it were just him and Pietro here, Peter wouldn't mind pretending to be a seasoned senior and showing off a bit to Pietro, but Wanda was also nearby.
"Mary Jane is my former neighbor. I can't see her anymore."
Regarding the multiverse, Peter Parker initially really wanted to talk to Mr. Mirai about it. He felt that with Mr. Mirai's technological level, he might be able to solve his troubles. However, after joining Future Biopharmaceuticals, Peter's mindset slowly changed. Now, aside from being single, he had a perfect life.
Moreover, his feelings for Mary Jane were just teenage restlessness. Once they hadn't seen each other for over two years, that restlessness would slowly subside, especially since Spider-Man had millions of female fans, and even more worldwide.
Pietro didn't understand what Peter Parker meant and just shrugged.
Wanda also came closer, but as if afraid Hyuga Mirai might still be behind her, she said very quietly, "Aren't you both curious about the boss's background? He looks a bit Eastern, but his blue pupils are so captivating. If you look at them for too long, the effect is almost like my telepathy..."
Pietro and Peter Parker looked at each other after hearing this, then said, "We haven't noticed the boss's eyes having that kind of magic, Wanda."
"How could two men stare into each other's eyes for that long? If you felt it, I'd find that strange."
Wanda made a funny face, then also left. She still had homework to finish. Although she was determined to become a superhero, she didn't plan on giving up her studies.
"It's just as I guessed. The Divine Tree can absorb the power from the Space Stone, and after absorbing this power of the universe's origin, it lost interest in Earth's life energy. Calling it the Chakra Divine Tree isn't suitable anymore; maybe calling it the Cosmic Origin Divine Tree is better... Tsunade, are you listening?"
Hyuga Mirai originally wanted to show Tsunade and Kurenai Yuhi the growth results of the second Divine Tree on the projection screen, but unexpectedly, both women were uninterested and had fallen asleep.
But Kurenai was pregnant, so it was understandable. Tsunade, being this lazy, was going too far.
Hyuga Mirai's right hand stealthily climbed onto Tsunade. The next step was to grasp her weak point. With Hyuga Mirai's control over chakra, he could perform different chakra nature transformations on his five fingertips.
The mild stimulation of Lightning Release's electric current, the teasing of Fire Release's temperature, combined with the moistening of Water Release and the friction covered by Earth Release's nature transformation.
Tsunade's drowsiness was dispelled within a minute by the bodily instincts that surged up again. A restless urge spread from where Hyuga Mirai's hands covered, gradually flowing through every part of her body.
'This bastard husband, and Kurenai is right beside us...'
Tsunade thought, her delicate brows slightly furrowed. Her first thought upon waking was to pretend to sleep and endure it, But she had overestimated her own 'way of endurance'. This feeling was instinct; there was no enduring it!
"Bastard, you've gone too far!"
Unable to bear it any longer, Tsunade directly flipped over and sat on top. Although her tone showed anger, the expression on her face didn't match her 'fierce' tone at all.
"Tsunade, I was introducing the growth plan for the Cosmic Origin Divine Tree and wanted to hear your opinion..."
"Cut it out, you with this terrible personality. I saw your true nature back when we first met and you used the treatment talisman to make that bet with me."
"How can you slander your own husband like this, Tsunade."
"Hmph, detestable guy!"
Soon, Kurenai was also awakened by the two's 'arguing' and was pulled in to mediate the dispute.
After a long while, Hyuga Mirai finally properly told them about the Cosmic Origin Divine Tree. The first Divine Tree, by absorbing Earth's life energy, had grown to a scale surpassing all previous Divine Trees, even the one planted by Kaguya Otsutsuki.
If Kurenai Yuhi ate the chakra fruit produced by this tree, she would definitely gain power far exceeding what Kaguya Otsutsuki initially obtained.
As for the second Divine Tree, although planted not far from the first, it did not absorb Earth's life force. Hyuga Mirai cultivated the Divine Tree sapling in the core of the energy activation conversion machine while continuously conveying the energy of the Space Stone to the tree.
After absorbing the energy of cosmic spatial origin, the Divine Tree sapling indeed began to grow, and exactly as Hyuga Mirai had calculated.
In this way, the Divine Tree could sequentially absorb the energy of the other five Stones. Moreover, absorbing the power of the universe's origin would not cause the Divine Tree to grow larger.
In fact, even just absorbing the power of the Space Stone alone could produce a Divine Tree fruit related to the Space Stone. Eating that fruit would grant the most powerful spatial abilities in the universe.
But that wasn't enough for Hyuga Mirai.
He wanted to collect all six Infinity Stones, first using their power to break through the universal level and attempt to connect to the dimension of the Naruto world. Then, he would have the Divine Tree, with the help of the six Infinity Stones, produce a fruit to further break through Hyuga Mirai's power beyond the universal level.
This was Hyuga Mirai's plan. First, collect the six Infinity Stones and try to connect to the Naruto world. Kurenai Yuhi thought about Yuuto every day, and although Tsunade didn't say it, she surely missed Yoko too.
Hyuga Mirai felt it wasn't ideal to wait for the Ancient One to decide. If she changed her mind, hid the Time Stone, or devised a spell specifically to prevent him from preserving the Time Stone, that would create unforeseen complications.
He would wait for the other Stones to be delivered by Thanos. Hyuga Mirai had no intention of touching the Soul Stone. Besides, Thanos with only three Infinity Stones wasn't very strong. If he came, it would be harvest time for Hyuga Mirai.
'Just a few years from now'
Hyuga Mirai thought to himself as he held the two women. After a while, seeing the sky gradually lighten, he stopped thinking and closed his eyes to rest.
With the establishment of the Super Seven team, Future Biopharmaceuticals began recruiting 'metahumans' externally. Anyone with a special skill or superpower could become a member of the Super Seven, transforming from an ordinary person into a superhero.
However, in this world, ordinary people were still the majority, and superpowered individuals were few and far between. Quite a few frauds sent interview videos to Future Biopharmaceuticals, but none passed.
Peter Parker was fooled a few times, excitedly bringing people to the company for interviews, only for them to perform magic tricks for Wanda and Quicksilver.
However, the Super Seven did gain a fifth member: 18.
It was a bio-transforming robot, primarily focused on combat analysis and control, operated by 18. The name 18 was known only to Hyuga Mirai and a few others; the public's impression of Future Biopharmaceuticals' CEO remained as Ms. Kaguya.
"Wow, this is so cool, sir. Our new teammate?"
"Uh, CEO Ms. Kaguya was quite interested in the Super Seven team, so she built a robot to participate."
Hyuga Mirai had only learned about it half an hour before Spider-Man, as 18 had told him then and subsequently dispatched a pre-built robot.
Ever since 18 gained self-awareness, her personality became harder to control, leaning more towards mischief.
The female robot she created looked quite similar to a character from a fighting game, but with more moves. Unless you looked closely, it seemed like a person controlling a suit of armor.
Hyuga Mirai didn't know how long 18 would last, but he guessed she would give up this game within a year or two. Just like Tsunade, she had little interest in daily rescuing New York citizens, unless there was a threat to the entire Earth. Only then would Tsunade have some motivation to act.
After all, Tsunade had long passed the age for C-rank or D-rank missions.
"Oh, sir, yesterday someone claiming to be from S.H.I.E.L.D. came. He wanted to委托委托 us with something."
Peter Parker suddenly remembered something and quickly took a letter from his backpack. Handing it to Hyuga Mirai, he continued.
"He said there were a few traitors within S.H.I.E.L.D., but they have some superpowers, so he wanted to ask our Super Seven team to help capture them."
Hyuga Mirai opened the envelope while asking, "S.H.I.E.L.D.? Why is Blackie going through you to hunt down targets? Nick Fury, Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, and Bruce Banner... 18, do you know what this is about?"
"Nick Fury wanted to help Stark Industries' J.A.R.V.I.S. become a true artificial intelligence. During this process, he discovered the Hydra organization hidden within S.H.I.E.L.D.... Based on Project Insight, sir, I found your name on the list. They retrieved the file created for you back then from the citizen information management agency..."
"They really are like rats finding food. They actually found that..."
Hyuga Mirai chuckled lightly. Back then, to establish his identity, 18 handled these matters. Apart from some connection to Future Biopharmaceuticals, there was basically no other trace.
Unexpectedly, Hydra managed to detect it. But a bunch of ordinary people detecting it had no real impact; it was completely useless.
"Peter, Wanda, and Pietro, do you want to go play a bit?"
(End of Chapter)