"Dante, do you mean… Teddy and I are in the clear?"
"In the clear? What are you two thinking?" Dante looked at John, who was full of hope, rolling his eyes so hard they almost went to the back of his head. "At most, it means you two won't go to prison, but a period of house arrest and cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for research are still required."
Dante wasn't some demon, this matter wasn't really that big.
It was just that Tony Stark lost an old reactor, and ultimately, that old reactor was used to save people… or rather, save Transformers.
Even if Tony Stark himself knew, he would probably do the same.
But to say it was small, it really wasn't.
The two of them stole this thing from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Academy, not only illegally invading Federal Bureau of Investigation facilities but also playing cat and mouse with an FBI agent.
Honestly, it wouldn't be unfair to drag the two brothers out and shoot them.
But fortunately, Dante was a good person.
Tony Stark probably wouldn't pursue it either.
So he simply turned a blind eye.
"Dante might let you off, but I won't!"
Lucifer, who had been watching the show from the side, finally found an opportunity to interject.
After speaking, he lunged forward and picked Teddy up in his hand.
"Hey! Don't you have any manners! Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you're handsome! Do you think everyone who sees you has to be a sycophant… Of course, if you can buy me a Porsche, I can be one too!"
Teddy hung in mid-air, slightly flushed.
Lucifer showed no reaction to Teddy's words.
Instead, a wicked smile appeared on his lips, and he stared intently into Teddy's eyes with his deep gaze.
"Tell me, what do you desire most in this life?"
"…What kind of pretentious question is that? Are you sure your brain hasn't been kicked by a donkey? No one can know what they desire most in this life, because human desires are f***ing endless. Today you want an ice cream, tomorrow you want to date Angelina Jolie."
Lucifer slapped himself in the face:
"Bloody hell! It's just as I thought!"
After speaking, he turned to Chloe.
"Chloe, my dear Detective, tell me, what do you desire most in this life?"
"Lucifer, are you going to play like this? Huh?" Chloe rolled her eyes. "It's not the first time you've known that your strange ability doesn't work on me."
Lucifer turned his head to Dante again.
Before he could speak, Dante raised a hand to interrupt him.
"Stop! Don't try them one by one!"
"Who was talking to you?" Lucifer rolled a familiar, huge white eye at Dante, then looked at Harley beside Dante. "Tell me, what do you desire most in this life?"
Harley tilted her head, a hint of confusion in her eyes as she looked at Lucifer.
"What I desire most in this life…"
"Is to first XX Pudding, then OO him, and finally %&&*%&#￥%…"
"Hey! Harley! Language!"
The other woman present, Lois Lane, who was also Harley's close friend, immediately spoke up to remind her.
Aside from the address, not a single word in that sentence was broadcastable.
"Wow, that answer… I really didn't expect that."
Even Lucifer was a little dumbfounded by Harley's answer.
"What's wrong? Do you think this kind of desire isn't presentable? Or that I'm not presentable?"
Dante pursed his lips.
He understood Harley's little thoughts too well.
Even he, a well-traveled transmigrator, couldn't help but shiver at this kind of play.
He would absolutely not compromise.
Then he reached out and pinched Harley's cheek.
"I told you, stop watching those movies on the internet that only need one or two people to act out!"
"Pudding, you have to try it to know how much fun it is, right?"
"Delete these thoughts from your brain, Harley! Don't think I don't know you're deliberately trying to torment me!"
Dante turned his head away, not looking at Harley's deliberately put-on "about to cry" face.
In the past, he would always lose to that expression.
But not this time.
Dante looked at Lucifer somewhat fiercely:
"It's all your fing fault! Harley was almost over this! You induced her, and now she remembers it again! Lucifer, you truly live up to your reputation as the head of all demons in hell, you're too fing evil!"
"Dante, believe me, this really wasn't my intention. I just wanted to let you know how special this bear is."
Lucifer's tone was calm, then he gestured toward Teddy, who was still dangling in his hand.
"Through the test just now, combined with Amanadiel's sensing, we can completely confirm that this is a creation of my dead father."
"Doing good deeds in the guise of evil, that is indeed his preferred style."
"However, the ultimate purpose for which my dead father created him is still unknown."
"To actually hide one in a billion of his true spirit within him…"
The more Lucifer spoke, the more confusion and doubt filled his eyes.
He couldn't understand what kind of trick God, the omnipotent, was playing.
Teddy wasn't well-behaved at first when Lucifer held him, but later he gave up when he realized he couldn't break free.
And most importantly, upon contact, a strange sense of closeness arose in his heart toward Lucifer.
This was somewhat beyond the comprehension of Teddy Bear, who spent his days either smoking weed or dating pretty cashiers.
"Why is this idiot staring blankly at me while holding me? He's not going to be unable to resist after seeing my sexy fur, is he? Let me tell you now, even though I'm a Teddy Bear, I haven't slept with anyone for thirty years!"
Dante wasn't convinced by anything else, but he was convinced by Teddy's foul mouth.
Its destructive power was almost on par with his.
However, Dante specialized in hitting where it hurt, while Teddy focused on explicit content.
"Let go of Teddy, or I'll really start to suspect that you're also one of those special people who react to plush toys!"
Upon hearing this, Lucifer quickly threw Teddy to the ground with a disgusted expression.
"Uh, guys, are you done messing around?" The Kansas Big Guy, who had remained silent all this time, spoke up. "If you're done, would you mind looking up?"
Dante looked up into the sky upon hearing this.
In the distance, there was a faint hint of… orange light.
And that orange light was getting closer.
Getting bigger.
Getting brighter.
The brilliant orange light appeared high in the sky, radiating greed.
"Superman, you're mine!"
"I must have you!"
"Have everything that belongs to you!"
(To be continued.)
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