Returning to the Prinz Eugen, Ethan and Tony exchanged glances. Both felt the trip had been a bit underwhelming.

Leaving aside the lack of danger, Tony mainly felt this trip was less interesting than his previous space travels with Ethan. After all, they had gone to an Earth a few years earlier than his own time. Fortunately, that world had a magical race like the Transformers, so it was not entirely without gain.

"Of course, it doesn't compare to your gain."

"Huh?"

Ethan did not feel he had gained anything. The energy of the AllSpark, based on his examination, could only serve as a reference and broaden his ideas. He could not possibly research energy that could bestow life upon electronic and mechanical devices.

Of course, this was not absolute. When Ethan's strength rose higher, he also hoped to gain abilities like granting life to ordinary objects with a wave of his hand.

But for now, unless he abandoned all his current foundations and changed his life form to some extent, it was best not to try to grasp the power contained within the AllSpark.

So this was not much of a gain. As for the Star-Killer device, its help to him was also limited.

As his strength grew, Ethan focused more on the nature and growth of energy, and his collection targets were more diverse forms of energy. No matter how high the technical content of such equipment was, it could not directly help Ethan.

"What did I gain?"

"That little beauty named Mikaela!" Tony secretly gave Ethan a thumbs-up. "I was wondering how you were going to explain it to Diana. I didn't expect you to just keep her outside. That's a brilliant move!"

Ethan's face was covered in black lines at Tony's words. So, in Tony's eyes, all his efforts in the Transformers world were just about getting an outside house?

Of course, he could tell Tony was joking with him, so he did not argue that his relationship with Mikaela was a very pure superior-subordinate one and not the kind of relationship Tony was imagining.

However, looking at Tony's expression of "We're both men, I get it," Ethan had an urge to punch him hard.

Taking a few deep breaths, Ethan regained his composure and decisively shifted the topic to other matters.

"How about it? If you're not satisfied, how about resting for a few days and then going to other worlds?"

Tony seemed somewhat interested in this, but in the end, he shook his head and refused.

"Let's skip it this time. I've been out for quite a while, and I should go back."

For the people in the Marvel world, he had only been away for a short time. He had even disappeared from the public eye for longer periods when he used to hide in his lab doing research.

But for Tony, he had genuinely been out for quite some time, and he was feeling a bit homesick.

His relationship with Pepper was becoming more stable, and with his parents resurrected, he was even more eager to return to his own world.

It was not surprising that Tony was preparing to leave. Apart from Mordred and Galahad who had just joined, everyone else on the ship knew that Tony had only joined temporarily and would definitely return to his own world.

What surprised everyone was that Diana was also leaving, preparing to return to her own world to continue protecting it from evil forces.

"I originally just wanted to see Arthur. Now that I've seen my old friend, I should also return."

"I thought you weren't planning to leave this time."

As soon as the words left his mouth, Ethan knew such a thing was impossible. Diana was not an ordinary woman. She would not abandon all her responsibilities and only want to be with him just because they had a relationship.

Diana was not the kind of woman who would just find a good man and then stay by his side forever.

She bore the responsibility of protecting humanity and Earth, and she worked hard to fulfill her duty with her own strength. Especially knowing that there were many terrifying enemies in her world, she could not possibly abandon her homeland, Themyscira, and Earth, and live a carefree life alone in other worlds.

"You have your goals to strive for, and I have responsibilities I need to bear."

Diana gently reached out her arm and put it around Ethan's shoulder, just like she used to do in a very buddy-like manner. Only, unlike before, she would now also pull Ethan closer and give him a kiss.

"Besides, shouldn't you be happy that I'm not staying by your side?"

Ethan always felt something was off with the scene. Hearing Diana's words, he did not think too much and casually replied:

"Why should I be happy?"

"With me not by your side, you can have fun with Ada and Selene."

It was not strange to suspect Ada. Diana had considered her her number one rival since meeting her.

But who the heck was Selene? He did not seem to have shown any special attention to Selene, did he? Although in his previous life, he had watched a certain scene from the second Underworld movie many times.

Did Diana possess some special ability and even know his memories from his previous life?

He did not need to think hard to know it was impossible. Ethan was just overthinking and going off on a tangent.

However, looking at Diana, whose eyes were narrowed into slits and who wore an expression like "I've seen through everything," he seriously suspected that this sudden thought of his was the truth.

Of course, Diana could not possibly know Ethan's memories from his previous life. This was purely intuition. After staying with the team for a while, only Ada and Selene gave her this feeling.

If Ethan knew this, he could only lament: a woman's intuition is truly terrifying, and this was a goddess.

Suddenly, he did not know how to respond. It seemed he could only awkwardly deny it, swear, and then add some sweet talk.

Diana was not an ordinary woman. She would not dwell on these things too much. After a soft hum, she dropped the topic and continued standing there enjoying the sea breeze with Ethan, as if they had only just discussed how nice the weather was today.

The matter seemed to have been brushed aside just like that. However, the next day, when everyone saw Ethan, they noticed the captain's eyes were vacant, his eye sockets were dark, and he would occasionally lean against a wall.

Stating that they could leave on a different day, the worried-looking Tony and the triumphant Diana were successively sent back to their own worlds by the visibly exhausted Ethan, without any special farewell ceremony. These two worlds had been locked by Ethan, and they could visit anytime if they wanted to meet.

However, the Marvel universe and the DC universe had a slight difference.

The time point in the Marvel universe was locked by Ethan, so the next time he went, it would not be too far from the time Tony returned, at most not exceeding half a year.

The DC universe was different. Ethan only locked the spatial coordinates but not the temporal coordinates. Although it would not have a difference of decades like the very first time, it also would not be as short as only a few months passing each time he visited.

This situation occurred because Ethan knew that the Justice League storyline in the DC world would not begin for decades. He had specifically discussed this issue with Diana, considering whether to directly take Diana to the DC world decades later.

Diana refused Ethan's suggestion. She asked Ethan to send her back to the time point as close as possible to when she left, the shorter the interval, the better.

As a demigod protecting humanity, she had to fulfill her responsibilities.

As for her emotional life? She could temporarily put it aside, focus on fulfilling her duties, and then continue the relationship when Ethan came to her world.

Would not seeing each other for too long weaken their feelings? Neither of them was overly concerned about this. Diana even felt that a moderate separation, allowing them to do their own things and meet occasionally, could actually help maintain the relationship in the long run.

If they were always together, conflicts might erupt quickly.

Items that can be held in hand anytime and items that can only be touched occasionally, the latter are definitely more missed.

Ethan suddenly thought of Leon and Ada in the Resident Evil world.

In the storyline, these two could not be together often, but their feelings were incredibly stable and lasted for many years. Leon went from a young fresh-faced man to a scruffy uncle, and was on the verge of becoming an old man, but Ada was always on his mind.

Thinking of Ada, Ethan also remembered that he had already cut this emotional line short. Leon definitely would not have any special impression of Ada now. Instead, he would have more entanglement with Claire. After all, in the illusion Ethan left him, he escaped Raccoon City fighting alongside Claire.

Ada was just an ordinary passerby in his memory. Later, he knew Ada had a rather special identity, but that was all.

Of course, it was also possible to more thoroughly utilize his talent and become a winner in life, freely traversing countless flower patches.

"I don't know how many girls will be tragically poisoned."

Coming out of the teleportation room, Ethan did not know what to do for a moment, so he came to the training room.

He did not know what day it was. Even Hill, who usually guarded the bridge, was here. It seemed everyone was diligently training.

After watching for a while, Ethan finally understood.

These guys were not training at all, they were clearly bullying the newcomers, Mordred and Galahad.

He did not know if there was some restriction, but Selene was not using any special abilities, relying only on her physical strength and martial arts to spar with Galahad, who held a long sword.

Mordred was sitting on the side with a depressed look. Judging by her bruised and swollen face, she had probably already received a round of careful guidance.

Just as he was wondering who had guided Mordred, Galahad's long sword was knocked away, and Selene's short sword was held against his throat.

(To be continued.)

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