"I'm preparing to screen another batch of Cosmic Guardian Team members to send them to outer space for missions. What do you think?" At the MIB Headquarters at Fifth Bridge, Agent O looked at the languid man opposite her, seeking his opinion.
It had been a year since the Cosmic Guardian Team first went out on a mission.
During this year, the Cosmic Guardian Team led by Mike had visited almost all intelligent alien planets and established good relationships with them.
Among them, Boglodotia, Kyloth, and some insectoid planets even voluntarily became Earth's vassal planets.
At the same time, statues of Mike were erected on all these planets.
To facilitate the management and protection of these planets, the Cosmic Guardian Team also established Earth offices on these planets.
Coupled with the Cosmic Guardian Team's regular interstellar patrol missions, the initial sixty Cosmic Guardian Team members were no longer enough.
"Increasing the number of Cosmic Guardian Team members is a minor matter; you can discuss and decide with Agent Z…" Mike, who had been traveling in outer space for nearly a year, decided to take a long vacation. "As for me, unless there's a major event, you don't need to specifically inform me."
"Alright, it seems Agent Z and I will have to wait a long time before we can retire." Agent O shook her head, momentarily at a loss for Mike's lazy nature.
Strictly speaking, Mike was already the highest leader of the MIB, but since he had spent most of the year in outer space, many matters within the MIB naturally fell back to Agent O and Agent Z.
And from the current situation, Mike intended to continue being a hands-off boss.
However, it is worth mentioning that Mike had established a formidable reputation in outer space over the past year, and incidentally, collected many advanced alien technologies for the MIB: including exoskeleton technology, spaceship technology, and energy technology, among others.
This greatly enhanced the MIB's foundation.
At the same time, given Mike's increasingly powerful reputation, the alien immigrants temporarily residing on Earth had become increasingly well-behaved over the past year.
This significantly reduced the difficulty of the MIB's duties on Earth.
It must be said, this was absolutely an unexpected pleasant surprise.
In summary, although Mike was a hands-off boss, his existence indeed made immense contributions to the MIB.
This was probably why Agent O indulged him so much.
"Alright, you go rest. Agent Z and I will discuss the subsequent work of the Cosmic Guardian Team." Again, Agent O let Mike, who wanted to be lazy, off the hook.
...
Next, it was time for Mike to enjoy life.
Having not properly gathered for nearly a year, he first invited all his confidantes to King's Building and had a month-long party.
Then, he accompanied the girls to go shopping, taste delicious food, and check in at scenic tourist spots.
Or they would take a short vacation in Genovia.
In short, life was leisurely and comfortable...
Just like that, two more years passed. During this period, Mike also briefly went on several missions in outer space, subduing several waves of alien races who wanted to cause trouble.
On another note, although Mike did not deliberately develop his private group during these two years, King Investment Group still gradually became the largest enterprise in America.
As for the Kingdom of Genovia, with Prince Mike as its guarantor, it also leaped to become the country with the highest happiness index.
"Hello, God. I've come to visit again. Aren't you happy?" Mike, who was idle, went to God's mountain top estate again.
In fact, he had frequently come here to freeload during this period.
"Tell me, what do you want this time?" God, who was watching the female angels' performance, didn't even lift his eyes.
He had initially been quite welcoming of Mike coming to chat with him, but the other party had been coming too frequently lately, and each time he would "borrow" some "gifts."
After many times, God said he was also a bit overwhelmed.
"What kind of person do you take me for? Do I always come here to ask for things? Can't it be for something else?" Mike feigned a hurt expression.
Over the past two years, with the energy contributed daily by numerous planets in outer space, Mike's power level had reached Mythical. Nine.
With his transcendent strength, his mindset also became increasingly peaceful.
Even God was just an "ordinary person" in front of him.
"Are you sure you don't want a gift this time?" God seemed to think of something amusing and said with a smile, "It looks like the two Fruit of Fortuna I prepared won't be given away."
"Don't—" Mike instantly went to God's side, subtly took away the two Fruits of Fortuna in front of him, and at the same time said, "Since you have this intention, I naturally cannot let you down. If possible, I'd like two more Fruits of Fortuna."
As everyone knows, Mike is a practical person.
Fruits of Fortuna can keep people young forever, increase charm, etc., so Mike naturally wanted to give one to each of his confidantes.
"Why do you want so many Fruits of Fortuna?" God looked at Mike and advised, "I can feel that your strength has entered a bottleneck period. To advance further will require time and accumulation. Although Fruit of Fortuna are powerful, they should not be of much help to you now."
As someone who had gone through it, God knew that the stronger one's power, the harder it was to improve.
If one could only rely on external help to improve power, then God, who possessed many "treasures," would not have been stuck at Mythical Rank Five all this time.
"I have other uses for these Fruits of Fortuna." Mike shook his head and explained.
"Not for yourself?" God seemed to think of something and asked, "Are you leaving? That's right, your power has already reached its peak…"
Since Mike's thoughts were guessed, there was no need for him to hide anything, so he said, "I am indeed preparing to explore other dimensions. I came here this time to ask you for a favor. While I'm away, I hope you can help me look after my friends."
The friends here mainly referred to Paige and others.
God was a smart person and naturally did not need things to be stated too clearly.
"No wonder you went to Hell a while ago and beat up Satan, and even snatched his weapon, the Spear of Curses. This was probably also preparing for a rainy day, wasn't it?" God seemed to see through everything.
Of course, God's guess was correct, but he missed one thing. When Mike left Hell that time, he also conveniently greatly strengthened the curse effect of the Gate of Hell.
To ensure that even weak demons could not escape from the Gate of Hell.
Greatly ensuring Earth's safety factor.
"I was just about to talk about that." Mike cut his palm and extracted a mass of flesh and blood, saying, "I want you to help me preserve this tissue. If I'm unlucky and die outside, this mass of flesh and blood can also help me regenerate."
Yes, Mike was a very cautious person who valued his life.
Possessing the [Blood Rebirth] ability, he also left some of his flesh and blood in Genovia and King's Building, among other places.
This was one of his fallback plans that allowed him to dare to explore other dimensions.
The worst-case scenario would only be dying and being reborn back here.