Chapter 257: Chapter 258: Reward of the Phoenix Force!
"Tony, I brought you a souvenir," Eric Stevens acted like nothing was wrong and appeared beside Tony Stark.
"What's this, did they run out of Toblerone at the airport gift shop?" Tony Stark said, holding a glass of red wine.
"So, have you seen the news?" Eric Stevens held a spear and said, "We lost one person, let the whole world see who's the boss."
"Who's the boss after all?" Tony Stark stood up, "Captain?"
"As far as I know, your name is displayed on the building outside," Eric Stevens said.
"It's also in various documents," Tony Stark said, "You planned this, but you didn't consider everything."
"Remember, never play the clue game with J.A.R.V.I.S., he knows everything." Tony Stark reached out, and a holographic projection appeared, clearly showing Eric Stevens killing James Rhodes.
"Come on, call the police, they won't be able to save you in time." Confronted, Eric Stevens wasn't flustered either.
"The police represent the law, I want justice." Tony Stark had no intention of reporting to the police. He wanted to kill this murderer and avenge his friend.
Bang, bang, bang! Iron doors fell one after another, sealing the entire room.
"Tony, I'm speechless. You actually sealed the room?" James Rhodes, seeing this, was so angry he wanted to punch someone, "You're just digging your own grave! You had a chance to escape, and now you've ruined it yourself."
"Your opponent is an executioner. You, a pampered guy, where do you get the confidence to take him down?" Natasha Romanoff asked.
"Perhaps Tony invented some powerful weapon. He's confident he can kill Eric with that weapon." Phil Coulson said.
"But now it seems that weapon didn't kill Eric." Clint Barton said.
"You've never really done any heavy lifting in your life." In the video, Eric Stevens said something similar to what Natasha Romanoff had said, "Are you planning to call Pepper to kill me?"
"Probably not necessary, and not needed." Tony Stark said, "I melted down your ring. You're right, Vibranium does work well."
A combat drone emerged, and it knocked Eric Stevens away with two hits.
"How's it going, paying respects to the assassin?" Tony Stark watched from the side.
Bang, bang, bang! Eric Stevens pulled out a gun and fired at the drone, but the bullets had no effect. After firing a couple of rounds, he was knocked away by the drone.
"He's familiar with your moves, right?" Tony Stark stood there holding his wine glass, "You forgot, you programmed the drone. Your moves are his moves."
"Looks like I'll have to improvise." Eric Stevens saw a spear on the ground. He leaped forward and rolled under the drone, grabbing the spear in the process. He quickly cut off the drone's legs with the spear, jumped onto it, stabbed its chest twice, and the drone was disabled.
Swoosh! Then, Eric Stevens shot the spear at Tony Stark.
"Ah!" Tony Stark cried out in pain, dropping his wine glass to the ground, shattering it.
He was pinned to the wall by the spear.
"Each one represents a person I killed." Eric Stevens, shirtless, walked over, "Believe it or not, Tony, I really didn't want it to come to you."
"There was a time when I thought we were fighting the world together." Tony Stark said.
"We're not fighting for the same goal, Tony." Eric Stevens said.
"The difference between the two of us is that you can't see where the difference lies." After saying that, Eric Stevens pulled out a dagger and ended Tony Stark.
"Vibranium spear, a product of Wakanda, definitely an assassination." Regarding Tony Stark's death, General Ross "saw" that it was an assassination.
"It's Wakanda's way of using a chicken to scare the monkeys." Eric Stevens said.
"This is already done blatantly." General Ross said.
"Why wasn't it caught on surveillance?" Happy questioned skeptically from the side.
"J.A.R.V.I.S. was wiped clean, quite a coincidence." Pepper Potts also found many doubts.
"What are you implying, Pepper?" Eric Stevens asked.
"I don't know, three murders in two days, all related to the same person?" Pepper Potts said.
"The person speaking is a senior naval officer!" General Ross reminded from the side.
"It's okay, General. Don't blame the lady too much." Eric Stevens said "generously," "She has a good relationship with Tony." He asked General Ross, "What's the next step?"
"They want war, so let's give them war." General Ross said, "Start producing the Liberator combat drones."
"Wait a moment, this requires billions of funds to be allocated." Pepper Potts said, "It has to go through the board of directors."
"The Patriot Act can bypass these formalities, and the assets of Stark Industries are currently seized by the United States military." General Ross handed a document to Pepper Potts.
"You must be joking." Pepper Potts took the document.
"No one thinks I have a sense of humor, Miss Potts." General Ross said, "We are at war, and you are working for me now."
The space dimmed, and the video ended there.
"As expected, his ultimate goal is still Wakanda." After watching the video, T'Challa said.
"Indeed, he's been meticulous, step by step, calculating Tony into it bit by bit. Making Tony, no, making Stark Industries a tool for his revenge." James Rhodes clenched his fist, "He's really good at scheming!"
"And, every step of his calculation succeeded, exactly as he anticipated." Tony Stark said, "This person is truly a snake."
"Luckily, in our world, Wakanda has already dealt with him." T'Challa said, "Otherwise, having someone like him constantly fixated on Wakanda, we wouldn't sleep well at all."
"I'm afraid his goal is not just Wakanda." Steve Rogers spoke, "Do you remember what our world's Eric did after becoming the King of Wakanda?"
"I can only say that Tony's death was really unjust." Bruce Banner said, "Not only was he killed, but he also implicated his friend. He ended up dying on the path of revenge."
[This round of questioning is complete, prepare to return.]
As usual, the questioner disappears.
[Questioning complete, rewards distributed.]
As usual, rewards distributed.
[Host gains the ability to create matter.]
"Creating matter?" This ability genuinely surprised Li Cheng. Other superpowers like super speed, flight, and such could still be considered within the realm of "superpowers," but creating matter—this was the domain of gods.
Though creating matter wasn't the same as creating life, even so, it was astonishing.
[Host gains the Phoenix Force.]
"Phoenix Force!" Li Cheng trembled with excitement. This was the ceiling-level power of Marvel. With the Phoenix Force, who else but the bigwigs on the backdrop wall could pose a threat to him?
...
Within the Mirror Dimension.
"Stephen, you seem distracted." The Ancient One said.
"Teacher, do you know about Superman?" Stephen Strange asked.
"Superman?" The Ancient One smiled, "Have you just come out of the question space?"
"Yes, teacher." Stephen Strange said, "I just came out of the question space. This time we discussed a very interesting question."
"You mentioned Superman, it sounds very interesting." The Ancient One said.
"I've long known that our world isn't the only world. Beyond our world, there are many parallel worlds, and many versions of me." Stephen Strange said, "But what I'm not quite sure about is whether our world could be a book or a comic?
"Stephen, this question isn't worth getting stuck on." The Ancient One said, "Regardless of whether our world is a book, a comic, or a movie, for you, unless you have the power to transcend this world, it doesn't make much difference. Would I tell you that our world is a book and everything you've done is false?"
"Transcend this world..." Stephen Strange couldn't help but think of the blackened version of himself in the video, whose power was truly enviable, but had he truly transcended this world?
Stephen Strange didn't think so.
The blackened version of himself had sought help from that big brain, watching the destruction of the universe. There was some sense of transcendence in that.
"I can't tell you whether our world is truly a book, but what I can tell you is that indeed, there are those who view our world as a book to read." Just when he was about to ask, the Ancient One brought up the Watchers, "They observe different parallel universes but never interfere. For them, our world is indeed a book, a movie."
"The Watchers?" Stephen Strange quickly asked, "Is it the big brain? The bald one?"
"The question space played the imagery of the Watchers too?" The Ancient One asked.
"Yes." Stephen Strange asked, "Are the Watchers really powerful?"
"Yes, they are."
"Very powerful, yet they only observe? They don't intervene?"
"It sounds strange, doesn't it?" The Ancient One smiled, "I think so too. There's a book about them in Kamar-Taj. If you're interested, you can read it."
"Teacher, getting back to the Superman I mentioned earlier." Stephen Strange asked, "I don't know if you read comics, but could the Superman in comics possibly be real, in another world?"
"This is a question I cannot answer; you need to seek the answer for yourself." The Ancient One said.
"One more thing, Teacher. I want to go back." Stephen Strange said.
"Oh? I wonder what's making you restless?" The Ancient One asked.
"I want to propose." Stephen Strange said, "She's actually been in my heart for a long time, but I've never really faced these feelings head-on. But now I don't want to leave regrets in my life, it might lead me to make a big mistake."
"Make a big mistake?"
"Teacher, I saw myself from a parallel world in the question space. He, like me, deeply loves Christine, but he's less fortunate than I am—his Christine has already passed away. He destroyed the entire universe in the end, all to save Christine."
"That's truly a huge mistake." The Ancient One immediately drew a circle with her hand, "Go on, go find your girl."
"Thank you, Teacher." Stephen Strange walked into the portal and appeared in a storage room in the hospital.
"Christine!" Stephen Strange shouted loudly and rushed out.
"This Stephen..." Hearing the loud shouts, Christine Palmer sighed helplessly. Stephen Strange was still so impulsive. Couldn't he call her when he had something to say? Did he have to shout so loudly in the hospital?
"Christine!" The shouting came again.
"Over here!" Christine Palmer waved her hand to Stephen Strange.
"Christine!" When Stephen Strange saw Christine Palmer in the crowd, a smile instantly bloomed on his horse-like face, and he shouted again.
"What kind of clothes are you wearing?" Christine Palmer looked at Stephen Strange's "odd attire" and felt a headache coming on again.
"Oh, this? It's a sorcerer's robe." Stephen Strange said.
"Sorcerer?" Christine Palmer was suspicious, "Are you filming? I thought you were going to get treatment for your hands."
"These hands..." Stephen Strange lowered his head to look at his own hands, "It doesn't matter anymore; anyway, I won't be able to hold a scalpel again."
"You're giving up?" Christine Palmer asked.
"It's not really giving up; more accurately, I've found another way to save people—one that can save even more people." Stephen Strange said.
"Why were you shouting and looking for me?" Christine Palmer asked.
"Christine, marry me!" Stephen Strange said.
"What?" Christine Palmer could hardly believe her ears, "What did you say?"
"Christine, marry me!" Stephen Strange said, "Let me take care of you!"
"Are you running a fever?" Christine Palmer reached out to touch Stephen Strange's forehead.
"I'm serious." Stephen Strange said, "I've actually loved you for a long time, but I'm a bit shy, I couldn't bring myself to speak up."
"You're walking around the hospital in this strange attire and keeping a straight face, and you still call yourself shy?" Christine Palmer said.
"Let me say it again: this isn't strange attire, it's a sorcerer's robe." Stephen Strange said.
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