——Marvel, 2011——
New York, northern Manhattan.
Harlem was once a wealthy area in New York when transportation was not yet developed, with a variety of mansions and villas. However, with the development of transportation, the economic center of New York gradually moved south, with Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan The district has become a new hot spot, and almost no one pays attention to it anymore.
Nowadays, apart from the old classical buildings, Harlem only gives people the impression of rappers, graffiti, and immigrants of color. However, the centipede is still alive. As a former wealthy area, Its infrastructure, public services and security are still at a high level, but how long the legacy infrastructure can continue to exist without renovation plans is an issue that cannot be ignored.
For Harlem, the only good news recently is that the large-scale damage caused to the city during the previous battle between the "Hulk" and the "Abomination" finally attracted the attention of the New York authorities, and began to investigate the damaged city and its surroundings. The perimeter was repaired and rebuilt.
As for those black suits wearing sunglasses who came with the workers, the residents of Harlem were completely uninterested. Even if it was some secret agency investigating, it had nothing to do with graffiti masters and rappers like them.
On 114th Street in Harlem, there is a store called "Machines of Vanko", which specializes in hardware tools, pipe laying, home appliance repair, scrap machinery acquisition, illegal vehicle modification, and anything related to metal and machinery. Business.
Its owner is a Russian named Anton Vanko, and the main managers of the store are his son Ivan Vanko and a British boss named Mark Scarlotti. Lux.
This combination would have seemed strange elsewhere in New York, but in Harlem, an immigrant neighborhood, it was perfectly normal.
However, this store was expropriated during the urban reconstruction process and has stopped serving ordinary people. This made the old customers very dissatisfied. They painted several graffiti walls around them expressing their displeasure, and then wished it a speedy future. The bankrupt rap is gone.
These rappers would never have thought that, nearly a hundred meters deep beneath their feet, there was an underground base that was nearly fifty times larger than the surface building of "Vanke Machinery."
Its interior is filled with high-tech equipment that can only be seen in science fiction movies, and the most eye-catching thing is the rows of steel suits that are very similar to those worn by "Iron Man".
At this time, in a room that looked like a reception room in the underground base, a blurry video that looked like a surveillance video was being played on a huge screen.
"[Anton Vanke, you are fired,]" said a man who looked 70-80% similar to Tony Stark: "[We study the 'Cosmic Cube' to better benefit mankind, not Use them to make weapons and make a fortune.】"
"[Don't make excuses, Howard Stark. Ever since the 'Ark Reactor' was developed, I knew there would be a day when you would want to monopolize this achievement and then use it with the Cosmic Cube to create your stupid "A hover car," another person on the screen said: "[Compared to a relatively controllable weapon, a civilian, ordinary people can make it float, and then throw out an iron lump at a speed of 120 miles per hour. This is the real thing. A murderous weapon.]"
"[That kind of thing just requires establishing traffic rules and corresponding safety mechanisms,]" Howard said: "[The combination of the Cosmic Cube and the Ark Reactor will produce extremely powerful power, and I cannot allow it to be made into a weapon.] "
"[You idiot, Howard, do you remember how many times the most powerful weapon in the world, the nuclear bomb, has been used? It is not a threat, but a huge profit!]" Anton responded angrily: "[You want to take it all for yourself Ark Reactor Technology, just kill me, so you don’t have to make excuses like this!】"
"[You still can't understand that some things shouldn't appear,]" Howard shook his head: "[I won't kill you. You can take away the technology of the 'Ark Reactor' and continue to study it. How will the world develop? You See it for yourself with your own eyes.】"
"[Hypocritical!]" Anton snorted: "[I'll put it here - within a hundred years, maglev cars will never be used on a large scale!]"
"[We'll see.]"
Click, the screen was turned off. Anton Vanke, who was dozens of years older than in the video, but still energetic, turned around and looked at his son and assistant.
"I've always told you that Stark Industries is our enemy and our goal is to bring it down," he said. "And that's why."
"It seems you are right," Ivan Vanke nodded: "Magnetic levitation cars don't even exist, and Stark Industries, which claims to benefit mankind, is actually the largest arms seller."
"Boss, I will destroy whoever you say you want to destroy," Mark Scarrot replied: "When will I do it?"
"No rush," Anton waved his hand: "Howard's idiot's 'ideal' has harmed the interests of many people. If things like suspended cars become popular, just think about it and you can name a bunch of industries that will be in trouble. For example, in crude oil, chemical industry, and transportation, who will die if he doesn't die? And little Stark is smarter. He only uses the improved Ark reactor for himself. At the same time, he sells arms on a large scale and pretends that he and those people are on the same front. But now, His true face has finally been revealed."
"You mean...that meteor?" Ivan asked.
"Hmph, we all know that the green monster was not caused by a meteor at all, so what fell must be some kind of powerful alien object." Anton snorted: "For the first time in so many years since the 'Cosmic Cube' disappeared, With the new replacement, do you think the people who originally had the idea for it can still sit still?”
"Tony Stark, like his father, refused to use that thing in weapons?" Ivan nodded: "That's why you said he can't pretend anymore."
"Yes, those people behind the scenes found me and were willing to provide the means to create green monsters, combine them with our mecha technology, and then defeat the so-called 'Iron Man' in one fell swoop and seize what he obtained. They also promised to restore We should be treated as scientific researchers and return the patents of the 'Ark Reactor' to me." Anton looked at Ivan: "Of course, they are yours too."
"But didn't he form the 'Avengers' with 'Captain America' and some other people I've never heard of?" Ivan hesitated.
"Steve is from the same era as me and Howard. He is nothing special. The 'super serum' does not turn him into a superman. It just pushes all the indicators to the limit of human beings. He is completely incomparable with mechas." An Dong said confidently.
Ivan seemed to still have concerns, but said nothing more.
"Where to go? Who to hit?" Mark said through bared teeth.
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Manhattan General Nursing Home.
"[Do you desire power?]"
"[Do you want revenge?]"
"[Do you want to...recover?]"
"Hmph, that's ridiculous. I have struggled for science all my life, and only after my death did I discover that the devil is real." Obadiah Stane said to the darkness in front of him: "If you have any conditions, just open it." Bar."
Maybe he said it, maybe he didn't. Obaday can't feel his body now, and he is just talking in the way of "living" speech.
He was not surprised by his situation. His plan to frame Tony Stark and seize Stark Industries failed. He found a prototype of the Iron Suit and copied it, but failed to win in a head-on battle. It was his own fault that he died. After all, How can you make a profit without losing money in business?
The only thing that made him a little bit upset was that Stark's way of defeating him was not to use fire suppression or mechas to defeat him, but to lure him to a high altitude and use severe cold to disable the propulsion rockets.
Even if he were alive now, he would still be a paraplegic vegetative state.
As for why he is alive, if it wasn't because Stark didn't kill everyone for the sake of fame, it might be because his enemy planned to gain something from him.
He had originally planned how to deal with anyone when he woke up, but he didn't expect that the devil would come to the door first.
"[My name is Malekith, not a 'devil', but a...'cosmic demon'.]"
That doesn't sound like much of a difference.
Obaday confirmed that it was not someone who was "speaking" to him now, but some existence that directly inserted the content to be expressed into his consciousness. This person said these words in his "own" voice.
"Let's put aside those temptations, promises and deceptions, I'm just a poor vegetable," Obaday said: "You can tell me directly, what can you give me, and what do I need to pay?"
"[I can fully restore your health, but you need to kill a god.]"
"You'd better hire someone else!" Obadiah swore that if he had a body, he would definitely kick this so-called "Devil of the Universe" out of the house.
Even if he recovers, he will still be an ordinary group chairman. Are you asking him to kill a god?
"[That god is only thirteen years old.]"
"[You will receive powerful blessings during the mission.]"
"[After completing this matter, in addition to recovering your health, you can also obtain anything you want in the real dimension.]"
The universe devil was blankly adding terms.
Great power? Dimension of reality? Well……
Obviously, this matter is not as simple as Malekith said on the surface, but has a deeper meaning.
The only good news at the moment is that this "Universe Demon" is a bit stupid for some reason, but I don't know if he's just pretending.
"[You said it yourself to put aside other aspects.]" Malekith's voice actually sounded a little aggrieved.
Okay, that's stupid.
And, although I don’t know why, I seem to have some irreplaceable advantage?
"Tell me clearly the cause and effect of the whole thing." Obadiah habitually began to give orders.
"[My name is 'Malekis', and I am the dark elf monarch of Watt Alheim.]"
Alien geography and humanities...Obadei decided not to think about the meaning of certain nouns for the time being.
"[Our tribe possesses 'etheric particles', a treasure that can transform creatures into powerful 'cursed warriors'."
"[The evil ruler of Asgard is named 'Odin'. He covets our power and leads his minions to invade Vat Alheim, trying to seize the 'ether particles'."
"[Our tribe fought bravely, but still couldn't match it. I had to fuse with the ether particles and tried my best to finally repel Odin.]"
"[But Odin is so despicable and sinister that he actually sent an assassin who was poisonous against me to assassinate me and take away the 'etheric particles'."
He is dead? No wonder I can communicate with myself in a dying state.
"[Later, my consciousness drifted in the universe for a long time, and was finally rescued by the great consciousness [The Fabric of Life],"" Malekiston paused for a moment: "[The great consciousness is interested in the way we use ether particles to transform ourselves. With a strong curiosity, He showed me countless ways to grow, change, improve and evolve living things that I could not imagine, and I was willing to accept Him as the Lord."
"[The great consciousness wants to know how we transformed ourselves into cursed warriors, but I couldn't show it because I didn't hold the ether particles. I felt deeply ashamed, so I decided to take it back for my lord.]"
You can't beat that Odin alive, how can you beat him dead?
"[If the ether particles were still in Odin's hands, I would have to endure it, but he was so confident that he handed it over to his son for safekeeping. He only needs to kill his son Loki to recover the ether particles.]"
Have you ever considered fishing?
"[Although I became the Demon God of the Universe under the care of the great consciousness, my strength has long been reduced and I am unable to break Asgard. However, Loki has recently arrived in Midgard without any escort. This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime event. Chance.】"
so……
"[Recently, some Midgardians have tried to use our Lord's power to strengthen themselves in order to murder their fellow tribesmen, but the methods are crude. Those who are strengthened will completely lose their sense of autonomy, which is very different from our tribe who only have a slight reduction in intelligence.]"
Are you sure it's "slightly"?
"[When this enhancement is carried out, I will transfer your consciousness into that body and strengthen it additionally, so that you can obtain the combat power of an ordinary cursed warrior. Then you can find Loki and kill him. The recovery of ether particles is done by I will execute it.】"
"[During this process, you are just a vegetable. After the capture is successful, I will heal you and fulfill my promise. No one will think of you.]"
Although this guy is a bit stupid, the plan itself is not bad, because he is acting under the guise of other people's plans. Even if there are problems, it is because of omissions in those people's plans and has nothing to do with himself, a comatose vegetative state.
The only problem is that "The Thread of Life" doesn't seem to be someone to be trifled with. If you successfully complete the task and are targeted by him, you will be in trouble in the future.
"There is no problem on the whole," Obaday replied: "By the way, who were those people originally trying to deal with when they created 'Frankenstein'?"
"[Tony Stark.]"
…Isn’t this a coincidence?
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