The Iron Man suits lined up in the air and began attacking the Extremis soldiers. I was moved. To be able to see the iconic scene from Iron Man 3 with my own eyes.
"Guys, I think I'm going to pee my pants."
Beside , Deadpool was literally peeing his pants. Captain Arica looked at him with pity, like he was a severe dentia patient.
"Deadpool, if it's hard for you, maybe you should rest."
"No, no, I can't miss out on a mont like this! Let's go!"
Deadpool fought harder than ever. From a distance, it looked cool, but up close, the sight of him fighting while spraying urine from his lower body was quite grotesque, and I definitely didn't want to be anywhere near him. Right now, Deadpool was invincible. Even I probably couldn't beat him.
Anyway, we turned the tide and started taking down the Extremis soldiers. Looking up, Tony, now in his Iron Man suit, had also started fighting Killian, who had been watching everything from above.
Was that suit the 'Mk. 17 Heartbreaker'?
The interesting thing was Rhodes. Whether Killian had injected him with Extremis or not, his body turned red, and he was using his newfound strength to fight the soldiers. The Vulture returned and rejoined us, and the Extremis soldiers were being cleaned up noticeably faster.
I put on the [Leviation Cape] I had obtained from Cassandra Nova from my inventory, flew up into the air, and helped clean up by throwing energy bomb cards along with the Vulture.
I could have helped Tony, but I left him alone. It was for Tony to overco his trauma. Captain Arica also began engaging Savin again.
-Boss, it seems we've almost cleaned them up.
"Phew... I guess so. When this is over, I'll have to get the Vulture's daughter a gift too."
-Hahaha, thanks. She'll love it.
All of Killian's n were cleaned up, leaving only Savin and Killian. With Deadpool joining the fight against Savin, they seed to be taking him down quickly. Killian and Tony were still fighting on top of the crane tower.
I took this opportunity to collect the Extremis samples. This was to prevent Hydra from misusing the Extremis technology. That's why, when I took the research data from Killian's main base, I deleted all related data. Hydra was such a pain in many ways.
After collecting all the Extremis data and drugs, I ca outside. The fight with Savin seed to be over. Captain Arica and Deadpool were climbing the crane tower to help Tony fight Killian. Natasha was calling her Talaria to resupply.
The Vulture, looking around, also moved to help Tony. As we gathered towards Tony, Killian, realizing the tables had turned, scread desperately.
"This isn't over for !!! I am the Mandarin!!!"
Hearing that, Deadpool scoffed and said in his characteristic taunting voice,
"Yeah, you go be the Mandarin. If that's not enough, I'll write 'I'm the Mandarin, please beat up' on your back."
Everyone snickered. Feeling humiliated, Killian scread and charged at us.
"Aaaaah!!!"
Then Tony, like in the original story, used a hand gesture to force the parts of the Iron Man Mk. 42 suit onto the charging Killian, then lifted him high into the air and ordered JARVIS.
"JARVIS! Self-destruct the Mk. 42."
"No!!!"
But in the original story, this wasn't enough to kill him, so I also infused a tal ball with energy and threw it to add more firepower.
KABOOM!!!
Deadpool was impressed.
"Wow~ I don't know about the rest, but the explosion looked cool. It looked just like fireworks."
Hearing that, Tony thought for a mont, then gave another order to JARVIS.
"JARVIS, let's start over. You know what to do, right?"
When Tony gave the order, the various Iron Man suits circled in the air and then began self-destructing one by one. As Deadpool said, it looked like setting off many fireworks.
"You like that, guys? Let's enjoy Christmas."
"Wow~"
We watched the Iron Man suits explode with admiration. There were many anings in this, but the most important was that Tony had finally let go of his obsession with the suits and overco his trauma. Anyway, I was glad things worked out well, not as ssed up as with Thor.
After resting a bit, we saw a large number of soldiers arriving, so we asked them to handle the cleanup and returned ho on the Odyssey-class ship.
The next day, news reports said that the actor Trevor, who had cooperated with Killian, and the Vice President, who had tried to replace the President, along with his remaining forces, had all been arrested.
Dr. Hansen, thanks to our persuasion, was not arrested, but she still had to undergo investigation and trial. I provided her with bodyguards and skilled lawyers. One of the lawyers I hired was 'Matthew Michael "Matt" Murdock', also known as Daredevil. I thought he would be capable of protecting her from the Ten Rings, so it put my mind at ease.
I also gained sothing.
[(SSS) Extremis] – Grants superhuman strength, agility, stamina, and regeneration. (Stats 200 each.)
Even though I obtained the Extremis ability, my body didn't turn red. It seed that by continuing to rank up, it had beco a completed Extremis, not an incomplete one.
We also received a call saying that the President wanted to thank us and would award us dals for stopping the terrorist group. The dals were to be given to Tony, Captain Arica, , Natasha, Deadpool, and the Vulture. Rhodes was not on the list, probably because he was under investigation for having the War Machine armor stolen and was receiving treatnt for the forced Extremis injection.
On the day of the ceremony, we received our dals and the President's thanks. The Vulture wore a mask to hide his identity. Thanks to his activities across the country and his cool suit, he had gained imnse popularity. After the ceremony, he was busy signing autographs for the surging crowds. I teased him.
"Hey, Mr. Popular, Vulture!"
"This is a bit embarrassing. Haha."
The Vulture seed to be enjoying it, though. Seeing him like that made happy too. The funny thing was, reporters asked when the next Gundam would be out, but I didn't answer. Still going on about Gundam.
That day, we rented out a bar and had a party with the mbers. The next day, I went to Toos's house and gave his daughter, Liz, various gifts. But she still seed unhappy about not being able to spend Christmas with her dad.
"Liz, this big brother will give you anything you want or let you go anywhere you want to go. Don't be mad."
"Then, I want to go to Disneyland again."
"Really? But you've been there once. How about Disneyland in Japan this ti?"
Liz's face brightened as she answered. She was still a kid, after all.
"Good! Thank you, big brother!"
I contacted my secretary, had her book Tokyo Disneyland and a luxury hotel, arranged a private jet, and also gave Toos a generous bonus, telling him to rest well with his family. I also gave Tinkerer a bonus and sent him on vacation.
Then I went to visit Happy in the hospital. Happy was now conscious, lying in bed watching TV dramas he had missed.
"Ah~ Chairman, you ca."
"Happy, how's your health?"
"I'm fine. Thank you. You ca all this way even though you're busy."
Happy seed touched that I ca to visit. I told him what had happened, and he seed pleased to hear that things had worked out.
A few days later, I visited the hospital again when Tony had surgery to remove the shrapnel from his heart, so he could remove the arc reactor. This ti, Pepper and Natasha ca with . Tony and Pepper were being lovey-dovey, so Natasha and I chatted for a while and then gave them so privacy.
With the external matters finished, I returned ho to find good news there as well. I heard that Banner and Jessica had started dating. For so reason, Banner was popular with won. It seed Arican won liked smart guys—brainy n.
Co to think of it, Brother Stein was also popular with won.
I also set up a separate lab for Maya at the house and was supporting her. However, since she had partially participated in a terrorist group, she had to stand trial, so she couldn't start her research yet.
Since I couldn't just stay at ho forever, I finally started construction on the Avengers base on the land I had bought. I built it with thick special concrete to withstand powerful explosions, and included a massive hangar for the Odyssey-class ship and other vehicles, training facilities, living quarters, various anities, warehouses, and more.
This required an enormous amount of money, but interestingly, the cryptocurrency market was now active, and I was making huge profits. Even after building the Avengers base, I had money left over. I used the leftover money to wait for the crypto prices to drop, then reinvested and did so mining. I was aiming for the next big surge, which I expected to happen when China entered the market.
Did it surge twice because of China? An Avengers base funded by China... that's ironic.
Anyway, while the Avengers base was being built, I resud helping with training. As a result, my [Teacher] ability ranked up to S.
(S) Teacher – The student learns faster, and you can transfer one ability to them in a degraded form. (Cooldown: 100 years)
"Oh~ The ability to transfer an ability."
It had beco a very attractive ability, even if degraded. But the 100-year cooldown was a concern. I thought the cooldown would decrease with higher ranks, so from that day on, I continued to help and teach them diligently.
Thanks to my dedicated teaching, Jessica, Banner, and Pietro quickly learned martial arts, and Wanda's control over her powers greatly improved.
Two months passed like that. Jessica, Pietro, and Wanda ca to with expressions full of complaint and said,
"Let us start operating now."
Wanda spoke for them. After being stuck here training for months, they were probably bored. Seeing the Vulture and Natasha active also seed to have motivated them. After thinking it over, I decided they had trained enough and allowed them to operate.
"Good! Wait a mont."
I handed them the suits I had made in advance.
"What's this?"
"Suits I made in preparation for this day. I hope you like the designs."
Pietro's suit was sky blue, made with a special material to reduce friction. Jessica's was black, with reinforced gauntlets and impact areas using special tal. Wanda's was a light red. Since she would be flying in the air, she risked being a focus of concentrated fire, so I designed her suit with a focus on defense without sacrificing mobility. All the suits had bulletproof, breathability, and temperature control functions as standard.
With this, hopefully Pietro won't die stupidly by getting shot.
They all wore the suits and seed satisfied, but Jessica frowned and complained to .
"I said no spandex! Make mine like Wanda's."
Wanda's suit was indeed not spandex.
"Don't be like that. After all your training, you know now that for high mobility, spandex is good. And Wanda is a telekinetic; her situation is different from yours."
"I know, but... it's embarrassing."
"If you hate it that much, wear sothing over it."
Just then, Banner, who had been watching Jessica's figure approvingly, said,
"I think it's sexy and good."
"Ah, seriously! n are impossible. Wanda, say sothing!"
Jessica asked Wanda, another woman, for support, but contrary to her hopes, Wanda said with an apologetic expression,
"I'm satisfied with mine... sorry."
"Ah, damn! This is insane. You too?"
Hahaha.
Everyone laughed. In the end, Jessica wore a leather jacket over her spandex suit.
Anyway, Jessica, Pietro, and Wanda started their hero activities, following Natasha and the Vulture. I provided them with the Odyssey-class ship and Talaria vehicles. Since hiding the Odyssey-class ship seed pointless now, I decided to just use it openly.
From this ti on, I also began expanding the hero rchandise business. I started selling not only dolls, figures, and toys of each hero, but also clothing and accessories. Furthermore, with permission from Captain Arica, Iron Man, and Thor, I sold rchandise of them as well, sharing a portion of the profits with them.
The remaining profits were all set aside as a fund for unforeseen circumstances. Unfortunately, Hawkeye was an exception. Because he worked in espionage, he didn't want his identity revealed, and S.H.I.E.L.D. also prevented it, so I couldn't sell his rchandise. Clint was very disappointed. He had every reason to be, as the potential side inco was enormous.
Interestingly, the Vulture and Iron Man were the most popular and generated the most inco. As expected, cha fans' support was a force to be reckoned with. Next were the female heroes, followed by Captain Arica and the others. Captain Arica didn't seem to mind, but Deadpool and Pietro were a bit dissatisfied. I also had inco, but I put all of mine into the ergency fund.
I started this business because I wanted them to be properly compensated. In the original story, Captain Arica lived in a small apartnt provided by S.H.I.E.L.D., and Natasha was the sa. Wanda had no ho, either living at the Avengers base or wandering. I wanted to end that kind of treatnt.
While running the business, I received inquiries about putting ads on the suits, but I rejected all such requests. Instead, I accepted a few TV comrcials. The mbers liked the side inco when they weren't busy.
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