Ten years ago, when Stark Industries had a monopoly on the entire arms supply market in the United States, no one could have guessed that the market of the arms manufacturing industry would change into the current situation in just ten years.

Stark Industries, which had dominated the arms industry since the war years, abruptly announced its withdrawal, apparently because its owner, Tony Stark, had been stimulated by an unpleasant terrorist hijacking trip to the Middle East, and he had changed his mind and decided to switch to making milk bottles (according to a tabloid complaint at the time).

A large chunk of lucrative profits that had been exclusively occupied by Stark for decades was given away, just like a large amount of fresh blood being thrown into the water, which would undoubtedly attract countless sharks to scramble for it. Powerful corporations rushed into the battle one after another, using all means and extensive connections to fight for the throne vacated by the military manufacturing industry at any cost.

But no one, including the so-called "authoritative experts", expected that it would be such an emerging company without any special background, Paso Technology, that could finally stand out from this fierce and cruel competition and win this throne.

From the comprehensive analysis of all aspects at that time, Paso Technology, a seedling company, had no possibility of winning at all. But they just did it, not only slapped all the authoritative experts who were not optimistic about them beautifully, but even continued to rise to the top, eradicating all competitors in the following short years, and became a large group that directly chased Stark.

Today, Paso has contracted the vast majority of the annual orders of the Ministry of Defense, and the outside world's valuation of the company seems to increase exponentially every year. The owner of the company, the legendary young genius Michael Paso, has estimated his personal wealth at more than 10 billion, and is now moving towards the goal of 100 billion, and this is not counting the huge amount of money that Michael has donated to charity in recent years.

But after all, this is just an "outside estimate". If the experts, who are already calling it "incredible", know how much real wealth Michael has in his pocket at this time, they will probably be shocked to dislocate their jaws.

No one ever questioned what a rare genius Michael Paso was, but almost everyone tacitly believed that he was close to the peak of his life. It's not hard to understand – how much more can a person achieve in his life? At a young age, Michael single-handedly founded such a multinational group, which takes most of the orders of the Department of Defense every year, and money is pouring into his account like a flood every minute. What's next for you? Running for President of the United States?

Not kidding, it's not like Michael didn't think about it at all — but only for a moment. It's not that he thinks it's hard to run for president, but if you think about it, it seems that the president, in addition to sitting in the White House and looking stylish, actually has less power than he has now.

But what most people don't know is that the Paso Group, an international company that they see as already a supergiant, is actually just a starting point for Michael, his first springboard.

After the establishment of the Heavenly Sword Bureau was completed, Michael began to work on a new step of the plan. He used the resources of the Heavenly Sword to fabricate more than a dozen fictitious identities in a row around the world. Starting with the birth record, he filled in the information step by step following the trajectory of each identity's life, creating multiple characters on multiple different continents that did not exist.

With the help of Shirley, he forged each identity photo, recorded the face data in the photo, and accurately customized the corresponding digital mask. In this way, he has multiple identities with different nationalities and backgrounds.

With these identities, he began to register companies all over the world, and then used the resources and connections that the Heavenly Sword Bureau had to help these companies grow at an astonishing rate. These companies are involved in a wide range of fields, including pharmaceutical companies, genetic companies, prosthetic manufacturing companies, steel industry and metal material development companies, among others.

No one notices the emergence of this group of companies, spread across different countries and continents, and involving completely unrelated areas of expertise, which on the face of it may seem unconnected. But in fact, these companies are all subordinate institutions of the Heavenly Sword Bureau, and they secretly accept the resources and convenience provided by the Heavenly Sword, and at the same time, they are directly responsible for the Heavenly Sword.

According to the plan, within a year, these companies will also develop into large groups that can rank among the top in their respective countries, and become the mainstay of the economic system of their respective countries. The owners of these companies – all of whom are Michael, in fact – will soon be in the top 500 of the world's richest lists, meaning that Michael will soon have a monopoly on the top 500 by himself.

It feels a bit like playing a competitive game and opening a trumpet.

If it is only the astronomical amount of money in the identity account of "Michael Paso" that can barely be counted, Michael himself has a total amount of wealth, and to be honest, he has no idea at all. At this point, it seems that money is really just a concept of numbers, and more than a billion or less billion doesn't seem to feel anything.

But whether it's money or power, he didn't really care about these things from the beginning.

From the very beginning, his purpose was very clear, all his plans and everything he did were for the simplest purpose - to change his fate.

No kidding, that's really what he was motivated and what he was aiming for.

Not to mention that according to the plot of the MCU movie, a certain ferocious titan famous in the universe will descend on Earth in the fourth phase of the movie, bringing unprecedented calamity. Even if this event could have been anticipated and dealt with, it does not mean that it is the only crisis.

This is the Marvel world, where the crisis never ends, and you just never know where it's going to come from.

Countless alien races are eyeing the vast interstellar space, and beyond the dark dimension, there are powerful demons trying to annex this dimension, and even within the earth, there are threats hidden underground, under the sea, and even in different timelines of the past and future.

According to the original work, superheroes always find a way to turn things around in the face of most crises, and no matter how powerful the enemy, they will always be repulsed in the end.

The protagonists are always lucky, but they can't afford the consequences of misfortune. In the original story, every day spent safely on Earth is like borrowed time, and any unlucky move by superheroes can lead to the destruction of the world.

So in this world in which Michael is personally involved, he does not intend to pin his hopes in the face of crisis on the ethereal protagonists of superheroes.

Michael is a man who is accustomed to making all kinds of preparations in advance, including responding to aggressive attacks. What he's building is like a sword, a sword that can cut out small threats and defend against large-scale invasions – both from the outside and from within.

The creation of these companies is also part of his project. Michael is a super genius, but his energy and creativity are limited after all, and he never ignores the opinions of other talents because of his own achievements. In addition, he only specializes in the fields of electronic information and mechanical engineering, and in order to cope with this ever-changing era, he must have control in more aspects, especially in fields such as new genetics, new energy development, and other fields that are directly linked to the future super energy market. He needs to recruit cutting-edge talents from all over the world on a large scale to ensure that the Heavenly Sword Bureau can stay ahead of the curve in any field.

Most of these companies are managed by local agents, whether it is running or recruiting talents, Michael usually does not specialize, unless there are some very special people, he will consider meeting in person.

Take this person, for example.

Victor von Doom.