Chapter 32: The Aftermath of the Storm
"We still don't know exactly how this wonder of the world happened, but it's certain that one of our government departments knew about the lightning spectacle in advance."
Tony Stark looked at the picture that the hostess was playing on the news with a shocked face, to be honest, isn't that big lightning really something from some weather weapon?
"This is God's will, God wants to destroy this world!" When reporters interviewed people who had experienced this lightning spectacle firsthand, there were always some fanatics who jumped out and shouted at the camera that the end of the world was coming.
The host of the live broadcast room could only quickly hang up the live connection this time to avoid the expansion of the situation.
The moderator compiled the following speech and continued: "The same thunder and lightning spectacle was believed by the people to be the weather weapon obtained by the United States after trading with aliens, so it triggered many popular demonstrations. ”
The footage only flashed through a few protest marches and then switched to the live broadcast room again.
"The economic damage caused by this lightning spectacle is as high as 5 billion, which not only led to a massive power outage in New York City, but also caused an Essex biotech company to disappear completely in this accident." The host continued to report this time without hurrying, after all, it is normal for a march to appear in the United States.
At the same time as the host spoke, the director played a comparison between the original photo of Essex and the lightning strike.
The charred pit no longer has a hint of the grandeur of the Essex building.
Tony Stark also had to smack his lips, and his hair was a little upside down.
This thunderbolt spectacle once again smashed into its own Stark Industries....
Shaking his head, he hurriedly let this terrible thought out of his mind, but there was nothing he could do about it. After all, no one knows if one day a lightning bolt the size of a football field struck their company building.
"Jarvis, do we need to move the company building to Los Angeles?" Tony Stark said that he really didn't care much about his company, but Stark Industries was a prerequisite for him to live so peacefully.
"Sir, moving Stark Industries out of New York would have us down fifty-six percent of our stock price by now, at least fifteen percent again." Jarvis's voice rang out.
"Besides, sir, you don't need to worry too much about natural disasters." Jarvis's flat voice is indeed big news for Tony Stark.
"Artificial?" Tony Stark instantly understood everything, normally it is impossible for nature to gather such a terrible thunderstorm, and the only explanation is that someone artificially created this thunder and lightning spectacle.
"That's right, sir."
"Against Essex?" Tony Stark couldn't think of anyone who would target a small company that was researching biotechnology, after all, the big companies that could come up with such a meteorological weapon would not look down on such a small guy at all.
Tony Stark nodded, it is certain that Stark Industries has no interest in this kind of biotechnology company, but what kind of companies can come up with weather weapons?
Osborne? People are themselves biotech giants, and they don't care about such a small company.
Hammer Industries? Why did you come up with such a waste company?
...
Tony Stark thought about it and finally determined that the only one who could come up with the weather weapon was Stark Industries, but this itself was impossible, and the weather weapon didn't even know where the piece of iron was.
"Jarvis, is it the Storm Girl of the mutants?" Tony Stark suddenly thought that among the mutants there was a woman who could manipulate thunder and lightning.
"Sir, it's not the Storm Girl." Jarvis brought up Stark satellite photos from the day.
The Storm Girl in the photo shows no signs of leaving Xavier's School for Gifted Talents.
"Sir, Stark's satellite has taken a satellite photo of the thunderstorm before it appears."
The photograph that Jarvis projected is Diana's posture as she breaks the sound barrier.
"Are you sure, Jarvis?" Tony Stark's eyes were solemn, this woman was obviously Diana Prince, whom he had just met.
"Ninety-five percent accurate, sir."
"Then I need to add speed." Tony Starkmo rubbed his beard and looked at the silver-white mech being assembled on the workbench, "With it, I can at least guarantee that I can protect myself when I get involved in this kind of thing in the future." ”
"Sir, I don't think the current Mark II will be able to protect you in such a thing." Jarvis's voice ruthlessly shattered Tony Stark's thoughts.
"Please, how is that possible?" Tony Stark felt that he had absolutely no natural enemies other than the guy called Magneto.
"After comparison, I found that Miss Prince is close to 100% compatible with the comic book character Wonder Woman. Sir, Miss Prince can tear through your armor with her hands. ”
Tony Stark stares at the projection in front of him that is split in two, one is a satellite photo of Diana Prince in the sky, and the other is the specific data of the comic book character Wonder Woman.
"Generous Crab!" With his head in his hands, Tony Stark couldn't believe his eyes at all, but Jarvis's professionalism never went wrong, that is.
"A comic book character appears in our real world!"
There was another person who said the same thing as Tony Stark.
At this moment, Thor was also facing the information given to him by Nick Fury, and he couldn't control his expression.
"It's a lot like an April Fool's joke, but Thor, it's a real thing." Nick Fury said to Thor with his chin propped up.
"I don't know what to say, but it's happened. You can't think of Diana as a comic book character who has been fixed, she is a real god. Thor, after his initial surprise, was quite quick to accept that Diana had come here from a comic book world.
"I know, but it's a bit of a price to pay." Nick Fury sighed, thinking about the forces that had been lurking within S.H.I.E.L.D. recently because of Diana's reminder.
"So, what do you mean?" Thor couldn't figure out what the use of this boiled egg was for coming to him to see what these things were.
"Since Diana was able to come into our world, what if other comic book characters appeared?" Nick Fury has been thinking about this question since he saw Diana's arrival.
This time it's a Wonder Woman who seems to be leaning towards the neutral and orderly camp at the moment, what if there is an evil and chaotic Superman next time? All this is possible.
Nick Fury stood up and held out his hand to Thor, "I want you to be on my squad for this kind of thing." ”
"Sounds interesting, but I'm only on Earth at the moment, so it's good to have some fun for myself." Thor shook Nick Fury's hand.
"Welcome to Project Avengers." Nick Fury nodded.
"And what about my teammates?" Thor also withdrew his hand and asked with his chest crossed.
"Two people are bound to get in, and one person may take a little time." Thinking about the big green guy who had fled overseas, Nick Fury said.
"Diana?"
Nick Fury shook his head, he was not at all hopeful that Diana would be able to join his Avengers program. After all, Diana was once one of the Big Three of the Justice League in the comic book world, and there was really no hope of including her in the Avengers.
Thor wanted to say something, but when he thought of Diana's experience in the comics, he realized that the woman seemed to have experienced everything.
The two of them were silent in Nick Fury's office.
And being hung by three big men, who are also the casters of this thunder and lightning spectacle, Diana's pretty face at the moment is calm and a little scary.
Emma didn't know how to appease her, so she could only say to Diana, "It's not your fault, you didn't cause their deaths." ”
Diana nodded, "I know, but I just..."
Diana had no way to describe how she was feeling right now, she paled in any word, and the child lying on the dissecting table would always come to her mind.
"I've been through a lot, Emma. Not as fragile as you think, and I'm just feeling sorry for the innocent lives that died. Diana looked out the window at the night and said, "I once abandoned humanity because I couldn't accept war and killing because of my own selfish desires. ”
"But then I witnessed the most sincere emotions of human beings, and I realized that human beings are extremely complex animals."
Diana retracted her gaze and looked at Emma, "I actually made everyone there forget about me after a battle in another world. ”
Emma just looked at Diana without saying a word and silently took her hand.
"Actually, I just need to calm down." Diana whispered.