Wanjie Hotel: Iron Man is not allowed to charge

Chapter 158 The Chief Intelligence Officer of the Iron Hotel Reports for Duty (7K views, please vote)
Carol Danvers, a Marvel superhero named after her, is undoubtedly a powerful "daughter" of the company.

However, Carol was weakened multiple times in the movies. In Captain Marvel 2, in order to promote newcomers, the veteran Captain Marvel was weakened to the point of being unwatchable. This is the main reason why Captain Marvel 2 suffered a double failure in both box office and critical reception.

Everyone had expected Carol to wreak havoc in the universe and resolve various cosmic crises, but instead she ended up playing house with the second-generation heroes, Marvel and Spectrum, and getting a good beating from Dahl Ben, the Kree leader wearing the Quantum Bracelet.

Wen Ming couldn't help but complain: "That stupid bracelet, is it really more powerful than Thanos's Infinity Gauntlet?"

Carroll took a sip of beer, shook his head, and said, "I just finished watching my own movie and haven't touched the bracelet yet."

I had a feeling that the bracelet would cause me trouble.

Carol's power comes from the explosion of the light speed engine, so most of her power is related to light.

The quantum bracelet can absorb light energy, and theoretically, it is a natural counter to Captain Marvel.

Wen Ming laughed and said, "That's easy. I'll send someone with you to destroy both bracelets right now."

Carole was immediately intrigued upon hearing this.

No superhero would want something in the world to restrain them.

In particular, this bracelet is a pair.

They're difficult to deal with individually, but together they pose an even greater threat to Carroll.

Even if these bracelets later become weapons for one's own side.

"The Marvel universe is already chaotic enough. I suggest we destroy these things, since the multiverse is doing too much damage to your universe."

"If all else fails, bring me my hotel. My hotel's mythical beast loves to devour these kinds of treasures with spacetime power. I can pay you; it's a win-win situation."

The Quantum Bracelet not only restrains Carol, but can also easily open spacetime portals. A single bracelet was enough for Daryl Ben, the leader of the Kree, to open spacetime portals and steal resources from other planets in the universe to nourish Hala, the Kree homeworld that had lost its sun.

Wen Ming naturally had his eye on such a powerful artifact.

Regardless of whether the movie deliberately exaggerated the power of this artifact, the spacetime power contained in these bracelets is exactly the power that Shi Hu needs most.

"But after the destruction, it will affect Kamala Khan, the Wonder Girl's awakening, right?"

Carol hesitated for a moment, but Wen Ming smiled and said, "The quantum bracelet only helps her awaken her power sooner. In fact, she already possesses powerful alien genes. Without that quantum bracelet, your power can help her awaken it ahead of time."

Furthermore, you can take this opportunity to go back and see Spectrum, that is, Monica Rambo, whom you promised to go back often but haven't yet.

Carol fell silent.

She wanted to say it was the screenwriter's fault, but in fact, she never returned to her hometown after the first Captain Marvel movie ended, until Thanos snapped his fingers.

This time, perhaps I can make up for my regrets.

Thinking of this, she felt a wave of relaxation wash over her: "Then it's decided. I'll set off to get these two bracelets for you."

It seems Tony was right; many problems can be solved here.

Wen Mingyang raised an eyebrow: "He would praise me?"

Carroll took a sip of beer: "Anyway, I've heard it a few times."

Wen Ming couldn't help but chuckle; it seemed Tony was a classic example of someone who said one thing but did another.

"Speak, what exactly do you want to talk to me about?"

After the opening remarks, Wen Ming prepared to get to the point. Carol's smile vanished at that moment. She gripped the beer bottle tightly and, after hesitating for a long time, asked, "I've looked through all my movie and comic book materials, and now I'm facing a very difficult decision. I'd like to hear your opinion."

Wen Ming seemed to be deep in thought. He could roughly guess what the other party was struggling with, but he smiled and said, "Yuan Yuzhou Hotel recently launched a new service: Harley's psychological counseling, $1000 per session."

Would you like to try it?

Carol's face stiffened, feeling once again unable to keep up with Wen Ming's leaping thoughts. She said helplessly, "I don't have any gold."

Captain Marvel, a figure of great stature, can't even produce gold? Who would believe that?
"Perfect timing, I have a job available."

Wen Ming said with a smile, "The spark that sparked the Transformers universe. If you bring it back for me, Harley will be able to provide you with free psychological counseling from now on."

"If you really get the quantum bracelet back to me, I can give it to you for free for life."

Carol was both amused and exasperated: "I want to hear your opinion, not Harley's."

Wen Ming felt it was a pity.

Harley Quinn, it's not that I'm not the boss and I don't want to introduce business to you, but you insist that I, the boss, personally go out with you.

Are you hesitating about whether to continue the war with the Kree?

Wen Ming's words made Carol nod emphatically; this amazing boss really understood me.

After taking a sip of beer, Wen Ming said, "Have you destroyed their supreme intelligence?"

The Kree created the life-computer "Supreme Intelligence," which embodied the highest wisdom of the Kree, encompassing all science, philosophy, military affairs, thought, and so on, and once ruled the Kree Empire.

After being struck by the explosive energy of the light-speed engine, Carol lost her memory and was taken back to the Kree Empire by Yon-Rogge, the commander of the Kree Starfleet. Her memory was altered by the Kree's Supreme Intelligence, and she has served the Kree ever since.

Captain Marvel 1 tells the story of Carol Danvers' origins as Captain Marvel, and her battles against the Kree after regaining her memories.

The plot of Captain Marvel 2 tells the story of Carol Danvers infiltrating the Kree Empire, destroying the Supreme Intelligence, triggering a civil war among the Kree, which in turn causes the sun on their home planet to go out, and the Kree searching for Carol to take revenge.

Well, without those two childish superheroes—Marvel and Spectrum—the second movie might not have fared so badly at the box office and with critics.

Carol nodded again, a look of confusion in her eyes: "I have always wanted to stop the Kree from harming other races in the universe and the Skrulls again, but when I saw that in the future the Kree would have to fight a civil war because of me and that even survival would become extremely difficult, I suddenly felt that Dahl Ben was not wrong to lead the Kree to seek revenge on me."

I don't know why I had this thought, but I feel like my life has suddenly lost its direction.

Wen Ming couldn't help but laugh: "First, don't believe the movies. The screenwriter of Captain Marvel 2 has something wrong with his brain. Even if the Kree Empire loses its sun, it can easily find a second habitable planet and even reactivate its sun."

This is also why movies are just movies; your lives are the most important evidence of your lives.

Movies cannot fully and realistically depict your strength and destiny.

Secondly, it depends on the extent of your personal hatred.

"My personal grudge?"

Carol was completely stunned, then the confusion in her eyes faded slightly: "Thank you, I understand. I shouldn't have extended my hatred for the High Intelligence and Yon-Rog to all the Kree."

Seeing that Carol had come to her senses, Wen Ming nodded and said, "Also, why have you been involved in the war between the Kree and the Skrulls?"
Neither of these races are good people. You've already helped the Skrulls find a planet to live on, so why are you still acting like a nanny, worrying about their lives?

Carol remained silent.

Wenming cautioned, "If you helped the Skrulls out of friendship, then you've already done enough. They even complained later that you shouldn't have gotten involved in their peace negotiations with the Kree."

Upon hearing this, the confusion in Carol's eyes vanished completely: "Indeed, I shouldn't have gotten so deeply involved. There are many wars happening in the universe every day, and I can't possibly handle them all."

"That's right, why live such a tiring life?"

Wen Ming picked up his beer bottle and clinked it against Carol's: "You're a cosmic-level hero, you should be concerned with cosmic-level disasters, like Thanos, like the Eternals."

Carol smiled happily: "I feel like you're much more professional than that Harley girl."

"Who's saying I'm unprofessional?"

A voice suddenly rang out behind the two of them. Wen Ming turned around and saw Harley Quinn standing not far away, wearing a red and blue baseball uniform and black fishnet stockings, looking at him and Carol with a charming smile.

Arthur and Bruce stood beside her.

Carol was also surprised to run into the person in question. She was a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say you weren't good enough. I just felt that Wen Ming's advice just now resolved my confusion during this period."

However, to her surprise, Harley Quinn was not angry at all; instead, she smiled broadly and said, "I told you the boss is more professional than me."

Carroll breathed a slight sigh of relief upon seeing this.

Harley walked up to the two men, picked up a bottle of beer, clinked bottles with them, and said, "Actually, the boss didn't say one thing correctly just now."

"what?"

Wen Ming and Carol looked at Harley together, and then Harley said with a serious expression, "The boss is the savior of the multiverse. Now that you have met him, don't worry about the little things in your own universe. You should help the boss save more universes."

After saying that, Harley quickly told Carol about Wen Ming's decision to open-source the medical pods to all universes for free, and concluded by saying, "War is the will of the rulers. The common people are innocent. Just eliminate those warmongering rulers."

But disease is a war that everyone has to face, and my boss is determined to end this war.

What do you think of such a great savior?

Do you want to join us?"

This was the first time Carol had heard that Wen Ming was going to do something like this, and her gaze towards him immediately changed: "I thought you were just a space node administrator, or some ancient god, but now it seems I need to have a deeper conversation with you."

Wen Ming shrugged: "This isn't anything special, is it? If it were you, you would definitely be willing to do it too."

Carol looked at Harley, Harley looked at Bruce and Arthur, and the four of them shook their heads in unison.

Even Bruce Wayne, the champion of Gotham's justice, honestly replied, "At the time, all I was thinking about was saving the ordinary people of Gotham. I never thought I could use it to save the entire world, let alone save people in other universes."

Harley smiled broadly: "See? The boss is a savior! Do you want to join us?"

Carol picked up the bottle and downed it in one gulp: "Count me in!"

Wenming noticed that there seemed to be some disagreement between Arthur and Bruce, as the two were deliberately standing apart on either side of Harley, which was not the usual friendly relationship between the two.

He handed each person a bottle of beer, then asked, "Arthur, you don't seem too happy?"

Arthur shrugged and said, "Boss, I'm very happy. The one who's unhappy is our great Mr. Batman."

"Oh?"

Wen Ming looked at Bruce, who looked back at Wen Ming with a conflicted expression: "Wen Ming, he killed three criminals."

"and then?"

Wen Ming roughly understood where the disagreement between the two sides lay.

Bruce stood there, his usually composed body trembling slightly: "I want to send him to prison."

It seems that he said this after making a great deal of determination.

Arthur immediately shouted, "I'm killing criminals! They've let Gotham City down! I must bring joy to Gotham City!"

"No, you killed someone, so you're a criminal too!"

Bruce glared at Arthur, but Arthur looked back at Bruce without flinching: "When you were wearing that bodysuit and beating up criminals all over Gotham, you were a criminal too."

"I did that to catch criminals."

"No, all acts of violence outside the law are crimes, and you, the vigilante, are no different from me."

Arthur grinned broadly. "Dear Mr. Batman, before you arrest me, shouldn't you also send yourself to jail?"

Bruce was shivering with cold.

Listen to what you've said.
He looked at Arthur, his eyes flashing with regret and disappointment. He had once thought he could save him, but he never expected that Arthur would still walk the same path as the Joker.

Harley walked to Wen Ming's side, took his arm, and said, "Boss, it's your turn to step forward."

Wen Ming subtly withdrew his arm and then smiled, "Why should I get involved? This is a matter between you two, and also a matter for your universe."

I believe Bruce can find a way to redeem Gotham, and I also believe Arthur can find his purpose and direction in life.

Harley paused for a moment upon hearing this, and Arthur and Bruce also looked at Wen Ming. Wen Ming raised his bottle and took the last sip: "Gentlemen, this is a hotel, not a courtroom. Have a pleasant evening."

Seeing Wen Ming get up and walk out, Arthur and Bruce couldn't help but stand up and want to follow, but Harley had already stopped them: "Don't disturb the boss, he's been busy all day and needs to rest."

Batman and the Joker stopped and looked at each other, both seeing in each other's eyes the unwavering commitment to their respective beliefs.

Everyone knows that no one can change the other; the question now is who can shake the other's beliefs.

Looking at the two silent rivals, Carol couldn't help but say, "Why don't you two go and have a fight?"

Harley Quinn burst out laughing: "Batman and the Joker fighting? I have to record it."

Oh, by the way, if you two fight here, the boss will definitely come out to settle things.

The tense atmosphere between Bruce and Arthur suddenly became awkward. They looked at each other, then turned and left separately.

Harley chuckled and pulled Carol toward the elevator: "Want to go see what the boss is up to?"

"Didn't he go to rest?"

Carroll was somewhat surprised.

Harley pressed the button for the second basement level, then said with a smile, "How could the boss rest so early? He's always busy until the early hours of the morning."

Carol was a little curious, so she and Harley stepped out of the elevator and saw a long, pure white house standing in the underground space.

Two armed security guards in black stood at the door of the house, watching Harley and her companion warily.

Harley walked to the door and pressed the access control button. A red beam of light quickly scanned her entire body, and then with a click, the door opened automatically: "Welcome, Miss Quezel."

"Strawberry, could you change my name? My name is Harley Quinn now, you can call me Harley."

Harley, blowing bubblegum, led Carol inside: "Strawberry, this is Carol. The boss should have already granted her access, right?"

“Yes, Harley, Miss Danvers has now obtained visitor privileges as a transmigrator. Hello, Miss Danvers.”

"Hello, Strawberry. You can call me Carol."

Carol was surprised that Wen Ming had granted her access so readily. With a smile on her face, she walked into the first laboratory.

"No, that's not right, it's not like that. This spark source can transform all electronic devices into silicon-based life forms, so why use metal materials?"
You need to know that metals contain free electrons that can move freely. When an electric field is applied, these electrons will move in a specific direction, creating an electric current. Therefore, the safest way is to use a box made of non-metallic material and then apply a radiation-proof coating…”

"Why not just use a lead box? A lead box is the safest!"

……

The arrival of Harley and Carol did nothing to affect the father and son who were arguing.

Wen Ming was sitting to the side watching the excitement. When he saw the two of them arrive, he gestured for them to sit down and watch together.

The presence of three bystanders, the android Ninth Brother, and POD 153 finally enraged Tony: "Don't make a sound here."

Wen Ming shrugged: "Does our breathing count as sound?"

Tony shouted, "Yes, I heard you breathing."

Wen Ming had no choice but to get up: "Carol, I'll treat you to a late-night snack. Do you like noodles? I'll make you some."

Carol happily followed Wen Ming outside: "I've heard that you cook very well, I must try it."

Tony immediately snapped, "Wen Ming, didn't you just say you weren't making midnight snacks tonight?"

"I'm suddenly hungry, do you want to come with me?"

"want!"

……

"Alert! Two Transformers' energy fluctuations detected on the rooftop, speculated to be Laserbeak and other Transformers."

Just as Wen Ming, Carol, Tony, Harley, and Ninth Brother were slurping noodles, the combat power detector worn by Ninth Brother suddenly sounded an alarm. Wen Ming was taken aback: "Laser Bird is back again?"

"Other Transformers?"

Tony looked at Wen Ming with a puzzled expression, but Wen Ming had already rushed towards the elevator: "Hai Hou, sound the alarm."

"Received. John has led the team to the rooftop. Transformers Contingency Plan 1 has been activated. Please be careful, boss."

The sea queen's electronic voice rang out, and Tony looked at the half-eaten noodles in front of him, somewhat helplessly: "Why does this damn hotel have so many time travelers every day?"

"Fuck, this is my favorite noodles!"

"Because the boss is the savior! The Transformers also need the boss's salvation!"

Harley pulled out a metal baseball bat from somewhere and excitedly rushed towards Wen Ming: "Boss, your third apostle has arrived."

"You guys go first, I'll finish this bowl of noodles first."

Carol ate her noodles calmly, and apart from her slightly awkward chopstick movements, she showed no signs of being affected.

However, her body had begun to glow with a golden light, as if it were about to soar into the sky at any moment.

Captain Marvel is ready to strike at any moment.

These noodles are so delicious, I don't want to be unable to eat them again.

"Fuck, I'm going to show these rude lumps of metal what I'm capable of."

Tony, cursing and swearing, followed Harley into the elevator. When they arrived on the rooftop, John was confronting two Transformers, one large and one small, while holding two guns.

"Laserbird, what brings you back again? Is this Soundwave?"

Wen Ming was very puzzled when he saw the laser bird. He had already asked his ninth brother to erase its memory, so why could it come back? And it even brought back sound waves with it.

However, the design of this shoulder-mounted laser cannon deserves praise.

So classic.

"you know me?"

The tall voice looked down at Wen Ming, who was standing in front of everyone, and his words were filled with doubt.

"Tell me first, how did Laserbeak bring you here? And don't even think about stealing data from this universe; I've already blocked all network signals in the vicinity."

Wen Ming's words silenced the sound wave for a few seconds, and then he said in a very rhythmic voice: "Laser Bird disappeared for more than ten minutes at the mission location I arranged, and then appeared out of thin air in other places. So I found Laser Bird and checked its memory, and found that its memory was also missing for more than ten minutes."

I took it to the place where it disappeared, and then it led me to this place.

Upon hearing this, Wen Ming immediately realized that it wasn't that Ninth Brother's actions were problematic, but rather that Soundwave, as the Decepticons' chief intelligence officer, was very sensitive to every little thing.

"Ninth Brother, give him a beginner's guide. Tony, you can go back and eat your noodles."

Upon hearing this, Tony, who had just put on the Mark 6, was so angry that he almost blew a beam of light at Wen Ming's head.

Why do I always feel like I can't properly show off my Iron Man style in front of everyone every time I come to your Iron Hotel?

Damn it, this is so frustrating!
When I get back, I'm going to hold a grand press conference at the biggest stadium, have a group of tall, beautiful women dance in Iron Man suits, and then I'll descend from the sky and announce that I am Iron Man.

What? This is something Tony did?

Pah! He plagiarized me!

Soundwave can read PowerPoint presentations very quickly. Tony had just taken off his Iron Man armor and hadn't even stepped into the elevator when Soundwave asked in surprise, "Where is Megatron under that dam?"

"Yes, but your colleague, Red Spider, has already been here."

So, how about teaming up with Starscream?

Although Wen Ming had anticipated that the sound waves might arrive, he did not expect them to arrive so quickly, which added many variables to his cooperation with Red Spider.

However, this is actually a good thing.

After all, even if Starscream, that perpetual traitor, came to the Flatiron Hotel, he might still cause trouble. And Soundwave, Megatron's loyal henchman and the Decepticons' second-in-command, isn't as unwaveringly loyal as everyone thinks.

In both the movies and the comics, Soundwave is isolated by the Decepticons because he possesses a wealth of intelligence and likes to use this dirt to blackmail his colleagues. The only thing he can rely on is Megatron's trust in him.

This is a situation that intelligence ministers have inevitably faced since ancient times—having no friends.

After Megatron's death, he successfully made himself the unshakeable intelligence officer in the face of subsequent Decepticon leaders such as Galvatron and Scorponok.

This also shows that Soundwave's most loyal supporters are not the Decepticon leaders, but himself.

"Cooperate with Red Spider?"

Soundwave immediately guessed what Wenming had said: "What did he promise you?"

"He promised to steal the AllSpark for me, as well as the corpses of all the Decepticons and Autobots who died in the war."

Of course, he also promised to help those Decepticons and Autobots who were destined to die, so that they wouldn't perish and could become his future subordinates later in the story…

Wen Ming explained all the terms of the cooperation with Red Spider without hesitation, and even showed Soundwave the video of his negotiation with Red Spider.

The only thing he exaggerated was that Starscream promised to steal the AllSpark for him.

"How about it? You'll be killed by Bumblebee in the third movie, but if you cooperate with me, you can survive and come to the Flatiron Hotel to become my chief intelligence officer."

Wen Ming's voice was filled with irresistible allure: "If you save more Transformers than Starscream, then the intelligence force you command in the future will definitely be more powerful than the action squads commanded by Starscream."

Tony didn't even bother going back to eat his noodles at this moment. Looking at the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but stroke his chin.

Falk.

Was I fooled by that bastard Wen Ming back then?

Why does this guy look so much like a demon?

"I need to verify Megatron's location and that human named Sam."

Soundwave was very cautious; even though he had seen the scene of Red Spider and Wen Ming negotiating, he did not rush to make a decision.

Wen Ming naturally understood that intelligence agents were prone to suspicion, so he nodded nonchalantly and said, "Then you need to hurry. Starscream is already gathering the Decepticons, and I've already prepared the box for storing the AllSpark. He'll be launching an attack on the dam soon."

Wen Ming's words immediately made Sheng Bo somewhat anxious. He took off into the air and, amidst a series of mechanical creaking sounds, transformed into an MQ-9 "Reaper" reconnaissance aircraft, flying towards the distant sky like lightning. Laser Bird flapped its wings and followed closely behind.

"Tony, why haven't you left yet?"

Wen Ming breathed a sigh of relief, but when he turned around, he saw Tony looking at him strangely.

"Did you lie to me like this back then?"

"I'm not lying to you, I'm telling the truth."

Wen Ming said with great distress: "You saw it yourself just now, I didn't lie a single word."

"Yes, you're not lying, but you've successfully put two Decepticons from the same faction in competition!"

Tony mercilessly exposed Wen Ming's mistake, but Harley giggled and said, "Tony, that's called leadership, boss."

"Leadership?"

Tony could tell that Harley was a die-hard fan, and scoffed, "He's just a lying devil."

Just then, Carol stepped out of the elevator: "Huh? Where are the Transformers? I was all ready for battle."

Tony was even angrier: "You finished your noodles?"

"I've finished eating. It was delicious."

Carol looked at Wen Ming with a hint of lingering satisfaction: "Wen Ming, next time I come, will I be able to eat here again?"

"Of course!"

Wen Ming smiled and pulled over a chair, gesturing for everyone to sit down and wait together.

Sure enough, less than 5 minutes later, the giant Transformer descended from the sky again.

"Wen Ming, I'll help you seize the Fire Source!"

Wen Ming's lips curled into a wild smile: "Welcome to the team, my intelligence officer!"

Tony felt a chill run down his spine.

I can't watch anymore.

Another fool has fallen into the trap.

Huh?
Why should I say it again?

(End of this chapter)