American comics: Starting as the Jinchūriki of the One-Tailed Beast

Chapter 156 Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt its debtor! (4000 words)

Pietro and Wanda both stood up and looked at the portal, ready to unleash their superpowers at any moment.

They didn't know that the portal was created by Roy using the Space Stone.

But one thing they were certain of was that the person who came from the portal was definitely not an ordinary person.

Ordinary people can't create portals that can travel through space!

Roy walked out of the portal with a calm expression.

Upon seeing who it was, Pietro and Wanda were taken aback for a moment, then stared at him warily.

They had never dealt with Roy before.

But they were no strangers to Roy.

To be precise, anyone familiar with the Battle of New York and the Washington Incident is no stranger to him.

In both incidents, he was undoubtedly the protagonist.

Or rather, without his involvement, the Battle of New York and the Washington incident would never have been resolved so easily.

Besides, another important reason why Pietro and Wanda are familiar with Roy is that Roy is Tony's good friend.

Tony wasn't their father's killer, but he left them with extremely deep psychological trauma.

When he was ten years old, the four of them were having dinner.

Just then, a missile manufactured by Stark Industries fell from the sky and hit the bottom two floors of the building.

The exploding missile blasted a large hole in the floor, and Wanda and her parents fell through.

Immediately afterwards, the entire residential building began to fall apart.

Pietro grabbed Wanda and hid under the bed with her.

Then, the second missile arrived.

The missile also hit the building, but it did not explode. It remained standing in the rubble, only three feet away from them.

A name is printed on the missile's outer casing.

Stark!

Ten-year-old Pietro and Wanda hid under the bed in fear for two days.

Over the past two days, people have been trying to rescue those who were trapped.

But the rescue operation planned by the people made them constantly feel that the movement of bricks and tiles could detonate missiles.

Although they were eventually rescued, the experience of those two days completely changed their lives and mindset.

It goes without saying that they went from a warm and happy family of four to orphaned siblings who depended on each other for survival.

The two days they were trapped were constantly shrouded in the shadow of death, a psychological trauma that they will never forget for the ten-year-olds.

Let alone the fact that they were just ten-year-old kids at the time, even if they were adults, they would still be traumatized.

That's why they choose to cooperate with Ultron in the movie.

It wasn't until Wanda discovered that Ultron's goal was to exterminate all of humanity that she abandoned her evil ways and joined the Avengers.

Although she worked with Tony and Rogers to resolve the Sokovia incident, Wanda's relationship with Tony wasn't exactly good after joining the Avengers; she just didn't treat Tony like an enemy anymore.

Roy noticed the wary expressions on Wanda's and the other person's faces.

But he didn't take it to heart at all.

Given the current situation, it's perfectly normal for Wanda and Pietro to be wary of him.

After closing the portal, Roy said to Wanda and the other woman, "You already know who I am, so I won't waste time introducing myself."

"I'm not here to deal with you, but to invite you to join the Avengers."

"I know what you went through as children, and I know why you were willing to join Baron Strucker's superhuman project and willingly become Baron Strucker and Dr. Lister's lab rats."

"I can understand that you want to gain power to take revenge, but your enemy is not Tony Stark."

"The missiles were indeed manufactured by Stark Industries, but he wasn't the one who used them to attack the residential buildings."

"If you want revenge, you should go after the person who used missiles to attack the apartment building and killed your parents and other residents, not him."

"To give a simple example, the murderer bought a fruit knife from the supermarket, and the blade of the fruit knife was engraved with the name of the factory owner."

"The murderer used this fruit knife to kill someone. If the victim's family wants revenge, they should go after the murderer, not the owner of the fruit knife factory."

Although a fruit knife and a missile are not the same thing, the principle is the same.

Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt its debtor!

Wanda and Pietro, who want revenge for their dead parents, should seek out the person who ordered the missile attack on the apartment building, not the clueless Tony.

That's the logic.

But Roy knew that these words alone were not enough to make Wanda and the other person completely give up on seeking revenge against Tony.

From a certain perspective, seeking revenge on Tony has become an obsession for Wanda and her partner, an obsession that has lasted for more than a decade.

If they could just let go of such a long-held obsession, Wanda and her companion wouldn't have joined Baron Strucker's superhuman project.

They joined the superhuman project, willingly becoming experimental guinea pigs, prepared to die in the experiments or suffer serious long-term effects.

This also means that they are willing to give their lives to fulfill their inner convictions.

Wanda and Pietro stared at Roy without saying a word. They exchanged a glance, conveying their mutual understanding.

Then, Pietro, the older brother, said in a deep voice, "We will not go with you, nor will we join the Avengers."

"We know you are strong and have mastered many superpowers, but we are not without power to fight back."

"If you try to take us away by force, don't blame us for being rude to you."

Pietro's tone was very impolite, and his attitude was very firm, as if he was prepared to fight to the death.

But in reality, he had no confidence at all.

Not just him, Wanda was the same.

A person's name is like a tree's shadow!

Compared to Roy, who had an illustrious record, they had never participated in a single real battle.

With their current combat experience, it wouldn't be difficult for them to bully ordinary people with their superpowers.

However, they may not necessarily gain the upper hand when fighting against an enemy with extensive combat experience.

Their fight with Hawkeye in the movie is a good example.

Wanda tried to use her superpowers to confuse Hawkeye, but Hawkeye ended up shocking her head with an electric arrow.

As for Pietro...

At the beginning, he was able to gain the upper hand against Hawkeye by using his super speed.

But when Pietro stopped Tony and Banner from creating the illusion, Hawkeye easily seized the opportunity and shattered the glass beneath Pietro's feet without him noticing, causing Pietro to fall.

Fortunately, Hawkeye only wanted to stop him and didn't intend to kill him.

Otherwise, the bullet wouldn't have pierced the glass, but his head.

"Hydra will not succeed. Even with your help, Hydra is destined to fail. You don't need to fight the Avengers with them."

Roy looked calmly at Wanda and Pietro and spoke slowly.

"You don't need to persuade us anymore. You're Tony Stark's friend, and we're destined to be on different paths."

"You can leave now."

Pietro immediately ordered them to leave.

Roy shrugged and replied, "I know you're not bad people, and you're not stupid either."

"Since you don't want to leave now, I won't make things difficult for you—"

He paused for a moment, took out a business card from his system space, placed it on the table, and continued, "If you change your mind, you can call me anytime."

After saying that, Roy didn't hesitate at all and calmly locked onto the Flying Thunder God Technique on the Mind Stone Scepter.

Wanda and Pietro have already awakened their superpowers, and there's no need for the Mind Stone scepter to remain in Hydra's hands any longer.

After locking onto the spell on the Mind Stone scepter, he didn't use the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport there. Instead, he activated the Space Stone, creating a miniature portal only a few tens of centimeters in diameter.

Immediately afterwards, he reached out his right hand, grabbed the Mind Stone scepter that was placed on the experimental table, and took the Mind Stone scepter back.

Wanda and Pietro immediately frowned when they saw him take the Mind Stone scepter out of the mini portal.

They were unaware that Roy had deliberately allowed Hydra to steal the Mind Stone scepter.

But they knew that their awakening of superpowers was all thanks to the Mind Stone scepter.

Without the energy of the Mind Stone, they would never awaken their superpowers.

Roy closed the mini portal in front of him and put the Mind Stone Scepter back into his system space.

Just as he was preparing to create a portal back to his Upper East Side villa in New York, Wanda, who had been silent until now, spoke up.

"You always knew the scepter was here?" Wanda asked, frowning.

Roy nodded. "Yes."

"How did you know?" Wanda continued to ask.

"Because from the very beginning, I deliberately created the opportunity for Hydra to steal the scepter," Roy said slowly.

What?

Pietro and Wanda looked at Roy with surprise.

Although they did not know the origin of the Mind Stone scepter, they knew that it was a trophy that Roy obtained during the Battle of New York and was not a product of Earth.

If Roy hadn't deliberately put the Mind Stone scepter up for auction at Kingpin's charity auction, Hydra wouldn't have dared to snatch it from him, no matter how much they wanted it.

If they had the power to forcibly take the Mind Stone scepter from Roy, they wouldn't need to use it to research superhumans.

Similarly, they do not need to use the Chitauri technology to research intelligent robots and energy weapons.

After calming her shock somewhat, Wanda frowned and asked, "Why did you deliberately let Hydra steal the scepter?"

Roy didn't keep them in suspense and quickly replied, "Because I know that once they get the scepter, they will use it to create superhumans, and you will be the only result of their superhuman project."

"As for why I do this, the reason is simple: because I can predict the future to some extent."

"I saw your future, I knew you would become part of the Avengers, so I auctioned off the scepter, giving Hydra the opportunity to steal it."

From one perspective, this is indeed the reason why he allowed Hydra to "obtain" the Mind Stone scepter.

However, this is not the whole reason, but only one of them.

He wasn't afraid that Wanda would know he was a lecherous and promiscuous man.

But he wasn't stupid enough to tell Wanda he had been lusting after her body since their first meeting.

Upon hearing Roy's answer, Wanda and Pietro fell silent.

After exchanging glances, Wanda slowly said, "You're not an irredeemably evil person, but we can't be sure if what you're saying is true unless you're willing to let me access your memories."

Although Wanda has not yet mastered chaos magic and her use of superpowers is not particularly sophisticated, she can only read parts of a target's memories and create illusions to inflict mental damage on the target.

But Roy still doesn't intend to let Wanda read his memories.

Not afraid of ten thousand, just in case!

If Wanda were to access some unpleasant fragments of memory, things would be very difficult to handle.

"I'm not comfortable letting others read my memories, regardless of whether the other person has malicious intent."

Roy looked at Wanda seriously and rejected her suggestion.

"Then how are you going to prove that what you're saying is true?" Wanda asked, frowning.

"I can't prove it right now, but if you really want to know, you can take a gamble?" Roy replied.

Take a gamble?

Wanda and Pietro looked at Roy with confusion.

Roy took out the Mind Stone Scepter he had just stored in the system space and continued, "The reason this scepter has a special ability to release energy infinitely is because inside this gem-like thing at the top of the scepter is a cosmic treasure called the Mind Stone."

"In the future I foresee, Tony tries to figure out the secret of the scepter, and accidentally creates, or rather, brings about the birth of a special life form that is similar to artificial intelligence."

Roy had already prepared himself to come back to Wanda and Pietro later and persuade them to leave with him.

Unexpectedly, Wanda, in order to confirm whether he was telling the truth, asked to read his memories.

Although he did not intend to accept Wanda's proposal, it gave him a new idea.

That is, not to prevent Ultron's birth, but to let Ultron prove that what he said is true.

Even if you say that, you still can't prove that what you're saying is true.

Wanda immediately said.

Roy looked at Wanda and continued, "You can come with me to New York to find Tony and see if his research on the scepter will lead to the birth of a special life form."

"After that special life form is born, you can also try to read its thoughts to see if it wants to exterminate all of humanity."

"If Tony's research on the scepter really led to the birth of a special life form similar to artificial intelligence, and if it really wants to exterminate all of humanity, then it proves that what I just said was not a lie."

"I can conspire with Tony, but I can't conspire with a special life form that has just been born and is not human."

Wanda turned to look at Pietro, seeking his opinion with her eyes.

Pietro shrugged, indicating that he would listen to her.

After a moment's thought, Wanda slowly said, "With your strength, if you want to forcibly take us away, we can't stop you."

"But you didn't do that; instead, you tried to persuade us."

"I can't be sure if what you're saying is true right now, but my gut feeling tells me you mean no harm."

"If you wanted to do something to us, you wouldn't need to go through all this trouble."

"We'll go to New York with you. If you deceive us, even if we can't beat you, we won't let you go!"

Roy completely disregarded Wanda's threat and replied with a smile, "Okay!"

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After saying that, he activated the Space Stone and created a portal to the rooftop living room of the Avengers Tower.