Marvel: Starting with the Glint-Glint Fruit

A word that made Obadiah and Tony change color.

"Sokovia."

“Sokovia?” Tony repeated in a trembling voice.

This word, which he had never even heard of before, was now a household name.

Upon hearing the word, Obadiah's bulky body began to tremble, his lips quivered, and his eyes were filled with fear.

It was them.

They came to me, wanting me to settle accounts.

“It seems you all still remember.” Wanda tilted her head slightly.

In an instant, an invisible pressure suddenly pressed down on Obadiah and Tony, as heavy as a mountain.

It made the two of them feel inexplicably suffocated.

"Please, please, no, don't kill me. I, I'm willing to atone for my sins. I'm willing to give you all my wealth. I have money, lots of money."

Obadiah's face flushed red. He was having difficulty breathing, but his will to survive allowed him to overcome his fear and speak with difficulty.

I hope this method will make the other party let me go.

However, fear caused Obadiah to lose his ability to think normally, and he forgot the mistakes Tony had made before.

Money cannot be mentioned.

"You have a lot of money? Yes, I know."

Wanda gently reached out her hand, but an invisible force grabbed Obadiah and pulled him closer to her, bending his body to be at eye level with her.

Wanda's beautiful eyes reflected Obadiah's fat face.

She explained the reason for Obadiah's fear, word by word.

"You used your smuggling, the missiles you sold, and your dirty tricks to bribe and turn Sokovia against its will, so that Sokovia will suffer from war forever."

"Missiles destroyed the homes and lives of countless Sokovians."

“You never cared.”

Wanda is no longer young, and her way of thinking is no longer naive.

It is also clear that these arms dealers are simply selling weapons.

Originally, Wanda's enemies shouldn't have been Obadiah and Tony.

But Tony is indeed like that, while Obadiah is not.

Because Obadiah represented the military-industrial complex led by the United States, and in order to profit from arms and resources, he orchestrated the Sokovia War behind the scenes.

They are the ones who caused repeated wars between rebel groups and the government in Sokovia.

Only if the war continues can they smuggle and sell arms, and take the opportunity to buy up Sokovia's already scarce resources at rock-bottom prices.

Because of interests, Wanda's parents, Sokovia, have suffered from the ravages of war for so many years.

“We siblings are victims of your string of numbers, and there are countless other victims like us.”

"So, you, and all the participants, don't even think about dying a good death. Your souls will be thrown into the deepest part of hell by me after you die, to be burned by endless hellfire for a thousand years, ten thousand years."

At this point, Wanda smiled.

They were laughing happily and joyfully.

Although the instructors didn't explicitly state it in their teachings, many things were revealed through the details.

What is cause and effect? ​​Every cause has an effect, and every evil deed has its consequence.

If you have a grudge, take revenge. Never, ever let yourself get caught up in internal strife and let your enemies prosper.

Obadiah and her ilk don't treat people as human beings, they just treat them as a string of numbers, and Wanda doesn't need to treat these people as human beings either.

So Wanda took action.

Wanda's eyes were bloodshot as she gently raised her hand.

The ground cracked, and after the seemingly thin floorboards split open, terrifying flames rose from the cracks. Obadiah floated above the flames, like a pig being roasted over charcoal.

It's not the body that's being burned, but the soul.

Obadiah's expression turned pained and contorted, along with an inescapable fear.

"This is a place I carefully selected for you, please enjoy it."

From the crimson fires of hell, hands that seemed like those of demons rose up and grabbed Obadiah’s feet. Obadiah struggled in terror, but was eventually dragged little by little into the abyss.

Beyond the abyss lies hell.

Obadiah is a hell from which he can never escape or die.

Tony stared, mouth agape, face contorted in horror, as Obadiah, a living, breathing person, was dragged into the floor.

His brain told him that this was simply impossible.

This violates the laws of physics.

But his eyes told him that physics no longer existed.

The visual impact was immense; it's fortunate that Tony has a strong heart, otherwise he probably would have been scared to death.

Then, when Wanda's gaze shifted to him, Tony involuntarily shuddered.

He gave a strange look.

Fear and attempts to please seem rather ridiculous.

"I... I didn't do any of these things. He did them behind my back. I only recently found out about these things. I was originally looking for an opportunity to kill him."

"Although the money he smuggled was also deposited into my account, I marked it all. You know I don't need to use that kind of method to make money."

Tony rambled on and on, rattling off a whole string of words.

Wanda and Pietro just watched Tony perform quietly.

Then their expressions changed from indifference to frowning, and finally to helplessness.

This guy actually talked for several minutes without repeating himself.

Finally, the twins exchanged a glance, and Wanda snapped her fingers impatiently, forcibly silencing Tony.

"Waaaaah~~"

Tony realized he couldn't speak, so he widened his eyes, and seeing Wanda's angry expression, he immediately shut his mouth and nodded obediently.

Wanda found it disgusting that a thirty-year-old would make such an expression.

"How to do?"

Pietro looked at his sister.

Wanda stared at Tony for a long time before sighing, "He didn't lie. I've verified it in Obadiah's memories and his memories as well."

"This guy is arrogant and dissolute, but he is not a bad person. He has not used his wealth and power to do evil."

Wanda was very unhappy.

The memory of that Stark Industries missile that landed in her home is still etched in her mind.

I will never forget the anxiety, fear, and helplessness I felt every minute of that time.

She and Pietro once considered Tony their enemy, yearning for revenge day and night.

But the facts now tell her that this guy she and Pietro hate really has little to do with the suffering Sokovia has endured.

The only mistake was that he was an arms dealer.

They developed those weapons.

Wanda is inherently kind; from Tony's memories, she can sense that this playboy was investigating Obadiah back then.

They investigated the suffering Sokovia had endured and sensed his guilt.

They also "saw" that this guy had secretly spent a large sum of money hoping to help the orphans in Sokovia.

However, because Terra was established and no longer accepted aid, he simply started spending money all over the world.

Chapter 272 Wanda's Killing Frenzy (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Wanda was able to determine that Tony did not have the subjective intention to drive the war for personal gain.

Because it is not necessary.

This playboy is an undeniable genius, leading by a significant margin in multiple fields.

It covers many fields of knowledge.

If the other party is willing, with his knowledge, he can still make Stark Industries stronger and bigger, even without a military industry.

In the field of artificial intelligence alone, China is a world leader in clean energy capabilities.

These can all lead to many profitable projects.

But in terms of profit, it might be even more outrageous than selling weapons.

The advantage of the arms industry lies in the fact that Stark Industries has been cooperating with the US government and military since World War II, during the time of Tony Stark's father, Howard Stark.

They independently export benefits and orders to the U.S. Department of Defense.

They're making money off the US.

This kind of money is very stable, extremely stable. As long as Tony can continuously develop weapons that are slightly ahead of the world, he can earn an enormous profit from the Department of Defense every year.

Moreover, this profit will continue to increase over time.

For a large corporation, a stable and continuously increasing profit every year actually indicates that the company has a very strong foundation.

Unless any major unforeseen events occur, this company will not be ruined or experience fluctuations, such as stock price declines due to changes in the financial market or global landscape.

On the contrary, even if war breaks out, the stocks of arms companies will only rise against the trend.

At the same time, because the orders are handled by the Department of Defense, anyone who wants to sabotage Stark Industries needs to take the Department of Defense into consideration.

If this affects the Ministry of National Defense, will the military tolerate it?

If someone wanted to audit the military's accounts, the military would blatantly kill the imperial envoy in a matter of minutes.

This is equivalent to Tony having a huge backer, the military.

Therefore, Stark Industries' real money-making projects are not actually in the arms industry. While arms provide Stark Industries with a supply chain and act as a backer, some of the Stark Group's profitable projects actually come from other fields.

In short, Wanda hesitated after "seeing" Tony Stark's memories.

Wanda was clear about her loves and hates, and Tony was ultimately not one of the driving forces behind Sokovia.

On the contrary, the other party was not a bad person at all. On the contrary, after learning about some things in Sokovia, he felt guilty and donated money to charity.

With that thought in mind, Wanda had already made up her mind.

"Thank goodness you still have a conscience, Tony Stark."

She stared intently at Tony for a moment, then turned and walked toward the balcony. Pietro held his head in his hands, his expression somewhat complicated.

He seemed to want to say something, but ultimately chose to keep quiet and follow Wanda.

To Tony's astonishment and surprise, the twins stepped into a sparking circle that appeared out of nowhere as they walked to the balcony.

The sparkling circle disappeared, and the twins were gone too.

Tony stared for a while, then glanced down at the floor that had returned to its original state. He staggered to the bar and poured himself another glass of whiskey.

After taking a large gulp, he said hoarsely, "Jarvis, did you write it down?"

"Do you need me to analyze this, Mr. Stark?"

"NO, freeze all data for today, and modify Oobi's travel itinerary..."

Tony paused, as if he had thought of something.

He changed his tune: "Jarvis, do you think these two young lads are from Terra?"