Reborn in Marvel, I am Iron Man's son?

"Eyes?"

After a moment's thought, Ian quickly came up with a solution.

Instead of continuing to use the spikes to block the hole, he pressed his hands on the ground and focused all his efforts on controlling the soil beneath the crew-cut youth.

"Brush brush..."

The crew-cut youth swung his bone claws with all his might and finally cut off all the soil spikes above.

He pushed off the ground with both legs, ready to leap out of that damned pit!

At this moment, his eyes were as fierce as a wolf's, and he couldn't wait to jump out and tear the woman who had just shot him to pieces!

Just as the crew-cut youth leaped up, a huge earthen spike suddenly emerged from beneath him and pierced rapidly toward his lower body.

Even though the crew-cut youth had a strong physical defense, his genitals were still his most vulnerable area.

He didn't have time to think; he instinctively reached out to protect his vital areas below.

"puff!"

The soil spike pierced the flat-headed youth's palm, sending him flying.

Olive, who was standing nearby, was prepared in advance. The moment the crew-cut youth flew out of the cave, she had already locked onto him with her scope.

When his body was flying seven or eight meters high and his speed slowed down, Olive decisively pulled the trigger.

"boom!"

The specially made alloy bullets are propelled by multiple electromagnetic forces, giving them a speed far exceeding that of the Barrett sniper rifle.

"boom!"

Before the crew-cut youth could react, his right eye exploded instantly.

Blood mixed with brain matter spurted out from the hole in the back of his head.

"boom!"

Olive fired another shot, and the crew-cut youth's left eye exploded.

Olive is a beast-type mutant. In her half-beast form, her dynamic vision, spatial awareness, and reaction speed far surpass those of ordinary people!

Therefore, even after only six months of shooting practice, Olive has become one of the world's top snipers!

"Oh!"

The flat-headed youth's body crashed heavily to the ground, falling completely silent.

The five armed men opposite were engaged in a fierce battle with Grayson and his men.

But the death of the crew-cut youth instantly robbed them of their fighting spirit.

"How is that possible! X-8 is the most powerful mutant clone, how could he be killed?"

"We're doomed! X-8 is a valuable asset of the company. How are we going to explain this to the company when we get back?"

"..."

They disregarded continuing their fight with Grayson and his men and immediately prepared to jump into their car and escape.

"Stop them! Mr. Killian is still in the car!"

Grayson was taken aback and immediately tried to order his men to open fire and intercept them.

"You don't need to do anything, lest you accidentally hurt Mr. Killian."

Harumi Aoi spoke up, stopping Grayson and the others.

She stepped forward, releasing an invisible wave of energy from her eyes that enveloped the five people opposite her.

The five men felt a blur before their eyes, and their companions in front of them instantly transformed into Grayson and his group on the opposite side.

Moreover, the other side was pointing their guns at them, ready to pull the trigger.

Fear instantly filled their minds!

Their survival instincts drove them to immediately point their guns at each other and frantically pull the triggers.

"Da da da, da da da..."

As the intense gunfire erupted, blood splattered from the bodies of the five armed men opposite them, and they collapsed to the ground, trembling all over.

"This, this..."

The bizarre scene before them sent chills down Grayson's spine and that of the security guards.

Harumi Aota, who seemed like a well-behaved and cute girl, was now seen as a devil by them!

These security personnel are all people who have faced life and death; they are not afraid of enemies in plain sight.

But someone like Harumi Aoi, who can make her former comrades kill each other, is a nightmare on the battlefield!

Harumi Aoi was unconcerned by the fearful and awe-inspiring looks from Grayson and the others.

She had seen that kind of look far too many times since becoming a mutant.

She simply looked at Grayson and asked, "Captain, aren't you going to get Mr. Killian out of the car first?"

"oh oh!"

Grayson then realized what was happening and quickly walked towards the black jeep across the street.

The other security personnel followed Grayson, making a point of carefully avoiding Harumi Aoi.

Killian was quickly rescued from the car.

He had no injuries, but he was unable to regain consciousness, possibly due to inhaling an excessive amount of anesthetic.

Mark watched the entire battle through the combat devices worn by Grayson and others.

"It seems that Ian and the others' training over the past six months has paid off! Now, with the three of them working together, ordinary mutants are no match for them."

Mark was very pleased.

With three people stationed at Future Medicine, he doesn't need to worry about safety there.

At this moment, inside the Trask Group headquarters, President Lawrence's mood was completely opposite to Mark's.

"What did you say! The kidnapping operation failed, and X-8 and all five combatants have lost vital signs?"

Lawrence angrily berated a muscular young man with bulging arms in front of him: "What kind of operations department is this? Sending X-8 and five elite combat personnel to kidnap an ordinary person like Killian, and the operation still failed?"

Nolan Clayton, the Minister of War, was so berated by Lawrence that he dared not raise his head.

Only after the other party had finished venting his anger did he speak up to explain, "Boss, we didn't expect Future Pharma's security personnel to react so quickly! Our people had just kidnapped Killian from his home when they intercepted them on the way."

"But with X-8's combat capabilities, even if it's intercepted, it should be able to turn the tables and kill the enemy, right?"

"According to satellite surveillance footage, Future Medicine also has mutants, and they joined forces to kill X-8."

Nolan then asked, "Boss, should we send more people to continue the operation?"

"The X series is our company's most powerful mutant clone. Now that even X-8 is dead, who else can we send?"

Lawrence waved his hand helplessly and said, "We only had twenty successful mutant clones to begin with; the rest were all defective. Now, we've already lost two due to the Extremis virus, and we can't afford any more losses. Let's temporarily halt our operations targeting Future Medicine!"

Chapter 82 Establishment of the Group

"Mr. Payne, after three days of continuous negotiations, we have reached a minimum acquisition price with Carroll Bank, totaling $5200 million. I wonder if this price is acceptable to you?"

Three days later, Mark received another call from lawyer Yamila.

"can!"

Although there was a slight premium, Mark readily agreed.

During the three days of negotiations, Mark appeared to be absent from the scene, but he monitored the mobile phones and online communications of both sides through Alice, confirming that no one was involved in any shady dealings.

With Mark's consent, Jamila signed a share transfer agreement on his behalf with the three shareholders of Carroll Bank.

Following the acquisition, Carroll Bank was officially renamed Payne Bank.

As with his previous company, Mark continued to operate behind the scenes, with Yamila ostensibly serving as the nominal director of the bank.

The bank's day-to-day operations will be temporarily overseen by the original president, Curtis Dalton, after further evaluation of his abilities and character before a decision is made on whether to retain him.

"Now I have four companies under my control: Future Medicine, Payne Games, Payne Bank, and Payne Security. It's time to form a conglomerate and hand over day-to-day affairs to professionals."

Mark thought to himself.

For him, absorbing sunlight to improve his own strength is the most important thing, and he shouldn't waste too much time on trivial matters.

From now on, Mark will only be responsible for proposing the group's strategic plan, while the specific implementation will be handled by professional managers.

Mark called a headhunting firm, asking them to recruit staff for important positions such as group president, finance, legal affairs, and supervisor.

These people don't need to be exceptionally capable; they just need to complete the various tasks Mark assigns and be good tools.

With Alice around, who can monitor everyone's clandestine actions at any time, Mark doesn't need to worry about their loyalty.

The headhunting firm acted quickly, completing Mark's request in just two days.

The group president they recruited for Mark was named Talia Griffin, a white woman in her early forties, a graduate of Harvard Business School, and with five years of experience as president of a Fortune 500 company.

Mark read the other person's resume and felt there weren't any major problems, so he agreed.

Talia is efficient and capable. After taking office, she established the framework of the Payne Group in just one week.

People have been appointed to various important positions in the group, including finance, legal affairs, supervisory affairs, operations, and others.

These people initially regarded Payne Corporation as a small, unheard-of business group and did not think that the group had much strength.

They only agreed to apply and join because Mark offered them so much.

However, when the group began to incorporate four subsidiaries—Pain Bank, Payne Security, Payne Games, and Future Medicine—they realized they had underestimated this newly established group!

Needless to say, Payne Bank and Payne Security have absolutely no reputation in the industry.

However, Payne Games and Future Pharma are both quite well-known in the financial world today!

With its wildly popular Heroic Myth, Panda Chat software, and other best-selling single-player games, Payne Games has reached the pinnacle of the internet industry!

Today, Payne Games is valued at over $100 billion by investors.

Needless to say, Future Pharma has just cured twenty terminally ill patients in clinical trials, and the company is currently at the center of media attention!

Despite media reports exposing scandals surrounding Future Pharma, the company's valuation by investors has continued to rise, a fact that cannot be faked, and its potential even surpasses that of Payne Games.

With two high-potential subsidiaries, Payne Games and Future Medicine, Payne Group was able to quickly enter the Fortune Global 500 list, even though it was only recently established.

This made all the new employees in the group, including Talia, highly motivated and full of expectations for the future of the group!

For other groups, merging numerous subsidiaries into the group would be extremely troublesome, inevitably involving negotiations and disputes with the shareholders of each subsidiary regarding profit distribution.

However, the Payne Group is different; Mark has absolute control over all four subsidiaries.

In addition to Future Pharma, he also owns 100% of the company.

The decision to merge these four subsidiaries into the group was entirely Mark's; he only needed to inform the people in each subsidiary and ask them to cooperate.

In less than a week, Payne Group completed the merger and integration of its four subsidiaries.

The news quickly caused quite a stir in the Federation.

During this period, many top financial groups wanted to invest in Future Pharma with large sums of money, but they were all rejected.

Unexpectedly, Future Pharma was merged into Payne Group in the blink of an eye. How could this not be shocking?

Major news outlets began reporting on the matter.

#The future of pharmaceuticals has found its owner: Payne Group emerges!#

#Internet giant Payne Games merged with Future Pharma into the same group#

#Payne Group owns two promising companies; a new financial behemoth has emerged!#

Many people are curious about who the real owner of this newly established Payne Group is, given its massive scale of operations!

Mark was unconcerned about the outside disturbances.

After handing over company affairs to the group, he only needed to listen to reports on important matters occasionally and then give a response, and his days became much more leisurely.

Mark spent more time absorbing sunlight and learning about various subjects.

On the surface, he is still just a primary school student, but in reality, he is already learning about mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, high-energy physics, genetics, neuroscience and other disciplines.