Chapter 76: Good Neighbors in New York
Iron Man, on the other hand, has never paid attention to Oscorp, Doctor Octopus, and Hydra. Maya Hansen, a researcher at Future Pharmaceuticals, came to him for help a few days ago, saying that her company's research results, the Extremis virus, were stolen, and her partner chose to commit suicide in the extremis. She was helpless and remembered that she had had a love affair with the consultant of the Avengers many years ago, so she took the initiative to contact Tony hoping to get help.
Coincidentally, Peter Parker had just mentioned this company to Stark a day ago. Faced with the suspicious object that came to his doorstep, Tony naturally chose to meet with the other party.
"I told you before that our research on Extremis has stagnated since the military pulled out. They don't see the value in continuing to invest, but I think drugs are also a form of technology, Tony. Ancient humans relied on hallucinogenic mushrooms to improve their vision, and superhero serums like Extremis can help us move forward."
"Have you ever worried about the weakness of your body beneath the armor?"
"The suit will eventually be replaced. It's hard to kill a man in an iron suit, but he can't stay in it forever."
“…”
Unable to deny her problem, Tony chose to at least help her get the semi-finished product that was said to have been stolen back. They investigated the scene of the theft, followed the clues to Texas, and landed near this suburban building an hour ago.
Maya looked ahead and frowned, saying, "This is our destination. It looks like we'll soon find out where that shameless thief belongs to."
The AI in Iron Man's armor said, "Sir, there are four helicopters approaching within five kilometers."
Maya paused, unable to hide her surprise, and asked, "How... could this happen? Is it an enemy? Should we evacuate immediately?"
However, the truth is that the Extremis virus was not stolen at all. As one of the project leaders, she and her partner each held a key, and only when both keys were used at the same time could the results be taken away.
After the military withdrew its investment, the company's research lacked funds to continue. In order to raise funds, Maya directed and acted in this theft, hoping to prove the value of the Extremis virus by showing the world the results of the battle between Iron Man and the person injected with the serum.
Doctor Octopus is the long-time trading partner of Future Pharmaceuticals. This guy is indeed a great scientist with four steel tentacles. He is good at playing both sides between Hydra and Oscorp. He first took the salary of Oscorp and said to their boss Norman Osborn, also known as the super villain Green Goblin: Spider-Man has ruined your plan, right? No problem, leave it to me. I have a spider killer under my command, and it will be easy to kill the opponent.
I turned around and contacted Hydra again: The lizard professor from Oscorp only developed a drug for regenerating severed limbs, and now he's in jail. Didn't Hydra always want superhero serum? Are you interested in the deal I have with Future Pharmaceuticals?
As a result, he got the two grants smoothly, and he was having a great time researching his own genetic medicine. However, he was noticed by Future Pharmaceuticals, who were so short of money that they committed a crime under the nose of Iron Man and wanted to produce exactly 100 lemons.
But Maya doesn't understand the ups and downs behind this for the time being.
She only knew that Doctor Octopus had bought the Extremis virus and that some of his men had been injected with the serum, so she wanted to bring Iron Man over to try his hand, so that she could clear herself of the suspicion that Future Pharmaceuticals was secretly conducting human trials.
Who is Oscorp? Who is Hydra? Does it have anything to do with our money-making plan?
Due to lack of intelligence, she couldn't figure out who these four helicopters belonged to, and she was so surprised that she wanted to retreat.
"Wait, it doesn't seem like that." Tony looked at the map image, "They stopped at the northeast corner, forming a semicircle with the target factory as the radius, just outside the detection range of the factory radar."
They don't look like villains, but rather friendly forces that are also targeting this factory.
The two of them stared at each other in the wilderness, both lost in confusion.
Maya: "Well, then shall we continue on?"
"Ignore it for now." Since he was already here, Iron Man decided to at least see some results. "You stay here, I'll go in and take a look."
He bypassed the guards at Doctor Octopus' factory, as well as the long-range support helicopter that SHIELD had sent ahead of time, hacked into the security system, and silently made his way to the control room.
At this time, Doctor Octopus was inspecting the villain army that he had personally assembled.
Spider-Killer, that fool, had no idea at all. He had previously hidden his intention to go to New York alone to kill Spider-Man, but the clown turned out to be me. Not only did he fail to win, but he also attracted the attention of SHIELD, and it is estimated that they will soon reach Texas. If he had known this, he should not have asked for this guy from Kingpin in order to fool the Green Goblin.
When Hydra learned about this, they were not in a hurry: We have people in SHIELD.
But Doctor Octopus is not trustworthy. Hydra has been around for so many years and has accomplished nothing. If they really have the power, they would have ruled the world long ago. If there are Hydra undercovers in SHIELD, there must be SHIELD undercovers in Hydra. They are like brothers, and no one can hide the truth from anyone else. In fact, Doctor Octopus originally wanted to unite with the Assassin's League, which was also interested in the Extremis virus. They were almost done with the contract, but suddenly a thunderbolt struck - something seemed to have happened to the leader of the Assassin's League, Rei Shok.
No one knows whether it is true or not, anyway, the partners who got the inside information have fled one after another, and Doctor Octopus does not want to offend both the Avengers and the Justice League at the same time, so he also follows suit.
Today he discovered with great worry that Hydra was indeed unreliable.
At the critical moment, none of the undercover agents who were said to be able to call the shots in S.H.I.E.L.D. could be contacted, and no one knew where the other party had found out and when they planned to take action.
Doctor Octopus has no idea about Future Pharmaceuticals' plans.
In his eyes, Maya Hansson was a small character with research talent but no criminal ability. After dealing with her once, he forgot about her. He never thought that Maya actually had a relationship with Iron Man by spending the night with him.
As for SHIELD, to be honest, Nick Fury really didn't know Iron Man's plan.
When Tony really wants to hide a piece of news, it may take a superpowered boss like Professor X to find the clues. Moses once told Tony about Future Pharmaceuticals, and he thought Iron Man would inform S.H.I.E.L.D., but he never thought that Iron Man was going to strike alone.
So SHIELD knew nothing about Future Pharmaceuticals and thought that they came here to fight Hydra.
Everyone thinks they understand everything.
When Spider-Man landed on the telephone pole, Doctor Octopus thought: This wave is stable, it's all within my expectations.
He intends to take this opportunity to pull his superficial allies into his own camp, and deliberately exposes his relationship with the Green Goblin, Hydra, and Future Pharmaceuticals in front of Spider-Man. The Green Goblin Norman Osborn himself is also monitoring the situation near Houston. Upon hearing this, he immediately calls and wants to curse, but Doctor Octopus hangs up again.
When the doctor first said "Good morning, Spider-Man", Tony had just sneaked into the elevator, but there was a signal blocking inside and he couldn't hear anything.
As soon as I walked out of the elevator door, Doctor Octopus on the TV screen next to me shouted: "No matter what, it's too late for you to stop us!"
——!!!
Next to Tony, several factory workers were chatting. One of them saw Iron Man, who was pretending to be a colleague, and said enthusiastically, "Although our boss looks like a nerd, he is quite anti-corruption, isn't he?"
The Avengers consultant answered him with a random nod of agreement. Fortunately, this was not the Hydra base, so he didn't need to say "hail hydra".
Then Tony immediately stood up and ran towards the control room. He needed to control the opponent before their forces gathered.
During this process, the golden-red armor attached to his body, flames spurted out from under his feet, and laser beams broke the wall, exposing the unprepared Doctor Octopus to his sight.
At the same time, Doctor Octopus also saw him.
Question marks popped up in both people's minds at the same time.
Iron Man is thinking: Will the Extremis virus turn people into octopuses? This is not quite the same as what Maya described. No, Doctor Octopus just said that Future Pharmaceuticals is also his partner. Is this really a conspiracy?
Doctor Octopus thought: Wait?! SHIELD is also dragging Iron Man to attack? You have no martial ethics!
In order to maintain his villain image in Spider-Man's eyes, Doctor Octopus forced himself to change his words: "Spider-Man... and Iron Man, the two of you are destined to fail."
The next second, Iron Man fired a shot at his head: "Can the Extremis virus also cause hallucinations? Look carefully, there is only me here."
Doctor Octopus did not answer. The tentacles behind him supported him and he hung on the ceiling flexibly to avoid the opponent's attack.
After he dodged, the big screen behind him showed Spider-Man with wide eyes, struggling to hold on to a telephone pole to prevent himself from falling.
Fuck.
Tony thought. Either the old octopus and I are hallucinating, or Peter Parker is really here.
——At least this time the kid got a new uniform that can make expressions?
**
"You know what my biggest regret is?"
Iron Man was fighting Doctor Octopus while communicating remotely. They were both high-tech talents, and they used various pulse electromagnetic cannon energy shields as if they were free. It didn't take long for the building to be destroyed and smoke everywhere. Doctor Octopus's tentacles could be extended and retracted, supporting him to walk between high-rise buildings as if it were flat ground. From a distance, it looked like a Cthulhu sales site.
"What?" Moses was forcing his way in from the outside at this time. Wherever he passed, people and horses fell to the ground, but at least there was no light pollution like Stark's side. "Didn't you tell my aunt that I'm Spider-Man?"
"No." Tony said calmly, as if he had been through many ups and downs and was now calm. "I invested in the New York University Winter Camp, which is a sister project of the technology competition."
“…”
No wonder it's so easy for SHIELD to operate behind the scenes.
"Hey guys, I found a lab."
Moses changed the subject, picked up the researcher who had fainted on the ground, and opened his eyes for iris identification: "Let me see, the door is open, and there is - Wow. I think we have mistaken each other for opponents, Mr. Stark. Professor Octopus is not only conducting human experiments, but there is also a super particle collider in the laboratory whose function is unknown. The monster in charge of guarding the machine has the same ability as the Extremis virus serum you mentioned."
In the laboratory, a creature covered in pitch-black skin that did not resemble a humanoid figure roared and rushed towards him.
"Hello? Are you conscious? Can you hear me? Who did this to you, Doctor Octopus or FuturePharma?"
"I don't recommend you talk to him." Iron Man interrupted and emphasized, "It was the same when you beat up Professor Lizard before. Did you do it on purpose?"
"What? I mean it's unlikely that he would do this to himself. A half-finished Extremis virus is not a good thing, because you see, Doctor Octopus could have injected himself with it, but he chose to be a monster instead of a human. What kind of idiot would voluntarily use poison on himself when given the choice?"
Myron, whose entire family was killed by the FBI when he was young and who injected himself with serum in revenge, said: "..."
He was so furious that he didn't even care about the collider behind him. He rushed over as if he was on fire: "You curse again!!"
Iron Man in the distance: "..."