Chapter 216: Military Trends (1)

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Chapter 216: Military Trends (1) "I'll repeat myself, I am a doctor, not a god." Strange stood by Obadiah's hospital bed and said, "He's the first patient I've seen who was readmitted within a week of being discharged. At this rate, even the newly-developed medicine won't be able to save him, let alone god." Stark sighed deeply on the other side of the bed, and Schiller asked him, "I'm sure all his physical indicators were fine before he was discharged, even exceeding those of an average person. How did you manage to give him hypertension and readmit him within a week?"ViiSiit for latest novels Stark said, feeling wronged, "I didn't do anything. He just saw the recent reports of Stark Industries and the contract with Osborn Industries and the Immortality Foundation after he was discharged, and he became like this." The reason for this was that after Obadiah completed his final treatment, he woke up, exactly as expected by Connors and Schiller. The Medicine extracted from the fear gas to stimulate brain activity, combined with the healing Medicine from the lizard serum, not only awakened Obadiah but also enhanced his physical abilities. After a short rest, Obadiah returned to work. Yes, his first action after waking up was not to have a conversation with Stark but to rush towards his beloved company. Obviously, in Obadiah's eyes, Stark Industries was more important than Stark himself. Although Obadiah had prepared himself mentally before returning to the company, the situation still made him feel dizzy. The original industry of Stark Industries was not a problem, although Pepper had a long period of adaptation when taking over. At first, it was a bit chaotic, but in the end, she managed to tidy things up. Although the profits were not as high as when Obadiah was there, it was still passable. Obadiah felt a bit heartbroken, but he accepted the result. What really made Obadiah angry was the new business in recent times, which was the Osborn Industries and Immortality Foundation. To put it bluntly, the entire Stark Industries was built by Obadiah alone. Without him, Howard's genius ideas would only be talk on paper and could not be turned into actual benefits. Obadiah's business acumen was unmatched. When he returned to the company, he was surprised to hear about the Immortality Industry. He felt that it was a genius idea. However, he saw the contract between Stark and Osborn Industries and the Immortality Foundation and had a hypertensive attack, readmitted to the hospital. Using the phrase "heart is bleeding" cannot express Obadiah's feelings well. His heart was empty, and he was almost having a brain hemorrhage. Stark felt very wronged. Objectively speaking, he had already done his best. Stark sighed and said, "It doesn't matter. I can finally stop worrying about those annoying things and return to my happy life." Schiller shook his head and said, "I'm afraid you're happy too early. Do you know the recent movements of the military?" "The military's movements, oh." Stark said, "Let me guess, they must have a lot of questions waiting for me. Maybe they want to hold a hearing and ask me to hand over the technology of becoming a cosmic god and creating countless mechanical armies." "Nick won't let them do that." Schiller told Stark directly. "He's even prepared a speech to criticize the military." Schiller was right. Nick was currently butting heads with the military. Stark's attitude now leaned more towards SHIELD. They had common interests in the Immortality and Cosmic God areas, and they cooperated happily. Neither side wanted a troublemaker to interfere. Stark would never fully cooperate with the military, but even if they took a small portion of the profits, Nick would be heartbroken. It's hard to change human nature. If Stark was still just a scientist who had mastered Mech armor technology like in the movies, he would probably still be coerced by the military. But now, he had gone beyond that level. The appearance of the Iron Man had made the military and the United Nations consider the idea of finding a new planet to live on. The "Wander Earth" plan was already on their lips. If the Stark, who had transformed into a cosmic god, had not disappeared, things would have been chaotic. Even if the Iron Man, who could create a mechanical army out of thin air, disappeared, the military still had a lot of questions to ask Stark. However, because of the extraordinary power Stark had demonstrated, they dare not use any coercive measures. As Stark had not yet publicly announced that he was Iron Man, the military thought it was impossible for him to participate in a public hearing, so they had tried to privately invite Stark to talk with the military. But this plan encountered too much resistance. On the one hand, to avoid Stark's contact with the military from damaging their cooperation, SHIELD would definitely obstruct it. On the other hand, after Obadiah's return, Stark Industries seemed to have a backbone, and Obadiah was very resistant to cooperating with the military. The military also found it difficult to bypass him to contact Stark. Now, Stark was not a hedgehog, but he was surrounded by a group of hedgehogs, and the military did not know where to start. But it was impossible for them to just sit by and watch. They would not allow such a powerful force to leave their control, even if they knew it was a nuclear bomb. There would always be someone who wanted to knock some benefits out of it before it finally exploded. At this point, the relationship between the two pairs of symbiotes and hosts became very subtle. Eddie thought Venom definitely wanted to hit on Phantom, and Phantom thought Eddie wanted to control Venom to hit on Hill. But Hill believed, like Eddie did, that Venom had taken a liking to Phantom. This caused them to face each other, not knowing what to say, and could only talk to their own symbiotes in their minds. Gonzalez, who sold hotdogs, knocked on the tray and said, "Do you want more hotdogs?" Eddie didn't know how to speak, but before he could say anything, Venom said, "We'll have two, one extra spicy and one mild, and two glasses of juice, one without ice, thank you." After the hotdogs were ready, Eddie and Hill sat down at the table under the umbrella next to the hotdog stand. Phantom said to Hill, "Are you sure you want to eat something that Venom ordered? I'm really worried about getting infected." Hill didn't touch the food in front of her, but instead said to Eddie, "You must have read the recent report in the Global Times, right?" Eddie took a bite of his hotdog and said, "You mean the report that exposed Stark as Iron Man?" "What do you think about it?" "Although journalists sometimes need to repeat some obvious facts, this report said something that anyone with a brain can guess, yet it has caused such a big reaction, which made me deeply ponder what my career really means." "SHIELD suspects that this is a military ploy to pressure Stark again." "It seems that I misunderstood my former colleagues. The stupid ones are not the journalists, but the military." Hill asked Phantom in her mind, "Is this guy named Venom always so sarcastic?" "I don't know. I'm not interested in understanding a lunatic." "The situation now is like this." Hill explained to Eddie, "We don't know what the military has done, but in any case, they have convinced the World Security Council, and the Security Council and the military stand on one side, claiming that Stark's technology can better maintain world peace." "They don't want Stark to hand over his technology, do they?" "Maybe not all of it, but at least part of it." Hill paused for a moment. "If you look at Stark's power displayed that day, the goals of the Security Council and the military are at least his latest generation of Mech armor, and they may even want the power that turns Stark into a god." "In order to achieve their goals, they will do everything possible to harass Stark. Even if Stark is not afraid of them in terms of force, there are many ways they can cause trouble for Stark and his group in this society." "SHIELD wants to prevent this from happening, but the problem is that we are an organization under the World Security Council." Hill made a gesture and said, "Obviously, our situation is a bit embarrassing now. The World Security Council asked us not to interfere, and Director Nick is also under a lot of pressure, so we cannot help Stark openly." "But we don't want them to succeed, so we hope you can do us a favor." "I used to be a journalist for the Global Times, but that was in the past." Eddie took a few sips of juice and said, "If you came to me because of my previous profession, then you may be disappointed. I don't have much credibility in the industry anymore." Hill said to Eddie, "The military won't just use this one trick. Next, they should repeat their old tricks, manipulate major media outlets to target Stark, accuse him of having such advanced technology but unwilling to contribute to human peace, and even bring up old accounts and accuse him of selling weapons." "We hope to obtain evidence that the editor-in-chief of Global Times accepted bribes and guided public opinion. You should know that editor-in-chief well, right?" "Also, due to the pressure from the Security Council, SHIELD and SHIELD agents are not convenient to show up now, so we hope to hire you to help us resist the military's attacks and stop them from smearing Stark." "I heard Phantom say that you have a grudge with Riot. SHIELD is currently using Riot for experiments. We can give him to you, along with some residual energy on his body. How about it?" "Deal."

Chapter 216: Military Trends (1)

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