A certain American comic book's secondary profession master

Chapter 258 Preliminary Release
In a region of Central Asia, several armed members of the "Ten Rings Gang" hid in a building, cautiously peering out.

"Have those monsters left?" one of them asked.

“They should be leaving by now!” another person said.

"What is that?" Just then, someone noticed a white sphere flying into the building where they were hiding.

Before they could react, the white sphere exploded, instantly turning the entire building into an icy wonderland.

Several armed members of the "Ten Rings Gang" hiding inside were instantly frozen solid.

"Tsk, your magical skill has completely surpassed most of the mages in Kamar-Taj for this kind of area-of-effect ice spell!" Levi couldn't help but exclaim as he looked at the scene created by Wanda's spell.

Admittedly, Wanda's magic could achieve this effect, and the equipment she provided provided a significant boost.

But the precision of spell control is undeniable.

One can only say that a genius is a genius, incomparable to ordinary people.

Well, except for those who cheat like him.

"That's all thanks to your teaching!" Wanda said with a smile, showing no discomfort whatsoever for having killed someone.

Her behavior is completely different from Wanda's in the original timeline.

Although Wanda in the original timeline was ruthless in killing people after officially becoming the Scarlet Witch.

However, in the early stages, I was actually quite indecisive, and you could even say I was being pretentious.

However, Wanda, apart from slightly frowning when she first made her move, showed no discomfort or hesitation.

This was quite unexpected for Li Wei.

When Li Wei asked her if she was feeling unwell, she replied, "I'll do anything you need."

That one sentence silenced Li Weigan.

What man could stand a woman like that?

"...I can't take it anymore. Bringing you two here together was my biggest mistake. You two can continue flirting here. I'm leaving!" Tony, who had just finished cleaning up the "Ten Rings Gang" headquarters not far away, heard the couple's mutual flattery as soon as he arrived and couldn't stand it anymore.

When I get home, I must find some chili peppers to soothe my wounded heart.

With that thought in mind, he flew away without looking back.

Watching him leave, Levi and Wanda exchanged a smile, opened a portal, and also left.

…………

The news of Iron Man's annihilation of the Ten Rings Gang spread throughout the world the very next day.

After all, this was Tony's first official operation as Iron Man since his return.

It's just that, unlike before, the media coverage was all about Tony's one-man show.

The current situation is that all media outlets are deliberately comparing Iron Man and the "Winter Guard".

There was a strong sense that they were determined to determine a winner between the two sides.

But that's normal. The media, you could say, is a bunch of troublemakers. They can amplify even the smallest things into "major events."

However, this time, the hype surrounding Iron Man vs. the Winter Squad hasn't been fully generated yet.

The five major traders, together with the Stark Industries, announced a shocking piece of news—under the leadership of the "Alliance" organization, the five major traders officially established the Earth Alliance based on the United Nations.

With the technical support provided by the alliance, the era of "interstellar colonization" was officially launched.

The initial goal was to establish a space industry base on the moon and the first colony on Mars, with the help of the Alliance.

This news completely stunned the world.

No, last year the five major powers were always arguing and bickering, how come they suddenly want to establish an Earth Alliance?
And they even want to colonize Mars? Wait, what is that alliance organization?
Soon after, someone discovered the official website link of the "Earth Alliance" organization through the homepage of the five major merchants.

When I opened it, a huge poster of Iron Man suits and Tony Stark popped up.

Then below is a brief introduction to the "Alliance".

It also includes introductions to some of the existing members of the alliance.

Why only some? Because there are still some members who don't want to become public figures.

This includes Li Wei, one of the co-founders.

In addition, there are Wanda, Frank, Skye, and others.

On the alliance's introduction page, they only have a simple name, without even a surname.

Aside from Tony, only a few members, including Natasha, Peggy Carter, and Pietro, have publicly revealed their identities.

Like Tony, Peggy Carter's identity was already public knowledge, so there was no need for her to hide it.

Natasha, on the other hand, had to make it public because she was the first Speaker of the Council of the New Earth.

As for Pietro... well, that kid's just trying to show off.

In addition to member information, the website also lists some of the things the alliance has done since its establishment.

Netizens from all over the world who saw this content realized that this alliance had done so much without anyone knowing.

However, these netizens were soon drawn to a special section on the website.

"Welcome to the New Earth!"

The Alliance discovered a planet with a completely new environment suitable for human habitation, tens of thousands of light-years away from Earth, and designated it as Alliance territory.

Now they're preparing to hire people to go there for work and settle down, etc.
The article provides a detailed description of the new Earth, along with numerous natural images.

Finally, the requirements for the first batch of recruits were listed, along with the application page.

…………

Soon, information about the Alliance and the existence of the New Earth completely dominated the headlines of media outlets worldwide.

As for the Winter Guard?

what is that?
People all over the world hope to receive more specific information about the "Earth Alliance," the "Alliance," and the "New Earth."

However, they soon got what they wanted.

The day after the five major merchants announced the formation of the Earth Alliance, Tony, as the leader of the alliance, announced through the official media of the five major merchants that a press conference would be held at the Alliance Building, and invited official media from all over the world to attend.

However, the information released by both the five major merchants and the alliance only involves launching new space programs, interstellar colonization, and information about a new Earth.

However, it made no mention of the existence of any extraterrestrial civilizations.

The reason is simple: to avoid causing panic.

However, even without announcing the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations, the governments of many small countries on Earth are still filled with panic.

After all, the five major merchants had to scheme against each other to survive.

If you offend one vendor, you can always turn to other vendors.

But now the five major merchants have actually cooperated...

However, the most panicked are not actually those small countries that live in the cracks between the five major merchants.

Instead... Attilan!

(End of this chapter)