A certain American comic book's secondary profession master

Chapter 29 Let's Give It a Name
As soon as Tony spoke, Levi understood what he meant.

Li Wei is open to discussing anything he wants.

But he wants to avenge his parents first.

“I understand how you feel, and I support your desire for revenge.” Li Wei paused, then continued, “But you must understand that Hydra’s power is far greater than you imagine, and it’s entangled with S.H.I.E.L.D. So, if you do something, it will have far-reaching consequences. Without thorough preparation, there is a real possibility of serious problems.”

"Hahaha, Victor, may I call you that?" Tony laughed nonchalantly in the face of Levi's warning.

“Of course!” Li Wei nodded.

“Victor, don’t worry, I’m well aware of the seriousness of this matter, so I won’t be so eager to go after the entire Hydra for revenge right away. But there’s still the Winter Soldier, isn’t there? Don’t tell me that someone who can see the future doesn’t know where he is.” Tony said with a smile, but there was a hint of ferocity in his smile.

Clearly, he meant that dealing with Hydra could be done slowly, but it wouldn't hurt to kill Winter Soldier as a sacrifice first.

“I do know where the Winter Soldier is, but are you really sure you want to take him down?” Li Wei said with a half-smile.

"What's going on here?" Tony wondered to himself as he saw Levi's smug expression.

After a day of interaction, Tony had gained a basic understanding of this guy.

They always like to drop a bombshell on you after you've already confirmed something.

That's a really awful personality.

Can't you just say one thing at a time?

“I know what you’re thinking, but it’s not that I don’t want to say it all at once. It’s just that there are so many things going on in the future. Even if I only see a part of it, I could talk about it for days.” Levi could tell what Tony was thinking just by looking at his expression, so he shrugged.

Tony listened to Levi's words and thought about it; it seemed to make sense.

"So I'm going to kill the Winter Soldier, what's the problem?" Tony asked.

“Actually, it’s not a big problem. Bucky is Captain America’s childhood friend, and he killed people because he was brainwashed and controlled by Hydra. If you just kill Bucky like that, it might damage our relationship with Captain America,” Li Wei said.

"Wait, let me sort this out. Damaging our relationship with Captain America? So not only is Bucky Barnes still alive, but Captain America, Steve Rogers, that old WWII relic, is also still alive?" Tony immediately realized and asked.

“That’s right!” Levi nodded, confirming Tony’s question.

"He wouldn't have been frozen like his childhood friend, would he? And which organization would have frozen him? S.H.I.E.L.D.? My father?" Tony smirked. Could it really be that melodramatic?
"No, that's not it. Captain America was naturally frozen. He fell into the Arctic and was frozen in the Arctic Ocean. Decades of glacial movement brought him back to Earth. About eight years later, he was discovered by a Russian drilling team, and then, with the help of S.H.I.E.L.D., he was brought back to life in this era and became your important ally, working together to save the world."

"During this process, someone even took advantage of the complicated relationship between the three of you to try to subvert your team... and at one point succeeded."

Li Wei then gave a brief account of the Ultron crisis and Zemo's instigation of the Avengers Civil War.

"So, you really want to kill the Winter Soldier?"

"You mean I shouldn't have killed him?" Tony's expression was grim.

“No, that’s not it. In fact, I’m on your side in this matter! Ultimately, regardless of whether Bucky was in control or not, the fact remains that he killed your parents, and it’s understandable that you want revenge,” Li Wei said. Back when he watched the movie, he was a fan of Iron Man.

"The reason I brought this up is simply to clarify things and give you a choice; the decision is still yours."

"In fact, I can tell you definitively that Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier, is in my hands right now. Whether you kill him or not is entirely up to you," Levi said. "What? The Winter Soldier is in your hands?" Tony exclaimed in surprise.

“Yes, otherwise where do you think the information I showed you before came from? Those things were with the Winter Soldier.” Li Wei nodded and recounted how he had sent Frank to Russia, and how Frank not only brought out six Winter Soldiers but also a submarine.

"So, what is your decision?" Li Wei asked.

"What was your original plan? You brought out those Winter Soldiers, I'm afraid it wasn't just to cooperate with me, was it?" After Levi talked about the Avengers, Tony had a general idea of ​​Levi's purpose... to change those potential world-ending crises.

"Indeed, one of my plans is to use Bucky and the Winter Soldier as our weapons."

"The Winter Soldiers are still quite formidable in combat. Since Hydra can use them to assassinate their own enemies, we can naturally use them to deal with Hydra as well."

"Those high-risk tasks, or tasks that are inconvenient for us to handle, can be assigned to them."

"This can be considered as atonement for what they did," Li Wei said, revealing his plan.

After listening to Levi's words, Tony fell into deep thought again.

Objectively speaking, he had to admit that Li Wei's idea was actually quite good.

However, from his own perspective, he was still somewhat unwilling to accept it.

“Actually, if you’re really unwilling to accept this, but can’t bring yourself to kill him, I can give you control of Bucky. You can do whatever you want with him. As long as he doesn’t die, even if our righteous Captain America finds out later, he won’t have anything to say!” Levi walked up to Tony and patted him on the shoulder.

It has to be said that Levi's words made Tony a little tempted.

That's right, revenge doesn't necessarily mean killing the other person.

Enslaving the other party, torturing the other party, and making the other party repent at their father's grave are all acceptable!
"It's settled then!" After a moment's thought, Tony readily agreed to Levi's suggestion. "Now, tell me what you want!"

"Actually, what I want is very simple: to cooperate with you and establish an organization to maintain the stability of the earth. As the world's richest man, the world's smartest man, the world's number one scientist, and the future Iron Man, your value is irreplaceable!" Li Wei showered Li Wei with compliments as if they were free.

As a seasoned working man, Li Wei was very adept at flattery, especially since the other party was a super-rich patron.

With Tony's financial support, as long as the materials for his side profession exist in this world, he won't have to worry about not being able to buy them!

Moreover, the Tony Stark of today is not the Iron Man from the original timeline who experienced various life-and-death situations.

Flattery is far more effective than preaching.

“No problem! From now on, all expenses of the organization will be borne by Stark Industries… By the way, what name do you plan to give our organization?” Tony was very pleased with Levi’s flattery and readily agreed to Levi’s request, and asked about the name of the soon-to-be-established organization.

"Do you have any suggestions?" Levi handed over the naming rights directly to Tony.

His purpose has been achieved.

That's enough.
Naming rights and such are all meaningless.

Yes, it's definitely not because he's bad at naming things!

(End of this chapter)