American comics: Starting from a copycat arms dealer.

Chapter 198 Who will be the lobbyist?
A month later, on June 6th.

Ever since the Skrulls were severely hit by Carol, they no longer dared to show up easily.

Start playing hide-and-seek with Carol all over the world.

The Skrulls even controlled the leadership of countries around the world and issued announcements to the outside world at the same time.

It was claimed that the Avengers headquarters was attacked by the rebellious Carol, and the lives and deaths of many Avengers were unknown.

All news media and online platforms around the world, under the secret control of the Skrulls, began to frantically denounce Carol.

Faced with the Skrulls' false accusations and slander, Carol had no way to defend herself. No one would listen to or believe her explanation.

After all, if someone says this, it may be false.

But everyone in the world said that Carol was the murderer who attacked the Avengers. Even if it wasn't her, no one would believe it.

Therefore, Carol had to choose to disappear temporarily and came to a private hospital in Norway, Europe to visit the young version of Tony and Steve who had been in a coma.

This private hospital, named Koman Riot, was ostensibly opened by a wealthy man, but in reality it was a secret contact point secretly set up by Nick Fury.

Although Nick Fury is temporarily missing and suspected to be dead.

But all the money he embezzled when he was the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. was used to build secret safe houses and contact points around the world.

This private hospital is one of them.

In the morning, the warm sunlight shone through the window of the VIP ward and fell on Carol's face beside the bed.

The young versions of Tony and Steve are lying quietly in the hospital bed, having been in a coma for a month.

Carol looked worried and turned to ask the big Dr. Banner: "It's been a month, their injuries haven't recovered yet?"

The big Dr. Banner explained with a serious expression: "The two of them were seriously injured and had to undergo several bone-setting surgeries. In addition, they have been under too much pressure during this period."

"Coupled with severe concussions, they became self-isolating and didn't want to wake up."

On the other side, the vicissitudes of Steve heard this and asked curiously: "It sounds like some kind of mental illness. How much pressure did you go through to make even a young me like this?"

Carol sighed and said, “It was mainly due to the two world-class crises that followed one after another. Everyone witnessed countless deaths of humans.

"Do you understand the feeling of trying your best but still being powerless?"

The big guy Banner nodded and said in a heavy tone: "We have actually experienced it before. The moment Thanos snapped his fingers, everyone was in despair!"

"We tried our best, but we still failed. Later, we watched our former companions turn into ashes."

Hearing the word "failure", the young Tony Stark lying on the hospital bed seemed to have a stress response and his eyelids moved.

Carol noticed this and pointed at Stark on the bed and said in surprise: "Hey, he seems to be waking up! I saw his eyes move!"

The big guy Banner pushed his black-framed glasses and said uncertainly:
"Maybe the conversation just now stimulated him. If we talk more, Tony might come out of his closed inner world."

The vicissitudes of Steve thought about everything and repeated what Banner said.

"Thanos failed to snap his fingers and turned into ashes"

When the word "failure" was mentioned, Tony's eyelids moved again on the hospital bed.

So the vicissitudes of Steve seemed to have found the trick and kept repeating, "Failure!" "Failure!".

Witnessed by everyone in the ward.

The young version of Tony Stark finally slowly opened his eyes, and the strong sunlight outside made him squint unconsciously.

The big guy Banner quickly walked to the window and blocked the light with his huge body.

At this moment, the vicissitudes of life version of Tony Stark pushed open the door of the ward, walked in hurriedly and said:

"Hey guys, I finally found a way to connect with Wanda"

But when he saw the young Tony Stark who had just woken up on the hospital bed, he paused for a second in shock, "Uh, you're awake?"

Young Tony Stark just opened his eyes and felt weak all over.

This is because he had been lying in bed for a long time, which caused symptoms of muscle atrophy.

But when he saw Tony Stark, who looked almost exactly like him, but a little haggard, standing in front of the bed.

The young version of Tony suddenly became excited, struggling with his limbs on the hospital bed, cursing: "FUXX! The damn green monster dared to turn into my appearance, deliberately disgusting me!"

Seeing his intense reaction, the vicissitudes version of Tony quickly spoke to comfort him:

"Relax, relax, I'm not a Skrull, I traveled through time and space from 2023."

"If you don't believe me, just look at Banner. A Skrull this big and bulky can never be disguised."

After hearing this explanation, young Tony glanced at the big guy Banner, but still didn't believe it.

"You're still traveling through time? Do you think I'm a fool? I've been fooled by you once, twice, I won't be fooled by you a third time!!"

Young Tony's tone was filled with resentment for being tricked twice by the Skrulls.

After all, being deceived twice by Natasha, who was transformed by a Skrull, would leave psychological trauma in the minds of anyone.

Especially when someone who looks exactly like you appears in front of you and claims to be a time traveler. Isn't this nonsense?
Carol saw that the young Tony had started to pull the needle connected to the IV bottle, so she quickly said:
"Tony, they are indeed the Avengers who traveled through time from 2023. I can prove it."

As she spoke, Carol fired a wave of energy toward the ceiling to prove her identity.

"Bah!"

The attack created a fist-sized hole in the ceiling, with hot red mist emanating from the edges.

This is the magma phenomenon that occurs when the cement wall is melted by high temperature.

Seeing this, the young version of Tony stopped struggling.

His half-believing and half-doubting gaze shifted back and forth between the aged version of Steve and the young Steve lying on the hospital bed next to him.

He was full of doubts and asked: "What is going on?"

The vicissitudes of Steve looked at Carol and found that the other party raised his chin to him, indicating that he should explain.

He had no choice but to use concise language to quickly recount everything that had happened in the past month.

After hearing this, the young Tony's expression began to change.

Thanos snaps his fingers and wipes out half of all life in the universe. The Avengers can only save their world by traveling through time and space.
It all sounded so desperate that the young Tony subconsciously didn't want to believe it was true.

Carol saw the resistance in young Tony's heart and spoke to comfort him:

"You just woke up, your body still needs to rest, don't think too much about troubles, just take a good rest for a few days."

The vicissitudes of Tony also gave some advice, "Dude, don't think too much, otherwise you will get anxiety."

"I have sent Pepper to a safe place in Berlin. You can rest assured."

After saying that, Carol and the others consciously walked out of the ward one after another, leaving the young Tony who had just woken up a quiet resting space.

After leaving the ward, the group went to the rooftop of the private hospital to continue their conversation.

Carol asked the aging version of Tony what the way to contact Wanda was.

The vicissitudes of Tony replied: "After a month of investigation, I found that the Umbrella North American base is almost impeccable."

"In the virtual world, Umbrella has an artificial intelligence Red Queen, and intrusion through the network is obviously unrealistic."

"In reality, the defense of the Umbrella Base in North America is impenetrable, and even the delivery of goods is done by intelligent robots."

"It's almost impossible for someone to sneak in."

"But there is one person who can freely enter and exit the Umbrella base without any restrictions on time or place."

"He is Wanda's brother, Pietro Maximoff."

"I found out that Pietro usually leaves the Umbrella base at around five or six o'clock every afternoon, and usually doesn't return until the next morning or even noon."

Hearing this, the vicissitudes of Steve was a little curious and asked: "Pietro? What does he do every day when he leaves Umbrella?"

Hearing this, the vicissitudes of life version of Tony raised his eyebrows, showing a smile that all men understand, and continued to explain:

"Pietro is a playboy like me before. He likes to hang out in nightclubs to pick up girls every day, and occasionally helps beautiful poor women."

The big guy Banner said speechlessly: "When I first met this kid, Pietro happened to die in the Ultron crisis."

"I didn't expect that in this world, he would become a playboy. It seems that bad company really does corrupt people."

The vicissitudes of Steve said: "Tony, you mean to contact Wanda through Pietro?"

"Then we need a lobbyist with good social skills."

The vicissitudes of Tony nodded and agreed: "I will be the lobbyist. I think Pietro and I will have something in common."

"Give me some time. I believe I can convince him to pass on the message for us."

"If we can persuade Wanda and her brother to return to the right path, maybe we can let Pietro try to steal the Cosmic Cube and the Mind Staff."

After hearing this method, Carol was the first to nod in agreement and said, "This method is feasible, but persuading people is a key role. Tony, are you sure you can do it alone?"

"Do you want me to go with you? If Pietro refuses to mend his ways, I can catch him and use him to threaten that scumbag Carl."

The vicissitudes of Tony shook his head when he heard this. "I won't use such a despicable method. It doesn't conform to the Avengers' principle of never harming innocent people."

Carol said helplessly: "That's because you haven't seen the abomination of Karl, that scumbag. We have been forced to do whatever it takes to fight him."

The experienced version of Steve was very puzzled, and he had read a lot of intelligence.

But is this Carl really that scary?
To the point that the Avengers in this world have abandoned their bottom line?
The vicissitudes of Tony spoke again: "Let me be the only one to persuade you."

"Forcing it will only attract Karl's attention."

"Besides, Pietro is a very fast runner, so he's not that easy to catch."

"Now, it depends on whether you are willing to believe me?"

After the weathered version of Tony finished speaking, he glanced around and asked for everyone's opinions.

(End of this chapter)