American Comics: Something's Wrong with This Superhero World

Chapter 123 Chicken Flying and Eggs Falling

"Superman was awakened by Constantine."

Natasha sent me a message that evening.

"Constantine?" Xiao Xian was somewhat surprised upon hearing this. To be honest, Xiao Xian was quite curious about what Constantine was like in this universe. However, since everyone in this world was not very principled, the difficulty for Constantine to sacrifice his teammates had increased significantly, which was an epic nerf.

"A magician, the kind who'll do anything for a good price, he used magic to dispel Pennywise's illusion of Superman," Natasha explained, assuming Xiao Xian didn't recognize Constantine.

"Okay, where did Superman go? Didn't he go to get revenge on Pennywise?" Xiao Xian asked curiously. Superman wouldn't have crashed if he was careful. At least with his speed, even if he couldn't beat him, he could run away. The time it took Pennywise to open his mouth was enough for Superman to circle the earth.

However, it's really difficult for someone as naturally powerful as Superman to develop any fighting skills or combat awareness. After all, if he can easily beat his opponent with a few punches, who would bother to study martial arts? It's also reasonable that he's too lazy to dodge enemy attacks since they never break through his defenses.

"He seems to have some kind of psychological trauma and ran back to his hometown," Natasha replied.

"..." Could it be that he went home to drink milk? Xiao Xian thought with a touch of wicked humor, after all, the superheroes in this world are very similar to Azu in many ways.

"S.H.I.E.L.D. seems to have found Pennywise, and an agent is on their way," Natasha continued. "I heard someone anonymously provided the information; could that person be you?"

"Well, that's a secret." Xiao Xian smiled slightly, watching the live television broadcast, and said, "Iron Man seems to have angered the Hulk, turning the tables from an advantage to a disadvantage. Aren't you S.H.I.E.L.D. going to provide support?"

"Nick Fury has been annoyed with Tony Stark for a long time. He'll definitely save him, but he'll probably drag his feet for a while. Tony Stark is too arrogant and has made too many enemies. Others are happy to see him suffer," Natasha said gloatingly. She and Xiao Xian were also among those who would be happy to see Tony get into trouble.

"His personality is terrible." Watching Tony's Veronica armor lose its dominance over the rampaging Hulk on the TV screen, going from overwhelming the Hulk to being overwhelmed by him, Xiao Xian shook his head and said.

Before the kidnapping incident, Tony in the movie was a very unpopular rich kid. After the incident, he improved a little, but not much. His mouth offended many people, such as Killian and Armor. These were all enemies that Tony had provoked.

If it weren't for his arrogant playboy behavior, Killian might not have fallen out with Tony, and might even have worked for Tony. As for Hammo Technology, it's inevitable that the two companies would have business competition and conflicts.

But if Tony hadn't been so mean to Hammer, constantly insulting him, Hammer's hatred for Tony certainly wouldn't have been so deep.

While the movie version of Tony is sharp-tongued, he is at least kind at heart. However, the Tony in this universe is not only sarcastic but also has a wicked mind, using his wealthy status to do all sorts of bullying and harassing men and women.

For example, Xiao Xian was targeted by Tony multiple times because Black Cat had his eye on him instead of Tony. Black Cat was also sent to the ICU and is still not out.

Take Daredevil for example. All the bad things he did were tacitly approved by Stark Industries. It's impossible for Stark not to know about it. Daredevil didn't hide anything from anyone in the industry.

Moreover, when it comes to flirting with female agents, Tony is not as good as Daredevil. At least Daredevil is restrained by the status and position of female agents and does not dare to force himself on them. But apart from high-level agents like Black Widow and Barbara, who cannot be directly forced, Tony sees ordinary female agents as someone he can sleep with as he pleases, without any regard for their subjective wishes.

According to Natasha and others, Tony and other S.H.I.E.L.D. management would use the guise of testing female agents' seductive intelligence-gathering abilities to have them seduce them, or even several people simultaneously. Those with exceptional skills would even swap partners; in short, they used all sorts of elaborate methods.

Sometimes, due to various reasons such as excessive use of medication or fighting, there have even been several deaths.

There was once a female agent who was required to entertain several guests on the day of her father's funeral. They demanded that she could only smile and not cry. Ultimately, the female agent broke down and chose to commit suicide. Before her suicide, she handed over the list of wealthy and high-ranking officials who had sexually harassed her to a reporter, hoping that the law would punish these scumbags.

The final result was that the reporter committed suicide, the list disappeared, and the female agent's family members also died in various accidents such as car crashes. None of the executives were harmed.

Moreover, the S.H.I.E.L.D. leadership not only didn't cover up the case, but also allowed the news to circulate within the agency, so that female agents who wanted to take similar measures would understand the consequences of resistance.

As for the media, there was naturally no ripple. Those people were all renowned philanthropists, enthusiastic about public welfare, protecting women's rights, and so on.

"Wow~ that was really hard!" Xiao Xian watched the TV screen as the Hulk struck Tony's right arm, shattering the outer Veronica armor and revealing the inner mecha, which was also severely deformed.

"It's no secret that Tony sent someone to assassinate you. Could it be that the Hulk received a hint from Betty Ross, which is why he went to Stark Tower after being hypnotized by the Joker, and now he's beating up Tony?"

Natasha speculated that while Tony's assassination attempt on Xiao Xian was a top secret outside the circle, even Natasha knew about it, let alone Betty Ross, whose father was a powerful general.

"Let me ask her." Xiao Xian thought for a moment. If Betty Ross could still influence the Hulk, it seemed like there was room for maneuver. So Xiao Xian called Betty Ross, said "feed" and immediately covered his ears.

"Ahhh!!! Xiao Xian, you're not dead?! That's great!!!" Betty Ross's first reaction upon receiving Xiao Xian's call was one of extreme excitement.

The familiar opening remarks prompted Xiao Xian to remove his hands from his ears. Apart from a few people like the White Queen who were particularly familiar with the situation and didn't find it strange, everyone else seemed to have quite a strong reaction.

"Did you send the Hulk there?" Xiao Xian asked directly.

"I sent the Hulk to deal with Pennywise to avenge you, not to Stark, that jerk." Actually, Stark had a good relationship with the military, but since Tony had assassinated Xiao Xian, he naturally became a jerk in Betty Ross's eyes.

"Then why did he go straight to Stark?" Xiao Xian asked, puzzled.

"Maybe it's because I lied to him about Stark harassing me, giving Bruce the opportunity to get revenge for me?" Betty Ross quickly added.

"Of course, darling, don't worry. Stark didn't harass me. I lied to him because I knew he was trying to assassinate you, and I wanted Bruce to avenge you. Since I met you, I haven't let either Stark or Bruce touch me."

"No wonder the Hulk was so angry when he saw Tony, ignoring Daredevil and the other superheroes who came with him, and just focusing on attacking Tony. By the way, what did Bruce say?"

"He said he would definitely get revenge for me, and he would destroy Tony's tools," Betty Ross said.

"Wouldn't Tony, who's currently being beaten up, be in danger of losing everything?"

Xiao Xian watched the TV screen as the Hulk completely overwhelmed Iron Man, and Veronica was torn to pieces. Then, as if the Hulk had heard Betty Ross's words, he pressed Tony's hands down with both hands and stomped down on Tony's groin. Immediately, fragments of the armor flew everywhere, and Tony let out a miserable scream.

"Hiss~" Xiao Xian gasped as he looked at the scene on TV, his legs tightening. It looked painful.

As expected of the Hulk, that kick was powerful and forceful!

(End of this chapter)