Marvel: Starting with the forced creation of villainous characters

Chapter 66 The Novic Behind the Scenes is Exposed.

Tony Stark remained silent, focusing intently on the information Jarvis was stealing from different email accounts.

"When Batman talked about the shadows devouring the world, could he be referring to the shadow of war? These bastards aren't planning to start World War III, are they?" Tony speculated with a serious expression.

It's no wonder he thinks that way; a group of politicians and tycoons mixed together can only cause harm to the world by starting wars.

As for gathering together to engage in abstract activities? Such things generally only harm their own country and do not rise to the level of the world.

As for those supernatural and fantastical things, Tony didn't think about them. In this era before Hell and sorcerers had fully taken center stage, Tony still firmly believed in science.

After a moment's hesitation, Tony Stark ordered, "Jarvis, please allocate some computing power to monitor this group. If they show any signs of starting a war, alert me."

The so-called Illuminati involves too many powerful figures; even a family as powerful as the Stark family cannot afford to offend them.

If he were to expose this, the Stark family would be torn to shreds by these people, and he didn't want to be the fool who charged ahead.

Of course, more importantly, he doesn't like playing politics.

"By the way, allocate some more computing power to continue tracking that Lord of the Shadows," Tony Stark added.

Considering the professional nature of the matter, Tony thought for a moment and then copied the information he had and sent it to Sharon Carter.

He trusted Sharon Carter more than the black man who sneaked into his house in the middle of the night.

Sharon Carter, who had just finished her work, was stunned when she received the information Tony sent her.

Others might not know about the Illuminati, but how could she, a reborn person, not know about it? She knew this organization very well.

The Illuminati will soon become the de facto rulers of America, and the Lord of Shadows that Tony mentioned should, if nothing unexpected happens, be Mark.

After all, in the future, Mark will be the president of the Illuminati.

But then another question arises: how did Mark do that?

Keep in mind, it's only been three months!

Moreover, Mark hardly ever leaves the house. How did he manage to unite these people, and make them so fanatical?

You have to understand that those people are the real elites. Normally, those who can become politicians and tycoons should be intelligent and have strong willpower. It's not easy to bewitch these people.

The last one this persuasive was the one from 70 years ago.

This reminded Sharon Carter of an old friend of her aunt—Shee.

"So, are you the leader or a demon? Did you come here to bring destruction or new life?" Sharon Carter wondered anxiously.

After printing out the documents Tony sent her, Sharon Carter took them and left the office, heading straight to Mark's place.

Mark, still a little dazed from being woken up early in the morning, asked sleepily, "Sister Carter? Why did you wake me up so early?"

Sharon Carter said sternly, "Go wash your face, then come back and look at this. You have to give me an explanation for this."

Seeing the coldness in the other person's tone, Mark, who was used to being fawned over, became more sober. Since the sycophant was no longer fawning, then this matter was indeed quite serious.

Mark obediently went back to the bathroom to wash up, and only after he was fully awake did he return to the living room.

"Take a look at this. This is top-secret information that Iron Man sent me," Sharon Carter said, pointing to the documents on the table.

"This is something I can see?" Mark looked at Sharon Carter with a strange expression. "Did you forget the confidentiality agreement for agents? I'm still a child!"

Sharon Carter said with a dark face, "You're the one in charge of this, of course you can watch. I'm waiting for your explanation."

She found Mark to be incredibly deceptive, and she seriously suspected that Mark had learned this skill from Emma.

Indeed! That ancient Eastern saying is so true.

"One who stays near vermilion gets stained red, and one who stays near ink gets stained black."

Mark picked up the documents and started flipping through them, but the more he looked, the more speechless he became, so he put the documents down.

After reading it, Mark came to the following conclusions:

First and foremost, the first point.

The organization's secrecy is still too lax. Who would send emails to each other with slogans? If Hydra did that, they would probably have been blown up by the Black Egg by now.

The second point, and the most speechless point.

There are bad people within the organization. He himself founded the Illuminati, but his original intention in founding the Illuminati was to shine the world like the sun.

This was inspired by the Sun General; how could the people below arbitrarily misinterpret his meaning?

And most importantly, isn't it enough that you just keep this to yourselves? Why bring it up every day?

When Hydra shouts slogans, they don't talk about ruling the world, they just shout "Long live Hydra!"

Mark unhesitatingly shifted the blame to his subordinates, never mentioning the Lord of Shadows. After all, it was obvious from their names who was good and who was bad between the Illuminati and the Lord of Shadows.

Finally, it is the most important point.

The Illuminati was ultimately too short-lived, so many details were not handled well; otherwise, Iron Man would not have been able to discover it.

Fortunately, he used different identities each time he sent out his clones, otherwise he might have been arrested today.

Although it's practically the same as being brought down now, at least there's still a chance to salvage the situation.

Of course, the main reason is that those super-intelligent people probably haven't been properly tested by artificial intelligence, otherwise how could they dare to send random emails and not delete them?

When he threatened those fools with leverage, he always brought paper documents to their door.

"What does this have to do with me?" Mark shrugged, indicating that it was none of my business.

Anyway, it doesn't explicitly name anyone as the president of the Illuminati or the Lord of Shadows.

Mark, whose face practically screamed "innocence," just stared at Sharon Carter with an expression that said, "I don't understand what you're saying. I'm just a twelve-year-old kid."

Sharon Carter was also stunned; she hadn't expected Mark to refuse to admit it.

"Ahhhhh!"

"You wicked little dumpling!"

Sharon Carter finally couldn't hold back anymore and started rubbing Mark's face repeatedly with her hands. Mark's cute and delicate face was constantly deformed under Sharon Carter's hands.

After venting her anger, Sharon Carter finally let Mark off the hook, whose face was flushed red.

"It's fortunate there's no evidence, otherwise Iron Man would have come to arrest you." Sharon Carter glared at Mark, giving him a mild but not overt threat.

Mark rubbed his face and invited, "Sister Carter, how about learning about the Illuminati?"

Sharon Carter: "???"

Sharon Carter looked at Mark with disbelief in her eyes: "You just swore that you had nothing to do with the Illuminati."

"Ha~" Sharon Carter, who was truly speechless, was also amused by the situation.

But to be fair, she was genuinely interested in joining the Illuminati.

In the future, the Illuminati will stand tall in the world.

The Illuminati's mission is to gather the smartest and most powerful people on Earth, and then let these people lead the world forward. Mark is the actual controller of the Illuminati.

Joining the Illuminati means having the ability to influence the world's direction.

Don't be fooled by those politicians spouting nonsense; they're not actually part of the Illuminati, but merely tentacles of the shadowy touch beneath it.

Mark invited her to join the Illuminati, which Sharon Carter hadn't expected. However, considering that the Illuminati was still in its early stages, she, as a Level 9 agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., was certainly qualified.

Of course, the most important reason is that she managed to get close to Mark beforehand; otherwise, she wouldn't have been qualified.

Sharon Carter feigned a mixture of exasperation and helplessness, asking, "What will I be doing after joining the Illuminati? And what are the benefits?"

"The advantage is that one-third of the Democratic lawmakers will listen to you, and one-fifth of the Republicans will also listen to you. As for what to do, that depends on what you want to do," Mark said, counting on his fingers.

Sharon Carter: "!!!"

Upon hearing this, Sharon Carter jumped to her feet, looking at Mark in disbelief.

She now suspects there's some mysterious force behind Mark, otherwise, what gives him the right to do this?

In just three months, how did Mark manage to wield such strong political power?

This is not how Game of Thrones is played, or at least it shouldn't be played this way.

Sharon Carter felt the world was crazy.

Sharon Carter grabbed Mark's shoulders and looked intently into his eyes, asking, "Mark, tell me seriously, is there something even more terrifying behind you? Or are you the heir to some extremely powerful evil organization?"

Mark explained sheepishly, "I'm just an ordinary member of the Illuminati, and I only got in thanks to Jessica."

Sharon Carter didn't believe a word of it, but Mark's lie actually relieved her.

The more Mark conceals his true identity, the more it proves that Mark himself is the mastermind behind it all.

so----

"Mark, you don't have any superpowers, do you?" Sharon Carter probed again.

"A little bit." Mark made a "fingertip galaxy" gesture.

"There really is?" Sharon Carter looked at Mark with some surprise.

She had only intended to test Mark, but he actually answered her question, and so honestly at that.

Sharon Carter was moved again; she felt like a piece of rubber being constantly manipulated and stretched by Mark.

"A mind control ability similar to Professor X?" Sharon Carter pressed.

Mark shook his head. Although LeBlanc's legacy contained some bewitching magic, he hadn't used it. Mainly because of her title as the mastermind behind the scenes, she didn't need to use bewitching magic to persuade those politicians.

"No, it's just some survival skills," Mark explained.

Sharon Carter wanted to press for more information, but seeing that Mark was unwilling to say more, she could only change the subject to the Illuminati.