Chapter 9

After seeing Gwen off.

Su Yi checked the time and prepared to get off work.

When the time reached five o'clock in the afternoon, Su Yi closed his office door, turned around, and left.

"Clock in," Su Yi whispered in his heart.

[Clock-in successful!]

[Obtained: Vision Ward x3]

"Vision Ward?"

[Vision Ward: After activating the ward, within a certain range, any sight, reconnaissance, perception, or mental activity from outside that range—including electronic devices—will be ineffective, unless one enters the range!]

He read the item description.

Su Yi immediately understood what kind of item this was.

"A 'Vision Ward' from the Rune Continent."

Not bad, it counts as a good item.

Su Yi nodded in satisfaction.

There were three in total.

He would plant one in the office later and one at home, so he wouldn't have to worry about any external surveillance.

Otherwise, take things like cameras.

Entities like Jarvis, Ultron, and Vision could watch cameras all over the world at will.

So, could one feel at ease with one installed at home?

Wouldn't that be like a live broadcast?

The time reached evening.

At the Avengers base.

Wanda stared at the business card Tony gave her, lost in thought.

She took out her phone and searched for the address.

She discovered it was right in the most prosperous Manhattan area of New York.

Honestly.

Wanda didn't want to go to such a place right now.

There was quite a lot of verbal abuse directed at her on the internet.

The mistake she made while trying to save Captain America had indirectly caused more deaths than the people she was supposed to save in the mission!

Therefore, the internet was also cursing Wanda.

Calling her an evil witch.

Calling her all sorts of things, and so on.

This led Wanda to have two thoughts now.

1. To never use any of her abilities again.

2. To never go to crowded places again.

She just wanted to find a sparsely populated place to live alone; that would be enough.

However...

Deep down, Wanda also wanted to live a normal life.

To go out normally.

To hang out normally.

To be happy normally...

For the sake of these...

Maybe she should try.

And the way to try was...

Wanda lowered her head and picked up the wooden business card.

Then she put it in her pocket and got up to prepare the clothes she would wear tomorrow.

A pair of ordinary blue jeans.

A gray, oversized, hooded sweatshirt.

This way, she wouldn't be immediately recognized as the Scarlet Witch while walking on the street.

It would also save a lot of trouble.

Meanwhile.

In the brand-new Stark Tower.

Tony Stark sat in his chair, looking at the public opinion data collected by Friday, feeling a massive headache.

First of all, Jarvis was already gone.

It had become the current Vision.

Furthermore.

The data and future projections provided by Friday were very serious.

At this very moment.

Half of the voices on the internet regarding superheroes were no longer positive.

And among those who supported superheroes.

Most were fans of a specific hero, rather than the definition of "superhero" itself.

For example, Iron Man, or Captain America.

As for the negative information.

It was either insults or opposition; that was all there was.

"Huu~~~"

Tony sighed.

He crossed his arms with one hand and supported his forehead with the other.

"Sir, according to calculations, if you want to quell social opposition, there are two most effective methods."

Tony kept his hand on his forehead, not moving: "Which two?"

"1. The Avengers solve a world-ending crisis, letting society know that only superheroes are the final insurance."

"2. The Avengers go into hiding; according to the iteration speed of internet information, the discussion will decrease by 70% in about a year, and approach an optimal value in three years."

"Or, completely expose the internal activities of the Avengers to put the whole of society at ease."

Facing such an answer.

Tony shook his head helplessly.

"That's as good as saying nothing."

Friday was an artificial intelligence.

It could calculate the answer, that was true, and these were indeed the answers.

But these two answers were impossible.

At least, it was impossible to do them in the short term.

The Avengers had finally managed to assemble.

And they had just prevented a disaster.

Although Tony was also primarily responsible for this disaster, isn't that just how reality is? If you succeed, you're covered in glory; if you fail, you're disgraced...

Without a turning point.

Effort seemed to only produce the opposite effect.

Tony looked at a piece of equipment on the desk.

This was the neural network and intelligent control panel.

It was something he and Banner had built together.

But now, Banner was gone too.

Originally, Tony's idea was to build an Iron Group and an intelligent network hub to protect the Earth.

But now...

He felt a bit disheartened.

Because doing it this way, Tony already felt it wasn't worth it.

It was best that the opportunity had passed.

Tony also knew he had no chance left.

At this very moment.

Tony clenched one hand into a fist, pressed it against his lips, and thought for the whole night.

"Friday."

"Sir?"

"Maybe your second option is right."

"Sir, but this option would make the Avengers constrained by the United Nations, and Captain America would not agree to this choice."

"That's his business. If there's a problem, he can solve it; I will do my part."

"Sir..."

"Alright, pull up the armor panel, let's start researching the new armor."

"Understood, sir."

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The next day.

After planting the Vision Ward in the office.

Su Yi spent his morning slacking off.

He basically spent every morning slacking off.

At this hour, no one came to see a psychologist.

And he didn't like working at this hour either.

As time went on.

People who wanted to see a psychologist all started coming at noon or in the afternoon.

So, Su Yi spent his morning playing games, reading books, checking the news, playing on his phone, and so on.

However, when Stephen didn't have surgery, he would also come to chat with Su Yi in the morning.

He usually came in the morning to book Su Yi's time for the evening.

Then, once 5 PM arrived.

The two would close the door.

And go straight out to play!

And under normal circumstances.

If there were people in the afternoon, there were people; if not, he slacked off.

Uh... that's just how it was.

Anyway, Su Yi was living quite happily.

Good money, light work, easy, and high status.

Plus, he could sign in every day and wait to get stronger.

Isn't that just awesome?

The time reached noon.

Su Yi was leaning on a recliner, scrolling through TikTok.

Can't help it.

There were too many "Bodhisattvas" on there.

All kinds of "Bodhisattvas" wearing skimpy clothes were posting benefits on there.

And there were all kinds of funny and humorous videos.

It was hard for Su Yi not to love it.

Of course, he only scrolled when he was alone.

Don't ask; if you ask, it's because scrolling when others are around lowers his status and is embarrassing.

"Hmm?"

At this moment, Su Yi, who had been scrolling, sat up.

A golden light flashed in his eyes.

"Wanda?"

Yes.

Su Yi sensed a unit with powerful abilities and a powerful spirit approaching his building.

Then, after sensing it for a moment, he discovered.

Isn't this Chaos Magic?

And the person with Chaos Magic was Wanda, also known as the Scarlet Witch.

Just like that.

Under Su Yi's sensing.

Wanda crossed the crosswalk, walked down the street, and then entered the building he was in.

Then, waiting for others to enter the elevator.

She specifically waited for an empty elevator to come up.

Finally, she arrived at his door.

Su Yi thought for a moment, nodded, and said.

"Come in."

Hearing the voice.

Wanda's hand, which was on the doorknob, paused.

Then she pushed the door open and walked in.

After she entered, Su Yi first sized Wanda up.

Blue jeans, a large hooded sweatshirt; she even had the hood up when she walked in.

And she kept her head down the whole time, not even facing him.

Su Yi smiled, pushed a cup of milk tea toward her, and said.

"When you come to me, I won't be surprised no matter who you are."

After saying that, Su Yi gestured to the photo frame of him and Hulk on the desk that he hadn't put away yet.

Wanda turned her head to look.

After discovering the photo of Su Yi and Hulk, she was slightly surprised.

Because Hulk had already disappeared; the Avengers couldn't find him no matter how they looked, and Tony had even used Friday to scour every camera in the world and hadn't seen him.

Yet, here, she had found someone who knew Hulk and could even take a photo with him in his Hulk state!

Wanda knew Hulk's combat power.

Even without mentioning the Chitauri invasion.

Just the destruction of the city she caused when she used magic to make Hulk go berserk made Wanda feel...

Alright, thinking back now.

This was also something Wanda herself had done.

But after seeing the photo of Su Yi and Hulk.

It really made Wanda let go of a lot of her guard.

"Hello, I am Wanda Maximoff."

"My name is Su Yi."

Along with the self-introduction, Wanda raised her head and reached up to pull down her hood.