Chapter 76: Loki

Marvel world, inside the villa.

"Shit, I really took a huge loss this time!"

Returning from the gourmet shop, Stark dropped onto the sofa with a thoroughly sour expression.

Just thinking about it — the two-thousand-year-old ginseng king he'd gone to such great lengths and expense to obtain had been wasted just like that.

The fury in Stark's chest could not help but erupt.

If he'd taken that thing to make juice, it would've given at least a few dozen years of lifespan.

What a waste!

"Mr., the people from S. H. I. E. L. D. are here!"

Just as Stark had nowhere to vent his pent-up fury, Jarvis's voice rang out.

The next moment, outside the villa, S. H. I. E. L. D.'s Black Widow, Captain America, Coulson, and the others had all arrived.

"What a bunch of troublesome people!"

Thinking about the last incident, he hadn't expected this lot to actually show up again.

With no other choice, Stark could only suppress his anger and let them in.

"Mr. Stark, you really made us wait!"

The moment he came in, Captain America said irritably.

Not long after Stark had left during the last incident,

their helicarrier had been attacked.

Although those people were Loki's, the timing was far too coincidental.

Moreover, Coulson, who had been monitoring Stark, also discovered that Stark had disappeared for a period of time.

All these coincidences were why the lot of them had come today.

"Wait? Sorry, I don't recall inviting you!"

Looking at Captain America's smug face, Stark wanted to punch him.

He really deserved a beating!

"Mr. Stark, the reason we've come today is to tell you — the Tesseract is lost, and Loki has escaped!"

Black Widow, standing to one side, stated their purpose.

At the same time, her eyes fixed intently on Stark, trying to read something.

But to her slight disappointment, Stark looked utterly unconcerned.

"Lost? What does that have to do with me? I told you long ago — it'd be better to give it to me. I'd put it somewhere no one could ever reach!"

Popping open a bottle of red wine, Stark swirled the glass.

The Tesseract being lost had nothing to do with him, Stark.

Besides, he'd given that suggestion to that black salted egg ages ago.

Too bad — if you lot won't listen, there's nothing I can do!

Watching Stark leisurely sitting and drinking red wine at such a critical moment, Captain America couldn't help but get angry.

The selflessly devoted Captain America despised Stark's polished, self-interested attitude most of all.

"Mr. Stark, if we don't stop Loki's plot, our world will be in danger!"

Captain America spoke in a sharp tone — if they didn't still need Stark's help, he really would've thrown a punch.

"Exactly, Mr. Stark. Loki has vanished now. If we don't find him soon, we'll all be in serious trouble!"

Black Widow chimed in from the side.

But Stark had absolutely no interest in engaging with any of their words.

It's just Loki — how hard can it be to find him?

"Given Loki's show-off personality, if he wants to do something big, he'll definitely want the whole world's eyes on him. A venue like that — finding him would be child's play."

Having already picked up quite a few pretentious tricks from the gourmet shop, Stark now rattled this off with practiced ease.

Seeing that Black Widow and the others still hadn't caught on, he couldn't help but add with a sneer.

Swirling the red wine in his hand, Stark said to Jarvis.

"Jarvis, mark out the most conspicuous, most flashy locations for me!"

At his words, the artificial intelligence Jarvis ran a search, then reported.

"Mr., I've found a building matching the target — the Stark Industries Tower!"

Sitting on the sofa, Stark listened to Jarvis's report and couldn't help muttering smugly to himself.

"You hear that? Loki is at Stark Industries…"

Before he could finish, Stark was utterly stunned.

What the f**k — Stark Industries Tower!

Isn't that my turf?!

That bastard Loki actually wants to cause trouble on my turf.

At this moment, after hearing Stark's analysis, Black Widow and the others exchanged glances, gave a brief report, and hurriedly took their leave.

As he left, Captain America even cast a sympathetic glance at Stark.

"Mr. Stark, thank you!"

With those words, the group departed.

And Stark, still on the sofa, felt his fury finally erupt completely.

He'd already swallowed a bellyful of anger at the gourmet shop, and now Loki was causing trouble on his turf.

This absolutely cannot be tolerated.

Taking out the spare mech from the villa, Stark flew straight toward the industrial building.

At this very moment, atop Stark Industries' building

Loki was there, looking at the already deployed device, and couldn't help but reveal a relaxed and joyful smile.

Just relying on those fools from S. H. I. E. L. D., they also want to catch it.

It is simply a dream.

And just as Loki was feeling proud, a mech flew over quickly and landed.

The spare mech detached, and Stark's figure walked out from within it.

Having just arrived at his room on the top floor, he happened to see Loki at this moment.

"Oh, Mr. Stark, sorry, I've temporarily occupied this place!"

Loki, feeling extremely proud, looked at Stark, a mere mortal, and felt not the slightest bit of worry.

Without the mech, Stark could be killed with a single casual move.

Leaning in slightly, Loki thought it would be better to send him down.

But just as he was preparing to act, he met Stark's angry eyes.

"Boom!"

In an instant, Stark's figure moved at high speed, like a cannonball, and smashed a heavy punch onto him.

The proud Loki was instantly stunned.

Intense pain made Loki's face instantly contort.

Damn, this strength, is this strength a mortal can achieve?

At this moment, Loki was directly stunned.

But Stark at this moment was not prepared to let him go.

"Let you run wild on my turf!"

Casually lifting Loki up, then directly grabbing Loki's ankle.

In Stark's heart, the anger accumulated for a long time was now vented with all his might.

"Boom... Boom... Boom..."

Loki, like a doll, was rubbed back and forth on the ground by Stark.

Feeling the strength coming from his ankle, Loki was completely dazed.

How could Stark's strength be so terrifying?

And at the same time, Thor, waving Mjolnir and rushing over, glanced down from the high sky.

Then he was directly stunned.

That person on top of Stark's building, being rubbed back and forth, why does he look so familiar?

Damn, isn't that Loki?

Mjolnir above Thor's head seemed to slow down a few paces.

His gaze condensed slightly, and Thor clearly saw the person currently beating up Loki.

Stark, that Tony Stark!

Oh my god, it's actually Stark!

And at this very moment, Loki, being beaten up by Stark, also saw Thor's arrival.

At this moment, he was like seeing a savior.

"Brother, save me!"