[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-marvel-a-lazy-ass-superman":3,"chapter-marvel-a-lazy-ass-superman-marvel-a-lazy-ass-superman-chapter-514":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Marvel: A Lazy-Ass Superman",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1722020,2198,"Chapter 514 514: Sentry","marvel-a-lazy-ass-superman-chapter-514",514,"\u003Cp>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For 40 advanced chapters, visit my Patreon:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Patreon - Twilight_scribe1\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't like this guy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tony Stark gave his verdict immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the first time Henry had seen this man appear on television, it had made him question all over again exactly what world he had transmigrated into.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sentry had burst onto the American East Coast scene in late 1996, roughly a year after Captain Marvel left Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He repeatedly appeared to resolve crises large and small, acting exactly like a comic-book superhero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the battle that truly established Sentry's reputation happened earlier this year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His opponent was said to be a marine iguana affected by French Polynesian nuclear testing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the iguanas had been mutated by radiation into a gigantic beast resembling a dinosaur, and it invaded Manhattan, New York.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason its origins were so clearly known was because French intelligence cleanup teams had been tracking the creature's movements all along, trying to \"handle\" it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether by capture or extermination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after multiple failed operations, the French never succeeded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually the monster surfaced in New York, landed in Manhattan, and built a nest in Madison Square Garden to lay eggs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was when Sentry appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He swiftly solved the monster crisis that ordinary soldiers could not handle, and completely destroyed the eggs in Madison Square Garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the beast could cause even greater destruction to New York, he erased the disaster entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prior to that, then-New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani had seriously considered issuing a citywide evacuation order with military assistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The economic losses would have been enormous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, it never came to that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the X-Men were still arguing with the government over whether they should be deployed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The X-Men under Mystique operated very differently from Professor X's old team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a mission did not directly threaten mutants—or involve mutants—Mystique would stall if she could, dodge if she could, and drag things out if she couldn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rumor had it that official dissatisfaction with the new X-Men had nearly reached the breaking point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The defeated monster was named by the media:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gozilla.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything about it sounded absurd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iron Man hadn't even been born yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The curtain on the Marvel Universe hadn't risen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet the world had already twisted into something Henry barely recognized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marvel Comics colliding with a kaiju universe?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was also why Henry had secretly begun building battle armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed something that could conceal his identity as much as possible while still providing real combat capability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because if he waited any longer, it would be too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since Sentry appeared, that sense of urgency had settled over him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Sentry's battle with Gozilla, the superhero's influence only grew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Major disasters around the world frequently saw his intervention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The media even praised him extravagantly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We finally have our own Superman—our own Clark Kent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hottest recent news was that Sentry had personally erected a skyscraper in downtown New York in a very short time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had also created the artificial intelligence system C.L.O.C., tasked with monitoring the entire world and informing Sentry wherever disasters occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The media's manic worship elevated this superhero's prestige to unimaginable heights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even politicians were exhausting themselves trying to appear in the same frame as him, hoping to receive a single sentence of endorsement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if to prove his dislike was not merely jealousy, Tony Stark unexpectedly added:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't trust anything that looks perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unless it's mathematics.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Tony immediately turned and asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You said the super-soldier serum may be connected to him. Explain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack Reacher answered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It still traces back to the super-soldier program.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Canada's Department K joined forces with the American civilian project known as Operation Rebirth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The goal was to develop a serum surpassing the one used on Captain America.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He snorted faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unfortunately, they had grand ambitions and miserable competence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Over several decades, they created thousands of isolated subprojects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Laboratory work was outsourced to private contractors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It looked like a shell program designed to siphon funding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No management worth mentioning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then in 1992, the project suddenly announced a breakthrough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They claimed to have completed the Sentry Serum, boasting effects one hundred thousand times stronger than Captain America's super-soldier serum.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tony's eyes narrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"From a timeline perspective, they produced nothing for forty or fifty years after World War II.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then immediately after Howard Stark's super-soldier serum was stolen, everything changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That makes me suspect the two events are connected.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reacher lifted a hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But that is only suspicion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have no direct evidence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For the next few years, the Sentry Serum remained in the validation stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It had not yet officially reached human trial status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And just like the chaos of the larger project, too many laboratories interfered and submitted contradictory reports.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then in 1996, one of the subproject laboratories was robbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And by year's end, a superhero calling himself Sentry appeared.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tony asked sharply:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know his original identity?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Robert Reynolds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A drug addict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A habitual thief.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tony frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No one intends to prosecute him for theft?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reacher answered with a trace of helplessness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"From the government's perspective, fairly speaking—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No one can prosecute him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Public authority ultimately depends on military force.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But against someone who can kill a creature like Gozilla, can fly, and can appear anywhere in the world within moments…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spread his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if you wanted to nuke him, you'd first need to pray he politely remained still long enough to be hit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Resting his chin on one hand, Tony tapped his cheek thoughtfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of everything you've said, what parts are actually proven?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only Sentry's real identity has directly traceable evidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for the super-soldier serum connection, I have no proof linking it to Howard Stark's stolen formula.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But in terms of timing, it is the most suspicious lead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tony's voice lowered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you think they ordered the theft?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reacher answered seriously:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My view is that the people in Department K—whether core leadership or subproject heads—do not look like individuals with enough influence to order such an operation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Given how chaotic the program was, obtaining the serum for research feels more like a casual side move by whoever was truly behind it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or a diversion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To pull attention away from the real target.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He leaned back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After all, any organization capable of locating the super-soldier serum, learning its transport route, and deploying an assassin with super-soldier-level ability to seize it…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tone hardened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…would not then allow some junkie to casually infiltrate them and steal the results.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Probably the only thing outside their expectations…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked toward Tony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…was that the project actually succeeded.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And because of that, anything related to the Sentry Serum received much higher classification afterward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What I know ends there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tony was silent for a long moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced toward the other man in the room—Henry—who had remained quiet the entire time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He almost asked for his opinion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then decided against it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, Tony turned back to Reacher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand your findings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The next part will be handled by me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This goes beyond anything you people can touch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you need anything?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anything at all?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Say the word.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tony knew perfectly well that if the matter went deeper, then without legal authority or hidden power of his own, he would need outside help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether the military would support him was not something a mere captain like Jack Reacher could decide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Tony was braking here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also had no idea which generals he could approach—or which might stand with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looks like I need to visit an old uncle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>General Phillips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Former head of the Strategic Scientific Reserve during World War II.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creator of Captain America.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the old man's close friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The retired general was probably the most likely person to side with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Reacher rejected Tony's goodwill without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And I don't need anything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I investigated this because it was my commanding officer's order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not because I expected reward.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, he casually organized the scattered documents on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, these materials were for Tony Stark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A billionaire's friendship meant very little to a drifter like Jack Reacher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only people Reacher trusted were comrades-in-arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if the man he had hired refused reward, Tony Stark's pride would never allow him to do nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tore a blank strip from an unimportant document, wrote a phone number on it, and placed it in front of Reacher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My promise stands forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When you need something, call this number.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time Reacher did not refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he merely picked up the paper, glanced at it once, and set it back atop the file stack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've memorized it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tony blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's it? You're just going to remember it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What if you forget?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reacher replied calmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it's something I can forget…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then it wasn't important to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tony looked at the Military Police captain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then looked at the CEO he himself had appointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One or two men with personalities like this—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Made him want to strangle somebody.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>🎉 Power Stone Goal Announcement! 🎉\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'll release one bonus chapter for every 500 Power Stones we hit!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let me know what should I do\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your support means everything—let's crush these goals together! Keep voting, and let the stones pile up! 🚀\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003C\u002Fp>",1552,"2026-06-06T15:31:35.574Z",1,"novelbin.me","7e90a789194195679685b24030f05abf15f9d40b8b824033107efa1311c4aa39","marvel-a-lazy-ass-superman-chapter-515","marvel-a-lazy-ass-superman-chapter-513",556,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmarvel-a-lazy-ass-superman-cover.jpg"]