[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-marvel-hunter":3,"chapter-marvel-hunter-marvel-hunter-chapter-24":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Marvel: Hunter",{"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},1589813,2056,"Chapter 24: Shop","marvel-hunter-chapter-24",24,"\u003Cp>Tony's decision to investigate the bank account number was made on the spot. He carried it out secretly, thinking the person involved wouldn't notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pepper walked up to Tony with a strange expression, holding a stack of documents. \"Here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I told you, no dealing with company matters these days,\" Tony waved his hand. He was currently eating steak — after everything he had been through recently, he felt it was necessary to take a few days off to eat and have fun properly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the stuff you asked me to investigate just now…\" Pepper's expression remained odd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tony was slightly stunned. Curious, he picked up the documents and saw photo after photo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with his exceptionally high intelligence, he was momentarily dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pepper explained, \"This bank account number isn't ordinary. Every time we check it, we find a different person connected to it. These are the ones that came up just now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tony was frozen...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because in the photos, he actually saw himself, Pepper, even their driver Happy — all included.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe there weren't any Bounty Hunters at all, or maybe… everyone was a Bounty Hunter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the news of shutting down the weapons development division came out, some people were happy while others were upset. The ones happy were rival companies; the upset ones were, of course, shareholders like Obadiah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group's interests were their interests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tony's action was essentially attacking their lifeline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Stark Industries was run at Tony's sole discretion, and they couldn't force him to change anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, if there's a policy from above, there's always a countermeasure from below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obadiah wasn't someone to be trifled with either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blaine was watching the live news broadcast on TV.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The screen showed Tony, who had just been rescued, announcing the closure of the weapons development department.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he was prepared and knew the storyline, Blaine still couldn't help but click his tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For an arms company to close its weapons division — that was like a gunman breaking his own hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly speaking, if it were him, he would never give up such huge profits; at most, he would just tighten control over weapon distribution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tony might look like a carefree playboy, but when he got serious, he was more ruthless than anyone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, being ruthless to others isn't true ruthlessness — being ruthless to yourself is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, Blaine admitted he could never be that kind of ruthless person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned off the TV.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blaine let out a comfortable sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was about to go take a shower. When he received a text message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The content wasn't detailed, but the gist was that $50 million had been deposited into his account.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tony was efficient — he had barely returned home and already transferred the money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bank account Blaine gave Tony was his own. With the system's protection, he wasn't afraid of any investigation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the 50 million arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blaine had thought he would be extremely excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now he realized... it was just so-so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifty million was just a line of numbers...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like he entered a \"sage mode.\" Of course, that peace shattered the moment he opened the System Shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the system shop's balance section…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holy crap, so many zeros — how much could he buy with that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though fifty million was still tiny compared to the trillions needed for Infinity Stones, it was more than enough if he only bought certain abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fire Ability (Lv.1)]: Price 100,000 — can temporarily control flames. Overuse leads to mental exhaustion. At Lv.3, can manipulate air elements to create flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Water Ability (Lv.1)]: Price 100,000 — can temporarily control water flow. Overuse leads to mental exhaustion. At Lv.3, can manipulate air elements to create water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mind Reading]: Price 10,000,000 — can read people's thoughts. No levels; the stronger the user, the stronger the mind-reading ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Sharingan (Lv.1)]: Price 100,000 — Insight Eye (see through movements, read opponent's minute actions) and Hypnotic Eye (use illusions to control opponents). Evolves to Mangekyou at Lv.3.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[X-Ray Vision]: Price 7,000,000 — can see through everything. No levels; the stronger the user, the stronger the X-ray vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Wall-Phasing Technique]: Price 100,000 — ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Instant Transmission]: Price 500,000,000— ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was truly a dazzling variety of items in the System Shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the more Blaine looked, the calmer he became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary items were now practically useless to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was useful for him started at hundreds of thousands or millions — fifty million might seem like a lot, but it actually couldn't buy much…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would have to make every dollar count.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*************************************\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can get access to early chapters on patr*on\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you like my work and you want to support me then you can become my patron on patre*n.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My patr*on account is Lord_Immortal_0170\u003C\u002Fp>",816,"2026-06-06T09:11:28.579Z",1,"novelbin.me","181eb971a951809c7c03160d0e956928f6e4ceebb04cb868d41400a3039fd42f","marvel-hunter-chapter-25","marvel-hunter-chapter-23",411,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmarvel-hunter-cover.jpg"]