[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-marvel-hunter":3,"chapter-marvel-hunter-marvel-hunter-chapter-36":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},1589825,2056,"Chapter 36: Hire Me Again","marvel-hunter-chapter-36",36,"\u003Cp>\"Has Obadiah been dealt with?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As expected of Tony. That old man Obadiah really walked down a dead-end road. Why not just enjoy retirement instead of always messing around with flashy tricks? Serves him right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, Blaine learned about the series of actions Tony took afterward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Tony announced he was Iron Man, almost all wars around the world came to a halt—because they realized their military forces were no match for Iron Man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like that, Tony, with his strength alone, actually brought about a brief period of world peace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Tony truly lived up to the title of genius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Riding the wave of attention, he launched the Stark Expo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to him alone, the somewhat declining Stark Industries experienced an unbelievable and rapid resurgence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He appeared to be incredibly strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Blaine understood—Iron Man had his troubles too. At the very least, Tony was currently facing a serious obstacle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he couldn't overcome it, what awaited him would be death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Palladium poisoning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At present, he could only slightly, very slightly slow down the poisoning with vegetable juice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tony himself wasn't sure if he could make it. There was sorrow, fear—after all, in the face of death, no matter who he was, he was still just a regular person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his personality wouldn't allow him to expose his weakness to others. So, without revealing a thing, Tony began preparing his legacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, he handed over the CEO position of Stark Industries to Pepper Potts. That wasn't much of a problem—she had already been handling most of the company's affairs anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this time, Tony also hired a female secretary named \"Natalie.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After learning all of this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blaine turned on the television.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was broadcasting live coverage of the Monaco F1 Grand Prix.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything was going very well at first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding spectators were wildly cheering for their favorite racers, and the atmosphere was electric.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, something unexpected happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A long-haired, bearded middle-aged man wearing a work suit and holding two whips suddenly stepped onto the track.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right before everyone's eyes, his work suit was gradually shredded to pieces by terrifying energy, revealing the energy armor beneath it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wielding energy whips charged with frightening power, arcs of electricity danced along them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a single strike, he smashed several unlucky race cars out of the competition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Tony, he stopped his car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had a feeling this whip-wielding man was coming for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, after spotting Tony, the man began chasing him around the racetrack, causing massive chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Tony was always tough. He managed to hold out until Pepper Potts and his driver Happy arrived, handing him the portable Mark V armor inside a suitcase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of everyone's eyes, Tony donned the Mark V suit and began battling the whip man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing a fairly strong opponent who also used high-tech weapons, the Mark V didn't last long. After a few lashes, various parts of it were damaged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with protagonist-level plot armor, just as the Mark V was about to run out of power, Tony finally subdued the whip man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before being taken away by agents sent by S.H.I.E.L.D., the whip man shouted that Tony was already dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no one paid him any mind. The entire audience was cheering for Iron Man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, amid the cheers, no one noticed that Tony's expression behind the Iron Man suit looked quite grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The palladium poisoning had already progressed deeply, and the overuse of the Iron Man armor was putting a tremendous burden on his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But who cared? They only cared about Iron Man, not Tony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, another crisis ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blaine turned off the television. Thinking about Tony's condition earlier, another money-making idea popped into his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Palladium poisoning might seem like an incurable disease to Tony, but to Blaine, it wasn't even a problem. In the system's store, he could casually exchange for a blueprint of a new energy source to solve it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Iron Man 2, it was shown that Tony couldn't find a replacement energy source for palladium on Earth, which is why he became so hopeless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blaine thought this was a perfect chance to make some money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He believed Tony would be very willing to \"hire\" him to help find a \"new energy source.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Heh heh heh, you really are a sly one.' Blaine looked at himself in the mirror and let out a mischievous cackle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he still needed to wait a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tony was still in Monaco and wouldn't return for a few more days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blaine also needed rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no need to rush all the way to Monaco.\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>",807,"2026-06-06T09:11:28.579Z",1,"novelbin.me","fe689c50e69310a833787bff3263e13c9a6004e8966b749370c93832b9411879","marvel-hunter-chapter-37","marvel-hunter-chapter-35",411,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmarvel-hunter-cover.jpg"]