Chapter 372: New and Good (Part 3)

Dealing with Hydra from the upper level was indeed effective, but likewise, choosing the hard mode start meant being prepared for the enemy to be very difficult to deal with.

This group of snake heads were not just giving it away either. Their vigilance was extremely high. If there was any disturbance, they would immediately go full-channel silent, disappearing with people and evidence.

Even worse, they didn't forget to trip Stark up before disappearing. In the past few days, the stock of Stark Industries had fallen quite a bit. Pepper was under great pressure, Stark's own public opinion became worse, and he had to have Obadiah clean up his mess.

Although the technical means were advanced, the enemy's level was higher. If it was a head-on fight, Stark still had a way to deal with them, but these people didn't confront Stark head-on at all. Hearing a little bit of movement, they immediately slipped away.

So, Stark fell into the predicament of catching mice. If he wanted to catch the mice, he had to go dig the mouse hole himself, but wouldn't that fall into Steve's routine again?

In short, whether it was destroying strongholds from the lower level or targeting leaders from the upper level, both methods had defects. Stark also realized this. Just like what Banner said before, I'm afraid only by joining forces could these problems be solved from the root.

Therefore, although Stark finally sat at a table with Steve with a stinky face, unwillingly, under the mediation of Peter and Ma Te, the two were finally able to sit down and talk calmly.

Actually, in the original comic, Iron Man and Captain America had a honeymoon period, which showed that they were very compatible in some aspects. Therefore, in this conversation, both felt a bit awkward.

They instinctively didn't want to follow the other's words, but their thinking was uncontrollably following the other's. The two talked more and more smoothly, their thinking became more and more unified, and then suddenly reacted at a certain point in time, stunned there.

Peter didn't understand what they were doing, but Ma Te sighed and shook his head.

Finally, Stark pinched his nose and said, "Fine, if it's to deal with Hydra, I can cooperate with you temporarily, but on strategic issues, you must listen to me..."

Steve also nodded and said, "I won't interfere with your judgment, but I also have my own ideas. If our opinions are not unified, then we vote..."

Finally, both accepted this statement, but Steve was a bit strange. He asked, "You actually didn't shout for us to join your Glorious Alliance, but planned to join the Avengers? This doesn't look like you, Stark."

Stark revealed a speechless expression and said, "Join the Glorious Alliance? You really don't have a correct understanding of your own moral level..."

"On the contrary, I have the most confidence in my moral level. Don't you know the origin of Captain America? Bad people are worse, good people are better."

"That's exactly what I'm saying. I belong to the moral model in the Glorious Alliance, raising the overall average level. If it weren't for Charles and me, their moral bottom line would have to be stood up."

"Speaking of this, I just want to ask, what is your opinion on the mysterious person codenamed 'Doctor'?"

"What opinion? Just a Hydra agent hiding his head and showing his tail... Wait, what do you mean by asking this? Are you suspecting that someone among us..."

Seeing Stark was about to refute, Steve spoke first: "But this is not without basis. All our actions are confidential, and the locations we raid absolutely cannot be known by others. But every time we enter a base, everyone there has withdrawn, and it was just a short while ago. Don't you think this is very strange?"

"That's also because there is a traitor among you, what does it have to do with the people in the Glorious Alliance? We don't know your plan either."

"But you have Professor Charles Xavier among you."

Stark said helplessly, "If Professor Charles were Hydra, who do you think could still be alive now?"

"But it doesn't rule out the possibility that Professor X was used by others. After all, he adheres to his own principles and won't easily read minds, so it is possible to be deceived."

Stark just wanted to reason with him with facts, when he heard Jarvis say: "Warning! Abnormal movement detected in the spaceship parked at the edge of the solar system!"

"Spaceship? What's going on?"

"The monitoring equipment detected abnormal life fluctuations near spaceship No. 19. The detected... energy reading is too high! Beep! The monitoring equipment was affected by mysterious power and has now stopped working."

"Someone has designs on the spaceship?" Steve asked, "Who is it? They also destroyed your monitoring equipment. Are they trying to grab the spaceship?"

Stark extended a hand, made a gesture to stay calm, and asked Jarvis: "Can you detect what energy destroyed the monitoring equipment?"

"Unclear, unable to analyze, but it is speculated to be magic energy."

"Magic..." Stark murmured to himself. He said, "Strange???"

After finishing, he instinctively looked at Steve, and the two said in unison: "Doctor!"

A few minutes later, in Arkham Asylum, Shiler looked seriously at Strange opposite him and said to him, "You've been exposed."

Strange widened his eyes and said, "Impossible, I kept the invisibility magic on the whole time, and also used a field to cover that spaceship..."

"But Peter just called me and said that Jarvis issued a warning. It should be that your magic energy affected the monitoring equipment Stark left around the spaceship."

"Damn it, I specifically bypassed those monitors. It might be the monitor on the right side of the deck that sounded the alarm. I didn't pay attention when I walked past it..."

Strange said helplessly, "Then what should I do? Stark will definitely find trouble with me, and maybe he will take back the previous spaceship as an excuse, that stingy guy..."

"Aren't you already the Sorcerer Supreme? Then go back to Kamar-Taj to retreat for a period of time. Could it be that he can chase you to Kamar-Taj? As long as he can't find you, he can't rightfully take back the spaceship."

"That's right. It just so happens that the pile of work in the Sanctum Sanctorum is left for Loki to be busy with. I can also take a few days off. I've wanted to go on vacation for a long time..."

After finishing, Strange left as if he were being chased by a dog. Clearly, he was still very afraid of Stark finding trouble with him. After all, he was in the wrong.

Therefore, in the next meeting of the Glorious Alliance, looking at the empty seat of Strange, Stark narrowed his eyes suspiciously and asked, "Where did Stephen go?"

"He went back to Kamar-Taj to retreat. It should be that he has gained something from practicing magic recently." Shiler repeated Strange's original words to Stark. Stark "snorted" and said, "A magic apprentice, and he has the nerve to say he gained something?"

After the meeting, the members of the Avengers gathered together again. Now Stark had also joined. He sat opposite Steve and said, "But I still don't believe Strange would be Hydra. You know, he is the Sorcerer Supreme. Do you think there is any reason for these two identities to be linked together?"

"Hydra has always been like this. You might not know them well enough." Steve sighed and said, "They will disguise themselves as all kinds of people, from politicians and congressmen to drivers and peddlers. You will never know which one of them is disguised by Hydra."

"Moreover, according to my experience, highly educated talents are the disaster area of Hydra. Where do you think Hydra's so many researchers come from?" ===== CHAPTER 373 =====