Chapter 4715: House of X: Fierce Battle (23)

"Why are you so drunk?" Black Widow moved a stool and sat beside the sofa, resisting the urge to splash a glass of ice water on the main universe Iron Man to wake him up, and took out almost all her gentleness to change the towel on his head.

Captain America sighed from the side, not knowing what to say, and after thinking for a long time, said: "It's only because he's drunk that I dare to say this. Tony is very smart, but sometimes he's also very stupid."

Black Widow looked up at him. Captain America said: "If Shi Difen was willing to try his best in the operating room for him, why would he be so angry because of his interference?"

"You've confused me too. Isn't it obvious that Shi Difen is angry? He's almost furious."

"When you piss someone off, you'd better figure out the root cause of his anger. If you get it wrong, the more you coax him, the angrier he gets."

Black Widow also agreed with this point of view. She looked at the main universe Iron Man's face and said: "I feel like he has never figured it out. Who can force Shi Difen Strange?"

"I originally thought geniuses would understand geniuses better," Captain America sat down and said, "They are different from us ordinary people, and should be able to understand that the other party was never without a choice. But I didn't expect them to make the same mistakes."

Black Widow laughed lightly. She pressed lightly on the towel on his forehead.

The main universe Iron Man opened his eyes suddenly, took a big breath, struggled to sit up, and was pressed back down. Captain America withdrew his hand, sighed and said: "Just stop, you still have wounds on your body."

The main universe Iron Man lay there, staring straight at the ceiling, calmed down for a while, and then said in a hoarse voice: "How can the strength of whiskey be so great..."

"How much did you drink?" Black Widow asked curiously.

"A bottle, I guess," the main universe Iron Man murmured in response.

Captain America closed his eyes helplessly: "This is too much for someone who doesn't drink often, no wonder he's so drunk."

The main universe Iron Man seemed to have finally regained his sanity, crawled up, sat on the sofa and took a deep breath, wiped his face with the towel on his head, and then said: "I seem to know why Shi Difen is so angry."

"Let's hear it," Black Widow sat on a small stool, hugged her knees with both hands, and said.

"'The key to him being angry that I don't trust him' is not 'don't trust him', but 'me'," the main universe Iron Man said somewhat dejectedly, "I am the reason he stayed in the Avengers, but I didn't understand this at all. I just thought he was a shelter he found because he had nowhere to go. If one day, Stark Industries went bankrupt, I came and stayed in the Avengers, but he felt that I was just afraid of starving to death and found myself an iron rice bowl, I would probably be furious."

Black Widow couldn't help laughing, seemingly imagining this scene. This protagonist changed, and it sounded absurd, as if Tony Stark was a foil for Stark Industries, and he was nothing without Stark Industries.

But the facts were completely opposite. Stark Industries without Tony Stark was at most an arms company. Only Stark Industries with this super genius inventor, Iron Man, could be called a technology giant, the light of science.

Stark Industries went bankrupt, and Iron Man didn't become an idiot, he could take out a few technologies at will, and he could rise again in an instant. As long as he was still alive, there were plenty of people willing to help him make a comeback.

So, he didn't choose to rebuild Stark Industries, but chose to join a certain force, no matter who he wanted to join, it could never be to restore past glory, gain status and power, because these things were within his reach.

Shi Difen Strange's status in the industry was the same. He wasn't some newcomer who had just emerged, but a big shot in the industry with a say. Even if he couldn't take a scalpel, just standing in the operating room and guiding others to perform surgery was a precious opportunity that ordinary doctors couldn't ask for. Not to mention he hadn't completely lost his ability.

It could be said that these members of the Avengers didn't join because they had nowhere to go. They all had other choices, and perhaps even better paths. They chose to stay, not because they coveted any official status or salary conditions, but because they had common aspirations and ideals. They wanted to do something for this world, and also recognized what others wanted to do for this world, so they formed a team.

This also made the main universe Iron Man understand the state of the central universe better. The superheroes there actually just walked other paths that the Avengers could choose.

Spider-Man chose to be a scholar as his main business, Doctor Strange still worked as his surgeon, Iron Man was a scientist and a dad, Captain America became an interstellar navigator, and Thor went to inherit the throne of Asgard. But even so, they were still transforming this world in their own positions, making it better.

Whether it's gathering as a fire or scattering as stars, there's no difference in superiority. What's important is that they are not without a choice. This state of "not without a choice" is the foundation for being able to maintain a pure state of upholding justice. Although it is said that good deeds should be rewarded, in reality, it is mostly those who do not profit from good deeds who can maintain their original intention. Because they ask for nothing, they have no weaknesses.

If there must be a difference, their Avengers get more love and care from each other, while the Avengers of the central universe get it from their own family and friends, and perhaps also from Schiller. Although they ask for nothing materially, they cannot cut off their feelings, which is also their only weakness.

"This is a trap," the main universe Iron Man suddenly said, "Schiller wants to find trouble for us, he will definitely start from our feelings. That's why he let Shi Difen perform surgery."

Black Widow raised an eyebrow and said: "Although he is not very authentic, you did fall for it."

The main universe Iron Man sighed long, and there was no room for defense. Captain America asked: "If no one talked to you, you shouldn't have drunk so much. Who told you what?"

Black Widow had an expression of "you are really worried", and Captain America gave her a look of "the child is not competitive, what can you do".

"It's Professor X," the main universe Iron Man said. He roughly repeated his conversation with Professor X, and then sighed, "Perhaps we were wrong about mutants too. They are not powerful time bombs, just a special race."

"I'm glad you think so," Captain America encouraged him first. Black Widow was eager to say something, Captain America stopped her with his eyes, and then said very tactfully, "But do you think this is his main meaning?"

"Isn't it?" The main universe Iron Man asked back, "I think he just wanted to comfort me to change my stereotype of mutants, he did do it."

"I want to ask you a question," Black Widow put her hand on the edge of the sofa where the main universe Iron Man was sitting, leaned forward and looked at the main universe Iron Man and asked, "You went to find Shi Difen before, what did he say to you?"

"He said he just lost to his pursuit of perfection..."

The main universe Iron Man also finally reacted: "But Shi Difen didn't fail. Is Professor X trying to tell me this? Then why did he say that, is he still sulking with me?"

"Essentially, arrogant people are because they can't imagine what they look like when they fail, so they will always maintain such arrogance. If they really imagined what they would look like if they lost power for a moment, they would always have a few points of awe." Captain America said.

"People who can't imagine what they look like when they fail?"

"Just like the Soviet Union didn't think it would disintegrate," Black Widow said again. She particularly liked to talk about this in front of Captain America, "If they knew the consequences of messing around, they would be dismantled, they would definitely be more cautious."

"What kind of person can't imagine what they look like when they fail?" The main universe Iron Man asked, "A child?"

"To be precise, it's someone who has never failed," Captain America said, "Never encountered setbacks, how do you know what setbacks are like? So you can only guess based on imagination."

The main universe Iron Man was stunned for two seconds, then stood up with a start, and roared: "CENTRAL UNIVERSE!!"

"You come over here!" A figure in a red cloak was directing mages to transform the magic defense network, "Yes, that node, do you see it? Connect the energy path here to the New York Sanctum, so it's convenient to transmit power..."

"And you, can you stop hovering around the North Pole? Can't you see such a big energy tumor? Are your eyes growing in your nostrils?"

"What are you still grinding there, can't you distinguish between a closed circuit and a loop until the enemy hits the door? I have really used the greatest patience..."

"My God, you are more terrible than the interns in the operating room who can't distinguish pliers. How did you graduate?"

The local Doctor Strange finally couldn't take it anymore. He flew over, looked at the other self and said: "If you want to tease Tony Stark, at least pretend to be a little bit like it, okay?"

"I don't know how you can shamelessly say these things to me," Strange said, "You made your own magic defense network like a colander. If it weren't for your magic energy being too poor, I would have thought you were embezzling..."

The local Doctor Strange was so angry that he fell down, didn't say anything to him anymore, and went to the other side of the Earth to work.

Suddenly, a figure jumped into low Earth orbit, it was the main universe Iron Man who was furious. He rushed to Strange's face again and shouted: "YOU DAMN IMPOSTER!!!"

"Are you sure you want to fight me at this critical moment?" Strange narrowed his eyes, "Human satellites are still there."

This sentence successfully stopped the main universe Iron Man's impulse to open his hand cannon, he just glared at Strange fiercely: "Why are you pretending to be Shi Difen?"

"Are you crazy? If you must choose a Shi Difen Strange in the multiverse as the main body, it must be me. What do you mean I'm pretending to be Shi Difen?"

The main universe Iron Man was really so angry that his teeth itched. Strange sneered and said: "You must have felt sorry for your friend who encountered that car accident in countless nights, but it's a pity, the version that didn't encounter a car accident is standing in front of you, but you want to kill him."

The main universe Iron Man's expression froze, and his full anger seemed to be choked by something. Many memories flashed in his mind, because it was indeed as Strange said, he had imagined many times, if Shi Difen hadn't encountered that car accident, how good it would be.

Although they might not have met that way, he considered himself not such a narrow-minded person in terms of feelings. If Shi Difen could continue to maintain his glory as the Hand of God, then whether there was a friend named Tony Stark to add luster to him didn't matter.

But the fact was so cruel. He had a bit too much filter on his friend. Or maybe, Shi Difen always showed a detached and tolerant temperament in front of him, which made him ignore some less important details and made him feel that Shi Difen Strange who hadn't experienced those sufferings would be more perfect.

But the fact was just like this. Suffering is not a necessity of life, but it does make some people wash their hearts and reform. Shi Difen Strange was clearly one of them. This version that hadn't experienced life reconstruction was really too terrible. ===== CHAPTER 4716 =====