Captain America Isn’t Dead?

"Spare me. I only wanted to see whether Iron Man really lived up to his reputation. I never meant to kill you."

Ivan Vanko felt death drawing near. Fear welled up within him, and he began to beg for mercy.

If Tony Stark killed him in New York, then even if he died, Tony Stark would certainly have to bear some infamy.

Even if it would not ruin Tony Stark’s reputation, it could still leave him thoroughly stained.

But Tony Stark had taken him away from New York, where ordinary people could not see him.

If anyone brought it up afterward, with Tony Stark’s relationship with the military, covering up his death completely would be effortless.

He was not afraid of death. He only regretted that he could not drag Tony Stark down with him.

"Too late."

Tony said coldly when he heard Ivan Vanko’s words.

Then the thrusters of Tony’s Iron Man armor erupted with blazing flames. With a burst of acceleration, a sonic boom exploded through the air.

Without the protection of Iron Man armor, Ivan Vanko’s body was caught in the terrifying vortex kicked up by the sonic boom and torn into pulp.

Then Tony swept over the remains with a palm cannon, reducing everything to ash. Only after dealing with it all did Tony fly back toward New York.

It was only a minor interruption. Tony returned home.

Harvey watched as Ivan Vanko was killed directly by Tony.

He knew that the plans of the man who had intended to exploit Ivan Vanko’s intellect to build an army similar to the Iron Man armor, rival Stark Industries, and target Tony could no longer be carried out.

According to the original timeline, Thor would have arrived just after Tony resolved this trouble.

Although the plan had now been disrupted, Ivan Vanko’s appearance indicated that Thor and Captain America would appear soon as well.

Harvey then withdrew his overlooking gaze, deep in thought.

Before this, even if Ivan Vanko had nearly killed Tony, Tony would at most have sent him to prison.

But now, after discovering that the other man wanted him dead, Tony had shown no mercy whatsoever.

After joining the Void Cult, Tony’s way of doing things had undoubtedly changed somewhat. He had become less merciful and more decisive.

However, as long as Tony did not lose his reason and violate the Void Cult’s commandments, Harvey would not interfere with whether Tony’s conduct changed.

Harvey then turned his attention back to the game before him.

Although Marvel World differed greatly from his previous life in many ways, there had not been much change in terms of games.

It was now 2011, and some new games had come out, giving Harvey quite a few more ways to pass the time.

Many people in America had not noticed that Tony had killed someone, but S.H.I.E.L.D. had monitored some things.

Within S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury replayed the footage over and over. Watching Tony act without the slightest hesitation, he also became somewhat wary.

Originally, Tony was the son of Howard Stark, one of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s founders.

As long as Tony learned about his connection to S.H.I.E.L.D., their relationship should have become closer.

As long as neither side went too far, Tony would not be likely to act against S.H.I.E.L.D.

But after Tony came into contact with Harvey, his personality had changed somewhat.

Tony had agreed to join S.H.I.E.L.D. back then, but he had signed an agreement.

If the enemy was not a superpowered individual, or if it was not an urgent special incident involving aliens.

They could not take the initiative to ask Tony for help.

Nor could they enter Tony’s estate without permission.

If Tony discovered them, then Tony alone would decide whether to withdraw from the Avengers Initiative.

It could be said that the initiative was not in his hands, but Tony’s.

Now that Tony, who held the initiative, had become more decisive in his actions, they had to consider how they would deal with him in the future.

But at that moment, a confidential message arrived on Nick Fury’s phone.

When Nick Fury saw the information on his phone, his eyes narrowed. His confidence instantly increased considerably. At last, they had a reliable combat asset they could use.

After Tony returned home, he ran into Pepper.

"Tony, what did you go do?"

"Why do I smell blood?"

When Pepper saw Tony return, her nose twitched slightly as she asked in confusion.

"A lunatic suddenly tried to kill me, so I took care of it."

Tony did not deliberately conceal it.

"You’ve been keeping such a low profile lately. You can still offend people?"

Hearing that it was a lunatic, Pepper asked doubtfully.

"Jarvis, explain it to Pepper."

After thinking for a moment, Tony gave the order directly.

"Yes, sir."

"Miss Pepper, the lunatic who attacked sir was named Ivan Vanko. His father was once an enemy of Mr. Tony’s father…"

Jarvis knew that Mr. Tony did not want Miss Pepper to mistakenly think that he was someone who indiscriminately killed innocents.

So Jarvis directly brought up a large amount of information, as well as video footage of Ivan Vanko attacking first, and explained the entire sequence of events in detail.

"So that’s what happened. Then hurry and clean the armor. I don’t really like the smell of blood."

After listening, Pepper understood and spoke.

"I don’t like the smell of blood either, so I already had Jarvis Two clean it."

Tony had also taken off his Iron Man armor and came up from the underground laboratory in casual clothes as he spoke.

After joining the Void, all five of his senses had become sharper. Even the faintest smell of blood could be detected by him.

Not to mention the bloody smell directly clinging to his body. That scent was even stronger.

Tony’s germophobia was not particularly severe, but he did have some. Naturally, he could not stand blood on his armor.

Just as Tony and Pepper were talking.

"Mr. Tony, there is activity on S.H.I.E.L.D.’s side."

"They appear to have found Captain America."

Jarvis suddenly spoke.

As long as messages transmitted within S.H.I.E.L.D. passed through surveillance systems or phones, they were always under Jarvis’s watch.

Although not many people had received the message about Captain America’s discovery within S.H.I.E.L.D., its secrecy level was not high, so Jarvis intercepted it with ease.

"Captain America?"

"Isn’t that guy’s statue in a museum?"

Tony was stunned for a moment when he heard the name Captain America, then spoke.

"To be precise, S.H.I.E.L.D. found Captain America frozen in ice. He is currently being transported back to New York."

"Ordinary people would certainly die after being frozen, but Captain America is a superhuman who was injected with the Super Serum. He did not die."

Jarvis replied.

"So you’re saying that an old fossil who supposedly died decades ago is still alive?"

Tony said thoughtfully after hearing Jarvis’s words.

"Yes."

Jarvis gave an affirmative reply.

"That old fossil actually isn’t dead. The world really is full of wonders."

Tony was also rather surprised that someone from his father’s era had not died, but had endured the passage of time through being frozen and lived into the modern age.

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