Don’t Let Them Laugh at Us

"Tony Stark, don’t push me."

"You can still stop now."

Hearing Tony’s words and looking at the surroundings, Banner suppressed the anger in his heart and spoke.

"Stop, Tony."

"If Banner loses it here, this ship might sink."

Watching Tony beat Banner up from the side, Steve could not help but speak up to dissuade him, worried that things might get out of hand.

"Evacuate the main control room first."

Seeing that Tony Stark was determined to force the Hulk out, Nick Fury immediately gave the order.

Thor and Loki merely sat there and watched the show.

"Brother, do you know what the Hulk is?"

Thor did not know much about Banner, but he knew Tony must have had his reasons for doing this, so he turned to ask his brother.

"This Bruce Banner can transform into a big green brute."

"He’s incredibly strong. If he transforms and starts rampaging here, he could tear this flying warship apart."

Loki had learned some information about the Avengers Initiative from Hawkeye Barton, so he answered.

But he could not laugh, because Tony Stark’s actions now meant that if he truly dared to play tricks on Tony—

Tony might not merely beat him up. He would find every possible way to kill him.

"Banner, can I take that as a threat?"

"You’re relying on the power inside you and using it to threaten me."

"Why are you so unwilling to admit that you’re different from everyone else?"

"And accept the power within you, allowing it to make your actions and thoughts more open-minded?"

Tony laughed when he heard Banner’s words and shot back with a question.

"If you don’t understand, don’t talk. My power is different from your technology. My power can’t be controlled."

Banner took a sharp breath to ease the pain throughout his body before speaking.

"You think I could completely control my technology and possess my current strength from the very beginning?"

"Don’t be ridiculous! I went through countless days and nights, repeated improvements and tests before I could fully master the power of technology."

"But according to the files I read, instead of trying to control the power inside you, you’ve been thinking about how to eliminate your Hulk Power."

"You even considered suicide, yet never thought about how to control it."

"Though you can’t control it, the power inside you has still given you the arrogance of the strong without you realizing it."

"You must feel secretly pleased with your own magnanimity whenever you endure your anger and forgive others, right?"

Seeing Banner still acting arrogantly in his current state, Tony grabbed his hair and hauled him up, his tone filled with disdain and mockery.

If a great battle were not imminent, and if the Hulk inside Banner were not a dependable fighting force that could be put to great use—

Tony would not have bothered with someone like Banner, who presented himself as weak while being filled with arrogance and twisted thoughts deep down.

"You’ve gone too far!"

Banner felt an even more unbearable surge of pain. Staring at Tony Stark’s golden mask right before his eyes, he could no longer endure it.

Then Banner’s eyes completely turned green, and his body began to grow larger.

"That’s more like it. Let me show you what true power is."

"Jarvis, open the hatch and show me the fastest route out of the warship."

Seeing Banner’s transformation, Tony immediately called out.

"Yes!"

Jarvis’s voice immediately echoed through the flying warship.

Before Tony had even boarded this flying warship, he had already had Jarvis crack all of its access permissions.

Then a massive hatch on the flying warship opened directly.

Grabbing Banner by the head before he had fully transformed into the Hulk, Tony vanished from the spot in an instant.

Nick Fury had wanted to see whether Tony Stark could truly control the Hulk.

So he had been waiting for Tony Stark to ask him to open the hatch.

But now, Nick Fury discovered that Tony’s artificial intelligence, Jarvis, had directly obtained access to his flying warship. His expression changed drastically, and his heart sank.

Because that meant all of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s secrets might be under Tony’s control.

"Want to go take a look?"

Seeing Tony leave with Dr. Banner, who was about to transform, Loki spoke to his brother Thor.

"Of course. If things go beyond expectations, I can lend a hand."

Thor stood up with a smile.

He had only learned a rough outline from Loki just now: that Dr. Banner, who looked like an ordinary man, held immense power within him. Thor also wanted to see just how strong that power was.

"Then give me a lift."

Loki spoke when he heard that.

Thor grabbed Loki’s arm, held the Thunder Hammer in his right hand, and flew up, swiftly finding a passage leading outside.

They were now at an altitude of nine thousand meters. The cold alone was enough to freeze a person solid, but Loki and Thor were gods and feared no such thing.

Just as the two of them caught up, they heard a beastlike roar that rang across the heavens.

Tony answered that roar with a laser blast, sending the Hulk plummeting like a meteor.

And that was not all. As the Hulk fell, visible sonic booms erupted through the air. Tony became like an afterimage, striking the Hulk again and again.

Visible shockwaves constantly appeared in the sky, accompanied by the thunderous roar of thrusters, yet Tony himself was impossible to catch sight of.

The sight made a bead of cold sweat trickle down Loki’s forehead. Not all humans on Earth were trash.

At the very least, this human Tony Stark was genuinely formidable.

Seeing this, Thor knew it was not even Tony’s full strength. He watched with interest, wanting to see whether the Hulk could force Tony to go all out.

Unable to do anything but take hits, the Hulk grew increasingly enraged. The muscles all over his body swelled, while his injuries healed at a visible speed.

When the Hulk finally crashed into the sea, he sent up towering waves.

Tony folded his arms and hovered ten meters above the sea, looking down at the churning waters below.

"Search the surrounding area for land or an uninhabited island."

Tony gave Jarvis an order.

"The nearest location is a tiny island over ten square kilometers in size, three nautical miles from here."

Jarvis immediately replied.

"No matter the price, buy it for me."

Tony said after hearing that.

He planned to call Renoli and the others over to help afterward, so he was confident about fighting the Chitauri army.

But at the very least, the strong people born on Earth could not be too weak. Otherwise, would they not become a laughingstock in Renoli’s eyes?

The third update.