The Question of Obadiah (Spoilers)

I never expected to make a separate chapter just to address this issue.

A lot of readers have been saying things like, "That doesn’t make sense," or saying goodbye and the like.

Originally, all they had to do was wait until the next chapter, and many of these questions might have been answered.

But the next chapter won’t be posted until 7:30 tomorrow morning, and many readers might not have the patience to wait. Besides, the next chapter still leaves some questions unanswered. The plot points were left for later; I checked the chapters I’ve already drafted, and they won’t be addressed until Chapters 94 and 99.

So I’m explaining it in a separate chapter.

If you don’t want spoilers, you can exit this explanation now.

To prevent anyone from seeing it by accident, I’ve separated it with ellipses. If you want to read it, scroll down a little.

Obadiah isn’t unaware of Tony and the Martial Arts School, but as someone among the highest-ranking elite, his thinking is still stuck on the idea that power comes first.

In particular, among his bodyguards and subordinates, there are people he recruited from the Martial Arts School with money.

(Chapter 88 will mention that after many ordinary people join, they are fought over by various factions, but Obadiah won’t be mentioned specifically. In fact, every faction has arranged for people to enter the Martial Arts School and take students under its master, and Obadiah has people there as well. It simply hasn’t been mentioned in the book. This plot point will be addressed in Chapter 99.)

Under these circumstances, Obadiah wouldn’t think that someone with great martial arts skills was particularly impressive, even if that person were a superhero.

Those powerful elites wouldn’t think that Tony Stark being able to fight, or becoming a small Superman, made him especially badass.

Only when someone in the future begins slaughtering people across the globe (Chapter 114) and wipes out several countries will they realize the importance of military force.

So this really isn’t a case of making Obadiah dumber, or the plot being unreasonable, or anything like that. It’s simply that the author dug random holes in the plot.

But changing it is impossible. I’ve already written nearly two hundred chapters, and revising the story would literally kill me.

I’ll try not to dig so many plot holes in the future. This thing called anticipation can easily turn into a point of frustration.