Chapter 351 New Idea: The Illuminati
Tony Stark. A world-class billionaire and superhero Iron Man. This is a very guarded person, as can be seen from his first meeting with Nightcrawler in a fully armed posture.
At that time, he wanted to try to recruit a group of New York street heroes headed by Nightcrawler Li Jie. But he did not express much kindness at the time. He was always on guard against the Nightcrawler with the fully armed steel armor and the assisted aiming of the artificial intelligence Jarvis.
Because of all the things he has experienced, he has learned how to protect himself. So whether it's a superhero or a billionaire. Tony has always been a loner. He is rarely able to fully trust others.
There were only a few people in his life who gained his trust. Pepper Pepper, Dr. Ethan. Of course, now this list can be added to the night walker Li Jie.
This is a friendship forged over many actions. After experiencing many things together, Iron Man Tony Stark became more aware of Nightcrawler's character and thoughts, and he agreed with the idea of this street hero.
This made him let go of his guard against this guy who likes not to show his true image. It can be said that in the current superhero circle, Li Jie is probably the only one who can talk to Iron Man in a friendly and equal manner.
Tony? Stark is a genius, he always has a kind of attitude towards this world. It is precisely because of this attitude that he would not hesitate to close the weapons manufacturing department in the company's most glorious era, causing the company's stock price to plummet.
At the same time, it is also because of this attitude that he thinks of developing new energy sources, and wants to go to the moon to mine helium-3, so that mankind can enter a new era.
This kind of attitude and character of trying to change the whole world can be said to coincide with Li Jie. Li Jie and Tony, in fact, have a very similar place in the deepest part.
There is always one kind: what I want, then I will find a way to get it myself. There are only differences between the two in some details and pursuits, but this does not hinder the smooth communication between the two.
It is also because of this commonality between the two that Li Jie was able to persuade Tony not to give up his plan to mine helium-3 after a war started in Eastern Europe over new energy issues.
And because of this, when Li Jie's crazy idea of introducing a brand new enemy to human beings, so as to promote the unity of human governments, Tony felt feasible.
And now Tony is dealing with the United Nations, the US Congress, and countries around the world. He wants to extinguish the flames of war in Eastern Europe that were ignited by him. At the same time, he is also preparing for Li Jie's next crazy plan.
After all, both Li Jie and Tony are lunatics. And history is always telling us that, in fact, the development of human beings and some great ideas often start with some crazy ideas.
In this world, there are too many normal people and too few lunatics.
Li Jie now coming to Tony's office on the top floor of Stark Tower is as easy as entering a relative's house at random.
"Do you need a cup of coffee, sir?" Tony's AI, Jarvis, greeted Li Jie first.
"No, thank you. Where's Tony?" Li Jie looked around Tony's office, but didn't see anyone in him.
"Mr. Tony is apologizing to Ms. Pepper." Jarvis told very honestly what Tony was doing now.
"His birthday present to Ms. Pepper was nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine roses."
"Wow, this is nice and romantic. What's the problem?" Li Jie didn't think Tony needed to apologize for sending Pepper roses. Could it be that he gave it to another lover by mistake?
"Yes, sir. Generally correct. But Mr. Tony forgot that Miss Pepper had a strong hay fever." Jarvis continued his honest statement. "Because the roses were put directly into Miss Pepper's home, Miss Pepper came home with a severe allergy."
"It started to itch all over the body and coughed non-stop. She was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. She always thought that a competitor wanted to murder her in this way. So, Mr. Tony is now apologizing to Miss Pepper."
Pfft~! Li Jie didn't know how to describe his mood now. Is Tony doing something bad with good intentions?
It turned out that Tony never remembered Pepper's birthday, and she bought Pepper's birthday present every time. But this time Tony remembered that it was Pepper's birthday, but he forgot that Pepper had hay fever symptoms.
From a certain point of view, is Tony really good as a boyfriend or as a husband? Li Jie shook his head, it was difficult to express his opinion.
But he knew one thing, Pepper could leave Tony without much relationship, but Tony couldn't do without Pepper. If he left Pepper, Tony might not even be able to take care of himself. Is this a flaw of genius?
God gave him certain outstanding talents, but deprived him of some things that ordinary people have?
When Tony came to the office with a dark face, he just heard Jarvis tell Li Jie the story of Pepper. "Shut up, Jarvis."
"Yes sir." Jarvis quickly shut up, but he said something more. "How is Miss Pepper doing now?"
"I said shut up, if you say one more word, I'll dismantle you and sell you to a second-hand computer recycling shop!" Tony's face was clouded.
Li Jie felt that it was best to change the topic at this time and not discuss Pei Bo's matter with him.
"How are you doing with the Congress?" Li Jie looked around, then shrugged, pretending that the incident with Peibo never happened.
Seeing that Li Jie didn't ask Peibo about it, Tony's face improved a little. "It's not that difficult to persuade the Congress. Ever since they found out that Latvia's fighting power is so strong, and Dr. Doom is not so easy to deal with, they have been divided into two factions."
"The possibility of the expansion of the war is decreasing. At least the Eastern Europe has temporarily ceased fighting, right? As for the United Nations, especially the five permanent members, I am doing my best to lobby."
"No one wants to gnaw on the hard bones of Latvia. They are discussing whether to simply include Latvia. Because the real outbreak of a full-scale war will hurt more big countries like them."
"But it all depends on Dum's reaction. I don't know if he has returned from hell. At least this aspect is developing in a good direction. If everything goes well, there is a high possibility that your plan will be implemented."
After Tony fell into this kind of thinking, his face looked better, and Li Jie was relieved, at least he diverted his attention.
"This is the best news I've heard these days." Li Jie was quite happy with the news Tony said.
Since Back From Hell, Tony's been running around with trouble with the new energy he's induced. It's not until today that I barely have time to rest for a day. And now that he can finally see that this matter can find a chance to end, Tony himself feels good.
"By the way, I watched the video you posted recently. It's well shot. I believe many viewers will burst into tears after watching it." Tony was referring to the short video about heroes that is very popular on the Internet.
"I'm just showing the true side of the hero. You have to know, if you put yourself on the top of a person with super strength, then there are only two results, either let the whole world surrender at your feet, do A tyrant. Anyone who refuses to obey will be killed. Or he should not put his status so high and get along with the people." Li Jie said seriously.
"Or you can also register an account on a social platform. Iron Man, ha! You only need to take pictures of your luxury houses and famous cars, and you will be able to attract many beautiful female fans."
"Forget it, I've been so busy recently that I'm not in the mood at all." Tony was rarely interested in the topic of beauties. This not only made Li Jie look at him suspiciously, but also kept a certain distance away from him.
"Enough, I know what you're thinking. I'm just tired of dealing with those politicians recently. Countless haggling and lies and deceit. The faces of politicians are really disgusting." Tony did look a little tired.
"By the way, Spider-Man has gotten into trouble lately?"
"Yes, if you have noticed the information on the Internet." Li Jie said affirmatively. "My coming to you today is also related to this matter."
"I really like that kid. He's not as thoughtful as you. He's a simple kid." Tony said calmly, looking ahead.
Li Jie doubted the meaning of what Tony said, whether he really praised Peter for his simplicity, or called him stupid in this way.
"Okay, what do you want to say? What is related to Spider-Man." Tony looked at Li Jie and said.
"If you read the news on the Internet carefully, you should know that the cause of all these things started with James, the editor-in-chief of the Daily Bugle."
"So what do you want me to do? Buy the daily?"
"..." Li Jie was silent for a while. "No, I'm just saying he's doing all this because of this year's election in New York. He's a candidate. You know what I mean?"
"Ah. Although I have never been too concerned about the small elections at the mayor level, since you said it, I know. And I don't like the kind of guy who steps on the honor of a hero."
Tony said lightly, after all, he is also a member of superheroes.
"There is another guy who is also one of the candidates. That guy named Luxon (Note), remember that fat guy named Jinbin. The fat guy who followed Doom in hell. This guy is called Luxon The benefactor behind this guy is Jin Bing." Li Jie mentioned another person.
"So, you mean that these two people must not be able to take over the position? I think that's what you mean." Tony stroked his beard. He was too busy recently to grow his beard. He felt that he should find time to trim it.
"Yes, that's it. At least I don't think it's good for us if two guys become mayor of New York." Li Jie nodded.
"Okay, I see. This is not a very difficult thing." Tony has no reason to refuse this kind of thing, especially the mayor of New York. To him it was just an insignificant position.
"I've been wanting to talk to you recently, but I've been too busy. So I haven't been free." After talking about Li Jie, Tony seemed to have something else to talk about, and it seemed very important.
"Jarvis, turn on the shielding system of the room. From now on, any information in this room is prohibited from leaking out."
Tony's serious appearance made Li Jie a little confused. "Important thing?"
"Yes, it's a very important thing." Tony said seriously.
"I started thinking about this matter a long time ago. After the new energy issue triggered the war in Eastern Europe, I fell into thinking." Tony stood up from the sofa and paced the room.
"While your short videos show ordinary people a side of the hero's life. But there is still a real problem in front of us. That is as people with superpowers, such as you and me. If we do it wrong What should be done?"
Li Jie's heart skipped a beat for an instant, he felt that something was wrong. If I'm not mistaken, Tony is in the affirmative when it comes to the Hero Registration Act. I have just begun to exert influence on the civil war, is Tony going to take action?
"So what do you want? Let us be supervised by the government?" Li Jie asked tentatively.
Tony frowned and thought for a long time. But finally shook his head. "No, it's not a good approach. I've been dealing with these politicians since the beginning of the new energy crisis."
"I have to say I'm disappointed. I used to think that the American legal paradigm and regulations were the best in the world."
Hearing these words, Li Jie couldn't help but roll his eyes under the hood.
"But the hypocrisy and evasion of these politicians makes me have little confidence in them. They will sacrifice everything for their own interests, and most of them do not have the view you advocate: everyone for one, one for everyone."
"Most of them hold: everyone is for me, everyone is for me, everyone is for me." Tony couldn't help rolling his eyes when he was talking.
Li Jie felt that maybe it was because he had changed a lot of things, and now many things that have changed have also affected some of Tony's thoughts.
"So what do you think of Iron Man."
"This is just a preliminary idea, and it's not yet mature. But I'm afraid the only person I can discuss is you. This idea is a bit crazy, but I know you are crazy too."
"Superheroes are a huge energy in society. Using them for good can benefit society. But using them for evil, few people will be able to stop them." Tony's expression became more and more serious.
"For example, the new energy issue caused by me, if I hadn't insisted on going my own way and disregarded the opinions of Dr. Pepper and Dr. Ethan, maybe the war in Eastern Europe would not have broken out, and the situation would not have become so bad."
"I have super strength, and I have one of the best resources in the world." Tony's words are not modest at all, but it is indeed the truth.
"If I wanted to do something, it would have a huge impact on the entire world. And you, Nightcrawler. This short video of yours can cause such a global sensation."
"And your close relationship with the mages of Kamateki, and your good relationship with almost all New York superheroes and even mutants. If you want to do something bad, or do something Without careful consideration, this will lead to unpredictable consequences."
Regarding this passage, Li Jie agrees with Tony. He can't guarantee that everything he does must be right. So Li Jie spoke up. "So what did you think of?"
Tony looked at Li Jie and smiled. "An organization."
"An organization?"
"An organization for everyone to policing each other's ideas of us lunatics."
"Controlled by the government?"
"It's not controlled by the government. It's a self-governing organization of heroes. We will abide by the non-disclosure agreement and only invite heroes who are smart enough and influential enough to join."
"In this organization, we can communicate with each other and exchange ideas. For example, the crazy idea you are going to implement, the content you told me has already involved Asgard, Kamateki and the earth."
"This whole project is so huge that you can't do it alone. You need more friends. The whole organization will not have a leader, it will be more like a council. A round table meeting of knights."
Li Jie was a little surprised by Tony's thoughts now. "So you want to build an organization that is above the government and is not controlled by the government. It is completely autonomous by heroes and strictly secrecy."
"Yes." Tony nodded seriously. "I need your support."
"Have you already thought about this organization?"
"That's right. Names included."
"Then what are you going to call?"
Tony said sternly. "Illuminati!"
The Illuminati, a real superhero organization that is completely above the government, has begun to reveal its prototype in Tony Stark's crazy concept! I wrote about the idea of the Illuminati in a very cryptic way during the earliest turmoil in Eastern Europe. So the Illuminati was not born suddenly.
Tony had said that maybe it was time to find someone to stop his hot brain at the right moment.
Pepper is allergic to pollen adapted from Iron Man 2, in which Pepper is allergic to strawberries, but Tony foolishly gave her strawberries. I made some changes.