Chapter 178

In the SHIELD conference room, the figures of Su Heng and Tony slowly appeared in front of everyone.

"Huh -" Tony loosened his tie and murmured in a low voice, pretending to be relaxed: "Does this feel good?"

"Mr. Stark, Mr. Su Heng." The agent quickly stood up after seeing Su Heng and Tony.

Tony nodded, looked at Reed who was looking gloomy beside him, and couldn't help but mocked: "You were so proud, how come you look like a lost dog now?"

Reed had no intention of arguing with Tony and was still sitting in the corner with a depressed expression.

"Tsk." Tony looked at the unresponsive Reed and smacked his lips in displeasure.

"Hey buddy." Tony put his arm around the agent's shoulders and asked him, "So what happened in the past few days, and how did this guy become like this?"

"Mr. Stark, that's it."

With the agent's explanation, Tony finally understood what Reed had been through during this time.

"Tsk, is this actually a war of public opinion?" Tony shook his head.

“That’s the consequence of not having a PR department.”

"So you came here specifically to laugh at me?" Reed stood up from the corner with a haggard look on his face.

"If that's all, then I'll leave first."

"Reed." Tony looked at Reed's back leaving the conference room and shouted loudly to Reed, but Reed did not look back and continued walking forward.

"Mr. Richards." In the conference room, the SHIELD agent showed an apologetic expression towards Tony and Su Heng, and then chased after Reed.

"This guy's temper hasn't changed." Tony shrugged indifferently and turned to look at Johnny, who was still sitting on the ground: "So why didn't you go with Reed?"

"Go? Where?" Johnny smiled sadly.

"I'm homeless."

"In that case." Tony touched his chin and said to Johnny: "Then let's find something for you to do first."

The SHIELD agent drove Reed outside the community where Reed lived.

"Mr. Richards, if you need anything, here is my business card." The agent handed his business card to Reed, who looked numb and miserable.

"I hope you can contact me as soon as possible after you recover, so that we can continue to find countermeasures to defeat the mastermind behind the scenes."

"." Reed silently took the business card from the agent's hand, then got out of the car and walked towards the community.

"Alas." The agent couldn't help but sigh when he looked at Reed's current state.

He also knew that such pain would probably not be healed for a while.

"Have you heard, that guy is Mr. Fantastic."

As Reid walked in the community, the whispers of the surrounding onlookers could be heard in his ears.

"Are you talking about the guy who used his status as a superhero to engage in corruption?"

"I heard that a lot of the charity money we donated to Africa was embezzled by this guy and the bunch of losers in Congress!"

"Not only that, but also the Middle East."

The crowd pushed the wall down, and the masses were obviously more interested in this untrue rumor than the truth.

Although Reed knew that the group of whispering guys around him were smearing him, he had no intention of refuting.

Now, he just wants to return home, take a good bath, have a good sleep, and see Susan again in his dream.

Snap!

A small rock hit Reid on the head from a short distance.

Reed looked at the small stone that rolled down to the ground from above his head, and turned to look at the culprit who threw the small stone.

That was a little boy in his teens.

In front of him, a parent was protecting the little boy and looking at Reid warily.

"Even if you are a superhero, I may not be afraid of you!"

The parent shouted at Reid with a stern expression.

Obviously, the act of throwing stones just now was definitely something that the parent taught the little boy to do.

Reed turned his head and continued walking towards the building where he lived.

At the door of Reed's house, Ben looked at Reed who looked haggard and raised the beer in his hand towards him.

"Brother, I won't ask you what happened." Ben said to Reid: "I was just looking for someone to drink with me when I was idle."

"So, do you want to drink?"

Reed looked at Ben's face full of smiles. The calm expression on his face could no longer be maintained. With a trembling voice, he nodded heavily towards Ben.

"want!"

The two walked into the room, and Ben opened a can of beer and handed it to Reid.

Reed was not polite at all. He sat on the ground, picked up the beer and poured it into his mouth.

Ben sat next to Reed, placed all the beer he bought in front of Reed and him, picked up a can of beer and started to drink it slowly.

Just now, Ben had already learned from Johnny's mouth what happened last night.

He knew that Reed needed a better outlet now, but Reed, who was stronger by nature, would never vent his inner emotions so easily.

That's why Ben decided to find Reed with wine.

Sometimes communication between two men does not require verbal or physical expression.

Everything is in the wine.

This drinking party lasted until late at night. Perhaps because Reed's body was different from that of an ordinary person, Ben had already drunk and fell to the side, but Reed was still able to stay somewhat sober in the drunken state.

Buzz——

The phone vibrated, causing Reed's hand, which was originally reaching for the bottle, to stop in place.

He looked at the screen of the phone that he had thrown aside.

The sender of the text message displayed on the screen was Susan!

Reed quickly picked up the phone, unlocked it and opened the text message.

This was indeed a message from Susan's phone, but the sender was not Susan.

Because among the messages sent, the first thing that caught Reed's eyes was a photo.

A photo of Susan imprisoned in a strange transparent cube.

And under the photo, there was a message.

Hello, Reed Richards.

Although it has only been less than a day, I still want to tell you, long time no see.

Just as you can see in the photo.

Your beloved woman is not dead. Last night, I just played a little trick in space, but I could trick you into being so haggard. It's really interesting to think about it.

Okay, no more nonsense.

You should have guessed that I sent you a message this time, not just to greet you.

Then, according to the tone of an evil person:

If you want to save your girlfriend's life, you need to do the following things in the next few days

Yes, this is a threat.

You can also not do it according to my request, but I can assure you that you will receive a random part of your girlfriend on the day you fail.

Signed: Doctor Doom.

As Reed continued to read, the expression on his face began to become a little solemn.

Susan -

The next day, with the help of Tony and S.H.I.E.L.D., the negative news about Reed and Johnny began to decrease sharply.

But just when Tony was about to hide his achievements and fame and return to Stark Tower to continue researching the armor.

"Something happened!" The SHIELD agent who was in charge of Reed and others ran towards everyone with an anxious look on his face.

"What happened again?" Tony yawned impatiently.

You know, he stayed up all night last night.

"Mr. Richards, he seems to be crazy." The agent picked up the remote control and turned on the TV in the conference room.

On the TV, the Daily Bugle was broadcasting the daily temporary news.

"According to the head of Manhattan Bank, the 20 million US dollars that were to be distributed to various branches this morning were stolen by a man in black uniform."

"Although the guards did not see clearly who the man in black uniform was, the bank has already grasped the specific appearance and name of the criminal through the slow-down of the surveillance footage."

"What is unexpected is that the suspect in the surveillance camera looks exactly like Mr. Fantastic Reed Richards, whose notoriety soared a few days ago."

"At present, the police have gone to the place where Reed Richards lives to inquire."

"."

On TV, the host pressed the Bluetooth headset beside her ear, as if listening to some news.

But soon, the host changed to a solemn expression, she raised the microphone in her hand, and said to the audience in front of the TV.

"According to the news from the reporters at the front, all the stolen money in the bank is currently piled up where Reed Richards lives."

"When the police asked Reed Richards the reason, Reed Richards did not give the police a reasonable explanation. Instead, he fled directly like a guilty thief."

"Currently, Reed Richards has been wanted by the police."

"If anyone notices Reed Richards' whereabouts, please report it as soon as possible to avoid any unnecessary harm."

Bang!

As the TV turned off, Tony punched the table and said unhappily: "Is this guy crazy because of poverty?!"

"Mr. Reed's phone is turned off now." The agent took back the remote control in his hand and said to everyone: "So we have no idea what happened to Mr. Richards."

"But according to intelligence, Ben Graham went to look for Mr. Richards last night."

"And it was only after Ben Graham left Mr. Richards' residence this morning that Mr. Richards started to go to Manhattan Bank."

"I have Ben's contact information." Johnny on the side quickly took out his mobile phone.

"Let me ask what happened last night?"

As Johnny dialed the phone, Ben's voice on the other end of the phone also sounded a little anxious.

"When I left this morning, Reed was fine. How come Reed started doing this after I left?"

"That guy's phone is completely unreachable now. What should I do now?"

"So Reed didn't say anything?" Tony took Johnny's call and continued to ask Ben: "Or did you find any problems when you left this morning?"

"If you put it that way." Ben fell into deep thought.

Suddenly he seemed to remember something.

"When I left this morning, the expression on his face seemed to be a little bit wrong."

"Especially when saying goodbye."

Ben's voice became a little heavy.

"That guy's farewell was as if he would never see him again."

"Now it seems that guy is probably going to do something stupid."

Tony scratched his head, sighed helplessly, and turned to look at the agent next to him.

"Please ask Hill to come over. I guess we will be busy later."

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On the top floor of Doom Industries.

Reed looked calmly at the peaceful New York in front of him.

Due to his good ductility, Reed can shuttle back and forth in the high-rise buildings in New York like Spider-Man, and at the same time avoid the surveillance of cameras on the streets.

As for why Reed appeared on the top floor of Doom Industries,

This is because of the text message received last night.

The guy who called himself "Doctor Doom" asked Reed to rob the money of Manhattan Bank in public this morning.

Secondly, he asked Reed to go to Doom Industries and kill his friend and creditor, Victor von Doom.

As Reed's friend and creditor, Doom had no grudges against Reed, and even Doom was indebted to Reed.

If Doom hadn't lent Reed that money, Reed would not have been able to continue to go to space for experiments.

And unlike those capitalists in New York who wanted to suck human blood.

Although Doom urged Reed to pay off the debt quickly, he did not take any substantial action.

But now, that Doctor Doom actually asked Reed to kill his recognized friend.

This is too difficult for Reed.

But if Doom is not killed.

Reed remembered the photo of Susan that he saw in the text message last night.

If Susan does not do what that guy said, Susan may really lose her life.

For Susan, Reed can only be cruel and kill Doom! Kill Doom, who has long been regarded as a friend by Reed!

Reed looked down at Doom Industries.

At this time, the outside of Doom Industries was crowded with people.

It was said that today was the annual meeting of Doom Industries, and all employees attended with their families.

In order not to cause psychological burden to the employees, Doom would enter the building last after all employees and their families entered the building of Doom Industries.

At this time, Reed only needed to wait until all the people downstairs entered the building, then find Doom, and then kill him, and he could complete the second task required by Doctor Doom.