Chapter 333 The black lotus finally blooms
One day later.
New York.
A celebration banquet to celebrate another great victory of the Avengers is being held on the top floor of Stark Tower.
The invited guests gathered in small groups, drinking and carousing, and many people gathered in the hall to sing and dance, chatting about private topics about whose house they were going to tonight.
There are only two exceptions.
There was no joy on their faces, only hatred.
"Long, are the siblings you brought back sick? They have been staring at me for almost half an hour."
Tony was extremely uncomfortable being watched by Wanda and Pietro.
Even though Wanda is a top-notch European and American chick with a killer figure and the one he liked to take home before he became Iron Man, she still feels very uncomfortable when being stared at by a beauty with hateful eyes.
What's more, sitting next to the beautiful girl is a man who also hates her.
If these two people hadn't been brought by Cheng Long, he would have had them driven away.
"Don't get me wrong, they have no idea about you and you are in good health..." Cheng Long hesitated and said bluntly: "Tony, do you still remember how you felt when you learned the truth about your parents' death and met Bucky a year ago? ?”
"Uh~~" Tony's heart suddenly thumped and he said hurriedly: "Their parents were killed by me? I don't remember this?"
"It's not that serious, but Wanda's parents were killed by a bomb manufactured by Stark Industries. There was also a bomb that fell in front of them. Although it didn't explode, it made the two siblings suffer in fear. It took a long time before I dared to make any noise and climb out of the ruins.”
Cheng Long's words made everyone in the booth become silent.
Everyone knows that this matter has no direct relationship with Tony. Even if there is no Stark Industries manufacturing and output of guns and ammunition on the market, there are still a large number of military industrial companies vying to swallow this piece of meat.
But from the perspective of Wanda and Pietro, their parents were killed by a bomb manufactured by Stark Industries. Even they would have been killed if they had not encountered a dumb bomb.
The two of them, who were still young, were lying in the corner fearfully, looking at the bomb that fell in front of them, with the words Stark Industries written on it. How could they not arouse hatred for Stark Industries?
The person who best understands the feelings of the two siblings at this moment is not Steve, Peggy, Thor, Banner and others, but Tony himself.
As Cheng Long said, a year ago, when Tony learned the truth about the death of his parents and met Bucky, the real murderer of his parents, he also wanted to kill him.
Although Bucky has not appeared in front of him since then and has been working in SHIELD.
But Tony will still be uncontrollably angry whenever he thinks of his parents being beaten to death by Bucky. It is precisely because of this emotion that his relationship with Captain America Steve is very ordinary, and even Aunt Peggy is not as close as he was when he was a child. .
Because there is always a thorn in his heart that hurts!
But Wanda and Pietro's hatred for Tony is far easier to resolve than Tony's hatred of Bucky.
After all, the bomb that killed Wanda's parents was really just a tool, but Bucky who killed Tony's parents was a living person.
"I'll go talk to them..."
Peggy patted her nephew on the shoulder, picked up a fruit plate brought by the waiter, came face to face with Wanda and Pietro, and said with a smile: "Can we talk?"
"This is not my home, you can sit down if you want."
Wanda's attitude was not very good. In fact, after being threatened by Cheng Long to sign the devil's contract, she had a bad attitude towards everyone, including Cheng Long himself.
But she couldn't go against her master's will, so she could only follow him to Stark Tower and meet the 'enemy' face to face.
"Miss Wanda, the dragons have told us what happened to your siblings when they were young. You have every reason to hate Tony. But I don't know if you have ever thought that the weapons of Stark Industries appear in the hands of terrorist organizations. In fact, the group What senior Obadiah did in private has nothing to do with Tony.”
Peggy's words seemed to be explaining Tony's words, but in fact, they were true, because Tony's main trading partners were the military of various countries, and the person who secretly sold weapons to terrorist organizations was indeed Obadiah's private business.
These are all conclusive news that have been in the news. As long as Wanda is willing to search for evidence, she can easily find out the truth.
After all, Obaday has been sent to a secret prison built by S.H.I.E.L.D. by Coulson to serve his sentence.
The wall fell and everyone pushed it!
No one will speak up for a wealthy man who has fallen from power.
Nowadays, there is dirty information about Obadei everywhere on the Internet.
"You are his friend, of course you talk to him."
Pietro curled his lips, not believing Peggy's nonsense at all.
"But everything I said is true. After Tony was kidnapped in the Middle East, he shut down the weapons department as soon as he came back. If he was really an arms dealer who was ruthless and just wanted to make money, how could he kill himself?"
"You know, the main profitable business of Stark Industries at that time was the various weapons produced by the weapons department..."
Peggy explained patiently.
She came to explain to Tony, and she took a sincere approach. As long as she told the truth, the two siblings would not bear too much grudge against Tony if they had some understanding.
In fact, Wanda and Pietro are not ignorant people.
Because they regard Tony as the enemy who killed their father, the siblings have always been paying attention to Tony's news. A few years ago, when Tony was kidnapped in the Middle East and his whereabouts were unknown, they felt comfortable letting out a sigh of relief. Tony escaped and held a press conference, and indeed announced the closure of the weapons department.
This is an indisputable fact.
They didn't think too much about it at the time, but now that they heard Peggy mentioning the old story again, and thinking about it carefully, it seemed to be the same reason. Apart from Tony's frequent gossip, the negative news in other aspects was really not that bad.
"Wanda, we sympathize with you, but the person who killed your parents and almost killed you was not Tony, but the warlord who caused chaos. If you can provide accurate information, maybe we can help you eliminate these power struggles. The villain.”
"No, they are already dead."
Wanda shook her head and rejected Peggy's kindness. Another reason why the siblings hated Tony was because the person who caused the chaos died and was injured.
They were just little people, and they couldn't tell whether the person who killed their parents was a warlord or a government soldier.
Therefore, they can only transfer their hatred to the person they can see, that is, the head of Stark Industries.
Peggy figured out the mentality of her sister and brother, and started to take steps step by step, supplemented by psychological suggestions, and soon made them give up the idea of seeking revenge from Tony.
Of course, the main thing is their hatred, which is a bit far-fetched. It's like a murderer using a kitchen knife produced in a small workshop to kill people. Instead of seeking revenge from the murderer, the relatives of the deceased hate the owner of the small workshop.
In fact, they can figure out these things by themselves, but they have become accustomed to hating them since childhood, and no one has the patience to enlighten them, so they naturally hate them until now...
……
After a short episode.
The Avengers gathered together and got drunk while drinking.
Tony and Thor are competing to see who has the best girlfriend. Barton threatens to arm-wrestle with Banner to see who is stronger. Melinda feels that her breasts are not smaller than Natasha's and wants Cheng Long to try out the feeling. Can one hand hold it full?
Steve was on the dance floor, dancing with his Peggy.
Wanda and Pietro, who had untied their knots, silently ate fruits and pastries, as well as the all-you-can-eat steak.
They say it's about relieving the knot, but actually they don't hate Tony that much. It's still difficult to make them talk and laugh with Tony now.
The day after the celebration banquet.
Wanda and Pietro received invitations to join the Avengers.
The siblings came to Cheng Long immediately and asked for advice.
"Wanda, you and Natasha are both mine. It's enough for her to join the alliance, but Pietro can join the alliance and gain experience." Cheng Long was worried that he had no place to place his brother-in-law! He wished that his brother-in-law would leave as soon as possible, so that he could possess the Scarlet Witch as he wished, and make this inexperienced little girl his own completely.
"Actually, I don't really want to..." Pietro said hesitantly.
At my brother-in-law's house, I have food, drinks, and an electric room where I can play games to my heart's content.
However, before he finished speaking, Cheng Long interrupted with a smile: "Pietro, if you join the Avengers, I can enhance your physique tenfold. Even if you are hit by a machine gun in the future, you will be safe and sound. ”
"Really or falsely, so exaggerated?"
Pietro's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Exaggeration?"
Cheng Long photographed a fruit knife from the air and said: "Take it and stab me."
"..." Pietro turned to look at his sister.
"Look at what I'm doing. He just wants you to stab him. He deserves to die." Wanda replied with a proud look on her face.
She was actually a little worried in her heart. After all, she was Mr. Cheng's demon servant. Before she saw the other party's true power, she would be worried even if the oil temperature was too high and a fire accidentally started when Cheng Long was cooking delicious food.
But she didn't want to admit that she cared about him.
Because she was forced to sign a devil's contract and was in a mood!
"Then I'm welcome!"
Pietro raised his lips slightly, quietly stepped back a few steps, and with a sway of his body, he rushed in front of Cheng Long like a gust of wind, and stabbed Cheng Long in the stomach with the help of the inertia of his high-speed movement.
bite!
The blade broke, and the short blade made a crisp sound when it hit the ground.
"..."
Pietro looked down at the short blade that had fallen to the ground, and then looked up at Cheng Long's intact belly. This was really a human body, how could it be so hard?
If so elsewhere.
Then his sister... isn't she going to be tricked by the man in front of her?
"What are you thinking about? Let's go into the room with me."
Cheng Long grabbed his brother-in-law by the collar and took him directly into the practice room on the first floor.
Wanda followed timidly.
Then, Cheng Long took out a bead that glowed with red light. One look at it gave him a feeling of fear of falling into the abyss.
But her man grabbed two balls of blood regardless and poured them into their bodies respectively.
Cheng Long behaved very generously, directly giving blood essence and energy to one hundred people. When the siblings refine this blood energy, their physical fitness will be increased to 2.5 times that of Captain America.
This is also Natasha's current physical fitness.
Speaking of Black Widow, in the past three years, this woman has been performing missions, absorbing the soul and blood essence of the enemy, and improving her cultivation to the late stage of foundation building.
The progress in cultivation is quite good.
But in Marvel, it’s actually not quite enough.
If Cheng Long wants to leave this world with peace of mind, he must at least let Natasha practice to the golden elixir realm, so that he can rely on the various secret techniques in the Shura Book to stay safe under some strong men.
As long as you can escape, you can seek help from others. Thor, Banner and others may not be able to rely on her for various reasons, but Wanda, the scarlet witch who is also a servant of the devil, can definitely save her.
So Cheng Long doesn't necessarily have to wait until he kills Thanos before he can leave.
With the Mind Stone in his hand, and once it is taken away, Thanos's dream of destroying half of all life in the universe with a snap of his fingers will never be accomplished.
Unless the Marvel Cinematic Universe gives birth to a Mind Stone again!
……
One day later.
Pietro, who had grown a lot taller, accompanied Natasha to the Avengers base and began several months of basic training for her.
His special training was jointly formulated by Barton and Steve.
A lightning-fast man who, if used to his full ability, would be an extremely reliable ally.
Perhaps out of guilt, Tony actually gave the young man a luxury car and five million US dollars in gas money as a gift on the day Pietro joined the company.
In line with the mentality that the gift from the 'enemy' should not be used in vain, Pietro accepted it with a cold expression.
Taking advantage of the break when his brother-in-law was sent away and busy with training, Mr. Cheng, who couldn't bear it after five days, directly asked Wanda to clean up and go to her room as the owner...
"Asshole, be gentle, you hurt me!"
"A new car needs to be run in, and it will become smoother..."
"..."
"Hiss~~ You are a dog and you actually bite people."
"I told you to bully me."
One month later.
After finishing his daily practice, Cheng Long took out the soul gem and black lotus seeds, and began to nourish them daily, constantly mobilizing the energy of the soul gem and injecting it into the lotus.
Today is the 1133rd time he has fed black lotus seeds, each time lasting 30 to 50 minutes.
Cheng Long thought that today would be the same as usual, with no reaction, but who knew that just a few minutes later, the black lotus seeds bloomed with a black halo, and the seeds began to expand rapidly.
When the black lotus seed swells from the size of a finger to the size of a fist, a young seedling breaks out of the shell and grows into a mature black lotus at a speed visible to the naked eye.
——Buzz!
Suddenly, the black lotus bloomed with a mysterious and mysterious brilliance, spreading outwards from the center of the room, spreading like water ripples.
Buzz buzz...
Black ripples spread out one after another, and the radiation range became larger and larger, first half of New York City, then the entire New York, and then the entire New York State.
Until the end, people as far away as the west coast of Citigroup could see a black light wave passing by at a very fast speed and rushing into the distance.
Those who were attentive discovered that the strange black light waves stirred twelve times.
"After feeding for so long, it is finally blooming."
Feeling the power of the Mind Stone in his hand draining away at an unprecedented and terrifying speed, Cheng Long didn't feel any distress on his face. Instead, he wished Black Lotus could absorb more of it.
The more you suck, the higher the grade of Black Lotus is.
If one mind gem is not enough, he also has the ancient winter coffin to provide energy.
I'm not afraid that Black Lotus will suck too much, but I'm afraid that it won't suck enough.
(End of chapter)