Tony Stark's Thoughts (First Update)
"The mission isn't over yet, I can do this all day!"
Just as Hawking and Nick Fury were speaking, the remaining cockpit was suddenly kicked open, and a big-chested man with a very perky butt, wearing a black skin-tight battle suit, walked out holding an obelisk-shaped shield.
With a loud roar, he charged at Hawking at an extremely fast speed, then unleashed a series of vicious combos, each strike aimed at Hawking's vital points.
"Even after being brainwashed by HYDRA, that never-give-up attitude hasn't changed. It's truly you, Mr. Perky Butt!"
Watching HYDRA Steve prepare to engage him in close-quarters combat, Hawking smiled and shook his head. Standing still, he simply extended two fingers and blocked all of HYDRA Steve's consecutive attacks.
Clearly, although the scrawny Steve, due to an accident, hadn't been injected with the genuine Super Soldier Serum, after being controlled by HYDRA, he was injected with a serum developed by HYDRA.
So, he still transformed into that muscular man with an excellent physique, only his uniform had turned black, and the HYDRA symbol was printed on it.
The shield, originally a Vibranium shield, had become an obelisk-shaped metal shield.
But even so, under Hawking's absolute crushing power and speed, his techniques were utterly useless.
Tai Chi's 'four ounces deflect a thousand pounds' has a limit of only a thousand pounds; if you bring a million pounds, it's impossible to deflect.
"Mr. Hawking, if possible, please do not harm him. He should be Steve Rogers from the Howling Commandos in World War II. He might have been controlled by HYDRA using special methods."
Nick Fury, sitting in the car, carefully observed Steve's appearance and quickly recognized him as the Steve that Captain Carter had been searching for, who had disappeared for decades.
Although he had become much stronger, as a Level 10 Agent, he still possessed the discernment to recognize people.
What's more, the Hydra Stomper, which had also disappeared at the time, was there.
"Stupefy!"
Hawking flicked Steve's shield away, then suddenly accelerated, touching Steve's forehead and knocking him out with a Stupefy.
Even if Nick Fury hadn't spoken, he wouldn't have killed Steve. He didn't solely consider profit in his actions; he still had some human empathy.
Steve and Carter, this star-crossed couple, had a tough time. Either he was frozen in ice, or she went to another dimension.
"Director Fury, you owe me another favor!"
After knocking out Steve, Hawking picked him up and handed him to Nick Fury, smiling.
Nick Fury paused, then reluctantly said:
"Alright, I owe you a favor."
"Hahaha, just kidding, Director Fury, why do you have no sense of humor? Am I, Hawking, the kind of person who nitpicks over every little thing?!"
Hawking chuckled, then used several Waking Charms to awaken the unconscious Peter and Jessica.
"Director Fury, since the mission is complete, we'll be heading out."
Waving goodbye, he led the trio away from the crossroads.
After Hawking and the three left, Nick Fury murmured:
"This guy, I can't quite read him anymore."
Forcibly interrupting his thoughts, his attention shouldn't be on Hawking right now, but on the upcoming plan.
He placed Steve in the back seat of the car and opened his communicator:
"Hill, inform Coulson, Phase Two of the HYDRA purge plan has begun!"
While waiting for the S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents loyal to him to arrive, he approached the shattered Hydra Stomper and couldn't help but sigh:
"It's shattered like this; I don't even know if it can be repaired."
Meanwhile, Tony Stark, who had been observing the situation from a distance, got back into his sports car and drove away.
Halfway through the drive, he spoke inside the car:
"Jarvis, call Pepper."
"Yes, sir!"
A magnetic male voice immediately echoed in the car.
A moment later, the call connected, and Tony instructed:
"Pepper, cancel all my engagements for the next two months, including those with the Military. I need to focus on researching a new technology!"
The battle he had just witnessed gave him great inspiration. Connecting it to the Hydra Stomper mech that his father had always been preoccupied with during his lifetime, he resolved to miniaturize the Arc Reactor and use it as a power source to build a suit of armor.
However, he didn't like the big, clumsy, and ugly-looking Hydra Stomper he had just seen. He wanted to create a form-fitting, cool suit of armor far superior to anything his father had invented.
Moreover, he had suddenly become interested in Superheroes. Perhaps after he built it, he could also be a Superhero with the armor; it would certainly be incredibly stylish.
Thinking about it, he felt a little excited.
On the other side, after holding a small post-battle debriefing with the trio, Hawking sent them all home.
He, himself, found an uninhabited place, routinely transformed into Naruto, and then used the Summoning Technique and Reverse Summoning Technique to arrive at Mount Myōboku.
Ever since he acquired the Naruto template, he would go to Mount Myōboku every day to familiarize himself with the place.
As for the Nine-Tailed Beast disappearing from Naruto's body every time he loaded the template, Naruto expressed that he didn't mind at all.
Because during his last battle with Orochimaru, he had accidentally hurt Sakura while using the Nine-Tailed's power, he decided that no matter how dangerous it became in the future, he would no longer be swayed by the Nine-Tailed's allure or use its power.
Of course, after his relationship with the Toads grew stronger during this time, he also made some attempts.
For example, signing another contract with the Toads, truly writing his name on the contract scroll, to see if he could still travel to the Naruto World via the Summoning Technique after the protagonist template expired.
However, the result was negative; using the Summoning Technique after the Naruto template finished loading yielded no response whatsoever.
Thus, he concluded that the Summoning Technique, a spatiotemporal Ninjutsu not uncommon in the Naruto World, could not achieve teleportation across different Worlds.
He even believed that even if he learned the Flying Thunder God Technique in the future, it would be impossible to use it to cross two Worlds.
One must know that the Marvel Universe is already vast, possessing countless Universes. To cross such a massive World to another World, how could a small Summoning Technique possibly achieve it?
But when the Naruto template was loaded, it was possible. He believed this was because the System Panel, that miraculous golden finger, served as a bridge.
"Toad Boss, how was the tobacco from my World that I brought you last time?"
"Gamahiro, practicing your dual-wielding Ninjutsu again? Come on, let me spar with you for a few rounds."
"My Lord Shima, your cooking utensils are far too outdated. I'll give you a set of the top-tier cooking utensils from our World, guaranteed to be ten times better than yours, and the food will taste ten times better."
"Gamahiro, don't say I'm not a good friend; this is the best lipstick from our World!"
Hawking walked along, able to exchange a few words with almost every Toad, and every Toad had a good relationship with him.
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