The Combination of Psychic Abilities and Legilimency

"Looks like I still can't give up on the Tony Stark lead."

After leaving the rooftop, George did not go back to school. Instead, he rode his beloved little motorcycle straight for Manhattan, because he had decided he still had to find time to go to the Middle East and save Tony.

Before, he had considered taking Wolverine to rescue Tony, but that might draw S.H.I.E.L.D.'s attention, and relying on others was never as good as relying on himself.

So he had decided to find an agent, loot every family in the Bronx, then invest in Stark stock and make a killing.

But the situation had changed now. On top of that, after thinking it over carefully during this period, he had also realized a problem he had previously overlooked.

That was: could Tony Stark really escape on his own?

If this were the Cinematic Universe, then there would definitely be no problem. But this was not the Cinematic Universe. There were also mutants like Wolverine and Professor X here. Who knew which numbered Marvel universe this was?

What if Tony Stark failed to escape and died in that cave? Wouldn't George lose everything?

How could he guarantee that buying Stark stock would be a sure profit?

He felt the safest option was for him to personally make a trip to the Middle East, rescue Tony Stark, and then immediately have Leon use all their cash to buy Stark stock.

As for the issue of being discovered by S.H.I.E.L.D., he had thought that through as well.

He was not the same as before, when he only knew Alohomora, had barely developed his abilities, and was dragging around a bunch of rookie burdens.

Now, he had Leon, the boss of one of the Thirteen families in the Bronx, as a partner. Leon could easily get him a real existing identity to use as a disguise.

His magnetism had already developed to the point where he could deflect sniper bullets for long-range sniping, and he had mastered all the First Year spells, as well as learned some spells outside the textbooks.

So he could completely go to the Middle East alone, quietly bring Tony Stark back, and avoid being discovered by anyone else.

If possible, he could even secretly cooperate with Tony Stark. That way, he would have partners in both the legal and underworld sides, and many things would be much easier in the future.

"Tony isn't that easy to kill. Even now, the military hasn't given up the search for Tony.

And even if something really has happened to Tony, Stark Industries still has the finest engineers in the world. Our weapons are still the best weapons in the world.

So there's no need to worry about the future of Stark Industries. Please believe in us!"

Inside New York's most upscale banquet hall, Obadiah Stane stood at the podium and spoke at length, doing everything he could to salvage Stark Industries' stock price.

After the banquet ended, he sat in the luxury sedan driven by his bodyguard. On the road to his Long Island villa, he could not help cursing out loud:

"Those damned short-sighted fools. Do they really think that without Tony Stark, the company can't develop better weapons?"

He had known that once something happened to Tony Stark, the company's stock price would fall, but he had not expected it to fall so much. If he did not recover the stock price soon, then even if Tony really died and Stark Industries fell completely into his hands, its value would have shrunk dramatically.

"And those Ten Rings bastards. Sooner or later, I'll wipe them all out. They actually dared to blackmail me!"

The attack on Tony Stark in the Middle East had been carried out by the terrorist organization Ten Rings, whom he had hired. His goal had been to eliminate Tony Stark and fully seize control of Stark Industries.

In the end, those Ten Rings bastards had recognized Tony Stark's identity and immediately named an outrageous price, one so high that even he could not bear it.

"Have you found the location of the Ten Rings?"

"Boss, at present we can only narrow it down to the desert near Bagram Province in Afghanistan. But if we want to find the specific location in that desert, we'll still need half a month."

The bodyguard driving the car replied.

"Once the location is confirmed, send people over and kill Tony along with those Ten Rings men."

Obadiah Stane's eyes were filled with vicious malice.

If they dared threaten him, then they could go die.

"All right, time to work!"

At that moment, high in the sky, George saw through his binoculars that Obadiah Stane's car was about to come over. He immediately dropped quickly to the side of the road, then began chanting at the ground:

"Softening Ground!"

A blue beam of magical light struck the ground, and the originally hard surface immediately began to soften and sink.

When Obadiah Stane's speeding car passed through, the sunken ground sent it flipping straight into the air. It crashed upside down beside the road and slid a long distance.

After several days of investigation, George knew that this road was basically the one Obadiah Stane had to take home, so he had specifically lain in wait here.

As for why he had not waited at Stane's home?

The main reason was that he wanted to conveniently stage a car accident and send Obadiah Stane to the hospital. That way, Stark Industries' stock price could drop a little more.

Secondly, it was also because there were quite a few bodyguards at Obadiah Stane's villa. If George wanted to obtain information without being noticed, it would still be somewhat troublesome.

He walked up to the overturned car. Inside, Obadiah and the bodyguard had clearly both suffered fairly serious injuries, and were working hard to undo their seat belts and crawl out.

"Good evening, Mr. Obadiah!"

George crouched on the ground and smiled as he waved at the two people inside.

The bodyguard was extremely vigilant. He immediately gave up undoing his seat belt and instead pulled the pistol at his waist, about to shoot George.

However, George had long been prepared. On his way over, he had already started preparing his magic:

"Stupefy!"

A ray of blue magical light struck the bodyguard one step ahead. The bodyguard's head tilted, and he passed out.

Obadiah's pupils contracted at the sight, and he quickly said:

"No matter who hired you to kill me, I'll pay you ten times what they did!"

"What you said did tempt me a little, but I'm not here to kill you."

George smiled at Obadiah as he activated his Psychic Abilities and cast a spell:

"Legilimency!"

A month ago, he had already asked Snape, a master of Legilimency, for guidance on the Legilimency spell. At the time, however, Snape had not agreed to teach him, believing it was far too early for him to learn that magic.

And a spell that difficult was not something he could master at his current level.

In order to learn the spell, he lied and claimed that he was a natural Legilimens, able to read minds when others were unguarded and even communicate with magical creatures, so he wanted to study the spell early in order to better control his own abilities.

After verifying it, Snape confirmed that he really did seem to be a natural Legilimens, and finally agreed to guide him in the Legilimency spell.

Although after a month of practice he could still only use the spell at a basic level, when combined with his level-two Psychic Abilities, he could already forcibly read a person's thoughts.

Especially when that person was afraid.

"Tell me, where is Tony Stark?"

Two sharp blades flew out from George's cuffs and hovered between Obadiah's eyes.

"Otherwise, you'll lose your eyes very soon. Then your ears. And finally, your life!"