"Boss, there's a problem at the company. We need you to come over."
Just as Hawking was happily preparing to thoroughly study the large number of spells he had just obtained, Susan suddenly called in a rush.
"Alright, I understand."
The moment Hawking heard that Susan had not explained things over the phone, he knew this was the sort of matter that could not be discussed in front of outsiders.
He was not Tony Stark, capable of keeping S.H.I.E.L.D. from wiretapping his phone.
So whenever it was something important, he preferred to discuss it face-to-face.
Nick Fury had previously joined forces with him to deal with some ambitious politicians who opposed them, but that did not mean they were of one mind.
If there were an opportunity to control him and control Hero Alliance International Company, Hawking believed Nick Fury would immediately move against him.
The reason he had kept Nick Fury alive instead of killing him—
Aside from Captain Marvel and the other future Avengers Heroes, the most important reason was that if Nick Fury died, S.H.I.E.L.D. would inevitably fall into the hands of other politicians.
Then it truly would become a tool to deal with him.
With Nick Fury around now, he could at least occasionally use him to balance relations with those politicians.
Politicians could never be completely eliminated. Kill one, and another would naturally take his place.
Nor did he want to waste his precious time tangling with those politicians. Nick Fury's existence could solve political problems quite well.
Hero Alliance International Company had grown to its current size not because of the popular Super Heroes within the company, nor because of any particularly brilliant business methods.
The most fundamental reason was Hawking himself. Hawking's strength made every faction wary, leaving them unwilling to trip him