A Home for Everyone (Third Update)

"Game 5, winner: Captain Carter!"

After a fierce battle, the Angel announced the list of the final victors.

"He really is a gentleman, but it's a pity she already has a boyfriend."

As Hawking floated above the ring, he watched Fandral lightly kiss Carter's hand and jump off the ring, and chuckled to himself.

He could tell that Fandral had developed an appreciation and even a slight crush on Captain Carter during the game, which was why he voluntarily conceded defeat.

Otherwise, if they had truly played to their full potential and fought to the very end, they might not have lost to Captain Carter.

Unfortunately, her affections were unrequited; Captain Steve immediately jumped into his arms after leaving the field.

In the sixth match, Steve faced off against Hogun from the God of War Realm.

In this scene, Steve dons the Hydra Stomper that S.H.I.E.L.D.. has restored. With the Hydra Stomper's power, plus the fact that he himself has been modified by Hydra, he is a powerful and versatile character.

Finally, he forcefully knocked Hogun out of the ring and won the victory.

The seventh match, featuring the Fantastic Three's Human Torch against the Mutants Iceman, is arguably the most spectacular showdown so far.

The clash between extreme fire and extreme ice filled the arena with flames and ice, leaving the audience in awe.

Unlike the previous ice and fire ability users who simply released ice spikes or fireballs, these two truly brought their ice and fire abilities to an extremely high level, almost creating storms.

If placed on a battlefield, these two would be large-scale area-of-effect (AOE) attacks.

In the end, Human Torch, having the advantage of flight, slightly outmaneuvered Iceman and secured his place in the next round.

The seventh game ended at noon.

The audience, still savoring the morning's matches, rushed back to the stadium right after lunch, reminiscing about the games and discussing the afternoon's showdown.

Two hours passed quickly.

The first match in the afternoon is Iron Man versus Spider-Man.

"It's hard to say what will happen in this match!"

Watching the battle below, Hawking's face immediately showed interest.

This was purely his personal, perverse sense of humor.

In my past life, I often heard a joke about Spider-Man.

The first generation relied on mutation; with great power comes great responsibility. The Second Hokage relied on hard work; heroes are always lonely. The Third Hokage became like my father, Iron Man!

In the main universe, Little Spider would definitely be no match for Iron Man.

But this Spider-Man is closer to the original Spider-Man, with a kind and resilient personality, and his Silk are shot from his own body, not from Silk shooter.

"Peter can do it."

As soon as the battle began, Peter quickly overpowered Tony.

Just as Tony activated his suit and took off to blast Peter from a distance, Peter used his Silk to entangle Tony and drag him to the ground for close combat.

With his Spider-Sense and extensive fighting experience as Hawking's sparring partner, Tony could only struggle to defend himself.

While Tony, clad in his Iron Man Armor, can indeed wield immense mechanical power, Peter's power as Spider-Man after his mutation is in no way inferior to that of the machines.

Tony's fighting skills, however, are considerably inferior.

However, Tony was indeed clever enough to quickly discover his weakness. He released a bomb at close range and used the Iron Man Armor's defenses to withstand the explosion, forcing Peter to retreat.

Then, using this, they finally flew to the airspace above the arena.

With air superiority, Tony began to show off his various maneuvers, exerting strong firepower to suppress Peter.

Fortunately, Peter's Spider-Sense was also quite good, and he was always able to skillfully dodge the attacks, and from time to time he would seize the opportunity to shoot out Silk in an attempt to pull Tony back to the ground.

Tony was so frightened that he had to keep his distance as much as possible.

"Eighth match, winner: Iron Man Tony Stark."

Ten minutes later, the Angel announced the results of the match.

"Looks like Tony is still a cut above the rest!"

Hawking sighed to himself thoughtfully.

The arena isn't a city; there are no skyscrapers, Peter can't unleash his full potential.

In addition, Peter was too kind and lacked competitiveness, always holding back when facing opponents in the competition.

If he had used his full strength when he pulled Iron Man down for close combat from the beginning, even if he couldn't break the Iron Man Armor, he could have forcibly dismantled it by force.

But that could easily hurt Tony inside.

Tony Stark is an exceptionally intelligent man, best at finding the enemy's weaknesses and then launching a counterattack.

Just like how he quickly develops a new suit of armor specifically designed to counter each enemy he encounters.

So after analyzing Peter's abilities, he used methods such as spraying lubricating oil, hypnotic smoke, and long-range fire suppression to finally force Peter to admit defeat.

In the ninth match, Wolverine faced off against the Thing, Wolverine won by a stroke of luck due to his experience.

In the tenth match, Jessica faced Deathstrike, and Jessica, with her air superiority and long-range attack capabilities, emerged victorious.

In the eleventh match, Colossus faced Cyclops. Colossus was shot out of the ring by his own teacher, Cyclops, and Cyclops won.

In the twelfth match, Shadowcat faced Storm. Storm used a tornado to destroy the parking lot and completely covered the arena area, forcing Shadowcat to break free of his Hollowfication state and being blown away. Storm won.

In the final match between Nightcrawler and Hawkeye, Hawking initially thought Nightcrawler had a higher chance of winning, given that Nightcrawler's physical abilities surpassed those of normal people and he possessed the incredible skill of Shunpo.

As long as you find the right opportunity to Shunpo to the air outside the ring with Hawkeye, and then Shunpo back yourself, you will win.

Unfortunately, as a believer, he was ultimately too kind and good-tempered, and afraid of hurting his opponent.

As a result, Hawkeye, a top agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.., used his superhuman reaction ability to anticipate Nightcrawler's Shunpo and take him down with a single blow.

"The first round of the competition has officially ended. Let's congratulate all the contestants who have advanced, namely Thor."

Don't be discouraged if you didn't make it to the finals. As one of the top 26 finalists, we've also prepared a souvenir for you.

That's Manhattan, New York City, and an apartment there!

The Angel's voice immediately drew gasps from the audience. Although the promotion had promised a house as a reward, no one expected that simply surviving to the first round would result in one, and it was even a house in Manhattan, New York City.

Many of the qualifiers looked extremely regretful, wishing they had fought harder during the competition, otherwise they might have been able to afford an apartment in Manhattan.

They also secretly resolved that after the tournament, they must work hard to improve their abilities and at least make it to the finals of the second World's Greatest Ability User Tournament three years later.

"It's great to have a house. If you have a house, you'll naturally want to come and stay. And if you stay for a while, you won't want to leave!"

Seeing everyone's reaction, Hawking smiled and murmured.

The house he gave me was actually near the company. Although it was a bit expensive, it was worth it.

Because whether it's the Asgard Six or the people from S.H.I.E.L.D.., in the end, he wants them all to become his people.