Sokovia.
He-El's rise to president of the Earth United Government had brought enormous changes to places and people across the world, altering the courses of countless impoverished lives.
Pietro Maximoff and Wanda Maximoff were typical examples.
They were twins. Pietro Maximoff, the older brother, had been born twelve minutes before his younger sister, Wanda Maximoff. Their parents had been killed on the spot when a terrorist attack destroyed their home with weapons manufactured by Stark Industries.
Fortunately, another Stark missile malfunctioned and lodged itself before their eyes without exploding, allowing the two of them to survive by sheer luck.
But they had never lived well. Their lives were tight and difficult, and they harbored hatred toward Stark Industries.
There had once been an opportunity that could have changed their fate.
A mysterious organization had been recruiting people, offering food and lodging, with benefits even better than those of city wage slaves. They also claimed to oppose Stark Industries, immediately catching the siblings' interest.
After discussing it at home, they decided to join this mysterious organization with its generous benefits and make trouble for Stark Industries.
Once the siblings had reached an agreement, they prepared to join the mysterious organization.
But when they tried to join the next day, the mysterious organization had, very unfortunately, been wiped out by S.H.I.E.L.D. That entire area had become a restricted zone, impossible even to enter.
The siblings could only fume over being unable to make trouble for Stark Industries, staying angry for days.
It was not because they coveted the food, lodging, and benefits better than those of city wage slaves. They truly wanted to make trouble for Stark Industries.
Later, they returned to their straitened circumstances and continued living difficult lives.
Fortunately, they were used to such hardship. Otherwise, after experiencing the luxurious