On What Kingpin Was Doing

The Roxxon-Stark war had begun.

And so, American citizens got to enjoy the benefits.

Tony Stark was a rather self-important man—or rather, Iron Man was a rather self-important man—and his approach to corporate warfare was equally unconventional. Stark Industries had neither bought up Roxxon Energy Corporation's shares nor sought out other trusted companies to secure its controlling stake.

Instead, it chose to slash electricity prices across New York by half. Tony even publicly declared that, if necessary, he could cut electricity prices across the entire United States in half. It all depended on whether anyone still dared to maliciously acquire Stark Industries' shares.

"But in the end, he never explained what this 'malicious acquisition' actually referred to. My guess is that Roxxon Energy Corporation tried to get onto Stark Industries' board of directors."

During lunch at school, Harry shared the news with Peter. No need to ask—this was definitely secondhand information he had gotten from Norman. After learning the details, Peter nodded thoughtfully, then asked with curiosity, "Did your dad say anything else?"

"Osborn Industries has already obtained the documents to go to that whatever-Heim place. Although Osborn Industries isn't involved in the energy sector, that place seems to be gradually expanding its cooperation with all American companies. Maybe those fantasy creatures could be useful to our research."

In other words, Roxxon and Malekith intended to deepen their cooperation with the United States. At this rate, the Avengers might really end up fighting the entire American government. Tsk, could this lead to a Superhero Registration Act?

Peter had once seriously investigated whether someone called "Speedball" existed in the 616 universe, but he found nothing. And Wanda was even less likely to lose control now. He had thought the Civil War was still far off, but it now seemed that the