In Nick Fury's view, once he said that the Avengers needed someone like him, Tony Stark would definitely agree.
That was based on his decades of mastery over human nature.
Especially someone as arrogant as Tony Stark—he could not be easier to handle.
But he was disappointed.
Tony Stark did not answer right away.
His eyes merely flickered a few times.
"Sorry, I have no favorable impression of your Avengers, and even less of S.H.I.E.L.D. So now, please leave!"
A look of surprise appeared on Nick Fury's face.
"Tony, I'm afraid you still—"
Tony Stark was already shouting:
"J.A.R.V.I.S., prepare to execute the emergency contingency protocol!"
Nick Fury's expression changed several times.
"Tony, you'd better think it over. The Avengers are the only way to deal with this.
Once you've thought it through, tell Natasha and have her relay it to me."
He walked straight toward the window behind him, then leaped out and vanished into the night.
At that sight, Tony Stark's face turned livid.
The woman I'd slept with was actually a S.H.I.E.L.D. spy?
"Fuck!"
After venting, his expression turned solemn.
He might have rejected it decisively.
But as he spent more and more time as Iron Man, he had gradually begun to understand what responsibility meant.
He truly did not know much about Asgard or Thor.
But the green giant and the Han River monster were things he already knew about.
This world really was facing certain dangers.
Or rather, crises that had remained hidden in the past were constantly revealing themselves.
Faced with these crises, he had to take action.
Still, even he had to admit that if things were really as Nick Fury said, then his strength alone truly was not enough.
He did not have many friends, and at a time like this, he