So, Who Else Couldn't Lift The Hammer of Thor?

"To be mayor?"

Norman was taken aback.

He truly hadn't expected Ben to ask that question.

But after thinking about it carefully, he was actually a little tempted.

On the one hand, he has worked tirelessly to develop Osborn to its current state, and it is already difficult to continue to develop it further.

He was someone who had climbed to the top of the business world, and now, with the help of Ben and Primus, his comeback was much easier than he had imagined.

But he has yet to experience a career in government.

Actually, Ben originally wanted to try being the ruler of Earth, just like his Big Bro Ben.

But later he still felt it was too much trouble.

But then he thought, if he couldn't be the president of Earth, he could be the mayor of New York City. He himself wasn't interested, but he knew Norman Osborn would definitely be.

In Marvel comics, quite a few people have served as mayor of New York City.

For example, Kingpin, Daredevil...

If those two guys can be mayors, then Norman Osborn can too—not only mayor, but he could even be president!

Fortunately, both the Osborn Corporation and Primus Technology were able to support his appointment.

Norman Osborn was able to make so many sacrifices for Primus, which alone shows that Ben already considered him one of his own.

Moreover, this will also be of considerable benefit to the future development of both companies.

However, the two did not say much about it; they understood each other with just a glance.

At this moment, the great battle outside has come to an end.

The moment Natasha activated the Signal Shielding Device, everything was settled.

As for Ivan Vanko, it would be laughable if Tony couldn't handle him.

Therefore, Ben didn't even stay until the end; he took Mary Jane and Felicia and left the expo early to go see a movie.

By the time they left the movie theater, the farcical attack on the expo had come to a complete end. Justin Hammer was imprisoned with irrefutable evidence, leaving him with no chance of redemption.

Tony called him, but Eunice intercepted the call.

Left with no other option, he could only leave a message.

Judging from his tone, Tony was very angry about being rejected by Ben, but overall Tony was in a good mood and said that he had already talked to Pepper and would help Primus acquire Hammer Technology.

But there's no need for him to worry about any of these things.

Norman took on all of these tasks himself.

In Ben's opinion, this old guy actually quite enjoys the feeling of power struggles.

Compared to the calm Ben, the impact of this attack was enormous.

Leaving aside the secular companies, the American Military made a huge fool of itself because of this.

They spent a huge sum of money to have a weapons giant like Hammer Industries manufacture the armor. At the time, that guy was absolutely certain there wouldn't be any problems, but what happened?

Hammer Industries has absolutely no technology for armor; Ivan Vanko's arrest is enough to prove that Hammer Industries' robots are nothing but empty shells.

Ultimately, they were still only able to move because of the Ark's energy.

Even so, once it starts moving, it's just a large piece of garbage.

One side rejoices while the other grieves; the military is in trouble, but S.H.I.E.L.D.. is laughing.

When Nick Fury heard the news that military spending was going to be cut, he perked up a bit, as if he had recovered from the psychological trauma he suffered after returning from Primus, and became cheerful again.

"Actually, the military didn't come away empty-handed; at least they recovered several hundred tons of scrap metal. I heard from the captain that those machines weren't even as powerful as tanks."

Nick Fury, feeling that life was getting better again, said this while playing Tank Battle on the mothership.

At this point, Natasha added, "All the scrap metal was bought up by Primus, at the price of a tank."

"So tall?" Nick exclaimed in surprise.

Then Natasha added, "The scrap value of World War II- era tanks."

"That's all."

Nick leaned back, looking like he wanted to rap.

To be honest, the only thing the military gained from this incident was probably a Mark 3 aircraft.

However, that thing was practically something Tony left specifically for Rhodey.

It was more of a gift to Rhodey than a gift to the military.

As long as this War Machine exists, the military can't do anything to Rhodey. Of course, the fact that the armor's technology has been researched is also something they can't help.

Fortunately, Tony developed his armor faster than Apple releases a new phone. By the time the military had mastered the Matt III over a decade, he had already created Nano Battle Suit and even a time machine, so he no longer cared about copyright issues.

This also shows that the military's development status is not good.

In terms of funding, the military's budget is far greater than that of S.H.I.E.L.D..

However, few of those ordinary soldiers knew how to conduct scientific research. Most of them ended up losing money to other companies, and those companies were all unreliable.

Leaving aside Hammer Industries, even Osborn in the past made very slow progress in human enhancement agents. They finally managed to produce a Lizard Serum, but it had side effects and almost turned all of New York into Prehistoric Era.

"In the 21st century, the most important thing is still talent," Nick Fury remarked, increasingly convinced that his Avengers Initiative was absolutely correct.

The only downside is that, so far, the number of Avengers members is very small.

The candidates currently being considered are: Ben, Tony, and two Spider-Man.

To this day, Nick Fury still doesn't know Spider-Man's true identity.

Tony knew Peter's identity because after meeting XLR8, Tony had become overly sensitive to information about the Dinosaur Man.

At that time, he spotted Spider-Man on the Williamsburg Bridge and promptly investigated his identity.

After that, especially after Ben used Jarvis's underlying code to create Eunice, strict controls were placed on Peter's identity.

"That child is quite nice."

When Captain America heard Nick mention Spider-Man, he immediately thought of the young man he met at the convention, "He's amazing, better than me in every way, and more importantly, he respects the elderly."

That last sentence was just a joke, but it also represents Captain America's approval of Spider-Man.

He said, "I even doubt he could lift the Hammer of Thor."

"Really?" Nick raised an eyebrow.

"If he can lift it, then who can't lift a hammer?"

No one answered, but everyone's mind simultaneously reached the same conclusion.

After a few seconds of silence, Coulson asked:

"Speaking of Thor..."

"I didn't say it was Thor."

Nick joked, "Coulson, you're finished. You're disrespectful to God."

"I don't think throwing him into a construction site to carry cement is a sign of respect for the gods, boss," Coulson said helplessly.

That's right.

After Thor stayed on Earth, he didn't enjoy the life of S.H.I.E.L.D. employee with room and board provided by S. H. I. E. L. D. In order to save money, Nick absolutely wouldn't allow someone who looked like they had a big appetite and liked to smash plates to come into S.H.I.E.L.D.. and freeload.

So, under the guise of a test from God, Nick Fury drifted and dumped Thor on a construction site, making him work there.

"He's strong and healthy, Energy of the Universe what others earn in three. Isn't he a natural-born bricklayer? Besides, he's already doing very well. When I was a kid, I didn't get paid for picking cotton," Nick said.

Everyone rolled their eyes at him.

Then Nick mentioned Tony.

"Is that kid alright?"

After Ivan Vanko's arrest, Nick, hoping to gain favor, told him about Howard's past, including the history of Howard and Ivan Vanko's father working together on the Arc Reactor.

In a sense, it's not wrong for Vanke to call him a thief.

Natasha shrugged. "He doesn't care. He told Vanke, 'Only idiots would rest on their past achievements. You're still dwelling on that while others have discovered entirely new elements and completely changed the reactor's equations.'"

"It seems this incident didn't hit him as hard as Ben Parker's New Element," Nick said, then a look of regret crossed his face. "Why won't he cooperate with us?"

After a while, he seemed to remember something, suddenly stood up, and pinched his chin:

"Wait, Ben Parker... Parker?"

Two weeks later.

Ben sat with his legs crossed on the top floor of the former Hammer Industries Building, now the Primus Technology Building, looking down at the low-rise houses of Queens.

The feeling of being at the top is amazing, as if everything is under his control.

He is the ruler of this world!

"Sir, in addition to this building, a total of ninety Iron Soldiers have been recovered," Eunice tallied.

Because Ben tampered with those machines, everyone assumed that the machines Hammer produced were mostly useless scrap metal.

The military was overjoyed to hear that Primus was willing to pay to recover the assets.

Without hesitation, they packed up all the wreckage and sent it to Ben, as if afraid he might change his mind.

But in reality, even if Hammer's Iron Warriors were incompetent, they wouldn't be inferior to old-fashioned tanks and airplanes.

It was simply that Ben tampered with them, limiting the rotational speed of the reactor cores in these machines.

In addition to these, hundreds of production lines that originally belonged to Hammer Industries now belong to Primus.

Connors was also very pleased.

From today onwards, he will no longer have to squeeze into a small cubicle and watch the few tiny insects crawling around in the glass enclosure.

Now Ben has specially opened up two floors of space for him to cultivate mutant animals and conduct research.

You have to understand, this kind of treatment was something he never dared to dream of back in Osborn.

But Ben couldn't help but roll his eyes when he saw Connors's worthless appearance.

Where have we even begun?

I'll buy a few small islands and build a Jurassic Park.

"But I seem to remember that dinosaurs actually exist in the Marvel universe, don't they?" Ben wasn't quite sure.

The only thing he was certain of was the start date of school.

After everything that has happened, schools are finally reopening.