A Lifelong Enemy

My lifelong enemy!

Tony Stark was certain that the guy in front of him was definitely his nemesis.

Which kind-hearted person would immediately offer to fertilize a person in a vegetative state?

But he still brought Ben to his lab; fixing the air conditioner was a real priority right now.

Ben examined the refrigerant for a long time and concluded, "There's no refrigerant left."

"Nonsense, do you need me to tell you?"

Tony was speechless.

If there had been refrigerant, he wouldn't have been so helpless.

This is like having no rice to cook, no vegetables to stir-fry, and wanting to have sex but finding you don't have a girlfriend. As a last resort, you can only have sex, only to find you don't even have the "tool" (sexual ability).

"It's really not my cup of tea, you do it if you're so good!" Tony said, immediately launching into a challenge.

???

Ben raised an eyebrow. "Are you challenging me?"

"If you can fix this air conditioner without refrigerant, I'll call you dad!"

Ben's favorite thing was to give arrogant guys like Tony a good slap in the face.

"Freeze Lizard."

To Tony's astonishment, Ben transformed into a blue dwarf lizard. With a single breath, a terrifying chill emanated from his mouth, instantly causing the temperature in the entire laboratory to drop by tens of degrees. Even AI Tony's instruments were affected, hissing a few times before stabilizing.

When he opened his eyes again, he saw the crystals that had condensed in front of Ben due to the extremely low temperature.

"What's this?"

"It's a crystal; it can maintain its coolness for several weeks at temperatures close to minus one hundred degrees Celsius," Ben explained, as he placed the crystal inside the air conditioner. "Once the machine is running, its cool air can be circulated to every corner of your base through pipes."

"Son, call me Dad!"

"You're cheating!" Tony refused to admit it. "I had no idea you could turn into a frozen little lizard."

"So what?"

"If you can't change, you should look for the problem within yourself. Tell me, is the air conditioner fixed? Okay, speak up! Look me in the eyes!"

What could Tony say? He could only watch silently Ben started fiddling with the aircraft again.

"Looma, come in and lend a hand."

The burly Looma walked in. "What's wrong, Benny?"

"I need a few engines; could you please help me upgrade them?"

"No problem."

Looma agreed. Although she seemed rough around the edges, she was actually very skillful, and assembling and modifying the engine was a piece of cake for her.

"Wow, an engine can be designed like this?" Tony exclaimed. "Can I modify it into my armor? I'm willing to pay the royalties."

"No need, just call me Dad."

Ben didn't even turn his head.

He transformed into Upgrade, assembling several engines in the blink of an eye and then fusing them into several small aircraft.

"Forget it, talking to you will only drive me crazy sooner or later." Tony Stark, unable to bear the humiliation any longer, decided to just install the engine first.

By the time all preparations were complete, another half hour had passed.

Inside the base lobby.

"Six hours and 23 minutes remaining." Ben glanced at his watch. "Spacecraft equipped with the Draxian Star Engine can reach any corner of Earth within a minute, but more importantly, they can complete Interstellar in an extremely short time."

"Looma and I have prepared dozens of engines that you need to install on Hydra's mothership, after we successfully seize it. Then it will be able to take you away from Earth quickly."

As he spoke, he handed out dozens of badges from the Galactic Plumbers.

"So small?"

Natasha was confused.

What Ben was holding looked like a smack; what could it possibly be used for?

Are you going to anime conventions?

"I used Nanotechnology to concentrate it; otherwise, how could you move the engine around?" Ben said, demonstrating how to use it. "Just place the badge on the engine."

After the Galactic Plumbers Badge was attached to the engine of a car, a large number of nanomolecules diffused, eroding and reorganizing the original engine, turning it into a completely new engine.

Meanwhile, more nanomolecules slowly form an outer layer, enveloping the car.

"For faster-than-light travel, the spaceship itself needs to be strong enough," Ben explained, taking back the badge and handing it to Natasha, while whispering something in her ear.

Natasha was somewhat surprised and avoided looking at [Steve].

What's going on?

Is this Steve fake too?

Is being replaced simply Steve Rogers ' fate?

What puzzled her even more was why Ben, knowing this, still allowed the other party to participate in this operation.

But now is not the time to ask.

Hawkeye said, "I've broken down the group assignments. Regardless of which side you're on, you'll need at least three people working together."

He looked at [Steve]: "Captain, Natasha, Mockingbird, and Miles, your mission is to infiltrate Hydra headquarters, disable the Planetary Shield, and rescue Rick Jones."

"T'Challa, Viv, Kamala, the three of you go to Wakanda and do your best to persuade Black Panther to hand over the Cosmic Cube fragment to us."

"Ms. Looma, Black Cat, you're going to Sinthea, the land of Mutants. You might need a guide, Quicksilver."

As soon as he finished speaking, a familiar face suddenly appeared – it was Pietro.

"I hope my dad won't beat me to death if he finds out I lost my sister," Quicksilver said helplessly.

The Scarlet Witch of this world has been corrupted by the will of Elder Gods summoned by Madam Hydra through some kind of consciousness, and is now a member of Hydra Avengers.

She was experiencing Vision.

He was infected with Dr. Zola's virus and became a servant of Hydra.

Of the three main members of the Hydra Avengers, only Thor was willing to obey Steve.

Because after Steve revealed that he belonged to Hydra, he raised the Hammer of Thor in front of everyone, which made Thor stubbornly believe that the current Steve was right and that he was recognized by Mjolnir.

"Tony, Amadeus, and I, the three of us, are going to Atlantis," Hawkeye said. "But before that, we need more people to go to different cities. Your mission is to hijack Hydra's ship, then wait for Nata to open the shield and take the people away from Earth."

Ben glanced at the list; there were roughly dozens of squads, most of whom were obscure street heroes he'd never heard of.

He even saw Falcon inside.

But there was no Winter Soldier.

"Where's Bucky Barnes? Is he still loyal to Hydra?"

When it came to Bucky, Hawkeye and the others were silent for a moment, before Tony finally explained:

"Dead."

His expression was ambiguous, neither dejected nor anything else, but it was certain he wasn't happy.

"Steve killed him with his own hands, killed his best friend."

"Steve killed Barnes? Are you kidding me?" T'Challa was incredulous, his expression no less than if he had just heard that Ultraseven had lost to Zedy.

"Now you know how absurd this world is," Tony laughed sarcastically. "That arrogant guy actually said his best friend is Baron Zemo, he's insane!"