Grasping Personality and Making Choices

At this, seeing Reed Richards remain silent, anger flickered in Doom's eyes, and the flames of jealousy burned fiercely in his heart. He had no idea what Reed Richards had done to catch Tony Stark's attention—so much so that Stark even wanted Reed Richards to join the Avengers—but Doom was no worse than Reed Richards in any way. Why should he have to wait around at Stark Industries for an evaluation?

Besides, what Doom had said earlier had not been empty talk. With Doom's academic credentials—no, not even Doom's, even if Ben Grimm came to Stark Industries with his transcript to apply for a job, there would be no problem. Even if Stark Industries was one of the top companies in the world, it was still a massive enterprise with massive staffing needs, and every year it recruited plenty of students from top universities...

So if Tony Stark had invited both him and Reed Richards to join the Avengers, Doom might have been able to endure it. Even after Tony Stark had reprimanded him earlier. But now he was to be evaluated at Stark Industries, while Reed Richards would soar to the top in a single step. That was something Doom could never accept!

And what made Doom most unhappy was the line Reed Richards had said to Tony Stark—that Doom's intellect was not much worse than his own. That had practically hit Doom right in a forbidden zone. Doom would never admit that he was inferior to Reed Richards!

"Tsk, tsk, tsk!" The corners of Tony Stark's mouth lifted slightly. He looked at the three people staring each other down and did not speak right away, only making an ambiguous sound with his mouth. He was very clearly enjoying the drama as an onlooker.

For Tony Stark, this period