For Tony Stark, the news on television had lost all appeal. Friday's routine maintenance was proceeding slowly, and the armor repairs were following their established procedures. All he had to do was sit on the couch.
Although the German authorities and U.S. News media did everything they could to cover up the conflict at Halle Airport, passengers in the terminal and those forced off their flights had still recorded footage of the clash within the Avengers. This story was somewhat overshadowed by the bombshell revelations released by Latveria, but it was the first time the public learned of the Avengers' internal disputes. It effortlessly shattered the public image the Avengers' PR department had built for them, and research institutions across various countries also believed it signaled the failure of the United States' plan to enforce the "Sokovia Accords," form an Ability Enhancers army, and use it as a low-intensity sanction tool in the new era.
He had always believed his choice was right. Creating Ultron had merely been an impatient mistake born of seeking quick results; it did not mean his ideas had been defeated. He still wanted to armor the world in his own way. Only this time did he truly experience failure—the world was not his alone to command. Even if he took over his father Howard Stark's work, became Secretary of Defense, and worked for the Pentagon, that would still be true.
In his mind, he had never fully grasped what it meant for a private corporation to take on the world's entire defense system—it meant he would become the most powerful person on Earth, and Stark Industries would become the world's most powerful Military-Industrial Complex. Once world peace had been achieved through such means, profit-driven Stark Industries would not stop moving forward. The ultimate result would