There was no doubt that the shocking news being discussed at the press conference was exactly this.
"I have suffered what may be the most severe pain of my life, even surpassing what I felt when my father died." Tony stood onstage with a solemn expression, completely different from how he had been in the past. "This pain did not come from the dangers I experienced, but from those who died helplessly before me—my colleagues, my friends, and even Pepper, the secret technique I trusted most. They died so simply and cruelly right in front of me. This made me deeply feel the helplessness of being an ordinary person."
When Tony said Pepper's name, he could not even conceal his pain.
Compared to the crisis he had experienced himself,
Pepper's death made him long for power even more.
Unlike in his original fate,
he now wanted power not to protect the other ordinary people, but to protect the person he loved.
Elsewhere,
unable to contact Tony, Fury made a phone call to Coulson while watching the live broadcast on television.
"Didn't you tell him that Holy Light might be able to resurrect her?" Fury asked.
"I told my teacher first, but my teacher refused." Coulson's voice was full of exhaustion and complaint. "Former Director Fury, haven't you always been skeptical of Holy Light? Why are you thinking of Holy Light now?"
Earlier, in order to spread her faith, Tsunade had specifically explained that Holy Light possessed the ability to resurrect people.
But Fury had remained wary of it and prohibited the information from spreading.
This time,
Tsunade was indeed willing to take out a Resurrection Coin to resurrect Pepper, but she had a condition: the entire miracle, along with the existence of Holy Light, had to be made public.
This