Baldy had been dead for over six months. Aside from his family and friends, he was rapidly being forgotten.
The main structure of the memorial hall had just been completed, and it would still be a long time before its official opening.
People would not remember what heroes had done for them. Even the superheroes only knew many of Baldy's deeds through hearsay; they did not truly understand them. Expecting ordinary people to remember those vague stories was indeed difficult.
At the funeral, they were swept up by the atmosphere and mourned along with everyone else. Three days later, they went back to doing whatever they normally did. Ordinary people only cared about what happened around them.
Baldy had left in a hurry and had not handed over any of his work. Fortunately, there were people everywhere these days who wanted to be officials, and the chaos on the government level was quickly brought under control.
There had been no resistance to the mafia strategist succeeding Stark as Secretary of State. Unlike Baldy, a key member with too many dark secrets who had been forced to leave Hydra, the vice president who succeeded to the presidency was a Hydra agent—a genuine German descendant whose hometown was Bavaria, with an impeccable pedigree! With the support of numerous Hydra members within the Democratic Party, the transition went exceptionally smoothly.
After leaving office, Stark headed into deep space. His plan to collect the Infinity Gems had been aborted before it could even begin due to interference from all sorts of people. This time, he upgraded his detectors, told no one, and flew a spaceship straight out of Earth.
It had to be said that his luck was good. No one interfered, and no one stopped him. He successfully obtained two Infinity Gems: