Reaction

Ian lounged comfortably in his seat. "I can tell that some of you aren't very happy."

"What do you think?" Steve shot back. "Dozens, even hundreds of people died, and all of it happened because you wanted to play God."

"You're wrong about that," Ian replied. "Not a single person died. Of course, the news will report dozens of casualties, but every one of those people was a false identity I fabricated for this incident."

"That doesn't make what you did any better," Maria Hill added. "New York is a complete mess now, and repairing it will cost tens of billions of dollars."

"Money, is it? Sometimes I forget how I think. I'm completely different from ordinary humans now," Ian said. He raised a hand and opened a portal, revealing a location somewhere in the Solar System. He pointed at one of the asteroids.

"Asteroid L-876A—the natural resources it contains are estimated to be worth 3.6 trillion dollars." As soon as he finished speaking, the asteroid shrank and passed through the portal, which then closed. "Money will never be a problem."

The room fell silent, and everyone was left speechless. Then Natasha broke the silence. "I think what everyone dislikes is that you're controlling the fate of the people on this planet for arbitrary reasons."

"Ah, so you feel used—like puppets on strings," Ian said with a nod. "Unfortunately, even before I became a variable, your fates had already been decided. Let me show you what would have happened if I hadn't intervened."

Ian snapped his fingers and showed everyone the future from the first Iron Man movie to Endgame. Of course, he concealed certain facts, such as Bucky's existence and the fact that he had killed Tony's parents. He used a spell to accelerate their perception so they could