Multiverse , Leveling Up in the World I Created

Chapter 410: 410 MCU 85

"Why? Do you know him?"

"Ah, I was just curious about who the Hellhound pilots are."

"Well, they did play a big role in the war. I heard that robot technology came from the Avengers too?"

"That’s right. We provided it. The alien invasions were no joke, after all."

"I see... So does that mean I’ll have to fight aliens too?"

"Not often, but there will be times."

"That’s a little scary."

"Don’t worry. The leaders will guide everyone so they can fight according to their abilities. Sometimes you might have to push yourself, but they won’t ask you to go beyond your limits."

"That’s a relief."

After finishing the meal, we arrived at the Avengers base.

I introduced Ava to the members who were resting after dinner.

"Wow... where does Jin keep finding such beautiful women to bring here? The base seems brighter lately."

"I know, right. I guess good looks really do pay off?"

"Natasha won’t like this."

"Come to think of it, I’ve heard stories about Ghost from her time at SHIELD."

Hawkeye, having spent a long time at SHIELD, seemed to know a bit about Ghost.

"Really? What kind of stories?"

"Well... nothing good."

I didn’t ask further.

The things black ops agents did during their SHIELD days weren’t exactly clean.

"By the way, any news on the Captains?"

"The work in Korea seems to be taking a while. Still, I heard the accommodations there are comfortable, thanks to the convenience provided."

"Really? That’s good."

I called Jessie.

I needed someone to help Ava adjust to the Avengers for a while.

"Got it. I’ll show her around the base and explain the missions too."

When I asked Jessie to take care of Ava, she puffed out her chest, as if she felt she had some seniority at the Avengers now, and started explaining things to Ava in detail, looking after her.

It was a bit funny, but I let it be since it seemed to be part of the Avengers’ atmosphere.

The next day, we held a press conference.

It was to announce Ghost’s joining the Avengers, and the reason was simple: the Avengers’ funds were running low, and they needed publicity.

Ava was a bit shy, but it couldn’t be helped.

"Do we really have to do this? It’s a bit..."

"Don’t worry. I’ll handle the press conference. You just need to smile and wave."

"That’s a relief."

With Jessie there, Ava was able to get through the press conference without any problems.

The media’s interest was intense, perhaps because a beautiful new hero had appeared after a long time.

That evening, a small party was held to celebrate Ava becoming a new member of the Avengers.

Almost everyone attended, except for the members in Korea.

The Widows at the base also joined in, drinking and having fun.

"Can I hit on her?"

Tony, seeing Ava, couldn’t resist and tried to make a move, but I stopped him again, explaining Ava’s situation.

"Come on... why does everyone have such complicated stories..."

"You’re not one to talk either."

"Now that you mention it, I guess so. Oh! I almost forgot."

Tony suddenly ran off somewhere and came back smiling, carrying a dusty black container.

I had also forgotten, but it was the container with the mission slips I had made for the initiation ceremony.

"Time for the initiation! I’ve been so busy lately I forgot."

When Tony shouted that, the members looked on with interest.

Penny, who was drinking some juice, asked me.

"What’s an initiation ceremony? I don’t think I did one."

"Well... there are a lot of mean pranks involved, so we excluded the student."

"Really? But it’s still an initiation ceremony. I feel left out..."

Penny seemed a bit upset that she was the only one who didn’t get to do it.

"Then we’ll do it when you graduate."

"Okay."

While I was talking with Penny, Ava pulled a mission slip from the container Tony handed her.

"Don’t be too nervous. It’s just to test the new member’s mission capability."

At Tony’s words, Ava sighed and opened the slip.

"What is this!? How am I supposed to do this? I don’t even know him..."

"What’s wrong?"

Tony took the slip and started laughing.

"That shouldn’t be too hard. Just do it. They’ll understand."

"Hah..."

Ava slowly approached Banner and apologized first.

"Sorry..."

"Huh? Why? Is it related to me?"

"Yeah. Excuse me."

Banner looked expectant, as if he might get a kiss.

Jessie glared at him when she saw that.

But Ava did something unexpected.

Swoosh!

"Ahhh!!! Stop!!!"

Ava used her phasing ability to pass right through Banner, then reappeared behind him, grabbed his underwear, and yanked it up hard.

"Done?"

"Pwahahaha!!! Yes, mission complete."

Banner, in pain, sat down clutching his groin.

Jessie looked pleased, and the other members were all snickering.

"Who wrote that, I swear..."

Banner looked around as if searching for the culprit, but everyone avoided his gaze.

"Ugh... I’m glad I didn’t have to do that."

"Right?"

"Yeah."

Penny looked less upset and more like she had seen something she shouldn’t have.

"By the way, Penny. Are you doing okay lately?"

"Now that I’m used to it, it’s not so hard. And at first I was busy, but lately there haven’t been many disasters requiring the Gundam, so I have time to rest at the base or hang out with friends."

"Really? That’s good."

"It’s not really good. I want to be more active, but I don’t get the chance..."

"That’s probably because the Gundam is too big for catching criminals."

"That’s true."

"So I made a new robot. A smaller one."

Penny’s eyes lit up.

"Really!?"

"Yeah. But I’m a bit worried. You’re still too young to be out catching criminals. And you still have a lot of school left."

"Aww... don’t worry. I won’t let it affect my schoolwork. Just show me the new robot already!"

I took Penny to the hangar and showed her the new robot.

It looked like a wrecking ball, but it was a bipedal robot with arms, a cute, deep pink color.

I originally wanted it to be red like in the original, but it overlapped with Iron Man and the Hulkbuster, so I changed it.

It was about 2.3 meters tall.

For safety, the cockpit was naturally encased in Vibranium, just like the Gundam.

"Wow~ it’s so cute."

"It can stick to walls, and it can fly, though not very fast. Its weapons are mostly non-lethal, with almost no lethal weapons. You’ll need some practice. But it controls similarly to the Gundam, so it won’t take long to get used to."

"Can I try it out?"

"Of course. But everyone’s at the party today, so just try it out. We’ll start operating it tomorrow."

"Okay."

Penny excitedly climbed into the robot.

"It really is similar to the Gundam."

"Yeah. I made it as similar as possible so you wouldn’t lose the feel of the controls."

"Um... could I move it just a little bit..."

"No."

"Hmph..."

When I firmly refused, Penny looked very disappointed and climbed out of the robot.

"Does this unit have a name?"

"No. How about you name it?"

"Hmm... I’ll call it ’Rikobot.’"

"That’s a cute name. Let’s go with that. Let’s head back up."

"Okay."

Penny and I returned to the party, talked with the members a bit more, and that day passed.

The next day, Yelena prepared to leave with two other Widows.

She seemed to be planning to rescue the Widows scattered around the world.

I used [Matter Copy] to make more antidotes and gave them to her, along with some cash.

I also provided a Talaria camper van.

Since they were all women and could sleep six if they squeezed in, it didn’t seem like a big problem.

"Thanks for the help. Get some rest before you go. Take care of my useless sister."

"Was Natasha useless?"

I asked, and Yelena chuckled.

"Yeah. She’s uglier than me."

Natasha frowned and slapped Yelena’s back.

Thump!

"Ouch... and one more thing! She’s violent too."

"Hmm... I’ll admit that."

Then Natasha slapped my back too.

Smack!

"Ow..."

"Shut up and go carefully!"

"R, right... I’m starting to feel sorry for my brother-in-law. Anyway, take care."

After briefly saying goodbye to Alexei, Melina, and the other Widows, Yelena left.

After seeing them off, I started helping Penny with her training, tuning Rikobot to suit her, and also began working on a new suit for Ava.

The tuning didn’t take long, and the suit was also quick, since I had made them before.

But it seemed like it would take some time for Penny to get used to it.

Meanwhile, the Captains who had been in Korea finished their work and returned to the base.

The Helicarrier was sent to Gundam Island.

"Good work. Did the Super Soldiers cause any trouble?"

"No. Your prediction was right. At first, they didn’t believe us, but after seeing Korea, they slowly changed."

"That’s good. And go home quickly. Eleanor (Deadpool) is freaking out. She says you abandoned your daughter."

The Captain looked troubled.

"Well, I’ve been so busy I haven’t been home in a while... should I buy some flowers?"

"I think giving her this would be better than flowers. She actually really likes games."

I handed the Captain a PlayStation 4 and some game packages.

Since Deadpool was originally a guy, this would be much more effective at cheering him up than flowers.

"Really? You think this will help?"

"Just trust me."

"Okay. Thanks. I’ll leave the rest to you. I need to hurry home."

With that, the Captain hurried home, and the other members who had gone with him rested briefly at the base before leaving early.

Sam Wilson (Falcon) had been making a lot of money lately, buying a house for his sister and planning to buy one for himself near New York soon, so he was busy.

With summer approaching, I gave generous bonuses to the staff who had worked hard on the Hydra issues and started sending them on vacation in thirds.

I needed to take care of the staff’s welfare.

Also, once the Widows’ and Alexei and Melina’s asylum issues were resolved, I sent them on a trip to Hawaii using my personal funds.

Natasha asked me to come along, but when I said I was too busy, she seemed disappointed.

I slowly started developing the land I had bought in Korea.

I had already purchased most of Busan’s North Port and Wonsan in North Korea.

I also bought coastal areas across the country, all for a yacht business in Korea.

Our company’s legal experts had already obtained all the necessary permits.

The Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone had been developed with significant investment by North Korea to turn it into a world-class beach, but most of the buildings were substandard, so they needed to be rebuilt.

I planned to build a yacht factory there as well.

The yacht business I envisioned was not focused on luxury like traditional high-end yachts, but on being practical, easy to operate, and reasonably priced so that ordinary people could access them without burden.

Parts would be produced in the US and assembled in Korea.

The Korean government positively evaluated this plan for its job creation potential and agreed to revise relevant laws accordingly.

I also invested in the Trans-Siberian Railway project, which I expected to be the biggest source of profit.

Tony also joined this project, having seen its profit potential, and we were developing a train that applied hyperloop technology for the first time in the world.

This was a massive project connecting Busan, Korea, to Europe via Seoul, Pyongyang, Mongolia, and Russia, requiring astronomical funding.

Of course, I built the trains myself.

While it looked like a huge investment, I could just use [Matter Creation] and [Matter Copy] along with the production facilities on Gundam Island, so the actual cost was minimal.

I just made the trains and took a share, essentially free money.

Tony also suggested drilling an undersea tunnel to connect to Japan, but due to earthquake risks and historical issues, it was ultimately rejected by the Korean government.

There was some uproar, including protests from Japan to the Korean government, but I officially stated that due to earthquake concerns, connecting hyperloop to Japan was technically difficult at this time, and the matter was settled.

Japan must have been quite disappointed.

If the line had extended to Japan, they would have gained massive economic benefits in logistics, tourism, and finance as a key hub connecting Europe and Asia.

Particularly, the drastically improved access to the continent would have positioned them as a center of international exchange, so the loss of that opportunity would have been significant.

That’s why the Japanese government had even considered investing directly.

There were also complaints from China, asking why they were excluded.

We responded that this was a project requiring astronomical funding, so we would first connect the Russian route, review the viability, and then decide on further expansion.

We also said that the decision was made considering that China was already connected by an existing railway network.

’They had the nerve to complain while dealing with Hydra...’

Still, I could understand to some extent.

China must have felt uneasy about the continuous technological gap with the US, but it was an unavoidable decision.

Hydra had effectively exploited that weakness.

While handling various matters, news came out about African artifacts being stolen from the British Museum.

Seeing that news, I sensed that the movie Black Panther had begun.