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Chapter 727 Setting a Trap for Velasco

Viper finally agreed with Hydra's analysis: If Hydra were to go to Avengers Tower with a USB drive and wreak havoc, anyone would know that the USB drive must contain a program that could seriously damage the Avengers' combat power, and Tony Stark would definitely not leave it unattended.

But if a bunch of idiots stormed into Avengers Tower with a USB drive, yelling "We're going to kill the Avengers!" and claiming they could use the USB drive to take down the Avengers, then given Tony Stark's personality, he'd most likely just analyze the USB drive like it's a joke, and who knows, it might just work out that way!
Hydra doesn't have to contribute anything; they can even outsource it and get everything done for just a few thousand dollars.

While Hydra was busy with outsourcing, the price war between Roxon and Stark Industries entered a new phase. With large quantities of high-quality oil being extracted from the Land of the Mist and technology being acquired from Hydra, Roxon announced a massive plan to build oil-fired power plants across the United States: Dario Agger was determined to drive electricity prices down even further than Stark's!
"This is a real business war now, with the simplest and most brutal logic clashing with the two people who are least likely to be threatened."

While they were discussing setting a trap for Velasco, Peter sighed helplessly. Upon hearing this, Iron Fist Daniel asked in return, "Aren't they afraid of getting into antitrust trouble for unfair competition?"

Generally, pricing in this industry is negotiated internally to prevent malicious competition from driving prices too low, ensuring that everyone in the industry can make money.

Conversely, if companies like Stark and Roxson were to engage in unlimited price cuts, it would lead to the collapse of numerous power companies because they could not afford to provide such cheap electricity, or even if they could, the profits would be too high for them to choose to sell their companies.

This will certainly lead to further trouble, and eventually the entire U.S. power industry may become a two-way monopoly between Stark and Roxson, thus triggering antitrust laws.

However, it seems that both sides are now deeply engrossed in the conflict and it's unlikely they will stop. In fact, some media outlets have already begun to offer their perspectives on this epic battle from various angles, with some even citing classical texts.

"The War of Lighting is Playing Out Again: It was a battle between oil and electricity back then, and it's still a battle between oil and electricity now. Is the war between Roxon and Stark a replay of the one between Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan?"

Johnny Blazer, who was reading a newspaper, looked up in puzzlement: "I do know there's a Rockefeller Center in New York, but who is this J.P. Morgan?"

Peter hesitated, deciding it was best not to explain further, considering the average level of education in the United States and Ghost Rider's background as a top-tier actor.

“Alright, what we need to do now is very clear: send Elsa and Magik to the edge of Hell, let the demons there discover the existence of the Bloodstone, and then inform Velasco.”

Strange walked over and told everyone the first step of the plan. The others didn't react much, but Wanda, who had been listening in, realized something: "Wait, Velasco can't go to Limbo or come to our world, right? Even if you throw out the bait, where are you going to catch him?"

Strange snapped his fingers, signaling Iliana to explain. Iliana scratched her hair impatiently before explaining, "First, we need to know what we have that Velasco wants. For example, me—killing me would give him control of Limbo. Or a Bloodstone that belongs to our universe, or chaos magic."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Wanda, who pointed to herself with a somewhat puzzled expression.

me?

“Velasco is a follower of Sythoth. The reason he so desperately desires the Bloodstones is because the five Bloodstones from our universe can perform a ritual that allows Sythoth to bypass other limitations and descend into our world.” Strange explained briefly, “And Sythoth had many things he pursued, one of which was chaos magic. In the Dark Book, he left behind a large amount of information about chaos magic. It is certain that Sythoth also mastered some chaos magic and was extremely obsessed with this power.”

For this reason, Wanda, who possesses chaos magic, easily becomes an object of Sithon and his followers, and even Velasco is no exception.

"If we want to get Velasco hooked, we first need to make him believe that Limbo is safe enough. In theory, he will then return to Limbo."

Strange paused again at this point. What he planned to do was detonate the landmines before they exploded, and execute the plan accordingly.

The specific operation is probably to intensify the Magik's soul, create two opposing individuals on the border of hell, and then have them kill each other, making Velasco think that Iliana's condition is terrible, to the point that she collapses and turns into two versions of herself killing each other.

Then, having those who needed to play along with Velasco go and support the "good" Iliana was actually laying a trap for Velasco.

"The plan is basically logically sound, except for the lack of explanation about whether I might actually break down."

Iliana couldn't help but make a self-deprecating remark at the end, and Wanda frowned after hearing it: "What if Velasco doesn't come?"

“Then this will be a good opportunity to resolve Magik’s soul problem. Although it’s been so long that it’s impossible to completely repair her soul, at least we can restore its stability.” Strange finished speaking and added, “Anyway, it’s not a loss.”

Just as everyone was discussing, Peter suddenly stood up and apologized to everyone, saying, "I'm sorry, someone is causing trouble at Avengers Tower, or rather... launching an attack inside. I have to go help. Sorry, the plan will be postponed for a while."

The others exchanged glances, then watched as Spider-Man disappeared through a portal. Iliana raised an eyebrow, clearly pleased. "Aren't we going to help?"

"No, there's no need for that, at least not for most of us."

As he spoke, Strange used magic to summon a television, which immediately began broadcasting news of the attack on Avengers Tower. Soon, everyone knew who had launched the attack.

Seeing the villains on TV, Blade took off his sunglasses.

"Bulldozers, pile drivers, destroyers, lightning bolts... Have the Avengers run into a demolition crew?"

(End of this chapter)