I'm working on Marvel's Spider-Man in American comics.

Chapter 765 Helping Others is a Joy for Osborn

Peter opened the Suspension Gate and took Daniel to Kamar-Taj, a place he had hardly ever visited. From there, they went directly to the Sanctum Sanctorum in New York. At that moment, Strange was gathering all the wizards he knew to discuss Mephisto's arrival, and more importantly, his purpose.

“Our world is the most special, and the most likely to attract the covetous eyes of others. We are all safe until Mephisto arrives.”

Strange, oblivious to Daniel and Peter's arrival, continued his analysis: "But not now. The problem is, Mephisto has been able to do this since ancient times, so why now? Why now of all times?"

"You mean, Mephisto must do this now, at least in the near future, to realize his plan?" Wang understood Strange's meaning: "And this opportunity doesn't exist before or after that, right? What could it be? Spider-Man?"

"We don't know. The only thing we know is that if the Kang Dynasty were to occur, this opportunity would disappear completely. So this thing must be something that Kang wanted to eliminate, or something that they didn't even know existed. Only these two possibilities would exclude it from the Kang Dynasty."

Strange began analyzing the only valuable piece of intelligence: whatever Mephisto wanted, it was something Kang hadn't discovered, and therefore hadn't placed in the Kang Dynasty, or rather, something Kang intended to destroy. The latter was Spider-Man, because Peter's abilities were enough to tear apart the Cosmic Cube itself or create a second one.

This is also why Strachey asked Peter to leave; he was very likely Kang's target. As for the former, even Strachey couldn't do anything about it, so he could only tell the Avengers and others to pay attention to information that Kang didn't know.

Although they probably don't know what Kang doesn't know.

"Oh, you're here."

After noticing Peter, Strange nodded and then remarked, "As you can see, we are investigating Mephisto's plan, which requires many prophecies and rituals. Therefore, we do not have the extra power to protect you for the time being, Spider-Man."

"Oh, I know, I can handle some things related to the Spider-Verse. But what about the Avengers..."

Strange stood up upon hearing this and looked at Peter: "Speaking of which, you don't need to worry. Someone has offered Stark a helping hand. And you know this person, it's Norman Osborn."

"what?"
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A few days ago, at Stark Industries headquarters.

Tony took a deep breath. He had come here carrying a bouquet of roses—because he didn't know what to give his girlfriend. But after driving into the parking lot, he realized that it wasn't quite right to walk into the CEO's office with just a bouquet of roses. So he broke off the stems of the roses, put them in his breast pocket, and swaggered into Stark Industries headquarters.

The events of the past two days have left many Stark Industries employees feeling helpless. What worries and frightens them the most is the future of Stark Industries. The collapse of Avengers Tower seems to represent the end of an era, and no one wants to imagine the future of Stark Industries.

Tony had already seen several employees running away with cardboard boxes along his way. He walked up to Pepper's office, took the rose from his boutonniere, knocked on the door, and went in without waiting for a reply. Pepper, who was working, looked up, saw Tony, and stood up in slight surprise: "Tony? I thought... I thought you weren't coming to the company."

“I’m here to find out about the company’s situation. After all, as you know, something pretty big has happened.” Tony said, handing over the roses. “Here you go.”

"Yes, a lot has happened, but I can tell you when I get home."

Pepper took the flowers and placed them on the desk, while Tony, with his hands in his pockets, continued, "Well... how do I know you're not just deliberately keeping it from me to make me worry?"

"Will I?" "You will."

As Tony spoke, he saw Pepper reach for her water glass, so he quickly grabbed it and handed it to her first. He continued, "Our current troubles are only temporary. As long as we make a public announcement, clarify the facts, and tell everyone that it was the devil who did it, they won't believe us anyway. But the important thing is that I can still make even better products."

Pepper drank her water and looked at Tony without saying a word. The biggest problem now was the growing skepticism across the United States regarding Tony Stark's designs, stemming from the explosions of over a hundred arc reactors.

If Stark Industries doesn't rely on Tony's products, what else can they offer? Reopen their arms production line?
Chili was drinking her water when her phone rang. She quickly picked it up and answered, "Hey, hello, yes, it's me. Mr. Osborne, hello, yes, please say..."

Norman Osborn? Tony thought of the name, but didn't know why he was on the phone. So he took the bouquet of roses and placed it between the two books. Pepper covered her phone in disbelief, then turned to Tony and asked, "Wait, you're a shareholder of Osborn Technologies?"

"Yes, Norman Osborn previously hoped that I could help him consolidate retail shares to prevent Osborn Technologies from being controlled by the Pentagon. I have about 14% of the shares? About that. I didn't use Stark's accounts and didn't cause you any trouble."

"He is willing to pay a premium to acquire your shares in Osborn Technologies, part of which will be converted into shares of Stark Industries acquired by Osborn Technologies during this period."

Tony's mouth dropped open, then he gestured for Pepper to hand him the phone. Tony then answered the call: "Hello, Norman, yes, I'm at the company. I'm here to see my girlfriend... I know what you're up to. You're planning to help me out, but whatever the reason, this mess is not one you can handle."

"Osborn Technologies is going to participate in Stark Industries? Okay, I got it, Pepper will arrange it... Roxson is acquiring shares in Stark Industries? That doesn't surprise me at all, they'd definitely do that. Agger Dalio hired Obadiah Jr. and Justin Hammer?!"

(End of this chapter)