Superman, the Man of Steel, female, 6 years old!

Tony, who had spent the entire morning in Washington talking about Dumdum Bullet Dugan and the technical data at the Red Bug base, certainly had other conditions to pay at Lu Dan's place. But there was no need to tell Anna and the others about that.

However, after this incident, Stark began to agree with Anna's point that "superheroes don't need to hide anything."

Chapter 103 Two Choices: Becoming a Hero or a Criminal

In the woods by the Lena River, Siberia.

In the late summer sunshine of August, old man Anton took the liquid nitrogen preservation tank handed to him by Anna and said nothing.

After a long while, he finally asked Anna, "So... this is the alien potion that Stark helped you get from SHIELD?"

"A life-extending potion that will give me more time to avenge my family?"

At this point, the old man could no longer conceal the resentment in his heart, and Anna was not Mai Mai, so there was no need for him to enter the mode of a kindly old grandfather.

So these dark feelings... the old man had no intention of hiding them: "Isn't he afraid that this thing will bring about the destruction of the Stark family..."

"Tony is my friend... He hasn't been the same as Howard since what happened in Afghanistan."

Facing the old man's question, Anna spread her hands in front of him and said, "The Howard Stark you know may be a smart scientist, a super genius, or an American patriot..."

"But at his core, Howard is just the world's most powerful egoist, the most powerful politician, and the most successful businessman in the capitalist world. He is the undisputed spokesperson for the American dream."

"But even so, even though he's helped many superheroes over the years, even though he has a good relationship with Captain America... Howard still isn't a superhero..."

"And Tony now is a completely different person from his dead father."

"How is it different? I've read news about Tony Stark's playboy life for decades...it's no different from Howard." Although Howard has turned over a new leaf since getting married.

However, as a contemporary of Tony's father, Anton Vanko was naturally aware of the arrogance, disdain, and stud qualities that were passed down from Howard and his son.

He didn't even need to understand it in detail. Just from the transatlantic headlines and gossip, he knew that Tony Stark and his father were almost like two peas in the pod in their youth over the past few decades.

It was precisely because of this, watching the playboy who looked just like the young Howard on the news parading around, reminding him every day of his 40 years of failure and humiliation on TV, that old man Anton still hated the Stark family so much after Tony's father died.

"Maybe it was like that before, but they have been different since Tony became Iron Man." Anna has a different opinion on the old man's statement that Stark and his son were almost cut from the same mold.

Don't tell her about the limitations of the times, the lack of technical conditions, or that she is a genius limited by the times...that's all fake.

In his generation, there were also superheroes like the Wasp and Ant-Man active in the world, and many of Howard's advanced technologies were still able to create super villains that gave S.H.I.E.L.D. headaches decades later. If he wanted to make himself a superhero, it wouldn't be difficult at all.

In fact, it is obvious that Howard himself does not have the courage to stand up. He does not have the selflessness of a superhero, nor does he have the spirit of self-sacrifice.

To put it bluntly, as a big capitalist and a successful politician, Howard's normal life was to sit back and reap the profits while letting others fight for him.

This kind of selfish thinking of politicians and businessmen is actually the main reason why Ant-Man and he fell out, and this is also the most fundamental difference between Stark and his son.

Tony Stark was naturally not much different from his father at the beginning, and all of his problems were almost copied from the same mold.

However, after being taught a lesson by reality in Afghanistan, and understanding the meaning of life, his own responsibilities and a lot of other things, Tony is now more like a superhero rather than a super rich capitalist and genius.

At least if he didn't have the heart of a superhero, he wouldn't be able to do something like finding life-saving medicine for his enemy based on a few words from Anna.

"So what does Tony Stark mean now?" After hearing the little brat use Tony as an example and promote a bunch of superhero ideas, old man Anton rubbed the jar in his hand as if his eyes were blurry.

But his obsession with revenge never wavered: "I won't give up my revenge plan just for a potion and two more years of life... It will only make my life more humiliating."

"He didn't mean to ask you to give up revenge. But although Tony didn't say it, I think what he meant was... that he wanted you to limit your revenge on the Stark family to just him..."

If 40 years of suffering could be wiped out with just one potion, then the world would be too naive and too beautiful. Tony, who had been a qualified capitalist for decades, was not so naive.

"Is it limited to him alone? Haha..."

Old man Anton also fell silent after hearing what the little brat said.

They were all smart people, and the potion Tony Stark helped to obtain was certainly not just for the purpose of limiting their target to just one person.

Because both he and Anna could see it.

This potion that Stark obtained is actually one of Tony Stark's... It gives them the choice of whether to be a hero or a criminal in future confrontations.

If they abide by certain rules and do not harm innocent people, or even, as Anna had suggested to the old man before, promote the Ark Reactor technology within the Russian sphere of influence and engage in business and technological confrontation with the Stark family, then the Vanke family will be undoubted heroes of Russia.

Although the success rate is slim, given Tony's level of suicidal tendencies, there is actually a possibility that they will succeed.

And doing so has another benefit, which is that it can cleanse the stain that has lasted for more than 40 years on the Vanke family.

But if they refused the potion, would they still choose the previous plan of the two of them, where they didn't care about any casualties and set out to fight to the death? And Stark's plan of bloodshed within five steps...

Then although they may be able to get Stark's head, the Vanke family will become a criminal family that everyone despises.

Another thing that made the old man unhappy was that after Stark knew that there was a Vanke family in this world who wanted to kill him, their previous assassination plan was now a little difficult to carry out.

Chapter 104 Dignity, Honor, and Back-up Plan

The final result was not beyond Anna's expectations. Old man Anton, with a very sour face, finally made his choice.

However, although the old man accepted the medicine, the feud between the two families was not so easily resolved.

Just like fucking someone, they used this potion first, and then the father and son wore their own armor and went to Tony's house to perform a decapitation operation or something...

Not to mention whether it is possible to succeed now, even if it is 100% successful, old man Anton and the others would not do this.

Because in these 40 years of suffering, dignity and reputation, two things that ordinary people rarely care about, have become the only things he has left for many years.

If they didn't have even these two things, they would have been buried deep under the Siberian soil long ago.

As a villain family, they also have their own pride. In their eyes, going back on one's word and breaking one's promise are things that only a shameless family like the Stark family can do.

Besides, even Anna, a six-year-old kid, acted honestly and openly, with no secrets between them and Stark. Old Anton, who still had a bit of self-respect, naturally couldn't let this little brat look down on him.

So in this Marvel world where Anna and Lorraine have a hand, although the feud between the two families has not decreased much, their confrontation has taken a completely different path.

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In Anna's past life, she had seen Ivan Vanko go on a killing spree at the Moroccan Grand Prix in a movie, completely disregarding the casualties. This was partly because old man Anton had already died of poverty, and partly because Ivan hadn't considered surviving since he set out...

For him who didn't have much money, the only way to successfully take revenge at that time was to resort to common anger.

It would be fine if he could kill Tony Stark on the spot, but if he couldn't, he could use his determination to die with Stark and his indifference to life to attract potential "sponsors" like Justin Hammer.

This was Plan B, which had been prepared almost as soon as Ivan set out.

As the second genius in the Marvel world who can build an arc reactor with his bare hands, Ivan is not as stupid as his appearance suggests.

What about innocent people? What about the Vanke family's reputation as criminals? This was his only chance to kill Stark. Besides, he hadn't even considered surviving. The Vanke family was already finished when he set out. Why would he care?

To put it bluntly, Ivan was taking revenge on society at the time, and the self-esteem of the Vanke family was also at work.

The same thing happened in the last scene of the movie in Stark Industries, where all the armor of Hammer Industries was equipped with suicide bombs.

In the heart of the proud Ivan, the Ark Reactor is the technology and symbol between their two families, not something that Justin Hammer and anybody else can easily get.

So no matter whether he is dead or alive, those reactors he built in Justin Hammer's factory...naturally, the only option left is to destroy the bodies and get rid of all evidence.

All of this is due to the honor and self-esteem of the Vanke family.

Otherwise, given Stark's predicament at the time, even if Ivan died on the way to revenge... if he had distributed the Ark Reactor technology to thousands or tens of thousands of people around the world, with every country and terrorist organization having a copy...

It would be strange if Stark Industries didn't go bankrupt and liquidate immediately.

This kind of technological pride, as well as the unreasonable secrecy and defensiveness in their own unique fields, is actually the same among all scientists in the Marvel world.

Just like the sky-high-priced fireworks that the wealthy dog ​​set off at the end of the Iron Three movie...

Although there is a reason to please Little Pepper.

But Anna guessed that the bigger reason was probably because Tony was badly beaten up by Killian at that time, and his armor was damaged. It was even a question whether some of them could fly back home.

He had no ability to bring them back to his base at that time.

So in order to prevent the damaged unmanned armor from being "accidentally bombed" by the US government on the way home, and then captured or "picked up"... Tony simply set off a big firework for the bigwigs hiding behind the scenes under the surveillance of everyone and under the satellite camera.

Of course there are reasons for love.

However, in a genius like Tony's brain that has hundreds of thoughts bursting out in one second, self-destruction is at least half of the reason for keeping the technology secret.

Because at that time, setting off fireworks only resulted in a loss of some money, but if the technology of the reactor were to spread, Stark would lose more than that.

This fear of exclusive technology being leaked is actually part of the reason why Tony did not launch a missile as soon as he found old man Anton's address.

Even the most selfless superhero can lose his way and go astray. It was this worry that finally broke the camel's back, suppressing the dark side of Stark's nature.

As far as Anna knew, Anton and his son had this last resort after signing the agreement with Lorraine...

That is to say, if either the father or the son, or both of them die accidentally, all countries and organizations on the earth will receive a big gift package called the Ark Reactor.

Of course, their methods did not escape the attention of Lorraine, who was always stirring up trouble, and Anna, who loved to know more. However, neither Lorraine nor Anna cared much about it after they achieved their goals.

So what if the technology is leaked?

This is a good opportunity to break the blockade of patented technology and promote the development of Earth's science and technology, right?

Can those countries that have obtained the technology still ask me to pay them patent fees?

However, Anton and his son, who always believed that others would care about this, did not know Lorraine and Anna's attitude towards the technology leak, so this "backup plan" has always been the confidence of these two ordinary people when facing Anna's family.

Now, this naturally becomes the last "backup" against Stark.

During the teaching in the previous few weeks, Ivan Vanko had been missing. In fact, he had been hiding somewhere at that time, preparing their family's "backup plan".

They were afraid that Anna, the second generation of Hydra, would suddenly turn against them after learning something and leave them with no power to fight back.

Anna, who possesses both super vision and super hearing, can only say that the two Vanke family members, who are just as suspicious as Stark, are really worrying too much...

But since it could give them a little bit of self-confidence, Anna could only pretend not to know.

Hmm! ~

As long as everyone is happy...

Chapter 105 The Russians also want to form a Hydra branch

After returning home, Anna completely let go of the feud between Wanke and Stark. Although both parties had some connection to her, how to resolve it in the future was their own choice.

As for the potion Tony got from Lu Dan, old man Anton was not afraid that Stark had mixed something in it. After all, the old man only had one life left, so dying a few days earlier or later would not make much difference.

But if there's something wrong with this medicine...

Then, will Ivan use his family's money to hire the Imitation Master, or ask Wade Wilson for revenge... Then Anna, who is caught in the middle, will have no say in the matter.

However, before leaving, old man Anton also asked Anna to help them convey to Lorraine the plan that the father and son had roughly drawn up in the past few days.

Simply put, the premise of their cooperation with Lorraine's Hydra is that Lorraine is responsible for helping them find those Soviet veterans in the world who are dissatisfied with the current situation in Russia.

Then, they would gather those who were dissatisfied with the current situation and regroup them in the underground world into an "indestructible alliance". Only then would Anton and his son formally start cooperation with Lorraine's Hydra with such an alliance.

To say Anton and his son had any affection for the Soviet Union, the fallen Red Empire, was bullshit. Forty years in prison and a whole system of incurable diseases were the gifts the world's largest Red Empire had brought upon the old man.

The same goes for the old and young people they intend to gather together. These people were not high-ranking officials or privileged classes back then. On the contrary, they were more or less harmed by this red empire.

However, compared to the current country that is mired in the quagmire, they obviously prefer to choose a less bad outcome for their country.

Hmm! ~

From Anna's own point of view, Anton and his son's plan is very much like the Russian version of...the way of forming a new Hydra.

Otherwise, why do you think there are so many Hydras in this world?

Those senior Hydra members may be a bunch of ambitious people, but most of the middle and low-level personnel are low-level people who are dissatisfied with the current world.

These people who constitute the backbone of Hydra were all found in different parts of the world. They are dissatisfied with society, their current situation, and the current ruling order led by the United States.

Don’t think that only war-torn areas have people dissatisfied with the current world order. There are also a large number of dissatisfied people in the intelligence organizations and armies of various countries.

SHIELD, CIA, FBI, US military, retired soldiers with nowhere to go, etc. are all sources of troops for Hydra.

Although Hydra has brainwashing technology, brainwashing also requires equipment costs and the time costs of experts. These worthless soldiers cannot enjoy the treatment of being brainwashed by black technology equipment.

The daily operations and order of most lower-level Hydras are maintained by the world's strictest discipline, their own dissatisfaction, and the fear spread by the leaders to maintain their rule.

So no matter what name the organization established by Old Man Anton and his group is called, what they plan to do, how they recruit members, and how they actually operate...

In the end, they were a new Hydra born on the land of Russia.

Although I don't know whether the Zodiac, the Brotherhood of the Holy Shield and the Soviet Union's Leviathan Organization still exist in this world, but as for extending the tentacles of her own Hydra into the territory of the Russians... I believe that Lorraine's mother, who has become a big boss, will not refuse.