Chapter 182: Wakanda
Kingpin is dead.
But it wasn't just his physical body that fell; it was the entire dark empire.
Although Ben wanted Felicia to replace Kingpin and become the queen of the underworld, thereby restraining those people.
However, such things are not easy.
It was different from when he was on Sakaar. Back then, he carried the hope of the planet. All the Sakaarans and gladiators longed for someone to defeat the Red King and save them.
Not to mention that Ben transformed into a Sakaaran in front of everyone, and was called the Son of Sakaar by them. It was only natural that he later became the Sakaar King.
But now, Kingpin is dead, and the ambitions of the leaders of the criminal organizations he ruled have begun to swell. The Hand, upon hearing the news, is also annexing Kingpin's territory. Others in the Evil Alliance also want a piece of the pie.
Since then, Hell's Kitchen has become even more chaotic. This abyss-like place experiences intense gunfights every day, and the conflict has even begun to spread outwards.
Matt and Peter's workload has suddenly multiplied several times. Even Peter's energy is not enough, causing him to doze off during class.
But the criminals are more numerous than cockroaches in a sewer; they can't be caught, no matter how hard they try.
Daredevil Matt suggested reporting to the Avengers, but for such a minor issue, the Avengers couldn't be gathered.
Tony is now focused entirely on his research. How can a few mobsters and scum be more dangerous than aliens?
Hawkeye and Natasha are on other missions.
"This isn't H.A.M.M.E.R.'s jurisdiction."
When Matt approached Norman in his capacity as an Avenger, Norman feigned distress and said.
"You need to find the relevant authorities."
In name, H.A.M.M.E.R. deals with supernatural events. Gang warfare has little to do with them; it's the police's job, or the military if necessary.
Of course, if they truly wanted to get involved, no one would object.
However, Norman knew what Ben was doing, so he naturally wouldn't let official forces interfere with him.
Thus, Matt could only leave helplessly.
It was Steve Rogers, along with Bucky who had already been discharged from the hospital, who joined them without hesitation.
Meanwhile.
Felicia was also trying to bring these people under her control.
Her name had already spread that night, and many who had personally seen her throw Kingpin out like trash immediately chose to follow her.
However, more people still felt that she was just one person; what could she do even if she defeated Kingpin?
Kingpin's strength never lay in his martial prowess, but in his network of connections.
Many people in prominent positions had compromising information held by him.
Martial strength, cunning methods, and a ruthless personality – these were all indispensable for ruling the underworld.
Towards these people.
Felicia showed no mercy.
Although she had gathered a group of followers, she didn't like to send them out on missions. Instead, she preferred to act with Hacker.
However, she had learned her lesson. Knowing that Black Cat couldn't do anything to Hacker, she decided to only target Ben.
The day before she planned to make a move, she would go to Ben's room and summon Hacker in the same way as before.
Eventually, Ben realized that this woman was just coming over for kisses.
But unfortunately, Ben didn't have much time to deal with those street thugs with her every day, because H.A.M.M.E.R. had found Ulysses.
When Ben saw this guy, he was lying on the floor of H.A.M.M.E.R., looking at them with a fawning expression, like a lapdog.
"I know what you want."
Ulysses said breathlessly. Having fallen into the hands of H.A.M.M.E.R., he knew he couldn't escape. Therefore, at this moment, he had to show his value.
And the only thing he had that was worth their attention was the Vibranium he had taken from Wakanda.
"You want Vibranium!"
He was terrified, but he still tried to appear calm.
"I can give it to you, as much as you want!"
He guessed correctly, because besides Vibranium, a scumbag like him had no value.
"As far as we know, you don't have any Vibranium left," Natasha said.
"I can go steal it!"
Ulysses shouted in a hurry.
"I'll steal as much as you want!"
Hearing this, Ben tapped the table unhappily, immediately drawing Ulysses's attention.
Ben looked young, but Ulysses didn't dare to underestimate him, given that he could sit here.
Ultimately, he was no different from a dog now, with no mood to see others clearly.
"Steal?"
"What do you take us for, Mr. Klaw?" Ben retorted.
"We are the just H.A.M.M.E.R., protecting Earth's peace. How could we do something as petty as stealing?"
"Besides, how much could you steal on your own?"
Ben certainly wasn't concerned with how Ulysses got his Vibranium. The issue was, how much Vibranium could he acquire by stealing alone?
Even Ultron could only build one body with the Vibranium he obtained.
"Then what do you plan to do?"
"Hand him over to Wakanda and negotiate with them," Ben said.
In the international community, the country of Wakanda did exist. However, the impression most people had of Wakanda was just a poor, backward African nomadic nation, barely surviving on international subsidies each year.
Little did they know, their technology was already far beyond that of the outside world, achieving true self-sufficiency.
But honestly, with Wakanda being so strong, still accepting those meager international subsidies each year was like using the latest iPhone while collecting welfare.
"No, no!" Hearing Ben's words, Ulysses felt his life turn bleak.
He knew that what he had done in Wakanda was more than just handing over some Vibranium. After infiltrating Wakanda, he had also attempted a coup in the country.
Although he failed, he was now Wakanda's most wanted criminal.
If he fell into Wakandan hands, the outcome was obvious: he was as good as dead.
It was a distorted nation built upon vast Vibranium mines, where prosperous technology and primitive living habits were awkwardly fused together.
Their punishments for criminals were extremely harsh.
Therefore, Ulysses desperately pleaded with Norman.
But no one paid him any mind. Everyone present had already noticed that while Norman might be the director of H.A.M.M.E.R. in name, and he did possess the capability to hold the position, in reality, Norman almost always followed Ben's lead, as if he were Ben's puppet.
However, the fundamental reason wasn't that complicated.
Norman's obedience to Ben wasn't just out of the care Ben showed him as an elder; more importantly, Norman admired capable people.
He himself was a genius and disdained mediocrity, even once looking down on Harry.
In such a situation, Ben's intelligence—actually Grey Matter's intelligence—made Norman believe that few people in the world were smarter than Ben.
Since he was so smart, and they were so close, was there anything wrong with listening to him?
Absolutely not!
Ulysses wailed as Natasha dragged him away.
Then, Norman asked, "Benny, if Wakanda truly has vast amounts of Vibranium and extremely advanced technology as you say, yet remains isolationist, I'm afraid handing Ulysses over might not achieve your goal."
The habits of a nation, built over centuries, are hard to change.
Even as a major criminal in Wakanda, Ulysses wasn't valuable enough for such a heavy price.
"I'm not trying to drain Wakanda of all its Vibranium," Ben said, not seeing any issue. "The crisis from the cosmos is not a problem for one nation; all countries are now a community of shared destiny."
"Wakanda's current Black Panther, T'Chaka, is an enlightened monarch."
Ben didn't have a very deep impression of T'Chaka.
He only remembered that T'Chaka died in Captain America 3, which was the catalyst for T'Challa succeeding to the throne and being determined to kill Bucky to avenge his father.
However, upon learning that it was all part of a plot to dismantle the Avengers, he immediately let go of his hatred for Bucky, and for the greater good, even sheltered the wanted Captain America and Winter Soldier.
Since T'Chaka was the Black Panther's father, Ben felt he couldn't be too different.
In fact, not long after, he met T'Chaka himself.
He was a Black man whose physique had started to show some wear, and his face didn't look as aged as in Captain America 3.
Behind him followed T'Challa.
At this time, T'Challa was still very young and was studying at a university in England. Coincidentally, T'Chaka was leaving Wakanda and decided to visit his son in England first.
T'Chaka knew less about international affairs than T'Challa.
He was curious about the recently established organization, H.A.M.M.E.R., and also wondered how its technology compared to Wakanda's.
Before truly arriving at the H.A.M.M.E.R. Helicarrier, T'Challa harbored a sense of arrogance.
Over the years, he had traveled abroad and seen only the backward aspects of the world.
The so-called capitalist superpowers, in his view, were nothing special, not even a fraction as advanced as Wakanda.
Originally, he thought H.A.M.M.E.R. would be much the same, but upon actually seeing everything H.A.M.M.E.R. had to offer, he immediately changed his opinion.
"Who designed this carrier?"
"What's wrong?"
T'Challa said to Natasha and Barton, who were leading him, "A lot of the carrier's design seems very backward, yet it incorporates some extremely advanced technology, it's like..."
He thought of an analogy.
"It's like attaching the most cutting-edge technology to a stone spear."
Ben: ???
How dare you say that?
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