I Am in Marvel with Unlimited Cards

IMUC-CHAPTER 117: SYMBOL OF PEACE & IMUC-CHAPTER 118: SUBVERTING HOWARD’S PERSPECTIVES

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It was a mild morning, and the gentle sunlight filtered through the forest, dispersing the white mist and casting mysterious shadows in the surrounding.

Kyle was dressed in casual long sleeves and wearing sunglasses, lying comfortably on a sun lounger on the mansion's lawn. Venom's main body was also sprawled on the grass next to the chair, restlessly rolling back and forth.

Three days had passed since he returned to New York, shedding the identities of a War Hero and a General, and distancing himself from the chaos and killings of war. He enjoyed the leisurely time, feeling comfortable and at ease.

"Venom, have you noticed any slight changes in my body?" Kyle mumbled to himself. The changes he referred to were not about his relaxed state of mind but rather the potential alterations happening within his peak physical condition as a Super Soldier.

These changes started occurring after he withstood the aftermath of the nuclear explosion in Imperial Japan, Tokyo.

While coexisting with Venom, he didn't feel these changes as strongly. It was only when he separated from Venom that he sensed the subtle shifts in his body.

He carefully examined the Ability Cards he possessed that could alter his physique, focusing on the Super Soldier and Healing Factor cards, but he couldn't find the cause behind these potential changes.

"Could it be the radiation from the nuclear explosion had affected the stable genetic framework in my body?" Kyle pondered, but the changes were so subtle that he couldn't determine whether they were good or bad for his body at the moment.

Just then, an elongated black and gold luxury car emerged from the forest and stopped in the open space in front of the mansion and two well-dressed bodyguards got out of the car first, opening the door for Lucy and Raina to step out, and only then did they start unloading the supplies from the trunk.

The mansion was located a considerable distance from the town, about five kilometers away, so they had to venture out for supplies. Both the car and the bodyguards were arranged by Howard in advance.

Howard was quite methodical in his approach, and Kyle had great confidence in him. After all that had happened, they had become the closest partners— both in life and work.

"Kyle, we're back." Lucy, wearing a sun hat, waved from the lawn with her hand intertwined with Raina's. For some reason, the age difference between the two of them seemed irrelevant, and they had become good friends in just a few days. (To those of their peers with telepathic abilities, they carried an inherent fear and reverence.)

Having Raina as a true potential bodyguard, Kyle felt more at ease when Lucy was away.

A rolled-up black and white newspaper floated out of the bag that Lucy was carrying, resembling a bird as it flew over and landed on the small table beside Kyle.

"Boss, today's newspaper," Raina communicated telepathically as she delivered the paper.

Still lying down, Kyle nodded, picked up the newspaper, and quickly skimmed through it, throwing it back onto the table after reading it at a glance.

The front page of the New York Times had the same content as the past few days, with a series of reports centered around him. The Stark Industries' early convening of the World Technology Expo to unveil world-changing new products was squeezed to the second page.

Reports about War Heroes' return, remnants of the terrorist organization Hydra lurking among America's top-level power, clashes between high-level government officials and civilians, the youngest Major General applying for retirement, the replacement of officials and military officers ordered by the new president for Kyle, and so on, had bombarded the homeland of the United States news day and night.

Although the War Hero had retired, symbolizing the end of the nation's might and power, the media had collectively given Kyle another title—

"Symbol of Peace"!

He had just heard this new title two days ago and was dumbfounded when he had heard it. He almost spewed out the red wine he was drinking at the time.

How could a war fanatic like him become the Symbol of Peace? He himself admitted that he was a cold-hearted bastard.

The problem was that the majority of the public also approved of this title. It had a much higher acceptance rate than the previous "Demon," "God of Death," "Tyrant," and other labels.

Some people even raised funds to build sculptures of the Symbol of Peace in certain squares, and the Norwegian parliament was discussing a vote to award him this year's Nobel Peace Prize…

It had reached a point where even Kyle himself couldn't find anything to complain about. After all, who would deny an ego boost?

But no matter what, ever since he decided to establish his family's influence, he had planned to fade out of the public eye and patiently prepare for the future alien invasion.

Even now, on Earth alone, Kyle didn't dare claim invincibility. Many mysterious organizations hid in the corners of the world, not to mention the vast expanse of universes.

"The most reliable power I possess, apart from the Extracting Card Ability, is the decades of preparation time I have that far surpass other heroes and the early knowledge of major plot events that are about to unfold— this is my greatest reliance as a crossover individual!"

"In just one year, I have reached the peak level of a Super Soldier, standing at the pinnacle of Earth's human power, and I wield boundless wealth capable of rivaling entire nations! Of course, no one knows about that wealth yet!"

"After decades have passed, where will Carl Family and I be? Even I can't predict that!"

Kyle contemplated in secret, carrying enough self-confidence and assurance.

Are the so-called Gods in this universe strong? I'll climb my way up step by step and reach them!

Is Thanos with his Infinity Gauntlet unbeatable? Who said I won't slowly gather the six Infinity Stones?

With the advantage of being prepared and having an ace up his sleeve, Kyle would establish himself as invincible from the beginning and take on the role of a grand puppet master, deducing and controlling everything.

"Now, this moment is only the first step."

Kyle thought to himself as he sat up from the sun lounger. A tall suited bodyguard came to the edge of the lawn and respectfully said, "Mr. Kyle, the boss said the plane has arrived to pick you up for the sea journey."

"Alright, let Lucy know that she doesn't need to wait for me for lunch," Kyle instructed. After the bodyguard acknowledged and left, he glanced at Venom excitedly bouncing next to him and asked. "Are you coming?"

"Roll, roll—" Venom's black liquid form jumped up and wrapped around Kyle, transforming into a hooded jacket on his body.

An hour and a half later.

Over the vast Atlantic Ocean, under the radiant noon sun, the helicopter maintained its buzzing rotation at an altitude of several hundred meters.

"Kyle, are we really getting close to that turtle-shaped island you mentioned?" Howard, in the pilot's seat, asked with a surprised expression on his face.

Sitting in the co-pilot seat, Kyle looked down at the sea and nodded. "Yes, we're almost there."

"Are you sure? There's no island displayed on the map in this area," Howard said, double-checking the instrument just to be sure.

"You'll see in a moment," Kyle replied mysteriously. As the helicopter flew further, over ten miles from the coast, he thought it was about right. He then told Howard, "Next, follow the process I told you."

"Sure thing," Howard nodded, though he didn't believe Kyle could conjure up an island out of thin air.

"Now, give this helicopter to me," Kyle said out of the blue.

"Huh?" Howard was taken aback but quickly agreed, "No problem, it's yours. I'll build another one later."

"In that case, the ownership of this helicopter now belongs to me," Kyle contemplated. Seeing that the helicopter's card message was still in a non-extractable state, he continued, "You can undo your seatbelt and stop controlling the helicopter."

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Regarding the extraction of Item Cards, the extraction process was much faster than Ability Cards, but at the same time, the conditions for being Extractable were more stringent.

For example, sand, shredded paper, rocks… all these items couldn't be extracted.

However, a box of sand containing gold dust, paper with artistic design sketches, or rocks masterfully carved and processed could be included in the category of Item Card extraction. Here, the value of the item was taken into consideration.

Out-of-control fighter jets, severely damaged firearms, unstable energy sources, imminent detonating hand grenades, and other special items also couldn't be extracted.

Furthermore, the item had to be something that didn't belong to someone else; this was the primary condition for item extraction!

"Hurry up."

Under Kyle's urging, Howard, who had been hesitant, made up his mind. He swiftly undid his seatbelt and moved from the pilot's seat to the co-pilot's seat.

However, the card message didn't change; it was still in a Non-Extractable state.

"Still not working?" Kyle pondered, then walked forward and directly turned off the helicopter's engines.

The helicopter's slight humming vibrations ceased, and it started gliding down. Howard's face turned pale with fright, and he quickly grabbed onto the interior of the aircraft.

"There we go." Kyle smiled. In his eyes, the [Modified Helicopter], a Rare Green Quality Item, changed from Non-Extractable to Extractable state.

"What's going on…" Howard was still bewildered. Only three seconds later, the helicopter vanished into thin air, leaving both of them falling from several hundred meters in the sky, straight toward the vast ocean.

"My goodness, Kyle, what did you do to the helicopter— why did it disappear?"

Howard was bewildered, and as they free-fell, the wind blew off his gentleman's hat, and his small mustache was blown askew. He could only helplessly spread his limbs to form a "T" shape and accelerate toward the surface of the sea.

This phenomenon, which couldn't be explained by science at all, left his brain in turmoil. Moreover, the perilous situation made it impossible for Howard to maintain his gentlemanly demeanor as he let out a scream.

"Calm down, you're with me, what are you afraid of?" Besides the screaming Howard, Kyle also fell but with a composed look on his face. "If you are to follow me then it's time to discard your old perspectives and beliefs about the world."

"I'm going to take you out of the confines of Earth's current limitations and overturn everything!"

As he spoke, the two were approaching the sea surface. Kyle suddenly reached out and grabbed Howard's suit jacket, and his hidden red wings extended from behind him.

Kyle carried Howard's body, using Venom's gliding ability to decelerate and hover in the air. When they were about five meters above the sea surface, he took out an Item Card and threw it down, transforming it into a modern speedboat.

Kyle slowly landed on the deck, steadying himself and releasing his grip on Howard. Howard's legs were weak as he grasped the railings of the speedboat, breathing heavily.

After a while, Howard calmed himself down. Still finding it hard to believe, he stared at Kyle and asked, "H-how did you do that just now?"

"That's one of my abilities. I can store items in another space and retrieve them whenever I want," Kyle explained without hiding anything.

With a wave of his hand, several Item Cards fell on the speedboat's deck and materialized into a sun lounger, a beach umbrella, a round table, a bottle of red wine…

"This is hardly scientific." Watching this magical scene, Howard couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Kyle on the other hand sat down on the sun lounger, poured himself half a glass of wine, and said, "I never said it was scientific. In fact, there are many things in this world that science can't explain. In the future, you might see Gods flying in the sky, magic that takes your soul away, or even traveling across the universe and back in time." Kyle shrugged, and his actions weren't meant to show off but to help Howard break free from the outdated ideological framework of this era.

Howard was currently one of the world's top-edge engineers, and his ideas were already ahead of their time. But in Kyle's eyes, the technological level and rigid beliefs of the old era were holding back this noble soul burdened by knowledge.

Howard was half a century ahead of everyone in this era, he mastered anti-gravity technology and researched the Tesseract to derive a new element configuration, and these were just some of the things he did…

Talents in technology like this were certainly not much inferior to the future Iron Man, Tony Stark. The only difference between them was being born in the wrong era.

Kyle wanted to help Howard, to subvert and break free from the confines of the old era's beliefs, and become the greatest support for providing advanced high technology!

"This is for you." After taking a sip to calm his nerves, Howard poured another glass for Kyle and looked at him seriously. "Kyle, to be honest, are you an alien or some kind of a God?"

"I am, of course, a human beyond ordinary humans." Kyle chuckled, raising his own glass and taking a sip of the red wine. He spoke with a meaningful tone, "But as for the future, who knows? I might become a God, standing above all other Gods. Do you believe that?"

"I believe it. You keep creating miracles and shattering people's imaginations. Your perspective and ideas always surprise me. If there are indeed Gods in this world then I'm sure they would be equally astonished by you," Howard laughed as he spoke.

"Howard Stark," Kyle looked directly into Howard's eyes and got straight to the point, "I can grant you an exceptionally long lifespan, with the family's power protecting you from harm throughout your life. I can let you see the city of the future, the sights of Earth in the next century, and the technological wonders of the Alien universe."

"It sounds like a temptation from a fairy tale, coming from a demon," Howard pondered, calmly asking, "What price do I have to pay?"

Kyle smiled and said something that made Howard uneasy, "You don't have to pay anything!"

"Why?" Howard frowned.

"Because the path I am taking is lonely and long. I don't quite like using means to gain followers. If you can use scientific resources to walk alongside me, that would be enough to make me feel content," Kyle shrugged, sounding uninterested.

Howard was one of the few people in this world whom Kyle could truly treat as a friend. He had no intention of forcibly removing him or doing anything that would threaten this friendship.

Upon hearing this, Howard shivered, understanding the emotions behind it. "Kyle, I misspoke earlier. It was an occupational hazard, where I care too much about gains and losses."

"If you can truly do all those things, then the Stark Industries under my name is yours. I don't mind paying any price. As long as it allows me to keep researching new scientific products and exploring the truths of science, that's enough!"

This was Howard's sincere statement as a scientific enthusiast, as well as the lifelong dream of every scientist— to constantly dig deeper and seek the truths of the world's science!

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