Tony Stark was brutally beaten?"
"Tony Stark doesn't deserve to be called Iron Man; he should be called Tin Man?"
"Tony Stark killed Obadiah Stane, who had looked after him since childhood. Is this a distortion of human nature or a degradation of morality?"
Tony Stark's eyes were fixed on the news on his phone, and the more he read, the uglier his expression became.
Finally, Tony couldn't hold back and blurted out, "Who's the damn person running this Marvel News Agency? It's infuriating! I'm going to buy this newspaper!"
Hearing Tony's words, Agent Coulson walked over helplessly and said, "Mr. Stark, the Marvel News Agency has powerful backing. You absolutely cannot acquire it. Let us at S.H.I.E.L.D. handle this. I can guarantee that the Marvel News Agency will not do this again."
"Again? There's going to be a 'next time'?" Tony was furious and openly belittled S.H.I.E.L.D.
"Didn't S.H.I.E.L.D. say you had everything under control and no one would know about this? How did Marvel News Agency not only find out but also take photos and publish the news? You can't even handle such a small matter, and you call yourselves the most powerful agent organization? It was all a lie!"
"This..." Coulson was also desperate. S.H.I.E.L.D. had known about the Marvel News Agency for a long time, but it was run by Ron, that Level 10 dangerous individual. What could he do? Send people to arrest Ron?
Coulson had just received orders from Nick Fury. Forget about arresting Ron; he had to pacify Tony Stark, otherwise, this arrogant guy would go after the Marvel News Agency.
Coulson knew that even Black Widow, who had a 100% mission completion rate, had applied to Nick Fury several times to abandon this mission. From this, one could see how terrifying Ron was.
"Pepper, have you found out who the owner of that Marvel News Agency is?" On the other side, Tony Stark no longer paid attention to Coulson. He asked Pepper, then mumbled to himself.
"How dare they oppose me, Tony Stark, and even dare to secretly photograph me? How audacious! This time, I'll show that Marvel News Agency what acquisition means, what it means to turn your company into mine, and then I'll just disband it, haha..."
However, Pepper Potts looked at the Marvel News Agency's registration information on her laptop and frowned slightly. She hesitated for a moment, then also tried to persuade Tony Stark.
"Tony, I think we should just let it go. Anyway, you were planning to reveal your Iron Man identity yourself. The Marvel News Agency just did it a step earlier. There's no need to be so angry, right?"
"It's just an ordinary news agency, why are even you, Pepper, telling me to let it go?" Hearing Pepper's words, Tony frowned and walked towards Pepper, taking her laptop, wanting to see what was going on with the Marvel News Agency.
Pepper didn't stop him. She knew that even if she stopped him now, she couldn't stop the stubborn Tony from investigating later. After all, no matter what company it was, as long as it was legitimate, its registration information could be found, so her concealment was useless.
"I want to see how powerful this backing you speak of is... Uh..." Tony was still a bit unconvinced, but when he saw the Marvel News Agency's information displayed on the laptop, he froze on the spot.
A moment later, Tony directly threw the laptop in his hand to the ground, cursing, "Holy crap, where did I offend that damn Ron? Why is he always targeting me? This is insane!"
"Tony, do you still want to acquire the Marvel News Agency now?" Pepper looked at the limited edition Apple laptop Tony had given her, her heart aching, and asked Tony indignantly.
"Acquire what? Ron's Osborn Industries is not much weaker than our Stark Industries now, and he's always targeting me. How could he agree to me acquiring the Marvel News Agency!" Tony slumped on the sofa, clutching his forehead, feeling a terrible headache.
He just couldn't understand. Where on earth did he offend that Ron? The last time they met was one thing, but how did Ron even know about his fight with Obadiah this time? This was too messed up!
At this moment, Tony even had the thought of wearing his Mark II suit to beat up Ron, but that thought vanished in an instant and was never brought up by Tony again.
Although Ron was indeed annoying, he hadn't actually done anything to him, and he had even developed a regenerative serum that benefited the disabled. No matter what, he wouldn't attack such a person.
He had endured the Ten Rings kidnapping incident; now, this Ron was just irritating. There was no need to use private power to suppress others.
Of course, with Tony's personality, how could he let Ron off the hook? So he thought for a moment, came up with an idea, and immediately told Pepper.
"Pepper, let's also open a news agency, right next to that Marvel News Agency, and hire the best news team in America. Hmph, I want to see whose methods are superior, yours, Ron, or mine, Tony Stark!"
"Alright..." Pepper nodded helplessly. She knew Tony wouldn't let it go so easily, but this was indeed the best approach. Business competition, after all, was quite normal.
Meanwhile, Coulson was starting to worry. If things continued this way, Tony Stark would eventually discover Ron's other identity. If Ron were to kill Tony Stark then, it would be a difficult situation.
Coulson was actually very puzzled. He knew about Ron's contact with Tony Stark, but S.H.I.E.L.D. wasn't really bothering with Ron anymore, so why was Ron still constantly opposing Tony Stark?
One must know that besides being the head of Stark Industries, Tony Stark's most important identity was Howard Stark's son. Howard Stark was one of the founders of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Just with this connection, Director Nick Fury would definitely not allow anything to happen to Tony Stark. Moreover, Tony Stark wasn't a complete playboy and had even created something as good as the Iron Man armor. Nick Fury would be even more unwilling to let Tony Stark go.
But the current situation was clearly getting out of control. If it continued like this, who knew what consequences would arise.
Coulson felt a bit exhausted. He clearly couldn't handle Tony Stark by himself. He had to suggest to the director to send more people to monitor Tony Stark...