203. Future Competitors
With Eddie Brock's press release and the evidence he gave in the media, Thunderbolt's reputation suddenly fell to the bottom.
If there were some fans who praised him because of his powerful abilities and Zhang Yang's personality in the past, then after knowing that his supernatural powers were deprived of CRASTE, these "powerful fans" also abandoned him one after another.
Johnny Stone is now disgusted with people and can't find a supporter at all.
Not only that, but those who had been bullied by Johnny in the past also stood up and spoke out in the media, denying the bully superhero of Thunder Fire.
Of course, some people who take advantage of the troubled waters are indispensable, but many media have no intention of proof of it. It is useless to not take advantage of such popularity. In their opinion, the former superhero of Pili Fire has been ruined, and it is better to use it by waste and let them make a lot of money.
The former superhero who was criticized by the media and despised by the public, Johnny Stone, who is now just an ordinary person, is now staying at his home, slumped on the sofa, staring at the ceiling with a dull look on his face.
The proud superpower was deprived of it, which was a big blow to Johnny Stone, not to mention that because of his recklessness, Reed and the others also lost their superpowers.
Since he woke up, Johnny hid at home and kept numbing himself with alcohol.
Johnny's face is unshaven and his body exudes a sour smell, just like a homeless man on the street.
He reached out and fumbled on the coffee table next to him, grabbed a can of unfinished beer and poured it into his mouth, then grabbed a bag of cornflakes and poured some into his mouth casually, chewed it mechanically for a few times before swallowing it.
During this process, Johnny Stone had no expression on her face, and her eyes remained without focal length, as if her entire soul had been pulled away, and she was eating completely based on her physical instinct.
"Click."
The door of the room was opened and a graceful figure walked in.
Susan Stone looked at the brother who was like a useless man on the sofa, sighed softly, then walked to the window to open the curtains and windows.
The fresh air blowing from outside made the smell in the house slightly better, and the sunlight also made Johnny, who was blind, unable to help but squint his eyes.
"Hmm? Susan, you're here."
Under the stimulation of the sun, Johnny's eyes regained the focal length, and then he found his sister standing next to the sofa.
"Are you going to keep going like this?"
Susan frowned and looked down at the decadent Johnny. She had persuaded and scolded her before, but unfortunately, Johnny was in a slump after she woke up and only knew how to live a drunken life and dream of death all day long.
However, Susan did not want to give up on her younger brother. She would come over to persuade him every day and help him clean up the room.
Faced with his sister's inquiry, Johnny lay on the sofa, lowering his eyes and saying nothing.
Susan sighed helplessly, shook her head and began to clean up the messy room in front of her.
Johnny first glanced at his busy sister expressionlessly, then struggled to get up from the sofa and staggered towards the bathroom.
"vomit--"
Listening to Johnny's vomiting coming from the bathroom, Susan bit her lip. Even though she knew that it was Johnny's wrong, she still hated Craft, who was interviewed.
After cleaning up the garbage in the room, Susan walked to the bathroom door and gently knocked on the door.
"I'll leave first, don't drink that much wine."
A vague response came from the bathroom, and Susan sighed again, then left Johnny's residence.
"Click."
As Susan's footsteps gradually faded away, until the door closed, Johnny's dull cry of regret came out in the bathroom.
Unknown that her younger brother was crying, Susan walked out of Johnny's residence. At this time, she had already covered her appearance with sunglasses, scarf and hat, and quickly walked towards the parking lot not far away.
As public opinion broke out, Johnny's original residence was soon exposed, and the subsequent protesters forced Susan to find a new remote and quiet place for Johnny.
And every time she comes to clean up the house for Johnny, she must be careful not to reveal her whereabouts, otherwise she will be discovered by the group of black fans who are already on the rise and will come here to protest and cause trouble.
In fact, Reed Richards was also harassed by some "just" at the beginning, but they did not persist for long.
The main reason is that Reed's experiments go wild from time to time, so in order not to affect others, he arranged his laboratory and residence in the suburbs away from the crowd.
Those who ran to protest came a few times and found that the place was far and remote, and no one came to watch their "justice behavior", and gradually became too lazy to waste time on Reed's side.
Driven by the car to Reed's lab, Susan finds her busy fiancé.
"Reed, have the research been found?"
"It's done," Reed stopped his work. "I have successfully simulated energy at the same wavelength as the cosmic storm based on the data I observed when I was observing the cosmic storm, and now I'm doing the final debugging."
Ben, who was lowering his head to adjust the machinery, raised his head, glanced at Reed and Susan, and then silently lowered his head to continue working.
For the original nature of human appearance that cannot be restored after mutation, it is actually good not to be a superhero, and it is also good to continue to do research silently at first sight.
However, his friend Reed hoped to restore his identity as Mr. Magic, so he had to help, but he also made up his mind that he would not become a stone man again.
"Reid, it's time to start."
Ben Grim closed the lid, opened the switch, glanced at the stable reading on the meter and said.
"I see."
Reed breathed, opened the hatch door of the instrument in front of him, and walked in.
"Start it."
Nodded through the glass punching Ben next to the controller, Reed Richards said.
This is not the first time Ben, who has cooperated with Reed, did not say a word, and reached out and pressed the button to release the cosmic storm.
In the instrument, Reed's body began to mutate again under the erosion of the energy he created. His body was stretched and twisted randomly like rubber, and various strange shapes were posed in the cabin.
But as the instrument was turned off, Reed found that the cosmic energy in his body was rapidly dissipating, and soon his supernatural power disappeared again.
"What's wrong? Reed."
Susan asked with concern when she saw Reed's expression after she came out.
"My ability has disappeared again." Reed pursed his lips, "I still underestimated Craft, who is worthy of being a talented boy valued by Tony Stark."
"How could it be? Didn't your body just now return to the rubber-like state?"
Susan exclaimed with her hands covering her mouth.
"Craft should have injected something into our bodies that can neutralize or dispel cosmic energy."
As a genius scientist, Reed quickly figured out the methods used by Craft based on the information provided by S.H.E.L.D.
"We need to have a comprehensive body check first."
Reed's technology was still unexplained. After finding the right direction, he quickly found the nanomechanics that Craft put into their bodies.
"What a great boy..."
Although hostile to each other, Reed still praised Craft.
Compared to using other energy or potions to neutralize cosmic energy, this nanomechanic that can dispel cosmic energy has a longer working time and is more troublesome to solve.
"Craft recently developed a virtual helmet, right?"
Reed Richards suddenly became determined to compete with Craft with technology.
"After we take out all the nanomechanics in our bodies, we will also develop a virtual reality product to compete with Dream Company."
Unlike those companies that can only watch Dream Company make a big profit with "Dream World", Reed has the ability to create a virtual world that is not inferior to "Dream World".
As for the other businesses of Dreamland Company, he has no interest, his technicality is too low and he is not challenging.
The only interesting mechanical prosthesis is now gradually withdrawing from the mainstream market and becoming a high-end customized product for rich people. It has no meaning to compete with Craft on this.
What Reed Richards didn't know was that he did this to hit Nick Fury's thoughts.
S.E.L.D. actually did not intend to really attack Craft, and even the plan to eat both ends was not their main purpose.
Nick Fury's real purpose is to formulate a defense plan for CRASTE. Because CRASTE is very strong and is not controlled by SHIELD, he has never had a good attitude towards the American officials, so Nick Fury feels that he needs to prepare for the future.
But Craft usually reveals too little things, and he doesn't like being a superhero like Peter Parker, and SHIELD has no place to collect more information.
That's why Nick Fury "helped" him find a few opponents and asked them to have some minor friction from time to time, and then they can take advantage of this opportunity to take advantage of some black technology or something.
In fact, in Nick Fury's opinion, the most suitable superhero to compete with CRASTE should be Tony Stark.
Unfortunately, before SHIELD valued Craft, he had already had a friendship with Stark, which forced Nick Fury to find the alien Thor, Thor.
However, Reed Richards is not bad now. Although he is much worse than Tony Stark in terms of funds, he will not lose to Stark in terms of invention and creation.
Chapter completed!