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Arthur didn't know how to refute. Although Arthur is covered with tattoos and has an unshaven beard and looks like a biker gang, he is actually a very honest kid, the kind of kid who likes Taylor Swift and doesn't even listen to death rock... He is definitely a good kid!
So when faced with Black Manta's greatest fear, he had no idea how to respond...
This unlucky kid.
Seeing Arthur speechless, Black Manta lost his pleasure. This thing is just like sex between men and women. You have to react. Otherwise, you are like an inflatable doll. Who would feel anything? So Black Manta continued to torture Orm!
Om's screams made Arthur suddenly anxious!
Unfortunately, he couldn't do anything.
But seeing Arthur like that, Black Manta became excited instead.
At this moment, Arthur suddenly had an idea. No, I didn't come here alone. I have a teammate!
"Kai!!!! Where the hell have you been?!!!"
Black Manta immediately felt something was wrong!
If there is any obstacle to his ambition to rule the world, it is only the superheroes, and the biggest obstacle among them is the Big Three.
The Big Three is the name given to super influencers by fans on the Internet.
General superheroes are just superheroes, with limited influence and range of activities, all in their respective cities. For example, Daredevil is famous in New York, but outside of New York, he has a mediocre response. There is also the Flash. Although the Flash can go anywhere in the world in a short period of time, in fact, the Flash's range of activities has always been the Los Angeles area. Outside this range, the Flash's frequency of appearance is very low.
The Big Three are different, they go everywhere.
Although there is a fixed territory, it has rarely appeared there in reality for a long time.
The Big Three are Thor, Iron Man and Kai!
Iron Man is controversial. After all, how can we say that? In terms of combat power alone, Iron Man is not as good as the other two, but his presence is still very strong, which is very strange. Many people attribute it to his brains and wealth.
Indeed, there is no one in the world richer than him.
After he became a superhero, he spent more money, but as he became more famous, his company made more money and its stock price kept rising. Perhaps everyone thought that his company would not go bankrupt.
Many people regard their company's stocks as a safe haven for funds. Once there is any disturbance in the market, a lot of funds will flow into their company.
After all, over the years, the stock price of Stark Group has only fluctuated significantly once, and relying on this time, Tony has regained complete control of the company in one fell swoop, becoming the undisputed largest shareholder and having complete control over the board of directors.
Therefore, it is very valuable and continues to rise.
This in turn made Stark Group more conservative in its operations in the financial market, after all, the fall in their stock price had too great an impact.
This conservatism makes them stronger. After all, in the financial market, being conservative does not necessarily make money, but the probability of loss is definitely smaller. This further attracts the entry of risk-averse funds, which in turn pushes up stock prices.
In other words, Tony has a huge cash flow and does not need to sell stocks, otherwise he will make a profit sooner or later.
Don't underestimate Tony's ruthlessness. He is a capitalist. Even if he has a conscience, he is still a capitalist. Cutting leeks is a basic operation. If it really comes to the point where he has to cut leeks, he will definitely not be soft-hearted. Unfortunately, the energy industry will always be a cash cow, and he has no shortage of funds.
As for where all the safe-haven funds come from... there really shouldn't be too much.
As the world situation changes.
Funds from all over the world are looking for safe havens. The international situation is too weird. As the war in the Middle East begins, the fight between Egypt and the Little Overlord has further escalated, and the situation has become even weirder. The end of Russia has led to a tense situation in Eastern Europe.
As a result, financial markets across Europe began to become turbulent.
In fact, Americans also had a hand in this.
Although the collapse of the petrodollar has left the U.S. dollar helpless, what if an international currency suddenly ceases to be international?
Fortunately, the dollar has not been withdrawn so quickly. After all, if international trade continues, the dollar cannot disappear all at once. However, in order to avoid the collapse of the dollar, the United States must repatriate dollars as quickly as possible.
So all kinds of small actions continue.
In fact, in the war between Little Overlord and Egypt, the Americans did not play any good role. On the one hand, they supported Little Overlord, and on the other hand, they also supported Little Overlord's enemies.
That’s right, the reason why so many Middle Eastern countries support Apocalypse is not entirely because the little bully is so annoying.
There is a saying that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.
The United States has indeed fallen from its position as the world hegemon and has suffered many heavy losses, but after all, it is the hegemon that has dominated the earth for decades. Its influence will not fade so quickly, at least not in the short term.
Unless a country replaces it immediately.
The three countries with the most hope now are the United States, the Russians and the flower-growing countries.
If the Russians want to seize the position of hegemony, they must expand westward. There is no other way. There is only so much territory in the world. If the Russians want to restore the influence they had in their heyday, they must move westward. After all, if they go south... they will encounter the Flower-Growing People.
If this happens, Europe will begin to tremble.
Years of propaganda and hostility have made Europe extremely hostile to the Russians.
As the Russians take more action, the financial market will inevitably be turbulent.
So where will their funds go?
Americans themselves think of America.
But in fact, the United States was wrong.
There is also a quiet flower grower.
Flower-growing countries can be said to be the country that has been least affected by the country in recent years, and are also the country with the greatest impact.
The least impacted thing is that they did not suffer any losses in many major events! The shipping industry and navy were completely unscathed! Even many Western media that hate the East said that it was a conspiracy of a big country in the East.
Sadly, the world has changed.
The era when a few nonsense words from the West could sway people's hearts is completely gone. After all, this thing needs hard power to support it.
After the Battle of Atlantis, who dares to speak loudly to the flower growers?
Don't you die?
Global shipping depends on the flower grower! The stability of the flower grower has also become the best place for capital to hedge! So much capital has further promoted the development of the flower grower. If it develops, it will make money. These hedge funds are not only stable, but also profitable. Why don't others come?
So this kind of argument quickly disappeared. Foreign media should also focus on unity! They still rely on others to make money!
But no matter what, the return of US dollars has given the United States a sigh of relief.
Oh, we’re getting off topic again.
In short, with the return of US dollars, Stark Group has become the best safe-haven asset. Therefore, not only did Tony's assets not shrink due to his reckless spending, but his wealth further increased due to the world trend!
Show off your wealth!
There's no way. When one's wealth reaches a certain level, it's really hard to ignore him.
But Black Manta didn't care about Tony at all, just like he looked down on Orm. He didn't think Tony was that great, just rich. He thought if he was as rich as Tony, he could also be successful, no, he should be better than him.
On the contrary, he couldn't ignore Kai and Thor.
Even if he used the method of spiritual victory, he couldn't say that he was stronger than these two people, even with the Dark Trident.
I won’t say more about Kai, after all, his growth path is very obvious and the media has reported enough.
The results are there too.
Thor... To be honest, at the beginning Black Manta didn't think he was worse than Thor at all, until he learned a lot of secrets from Orm.
Until there is Asgard behind Thor!
Black Manta actually has no idea how powerful Asgard is.
Until Om told him.
Asgard and Atlantis had a connection a long time ago, at least before Atlantis sank, but then it disappeared. I don't know what happened.
He was confident that he could deal with Thor, but he couldn't deal with the Asgard soldiers!
This is fucking terrible.
So, the moment he heard Kai's name, he immediately started to run away. But before leaving, he still waved the Dark Trident and sucked away the blood of the two people!
In the blink of an eye, a figure fell from the sky with thunder.
The black manta was cut in half in an instant by the lightning!
It happened so fast that neither Om nor Arthur could see clearly what happened before it ended.
"It was almost exposed! Can you stop talking so hastily? You almost let this bastard run away!" Kai was wearing the Destroyer armor and carrying the Ultimate Storm on his shoulders. "This guy has some stuff. I almost cut him off with my axe."
"Cough cough...you've been here a long time ago?!" Arthur coughed up a mouthful of blood and looked at Kai in shock.
It’s not that Kai killed Black Manta with one sword, but he felt that this grandson was just too inhuman.
"Yeah, seeing you guys were having so much fun playing, I didn't disturb you." Kai said honestly.
Om lay on the ground like a dead man, without any reaction to Kai's arrival.
He and Kai were not familiar with each other, so naturally there was no grudge between them.
"No... you came earlier, just to watch us both lose?"
Arthur really wanted to scold Kai. After all, he had arrived a long time ago, so why didn’t he help?
"Hey... this is not my fault, it's your mom's fault!" Kai said quickly: "Your mom is too demanding. She wants everything. What can I do?"
Kai walked over and gave Om an injection of dragon bone extract.
This guy's injuries were more serious than Arthur's. After all, he was more reckless and was beaten up by Black Manta. If he wasn't rescued, he might really faint.
"What do you mean you want both... Why are you making dirty jokes in front of me?"
Arthur breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Orm's breathing stabilize.
Then he started to grimace in pain.
He didn't feel well either.
"No..." Kai said apologetically, "Your mother can't bear to part with you or Om. She wants to solve the problem and prevent Om from getting hurt. But this kid looks stubborn and can't be educated with words. If I beat him, your mother will definitely blame me. What can I do?"
"So you're asking us to kill each other?"
"Don't be so extreme. At least you beat Om. Your mother can't blame you. You are her son, aren't you?" Kai said with his hands spread out.
"Ahem, aren't you afraid that we will perish together?"
At this time, Kai also came over and gave Arthur an injection.
Arthur's condition improved immediately.
Kai smiled at him and said, "It's not that easy to die. Am I not watching you from the side?"
After saying that, Kai walked over and directly brought Om over.
"Isn't everyone happy now?"
"Kill... me... Kill me..." Om's injuries were not fully healed. After all, Kai was afraid that he would cause trouble, and it was impossible for him to be cured. It would be best if he was half dead.
"Be honest, even though your mother was wrong, she still cares about you, otherwise she wouldn't have specifically begged me not to hurt you." Kai sighed and advised.
In fact, it is best for outsiders not to interfere in such matters. Kai also does not like to stand on the moral high ground and meddle in other people's family affairs. When Kai watched those mediation programs in the past, what annoyed him the most were the mediators. Each of them was like a saint and was not afraid of being struck by lightning.
But in this situation, if Kai really stands neutral and has no stance... then it's not persuasion, it's simply adding fuel to the fire.
He really felt that Atlanna handled household affairs very badly and Om was a great tragedy!
But the problem is that he can't be neutral, and it's even more impossible for him to stand on Om's side, so... Om can only let him suffer.
Another thing is that he is no longer afraid of being struck by lightning!
"Kill me..." Om's reason was not entirely due to shame, but more because he did not want to be controlled by the Dark Trident!
That feeling... is so terrible.
"Accept the reformation honestly and come out as soon as possible to start a new life!" Kai could only use his old words to comfort her.
He is very familiar with this.
After saying that, he punched him.
Knocked him unconscious.
"You're such a tough guy." After saying that, he stood up and prepared to retrieve the Dark Trident.
But when he walked to the body of Black Manta.
Suddenly it was discovered that the Dark Trident was missing, and Black Manta's body had also been replaced.
Only a shriveled skeleton was left.
"Ok?"
"What's wrong?" Arthur looked up. He was shocked when he saw his brother being knocked unconscious. He was checking on his brother's condition.
If others don't know, how can he know?
He actually understood why his mother warned Kai so much, because he was too cruel.
Although there is less discussion about it now, some time ago, many people were discussing Kai's ruthlessness. This guy never showed mercy to criminals. The prisoners he captured alive were special even in prison and were called "Lucky Boy".
After all, the number of prisoners he sent to hell was far greater than those he sent to prison.
For a long time, the media and the public felt that Kai was too wrong, and the lives of criminals are also lives!
Everyone thinks Kai is a jerk.
But no one said anything later. Firstly, Kai didn't care about these voices at all. After all, he did kill people, but all the procedures were in compliance and you couldn't find any mistakes. Besides, even if the families of the criminals wanted to sue, they had to find lawyers who were willing to take these cases. You know, Kai was not just a policeman, he was also a super rich man and he could choose any lawyer he wanted.
The families of those criminals eat too much, so are they willing to challenge this level of difficulty?
Lawyers' fees are expensive, right?
In the United States, you can offend anyone, but don't offend the rich.
The richer someone is, the less you should offend him.
Moreover, political correctness is no longer popular in the current public opinion environment.
After all, the United States used to be the world hegemon, with a developed economy, and everyone had a lot of free time. But now it’s different, the whole world is changing, and the United States is no longer the same environment as before. Everyone knows that the world is different, and everyone is busy making money!
Who has the time to bother with political correctness anymore?
Eighty percent of the so-called political correctness is due to idleness!
(End of this chapter)