Chapter 315
After opening the coffin, he found that Howard Stark's body was not inside, which was too much. Tang Lin didn't expect this to happen. Could it be that Howard Stark was cremated?
Not only Tang Lin was stunned, but even Tony Stark was stunned. He never expected that his father's body would disappear. Such a shocking surprise made Tony Stark's mentality explode, and he quickly asked the mother next to him and said, "Mom, where is my father?"
This question is very sensible, just like when Tang Lin was at home. Generally, when Comrade Tang Zhanpeng didn't go home for dinner at night, Tang Lin would ask this question.
However, Maria didn't know what happened. Her memory remained at the moment when she was killed. Until now, she woke up and wanted to find her husband like Tony Stark.
Tony Stark felt that his life had never tried such ups and downs, even if he was kidnapped and then became the well-known Iron Man. His ups and downs were not as exaggerated as today. He finally had the courage to revive his parents, but I don’t know how much repeated entanglement and soul-questioning he experienced.
Such a result is absolutely unacceptable.
Nick Fury originally didn't want to disturb the reunion of his family. He was sending his troops to retrieve all the information about Howard Stark's accidental death. He had to investigate clearly what happened and what accident happened within S.H.E.L.D.
When Tony Stark showed up in front of him with his mother with an upset look on his face, Nick Fury asked in shock: "Where is Howard Stark? Can he not be resurrected?"
"You have the nerve to ask me, I'll ask you, why is there no body of my dad in the coffin?!" Tony Stark asked sternly.
"How is this possible?" Nick Fury was even more surprised than Tony Stark.
"You don't know? You don't know my parents were murdered, you don't know my dad's body is missing, you don't know whether you are the director or president of SHIELD, you don't know anything you ask?"
Tony Stark no longer has the usual grace of being a man, and he can't get poor even if he wants to talk poorly.
However, no matter how excited Tony Stark is, Nick Fury is not able to understand what happened. The S.H.E.L.D.’s investigation report on Howard Stark’s death was not found, whether it was electronic documents or paper documents, either a vague briefing or a lack of truly important information, such as an autopsy report, could not be found.
When Maria's emotions stabilized and accepted the reality of her rebirth and resurrection, she told everyone about the horrific murder.
"At that time, Howard Stark and I were probably going to attend a meeting overnight, and someone came to catch up with me on a motorcycle. He suddenly shot, scaring Howard Stark to the side of the road. Then, I seemed to hit my forehead and lost consciousness."
After so long, Maria's memory was very vague, but from these words alone, it can be confirmed that this was a murder. But there are only so many clues that I can't even figure out how Howard Stark's body disappeared.
Tang Lin ignored the busyness of SHIELD. His time was up, and he had to go home for dinner. Just when Tang Lin left the Marvel Universe, in the depths of the fire, Howard Stark, who was looking for at SHIELD, was standing in a flame.
But this is not the corpse they were looking for. Although their hair was completely white, their bodies were full of flesh and blood, as if they had lived until now.
"Do you have any new orders to summon me back? Don't you need to find your son Wu Xinmo?" Howard Stark said to the flames in front of him.
The flames around him seemed to be spiritual, gathering into a huge human face, looking down at Howard Stark from a high place.
"My Knight, I do have a new mission to hand over to you. The soul of your wife Maria has been taken away." The flamed face said in a low voice.
"What? Mephisto, you promised me that as long as I work for you for a hundred years, you will resurrect me and Maria!" Howard Stark said angrily.
This is the hell monarch Mephisto. He is not only a famous villain in the Marvel Universe, but also in many parallel planes. He has always given various equipment and benefits to various protagonists, and is called a model worker.
Howard Stark was assassinated, and according to the original plot of Marvel, he should have left the scene and lived in Tony Stark's memory. But because this world has greatly changed ancient history by Tang Lin, it attracted the attention of Mephisto when Howard Stark died.
Mephisto gave some of his power to Howard Stark to resurrect him as his own Ghost Rider, and at the same time took away the soul of Howard Stark's wife Maria, and used this soul to threaten Howard Stark to work for him.
Otherwise, with Howard Stark's character, how could he work for the Hell Monarch?
Mephisto used his magical power to erase the memories and impressions of the people involved. Neither S.H.L.D. nor Hydra, it was discovered that Howard Stark was actually missing.
Over the past few decades, Howard Stark has been the best thug in Mephisto, helping him kill many disliked demons in hell.
Mephisto also understood Howard Stark's character and asked him to massacre humans to collect souls for himself. Even if it was use of Maria's soul to threaten it, it would be useless, but it would be possible to negotiate if he asked him to help him deal with other demons.
"This is why I've found you back. No one should be able to steal the soul from my hands. I can sense that your wife's soul was brought to New York. You have to find her back and kill the demon who dared to steal the soul from me." Mephisto said to Howard Stark.
"Another demon?" Howard Stark asked with a frown.
"In this world, only the demons are the best at playing with their souls. Only another demon can steal the soul from my hands. Maybe you think it is a good thing that Mary's soul is out of my control, but in fact, I am the most rational and tolerant demon in hell. So, if you don't take back Mary's soul as soon as possible, then your wife will suffer all the torture." said Mephisto.
Howard Stark's face became very ugly. He had killed many demons, so he naturally knew the demon's virtues and couldn't help but feel anxious.
"No problem, I will save Maria. But this is your mistake, Mephisto, the contract between us should be changed," said Howard Stark.
His wife's soul is no longer in Mephisto's hands, and Howard Stark feels it's time for him to talk about the conditions.
"No problem, the deadline of one hundred years can be changed to fifty years. There are more than twenty years left, and you and your wife will be free." Mephisto said very readily.
Howard Stark never expected Mephisto to be so easy to talk to. Is this still the sinister and cunning monarch of hell?
Howard Stark quickly thought of a question and asked: "This time the opponent is stronger than you?"
Mephisto:...
Sometimes, smart people are not that easy to deal with, especially when fooling them to die.
Howard Stark's guess is correct. Mephisto believes that the opponent is very difficult to deal with. The demon is good at controlling the soul. The soul that has been put away by the demon monarch has never heard of anyone who can quietly snatch it back. Moreover, Mephisto vaguely senses that the other party snatches it through the connection between Maria's corpse and soul.
Maria has been dead for more than twenty years, and only bones are left in the body, and its connection with the soul can be said to be almost gone. Mephisto can sense the existence of the soul by such a corpse, but this is already the limit. Mephisto himself cannot even fight for the soul that falls in the hands of other demons through such a slight connection.
If you can do this, your understanding of the soul must be above yourself. What about the abilities in other places? Mephisto is not going to try the strength of his opponent by himself. Isn’t he just sending him out to be cannon fodder at this time?
Who would have thought that Howard Stark would find out the problem with his words? With this guy's shrewdness, he would definitely not die.
In desperation, Mephisto could only say to Howard Stark: "Of course the opponent this time is very strong, otherwise it would be impossible for you to steal your wife's soul from me. So, I will not let you take risks alone."
As the flame flashed, there was a young man in dark green clothes beside Howard Stark. When he looked at the young man, he felt that this man didn't look like a good person, and his temperament was full of insidiousness and tricks. If he hadn't looked handsome, he would have wanted to hit him when others saw him, but he would have grabbed his legs and fell to him wildly.
"Loki, this time, you and Howard Stark go back Maria's soul and kill the ungrateful demon. If you succeed, I can let your brother Thor free. If you fail, the soul fire I branded on you will burn your soul to ashes! Don't want to inform Odin, otherwise my flame will kill you before you report it." Mephisto threatened.
When Howard Stark heard Mephisto's words, his impression of Loki was much better. He was originally a poor person, and his relatives' souls were in control by Mephisto, so he had to serve this demon monarch. As the saying goes, they are both people who have fallen into the world, so why should they meet each other? Howard Stark felt that he should get to know this young man who was sympathetic and cooperated sincerely to complete this arduous task.
When Loki heard Mephisto's words, he shook his lower lip and said in a negotiating tone: "Can you adjust the conditions a little?"
"What conditions do you want to change?" Mephisto said impatiently.
"Otherwise, if I successfully complete the task, let me be free. If I fail, you burn my brother Thor to death. I think this is more reasonable." Loki said very seriously.
Howard Stark:…
Chapter completed!