Chapter Twenty-four(24)

A few minutes later, James's Mother returned from work completely exhausted and they ate then retired to bed. James couldn't sleep out of excitement, not like he needed it anyway. James was already extremely rich though not on par with Tony Stark or The Rands or Norman Osborn, he wasn't too far off but unlike them, he had more influence since his company dealt in a lot more things than those companies. At the moment, Oscorp dealt mostly in energy and military technology, Rand Enterprises dealt with medicine and energy too then Stark Industries dealt in energy, weapons, a bit of this and that but mostly weapons and energy.

Compared to these, Smith Industries was torso deep into every aspect of the market from entertainment to Technology, Space explosion to Deep sea exploration. The nearest company that could match Smith Industries in terms of versatility was Roxxon Corporation but it was just a fledgling at the moment, another would be Essex Corporation but no one has heard about it.

"Wait, Roxxon is a fledgling industry, Paris!" James called out as he rose up from his bed

[How can I help?] Paris answered as a hologram of her appeared in the room

"Can you see if we can buy Roxxon Corporation or just buy a controlling share in the company" James said

[Sir don't you think it's enough, you have basically bought all the known companies in the world some of them aren't even that well known yet, you own Daily Bugle, Damage Control now known as Smith Constructions and have a share in Stark Industries, Rand, Oscorp and many others. Each of these shares earn you like a million dollars so why do you still want Roxxon Corporation] Paris asked

"It's not about the money that comes with it, it's the authority that comes with it, Roxxon would be a menace to society in the future, I want to be able to control it's actions, I plan to make the world a better place so I can't have a company that is lawless roaming around the planet" James answered,

He was working to create a world as nearly as perfect as that of the Silver Surfer's, a world free of illness and crime and many other things but James knew he would never be able to create a world like that unless he dominates the entire planet like Doom dominates Latveria. With the powers he would receive tomorrow, that could be done easily but that wasn't the sort of peace that James wanted. The type of peace he wanted could be achieved easily or at least relatively easily but Roxxon Corporation was a company with absolutely zero morality. It was always that company that looked for how to just mess up either the ecosystem or everybody's lives.

[So Roxxon is one of the big bads] Paris asked

"Not really but sure you can say that"

[That can be achieved but you know that your mom is the person doing most of these work] Paris reminded

"Yeah, just forget it, we can do it at a later time"

[Wise choice] Paris said then disappeared and James closed his eyes and forced himself to sleep

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Unknown Location,

Vast Nothingness,

In a void that stretched for infinity, a young man could be seen standing as he faced a golden being that towered over him. The Golden being was so huge, the young man looked more like an ant than a human when compared to it. The Golden being also has more weird features like a three faced head with two of them covered by a sheet of cloth.

"Holy shit!" James shouted as he looked on to the giant being in front of him

[You are not of this world] The Giant man said as it turned its giant head to James.

James didn't even know what to reply at this point, Just a moment ago he was happy that he had finally managed to sleep, something his body didn't need and he hadn't done for several months now and next thing he knew he was standing before this giant guy the most powerful being in the entire Marvel Multiverse since its creator rarely takes action. This guy was in charge of looking after the entire Multiverse and he was extremely efficient in his job.

This was the guy James had feared appearing before, The Living Tribunal. At the moment, James was confused as to why he was here, he hadn't done anything that warranted him to stand before the Living Tribunal. At least he knew that he hasn't used any of the more powerful resources he had in the main universe, Tenth Metal hasn't been introduced to the outside world in any way so James was honestly confused as to why he was here but he was scared beyond measure.