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Chapter 110: Relocation Plan
Thor had definitely done nothing to Jane Foster. After successfully scaring her to tears, he had returned her to her place without truly causing any harm. He wasn't, after all, a beast.
However, the next morning, Thor was roused from sleep by loud knocking. When he opened the door groggily, he was met with Jane Foster's angry, delicate face.
Jane yelled at him furiously, "You bastard, you ruined me!"
"What's the matter? I didn't do anything to you yesterday."
Thor rubbed his eyes, trying to recall the previous day. He realized he hadn't done anything wrong, and felt he was being unfairly labeled.
"You didn't do anything, but everyone thinks you did! Bastard, you've ruined my reputation!"
Jane recalled Eric's sympathetic eyes and Daisy's envious glances as she left the room early that morning. She felt on the verge of madness.
...
"Jane, it's okay. We won't mention it again."
"Jane, are you alright? Do you need me to buy you medicine?"
"Jane, if it helps, the other party was quite handsome. You didn't suffer too much!"
...
Thor massaged his forehead in frustration. In the original story, they were clearly a couple. How had things turned out like this? He was equally perplexed.
"Uh, isn't there a silver lining? At least they won't see you as an old prude," Thor tried to offer comfort after some thought.
"Um, huh?"
Jane listened in a daze, as if trying to find some sense in his words.
Jane eventually accepted Thor's support, though the amount was overwhelming. Nevertheless, she refused to live in Thor's manor and chose to rent a house nearby.
She couldn't risk her reputation, even with Thor's assurances. After all, who knew what might happen?
A cautionary tale was Maya Hansen.
Bruce Banner was bitterly taken away by General Ross.
Thor's original conditions were also met: the Tesseract was handed over to S.H.I.E.L.D, Thor officially became the leader of the Avengers, and Washington approved a piece of land for him.
But it wasn't in Manhattan, as there was no available open space. The only option was to reclaim land from the beach.
Following the advice of Miss System, Thor chose a plot on Long Island's Gold Coast, doubling the area to over 70 acres.
Such a request would normally be difficult to approve. In a federal country, local governments often resist federal decisions. Washington might have had its reservations, leading to potential bureaucratic hurdles.
However, the current New York City Mayor, Wilson Fisk, who was also known as the infamous Kingpin, reluctantly signed the agreement after a high-profile tribute to Washington's major tycoons on social media.
The Washington elite were dismayed.
Thor spent 10,000 points from his system's store to acquire a blueprint of an extremely luxurious Norse mythology-style castle. He handed it over to Kingpin's massive construction team and left the project in their hands.
Thor had initially considered using better building materials, such as reinforced concrete, but faced strong opposition from Wakanda's leaders. They were outraged by the idea of using their precious Vibranium for a mere house.
The next morning, General Ross received shocking news: Banner, or rather the Hulk, had escaped.
Normally, as long as Banner kept his emotions in check, he wouldn't transform unexpectedly. To be cautious, General Ross had sedated him with a dose calibrated to the Hulk's size.
Tranquilizers, if overdosed, could be lethal!
Feeling the approach of death, Hulk emerged...
The Hulk, who had been plotting all night, even kidnapped his daughter, Betty Ross.
General Ross was enraged but soon learned that his daughter was taking Banner to a doctor named Samuel Stern. Through experimentation, Stern aimed to eliminate the green titan cells and cure the Hulk.
Unable to remain idle, General Ross didn't have time to request Thor's help. He rushed to the scene with a large group of soldiers.
Accompanying him was Bronski, who had been declared dead by doctors. The super-soldier serum had turned him into a medical miracle, but it also exacerbated his darker impulses.