Chapter 171: The Walking Bald.

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"BRAINNNNSSS… BRAIIIIINNNNSSSSS…!"

Inside the theater, a lot of bald people were watching a zombie movie while eating popcorn. The effect of the virus had been lifted, and the people had returned to their daily life.

J Jonah Jameson as usual, was shouting from the Daily Bugle billboard to share his latest viewpoint.

"Now that the Avenger Tower was destroyed by the Notorious Red Skull, what will he do next? Only thing we know for certain; we will be safe as long as Mr. Ryan Knight is here! I am sure of that… Oh, yeah yeah, the Avengers as well."

JJJ frowned a bit when his staff asked him to include the Avengers in the story. After he finished shouting and the broadcast was cut off, his assistant continued their debate with the stubborn JJJ.

"Although the Avengers' fight in the outskirts had created a lot of collateral damage, they still had worked hard to save New York that night."

"All I hear is that their fight caused collateral damages. You know what Mr Knight did? He created an antidote in MINUTES!!! And contained the explosion that could've decimated the whole New York single handedly. He is on a whole different level as compared with the Avengers. The others were fighting a useless monster while people on the other hand were suffering." JJJ said while smoking his cigar.

The details from that night were already out to the public. Ryan did it to make people ease up their concern by publishing the details on that night and painting heroic deeds on the heroes.

However, he needed to keep the details about the military generals revolting under the lead of Red Skull a secret. Until the situation can be stabilized. Otherwise, the innocent military officers will be in trouble just because they were following orders.

"Iron Man and Captain America are there too!?" The African-american newspaper editor said in disbelief. "You can't conveniently push them out just to fill your narrative.!"

The communication that night was down, but the moment Tony fixed the internet back up, a lot of videos about the templars, the street heroes, and even the citizens who took the initiative to save the people had flooded the internet.

The Unity of the people inside the city was at its peak during the incident. A lot of touching stories were shared on the internet, making the attention of the incident didn't die down.

However, JJJ was still dissatisfied even if they had surpassed the entire city's broadcast ratings by sharing these stories. He needed something more. A scandal.

"I didn't leave them out. I mentioned them in the news."

"Yeah, as troublemakers that interfered with Ryan Knight's work! I…I can't- (sigh)"

The editor then walked out from the room, leaving a satisfied JJJ who had won the argument…Again. It was only when a cease and desist order came to the Daily bugle office that his smile was wiped from his face.

Inside the city, a lot of construction robots were dispatched to help fix the damage from that night. They were even building the Avengers tower, and it was estimated to be fully operational in a week.

During that time, all of the Avengers relocated to the Stark Industries warehouse on the outskirts. Tony had refurbished the warehouse to an Avenger Base with all the facilities that they needed to stay in their top performance.

"Hulk. Here, you can't smash yet. Not until I can finish the modification." Tony reminded the green monster.

"Do whatever you want." Hulk said sadly and went to his room.

"Hmm, I've never seen him that depressed. Not since he found out that he was banned from eating burgers because he didn't come to training before." Natasha said to Tony while they watched the Hulk walk away with his shoulder dropping.

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Inside a small clinic.

"So. How are you feeling? Any intense rage or wanting to smash everything?"

"There is. But it's no more than usual."

Kai was holding a notebook while Jen was laying down in the therapy chair. It's been 2 days since the Red Bald Virus. New York was still dealing with the aftermath of the ordeal they had gone through.

Jen was mandated for a checkup, and she complied obediently as to make sure that she won't accidentally injure someone.

Jen was watching Kai scribble some notes seriously while intently listening to her. She was in her She-Hulk mode, as she felt more comfortable meeting with one of the Avengers that way.

Jen turned toward the reader while lying on the therapy chair, "I have some feeling of wanting to smash. But not quite like the Hulk does. Especially since a handsome doctor was checking up on me. Too bad you shouldn't date your therapist."

She was wearing tight sexy clothes after Ryan had asked the islander to create some size-appropriate clothes for Jen using the clothes synthesizer.

Ryan had forgotten the taste of the islanders when he asked them to do so, making Jen receive unusual clothes. The islander who usually walked around the island in swimsuit focused on the skin exposures in creating the clothes.

Natasha met Yelena again when she gave the clothes to Jen, and the atmosphere around them was quite awkward.

The clothes were enchanted so that they would increase and decrease in size during transformation, so Jen could use the clothes for a long time.

After a thorough checkup, they found out that Jen didn't have an alternate ego like Bruce and the Hulk.

What's Bruce doing now?" Jen asked while swinging her leg from lying down on the bed to the floor. She sat up and looked at Kai with a little concern.

" He… I'm not going to lie to you Jen. He had opened up his previous research on how to remove the Hulk from his body. To search for a way to help you," Kai replied while shaking his head.

Seeing Jen had turned into the She-Hulk – which is what the media have been calling her, was hard on Bruce.

Hulk was a curse. For him, and also the green guy. Seeing Jen become a Hero and using the power to help people did allow Bruce some redemption. But he couldn't let Jen live with the curse like he did.

New York City.

Everywhere on the streets, sight of people with shiny scalp could be seen walking down the streets. An Asian lady buying an apple, a kid eating a lollipop, a grandma and grandpa walking around holding hands, a lot of them have become bald from the virus.

May Parker walked into the Knight Industries laboratory where the Vice President of the country had been staying for a few days. She was wearing a scarf on her head, as she too, was infected from the virus.

She was infected a minute before the epidemic ended, making her feel extremely regretful that her body couldn't hold on for one more minute.

"May." Suddenly, a short man with an unkempt shaggy hair that covered up all of his head, also a long mustache and beard, called her from inside the laboratory.

"Who are you sir?" May asked puzzledly. She knows that Ryan wouldn't give permission to the random stranger to enter the laboratory. So who is the short man in front of her?

The man opened up his hair bang, revealing his youthful face that was covered by it.

"p..p…PETER!!!" May was shocked when she realized the small bearded man was her nephew. "What happened to you Peter? Why do you seem like a homeless man?"

"I…" Before Peter could make some excuse, a voice interjected from behind.

"He played with my new formula because he wanted a beard, but he played with the undiluted solution, making his hair grow uncontrollably. Here Pete. Eat this." Ryan with a beard pushed some chocolate into the kid's mouth to make up for his loss of energy.

"I feel more wise now. Like I can say to a Balrog 'You Shall not Pass'. May, can I keep it?" Peter said while brushing his long beard with his hand.

"NO!" May retorted quickly. She held her forehead as she started to have a headache. She muttered underneath her breath, "I left them alone for just one hour."

"AWW shucks." Peter whined while seemingly disappointed. However, May stared at him angrily, making him swallow his saliva.

"HAHA. Serves you right for not asking first." Ryan teased and held a scissor toward Peter's hair. The kid's eyes shook, but there wasn't anything he could do. May had already said no.

Gwen in a lab coat walked toward them while narrowing her eyes toward Ryan. She wanted to interfere, but it wasn't time yet.

"Sir. What will happen to him?" May asked worriedly. If Peter already needs to start shaving at 13 years old, she is afraid what will happen to his growth when he starts to go through puberty.

"I know what are you worried about May, *SNIP* But the serum won't interfere with his growth hormone. *SNIP SNIP* After a week, the effect will be gone." Ryan finished cutting the kid's hair, but he let Peter keep the beard. He just trimmed it a little bit.

Ryan and Peter started to pose for pictures, making both Gwen and May shout at them at the same time.

"SHAVE IT!"

10 minutes later, a clean shaven Ryan and Peter walked out from the bathroom reluctantly. They keep touching their faces, saddened by their loss.

"Also, May, you want to use it?" Ryan asked. "Peter has worked really hard. Alone. To create it for you."

"No! I just saw something amiss on the board. You did all the work." Peter was extremely surprised when Ryan gave all the credit to him. He was only there for an hour. And the thing he fixed was the material ratio for dilution, not the formula creation.

Gwen pinches Ryan's cheeks, and reprimanded him. "Stop shoving credit to other people. I thought you already understood it by now."

Her instinct was telling her that Ryan purposely made the mistake so that he could push Peter forward.

"Gwen. I felt sick that my name is constantly in the media." Ryan said sadly after his cheeks were released. "Also, what is JJJ's problem? He is in love with me or something?"

Gwen felt a bit bad for him. May and Peter too. Peter tried to brush his long beard, but nothing was there, making him feel extra sad.

Peter helped May to slather the hair-growth gel on her scalp, and her luscious black hair came back after an hour.

"May, give the hair gel to the victims for free. Also, Made it so that my name isn't mentioned." Ryan schemed with May while they were away from Gwen and Peter.

"Whose name should I push forward this time?" May asked while playing with her soft hair. She was extremely satisfied with the hair gel.Her hair is now soft and silky, compared to the previously rough ones.

"Suit yourself. Just not me." Ryan said while secretly showing signs pointing to Gwen.

May chuckled and nodded. She said before she left, "You know, when you will get married, the privilege for the absolute order will be shared by the both of you."

"I know. I couldn't wait for the day. However, Pepper and Tony had blocked us from getting married before they did."

"This Friday?" May asked again. She had just received the invitation yesterday. As usual, Tony's impulsiveness had created a lot of trouble for the other people.

"Yeah. This Friday. Otherwise, Pepper couldn't hide the bulge in her stomach any longer." Ryan said. It will be four days from today. He wonders if Tony could get married first, or the massive fleet of the Skrull army, a jump point away from Earth's solar system, will come first.

May was puzzled again, "Isn't she 5 months pregnant? How can she hide it?"

"I don't know. I think Tony had planned something using the hard light technology. He brought it all to the rooftop of the Avenger tower where the ceremony will be held."

Gwen got a text from Pepper at that time. She gasped and took off her lab coat quickly."Ryan, I'm the Maid of Honor. Oh my god. The time. I need to.." Gwen rushed toward the exit before Ryan could even stop her. '

"GWEN, what about the new ships??" Ryan yelled, but Gwen was already gone from his sight. She activated her suits and web-swinged directly toward the temporary place Pepper was staying as the Avenger Tower was destroyed.

Ryan had no choice but to visit the new military department alone.

Inside the Interplanetary Defense Force Department, a top secret department that only a selected few know about.

The new department was only a small room, less than 100 square feet wide. And there were only two people in the department when Ryan visited them.

"Where are the others?" Ryan asked the head of the department, a white-haired old man who wore glasses.

Hank Pym replied, " Scott and the others are taking a break. Come , let me show you the finished product."

Hank led Ryan toward a glass case that contained 30 displays of an M-class cruiser, and 100 fighter ships that were capable for space battle. The display model was small, only palm sized. However, Ryan and Hank knew the truth about the models in front of them.

"Your design is world shattering Ryan. I didn't remember the last time I was this excited for a project." Hank said in awe and excitement. "The Thousand Wings fighter craft will definitely be unparalleled anywhere on Earth. I don't know about the galaxy, but I think-"

Ryan interjected, "It will become unparalleled there too."

The fighter craft blueprints were bought by him in the trading marketplace. It cost him 1.4 million TC just for the blueprints. It looked like a trident, ruthless and cold.

It used a dark matter forge in the creation, however, Ryan subbed it with a grade-B metal for interstellar travel instead. The metal alloy was tweaked from the adamantium formula, increasing the ship's offensive and toughness drastically.

"About the light frigate. We had some trouble in the initial part of the process, but the new hire, Scott Lang, managed to solve the problem." Hank explained the bigger display model on the display case.

"How is he by the way?" Ryan asked.

"Scott? Most of the time he is an idiot. But he can be useful once in a while," Hank replied. He was also dissatisfied with Scott as he saw that the guy and Hope had something going on between them.

Ryan heard the sound of high heel clacking from behind him. He turned to see a woman that looked like she's in her 40's but the white hair on her head tells him otherwise. 'Well, being stuck in the quantum realm for decades will take a toll on anyone.'

The woman walked right towards Ryan and hugged him tightly.

"Janet. How are you feeling?" Ryan asked the newly freed woman in front of him.

"I feel wonderful. I still don't understand why you would keep me quarantined for a while when I'm this healthy." Janet Van Dyne said jokingly.

"Well, I don't want you bringing a dangerous virus from the quantum realm and turning everyone else into a zombie." Ryan said jokingly.

However, only the chat group knows how relieved he was when Janet didn't come in contact with the quantum virus and didn't destroy the world when Hank went to save her. That was also why he participated in the rescue mission. So that he could avoid the dangerous outcome of the mission.

Janet took over the report from Hank and started to explain. "The SSV Normandy stealth reconnaissance was suitable for deep space scanning an investigation. A few teams that were led by Carol Danvers had already started to scout our solar system."

"How about the jump point?" Ryan asked after listening to the reports. The heavy frigate model will only be created after the Interplanetary Defense System was fully launched at the world summit.

"We have placed a few monitoring equipment there. Like you said, we haven't cooperated with NASA and did it by ourself. Even SWORD didn't know about it, yet." Hank said.

"Good. Keep it that way for now. Also, what do you think about Scott as your successor?" Ryan asked while smiling. Hank frowned, but deep down he knew Scott would do a good job.

Ryan had saved Scott from getting arrested after he stole from a company. He found Scott was a little different from the Scott he knew. Although he was still a fun guy, Scott Lang's past was deeper than he thought.

His daughter Cassie needed money for a surgery. That's why Scott started to steal. He got involved with a bad crowd, and was blackmailed to continue stealing even after he procured enough for his daughter's surgery.

He wanted to make a clean slate from crime, and Ryan had given that to him. All the blackmailers had found themselves dead in dubious circumstances after Ryan had hired Scott.

"I like him," Janet said. Hank was still frowning, and let out a longer sigh.

5 minutes later, Hope and Scott came back from their lunch. However, Ryan had already left.

"What? You WANT ME TO BECOME ANT-MAN?!" Scott was shocked when Hank talked to him. A distance away from the men, the woman was also having a conversation together.

"The Wasp? Mom, are you sure?" Hope Van Dyne was startled when her mother decided to pass the mantle to her.

Ryan had to go, but not to the Vice President office or the Avenger Tower, but toward Kamar Taj.

"Last night, Stephen Strange got into an accident. I implore you to. Not interfere in the matter." The Ancient One said.

"Sure. But, his hand. I can cure it after right?" Ryan said playfully. He was supposed to feel good that a lot of his future allies were coming out now. But he also knew. With a lot of power on the good side. It meant, something terrible is coming in the future.

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Bachelor Party Omake:

"Now that the cake is done, what about the bachelorette party?" Gwen asked.

"Do we need one? I'm 5 months pregnant. I can't even drink." Pepper said.

There were also a few others inside the room and were invited to the wedding as the bridesmaids.

Jen who is sipping a fruit cocktail in her She-Hulk form, Ayala with a can of beer, Natasha who was helping Gwen with the planning, Jane Foster, and Betty Ross.

"How about a stripper?" Ayala asked. The others stared at her, but then they started to think about it.

Pepper replied before they could do anything about the thought, "I'm keeping my pregnancy from the public, so we shouldn't."

Ayala added hurriedly, "What if that person already knows that you're pregnant?"

"Maybe…we can ask if Dr. Vera could do it? Or Thor?" Jen joked while wishing it to be true secretly.

Natasha smiled at her, making Jen shudder. She avoided Natasha's eyes instantly.

"Thor…will be glad to do it. I think." Jane replied seriously. Pepper widened her eyes. She giggled and said playfully, "Well, If he is willing."

She was just playing along, but she had never thought Jane took her first Bridesmaids task seriously and convinced Thor to actually do it at the party.

At the man's side, Tony has appointed Rhodes to become his best man.

"I wanted to ask Ryan about this , but he was too busy. So you got the job."

"So that's it? Not that we were friends for more than a decade, I was the best choice or anything else. But because Ryan couldn't do it?" Rhodes asked in dissatisfaction.

"Don't pout. Will you do it or not?" Tony asked again.

"Sure. I will. And you won't regret picking me as your best man." Rhodes said while scheming to pay back Tony's insolence during the bachelor party.

"What should we do at your bachelor party? Asian? European? What is your taste nowadays?" Rhodes asked for a plan for the strippers.

"What I have right now is monogamy. Also, forget about the Bachelor Party. We don't have time to do that. You only need to make sure Happy doesn't lose the ring."

However, despite Tony's objection, Rhodes did it anyway. And he made sure to get pictures.

Kai, Ryan, Steve, Banner, Barton, and a few of Tony's other friends were at the bachelor party.

"Where is Thor?" Kai asked Rhody amidst the loud music.

"I don't know. I've already invited him." Rhodey replied.

Kai shrugged his shoulders, stood up, and started to share his stories.

"Let me tell you about the time when Captain America ripped off a nun's bra."

"WOOHOO" The males in the room cheered. It won't be a bachelor party without booze, strippers and dirty jokes.

At the girls' milder bachelor party, Thor was dressed as a cowboy and threw his hat toward Jane Foster.

"I will make it quick ladies. I have another party to go to." Thor said and he took off his clothes. The girls cheered as he revealed his abs, and Jane threw some money at him.

Jen turned toward the reader and said, "Now, this is the type of the thing I like to see."

The girls shouted, " Take it off!"

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