chapter - 006

Six months have gone by since my first appearance as Moon Knight and many things have happened during that time.

First, the situation in Hell's Kitchen has cooled down a lot which begs the question will there be anything left for Daredevil to fight with. I have seen him practice twirling his cane outside the orphanage.

Second, S.H.I.E.L.D. had tried to send agents after me at first but later they mellowed down to trying to contact me when I beat up two of their guys getting too excited for the job. I am not ready for it yet. Have to build some background to try to keep them in check.

Third, I made a very unique friend while purchasing a bike for my personal use. Johnathan Blaze, otherwise known as Johnny Blaze aka Ghost Rider. His presence means the presence of demons and by the story, he told me about himself, I am thankful he follows his movie counterpart as I don't know anything about his comic self. This also told me not to focus too much on the events done by the movie as there can be some changes. He is still 4 years behind his canon but solving a problem ahead of is better than doing it in a timeframe.

Last and most important, after 9 months, my single-man team, which developed into a team of 20 professionals, has finished completing Snapbook and it will be launched today. The app will be owned by Sinclair Tech. Bringing Sinclair Games under Sinclair Tech had brought much of the needed hype for the app as Sinclair Games had made it big during these past few months.

Call of Duty, Angry Birds, and Subway Surfers were the next games launched after Candy Crush and this brought a huge fanfare from the youth around the world.

As I drive toward my newly bought Snapbook headquarters, I feel a surge of satisfaction well in me. I had done something big in this life and though I feel bad plagiarizing the ideas, I console myself that I will hire all the people in my company whose ideas they were.

I reach the building, park my car, and walk toward the entrance where I can see my assistant standing. He was a good catch. Hardworking, competent, and professional. Made my life easier by managing all the small tasks which didn't need my attention much. Today too he will be managing the opening, as covered in a mask, I am good but out in the open, I had a massive stage fright. I will just be showing my face today.

"Is everything ready?" I ask Richard.

"Yes, Mr. Sinclair. Everything is ready. The app is already running with zero issues so far and the number of users is jumping up like crazy but the activity is still concentrated in the US only. Very few new users have been confirmed in other parts of the world." Richard replies.

I nod. "It will at least take a month for them to start downloading the app and we will see our progress after that. Also, be ready for cyber attacks. They will start taking place soon. People trying to steal information is common these days." I remind him as I think about HYDRA and S.H.I.E.L.D. and their freaky desire for control.

Hearing my words, Richard nods his head seriously as we walk in towards the room where the press conference will take place. Entering the room, I see a large number of reporters gathered who start taking photos the moment we entered the place.

Taking our seats, I give my signal to Richard who starts the hour-long press conference. There were many questions, some light and some heavy, being thrown around by these reporters but all of them were expertly handled by him. Some were questions directed at me too and I tried my best to answer them while hiding away my nervousness. I had never done public speaking before in my life and I can't just automatically become the best at it, so I tried my best to keep my presence as low as possible. But some people do like other people living in peace.

"Mr. Sinclair, how does it feel to take the title of the youngest CEO from Tony Stark?" The voice of a middle-aged reporter cuts through the crowd directly silencing it. All eyes turn to me and I gulp. Gosh, how I hoped instead of cameras, these people had guns in their hands, I would have bashed their skulls right here.

Taking the mic, I clear my throat trying to come up with the best answer possible because a slight slip and a very arrogant Tony will be after me.

"Well, I can't say we can compete right now because I just made it to be a millionaire, and Mr. Stark was already a billionaire by the age of 21. If I can do it before that, then I will gladly take away his title of being the youngest CEO." I say and glare at the reporter when I see him trying to open his mouth again.

Sitting back down, I put on a cold front and glare at whichever reporter gets up while looking in my direction to shut up. This strategy worked as I was not bothered the entire time after that. After the press conference, I returned home to rest. Moon Knight will be offline tonight.

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Switching off the TV and turning toward Obadiah, I look at him and ask, "So? What do you think about our young CEO here? Frankly, I quite like the kid."

"Oh please, Tony! Anybody who praises you will be in your good books." Obadiah says and starts laughing. I look at him strangely and as if noticing my look, he quickly changes the topic, " Anyway, the app has potential. I would say we buy it out but handling the company is already a bit difficult due to the protests happening in Sokovia. Our company shares too have fallen."

I nod at his words and focus my mind on it. "Jarvis, show the recent coverage of the protests." At my words, the TV switches on to a different channel, and I grimace at the site. Seeing people holding anti-American flags and shouting against Stark Industries does give me a bad feeling about creating weapons and seeing children 14-16 years in the protest increases my bad feeling more.

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I hope you like the chapter. Thought Tony's point of view would be good to show. Especially, when he watches children in the protest against him. He too lost his parents early but his creations destroyed the homes of children even younger than he was when he lost them.

Guess who are the children he sees in the protests.