17-Easy Money

I woke up with Gwen shaking me. "It's already morning," Gwen said. I nodded and got out of bed. After taking a shower, I went to the kitchen to have breakfast.

Only Gwen was at the table, waiting for me.

"Where's my dad?" I asked as I sat down on a chair.

"He left early, saying he had an emergency," Gwen replied.

I nodded and we started eating. While eating, I thought about Miles. I wondered what Gwen and my dad would say if they knew that I was the one who killed Miles's father.

"How's Miles?" I asked.

Gwen's face dropped upon hearing my question.

"He's trying to cope," she said.

We finished our meal and left the house together. After dropping Gwen off at school, I headed to the headquarters of the Skull Gang.

I could see gang members with red chain tattoos around their necks. They all greeted me with respect.

I nodded to them and walked towards my office. Outside my office door, I saw Aaron waiting for me.

"When are we heading out?" I asked as I entered the office.

Aaron wasted no time in responding. It seemed like he had been expecting this question.

"Tony Stark will finish his presentation in about two hours. We'll leave in half an hour, and after the presentation, we'll attack the convoy."

I nodded and took a seat. I received yesterday's reports from Aaron and reviewed them.

As Aaron and I discussed the gang, half an hour passed. We went up to the rooftop and waited for the helicopter that would pick us up.

It was just Aaron and me going. The mission was pretty straightforward, and we didn't need the other gang members for this.

Aaron was the gang's assistant leader, so he was coming with me. After waiting for about five minutes on the rooftop, the sound of the helicopter's rotor blades began to approach.

The helicopter hovered above us, descended a bit, and extended a ladder for us. Aaron standing next to me was visibly sweating.

"Do you have a fear of heights?" I asked myself when I saw him sweating. A smile formed on my face as I wondered. I grabbed Aaron's arm and hurled him towards the helicopter.

Aaron screamed as he flew towards the helicopter and fell inside through the door. Holding onto the ladder in front of me, I slowly climbed up and boarded the helicopter.

Inside, apart from Aaron and the pilot, there were two more individuals. One was the elderly man who had given us the mission, and the other was a hired mercenary.

The elderly man smiled when he saw me and extended his hand, asking, "Are you ready?"

I shook the offered hand and said, "Always." The man smiled upon hearing my response and said, "Good."

We boarded a luxurious plane and continued our journey to Afghanistan. The flight took about one and a half hours. When we arrived there, Tony Stark had finished his presentation and was returning with the military.

The convoy with Tony Stark consisted of ten vehicles. Nine of them were military vehicles, and one was a highly secure luxury vehicle carrying Tony Stark.

"We will descend ahead and intercept their path," the elderly man said.

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"We don't need to do that," I said and got up, walking towards the plane's door.

The elderly man looked worried when he saw my actions and shouted, "What are you doing!?"

Activating my wristband, I suited up. I opened the plane's door and jumped right in front of the convoy.

The plane was flying about a hundred meters high. While this height wouldn't be fatal for me, it would still cause some discomfort in my legs.

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Tony Stark(pov)

Today's weapon presentation went very well. I introduced a missile, and the customers said they were very pleased and would purchase it.

The presentation was over, and we were heading to the airport with the convoy. There was nothing around us, just a road and dry earth.

As I looked out the window, I saw a private jet flying over us. There was no private jet in the plans, so I turned to my security guard in surprise.

My guard said something I couldn't understand using his radio with the same expression as mine.

When my guard closed the radio, the door of the private jet opened, and someone jumped out. When I saw this, I was so shocked that I forgot to warn the driver.

The man didn't shatter or die when he hit the ground. He fell right in front of the convoy. When he fell, the road cracked and broke.

My car was in the middle of the convoy, so I couldn't see exactly what was happening ahead.

As I was about to open the door to see what was happening ahead, I saw a military vehicle flying towards our car.

The military vehicle crashed into us, causing the car to overturn. After a few seconds of shock, I opened the door and got out of the overturned car.

All the soldiers had gotten out of their vehicles and were shooting. I was lying on the ground, trying to figure out who the soldiers were shooting at, and a flaming chain blade sliced through from the side, splitting five soldiers and two military vehicles in half.

The military vehicles that were split in half exploded violently. The explosion temporarily deafened my ears.

In shock, I looked around, my ears were not hearing, but I could see the flaming chain blades scattered around. The chain blade effortlessly split anything it touched.

The soldiers were being split in half before they could call for backup. About twenty seconds later, my ears began to hear again.

"Tony!"

"Hey, Tony!"

When my ears started to hear again, I heard someone shouting my name. When I turned around, I saw my guard using a military vehicle as cover and shouting at me.

I got up from the ground and moved toward him, crouching down next to him. The battle was still raging, and we needed to get away from here.

"We'll run to the car up ahead together," he said, pointing to a military vehicle with his finger.

Out of ten vehicles, only one was intact. The two of us stood up and started running toward the car.

My guard reached the military vehicle before me and opened the door, sitting in the driver's seat. Just as I was about to get into the car, two chain blades came from the sky and struck the car.

The chain blades hitting the car created a huge explosion that sent me flying backward.

When I looked ahead, all I saw was the burning wreckage of the car.

"No, David!" I shouted.

My head was spinning, and my vision was a bit blurry. Just a minute ago, this place was a battlefield, and now it was eerily silent. The only sounds were the crackling of the fires.

I heard footsteps behind me and quickly turned around. There was a man in black attire with a gray mask, walking towards me.

The man had large chain blades in his hands. The chains extended to his elbows, and there was a red symbol on the blades, glowing brightly. The chains were also lit up. Without a doubt, the man in front of me was the one responsible for all this destruction.

"Personal perception, Tony Stark, I'm just fulfilling the mission assigned to me," the man said.

"Who gave you the mission?" I asked when I had recovered from the shock.

The man didn't answer my question. He approached me and lifted me by the arm.

When I heard the sound of approaching vehicles

"You're more important than you think, Tony Stark. If you ever need help in the future, you can come to me, of course, if you have enough money," the masked man said.

The vehicles stopped next to us, and someone put a bag over my head before putting me in the car.

"Goodbye, Tony Stark," the masked man said.

I didn't know who this man was, but he was definitely very dangerous.

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Derek(pov)

I watched as the car that took Tony Stark drove away. As I mentioned before, the mission was very easy for me. Wars of this scale didn't even make me stronger.

If I wanted to get stronger, I needed to complete the hunting mission in "The Boys" universe quickly.

[Congratulations! You've completed the mission and earned twenty thousand gold.]

When I saw this system notification, I smiled and took out my phone from my pocket, telling Aaron to come pick me up.

A helicopter arrived to pick me up. Inside the helicopter, there were only Aaron and the pilot.

"They transferred the money to your bank account, sir," Aaron said.

I nodded and closed my eyes. There was nothing else to do but wait until I got home.

Today, I would try to complete my second hunt in "The Boys" universe.

About two hours later, with Aaron, we arrived at the gang's headquarters.

I gave Aaron ninety percent of the money I earned and told him to speed up the buying process.

I also told him that I might not be here tomorrow. After saying these things, I went back home. It wasn't very late, and Gwen and my dad weren't at home.

When I called Gwen and asked her where she was, she said she was at Frank's restaurant with her friends.

I wasn't worried about Frank knowing my sister because he wouldn't dare to do anything to her.

Currently, Frank was the only person who knew I had a sister. Sitting on my bed, I opened the system window and entered the store.

I used most of my money to buy three super soldier serums. The super soldier serums were stored in the system's storage.

As far as I understood, I could only store things I bought from the store in this storage.

The super soldier serums were in a syringe and were blue in color. I stopped looking at the serums and lay on my bed, playing with my phone.