It lasted for a full five minutes.
Everyone held their breath, waiting for Tony's decision.
Finally, Tony slowly lowered the repulsor cannon in his hand and stepped out of his Iron Man Suit once again.
Looking at Bucky, who was glaring with bloodshot eyes and practically begging for death, he threw a full-force punch directly into Bucky's stomach, causing Bucky to double over in pain instinctively. Then, he followed up with a combo of attacks. Only after venting the anger in his heart did he growl, "Killing you would be letting you off too easily. Since you've committed so many crimes, you'll just have to live and pay for them!"
After finishing, he pointed at Steve, who was floating in the air, "You old popsicle, if it wasn't for the fact that I see you floating there, I'd beat you up too!"
"If you want to, I won't fight back."
Seeing that Tony had finally let Bucky go, Steve's heart finally settled.
Never mind getting beaten up; as long as he could save Bucky, he would be willing to trade his own life for it.
If the most important woman in his life was Carter, then the most important man was Bucky.
At this moment, Pepper, who had been held back by Wanda, ran over and hugged Tony, comforting him.
"Camping is over, the matter is resolved, so let's all go home!"
Seeing that Tony had clearly abandoned his plan to kill Bucky, Li Chuan smiled and raised his hand, lifting the control he had on Steve.
When he had previously told Steve that the outcome depended on Tony's choice, this was exactly what he meant.
However, he had long anticipated that Tony would spare Bucky.
In the original story, the reason things reached the point of a final breakdown was largely due to Zemo's conspiracy, which created misunderstandings between the two.
Coupled with the fact that they were already divided and had fought over the Sokovia Accords.
At that time, Tony didn't believe that Bucky had been controlled by HYDRA to kill his parents; he just assumed Steve was blindly shielding Bucky.
In reality, given Tony's personality, as long as Steve didn't block him and Bucky didn't resist, even if Bucky wasn't under HYDRA's control and was truly a murderer, he wouldn't actually kill him.
At most, he would send him to prison to face the judgment of the law.
This was why Li Chuan had to control Steve first; because while Steve appeared to be protecting Bucky, he was actually just fueling Tony's anger, which would inevitably lead to them fighting.
If Bucky saw Steve getting hurt, he would definitely join the fight, making Tony even angrier, and the situation would spiral completely out of control.
"Chuan, thanks for the final reminder. We'll be heading off first!"
Tony thanked Li Chuan and, with Pepper, put on his suit and was the first to leave.
Although he decided not to kill Bucky, that didn't mean he was willing to continue staying with the person who killed his parents.
After landing, Steve helped Bucky up, retrieved his shield, and also expressed his gratitude to Li Chuan.
The process had been very different from what he had expected, but fortunately, the outcome was good, so he was still very grateful for Li Chuan's help.
Moreover, upon hearing the words Li Chuan used to remind Tony at the end, he understood Li Chuan's good intentions in restraining him.
What he didn't know was that if Tony had truly wanted to kill Bucky, Li Chuan really wouldn't have intervened and would have actually helped Tony wipe the memories of Captain America and the others.
In terms of stance, Li Chuan was naturally more inclined towards Tony; those words he said weren't just a reminder, but also a promise.
After Steve helped Bucky onto the helicopter and left, Thor also took Jane and flew away. They also thanked Li Chuan for the delicious barbecue and beer.
A week after the barbecue and camping, Li Chuan had just finished his Shadow Clone practice and was absorbing the various experiences from his Shadow Clones when the communicator at his waist suddenly rang.
"Uncle Li, what's the matter?"
"Young Master, those two aliens you sent to the Base last time asked me to tell you that the spaceship is basically finished. You can come over and take a look when you have time."
Uncle Li's voice came from the other end of the phone.
The Base in Sokovia was managed by the loyal Uncle Li.
And over these few years, Uncle Li had certainly broadened his horizons.
Originally, Uncle Li was a very formidable international mercenary who had nearly died on a mission before being saved by Li Chuan's father.
To repay the debt of gratitude, and because he was tired of the killing life, he changed his name and became the butler of the Li family.
After Li Chuan's parents died, he had been protecting Li Chuan. If it weren't for him, given the personality of Li Chuan's predecessor, he would have either squandered the family fortune or been kicked out by relatives to fend for himself.
It was just unexpected that the hopeless Li Chuan had awakened; not only did he revitalize the family, but he also started to become someone he couldn't see through.
He said that things back in Sokovia were fine—just some underworld business, all within his range of understanding.
But later, it became increasingly outrageous: scientific research, genetic evolution, Extremis modifications, magic, and in the end, he even brought two aliens.
Now he felt that all he could do was manage the Base well for Li Chuan.
"Okay, I'll be there right away!"
Hearing Uncle Li's report, Li Chuan's eyes lit up. After hanging up the communicator, he teleported over using a Portkey.
Through the efforts of his Shadow Clones during this period, his Alchemy had also improved significantly, and he could already make Portkeys himself.
So now, all of Lis Group branch offices in cities around Earth had Portkeys he had pre-placed, and the Base in Sokovia was naturally no exception.
Although the Portkeys he made now were still of a relatively low level, they were still fine for teleporting himself.
Arriving at the Sokovia Base via a Portkey, under Uncle Li's guidance, Li Chuan soon arrived at the Base's scientific research hall.
Because this hall had been renovated by Li Chuan using the Undetectable Extension Charm, the space inside was very large, enough for the HYDRA scientists Li Chuan had recruited to conduct various experimental tests.
The Sokovia Base previously focused mainly on biological research and experiments; things like the Number One Enhancement Agent, the improved Hulk Gene, and Extremis all originated here.
Later, after recruiting Ivan, a genius scientist who was only slightly inferior to Tony, and a series of HYDRA scientists, research in technology and weapons gradually picked up.
Anyway, he had money, and multi-faceted development definitely had only benefits and no downsides.
The last time the Chitauri invaded, the ability to rush into the Chitauri command mothership was thanks to the space protective suit made by the science team.
"Built according to your requirements, this spaceship can basically leave Earth now and perform an interstellar jump to the nearest high-level civilization Planet."
"However, are you really sure you don't need to load some weapons on the spaceship? You know, traveling in the Universe is not exactly a peaceful affair."
Seeing Li Chuan appear, Nebula, who was discussing with Ivan and other human scientists, pointed to the huge octopus-like spaceship in the center of the hall and said.
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