S.H.I.E.L.D.'s actions were still very swift.
Of course, this was inseparable from Tony Stark's helpful assistance.
After all, the evidence he provided to Coulson was already very detailed and sufficient, enough for S.H.I.E.L.D. to immediately launch an arrest operation against Obadiah Stane.
And S.H.I.E.L.D. did just that.
It was only the third day after Tony Stark's return.
Coulson led a team of heavily armed S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and forcibly entered Obadiah Stane's office.
"Stane, you've been secretly selling weapons to various terrorist organizations, and the amount is huge."
"You hired the Ten Rings to assassinate Tony Stark."
"You're under arrest!"
After Coulson pompously declared to Obadiah Stane, he gestured.
The agents behind him wasted no time.
They immediately rushed forward and apprehended Obadiah Stane.
Obadiah Stane was completely dumbfounded.
He was even caught before he could react.
???
What the hell?
He'd been so careful, so discreet!
He'd been selling weapons to terrorists in secret for ages, and nothing had ever gone wrong.
How could it be exposed all of a sudden?
Especially the fact that he'd hired the Ten Rings to assassinate Tony Stark caught Obadiah Stane completely off guard.
He knew that Raza and the others he'd hired had been wiped out, every single one of them!
Obadiah Stane had learned all this through his own channels.
So, no one should have ever found out about this.
But how had it all leaked out?
Obadiah Stane was truly dumbfounded.
"Wait a minute, isn't there some misunderstanding?"
"Do you know how absurd the accusations you're making are?"
"Which department are you from? Who authorized you?"
But Obadiah Stane quickly calmed down, immediately questioning Coulson, who was obviously the leader, in a deep voice.
"Don't waste your breath."
Coulson just smiled, that kind of honest man's smile.
"You think your friends in the military will protect you, or your friends in Congress? Not this time."
"Stark provided the evidence that will make them abandon you."
"Stane, face reality. You'll be spending the rest of your life in a 'single room'."
With Coulson's order.
S.H.I.E.L.D. agents wasted no time, forcibly escorting Obadiah Stane out.
"Wait! Tony?"
Obadiah Stane was even more bewildered.
So, his capture wasn't because of something this Homeland Strategic Defense Blah Blah Bureau discovered.
It was Tony who found something? What a joke! Tony had just escaped from that cave!
Tony Stark, dear Uncle Obadiah, was practically riddled with questions.
Unfortunately, there was no one to answer them.
Obadiah Stane's arrest caused quite a stir.
It added even more fuel to the fire for Stark Industries, which was already in a precarious position.
After all, Obadiah Stane was a key figure at Stark Industries, second in importance only to Tony Stark himself.
Yet, this vital person was arrested by law enforcement at the very moment Tony Stark had dealt a critical blow to Stark Industries!
No one knew why.
Stark Industries remained tight-lipped, offering nothing more than superficial official statements.
But this didn't stop those shareholders from continuing to frantically dump Stark Industries' stock.
And so.
After a 56-point drop, Stark Industries' stock continued to plummet, eventually falling a total of 62 points!
It fell so far that Stark Industries was practically left with nothing. Stark Industries was facing its darkest hour ever.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it was on the verge of collapse.
Of course.
How miserable Stark Industries was didn't really concern Zhou Cheng, nor did he care much about it.
But Obadiah Stane's sudden arrest still caught Zhou Cheng's attention.
Why?
"This isn't right!"
"Even if Obadiah couldn't become the Iron Monger, he wouldn't be caught at this time, right?"
Zhou Cheng was truly caught off guard, and after thinking it over repeatedly, he still couldn't quite understand.
How long had it been since Tony Stark was rescued by him? It was impossible for him to discover Obadiah Stane's underhanded schemes so quickly, right?
According to the original plot.
Tony Stark only discovered everything by accident when he investigated Stane's trade list, after creating the Iron Man armor and "playing the hero" for a long time.
The deviation was a bit too big, wasn't it? What exactly was wrong? "Could it be... this isn't the 199999 Universe?"
Because he didn't have a god's-eye view, Zhou Cheng couldn't guess that the plot had changed because Tony Stark had seen the diary.
The only reasonable explanation he could think of was a parallel universe.
After all, there were so many parallel universes in Marvel. It wouldn't be strange for one to appear that was highly similar to the cinematic universe, right?
It should be like this.
Zhou Cheng pondered for a while and, believing he had found the answer, didn't dwell on it further.
Just one thing.
It seemed he would have to pay more attention to the major events in this universe from now on.
He'd have to see how much this universe differed from the 199999 Universe!
"Coulson caught Obadiah so quickly?"
"The evidence still comes from Tony Stark?"
"This…"
Black Widow, one of the Diary's holders, was also somewhat bewildered and confused by this.
After learning about the situation, Black Widow was caught off guard.
For no other reason than this situation clearly didn't match the Diary's records, introducing a logical discrepancy.
There was no way Tony Stark could have found evidence against Stane so quickly.
The playboy had only just escaped!
Moreover, according to the Diary's records, Tony Stark shouldn't have any evidence of Stane's crimes.
Otherwise, why wouldn't he be in prison right now? Why did he almost get killed twice by Stane?
Could it be…
That the Diary's records were originally biased, not entirely accurate?
If it were before, Black Widow would indeed have suspected this.
But now?
The events in the Diary had been verified one after another!
Whether it was Tony Stark's kidnapping, or his announcement to shut down the weapons manufacturing department, or the fact that Obadiah was the mastermind...
All had been precisely "predicted."
Black Widow now had virtually no doubts about the Diary.
But who would have thought that at this moment, the Diary would be somewhat inaccurate!
So…
What exactly went wrong?
Black Widow fell into deep thought.
"Wait a minute!"
Black Widow's eyebrows, furrowed for a moment, suddenly relaxed.
Could it be that Tony Stark was also a Diary holder, just like her?
If that was the case, then his "abnormal" actions suddenly made perfect sense.
Initially, he truly didn't know Obadiah Stane was the mastermind, so the original course of events almost led to him being killed by Stane three times.
But now?
He knew everything through the Diary!
So, he took the initiative and sent Stane away ahead of time!
This made logical sense.
The only problem was...
This was all Black Widow's guess, nothing more.
Besides himself, did the Diary really have other owners?
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