Chapter 723

Time pa.s.sed, and a year already went by! After the most painful time pa.s.sed, the surviving people began to stand up and collect themselves. As a result, a tall obelisk with all the names of the missing persons was set up. Every day, a large number of people paid their tribute to this obelisk. 

With the gradual recovery of the nations worldwide, chaos was finally curbed. The economic and industrial systems were back on track. Although the development has been halted temporarily, at the very least, the economy could preserve. Food was no longer hard to find now, and the necessary support for the community was back online. 

People have returned to work, and thus the civilization continued. Although the civilization received some setbacks, it was only a matter of time before the world returned back to normal. Even so, the root cause of the catastrophe hasn’t been resolved yet.

Walking on the street, people could still see many ruins, run-down cars, and even some wreckage of plane crashes. Some corpses were even found on the street occasionally. Just as every country had a lot of junk in their public s.p.a.ce, a group of Scavengers who were unwilling to work was born. 

Every time Dio saw such a scene, he was reminded of Sakaar and couldn’t help but wonder about the Grandmaster’s whereabout. Anyway, most countries in the world gradually recovered from sadness and despair, and thus Dio’s job was done! Dio and the others have put a lot of effort into curbing the chaos in many countries, but certainly, they were rarely mentioned.

It was an expected side of their job as they used a lot of questionable means to make sure that the civilization could continue without any hiccups. Even so, they didn’t care about it. Compared to the result of their work, not being thanked for it was nothing! If the Avengers chose not to involve themselves, it was estimated that the world would take around 4 to 5 years to recover!

Nevertheless, many small countries have disappeared from the map as their government failed to control the situation. Many countries thus compiled the catastrophe into children’s textbooks, so they wouldn’t forget about this period of time.

The problem for Dio and the heroes right now was that they still couldn’t find where The Grandmaster was. Except for Natasha and Steve, who still insisted on staying in the Avenger’s Base, everyone seemed to be adapting to their new life!

Tony and Pepper have married each other without any grand party and then moved to a log cabin in the suburbs. Pepper was pregnant not too long after, and Tony was practically jumping from his nerve as he was finally going to be a father! It was still clear on everyone’s mind as Tony only invited Dio and the Avengers to the wedding.

The wedding itself was very humble, which was clearly surprising considering Tony’s personality!

However, Dio and the others still sent their most sincere blessing! After that, Scott returned to New York and put all of his time and mind on his daughter. After experiencing so much, he was scared that he wouldn’t be able to see his daughter grow up and get married and have children of her own.

Although he wanted to make sure the disappeared people returned, he couldn’t just abandon his daughter again. 

In addition to that, Bruce Banner has been studying something mysterious during this time and finally managed to call the Hulk again! Ever since the Hulk was lost to Thanos, he never wanted to come out again, and obviously, Banner was in a pickle because of that.

His success this time was a rather impressive achievement as he successfully integrated himself with the Hulk, creating Banner’s personality, skill, and knowledge inside the Hulk’s body! 

The bad news for Banner was that he couldn’t return back to normal, nor could he return to being the mindless Hulk, so in essence, he was stuck in this form.

When Dio heard the news, he had been observing Natasha’s expression all along as it was not a secret that Banner had a thing for Natasha, but in his current form, it was clear that it was not gonna work!

Then, more interesting news kept on coming. 

Banner, who was already integrated with the Hulk, ran a store with Vision! The two cooperated and opened a pizzeria on the busiest street in New York! Banner spent 18 months combining the brawn with the brain, but Vision didn’t just sit idly either! He started working in human society, from waiters, decoration workers, dishwashers, and so on! He was trying hard to fully integrate into Human Society!

He succeeded! At first, he turned himself to look just like a human, and as time went on, he gradually showed his true appearance. After going through many trials, he finally understood that becoming a Human isn’t about appearance; it was about the heart! He was by no means the same as Tony and the others. He could think for his own, and he could think for others too!

So, when the Hulk put on his gla.s.ses, Vision put on his ap.r.o.n and stayed in the kitchen. Vision has more or less become the same as an ordinary human. He even learned how to cook efficiently, and the result was even tasty! Although it wasn’t as delicious as Dio’s, none of the people that tried his food ever complained. 

Dio scratched his head as Vision was a weird one. He wasn’t wrong to find a human resemblance within himself, but it was weird seeing a hovering synthetic robot cooking! What was even weirder was that the restaurant that Hulk and Vision ran became a hot topic! 

Almost every day, people lined up to buy their pizza or just to take a photo with them both! It was bizarre!