"No way, did I get it wrong too?"
Iron Man was stunned.
After eliminating two wrong choices in a row, with just a 50-50 chance left between the remaining two, he thought he had it in the bag.
After all, between Captain America and him, Iron Man, how could it possibly be Captain America?
He was just an American soldier, nothing more!
Even if he had been injected with super serum and reached the peak of human physicality—so what?At best, he was just a little stronger and a bit quicker. The actual impact he could make was extremely limited.
Not to mention the modern world, where individual combat capabilities have left World War II far behind—even back in WWII, Captain America wasn't taken seriously.
He was just used as a "mascot" to help sell war bonds. To put it harshly, he was a clown in a circus.
Modern-day America turning Captain America into a national idol isn't all that different from when they used him to sell war bonds back then, is it?
But Iron Man never expected that even his answer was wrong.
And it wasn't just Iron Man—even Rhodes and Coulson were caught off guard.
In their minds, when it came to being a spiritual leader, Iron Man made more sense than Captain America.
[Answering participant Tony Stark will be penalized: 10% of Stark Industries shares will be erased. Penalty is effective immediately!]
Right after that, Iron Man received his punishment from the system.
No mercy at all. Just like that, 10% of his company's shares were wiped out.
And that was Stark Industries. Even 10% was worth tens of billions of dollars—that's a massive fortune.
Some small countries didn't even have that much money!
Rhodes and Coulson couldn't help but gulp silently. That kind of money could do so much—and now it was just gone. What a shame.
But Iron Man didn't care at all. To him, money was just a bunch of numbers.
His greatest wealth wasn't his shares in Stark Industries, but that genius brain of his—the advanced knowledge he possessed, decades ahead of his time.
As long as that knowledge remained, wealth was something Stark could easily regain.
[Three consecutive incorrect answers detected. This question is now locked. While locked, the participant may no longer answer.]
The system's voice rang out suddenly.
The group was briefly stunned, but soon understood.
After getting three answers wrong in a row, there was no challenge left—figuring out the correct answer was now too easy.
Clearly, the quiz system wasn't going to let anyone score for free.
[Question locked detected. Proceeding directly to the answer explanation phase.]
[The correct answer to this question is: B. Captain America.]
[Beginning playback of the answer explanation.]
Following a series of system prompts, the text on the screen vanished, and a related video clip began playing.
The scene began with the cosmic overlord—Thanos.
Thanos was holding a massive axe and swinging it viciously at the chest of a long-haired, armored man lying on the ground.
The armored man was struggling to resist the blow, but it was clear he was no match for Thanos.
The axe in Thanos' hands slowly pushed down toward the long-haired man's chest—getting closer and closer...
BANG!
But just then, a hammer came flying in and struck Thanos, knocking him away.
Strangely, the hammer didn't fall to the ground after the impact. Instead, it seemed alive—swerving midair and flying back.
It was caught by a man wielding a shield and dressed like a circus clown.
"It's Captain America!"
Everyone present was stunned. None of them had expected Captain America to knock Thanos back with a single strike.
They all came to the same realization—maybe they had underestimated Captain America all along.
"That hammer Captain America's using doesn't look simple. It can even fly back on its own."
Rhodes glanced at Iron Man."Tony, that hammer's not also a piece of AI-controlled high-tech gear like your armor, is it?"
Even Rhodes didn't believe his own words.
Who would embed advanced tech into a hammer? What kind of lunatic…?
"It's probably a magical item." said Coulson, offering a much more reasonable explanation.
"Magic? There's really magic in this world?"Rhodes instinctively found it unbelievable.
But then he shrugged."Well, I mean... aliens exist. Magic isn't that far-fetched anymore, is it?"
While they talked, Thanos had already started charging at Captain America on the screen.
WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!
Captain America began swinging his hammer in tight, rapid arcs, charging at Thanos as well. The two collided with a massive crash.
At that moment, Captain America swung the hammer violently upward—
BANG!
—and actually knocked Thanos flying!
"Holy sh*t!"
"Holy sh*t!"
"Holy sh*t!"
Iron Man, Rhodes, and Coulson all shouted in unison, eyes nearly bulging out of their sockets.
Was that really Captain America?
Captain America was this powerful?
CLANG CLANG CLANG!
Then, Captain America launched into close combat with Thanos, hammer in one hand, shield in the other, unleashing a relentless assault.
He started absolutely wreckingThanos—beating him back step by step.
And that wasn't all.
In the heat of battle, Captain America suddenly swung the hammer in a wide arc at Thanos.
CRACKLE!
A blinding bolt of lightning shot from the hammer and struck Thanos, knocking him flat on the ground.
CRACKLE!
Seizing the moment, Captain America raised the hammer high again. Another bolt of lightning formed in midair, flickering around the weapon.
Then Captain America yanked downward forcefully.
A thunderbolt descended from the sky, striking Thanos once again.
Thanos was hit hard, his body convulsing as rocks flew everywhere. The ground even caved in slightly beneath him—showing just how powerful the lightning strike had been.
"T-this can't be real..."
"Are we sure that's Captain America?"
"Captain America is manhandling cosmic tyrant Thanos... seriously?"
Iron Man and the others stared, dumbfounded, unable to believe their eyes.
This was the Captain America they had once looked down on?
Wasn't this a little too overpowered?
At that moment, they finally began to understand why the correct answer to the question had been Captain America.
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