Chapter 174. Let Me Try This On You
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"Iron Man."
Steve made his choice just like before when he chose Bucky over Tony.
He didn't pick sides for politics. He followed his conscience.
And while he and Stark had their differences that ran deeper than battle wounds, Steve had been watching. And thinking.
"Superhumans need oversight," he'd once said.
But not at the cost of freedom. Not at the hands of people who only saw them as weapons. Over the past few weeks, he'd met too many enhanced individuals some barely educated, some barely stable. The wrong person with power could level a city block.
But that's exactly why the world needed voices like Tony's. Voices from within the superhuman community.
And if they were going to give the Illuminati a chance, they needed someone just as smart, just as visionary, to keep Tony grounded.
That's why Steve had contacted Reed Richards.
Together, they'd agreed if the Illuminati was going to exist, Reed had to be part of it.