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Chapter 31

Before Tony crushed that reactor, he had done some preliminary testing on the Ark reactor he had taken from Whipstring—"Whipstring" was what the media called the guy.

To his surprise, the shock wave converter made by Whipcord was very similar to his own design.

He met a French prison guard in the corridor, who recognized him. "Who's that guy?" Tony asked.

"We're not sure yet. His name is Ivan, so we can only assume he's Russian. We're not even sure if he speaks English. He hasn't said a word here." The officer said, letting the He walked into a prison, and Ivan was sitting with his back to the door in chains, in his underwear, his skin like a tattoo exhibition.

"The technology is very advanced," Tony said solemnly. "If you can double the revs, it will give more power. You can do something else. If there are some things that can be improved, you can be in the You can get a better price elsewhere, like in North Korea or China."

Tony walked in circles so Ivan could see him. "Where did you get it?" Fanke looked at Tony fearlessly and said, "Your family is a den of thieves, and now you sinners want to rewrite your own history."

My family is a den of thieves.Tony remembered this sentence.What on earth did Ivan know about his family? "Speaking of thieves, where did you get the design?" he asked.

"My father, Anton Vanko." Ivan said respectfully.

"I've never heard of him."

"It is because of my father that you are able to live to this day."

"I survived because you had a chance to kill me and failed," Tony said.

Ivan laughed, his laughter was like the sound of stones being knocked against each other, and he said: "If you can make God bleed, then people will no longer believe in him. The blood will drip into the water, and the shark will go through The smell comes. I just sit back and watch the world eat you up."

The prison guard opens the door to let Tony know that visiting hours are over.

"Where do you want to witness the world swallowing me? Prison? I'll send you a bar of soap." Tony said and walked towards the door.

"Hey, Tony," Ivan said, "the palladium on your chest will give you a painful death."

Tony stopped.How could Ivan know this?For a moment, Tony almost turned to ask him, but he didn't.

This will put more initiative in Ivan's hands.Using palladium wasn't the hardest part of making the blaster, and it's no wonder Vanko was able to guess what was making him sick.

But now Tony knew that even strangers could tell he was sick.He had to do something to contain it, and time was running out.

"He's completely unhinged and uses the Iron Man suit as a toy," Senator Stern complained on TV as Tony and Pepper flew back to the United States.

"Mute me," he said, and sat down.Stern was annoyed that he was still persistent about it.

Stark Industries took a hit in the press, and the company's shareholders weren't happy with Tony's chosen new direction.They all want him to sell Iron Man's tech, and Tony thinks anyone with that idea is crazy.

"They should give me a medal," he grumbled to Pepper, "here you are." He set down a covered saucer and lifted the lid.Inside was... well, a very amateurish meal.

"What's this?" Pepper asked.

"Airplane food," Tony said.

"You did it?"

"Of course, otherwise, what do you think I've been doing these three hours?" He tried to make a joke, but the expression on Little Pepper's face told him that she had already noticed what was hidden behind the joke.

"Tony," Pepper said, "what are you keeping from me?"

It's not that he didn't think about telling her, in fact, he thought about it in his heart, but in the end he still decided not to tell her.

Pepper needs to run Stark Industries, and he needs to figure out how to provide a steady stream of fuel for his blaster converter without killing himself.The division of labor between the two is essentially different.

"Cancel my birthday party... let's go to Venice," he said.

Pepper shook his head and said, "Now? With things in such a mess? I think, as CEO, I need to be in the public eye."

"As CEO, you have the right to go on vacation," Tony said, "Leave it alone, we're just going to recharge..."

"Not everyone has to live off batteries, Tony." She gave him a sad smile, and Tony was speechless.Because from the way things were going, his battery wasn't going to last long.

Three hours later, a guard arrived at the door of Ivan's cell and placed a plate of food on a small shelf over the door grate.After he made eye contact with Fanke, he left.Anton looked at the food, hidden inside was a note that read in Russian: "Enjoy your potatoes."

He picked up the lump of potato and saw that it was actually a smooth mass of compound.He flipped the mass over... a digital timer was buried inside.

Ivan packed these things up.Just then, the guard returned.He let in another criminal and closed the door.The new prisoner was the same build as Anton, with the same haircut... and the number 6219 was printed on his prison uniform.

Same as Anton.

Ivan suddenly attacked the new prisoner, smashing his head into the sink and throwing the man's limp body on the ground.When the prison guard passed the cell door for the third time, he left a key on the food rack.

Ivan mounted the explosives on the wall, and the countdown began: 35, 34...

He had enough time to open the door and walk down the hall before the bomb went off.

No one will look closely at the wreckage of the prisoner wearing the number 6219 after the explosion.Vanko slipped into the stairwell quietly.

The sirens sounded, and for a while there were prison guards everywhere.Two men grabbed Vanko, hooded him and threw him in the van before dragging him out of the prison.It was dark and hot inside, but Ivan Vanko was free.

In other words, the time of freedom is coming soon.

The car finally parked in a certain hangar, where a table was set up with tableware for two people, and an American in a white suit sat beside the table.

"You're here!" the American called loudly.He brought Ivan to the table and removed his handcuffs.

Ivan said the tablecloth was softer than any fabric he had worn.The American was eating ice cream, which he said had been shipped from California.These ice creams crossed the ocean.

"I'm a huge fan of yours," he said, "My name is Justin Hammer. I want to talk to you about some business." Hammer finished his dessert first as usual, and then continued to chatter: "I saw you in full view The confrontation with Tony Stark.. Wow, this is fascinating to me. Please don't mind what I say, because it seems to me that you don't just want to go up and kill the guy You're looking at the wealth he left the world, and that's what you're really destroying."

"How interesting," thought Ivan.The man thought the same as he did, but in his opinion, he would be happy just to get rid of Stark.

"You need my resources," Hammer said, "you need a patron, and I want to be that person."

Nice, does this guy want to give him a job killing Tony Stark?
That's not bad, but one thing is missing.

"I want my bird," Ivan said.

It took him a while to get Hammer to understand his request, but Ivan was relieved when Hammer assured him that they would bring Irina from Moscow.

He didn't know why Iron Man was able to receive his attack unscathed, and even wrapped the whip all around his body and let him drive it with all his strength, but it didn't matter.

All he has to do is to increase the power and increase the number.

When his energy is basically exhausted, then all he has to do is to tear off the iron skin on his body like tearing open a can.

The important thing is that Tony Stark must suffer humiliation and die by his own hands.

Roddy has arrived at Stark Industries, waiting to talk to Tony.Pepper and Natalie are dealing with a media bombardment of phone calls. "Where is he?" Roddy asked.

"Downstairs," Pepper said, over Natalie's objections, and beckoned him to go downstairs to find Tony in the lab.

Roddy walked to the bottom of the stairs and looked in through the glass wall.Tony sat in the car, looking at the virtual desktop.

However, he was neither looking at the structural diagram of Iron Man, nor looking at the failure analysis of the engine. Instead, he dug out many old videos, photos, and scanned reports... Roddy didn't know the connection between these things , unless he asked Tony himself he might get an answer, so he knocked on the door.

Tony glanced at him and let him in.

"Tony, you need to go upstairs and get the situation under control. I've been talking to all parties on the phone all day, trying to convince them not to bring tanks to your door, put the muzzle in your face and make you hand over all The technology of the Iron Man suit," Roddy said.

Tony didn't answer, he just stared blankly somewhere, barely aware of Roddy's arrival.

"You said your technology would not be mastered in 20 years. Well, someone did it yesterday," Roddy said, "and it's not a theory anymore. The unresearchable 'war machine' can be dealt with."

He took a closer look at Tony, thinking, he looks like a guy with one foot in the grave now. "Are you listening to me? Are you okay?"

Tony got out of the car and Roddy helped him to the table.Tony pulled out his Ark reactor and showed Roddy the badly worn, smoking block of palladium.

"You put this thing in your body?" Roddy asked.He was beginning to understand the reasons behind Tony's recent actions. "And what's that high-tech crossword on your neck?" he asked, pointing to the purple line running down the collar of Tony's shirt.

"Just a bruise," Tony replied, but Roddy could tell Tony wasn't in the mood for a joke.He was dying, and the palladium reactor was poisoning his body.

"You don't have to do it all alone," Roddy said. "There are many doctors who can help you, don't you?"

Tony shook his head and got back to work: "You've got to trust me. Contrary to popular opinion, I know exactly what I'm doing."

Luo Di looked at his old friend for a long time, but couldn't find an opportunity to speak again.

"They're here," Hammer said to Ivan as they walked into Hammer Industries' main research center in Queens. I'm in a hurry..." Hammer suddenly stopped talking, because Ivan directly invaded his encrypted software, and he planned to ask someone to tell him the password. "This guy is really a bit technical." Hammer thought to himself.

Ivan Vanko muttered something in Russian.

"What are you talking about, you should know that I don't understand Russian."

"Software sucks."

Then he watched as Ivan climbed the ladder and pulled the object off the head of one of the mechanical soldiers.These mechanical soldiers originally needed a driver, which was a tricky engineering problem.

"What do you want to use them for?" Fanke asked standing on top of the ladder.

"My long-term plan is to put them in the Pentagon, but I just want to go beyond Iron Man."

"I can do it, no problem." Fanke laughed hoarsely.

"Hey, that's who we're looking for!" Hammer said. "That's what my gut tells me."

Natalie helps Tony get ready for the party.Exhausted and depressed, Tony wants to cancel everything...but Tony Stark fans don't want that.

"I should cancel the party," Tony said.

She nodded and said, "Maybe."

"Because it would give the wrong message."

Natalie turned and looked at him over her shoulder: "Inappropriate information."

"Oh, my God," Tony thought.They stared at each other for a while, and Natalie dabbed some concealer on the bruise on Tony's face. "I want to ask a hypothetical question," Tony said, "it might sound a bit weird. If you've lost to a guy twice in a row, but he has something that will save your life, you just need to admit losing to What would he do if he could get you once?"

Natalie looked him in the eyes and said, "Let's lose to him again."

"Good advice," thought Tony. "Take the watch box away, the banquet is cancelled."

"I can last a few more days. When I really can't faint, John's Mantic drone will land in front of me. He will take the initiative to help me replace the new reactor. If I go to him in person and admit that I am Not as good as him... my God, my God. I can't imagine that image."

Tony hesitated, "But it's better to go to him directly? It's a bit inhuman to think like this. Why does he come to save me every time? I take it for granted?"

It's another morning.In general, Tony doesn't like mornings.He was sitting on a larger model of a donut outside an iconic Los Angeles bakery, gulping a jelly donut into his mouth.

"Sir," someone called out to him from below, "I've got to get you off the donuts."

Tony looked down to see a stern-faced African-American man wearing an eye patch and a black leather jacket.

"Oh man," Tony said, "didn't I kick you out of my house once?" This man, Nick Fury, had come to his house and wanted to talk to himself about some mysterious plan , called The Avengers or something.Tony already had a bunch of secret plans going on himself and didn't need anyone else's plans.

But Tony had finished his donuts and could have another cup of coffee, so he jumped off the model and they walked into the shop together.

"I told you, I don't want to be in your super secret boy group," he said.

"Oh, no no no, I remember that, you're a loner in everything you do. Is this going well?" Fury said.

Tony dodged his question and said, "Sorry, I didn't want to confuse you, but I wanted to ask, should I be looking at your blindfold or your eyes? To be honest, I'm kind of hungover right now. I'm not sure if you're real Is there still... or I'm a little delirious."

"I'm absolutely real," Fury said, "and the most real person you'll ever meet."

"I'm lucky. Where are the waiters?" Tony asked.

Fury pulled Tony's collar down, looked at the mark on his neck and said, "That doesn't look good."

"No big deal," Tony said, even though he knew it wasn't true.

Then Natalie stepped out, wearing a tight suit designed like Fury's trench coat, with the S.H.I.E.L.D. logo clearly visible. "The perimeter has been defended, but I don't think it will last long," she said.

She infiltrated herself.Tony looked at her and said, "You're... fired."

"It's not up to you," Natalie said, and sat across from him, next to Fury.

"Tony, meet Agent Romanoff," Fury said.

This is too much.S.H.I.E.L.D. puts a lot of pressure on Tony, and he doesn't like it.

"What do you want from me?"

"You've become a nuisance to me," Fury babbled on, Tony tried to ignore him, and Natalie -- or Agent Romanov -- got up and walked around the table and gave Tony a slap on his neck. Got a needle.

"Ow! What did you just do to me?" Tony said. "You don't want to drag me somewhere to sell my kidney?"

"It's what we just did for you," Fury corrected. "It's lithium dioxide, which relieves the symptoms of palladium poisoning. We want to help you recover."

"I've tried every combination and permutation I can think of to replace the palladium in the shockwave converter. Trust me."

"Yeah, I'm here to tell you that you haven't tried it all," Fury said.

"We were going to talk about it some other time," said the bald man. "Now seems like a good time."

Tony shook his head and said, "Not interested, I've got enough on my mind." He turned his attention back to his donuts.

Fury puts something on the table, never taking his eyes off Tony.Tony glanced down and saw a roll of 16mm film and a manila envelope.

Tony opened the envelope, and inside was a black and white photo of a man in his forties.If the surrounding technology is any indication, the photo was probably taken in the 20s or early 50s.

"Who is he?" Tony asked.

"Anton Vanke," Fury said, "he worked with your father."

Whiplash father!The answer caught him off guard. "But I haven't seen him in either my files or my father's files." That was all Tony could think of.

"Because this is our file." Fury paused after speaking, allowing Tony to slowly understand what was behind it. "Your father foresaw the future, so he chose to work with us."

"What does that mean?" Tony asked.

“Sometimes people are born ahead of their time,” says Fury. “Leonardo da Vinci invented the helicopter even before people could predict flight. Howard Stark made some predictions, too. He was born too early to realize them. The whole world has to work hard to catch up with their ideas first."

Tony knew that his father was a genius, but he heard that Howard Stark was comparable to Leonardo da Vinci... Tony didn't know what to do for a while, and he didn't know how Fury could get through this comparison. What information do you want to convey.

Fury tapped the film box with one finger, and said, "Now the world has finally caught up." He stood up and continued: "This is your best chance, and the person who succeeds will be if not you." other people."

"That thing on your chest is based on an unfinished technology," Fury said. "Howard is conducting a major study that will make nuclear reactors look like nothing more than a generic thing."

"Is he alone in this research? Or is Anton Vanke also involved?"

"Anton was like the other side of the same coin. He saw it as a way to get rich. When your father found out he was trying to sell the technology to other people, he deported him. For the next 20 years, Vanko was wallowing in alcohol and rage. It's not a good environment for a child to grow up...but you've seen his child."

Tony recalls Ivan swiping at him with his plasma whip.No wonder he was so angry. "So what do you want me to do now?"

"Your father always said you were a man who could create the future," Fury said, "which means you can solve the mysteries of your mind."

Tony didn't believe it for a moment and said, "Listen, I don't know what you've heard, but my dad is definitely not my number one fan. The happiest day of his life was driving me to the boarding house." School day."

"It's not like that," Fury said.

"Oh? Really? Then you must know him better than I do."

"That's true," Fury said. "He was one of the founding members of S.H.I.E.L.D.."

"what?"

But Fury didn't answer.Two of his men lifted a metal box onto Tony.

"I'm leaving. Natasha will stay here as an undercover agent," he said, pointing to another S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, adding, "You know Agent Coulson too. And don't forget , I'm watching you," Fury said.Then leave Tony to do his thing.

Natasha told him that he had cut off all contact with the outside world.

"If you try to run away, I'll knock you down and watch TV while you're foaming at the mouth on the carpet," Coulson said.

"I think I figured it out," Tony said.

But he didn't want to work under the watchful eye of this man.

Tony took the box left by Fury and flew straight back to the hive.

"John, book it for me..." Tony's words stopped abruptly, because he saw on the other side of the video, John was still holding Jessica in his arms to gamble in Morocco...

"Oh my God, excuse me."

(End of this chapter)