Osborne Megacorp

"Now, let me welcome the New York congressman and the Illinois congressman and my colleagues on the Armed Services Committee to this meeting."

Stern clapped his hands and nodded to his two colleagues, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that his smile was a little forced.

"Can we continue, Mr. Osborne?"

With this interruption, the broadcast returned to normal, and Osborne's media quickly arrived at the scene.

"You don't need to ask me, Congressman, I'm just a law-abiding taxpayer. It's just that I remember that the last time you held a hearing, you called a weapons expert to help you make a judgment. This time there is no need. ?"

"No, no need, thank you for the reminder, but we all know that the Osborne Group has been providing the United States with highly lethal weapons, even comparable to Iron Man..."

"No, no, no, Mr. Congressman, I have to remind you that Iron Man is not a weapon. He is a high-tech prosthetic limb. Have you forgotten? Maybe you should find a weapons expert to help you refresh your knowledge."

The gag about high-tech prosthetics once again amused the audience. Stern patted the conference gavel.

"No matter what you say, power armor is strictly controlled and is prohibited from being sold to any unit that is not qualified to purchase it. However, at the Stark Expo not long ago, the Osborn Group was proven to retain these weapons and formed a considerable scale. Armed..."

"I must remind you, Congressman, first of all, it is the responsibility of the Military Commission to strictly control the power armor in service. Secondly, the power armor at the expo is only for display, they are not 'sold', if you think this is a buyer-seller relationship If so, I have to wonder if your brain was bought from your mother through illegal trade. This is a serious illegal organ trade."

"Although the Osborne Group has made some achievements in artificial organ technology, it is still unable to create an artificial brain. I am sorry for that."

The scene was once again amused by Harry's words, and Harry spread his hands.

It was the same scene again. Stern once again thought of the hearing he had prepared for Tony here last time. He cursed in his heart, and then turned on the conference room screen with a smile on his face.

"But how do you explain this?"

As expected, what Stern played was indeed a video of the enemy possessing power armor.

These power armors are almost identical to Osborn's power armor.

This was too coincidental. Yesterday, Rhodes informed him that the enemy was using powered armor, and today the congressman sent him a surprise summons.

"The video shows that our enemy has the power armor of the Osborne Group and is causing a lot of trouble to our troops on the battlefield..."

The appearance of the imitation power armor obviously caught the front line off guard, but Harry scoffed at it:

It can be said that I caught you off guard the first time, but you were beaten violently the second time, so it can only be your problem.

At this moment Harry's phone rang, it was Tony calling.

"I did you a big favor, how should you thank me?"

"I owe you."

While he was talking, the screen on the TV suddenly changed. In the image, it was Iron Man who was exchanging fire with several enemies in power armor.

Stern's expression immediately changed and he stood up anxiously. He wanted someone to pull out the wires, but he suddenly remembered that they pulled out the wires last time and asked Harry to play the video!

Soon, Tony, who was more agile and had the ability to fly, defeated these enemies and dragged them out of the iron shell.

It's just that these people looked frightened and shouted, "They're going to explode."

"Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon, let us now reveal the answer-where did they get these power armors?"

Under the aim of the repulsion cannon, the man quickly said:

"The armor was stolen from an abandoned warehouse where no one was guarding it..."

There was an uproar at the scene.

Harry felt that it must not be simply stolen, because each piece of power armor was strictly guarded.

He is more likely to think that Hydra copied these armors and put them in the ruins for them to steal. This way, even if the military found that someone else produced these power armors, it would be difficult to trace them to Hydra.

It won't be long before Rhodes will know that someone is copying these things.

But this news is enough for now.

"I guess you won't say that I put it there, right? Congressman Stern, this is a free act. Osborne wants to make money."

"Well... I think Mr. Osborne has proven his point, the issue has been resolved, and the Military Commission will..."

Stern took out a tissue from his pocket and frantically wiped the sweat from his face.

"Member, MP." Harry clapped his hands. "I also have to say you're welcome. Look, I helped you find the weak spot in your security system."

“But what I’m trying to say is, are our taxes supporting people like you?”

"The Osborne Group has paid billions of dollars in taxes to the government over the past year, and now you're dumping your responsibility on me?"

Stern turned into a pig liver face, and he became a clown again in this hearing. Maybe the media will have to give him a nickname - Congressman Clown.

Harry knew it was time for this hearing to end.

"The Osborne Group invented artificial organs in the past year, saving thousands of lives, and launched the Biological Era Project to save many people who were born with diseases;"

"Powered armor has received rave reviews during several terrorist attacks. You should see what the American people have to say about it, so that you can remember that the American people chose you to become a senator!"

"Not to mention that Osborne achieved controllable nuclear fusion for the first time, giving the United States the most advanced energy technology that will surpass other countries for decades!"

"Now you actually blame the Military Commission's mistakes on strategic equipment management issues on me?"

"I made this country more advanced."

The crowd clapped their hands, and Harry's words were true. Just as they agreed with Tony, they also recognized the outstanding achievements of the Osborne Group in the past year.

Harry stood up and put on a rather gentlemanly smile.

"You know what, it's Congress that owes me a Medal of Excellence, not that I owe you anything."

Perhaps it was because Stern was widely reported by reporters after he used swear words last time. This time, he did not use swear words again and could only keep nodding with a stiff smile.

"Okay, let's break up the meeting, everyone."

Harry turned around and walked through the middle of the road cleared by the crowd. This time, many military bosses arrived at the hearing.

Looking at the gray hair on the heads of these big guys, Harry hugged and shook hands with them cordially.

These military bosses have all used the Osborne Group's weakened version of the activity enhancer, and they all want to ask Harry for a refill.

Having experienced the excellent life-prolonging effect of active enhancers, they had long since become Osborn's loyal fans. Harry also needed these old guys, at least in the next few years.

Take what you need.

[Task Release: Power]

[Task content: Control more than 50% of the power in the United States]

[Progress bar: 28%]

The power in the hands of these old men is not small, but if they want to exceed the 50% value, they still need to continue to work hard.

But the moment they walked out of the conference hall, news came from Lenin and Aiden.

Someone is hacking into the ctOS server in Manhattan.