Chapter 50 The Purpose of the Military

Stark Industries has a team of professional lawyers who have been hired for a large amount of money.

Little Pepper, who had just returned from France and had just gotten off the plane, learned that Tony had done such a thing again, so he took the court summons from Steve with a helpless face, contacted the lawyer team, and prepared to deal with it.

In a small lawsuit like this, represented by lawyers, Tony Stark can completely settle this trial without showing his face.

Anyway, the Transportation Bureau did not have conclusive and concrete evidence of his drunk driving.

As the Chief said, Stark has money.

Miss Potts's request to the lawyers was obvious: it was okay to spend as much as she wanted, but she wanted to settle the matter out of court, preferably unsettlingly, without wasting the country's public resources and keeping Tony out of the matter.

However, everyone underestimated the incident.

Miss Potze's behavior, as the principal of a large company, was not a big mistake in this response.

But as an Avenger who is always facing an extremely dangerous enemy, there are too many vulnerabilities that can be attacked.

Justin Hammer, the self-proclaimed nemesis of Tony (which Tony never admitted) found a bunch of video footage out of nowhere.

Among them, there is a lot of information about Tony's time when he first became Iron Man. For example, in the video of the party party, he walked out of the door drunk, put on his armor and soared into the sky...... There is even a video of the earliest time when he thought he was dying of palladium poisoning, he was wearing armor, holding a wine bottle, drunk a lot, and bombarded the watermelon with the arc pulse of his palm (he hit it very accurately, one shot at a time)...... In the end, it was the whole video of him flying over New York last night in a crooked S-shape, and finally, he ran out of energy and fell on Times Square......

This was clearly premeditated.

On the same day, Justin Hammer appeared in court in a white suit, a bouquet of roses pinned to his pocket, and gold-rimmed glasses.

“…… He's an alcoholic! Perhaps, he is indeed a scientist worthy of everyone's respect, but this still does not erase his character weaknesses, and at the same time, he can never be a qualified driver......"

“…… The incident of drunk driving steel armor will be a stain on his life...... No one should have privileges in front of traffic laws and regulations, even if he is a billionaire or a scientist...... Because it's not just a matter of his own life, it's also about the lives of others......"

"Pilots who drive while drunk will have their license revoked and banned from flying for life...... In addition to the revocation of the license, the driver who drives drunk should also be sentenced to 48 hours to six months in prison, depending on the severity of the offense...... Well, the mecha pilot should also refer to the same legal provisions and be sanctioned......"

“…… The more superheroes they are, the more they should restrain themselves harshly, because once they get out of control, they will bring even greater losses to the people......"

“…… Let's think, a drunk, flying Iron Man...... Wouldn't he really be like the 911 terrorists and crash into the building with his mech? How many more tragic casualties do we have to see before we know that prevention is better than prevention? ”

“…… Will he be too drunk to see clearly, treat pedestrians as enemies, and directly fire an electromagnetic cannon? A man's head is not a watermelon, so he can't afford to blow it up...... Everyone...... Do we have to wait until all of these crises arise before we start acting? ”

"It's terrible."

Natasha looked at Justin Hammer, who was speaking impassionedly on the TV screen with her hands on her chest, and said in a rather helpless tone: "I actually think what he said makes sense." ”

"Tony should indeed restrain himself, but it's not up to Justin Hammer to decide."

Steve, on the contrary, was very sober, and, he pointed out sharply: "Hammer's intentions are too strong. ”

"You don't know, there's worse."

Colonel Rhodes, the pilot of the war plane, strode in from outside at this time.

He said with a depressed face: "I got the news that the US side is more inclined to side with Justin Hammer." Tony is really in big trouble this time. I said, "Do you know?" Where exactly is he now? Now in such a critical situation, how can he still hold back and not show up? ”

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In fact, Tony didn't know anything about it.

When he woke up in the morning, he was caught in a situation called 'family dispute'.

After Maria and Howard's tragic death in a car accident, he hadn't felt that vibe for a long time.

It is a great honor that he has successfully re-experienced it today.

In order to have a good conversation with Daniel, he directly turned off his communication equipment, and ordered Jarvis to take over all the communication facilities in this home and directly establish an absolutely quiet environment.

"We need to have a good talk, about your son, and about the ...... between us Relationship. ”

Tony raised his chin arrogantly, ignoring the watercolor painting on his face, he was now imposing, quite like the head of the family.

"I have to go to school for my son first." Daniel argued, "Tony, you can wait until I get back"

"Jarvis, help this ...... Boy, what's your name? Tony asked.

"Lux Zemo." Lux looked at him curiously and replied.

"Jarvis, help this Luxzemo ask for leave, just say he's sick."

"I'm not sick." Lukes retorted a little unhappily.

"You're sick now." Tony replied forcefully.

In the obviously annoyed gaze of Lux's child, he turned his head calmly: "And you, Daniel." I'll give you ten minutes, and you'll have to explain things to me, including where the hell did this kid come from? Did you have a baby with a woman behind my back! ”

"Actually, it won't take ten minutes." Daniel blinked his blue eyes and said very crisply, "One minute is enough." I adopted a baby son and planned to find you to be his mother, remember what I said? A happy family of three. ”

"Do you agree, Tony? And you, Lukes, do you agree? ”

He put it so simply, like asking, 'How cooked are you going to have an omelette this morning?' Coffee with no added sugar is the same. ’

So, when he had finished speaking, the room was silent all at once.

Both Tony and Lux looked at him a little stiffly, their expressions indescribable.

Halfway through, Tony said in surprise: "Why not Dad?" ”

Lux also spoke: "Daniel, I don't agree. ”

"Why don't you agree?"

"You look like a mom a little bit?"

Hearing each other's words, one big and one small immediately turned their guns, turned their heads in unison, glared at each other and asked.

"It looks pretty good, the tacit understanding is very compatible, probably because the mental age is also very similar." Daniel said optimistically beside him.

"Shut up." In the dume, Tony is once again in sync with little Lux.

"This guy is sometimes inexplicable, and he can drive people crazy." Thinking of what Daniel did, Tony couldn't hold back for a while, and took the lead in complaining to Lux.

"He's a little stupid, but I'm not allowed to say that about him." Lux glared at him like a little adult, and said very protectively.

"Lukes, Daddy loves you." Automatically passing over the 'stupid' in his son's mouth, Daniel said very movingly.

At the same time, he glared at Tony: "You are not qualified to say that I am inexplicable. ”

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"Tell us first, what does the U.S. ** side want to do?" Steve asked Colonel Rod.

He's starting to feel that something is wrong.

Tony Stark has always been arbitrary and reckless, but after all these years, he has never changed his style, and no one has questioned it in the slightest before this.

But now, as soon as Justin Hammer emerges, the media, the courts, transportation, the military, or some other agency that doesn't know about it, swarm up on the stage, constantly accusing and attacking him?

"The U.S. side believes that Tony should be deprived of the right to drive steel armor."

Colonel Rhodes uttered something that shocked all the Avengers.

"It can't be." Clint was the first to speak.

Although he usually likes to argue with Tony, he will occasionally be the first to sarcastically mock Tony. But in fact, he very much agrees with the formula 'Iron Man equals Tony Stark'.

"Nothing is impossible." Natasha after receiving a message.

She stood up suddenly, took the remote control, and turned the TV to another channel.

"The speed of the US side seems to be faster than we imagined, and they are already doing it." She said to everyone helplessly.

Sure enough, General Ross of the US side was on TV, publicly making a statement:

“…… Why on earth do we have to have Tony Stark, a playboy, a rich second generation, and a gentleman to control the steel armor? He just invented it, and that's probably the only answer people can think of. ”

"Henry Ford also invented the automobile, but if he dared to drive a car drunk, the police would arrest him!"

"But, now that it is known that Tony Stark was in his steel armor and drove drunk more than once, Mr. Hammer provided more than enough evidence."

"We have a reason to sue Tony, he should be grounded! It should also be forbidden to maintain social order as a superhero! His act of being drunk and controlling the mecha is itself a criminal act that should be arrested. ”

"The people don't need a drunk, an irresponsible playboy, a gentleman who can only pick up girls and play with women to protect!"

"He himself is an unknown threat! Bomb/bomb ...... that could explode at any time"

“…… Let me say it one last time, why don't we choose a noble enough person to drive steel armor, but let an alcoholic drive a high-tech weapon that costs up to four billion dollars? ”

"When the tin can appears, he will definitely be scorched!"

Clint watched the scene dumbfounded, and muttered involuntarily.

"The purpose of the US ** side is obvious, they want to take back the steel armor."

Colonel Rhodes, who has a military background, vaguely reminded the Avengers: "You understand? They felt that the weapon was a bit of a waste in Tony's hands......"

"It's a conspiracy." Natasha said to herself.

- I've spent the rest of my life keeping this weapon out of the crowd...... This is the devil in my heart...... I can never imagine it one day...... Fall into the hands of the wicked, even once.

Tony's words last night still vaguely echoed in his ears.

"No matter what."

Steve calmed down and said sharply: "Whether you hand over the steel armor or not, these people don't count, Stark himself says it, it's something that belongs to him!" It's ridiculous, when did the U.S. government deprive others of their private property on the grounds of an 'unknown threat'? ”