Chapter 145: Disappointment
Bang β
Chinatown, Wing Chun martial arts gym.
With a dull loud bang, a figure in red steel armor fell from the sky and landed on one knee at the door of the martial arts hall.
Raising his leg to pull his foot out of the hole in the ground, as the palladium metal erosion in his body became more and more severe, he couldn't even restrain the strength of the armor on his body.
Opening the metal mask on his face, Tony looked at the unremarkable martial arts gym in Chinatown in front of him, and subconsciously raised his eyebrows.
If it weren't for what Natasha said, he really couldn't connect the martial arts hall in front of him with the information about the mysterious Penglai that he had obtained by cracking the inside of S.H.I.E.L.D.
"If everything is true, then this is very likely, it is your last chance to live."
Take a deep breath and gather back your complex emotions.
Tony came to the door of the martial arts hall and hesitated for a moment, then reached out and knocked on the door.
"Who?"
Hearing Ye Man's puzzled voice from inside the martial arts hall, Tony pushed open the door, and immediately saw an elegant man standing in front of the wooden stake and practicing boxing in Tang costume.
The footsteps of the steel armor were louder than expected, and noticing the Iron Man who walked in from the door, Ye Man put away the movements of his hands, and frowned slightly while lowering his sleeves and recalled: "You are the one before?" β
"Tony Stark." Hearing Ip Man's inquiry, Tony immediately opened his mouth to introduce himself.
Hearing this, Ip Man nodded slightly, and then asked with a puzzled expression, "Then Mr. Tony Stark, what are you here for?" β
Looking at Tony's appearance in steel armor, it is obvious that he is not here to practice martial arts.
Of course, if you really want to talk about it, Li Ran is naturally very clear about Tony's purpose for coming to the martial arts hall.
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Hearing Ip Man's inquiry, Tony did not hurriedly explain the purpose of his trip, on the contrary, he began to become silent. In fact, he was a little worried about what kind of mood he should be in to face the predictable death if Penglai's last hope in front of him was shattered.
Before coming, he had made all the posthumous preparations for his death, including establishing an heir to Stark Industries, and giving a half-finished steel armor to his military friend, Colonel James.
Seeing that Tony was silent in front of him, in the antique shop, Li Ran manipulated the [Ip Man] in the martial arts hall through [Mizuki] and began to speak. The practice of controlling the chakra clone through the clone is certainly a bit troublesome, but it undoubtedly makes a breakthrough in the number of clones that can be controlled in Li Ran's hands, even if the chakra clone formed in this way cannot withstand the integration of more than D-level power cards.
"Your situation doesn't look good."
Ye Man's words brought Tony's original thoughts back away, he looked down at the elegant man in Tang costume in front of him, and was silent for a moment before speaking: "Actually, my situation is quite bad, Master Ye." β
"According to the calculations, if I continue with my current physical condition, I can only hold on for another ten days at most, so I found you, Penglai, and it is the last chance I found to save my life."
After saying everything he wanted to say, Tony couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, and his originally heavy mood became inexplicably relaxed at the moment.
He has already done everything he can do, and the next life and death is no longer up to him.
After listening to Tony's words, Ip Man pretended to be silent for a few seconds, in fact, he has always been very clear about Tony's physical state, and through [Xie Lu], he accurately figured out the situation of palladium metal poisoning in Tony's body, and the reason why Penglai's name was said was also because he had full confidence in solving Tony's body poisoning.
Of course, although it can easily solve Tony's palladium poisoning situation at the moment.
However, Li Ran didn't want to do it all so simply.
After all, the easier you do some things, the less likely others will be to cherish them. Conversely, waiting until the last minute, or after a big ups and downs, to make a move, tends to reap more gratitude.
Having it is more touching than icing on the cake.
Besides, Li Ran knew very well that even if he didn't make a move, in fact, S.H.I.E.L.D. would not let Tony die easily.
Therefore, in the martial arts hall, Ye Man shook his head, and pretended to regret and said, "I'm sorry, I don't have a way to save your life." β
[Legend from Tony Stark +550]
The dashing of the last hope obviously had a great impact on Tony, and he couldn't control his emotions a little: "How is it possible, Penglai, Master Ye, aren't you from Penglai?" The turtle immortal before could even easily blast the building into pairs, doesn't Penglai have the magical ability to save lives and help the wounded?! β
Ip Man: "Penglai does have the magical ability to save lives. β
Tony: "Then why?!" β
Facing Tony's gradually agitated emotions, Ye Man explained: "However, that is the ability that only immortals have, unfortunately, Teacher Wutian is not here with me, so ......"
Ip Man's words made Tony's originally excited emotions gradually recover, he took a deep breath to suppress his messy thoughts, and said to Ip Man in front of him again: "I'm sorry, Master Ye, I was a little out of control just now. β
Shaking his head slightly, Ye Man's face showed a trace of regret and said, "I'm sorry, I can't help you." β
"It's okay, I actually expected such an ending."
Penglai's appearance seems to be the last miracle of Tony's life, but the cruel reality tells this Iron Man that miracles will not appear so easily.
After hope, there was even more terrible despair.
Pulling the corners of his mouth and revealing a very reluctant smile, Tony turned silently and was about to leave the martial arts hall.
Since there is no hope of recovery, then he needs to arrange the last period of his life, to be honest, everything came too suddenly, since the events in Afghanistan, his life is like suddenly getting on a stalled train, just incarnated into the superhero Iron Man who saves others, and then ushered in the threat of death.
Natasha appeared at the door of the martial arts hall, took a slight breath, noticed Tony's unusually silent expression in the martial arts hall, and subconsciously frowned.
It is clear from Tony's reaction that Penglai did not save his life as he wished.
It looks like the director's alternative is about to kick in.
Looking down and glancing at the box that Nick Fury had given her, Natasha was about to step forward.
I heard a familiar greeting from behind me.
βbonjour~β