Chapter 138: Erosion

"Blood toxicity: 63%"

Monaco, Monte Carlo F1 Grand Prix venue, Tony looked at the data displayed in the blood analysis machine, his expression a little solemn.

As Xie Lu said, his condition was not very good, and the palladium metal that kept him alive as the miniature ark reactor had now become his lifeline, and the black line spreading from the miniature reactor on his chest represented the increasing erosion of palladium metal on his body.

“……”

After glancing at the condition of his chest through the bathroom mirror, Tony silently rebuttoned the buttons.

If he could, he would naturally not want to die quietly in the poisoning of palladium metal, but through Jarvis he has simulated all the known elements on the earth, and the answer is that there is no element that can replace the effect of palladium, in short, knowing that frequent use of palladium will kill him, Tony has to continue like this.

It seems like a vicious circle with no solution.

"You don't look good, Mr. Tony Stark."

"If I'm not mistaken, this is supposed to be the men's restroom, right?"

Looking up at the redhead who appeared in the mirror, Tony couldn't help but raise an eyebrow and ask. He remembered the identity of the other party, the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who had appeared on the battlefield during the previous battle between the two green guys.

"Where's Phil?"

Tony wasn't too interested in S.H.I.E.L.D., and Nick Fury's uninvited invitation also made him extremely disgusted. The only person who spoke within S.H.I.E.L.D. was Phil, who had contact with him before.

"He has other assignments and is currently in New Mexico." Looking at Tony's haggard face, Natasha replied casually.

"Nice place."

Raising an eyebrow in reply, Tony straightened his collar and was about to leave, but Natasha stopped him.

"What's wrong, what's the matter?" Standing on his feet, Tony looked sideways at Natasha in front of him and couldn't help asking.

"Mr. Tony Stark, are you just going to let your health deteriorate?" Turning her head to look at the black line looming on Tony's neck, Natasha asked with a frown, although S.H.I.E.L.D. had expected his physical condition, but it didn't expect it to be so bad.

"Do you think I haven't thought of a solution?" In the face of Natasha's questioning, Tony was silent for a moment, and then asked: "Unfortunately, I can't find any way, maybe this is my fate, in fact, I have lived much longer than I imagined." ”

Although he considers himself a genius, it is clear that palladium poisoning is not a problem that he can solve by relying on his own ingenuity.

"I'm sorry, but there's more important matches waiting for me, so if there's nothing going on with S.H.I.E.L.D., please stay quiet."

With that, Tony was about to leave, when Natasha suddenly locked his shoulders and injected the potion that had been prepared from his neck for a long time.

"What did you do to me?!"

Without the steel armor, Tony was clearly no match for Natasha, and he couldn't help but frown and asked, clutching his neck.

"Dioxide, it can slow down your symptoms." Natasha looked sideways at Tony's neck, and with the injection of the potion, the black lines that had appeared on his neck had receded significantly.

Taking a deep breath, feeling that his state was much more relaxed than before, Tony rubbed his neck, which was still a little painful, and couldn't help but say, "It feels good, can you give me two more boxes?" ”

"It's not an antidote, it's just a way to slow down the rate of palladium's erosion of the body." Natasha said the truth with a blank face.

"That's a shame."

With a wry smile, Tony didn't have any regret on his face, in fact he knew the result.

"I've been injected, but Tony Stark's health is worse than we expected." In the bathroom, Natasha watched Tony's back as he left, and then reported into the headphones.

"How bad?"

On the other side of the headphones, Nick Fury's deep voice rang out.

"It's bad, maybe it won't be long before he's dead."

Natasha reported the news with a blank face.

“……”

On the other side, there was a moment of silence before Nick Fury spoke again.

"Rest assured, we won't let that happen."

……

"Just last night, another evil force in Hell's Kitchen was destroyed."

In Chinatown, inside the martial arts hall, Danny announced the information he had obtained.

In the photo, a large number of charred corpses made everyone present unconsciously frown.

"It looks like it's worse than we thought." King's unscrupulous behavior made Luke Cage worried, and he was a little worried about Harlem's situation.

"Wait a minute, there's something weird about how these people are dying." Jessica, a half-hung private investigator, noticed something unusual about the deceased, and pointed to one of the charred corpses that had been cut in half: "They don't look like they're dying in a gunfight, but rather something like being killed." ”

"Hand Meeting?" Hearing the slash, Matt subconsciously thought of the defender's previous opponent Hand Match.

"However, the Hand has been destroyed by the Nine Shadows." Touching his arm, Danny retorted in a low voice.

"Cutting a person in half with a knife is not as simple as it seems." Looking at the scene in the photo, Frank couldn't help but frown. The human body is stronger than expected, and some of the bones can even block bullets, let alone cut them in half with a knife.

"Perhaps, it's the people of the Nine Shadows?"

Hearing everyone's opinions, Matt made his own judgment.

Hearing the name Nine Shadows, the defenders' eyes subconsciously looked at Danny on the side, and he was the only one present who had really had contact with Nine Shadows.

Although, the results of this contact were not very rosy.

"The gods I encountered before didn't use any weapons."

Subconsciously clenched his fists, Danny recalled the scene of his severed hand, shook his head, and said.

"The Nine Shadows are not the only ones who are absolutely godless." At the right time, Ye Man opened his mouth and added: "Although I don't know much about the Nine Shadows, according to Teacher Wu Tian, the existence of the Nine Shadows is almost as long as Penglai. ”

"So, it's very likely that the person who killed the gang is another member of the Nine Shadows?"

Hearing Ip Man's explanation, Jessica looked back at the scene in the photo and secretly deduced: "An incomparably murderous existence." ”