Entrance to the Hoover Dam base.

Mark shook Simmons' hand with a smile on his face.

Agent Simon Ster.

Not part of the CIA.

Not part of the FBI.

Again, it does not belong to the military.

Strictly speaking.

There was never such a person as Agent Simon, and Agent Simon didn't exist on any organization or roster.

Sounds cool.

But it's not like that, it just sounds like it's unclear.

Before his leave of absence, Mark signed an agreement with an old friend from the CIA's Overseas Operations Department to form a special team that also had no records to track down and hunt down traitors who tried to betray the interests of the country.

The reason for forming this team is actually quite simple.

As long as you are an American, the FBI has the authority to investigate you, but the FBI does not have overseas enforcement powers.

The C.I.A. is the other way around, with overseas law enforcement powers, but the Bureau of Investigation for native citizens is behind the FBI.

So Mark and his old friend Alyssa hit it off and formed such a special investigation team.

This special investigation team does not exist in the FBI files or CIA files.

Once caught by another country during an overseas mission.

The CIA and FBI will immediately stop the loss......

So.

In a way.

This kind of agent who does not exist in any records, in fact, his nature is similar to that of the special temporary workers of the Eastern Country.

And the same is true of Agent Simon in front of him.

Simmons is part of a secret seven-member investigative team under the control of the Secretary of Defense's office.

As for why it's called a seven-member investigation team?

Very simple.

Just take it literally.

It must have something to do with seven people.

The local side has always disliked any detours.

What is it like in the East?

There is no rich literary language here to support what a poetic and reverie name they have come up with......

And this seven-member investigation team, which is known only to the Minister of Defense, has not been established for a day or two.

It's decades.

After shaking Mark's hand, Simmons handed the ID card to Tony and said expressionlessly, "Mr. Stark, this is your ID, I need to warn you, it's best not to walk around after entering the base." ”

Tony deliberately pasted the papers in his hand into Simmons' face.

But I held back.

"This way, please." Simmons turned to look sideways at Mark.

"Thank you."

Mark smiled and gestured, then glanced at Tony next to him.

Subsequently.

The two were led by Simmons into a secret base under the Hoover Dam.

Thundered.

All the way.

Most of the base soldiers I saw had a straight face.

Mark expressed understanding.

The sound in the base is very noisy, and although it is not as loud as the drumming, it is not very pleasant.

It's already good to have a poker face, at least there is no mental collapse......

Not much.

In a large hall.

Tony's mouth grew and looked at another Transformer fixed not far away, covered in ice.

Compared to the bumblebee you see in the basement.

The Transformer in front of him is undoubtedly domineering.

Even if he's frozen.

"The cyber office is over here." Simmons, who was not far away, frowned as he looked at the two who had stopped.

Mark smiled and looked at Simmons and said, "Relax, Agent Simon, my authority is the same as your boss's, I know everything here." ”

"I'm not worried about you, Director Louis." Simmons spoke, drifting his gaze to Tony next to Mark.

Tony's brow was pounding.

Boy.

This is a great disgrace.

When has he, Tony Stark, the world's number one weapons designer, been so ignored by the military?

Do you still want the weapon he designed?

Mark laughed and said, "I have already passed the message with the Secretary of Defense, Stark Industries has signed the Patriot Act, and there is no doubt about Mr. Stark's loyalty." ”

Simmons didn't speak.

Mark looked at the frozen Transformer and asked, "Agent Simon, this was salvaged from under the ice at that time?" ”

Simmons didn't answer right away.

Mark Louis's name is well-known in violent circles.

There is grapevine.

The fact that the previous secretary of defense did not see anyone alive or dead had a lot to do with the Mark Louis in front of him.

And.

This Mark Louis has a circle of contacts all over Washington, D.C., and has considerable connections in both republican and democratic countries.

After thinking about it for a while.

Simmons looked up at the frozen Transformer and said, "Yes, we transported him here in 1934, we call it NBE-1, he's been frozen since 1935, ...... through him" Simmons looked at Tony Stark and said, "Microchips, lasers, spaceflight, cars...... It was all learned by reverse-engineering him, and Mr. Howard Stark was involved in a period of research on it. ”

Tony didn't speak.

In his memory, his father Howard often went out for ten days and half a month without seeing anyone, as if he was addicted to work and couldn't extricate himself.

That's why Tony treats the company's affairs with a gaming attitude.

He wanted to prove one thing.

Even if it's casual play, he can take care of the company.

Now it seems......

His father seems to be hiding some little secrets.

"This thing isn't a creation of the earth." Mark looked at Simmons knowingly.

Simmons was silent for a while, and then said with a rare smile, "This way, please." ”

Not much.

Standing in the office high above the base.

A large cube is placed silently in another hall at an angle of ten angles.

Even if it's late at night outside.

Around the cube, there are still many researchers around it, discussing this fiercely.

Mark turned his head to look at the pictures of the seven people on the wall.

Simmons, who was next to him, said: "Here are the Seven Elders who found this thing, because of the branding on his surface, they know that it is an alien object with a similar pattern to NBE-1, so President Hoover built a dam to hide him in it, and the cement of four football fields is thick enough to make it impossible for anyone or any alien race out there to detect the energy he emittes......"

After speaking.

Simmons pointed to the network central control room not far away and said, "The central control room is over there, please follow me." ”

Mark smiled and nodded.

When walking towards the central control room of the network.

Tony lowered his voice and said, "That's the energy body?" ”

Mark nodded.

But it wasn't until Simmons took the two of them to a spacious room with many servers.

Tony seemed to remember something.

So when Simmons went out, Tony immediately turned around and looked at Mark with blazing eyes.

Mark smiled and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"I have a feeling you've cheated me again."

Tony looked around at the server and asked, "This is a secret base of the Ministry of Defense, how did you convince him to bring us in, don't fool me with the previous reason." ”

"Nothing?" Mark smiled and said, "I was just telling the Secretary of Defense that Mr. Tony Stark is providing the Hoover Dam base with an early warning defense system that was just launched in March this year. ”

Tony: "......"