Chapter XXVIII
After getting on Tony's private jet, Clark saw the news on the TV, which showed Senator Stan talking to the camera about what had happened today.
This proves that his technology can be imitated, and he also uses the underbody suit as his own toy. Mr. Stark had been adamant at the hearing that steel armor wasn't going to show up anywhere, just for 5 to 10 years.
But today we saw it in Monaco, and in the presence of tens of thousands of people, the new Iron Warrior was actually going after Tony Stark. ”
"Mute."
Tony turned off the sound of the TV when he saw the news, because the content of the news was a bit of a slap in the face to him.
"Well, let's talk about something else." With that, Tony took out the Ark reactor he had harvested at the racetrack and put it on the table.
"It's quite advanced, it's a bit low, but overall it's a good imitation. But here's the problem, this replica is almost exactly the same as our Ark reactor in some ways, where did he copy it from? I remember my reactor never leaked. ”
With that, Tony tapped his head with his index and middle fingers.
When Clark saw this, he thought it might be better to give Tony some hints.
"Do you think it's possible that the drawings are wrong? Tony, did you think of the blueprints for your Ark reactor, or did you see them somewhere? ”
"I did it myself, of course." Faced with Clark's question, Tony answered without hesitation.
"Really?" Looking at Tony with such certainty, Clark was a little unsure if he was giving a hint, because in Clark's memory, Tony's reactor was from his father's drawings.
"Well, well, it started with my dad's drawings, and then I improved it a little bit. Well, I got it! In the face of everyone's questioning eyes, Tony can only admit that he is not original, but at this point, Tony's mind suddenly has a hypothesis.
"Is it possible that it was leaked at my father's time, and if you think about it this way, you can explain why his reactor technology is so backward."
"Clark, Nitanli, could you please go out for a while, I have something to say to Tony."
At this moment, Potts, who had been silent, said to Clark and Nitanli.
"Okay, let's talk, then let's go out first."
Clark glanced between Tony and Potts, and then led Natasha out of the room.
After Clark and the others left, Potts came to Tony's side and looked into Tony's eyes.
"Tony? Are you hiding something from me? ”
"Well, what did you say, no." Tony looked at Clarke, then was silent for a moment, and then denied Potts' words.
"Then why are you going to race, you know, it's dangerous!" Looking at Tony's expression, Potts knew he wasn't telling the truth.
Knowing that his previous actions had already made Pepper Potts suspicious, but after thinking about it, Tony decided not to tell Potts the truth first.
After all, Tony is already a little desperate about his situation, and he doesn't want another person to worry about him.
"I don't want to go home at all, cancel my birthday party. Anyway, we're in Europe now, so why don't we go to Venice and stay at the Cipuyani Hotel, do you remember? ”
"Yes." As if remembering some fond memory, Potts smiled on his serious face.
"yes, where to stay······ En······ Good for your physical and mental health. As for Clark, just let him go back on his own. ”
Seeing the smile on Potts' face, Tony thought there was a play, so he planned to plan a vacation life for the two.
"No, it's not a good time, I still have a lot of mess to clean up."
But then Potts laughed and refused Tony's request.
"You're right, so now is a good opportunity to avoid that mess."
Seeing Potts' refusal, Tony did not intend to give up, but continued to persuade him.
Potts just smiled and shook his head. "As the CEO of the group, I have to be in charge of the company."
"But as a CEO, you have the right to take a vacation." Tony stammered.
"Holiday? At such a critical time? "Potts has a serious look on his face.
Looking at Potts' expression, Tony knew that the vacation he had just proposed was probably out of the picture.
After returning to Malibu, Tony ignored Potts and Nitanli, who had started to take care of things, and instead took Clark straight downstairs to Tony's lab.
"Found it, it's him."
After a few hours of computer manipulation, Tony found a person's profile, and Tony pressed the OK button.
Anton Vanko, Soviet physicist. He defected to the United States in 1963 and was deported in 1967 on suspicion of espionage. His son, Ivan, also a physicist, was sentenced to 15 years of service for selling weapons-grade plutonium materials to Pakistan. No other information"
"Do you know why he was convicted of espionage?"
After reading the information, Tony turned back to Clarke.
"Why?" Clark vaguely remembered that it seemed to be because of their family's information.
"It's because my father suspects that he stole the blueprints of the Ark reactor."
"Well, no wonder he's going to kill you today." Tony's words also confirmed Clark's conjecture.
"Tony, you've got to go upstairs and get the situation under control." Just then, Rod opened the door to the lab and walked in. "Hey, Clark, you're there too."
Then, after Clark nodded, Rhodes said to Tony, "I've been talking to the Ministry of Defense all day now, convincing them not to come in tanks, break through your gates, and take away your steel armor. ”
"Then why don't you let them come?" To be honest, what happened last time made Clark a little annoyed now. It's just that because he can't find the right owner, it's not good for him to attack these seemingly innocent people in the military department. So if there's an excuse for him to make a move, that's all it would be great.
"Hey, bro, don't be kidding." Because of Tony's relationship, Rod still knows Clark's identity. To him, Clark's joke wasn't funny at all.
Because since the last time Clark physically blew up a missile, the people in the military department knew that this Superman, who was very similar to Superman in the movie, was not something they could deal with.
Moreover, after evaluation, the probability of killing Clark with a megaton yield nuclear bomb is less than 5%, which requires Clark to not stand and let the nuclear bomb bomb.
So now the people in the military department are also avoiding provoking Clark, the human nuke.
Rhodes, who knew a little about Clark, was also afraid that Clark would kill the people in the military department like this, so he stopped joking with Clark, but continued to say to Tony.
"Tony, you said no one could have this technology in 20 years. But guess what's going on now?
Just yesterday, someone already had him, and the Iron Cloak was no longer a theory. And yesterday's one wasn't just a steel cloak, it was a robot with a steel cloak! Are you listening, Tony? ”
Looking at Tony who didn't speak, Rhodes was a little angry, he was anxious for Tony here, but Tony didn't care at all.
"Be quiet, Rod. That Clark, can you help me get me a piece of the palladium energy plate from the humidor over there? By the time he said this, Tony had already looked a little weak.
"OK, is this it?" Clark pulled out a rectangular piece of metal from his desk.
"Uh-huh." Tony then reached out and pulled his reactor out of his chest, and when it was removed, scorched black smoke rose from it.
"Should this thing be smoking?" Looking at the smoking reactor in Tony's hand, Rod was a little curious.
"The neutrons are damaged, and the walls of the Ark reactor are smoking."
As he spoke, Tony took out the palladium energy plate in the reactor, and after taking out the energy plate, Rod saw his appearance. Compared to the new one, the piece in Rod's hand is almost completely corroded.
"What's the tattoo on your neck?" Then Rod saw the poisoning marks on Tony's neck.
"It's just a bruise."
Tony clearly didn't want to talk about such a topic.
"Tony, I'm not blind, you don't look like some kind of bruising." Rhodes clearly disagreed with Ni's rhetoric.