138. Rehearsal
When Nick Fury catches up with Tony, he's half-lying on a giant donut sign at a burger joint, wearing that cool steel armor, munching on a freshly baked cheese pizza.
Half a minute later, they sat down at the famous burger joint and ordered a set meal.
"I don't want to be on your Superboy team." Tony didn't want to refuse the suggestion made by the one-eyed black man in front of him.
Iron Man never needed much teamwork, he could protect New York and defend the world by himself.
And Tony, from the bottom of his heart, hates working for the national government, and he doesn't want to follow his father's old path and use money to win political capital in order to gain a higher status. This Iron Man, who advocates freedom, is extremely disgusted with the constraints of rules and regulations.
"You're in a bad condition, Tony." Nick Fury looked at the mustachioed man in front of him and said in a deep voice, "You appointed Pepper Potts as CEO, gave away your property everywhere, and let your friends fly away in steel armor...... Are you giving an account of what happened? ”
The one-eyed director had sent an invitation to Tony before, and after the Avengers plan was approved by the World Security Council, he approached Iron Man, but Stark, who was in high spirits at the time, directly and simply refused, and Nick Fury, who knew that the time had not come, did not dwell too much.
He had dealt with Howard Stark for some time, and knew that the father and son had a very similar pride and stubbornness in some way. It wasn't until palladium poisoning and the pressure of outside public opinion overwhelmed Tony that Nick Fury came to the door again, after all, sending charcoal in the snow is always more grateful than icing on the cake.
"No, I'm in good shape!"
Tony shook his head in retort, a hint of relief on his tired face, "A few hours ago, that guy Sean gave me a shot of lithium dioxide, and the damn palladium poisoning symptoms have been reduced a lot, and I'll have to go to Ambrera tomorrow, and it's said that there is a beautiful girl who has developed the 'Cradle of Regeneration', a cutting-edge medical technology that can restore me to health." ”
Hearing Iron Man's words, even Nick Fury, who is the head of the secret service, couldn't help but be stunned, all this was originally a plan he had carefully prepared to recruit the indulgent Tony Stark, but it seemed that someone had taken the lead.
"The next thing I have to do is look for alternatives to palladium and try every combination of each element. Sean guy is right, I shouldn't give up easily, the Stark family has never been a coward who is willing to fail! ”
Tony, who untied the knot, his gray face regained some blood, his absurd nonsense during this time was actually just to vent his inner pressure and fear, not everyone can face death without fear.
Nick Fury could only swallow a thousand words in his heart now, but fortunately, the one-eyed director's complexion was dark, and others couldn't see how ugly his face was at this time.
"That gadget on your chest, it's made from unfinished technology, and your father Howard says it's just a springboard to greater technology. At that time, he was ready to start an energy competition, leaving all opponents in the dust, and he found a clue of a super energy, a nuclear reactor, compared to a 3A battery. ”
In desperation, Nick could only change the topic, since he could not be tempted by interests, he could only move with affection, so the agent leader played the emotional card and threw out his deep relationship with Tony's father.
"Howard told me that only you have the resources and wisdom to accomplish it all and to continue his great plan."
"I don't know how you know this, but it's clear that you were mistaken, my father never affirmed my talents, and the few impressions I had of him were of an indifferent businessman...... He never said he loved me, he never said he liked me, and his happiest day was sending me to boarding school! ”
However, Nick Fury miscalculated again, Tony's relationship with his father is not as good as imagined, on the contrary, the father and son will not easily express their inner pride character.
"Your father is one of the veterans of the establishment of S.H.I.E.L.D., I hope you can join in, to be honest, Iron Man has caused me a lot of trouble, and what you are about to do will cause more trouble, at least I can make those Department of Defense officers stop harassing you."
Even if he passed the Department of Defense hearing safely, this could not stop the military from coveting steel armor, in fact, if it weren't for Stark Industries' deep connections, those military bigwigs might have driven tanks to break through the gate, and then take Tony's steel armor in the name of "recycling dangerous weapons".
This is not alarmist, many senior members of the Department of Defense have proposed this plan, but even if they do, there is no way to obtain the core technology of steel armor, except for Tony Stark, the playboy, no one can copy the Ark reactor, and the steel armor that loses the power to power it is no different from a pile of scrap metal.
"I'll think about it." Tony said nonchalantly as he took a donut in his mouth.
He is now only thinking about solving the problem of palladium poisoning and then continuing the superhero life of Iron Man, as for what S.H.I.E.L.D. joins, Stark has no interest in it for the time being.
Nick Fury, who came confidently, left with a sense of disappointment and frustration, Tony Stark couldn't figure it out, he could only contact the Fantastic Four first, and his Avengers plan was unfavorable in the first phase.
Back on a modified Land Rover, Nick Fury's eyes were gloomy, he looked at Coulson, his right-hand man sitting next to him, and said coldly: "Bring up Sean Siperth's information." ”
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At the same time, Sean, who was in Ambrera, learned from Skynet that Nick Fury had launched an investigation into himself again, and he laughed at it, not caring what the other party could find.
He is no longer a nobody in Queens, and needs to be wary of the attention of S.H.I.E.L.D., and now behind Sean, there is Ambrera, a rising star in scientific research, Osborne Industries, which has a firm foothold in the biomedical industry, and Stark Industries, which has reached a strategic cooperation.
The current geniuses in New York are no longer a weak person, even if S.H.I.E.L.D. investigates some clues from it, or Nick Fury detects something, they can only continue to endure it until there is sufficient evidence.
"Sir, I can erase those traces for you and make sure S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn't find anything useful." Skynet's indifferent voice echoed.
Sean shook his head, an unpredictable smile in his eyes, and said softly, "It's boring to always hide behind the scenes, it's time for me to go on stage." ”
Thinking of warning him to the Ancient One, the young man's eyes were cold, and he wanted to see where the bottom line of the Templar Mage and Kama Taj was.
"Hopefully Nick Fury can help me with this impressive solo show." Sean smiled faintly, he wasn't going to help the playboy for no reason.
Walking into S.H.I.E.L.D.'s sight through Tony Stark and then getting Nick Fury's attention is what he's really about. Anyway, this day will come sooner or later, so why not let him take the initiative.