01. Hearings
Tony. Stark didn't press James. Rhodes provided the manuscript, but directly disclosed that he was the "Iron Man" himself, but he didn't expect that his reputation would rise even more, not only elected to the MIT Board of Trustees, but also became the defender of peace in the United States and even the world.
Stark succeeded his father, Howard. In 1974, Stark held the 'Stark Messe at the Flushing office in New York', and Tony decided to hold a new 'Stark Expo' at the same location to fulfill his father's wish and satisfy his desire to be in the limelight......
Of course, Bai Xiaotian will not appear at Stark's press conference for the new fair, and he saw Stark receive a court summons that was 'gifted' with the car, and was ordered to appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning......
Bai Xiaotian smiled, I don't know if Bingbing will be able to participate with his works at that time...... This kind of thinking can only be imagined, knowing that this expo has no chance to be held at all......
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"Mr. Stark, let's continue with what we just said, Mr. Stark!" The senator looked unorthodox, and Stark, who ignored the person behind him, was embarrassed.
"What's the matter?" Stark then turned back and replied to the councillor.
"Listen to me, please?"
"No problem!"
"Do you own a special weapon?"
"Nope!" Stark wouldn't admit it, he's not stupid.
"You don't?"
"Of course not, and it depends on what you think is a 'weapon'."
"Iron Man is a weapon."
"My invention is not a weapon." Stark confronted the councillor.
"And how would you describe it?"
"It's what it is, Senator." Stark almost knew the councillor's intentions.
"What exactly is it?"
"It's a high-tech prosthetic." Stark's remarks caused a burst of laughter, "This is ...... That's the best way I can describe it. ”
"It's a weapon, it's a weapon!"
"Hey, if you're prioritizing the well-being of the people......" Bai Xiaotian couldn't help but smile when he saw Stark seemed to be stuck.
"Nope! I'm prioritizing the Iron Man weapon to the American people......"
"Don't even think about it!" When Stark heard this, he immediately replied forcefully: "I am Iron Man, I am fused with the steel armor, if you want me to hand over Iron Man, you want me to hand over Iron Man is to let me hand over myself, that is considered labor or selling ......." I'm not the one who sells my body, you've found the wrong person, I can't give it to you. ”
"Stark, I'm not an expert on this......"
"Of course you're not an expert at selling your body, please! You're a senator! Stark didn't forget to wave to the audience behind him, causing laughter.
"Yes, it's true that I'm not a weapons expert, but we brought in a weapons expert! I'm going to subpoena Justin. Justin Hammer, the current major arms supplier to the Department of Defense"
Justin. HammerAdvance, after Stark Industries withdrew from the military industry, succeeded Stark Industries as the main arms supplier to the U.S. military.
"I saw Mr. Hammer come in, but I didn't see any weapons experts appear." Stark wouldn't miss an opportunity to taunt the wrong guy.
"Hehehehehe. Yes, I'm not an expert, you are, Tony, you're a genius. Hammer chuckled, "Senator, allow me to speak, maybe I'm not an expert, but you know who the real expert is, your father!" Howard. Stark! He's not just our big expert. He is the father of the military industry, but please make it clear that he is not a hippie, he is a lion! We all know why we came here for this half year Tony. Stark forged a sharp sword. But he insisted on using it as a shield, which asked us to trust him and ask us to hide behind him. I wish I felt safe, I really wish I was safe, and I wish I didn't have to lock the door when I went out. But this is not paradise, we live in a world full of dangers, dangerous worlds that Mr. Stark may not have foreseen! Thank you! That's it! God bless Iron Man, God bless America! ”
"Do you think he's right?" Bai Xiaotian asked Natasha beside him softly. Romanoff (Natasha Romanoff), he really didn't expect to see Black Widow here, but think about it, in "Iron Man 2" she appeared as a notary public in the legal department, and another identity is an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., Iron Man's appearance would be incompetent if S.H.I.E.L.D. didn't pay attention.
Real name: Natalia. Arian Novna. Romanova (Natalia Alianovna Romanova), nickname: Natasha, also known as: Natasha. Romanov; Trained as a super agent since childhood, she is an excellent fighter, spy, sniper and combat master, and during her time in the KGB, the government used Captain America's information to enhance her metabolism, slow down aging, enhance her immune system and physical endurance, surpass her physical qualities, and be proficient in various Chinese languages. (KGB: The State Security Council of the USSR, was the intelligence agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 to 1991, and was restructured into the Russian Federal Security Service after the collapse of the Soviet Union.) )
"Right and wrong." Natasha responded with a smile, Natasha only regarded Bai Xiaotian as another man who was looking for a chance to talk because of her beauty.
"Mr. Hammer said it well, and now we're going to invite James. Lieutenant Colonel Rhodes was present at the meeting. ”
"Rod?" Stark was stunned, he didn't expect that the senator also invited his friend Rod, Stark immediately left his seat to greet Rod who came in military uniform, "Hey brother, I didn't expect you to come and intervene." ”
"I'm here, I can't help it, accept the facts." Although Rhodes was very reluctant to face it, he could not escape his identity as a military representative after all.
"Rhodes I ......"
"This is not the time to communicate." Rod interrupted what Stark was about to say.
"Okay......" Stark also understood Rod's identity, but he remembered that the two were still good friends.
"This is Lieutenant Colonel Rhodes' full report on Iron Man's weapons, Lieutenant Colonel, please read paragraph 4 on page 57." Senators have detailed information for their purposes, and they know what is beneficial to their own side, and what methods are most effective are also the basic points of the senators.
"Do you want me to read a particular passage from the report? Senator? ”
"Yes!"
"I thought I was here to do a complete and detailed report...... "Rhodes wasn't stupid."
"I know, but there are a lot of variables today, you just have to read ......"
"You don't understand. Just reading that passage doesn't represent my full report......"
"Please read it, Lieutenant Colonel, thank you!"
"Okay!" The senator and Rhodes went toe-to-toe, but after all, this was the senator's home field, and Rhodes had to read out the specified passage in defeat: "Iron Man is not affiliated with any unit of the government...... Therefore, the national security and interests are ...... ...... threatened," Rhodes looked awkwardly at his friend Stark, who was sitting next to him, and his heart was also entangled, but he had to read on, "But my conclusion is...... The benefits of Iron Man far outweigh the disadvantages, making Mr. Stark ......"
"Enough!"
“…… Joining the Military Command System ......"
"Enough!"
“…… Good for the U.S. government...... "Rhodes doesn't just say things that are bad for his friends, that's not what he should do as a friend. Ignoring the senator's obstruction to continue.
"I don't like to be part of any system...... Stark doesn't like constraints, whether it's a senator or a friend, their words and suggestions are not acceptable to him who likes freedom, "but I could consider becoming secretary of defense and working a little less." ”
"I want to play the footage from your report." The senator still has a hand.
"I don't think it's time to make these images available to the public...... "Rod doesn't approve of senators showing almost classified images."
"I can understand, Lieutenant Colonel, but if you could describe these images, we would be very grateful."
"Alright then, bring up the image." Rod knows this isn't his home turf. He can only be regarded as a guest of the home.
"The information shows that the devices in these images are actually counterfeits of Mr. Stark's steel armor, which has been confirmed by our allies and ground intelligence services, and it is very likely that these steel armors can be used at this time......" Rhodes told the audience about the information captured by the satellite in the images.
"Wait a minute. I'll show you this! Stark is not one to sit still, he found more interesting images and transmitted them to the playback screen, and with the special little instrument in his hand, he immediately controlled all the displays, "With this thing, I can control all your screens." I need these screens to make this qiē more transparent...... Let's see what the hell is going on. ”
"What is he doing?" Senators are not calm anymore.
"Please look at the screen, I believe this is North Korean ......"
The screen showed a huge steel mech walking out of the warehouse door, and a bumpy mecha fell to the ground, not only parachuting its legs, but also shooting out of control with the weapon in its hand. Also hit the camera......
"This is China's ......",
The senator stood up and was about to call someone to turn it off when he heard Stark's introduction and paused.
Bai Xiaotian frowned......
Natasha immediately noticed Bai Xiaotian's abnormal expression beside her, and many people around her frowned, but Bai Xiaotian, who was sitting next to her, frowned solemnly, which made her pay attention......
"Look, Chinese is really a friendly country for workers and farmers, since the development of mecha is for transportation, no wonder they are so backward......" Stark didn't expect that the image from China was testing mecha handling, which was a bit surprising to him, "Since it is not a weapon development, then let's take a look at this ......"
Maybe others don't know the mecha that appears on the image, but Bai Xiaotian knows very well that the mecha that appears on the screen is from the "Avatar" AMP mecha, "Iron Man 2" Before "Thor 1", Bai Xiaotian tried to enter the end of "Iron Man 1" to leave Bingbing, and then entered "Thor 1" and returned to "Iron Man 2", in the past, his habitual thinking was "Iron Man 2" before "Thor 1", and now he is trying to break the inertial thinking, and it turns out that the fusion is successful!
Bai Xiaotian doesn't know how Bingbing broke into the interior of China in this time and space, but it doesn't seem difficult to break into it with telepathy and deformation ability, and when they are separated, they have a clear explanation that if it doesn't work, then choose another country - Germany, he knows very well the urine nature of China, but now it seems that Bingbing has successfully entered the interior, and Grace went to China with Bingbing, Grace has a lot of information in it, Bai Xiaotian believes that Bingbing will not violate the original agreement, which information can and which information cannot......
Now Bai Xiaotian never expected that these images would be found by Stark so lightly...... Is Stark too genius or is China in this time and space too ...... His keen intuition made him immediately realize that Natasha next to him seemed to be paying attention to him, intentionally or unintentionally...... An agent is worthy of being an agent, and he can inadvertently seize the opportunity......
"This is not Justin. Hammer? Hey, you're on the screen too, oops, why is he doing counterfeiting too? Stark looked at the senator.
Hammer didn't need a senator's reminder to leave the table and run to the display screen in a frantic attempt to turn it off, knowing full well that the shadows were terrible......
The screen image is Hammer guiding the test operation of the large humanoid mecha, guiding the humanoid mecha's waist to turn......
"Good, turn left, good, turn right......"
"Ah......" screamed, the mecha directly turned a 180-degree turn, the front of the mecha with the waist as the middle line, the front of the body and the front of the feet in the opposite direction, a straight line, the scream means that the waist inside the mecha is finished (about to end)......
"Shit......" Hammer just unplugged the power cord and blacked out the entire screen.
"As you can see, it will take 5 to 10 years for most countries, and it will take at least 20 years for Hammer Industries, which is not even as good as China's industry...... So no one will be able to have such technology for at least 5 to 10 years...... "Stark will not miss the slightest opportunity to disparage the unpleasant.
"May I point out that the pilot must not be dead......
"I think we've seen it, and he's proven his point......"
"Hey......" The senator immediately spoke up when he saw that the two sides were facing each other.
"I guess all I can say is 'you're welcome.'" Stark looked at the senator who was standing up.
"What do you mean?" The senator looked at Stark in confusion.
"I can prevent the intimidation of nuclear war, Iron Man is for the safety of the public, can you drive tanks out on the streets and serve the public? Iron Man is very useful in my hands, I will use it to tell everyone, we are safe, America is safe, you want my product? Don't even think about it! You must know that I am doing you a great favor, and I am helping you to maintain world peace. Stark turned around and showed the scissorhands to everyone, earning a round of applause.
…… (To be continued......)