In Washington, D.C., 380 kilometers from New York and about an hour by plane, the Senate Armed Services Committee, a hearing on the suit's defense plan, is underway. People from all walks of life gathered, and of course, this scene will not be without the crowd of media.

"Mr. Stark, do you have a special weapon?" On stage, a smiling Sen Stern is questioning the CEO of Stark Industries, who is also the chairman of the Military Council.

Offstage, a spirited Tony Stark, "I didn't." ”

"Didn't you?"

"That's up to you how you define the suit."

"Iron Man suit."

"That's not appropriate."

"How do you describe it?"

"A factual description."

"How?"

"High-tech prosthetics."

Tony Stark's words immediately caused a burst of laughter from everyone present.

"It's, that's the most accurate definition I can give."

"That's the weapon, Mr. Stark."

"Please, if you really put the interests of the American people first, my priority right now."

"It's to give the Iron Man suit to the American people."

"You go dreaming!" Tony knew that this was some kind of temptation, and once he showed his flaws, then the other party would pounce on him like a bloodthirsty shark and kill him completely.

So he will definitely not show weakness, "I am Iron Man, and the suit is with me." What is the difference between handing over my suit and enslaving a good citizen or forcing him into a prostitute? ”

Tony's analogy immediately made those present smile.

"Don't count on it."

"I don't know much about that."

"Is it forced to be a prostitute? Of course you're not good at it, you're a senator. ”

Tony's taunt was immediately burst into laughter again, and he couldn't help but wave his hand behind him triumphantly, smiling like a child, while Pepper Pepper, who sat not far behind him, stared at him with a serious face.

Tony couldn't laugh anymore, he pursed his lips, coughed dryly, and turned his head away.

"I don't have a deep understanding of weapons, but we have weapons experts present. I want to summon the replacement of Stark Industries and Osborne Industries to defeat Exploration Space, our current general contractor for arms, CEO of Hammer Industries, Justin Hammer. ”

Tony sat up straight suddenly, the original four major suppliers of the American military department, Stark Industries decided not to sell weapons by himself, and Osborne Industries had been rejected by the military department because of the Green Goblin incident, causing the stock price to jump, and later he supported Jing with funds, which was acquired by Jing, and decided to start the transformation to the development of bioaugmentation technology, and to explore aerospace, Tony is currently dealing with them, striving to acquire him. So the four major suppliers, the original weakest Hammer Industries, are now regarded as one of the pillars by the military department.

A well-dressed middle-aged man with glasses and a silver-gray suit walked in.

"Scribe, please, I saw Hammer walk into the hearing," Tony's voice rang out, "I'm curious when the real weapons experts will be able to show up." ”

Hammer smiled slightly, he sat on the same chair as Tony, took a glass of water from the table to moisten his throat, Hammer picked up the microphone, "Of course I'm not an expert, I'm different from you, Anthony, you're a wonder boy." Justin Hammer affectionately addressed Tony in a voice that could be called sweet, and Tony couldn't help but shiver.

"Senator, allow me to speak, maybe I'm not an expert, but do you know who it is?"

Justin Hammer stood up and faced everyone, "Your father, Howard Stark, was a respectable elder who helped defeat the Nazis and was involved in the atomic bomb project, and many people see him as a hero, and of course some people think that he is making a fortune. But he is undoubtedly the predecessor of all of us, and even more so the father of the modern military industry. ”

Justin Hammer has been talking about Tony's father, and there is no shortage of praise and admiration, and Tony can't say anything, so he can only listen quietly.

But then Hammer's voice changed, "But look at his son, Tony Stark, he's not a peacemaker, everyone knows him by the nickname of the Merchant of Death." And the reasons for our hearing this time are clear to everyone. In the past, he created a secret weapon, but insisted that it was used for peace, for defense. He made us tremble and we believed his word. ”

Justin Hammer said a whole bunch more, but it was all in Tony's eyes, but what happened next was a little unexpected.

"Lieutenant Colonel James Roddy is summoned to appear at the hearing."

Tony's eyes widened, "Roddy? How so? ”

A black officer walked in with a determined step, and it turned out to be Tony's best friend, Lieutenant Colonel Roddy.

"Dude, to be honest, this was really unexpected."

"That's right, it's me, accept the reality."

Senator Stern then took it out of context and asked Lt. Col. Roddy to read a portion of the information he had gathered, part of the report on the weaponization of Iron Man.

"Senator Stern, you're asking me to read my own report? And it's part of the designation, you know, it needs to be contextualized to fully reflect the true meaning of what I'm saying, and it's not the final conclusion I came to. "Lieutenant Colonel Roddy looked very embarrassed.

Senator Stern smiled slightly, looking very proud, "No, Lieutenant Colonel, how to understand it is our business, you just need to read it." ”

Having said that, Roddy can only give in, he is a soldier first, Tony's friend second, the country, the orders of his superiors are greater than his personal feelings.

"Okay." Roddy picked up the information in his hand, "Given that he doesn't work for any government agency, Iron Man is a potential threat. He not only endangers national security, but also threatens national interests. But then, I came to the conclusion that the existence of Iron Man has more advantages than harms, and that for our own benefit, we should... ”

"That's enough, Lieutenant Colonel." Senator Stern rudely interrupted Roddy's words, and at the same time was a little dissatisfied, and the latter words were not the paragraph he asked the other party to say.

Tony couldn't listen anymore, and he also knew Roddy's dilemma, "Senator Stern, I don't have much ability, but if Senator you plead, I'm willing to take the position of Secretary of Defense." ”