(I'm sorry to come back late, this chapter is a little late)

After hanging up a call to S.H.I.E.L.D., Grant pinched his eyebrows.

This time, it was still Nick Fury on the other end of the line.

It's been more than a day since Vanke declared war on Tony Stark under the eyes of the nation. At this time, even the members of the World Security Council temporarily dismissed the idea of squeezing the steel suit out of Roddy's hand, and instead hoped that Stark's friend would be able to cope with it smoothly after more than a day. It's best to win big in front of the whole United States and the world, although it's very unlikely.

Despite this premise, those people did not relax in the slightest about Coulson's close attention, so Grant still had to talk to Fury directly. Needless to say, this is definitely not going to be a good feeling.

In this phone call, the first results of the one that Grant used as a terms of the deal came to fruition. It's just that Fury's answer was beyond Grant's expectations, and it can even be said to be shocking. He had suspected that Skye was the daughter of some S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, or a descendant of the remnants of Hydra, and even that she was Howard Stark's illegitimate daughter, but now ......

"Skye is 0-8-4 (object of unknown origin)? You're definitely kidding. ”

"You know I'm not kidding." Fury said, "Grant, this girl is either particularly dangerous or has some unknown abilities. You know the rules of our S.H.I.E.L.D......."

"Save it." Grant immediately interrupted Fury's words, "Let's not talk about whether she is in danger or not, even if she does, I will bear it." I'm her s.o. anymore. ”

"But you're not from S.H.I.E.L.D. anymore."

"yes......"

After a sentence of emotion, Grant's tone became categorical, "I'm no longer from S.H.I.E.L.D., so I don't need to listen to your orders. Don't try to touch my people. ”

"You can wait a little longer, let's get down to business first."

Fury's call, of course, couldn't have been just about Skye. At present, the most urgent thing is the battle for the Empire State Building.

"Two dozen humanoid mechs, and a set of steel suits, such a big target. Now you tell me you can't find it. Grant wanted to scold what to eat, but he still held back, "That kind of thing is eye-catching enough even if it appears alone, there are more than twenty in total, how can you not find it?" ”

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while: "This time it's our S.H.I.E.L.D. problem." What about you? What did that 'your guy' find? ”

She locked on to the signal for Hammer Industries, but the signal disappeared as soon as she tracked it to the New York border. But it's the Atlantic coast......"

"I'll have people search along the coastline. But that's not the point. After a long period of silence, Fury said, "Soldier to soldier, general to general." The Empire State Building has already begun to deploy, and those battle mechs naturally have people below to deal with. Martial law has also been imposed throughout New York. And Vanke, who is wearing a steel suit, you and I both understand that there is no way to help him with quantity. What about your decision? ”

"I'll shoot if I have to, but not in Iron Man's suit, but myself."

Grant's attitude was very tough, and Fury's tone was as flat as ever: "You know that Vanke has enough time to add a more efficient flight system to the suit this time." Or will you be able to fly too? ”

"That's your problem." This time Grant spread his hands very scoundrelly, "I will do my best, but it is your job to force Vanke down from the sky." ”

I don't know if I was angry, but there was silence on the other end of the phone for a while. Then, the voice came again, this time a lot heavier: "Put on the Iron Man's suit, provoke Vanke's anger, lead him to melee with you, and then exile him by surprise, this is the most convenient and efficient way." ”

In response, Grant sneered: "Have you ever thought that Iron Man is no longer Iron Man in this way?" How to explain Vanke's exile in public? Can Tony Stark, who has superpowers, still be accepted by people? Or did you push me to the foreground and treat me like a substitute? Someone who stole Stark's suit and wanted to impersonate a hero? ”

"Grant, we didn't mean that......"

"So be it. Let Roddy cooperate with your men to force him down from the sky as much as possible. As long as he's in my range, I won't let him go. ”

Grant said crisply. Then, he changed the topic very neatly: "By the way, didn't you go to 'visit' Stark, what did you gain?" ”

Fury also knew that he couldn't talk about it for the time being, so he didn't have any opinion on the change of topic: "According to Agent Simon, Stark's body is very good except for the part of the palladium poisoning, and it is estimated that he will wake up in a short time. Also, you trust Agent Fitz, right? I'll tell him to pack his things right away, and you pick him up. His latest assignment is to spend the final day and a half trying to strengthen the Iron Suit as much as possible. As for which set to strengthen, it's up to you to decide. On the side of Potz and Roddy, it is also up to you to negotiate. ”

Hearing Fury say this, Grant frowned.

"So be it."

Picking up Fitz, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, along with a large box of weapons and tools that might be used, Gran set up an automatic flight for "Black" to the Canadian icefield base, and then began to call Roddy and Pepper about improving the steel suit.

I don't know if anyone is a lobbyist, Pepper and Roddy are both Fury's arguments, wanting Grant to disguise himself as Iron Man. And Grant refused. The three of them discussed for a while before deciding to focus on the Mark II that Roddy had taken away. According to Grant - the public still doesn't know that Tony Stark is in Mark II, and it's time for them to get used to the new image of Iron Man. After all, Iron Man himself doesn't know when he will wake up.

Now that it has been agreed, it is time to start construction, and time waits for no one. So, Fitz, who arrived at the icefield base, had just greeted Simmons and threw himself into the improvement of Mark II. While Fitz is not an expert in weapons, he is an engineer in rocket science. For now, he's the right fit.

As soon as Fitz's blueprints were drawn, Roddy came over with Mark II. Along with Roddy, Jarvis will program the Mark II UI to match Fitz's weapon modifications to give Roddy better control of the modified suit.

Now, it's up to Fiz to finish his job.

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