Stark Industries Headquarters Building, on the rooftop.

Obadiah looked up at the dark shadow in the sky, stunned in the Iron Overlord.

Now he understands why Tony, after escaping from the terrorist group's base, publicly gave away Lu Mingfei's shares.

As a veteran of the Stark Group, a friend and deputy of Tony's father, Howard Stark, Obadiah has access to some secrets that ordinary people would never have access to.

For example, there are very few people in this world who have special powers.

Now it seems that Lu Mingfei is one of them.

However, according to what Obadiah has learned, these people are often not too strong.

For example, in his cognition, Captain America is the best of them, and he can easily defeat a heavily armed elite squad head-on on the battlefield.

But this is also his limit, no matter how strong Captain America is, his body cannot defend against bullets, let alone block the fired shells.

And now, Obadiah saw the bullets and missiles he fired hovering in front of Tony, unable to show the slightest lethality.

The Iron Overlord's arms were raised at the same time, and the machine gun bullets and missiles were poured out towards Lu Mingfei in the sky at the fastest rate of fire.

Lu Mingfei's wings flapped slightly, and the invisible power converged in front of him to form a barrier, and the missile exploded after hitting it.

But the missile's flame only spread for a moment, and it was restrained by another force, maintaining this strange burning posture.

The Iron Overlord's shot lasted nearly a minute, and countless metals and explosives were poured down on the barrier in front of Lu Mingfei.

Until the Iron Overlord stopped shooting because he ran out of ammunition, the invisible barrier in front of Lu Mingfei bent forward, encompassing the flames and explosions in it, turning into a dazzling fireball with a diameter of more than one meter.

Lu Mingfei put his hand, which had almost turned into a dragon claw, into the fireball, as if holding something, and pulled it out violently.

Because of the helmet of the steel suit, both Tony and Obadiah could clearly see what Lu Mingfei was doing.

As Lu Mingfei pulled his hand out, a crimson glowing metal weapon appeared in his palm, which looked like a combination of a knife and a sword, straight, slender and hideous.

The crimson sword was drawn, as if it had taken away the temperature of the fireball itself, leaving only a slightly reddish mass of metal in its place.

This is the impurity that is discarded after smelting the weapon.

Lu Mingfei raised his hand and casually knocked on the scrap metal mass with the hilt of his sword, and the metal mass fell like a meteor and smashed into the Iron Overlord.

Obadiah hurriedly controlled the Iron Overlord to dodge, but the bulky mecha was not as flexible as Tony's armor after all, and half of his body was hit, spinning and flying out.

By the time the Iron Overlord struggled to get up, Lu Mingfei had already landed slowly, the pitch-black membrane wings were retracted behind his back, and the sword he was carrying upside down was like a solidified fire.

"What the hell are you monsters!" Obadiah was terrified.

Lu Mingfei didn't speak, he was like a black shadow, quickly rushing in front of Obadiah, his sword leaving a bright red ribbon in the night sky.

When the shadow was clear again, Lu Mingfei had already appeared behind the Iron Overlord, one of Iron Overlord's arms broke off his shoulder and flew out, and the metal in the section had melted and dripping under the high temperature.

Lu Mingfei turned around, and his golden pupils were illuminated by the firelight, showing a magma-like color.

"Wait - I surrender, I surrender!" Obadiah hurriedly raised his other arm.

The knife had just grazed against his cockpit, and the hot temperature passed through the Iron Overlord's shoulder to the cockpit, making half of his arm feel extremely hot.

If this fight continues, not to mention that the unknown weapon in Lu Mingfei's hand can easily destroy the body of the Iron Overlord, even if he can't break the defense, Lu Mingfei slashes at the cockpit twice, and he will be roasted inside.

Lu Mingfei tilted his head and turned into a black shadow again, leaving a slender trail in the night sky.

Three times in a row, Lu Mingfei directly cut off the remaining three limbs of the Iron Overlord.

The Iron Overlord lay on the ground, the cockpit on his chest opened, and Obadiah rolled out on the ground - a few more seconds longer he would have been scalded off.

Lu Mingfei glanced at him, raised his hand, and Obadiah was lifted by the invisible force by the neck and sent to Lu Mingfei, his face flushed because of poor breathing and blood flow.

"Please, don't kill me...... I can do anything...... can give you ......" Obadiah struggled for mercy, spitting out severely distorted syllables.

"Mingfei, don't kill him," Tony shouted, "save his life first, I still need his stake to shut down the Stark Group's weapons department!" ”

A golden light flashed in Lu Mingfei's eyes, and he casually threw the sword out, falling to the ground and melting the surrounding concrete.

With a twist of his arm, Obadiah screamed and fell to the ground, dislocated the joints of his limbs.

At the same time, on a helicopter gunship a few kilometers away, several men in black suits were recording something with some high-tech looking instruments.

……

The next day, Tony's house.

"Come on, sign this." Tony handed a document to Lu Mingfei.

"What is this?" Lu Mingfei was lazy and nestled in the sofa, took the document and looked down, "It's a share transfer agreement again?" Why so many? ”

Lu Mingfei was a little surprised.

On the paper, it is a full 17.1% stake, plus Lu Mingfei's original 6%, he already owns 23.1% of Stark Group's shares, nearly a quarter.

"Of thoroughfare, 14.1 percent of that is Obadiah's, and 3 percent is given to you by Ethan," Tony explained, "Originally, Stark Group owned 39.4 percent and Obadiah and I were 28.2 percent, respectively. ”

"I used a little trick, Obadiah's shares have been taken back by me, and the two of us will divide them equally, and I will give you and Ethan 6% of each of the shares, but Ethan has decided to give you another half of his shares in order to thank you for saving him."

Tony said, "Congratulations, you are now the second largest shareholder of Stark Group. ”

"No, no, no, isn't this too precious," Lu Mingfei hurriedly shook his head, "Obadiah's share, you just look at me and give me a little, Ethan's I definitely can't ask for ......"

"Then you go tell him," Tony shrugged, "I think he's pretty determined, anyway, I don't want to convince him." ”

"By the way, the total number of shares of the three of us is 67.6 percent now," Tony said, "Any resolution will take effect as long as it supports more than two-thirds of the shares, and in two days I will hold a shareholder meeting to propose the closure of the Stark Group's weapons department, and as long as you and Ethan support me, the proposal will definitely pass." ”

"That's a good dare!" Lu Mingfei's eyes lit up, but he was a little puzzled, "But if you close the weapons department like this, the stock price should be cut in half, won't it go out of business at that time?" ”

"I'm ready to transition to clean energy." Tony tapped the ark reactor on his chest.

"Holy! You're going to sell this thing?! Lu Mingfei looked shocked.

After following Tony for a few months, Lu Mingfei basically understood what the concept of the miniature nuclear fusion reactor in his chest was.

It is no exaggeration to say that this thing can completely free human civilization from energy limitations.

"If I dare to popularize this technology, oil will only be left as an industrial raw material, and the value of energy will be reduced to zero, and the price of oil will drop sharply, and the countries that make money from selling oil will definitely want to kill me at any cost." ”

"And I'm not sure what the consequences of popularizing this technology would be, the worst outcome would be World War III, and then, as Einstein guessed, everyone would return to primitive times after the war."

"Huh!" Lu Mingfei shuddered.

"So I'm going to build some relatively unobtrusive large fusion reactors and use them to produce almost zero-cost power and be an energy supplier," Tony said, "and if it goes well, within a year we'll be the world's leader in clean energy." ”

"Then you are not going to maintain the stock price this year?" Lu Mingfei said curiously.

"No," Tony shook his head, "the stock price won't go down." ”

"Why?" Lu Ming was puzzled, "You are going to tear down the pillars of the Stark Group, and the shareholders are not allowed to run away by plane?" ”

"It's complicated," said Tony, "Jarvis, get the news on the air, you know which one I mean." ”

The TV in the living room lit up for a press conference, which began with several videos, basically in a terrorist-controlled area of the Middle East, a golden and red sassy armor defeating terrorists who were attacking people.

"Wow, your steel suit!" Lu Mingfei's eyes lit up, "Is it so dazzling when you have enough energy?" And laser cannons! ”

Tony's face was full of smugness.

Immediately, the TV screen switched to Tony's speech at the press conference.

"Yes, this steel armor is the product of our Stark Group, but it is not a weapon...... Well it's a weapon, but not a weapon for sabotage, it's for protection, and I promise you that the Stark Syndicate will never sell this suit to any force. ”

"Oh yes, about the guy in the steel suit in the video, I've heard people call him Iron Man, uh the fact that this suit is made of titanium aviation metal, and ......"

Tony, who was standing on the stage, paused: "I'm Iron Man." ”

TV black screen.

"Now you get the idea." Tony Road.

"Cool!" Lu Mingfei's eyes lit up, "When can I also hold a press conference to announce that I have a very powerful identity." ”

"What about the status of the second largest shareholder of Stark Group?" Tony Road.

"It's rich, it's awesome," Lu Mingfei said, "but it doesn't feel cool enough." ”

"I think you look pretty cool when you transform." Tony Road.

"Don't say it, not long after I transformed yesterday, that power is really gone, and I can only be hard for three minutes, what's the matter, I'm not Ultraman."

"Perhaps, from today onwards, a part of that power will truly belong to you?" Tony Road.

"Have you made progress in studying my blood?" Lu Mingfei's eyes lit up.

"Sort of, but ......," Tony frowned, "your blood is strange and dangerous." ”

"Dangerous?" Lu Mingfei was stunned.

"Follow me."

Tony walks Lu Mingfei into his lab.

……

"Look." Tony pointed to the motionless mice in the cage.

"Holy! What a big mouse! Lu Mingfei's eyes widened.

The size of this mouse is extraordinarily large, barely inferior to that of some common domestic cats, and its coat does not hide the undulating contours of its muscles.

"It's not just big," Tony said, "Jarvis." ”

"Yes, sir." Jarvis responded.

Several mechanical arms stretched out from around the experimental table, and several of them parted the white hairs on the surface of the mice's bodies, and Lu Mingfei saw the fine scales hidden under the hairs at a glance.

Several more mechanical arms parted the mouse's eyelids, revealing a pair of godless golden pupils.

Then there was the mechanic who lifted the mouse's limbs and showed Lu Mingfei the claws it had grown.

Lu Mingfei swallowed and looked at Tony: "You can't make this thing with my blood, right?" ”

"That's right," Tony nodded, "and it's easier than you think, I just activated your blood a little bit, diluted it and injected it into a few mice." ”

"Most of them quickly underwent drastic physical mutations, and finally died deformously, and the worst ones exploded directly," Tony said, "I experimented with dozens of guinea pigs, and this is a relatively normal form of an individual, more terrifying than a beast, can easily bite through the alloy, and is extremely dangerous, so I can only kill it, and now you see a specimen." ”

"Holy, my blood is still infectious?" Lu Mingfei was stunned.

"Would you like to see the other specimens?" Tony reminded, "If you want to see it, be mentally prepared. ”

"Come!" Lu Mingfei's curiosity was aroused.

Rows of specimen boxes rose up on the experimental table, containing specimens of various creatures that could hardly be called "guinea pigs", among which the three heads and two tails were relatively normal types.

As the strange-shaped mouse corpses were displayed, Lu Mingfei began to touch his body constantly, and even began to undress.

"What are you doing?" Tony hurriedly stopped him.

"I'll see where I've mutated, if I don't ......," Lu Mingfei cried with a sad face.

"Don't worry, your blood itself is very stable, and it will only appear after I tried to activate it," Tony said, "That power is as you said, hidden in the depths of the world, and with the level of research I have now, I can only activate it a little." ”

"And then I made a potion based on the results of my research," said Tony, "and if nothing else, it can permanently awaken a small part of the power in your body, and it should not be dangerous. ”

"No accidents? Should?! Lu Mingfei took two steps back, "Tony, you're a scientist, you have to be a little rigorous." Will something happen? ”

"I've tried it on mice that have been injected with your blood, and this potion can effectively stifle the mutation in the mice, so that the mice can be strengthened by your blood without drastic changes in their body shape," Tony said, "and there will be no significant reduction in intelligence, unlike the earliest test subjects, after mutation, there is almost no intelligence at all, only pure instinct." ”

"Actually, I developed the original version of this potion more than a month ago, and I have been improving it for a long time, and it is now the limit of what I can do, and it is quite stable."

"Is it really stable?" Lu Mingfei still didn't believe it.

"Believe me, it's definitely no problem," Tony patted Lu Mingfei on the shoulder, "This is the most stable potion, and there is absolutely no problem, but it is estimated that it will not activate your power too much." ”

"That'...... Shall I try? Lu Mingfei said tentatively.

……

"Tony, is it too late for me to say I won't do it now?" Lu Mingfei was restrained on the bed by a metal buckle, his body was covered with electrodes, and he was constantly struggling.

"Don't worry, there will be no problem, I have confidence." Tony picked up a syringe and inside was a clear liquid.

"Then why are you tying me up!" Lu Mingfei didn't believe it, "You must be afraid that I will take you away after I mutate." ”

"You're not going to mutate, and I'm not tying you up because I'm afraid you're going to mutate," Tony patiently explained, "but you're going to be in a lot of pain while the potion takes effect, so tie you up so you don't hurt yourself when you're struggling." ”

"It's not going to mutate, it's just going to be painful, so I'm relieved...... Wrong! Lu Mingfei struggled more violently, "Tony, I won't do it, let me go!" ”

"Then you said it earlier." Tony's face was innocent, and he held up an empty syringe.

"Huh?" Lu Mingfei was dumbfounded, "When did you get in?" Why don't I feel it? ”

"I used a painless syringe." Tony Road.

"You're so caring......" Lu Mingfei rolled his eyes and fainted simply, but his body would twitch from time to time.

"What's going on!" Tony was startled, "He's not supposed to lose consciousness, Jarvis, check it out!" ”

"Sir," Jarvis's voice rang out, "according to the test results, Mr. Lu should have temporarily lost consciousness and fallen into a coma due to the convulsive effect. ”

"Meaning...... Was he stunned? Tony concluded.

"Yes."

Tony:......

I don't know how long it took, Lu Mingfei always felt that he had a very long dream, the content of the dream was very vague, he only remembered that there seemed to be a little boy in the dream who had been pulling his hair and beating him, and scolded while beating: "Can't you let me save my worries?" ”

When he woke up again, Lu Mingfei blinked, only to feel that the surroundings seemed to be a lot more high-definition all of a sudden, and his vision became extremely clear.

Turning his head to look at Tony on the side, Lu Mingfei asked, "I haven't mutated, have I?" ”

"Sort of, see for yourself." Tony held up a mirror in front of Lu Mingfei.

In the mirror is a delicate-looking teenager with soft eyebrows and the corners of his eyes.

But the eyes are dazzlingly golden.