Chapter 785: Trouble coming to your door
At the top of Stark Tower, Tony was debugging the Mark 5 portable armor in his laboratory.
As he raised his hand after adjusting it, the hand armor flew out automatically and was put on his palm, but the impact was a bit strong, causing Tony to stumble.
"The power is a bit strong, the speed can be reduced a bit."
After swiping a few times on the virtual screen, Tony immediately came up with a modification plan.
But after he was immersed in work and transformation, he had to think about his palladium poisoning. Then he couldn't help but sigh, picked up a large cup of chlorophyll handed over by the mechanical arm next to him, and drank it in a gulp.
When he was kidnapped before, shrapnel entered his heart, and he could only rely on magnets to hold it in place.
Although the Ark Reactor, a portable and controllable nuclear fusion device, was built, this problem was solved for a long time.
But the palladium element in the reactor is eroding its own life.
If this continues, you may not have long to live.
This is quite difficult to accept for a playboy who has always enjoyed the world.
"There is still time, we can definitely find a replacement... Jarvis, what are your recent plans?"
Tony asked listlessly after finishing a glass of green liquid and placing the empty glass on the table with a clink.
Now the company's affairs are directly left to Pepper, and these trivial matters are all arranged by Jarvis.
"Sir, you will have a hearing on the steel suit tomorrow. Justin Hammer from Umbrella will attend the hearing, and there should be questions for you."
"It's Umbrella Company again..."
Tony frowned a little when he thought about this. The rise of this umbrella company was very strange. It merged with many large groups, such as Hanmo and Aoshi, and extended its tentacles to all walks of life. There were also a large number of congressmen who supported the rise.
Secretly, he also colludes with some dark forces, and the real black and white take all.
In terms of scale and volume alone, it is even much larger than the Stark Group.
After they quit arms manufacturing, they swallowed it all in one breath without hesitation, and now they have become increasingly deformed.
It's just that there are many interest groups behind the umbrella, and they are not as highly controlled by themselves as the current Stark Group.
Since the appearance of their steel suit, they have openly or covertly tried to obtain the blueprints of their suit and the Ark reactor through various channels.
Obadai, whom he trusted most before, seemed to have provided them with the first-generation blueprints, but there was nothing to worry about because of the lack of the Ark reactor.
This hearing should also be held by them who have been pushing the situation behind the scenes.
"Has the situation in Raccoon City been found out? Is what the guy named Leon said last time credible?"
"Many of the information in Raccoon City has been deleted. I was not born at that time, and Umbrella Company should also have its own artificial intelligence, and the network is very clean.
"And Leon and some of his Raccoon City survivors seem to have been being targeted by Umbrella. It's all thanks to Leon's connections that they can barely survive now, but they don't dare to openly oppose Umbrella. Judging from the current situation There is a lot of credibility.”
"Virus..."
Tony was a little sad.
Perhaps it was the expression on his face when he appeared recently. The condition Umbrella secretly proposed last time was that he could cure his physical condition.
To be honest, he was somewhat moved, and Umbrella was indeed quite strong after swallowing Aurobin in the medical field.
It's just that he doesn't like Umbrella very much, and he also has his own pride and doesn't want to accept this kind of coercion.
"Sir, I recently received an interesting email from Mexico."
"Mo Country? Interesting? What's going on? Let's talk about it."
Tony was a little listless, and now he reluctantly wanted to have some fun to regulate his emotions.
"He started the email with 'Mr. Jarvis', and the content he said was also very interesting, a kind of mobile phone integration method..."
Jarvis spoke the content of the email calmly and slowly, causing Tony to have a slightly interested look on his face.
"It's really not a great thing, but the design he proposed is still good for ordinary people. I like his sentence, 'Only Mr. Stark can change the world.' It's very good."
Tony's mood finally improved a lot.
Yeah, who am I? I'm Tony!
The world's most famous playboy, top scientist, and top rich man!
Still Iron Man!
Of course only I can change the world...
As for the things Tony himself uses, they have long surpassed the category of smartphones. Artificial intelligence has been developed, and various Mark armors are also black technologies.
But it is undeniable that for ordinary people, flip phones are still commonly used.
Compared with the smartphones described by Tao Yu, there is indeed a big gap.
Overall, this kind of technology integration is not difficult for the Stark Group.
Tony just heard the description and already had an idea in his mind. The general framework was almost outlined, and the rest was just some adaptation.
"Now that the weapons department has been closed, it seems that it would be okay to leave something behind..."
Tony sighed. Maybe he didn't know when he would disappear due to palladium poisoning. In that case, it seemed good to leave something in the hearts of ordinary people.
"Jarvis, start a new project and design the engineering drawings. When the time comes, let me change the name of the project... let's call it 'Anthony'."
"The owner of the email said he is your fan and wants to meet you and wants an autograph."
"Haha, isn't he in Mo Country? I won't go there."
"He just said that he is preparing to sneak over here. He will come to New York to find you..."
Jarvis's words made Tony's expression froze.
Although he also knew that there were many stowaways in Mexico, an enthusiastic fan there bluntly said that he wanted to sneak over and go straight to New York to meet him. This was really something he had never experienced before...
"If he really comes, let's meet him."
Tony in the past would really not have wasted such time. The boss of the Extremis Virus in Iron Man 3 wanted to ask him to meet, but he was put off and almost committed suicide.
But now that he was in such a period of uncertainty about life and death, he actually felt that it made some sense.
"Okay, I will remind you then. Do you need to make any arrangements for tomorrow's hearing?"
"A rabble."
Tony's face was full of disdain. The group of senior men on Capitol Hill had almost no use except being stock gods and wrangling for their respective interest groups behind them.
The seemingly fair and just election of members is actually almost hereditary, or each position is controlled by a specific plutocrat. This became increasingly obvious after Umbrella began to stir up trouble.
But the more this happened, the more Tony felt disgusted with them...
…
"Coming here is much easier than expected."
Tao Yu, a group of people plus a dog, climbed over the border fence with agility. Tao Yu did not see the legendary immigration police after landing, and he seemed so ordinary.
However, it is not something that ordinary people can do by directly finding a section of uninhabited space to climb over.
When Tao Yu came over, he saw many stowaways who had arrived at the border and were taken back to the starting point by bus, where they had to walk the same way they came.
"But there are quite a lot of blood collection stations and there are a lot of advertisements."
He looked at a flyer under his feet, which had an attractive price for selling blood.
It can become a country that exports 70% of the world's plasma. The United States is almost full of blood collection stations on the Mexican border.
Even if there are frequent infectious disease scandals involving the sale of plasma, they have always been suppressed.
It's all bought with money. Even if a batch of plasma is accidentally contaminated, they will pretend not to know!
Moreover, for the treatment of these diseases, they themselves have to continue to pay their pharmaceutical companies, so they eat more than they eat...
"Building dams along the way directly cuts off the water source of Mexico, turning the land into desert, making it difficult for people to live. Then they buy blood nearby. Good guy, the loop is closed..."
Looking up at the blood collection station, Tao Yu also clicked his tongue and shook his head.
"Let's go. It's still a long way to go to New York. Let's borrow a car from a local gang."
Hookah and Inuzukaja remained in Mo Country.
Now he is accompanied by Minato Namikaze, Akimichi Doudou and Airi Suzuki, so one car is just enough.
I believe the local gangs will still be polite and won't refuse to borrow it, right?
——
An old-fashioned pickup truck was speeding on the road in New Mexico. Tao Yu also turned on the radio channel in the car and heard some information about Tony's performance at the hearing.
"Oh, Tony said it was a mechanical prosthesis, and I felt like that was humiliating us."
"But what can be done? He is Iron Man and has great power."
There were complaints from the host in the broadcast, which was obviously deliberately guided.
Tao Yu also raised an eyebrow when he heard this.
The Stark Group's energy is not small, but after closing the weapons department and entering the energy track, it will naturally lose some old friends and some new enemies will appear.
Coupled with the temptation of the steel suit, it seems normal that he will appear like this.
It seems that public opinion occupies a considerable disadvantage.
But it seems that Tony doesn't care much about this in the first place, he is just willful.
Tao Yu, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked at the farms on both sides of the road and couldn't help but yawned. Airi Suzuki drove the car quite steadily.
"Speaking of which, if nothing changes much, Thor's Meowth Hammer should land in New Mexico soon. I just don't know where it will land. His good CP Jane should be completing her work nearby. The subject..."
Tao Yu looked up at the sky. Asgard still had its last afterglow.
Odin is sitting in the Heavenly Palace, and Heimdall is patrolling the nine realms. Theoretically, Heimdall can pay attention to his group, but although he has extremely strong observation skills, he also lacks computing power, so he cannot always watch. Keep an eye on everything.
Only what he focused on could be seen.
"Actually, Asgard has a lot of good things. It would be pretty good if you can get involved..."
Destroyer, Eternal Spear, Eternal Fire, etc., all considered good things.
Even if it is just a wish item, it is of great value. At the very least, it can be regarded as a sacred object in the current world.
"But we still have to let Loki get the Mind Stone. It's better not to hitchhike the first time. We can consider it later."
For Tao Yu himself, it doesn't matter if he makes other excessive modifications, but Loki cannot have any problems. That is the most important goal.
It's best if you can get all the infinite gems. Maybe your talent can solve it directly, but if you can't get them all, you have to guarantee the soul gem...
…
After following the traffic into New York, Tao Yu and the others, who had once again changed into a classic car, breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, the driving seat had also been replaced by Tao Yu himself.
"Those state police are really checking so frequently..."
Along the way, Airi Suzuki was driving well, but she was inexplicably stopped by the state police.
Since they were all gangsters, they naturally couldn't follow the procedures, so Tao Yu, who owned the horse, started a rapid chase.
I just played GTA all the way.
There have been police car chases, helicopters in the sky, and all kinds of pursuits and interceptions.
The oohooing is quite exciting.
That is to say, Tao Yu's driving skills are excellent, and with the skills of Namikaze Minato and the others, they can keep up.
After a gun battle all the way and several switches, they finally got rid of their tail.
Now everyone has changed into a set of casual clothes and looks much normal.
"If it is for convenience, it is actually better to go to the Immigration Supervisory Office first, but there is no need to waste time with them. Since Jarvis has already replied, it will definitely be convenient to help solve the temporary residence problem here in Damei. of……"
Now, the official status of several people is that they are from Mexico, and they are considered illegal immigrants in Damei.
However, when there was a conflict on the road, they all wore standard hoods and the speed was fast, so there was no need to worry about anything going wrong.
Akimichi Tōtō, who had the most conspicuous figure, was also kicked out of the team by Tao Yu, who asked him to enter New York alone from another direction and complete the communication with the shisha side.
But when Tao Yu was almost thinking of this, there was a man in a suit on the roadside ahead and started to stop the car.
Just when Suzuki Airi was about to put on the hood skillfully, Tao Yu stopped them and said
"Don't be nervous, there should be no ill intentions."
If you put on a hood now, it's a bit unclear.
Although there are slight differences in the appearance of the person in front, the overall identity can still be determined from the hairline that has just begun to rise.
Phil Coulson, the famous leader of the Novice Village in the Marvel Universe.
Senior Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.!
Sure enough, some of the emails he sent to Stark were intercepted by SHIELD. Only with this possibility would a high-status agent like Coulson be arranged to come over.
But there is nothing we can do about it. If it is sent by an ordinary mobile phone, it must be the same as a sieve.
Not to mention S.H.I.E.L.D., if the Red Queen and White Queen were under surveillance, they might also know about it.
Although Tao Yu knew the reason, he still parked the car slowly, lowered the window and asked with a puzzled tone.
"Sir, what's the matter?"
At this time, Colson took out his ID card.
"Fu Bole, I have a case recently that I would like to find out about from you."
His words almost made the stupid Airi Suzuki have the conditioned reflex to wear a hood again, but she suppressed it after seeing Tao Yu's lack of reaction.
And her appropriately nervous expression actually added a sense of normalcy to their small team of three.
After all, normal illegal immigrants would definitely be nervous if they were stopped by Ferbole.
Tao Yu, on the other hand, looked at the other party's ID and said curiously.
"Illegal immigration shouldn't be under Ferber's control, right?"
"But we can assist with the handover."
Coulson showed a standard eight-tooth smile.
"Then the gentleman came here like this, maybe it's not for handing over, right? Is there something going on?"
"Maybe we can find a place to sit down and talk."
Coulson said politely.
As expected of the Aegis Succubus in Marvel, the key figure who helped shape the team in Avengers 1. Coulson himself is relatively approachable. Tao Yu feels that she should have a talent similar to her own witch...
…
After driving the car to a nearby parking lot, several people got out of the car and went to a nearby coffee shop and ordered four cups of coffee.
"The information we have so far shows that several of them are from Mexico and have recently entered the country illegally."
Coulson showed the energy on his side first, in order to take control of the situation.
"As expected of Fo Bole, that's true. So, sir, do you want to collect black money first? We don't have much money."
"No, no, no, we are just curious, what was the last email you sent to Stark, and what is the purpose of your coming here this time?"
Tony Stark is very important to S.H.I.E.L.D., and Lu Dan has been thinking about him for a long time, especially after he became Iron Man.
Tao Yu didn't actually pay attention to it when he sent the email, but he responded later, which was a bit different.
Tao Yu stirred the coffee in the cup, glanced at Colson and said
"It's just an idea for a new mobile phone. I think Mr. Stark can accomplish this kind of initiative, and I also want to make a good living with this, and I want to lead my friends to create a career together."
"That's it?"
"We are desperate for Mr. Stark's funding."
"Oh well."
Coulson looked at Namikaze Minato and Suzuki Airi again, and finally his eyes stayed on Suzuki Airi for a long time.
Forget about the handsome yellow-haired one next to her, but this hot beauty is probably just the kind of person Tony likes, just like Natasha now who has infiltrated the Stark group.
They also came prepared.
"We already understand your situation. We welcome talented people. As for the identity issue, I think Stark Group can help you solve it by then..."
Coulson is a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who handles big things, and he really doesn't care about trivial matters like illegal immigration.
"However, we are concerned about Mr. Stark's safety and hope to keep in touch with you for a long time in the future. This is my business card."
Colson placed his business card on the table and stretched it towards Tao Yu.
"Are you going to ask us to act as informants?"
"Looking at what you said, it's just some intelligence cooperation. Someone has recently been targeting Mr. Stark. He was attacked at a racing competition not long ago."
As he spoke, Coulson was prepared to hold out a cut-out newspaper headline, which showed the scene of Tony Stark being attacked at the racing track.
Because he was probably playing the real-life version of GTA5 at that time, Tao Yu happened to miss this news.
I just thought that he might have been attacked by a whip cord. After all, this was something that would have happened. At most, the time was different.
But suddenly looking at the photos in the newspaper, Tao Yu's expression was slightly startled.
In addition to the whip cord, there was another figure that stole the spotlight at the scene, a tall body that was still standing even though the upper half of its body was blown off.
Although only half of the body was left, Tao Yu immediately thought of the target because he had seen the Umbrella Company in this world.
tyrant……
"Yes, when the movie Marvel really started to change its style, it was probably Iron Man who had just changed the style. Now Thor has not yet arrived, so Umbrella is actually really strong..."
Previously, Tao Yu felt that Umbrella was really just a little Karami in an environment like Marvel.
But then I thought about it, before Thor came and the Avengers started, excluding Captain Marvel who had run away, there was Umbrella who had a tyrant, a licker, a tracker, and could also create a zombie wave.
The combat power is really off the charts...
The current S.H.I.E.L.D. probably hasn’t dug out Captain America yet…
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Colson left, and Tao Yu also took out his mobile phone and dialed the number sent in the email. Soon the call was connected, and a very gentle voice came from it.
"Hello, Mr. Jack, I'm Jarvis."
"Mr. Jarvis, we have arrived in New York and will arrive at Stark Tower in about half an hour. I wonder if Mr. Stark is free to see us now."
Tao Yu was not surprised that Jarvis could answer the phone.
"Mr. Stark happens to have some time now, but because Mr. Stark has suffered some attacks recently, I hope you can pass the security check."
"no problem."
It would be difficult for a wealthy man of Stark's level to meet him even under normal circumstances. Now that he had just been attacked, even if he was not seriously injured, it would be a great honor to be willing to meet him.
Tony has never been easy to get along with, and he doesn't care much about what others think.
And just as Tao Yu entered the parking lot while making a phone call, Minato Namikaze suddenly spoke warily.
"Be careful, there's something wrong with the person in front."
Suzuki Airi also looked at the person Minato Namikaze was talking about. He was a white man in a suit. At this time, his briefcase fell to the ground, and his whole body was shaking as if he had a sudden illness. .
The man stood in front of Tao Yu's car.
This made Airi Suzuki couldn't help but reach out to touch the hood in her arms.
"Um?"
Tao Yu looked at the trembling guy and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
T virus...
Crunchy~
Suddenly, the man in the suit suddenly raised his head with the sound of bones twisting, then looked at Tao Yu and the three of them, and began to run towards this side quickly.
He opened his mouth as if he wanted to pounce and bite.
"There are so many things going on when I first came to New York..."
Tao Yu knew that this was no coincidence, everything was related to her upcoming meeting with Tony.
"Does this mean he wants to bite us and then attack when he goes to see Tony? But wouldn't it be easier to poison him directly? There was a chance in the coffee shop before, well..."
Tao Yu thought that the four people he was chatting with had not drank the coffee because of their natural vigilance. Maybe they had already tried it and now this was just a temporary remedy? !
Because he hadn't hung up the conversation with Jarvis yet, Tao Yu quickly said:
"Mr. Jarvis, the person behind the possible attack on Iron Man is here. I think we may be in trouble."
Tao Yu did not shoot the zombie in the head. Instead, he dodged and tripped it to the ground, then stepped on its back, leaving him alive.
"I understand. I will notify Mr. Stark. Please protect yourselves first."
And just when Tao Yu stepped on the zombie's back and let him struggle on the ground, two more passers-by trotted over in the parking lot, yelling at him as they came.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"Let him go."
Although the two people who came over looked like just passers-by fighting an injustice, Namikaze Minato also saw the wireless headphones on their ears and the vague movement of drawing guns.
At that moment, he struck first and reacted very quickly, drawing out the pistol and bang bang~
When the two men pulled out their pistols one after another, they were knocked away one after another.
This reaction and accuracy surprised the two guys who came over.
One of them quickly lowered his voice and said to Mai
"This is no ordinary person!"
But the next moment, the bullet blew out his headset, and his earlobe was also damaged.
He covered his ears with a little fear on his face.
The next moment, Tao Yu knew the reason for the other party's fear, and a sniper bullet directly blew one of them's head off.
"Kill and silence?"
Tao Yu was a little surprised by the situation in front of her. If a sniper didn't come to kill him and others, why would he choose to silence him first?
This is quite consistent with Umbrella's actions.
But then, Tao Yu flicked her fingers slightly, and the button on her sleeve instantly shattered the next silencer bullet.
Several people present could only feel a ball of sputtering sparks bursting out in the air.
Tao Yu failed to block the first shot, mainly because the target was not him and Minato Namikaze and the others. Unexpectedly, his reaction was a beat slower.
But after someone has already proofed it, it can naturally be easily handled.
If the other party wants to silence them, then let them silence them and see if they can come up with something useful.
It was impossible for ordinary people to notice what he had done just now.
While Tao Yu maintained a certain level of vigilance and had confirmed the sniper's position, the third shot did not appear again.
Because there was a red figure in the sky, coming at high speed with a sonic boom.
As the red figure stopped in the sky above several people, the image of the lady holding down the spray with her hands also proved the identity of the visitor.
Tony Stark, Iron Man!
"Wow, I want to know, what happened here?"
Iron Man landed slowly, not even opening his mask for safety reasons, looking at a corpse with a headshot and blood on the ground, as well as a struggling madman stepped on by Tao Yu and the small pistol in Namikaze Minato's hand.
It seems that Tao Yu and the others are the perpetrators of violence.
But when Tony came down, the imaging system was connected to Jarvis, had already made a judgment, and began to explain the situation to Tony.
"Sir, according to the situation at the scene, the deceased should have been hit by a sniper rifle. There are also snipers in the dark. Please don't put down your mask. Do you want to contact the New York police?"
"Get in touch, call a lawyer, and release the person on bail..."
As a beautiful and top-notch rich man, Tony knows the importance of correct procedures so that they can be flawless after going through them all.
At the same time, because he had already determined that there was a sniper in the dark, Tony's IQ quickly made a rough guess about the situation.
"Is this your companion? Or are they going to silence you? Can you first let go of this person under your feet?"
Tony looked at Tao Yu who was stepping on the zombies and walking over in a battle suit, but he quickly stopped and turned around to come to Suzuki Airi.
"Beautiful lady, is there any chance we can have dinner together?"
As he spoke, he leaned against the car next to him.
If he hadn't been alerted to the sniper, he would have lowered his mask.
But the next moment, Tony staggered, and the zombie who was let go by Tao Yu fell to the ground, gnawing at the steel suit.
Click click click~
The zombie's teeth fell all over the floor, but it also made Tony feel embarrassed, and he threw the zombie away with his hand.
Bang ~ sound
The car next to it was dented and stuck in it.
Then he turned back and looked at Tao Yu speechlessly.
"You asked me to let go."
Tao Yu smiled and shrugged, and Jarvis's voice came to Tony's ears again.
"Sir, from the contact just now, it can be confirmed that the madman is dead, somewhat similar to the zombie that Leon mentioned..."
(End of chapter)