Harvey followed Tony into his underground laboratory.
It was incredibly advanced. Things that could originally only be displayed on screens were presented here through holographic projections.
Harvey had seen it in movies in his previous life, but now that he was actually here, he looked around with great interest.
"Harvey Anberaka, you give me the feeling that you know a lot of things."
"So, have you ever heard of aliens?"
Tony noticed that Harvey Anberaka did not look surprised, only interested, so he asked as he walked toward a workbench.
"I know what I need to know. If there's something you want to talk about, just say it."
Harvey's eyes flickered as he spoke.
"How much do you know about aliens?"
Hearing Harvey Anberaka's words, Tony Stark asked directly.
"I know quite a lot."
"For the sake of that meal, I can answer three of your questions."
"So it depends on what you want to learn from me."
Harvey casually found a comfortable chair and sat down, smiling.
Seeing Harvey Anberaka smile as though he understood everything, Tony Stark became even more certain that Harvey Anberaka was extremely mysterious.
"Is Earth really in as much danger as Coulson said?"
After thinking it over, Tony Stark tentatively asked the question he most wanted answered.
"Earth isn't in any danger right now, but it will become dangerous in a few years."
Harvey replied.
"In a few years? Exactly when?"
Tony Stark's eyes narrowed.
"If you already know it will become dangerous in a few years, does it really matter exactly when?"
Harvey asked with a smile.
"Let me think..."
Hearing that, the urgency in Tony Stark's heart instantly cooled.
Tony Stark's mind began racing.
He still did not know Harvey Anberaka's origins, but for some reason, he felt that everything Harvey Anberaka said was true.
This was a rare chance to ask three questions. He had already used one, and learned that a great danger would descend within the next few years.
"Then for my second question, are there aliens who can become allies of humanity?"
"If so, how can I contact them?"
After considering it, Tony Stark asked another question.
"There's an old saying in China: those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts."
"Even among humans, wars caused by racial differences have been common since ancient times."
"But when do you think most humans unite as allies?"
Rather than answering directly, Harvey responded with a question.
"When everyone has a common enemy?"
Tony Stark thought it over and understood.
"So before such a powerful enemy appears, forming alliances or not doesn't make much difference."
"You would understand that if you thought about it yourself, so that doesn't count as the answer to your second question."
"So I can tell you roughly when the danger that will affect the entire universe will appear."
"If nothing goes wrong, it will be nine years from now. By then, you will naturally unite."
Harvey said.
"Nine years from now?"
"2017?"
"Harvey Anberaka, who exactly are you? How do you know things about the future?"
"If such a powerful enemy really exists, why aren't you afraid or worried at all?"
Tony Stark heard Harvey Anberaka mention an exact time and say that a powerful enemy threatening the entire universe would appear then.
"As for who I am, that isn't within the scope of my answers."
"As for why I'm not afraid."
"Because fear can't solve anything. What is coming will come."
Harvey spread his hands and smiled.
Was he afraid of Thanos? At the moment, Harvey definitely was.
But only for now. As long as he continued evolving, he would have nothing to fear.
If Thanos was about to appear and he still was not confident he could defeat him, then he could simply go to another universe.
As long as he obtained more Hero Templates, if he could not beat him, could he not at least outrun him?
Of course, Harvey could understand Tony Stark's current feelings. Tony Stark surely found everything shrouded in mystery, but that was exactly what Harvey wanted.
"I've already answered two of your questions. You have one chance left."
"You have one final chance to ask a question. After that, whether I answer you will depend on my mood."
Harvey offered a friendly reminder.
He was not speaking with Tony Stark as the Grim Reaper, but as Harvey, making Tony Stark more curious about him.
So Harvey did not mind giving Tony Stark a little more information.
Tony Stark was cursed with knowledge. The more he knew, the more he would act.
"Coulson believed you were a superpowered individual and came looking for you."
"He hoped you would join the Avengers Initiative."
"Why didn't you join?"
After thinking it over, Tony Stark asked his final question.
"Are you sure that's what you want to use your final question on?"
Harvey asked in surprise.
"Just answer that question."
Tony Stark already felt that he had learned enough.
As for whether what Harvey Anberaka said was true or false, the near future would provide the answer.
"Nick Fury may have had good intentions when he wanted to form the Avengers Initiative, but events often stray from their original purpose."
"In the end, it would inevitably become a tool of politicians, and you would have to watch their expressions before acting."
"And I don't want anyone ordering me to do anything."
"What I do depends entirely on my own will, so I chose not to join."
After thinking about it, Harvey answered.
"You can find ways to deal with politicians' orders."
Tony Stark said.
"Tony Stark, don't think about trying to persuade me to join you."
"The reason you and I can sit here and speak amicably is because there's no grudge between us, nor are there any other complicated ties."
"So don't try to accomplish something you can't accomplish, or you'll only bring consequences you can't bear upon yourself."
Harvey gave Tony Stark a deep look and spoke calmly.
Tony Stark was someone cursed with knowledge, and he was difficult for others to understand.
Therefore, Tony Stark's heart might not be great enough to focus solely on protecting Earth, but he definitely wanted to protect the people around him.
Because of that desire, Tony Stark would constantly think and constantly find ways to make all kinds of preparations.
Even if someone was Tony Stark's teammate, as long as they were powerful enough, they would be regarded as someone who needed precautions against, just in case.
Even though Tony Stark had not officially joined the Avengers Initiative yet.
Tony Stark now knew some things about the future, even if he was not one hundred percent certain of them.
He had already begun wanting to join forces with others to face the future, which was why he wanted to persuade Harvey to join him.
Perhaps Tony Stark wanted a friend to act alongside him, so he would not have to keep all his secrets buried in his heart.
Or perhaps Tony Stark believed that if Harvey joined him, Harvey would become his greatest support.
But regardless of the reason, Harvey could never join the Avengers Initiative.
As Tony Stark looked into Harvey Anberaka's eyes, the smile in them gradually faded into calmness, and he felt a bone-deep chill.
"I won't persuade you anymore. I was wrong. Don't look at me like that."
So Tony Stark immediately abandoned the idea of recruiting him and took the initiative to apologize.
After speaking with Harvey Anberaka just now, he realized that Harvey Anberaka's mystery might go far beyond what he had seen.
So he had wanted to recruit Harvey to his side, but now that he thought about it, his idea had been rather presumptuous.
"As for what we talked about, whether it's aliens or the future, you can tell others if you want."
"But don't expose me. I don't want my peaceful life disrupted right now."
Seeing Tony Stark back down, Harvey did not pursue the matter further and merely offered a reminder.
"Even if you hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't casually tell anyone about these things."
"After all, even I'm finding it hard to accept right now that in only nine years, we might face an unimaginable enemy."
"The more I know now, the more I feel that knowing too much isn't necessarily a good thing."
Tony Stark sighed, slumped into a chair, and spoke.
He had created the Iron Man Armor and, by chance, come into contact with the incomprehensible unknown being known as the Grim Reaper.
After learning more, he had directly opened the door to a new world. The world he now encountered and the things he knew were unknown to countless people.
"A crisis won't stop coming just because you worry about it, so you don't need to take it too seriously."
"Besides, you still have nine years. With your mind, nine years should be enough to create quite a few miracles, shouldn't it?"
Seeing Tony Stark looking like a salted fish that had lost its dreams, Harvey spoke.
"Nine years... if only I could live that long."
Harvey would have been better off saying nothing. The mention of nine years only made Tony Stark even more depressed.
"You mean that light bulb of yours, the thing putting a burden on your body?"
Harvey's eyes flickered as he looked at Tony Stark.
"Light bulb?"
"You call the Arc Reactor a light bulb?"
"Do you even understand what a crystallization of technology and wisdom is?"
Tony Stark had been feeling dejected, but the moment he heard the words "light bulb," he instantly stood up, ready to argue his case.
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