The Deep-Pocketed Military (Third Update—Please Bookmark)

There really was!

Lieutenant General Reynolds felt greatly reassured.

When he had first heard Nick Fury mention it, he had still worried whether it was true.

If there hadn't been video evidence, he never would have agreed to Nick Fury's request to bring him along.

To put it bluntly, Nick Fury had come to take advantage of the military.

He wanted to use the military's massive order for Fighting Wolf to secure purchasing rights for Tyrant.

Information on Tyrant was not actually difficult to find.

For an organization like S.H.I.E.L.D., deeply classified intelligence might be hard to obtain.

But if they put their minds to it, surface-level intelligence was still easy enough to acquire.

At the very least, the Tyrant Project had long been in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s files.

Nick Fury had even suspected something when the Irish Mob had been wiped out last time.

But back then, the intelligence had only been scattered fragments.

There had been no direct evidence of Tyrant's existence. It was not confirmed until the later Iron Man incident.

Three Tyrants had effortlessly dismantled Iron Monger, and that level of combat power was not even the Tyrant Project's final product?

Nick Fury was somewhat shocked.

"Mr. Allen, since Tyrant has already undergone real combat testing, I assume it has met your company's basic requirements."

Noah glanced at the bald man before replying, "That is indeed the case. However, the current Tyrant prototype was not made for sale. It is only for testing.

Not only is it extremely expensive to manufacture, but its performance has also failed to meet my standards.

Under normal circumstances, it cannot be sold as a product."

Both men were shaken by Noah's words.

If the prototype was already like this, who knew how powerful the true Tyrant would be.

Lieutenant General Reynolds spoke directly.

"If it were the finished product, roughly how long would it take?"

Noah shook his head.

"Hard to say. The main difficulty right now is reducing the cost.

There might be a breakthrough tomorrow, or it could take another year or two."

Hearing that, Lieutenant General Reynolds immediately gave up on the idea.

Such an ambiguous answer was meaningless.

"Name your price."

He wanted this Tyrant.

Nick Fury, standing beside him, felt an urge to complain.

The military really was loaded. They truly did not lack money.

Unlike S.H.I.E.L.D.—while they had plenty of funding as well, they also had plenty of places where it was needed.

They had to watch every penny in everything they did.

At least in his view, Lieutenant General Reynolds might as well have been asking to be slaughtered like a fat sheep.

Among the enemies S.H.I.E.L.D. had to deal with, gun-wielding armed forces ranked at the very bottom.

In other words, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s need for Tyrant was even greater than the military's.

Noah smiled faintly.

"If the military insists on buying it, then fifty-eight million."

Fifty-eight million!

Even General Reynolds could not help frowning.

"Too expensive."

Nick Fury nearly jumped up.

He had thought ten million would be the absolute limit.

Noah's expression did not change as he said, "Since you two saw what happened that night, you must already have a preliminary understanding of Tyrant's combat capabilities.

How do you think a tank would fare against Tyrant?"

The two men frowned. A tank's defensive and offensive capabilities were beyond doubt, but compared to Tyrant, it could only be described as clumsy.

Perhaps Tyrant could not do much to a tank, but a tank would never be able to hit Tyrant.

Noah explained directly from the other side:

"I'm saying that even if it's only a prototype, Tyrant's performance absolutely crushes any main battle tank currently in service!

The equipment mounted on Tyrant can be configured by the user.

As long as it's equipped with the right weapons, taking out a tank would be incredibly easy.

And Tyrant has the same advantage as Fighting Wolf."

"Immortality?"

Lieutenant General Reynolds's heart stirred as he voiced the thought.

"That's right. But compared to Fighting Wolf, Tyrant not only has fewer weaknesses, it also possesses extremely powerful regenerative abilities.

No matter how severe the damage, it can recover quickly!

Fifty-eight million may seem expensive, but at that price, we're barely making any profit at all."

The two exchanged a glance.

They had not received this information.

Although Coulson had been at the scene, he had not been able to observe things in such detail.

The next thing Noah said completely won them over.

"If you purchase more than ten units at once, I can offer them at fifty million each."

"Good!"

Lieutenant General Reynolds nodded without hesitation.

Fifty million per unit—ten units would only cost five hundred million. It sounded like a lot, but to the military, it was practically nothing.

The military might have deep pockets, but S.H.I.E.L.D. was nowhere near as wealthy.

Nick Fury narrowed his eyes and said:

"Tyrant's performance is indeed impressive, but have you forgotten Stark Industries' Iron Man armor?

In my opinion, those suits have a wider range of applications than Tyrant.

Perhaps we should consider discussing it with Stark Industries and Tony Stark."

The moment Noah heard that, he smiled.

"Leaving aside the fact that Tyrant is still only a prototype, would Tony Stark even sell the Iron Man armor?

That thing should count as a weapon, right? Tony Stark only recently announced that he would be shutting down his weapons division.

Besides, I'd bet that thing wouldn't sell for less than a hundred million."

Nick Fury's expression did not change.

"Forty million each for ten units. That is my highest offer."

"Fifty-two million each." Noah's expression remained unchanged as well.

Nick Fury's face darkened. The price had actually gone up. Gritting his teeth, he said:

"Fine!

Fifty-two million each. I want ten!"

Of course, he had approached Tony Stark before.

Just as Noah Allen had said, Tony Stark had held firm and had no intention of selling them, let alone naming a price.

Lieutenant General Reynolds laughed as well.

"Mr. Allen, give me twenty at fifty million each."

"Of course."

Noah nodded readily.

That made Lieutenant General Reynolds cast Nick Fury a smug glance.

Lieutenant General Reynolds was pleased with himself, but Noah was the real winner.

Tyrant's production cost was only a few million.

No matter how he looked at it, this was a massive profit.

As expected, arms dealing was the real gold mine!

In just a few minutes, he had closed a deal worth over 1.5 billion.

And this was only the prototype. Once the mass-produced type came out after some time—

Compared to the current prototype, the mass-produced type would be stronger in both base performance and mounted equipment.

Would they buy it?

And when specially enhanced models like Pursuer appeared—

Would they upgrade?

The current prototype was only the beginning. The real money would come later.

Looking at it that way, the Fighting Wolf deal that had thrilled him just moments ago was nothing special.

Something like Fighting Wolves was destined to remain a low-end product.

It would never make the big money.

While Noah was making money, at a certain military base—

A large force of elite troops assembled.

Behind them, dozens of Fighting Wolves sat quietly on the ground.

General Ross was filled with excitement.

At last, he had found Bruce Banner's trail again.

He roared, "The target is Gaohua University. Move out!"

This time, he was completely confident.

Not only did he have a warrior like Blonsky, who had been injected with the Super Soldier Serum, but he had also specially transferred these Fighting Wolves.

The Fighting Wolves' combat capabilities had already been proven in previous battles.

This time, he would definitely capture Bruce Banner and bring him back.

In his mind, only a creature like the Hulk was the truly perfect ultimate weapon.

Meanwhile, Bruce Banner had no idea that General Ross had found his trail once again.

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