Their Respective Responses

After Chen Changsheng and Tony Stark engaged in a brutal close-quarters battle between a super-soldier and an Iron Man Armor, Tony gained many new ideas on how to improve his own Iron Man Armor.

Of course, what Tony Stark felt most profoundly at this moment was that the most crucial ability of his Iron Man Armor should be its shock absorption.

After all, with Tony's small frame, if he were hit by a massive force, even inside the Iron Man Armor, it would likely be quite difficult.

After some effort, Obadiah successfully obtained all the data on the Mark I Iron Man Armor that Tony Stark had left behind in the desert from the terrorists.

Looking at the rather crude armor in the data, Obadiah was somewhat amazed by Tony Stark's intelligence. To think that such a pile of junk could be assembled into a top-tier individual armor, the future was truly limitless!

However, amidst his astonishment, Obadiah also felt some anger. Couldn't this playboy use his intelligence for more proper things? Wasn't making money more appealing? He had to waste his time indulging in wine and women every day. For such a person to be the chairman of Stark Industries was simply an insult to his own hard work in managing Stark Industries.

Secretly resolving that he would rename Stark Industries after dealing with Tony Stark, Obadiah then summoned the engineers from the weapons manufacturing department and ordered them to replicate an Iron Man Armor based on the existing one.

With readily available pictures and design data, replicating such a crude Iron Man Armor was naturally not a significant problem for the engineers at Stark Industries.

The external structure, mechanical transmission, and so on were all very simple. Everyone present was an expert; any one of them could design something similar, or even better.

However, the most important aspect of this armor was not its appearance or structure. It was the control software. After all, how to intricately connect a pile of heavy steel parts into a cohesive whole and operate it smoothly was the most critical part.

Regarding this, Obadiah stated that they didn't need to worry about the software; they just needed to create a prototype based on the pictures first. He would figure out the operating procedures himself.

Obadiah patted his chest and took on the most difficult problem, much to the relief of the engineers. The rest was very simple. In fact, the engineers, to showcase their professional capabilities, directly guaranteed Obadiah that if they could get the sample quickly, they could build a bigger and better one.

Compared to the affirmative answers Obadiah received from the weapons manufacturing department, the energy department was in a somewhat awkward situation. The plan to miniaturize the Arc Reactor was proceeding exceptionally poorly.

As soon as Tony Stark showed Obadiah the Arc Reactor in his chest, Obadiah realized that the Arc Reactor was definitely the key to the future. Compared to the large one at Stark Industries, a miniaturized Arc Reactor could be said to have limitless potential.

After bidding farewell to Tony at the time, Obadiah had immediately ordered the engineers to research how to miniaturize the Arc Reactor. However, his subordinates were simply not capable, and there had been no progress to date.

After severely reprimanding the head of the energy department again, Obadiah left in disappointment. Obadiah was actually quite capable; stabilizing stock prices in such a short period was not something an ordinary person could achieve.

Returning to his office, Obadiah opened his computer again, preparing to contact the terrorists in the Middle East. After all, he had already provided a significant amount of weapons and funds, yet the terrorists had shown no action, and Tony Stark was still living happily in his villa. This truly filled Obadiah with a sense of indignant betrayal.

More importantly, the Mark I armor had still not been delivered to Obadiah by the terrorists. After so long, even a tank should have been transported by now. It seemed the terrorists had developed other ideas recently, and Obadiah had his own ways of dealing with such people.

The recent events had made Obadiah extremely angry, to the point that in his rage, he had lost some of his reason.

Obadiah planned to contact some mercenaries and personally travel to Afghanistan to retrieve what rightfully belonged to him from the terrorists.

Being led around by terrorists was never a pleasant experience. Obadiah would make the terrorists in Afghanistan understand that if they took the money, they should quickly do the job, and if they couldn't, they should be prepared to be eliminated.

Meanwhile, the terrorists in Afghanistan were currently using the weapons and funds provided by Obadiah to recruit soldiers, preparing to regroup and then find trouble with Tony Stark again.

As for how they would do it, they would plan it carefully. After all, Tony Stark was currently thousands of miles away in America; they couldn't just swim across the ocean.

To quickly restore their organization's strength, the terrorists directly used the weapons provided by Obadiah to go on a killing spree, pushing back the Afghan official army and the US military.

Of course, this action also provoked a strong reaction from the military, but the government's reaction was always slower than the terrorists'.

Every time the army attacked, the terrorists had already fled with the civilians, leaving a mess for the government and military to clean up.

Amidst this chaotic situation, Obadiah arrived in the chaotic region of Afghanistan by special plane, using equipment provided by Stark Industries to support the US military.

Accompanying him were dozens of elite mercenaries hired from the American Blackwater Company. These mercenaries had experience participating in wars, and in Obadiah's opinion, they were more than enough to deal with these terrorists.

The terrorists had not expected Obadiah to personally come to Afghanistan to conduct business with them. In the eyes of the terrorist leader, they had already had so many transactions with Obadiah that their relationship was considered very close. They weren't afraid of Obadiah playing any tricks, as any exposure of their relationship would be bad for everyone.

Therefore, the terrorist leader only called a few trusted subordinates and then brought the Iron Man Armor to the agreed-upon location to trade with Obadiah.

By the time the terrorist leader arrived, Obadiah had already been waiting impatiently. Upon seeing the Iron Man Armor brought by the terrorists, Obadiah signaled the terrorist leader to ask his subordinates to wait outside. At the same time, to show his sincerity, Obadiah also had his own subordinates leave.

The terrorist leader thought Obadiah had something important to discuss with him, so he waved his hand and had his trusted subordinates wait outside.

After everyone had left, Obadiah crouched down and studied the dilapidated Iron Man Armor for a while. Then, he took out a handkerchief from his chest, wiped his hands, and walked over to the terrorist leader.

Obadiah walked around the sofa and came up behind the terrorist leader. As he walked, he said, "You know, we've been cooperating for a long time. Every time I give you an order, you do it well. And I've never skimped on the money and equipment I've provided you. So I feel like our cooperation has always been very pleasant. But why did you have to come up with so many unnecessary ideas?"

The terrorist leader initially listened to Obadiah's words with interest, reminiscing about their past cooperation and thinking how deep their bond was. However, upon hearing Obadiah's last sentence, the terrorist's face changed drastically, and he prepared to call his trusted subordinates outside to protect him.

But Obadiah did not give the terrorist that opportunity, because in his handkerchief, he was holding a high-tech weapon: a Sonic Nerve Paralysis Device.

By emitting specific sound waves, it could instantly cause temporary paralysis of the human nervous system, rendering them unable to resist. However, the cost was significant damage to the human body, which was why the US government had not approved its production. What Obadiah held was the prototype that had been produced at the time.

Looking at the convulsing terrorist leader, his eyes filled with anger as he glared at him, Obadiah let out a sarcastic laugh. He waved the Sonic Nerve Paralysis Device in his hand and said mockingly, "This is something you wanted but couldn't get. I call it technology. People like you will never understand what technology represents."

Having silently dealt with the terrorist leader, Obadiah wiped his hands and walked out of the room. The terrorist leader's trusted subordinates outside had already been apprehended by Obadiah's mercenaries and were kneeling in a group.

Obadiah got into his car without even glancing at these terrorists. As he walked, he said, "Clean up the battlefield, we need to get back."

Upon receiving the Mark I Iron Man Armor, Obadiah immediately sent it to Stark Industries' weapons research and development department for the engineers to prototype, hoping they would build a more powerful Iron Man Armor.

When the engineers received this crude piece of equipment, they were greatly shocked. After all, such rough craftsmanship clearly indicated it was hand-made. While each of them could design more sophisticated mechanical devices, the key was that they couldn't manually assemble an Iron Man Armor.

As usual, Obadiah went to the energy department again and found William, the chief consultant of the energy department, to ask about the progress of the Arc Reactor miniaturization project.

But to Obadiah's anger, after such a long time, and with him having obtained a prototype, there was still no progress in the energy department.

Angrily, Obadiah pointed at the bald head of William, the chief consultant of the energy department, and yelled, "William, the technology you need is right there; you see it every day. All you need to do is shrink it. How difficult can that be?"

Chief Consultant William, not wanting to deal with this idiotic leader, retorted, "In fact, building an Arc Reactor is simple. The difficulty lies in miniaturizing it."

"The difficulty lies in miniaturizing it? Do you know Tony Stark did it in a cave with all those crude scraps? And you're telling me the difficulty is in miniaturizing it?" Hearing William's rebuttal, Obadiah became even more enraged, directly grabbing his collar and shouting.

William truly had no way to refute this time, but as the chief consultant of the energy department, William calmly said, "I am not Tony Stark."

This sentence completely enraged Obadiah. He immediately pushed William away and said, "You're fired."

William, as the chief consultant of Stark Industries' energy department, naturally possessed competence, and competent people often had strong tempers.

After being told "You're fired" by Obadiah, William turned and left. With his abilities, he could find a place anywhere in the world; why should he sulk under Obadiah?