Grant Ward's situation greatly concerned Nick Fury. Before meeting this Indra at S.H.I.E.L.D., Ward had already been in contact with them. Had it happened after he'd taken an extended leave from S.H.I.E.L.D., or had he been in touch with Indra long before that?
And had that contact been forced or voluntary?
If it was the former, Nick Fury might have a potential inside man. If it was the latter, Indra would have access to a great deal of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s intelligence.
While Nick Fury was deep in thought, he received a call from Tony Stark.
"Fury, I checked out those robots you sent over. The rest of the technology is nothing special, but that power source really is the new energy battery Rorschach and I developed together. I also checked the serial numbers on the batch. They look like they were bought secondhand from Europe."
Tony looked to be in decent shape. The recent tensions didn't seem to have affected him much.
After Stark Industries had given up weapons manufacturing, its new energy technology should have been affected by the war. However, its close ties with Norman Osborn, along with Oscorp's soaring stock price, had caused Stark Industries' stock to rise slightly instead of falling.
Even Tony hadn't expected that.
After hearing Tony's explanation, Nick Fury asked, "Can you reproduce this technology?"
"Reproduce it? There's no need. This technology is way behind the times. The only thing it has going for it is that it's cheap to mass-produce," Tony said disdainfully.
"That's exactly what I want. Tony, the world has changed. Terrorists are no longer the greatest threat we face. S.H.I.E.L.D. needs a mechanized force that can go straight onto the battlefield in place of our agents," Nick Fury said seriously.
"I'm not interested in mass-producing these robots. Besides, I've already