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"When I built the first generation in that cave in Afghanistan, the control chips I had access to only supported two hundred hertz."

"I upgraded the armor later, but I never touched the reactor's cooling system—since it was running fine, I didn't see a reason to mess with it."

"Running fine doesn't mean the parameters are optimal," Lynn said.

"You're right." Tony admitted it, though his expression remained slightly reluctant. "What's the second one?"

"Second, the radiation shielding on the casing. You're currently using a titanium alloy. If you can get your hands on Vibranium—even a trace amount—and plate the inside of the casing with a 0.1-micrometer layer, you could reduce radiation leakage by over ninety percent."

"Vibranium isn't easy to get. Wakanda has very strict export restrictions."

"But it's not impossible. You're Tony Stark."

Tony snorted, offering no rebuttal.

"The third point, and the most critical one," Lynn's pace slowed, "is the issue with the palladium itself."

He picked up a pen from the desk and drew a triangle on the back of a prescription pad.

"The atomic number of palladium is forty-six, with ten electrons in the 4d orbital."

"This electron configuration dictates an upper limit to its stability in high-energy environments. Once that limit is exceeded, palladium atoms gradually detach from the crystal lattice and become free ions. That is the source of your poisoning."

"You don't need a better palladium alloy. You need an entirely new element, one with a unique electron configuration in its 4d or 5d orbitals that can support the Arc Reactor's energy density without producing toxic metabolic byproducts during operation."

Tony stared at the triangle he had drawn.

"Do you know how to synthesize such an element?"

"I don't," Lynn put the pen down, "but I know a lead."

"What lead?"

"Your father."

Tony's body stiffened.

Lynn noticed it; it wasn't nervousness, but a deeper sense of resistance.

Tony's relationship with Howard Stark was poor; that was evident from public reports.

"Your father was one of the most brilliant physicists and engineers of his time. He participated in the Manhattan Project and had access to a vast amount of foundational research regarding the synthesis of new elements."

"If he left behind research data, manuscripts, notes, blueprints, or even a recording—it likely contains the answer you need."

"As for the specifics, you are more capable than anyone of finding it."

Tony didn't speak.

He sat there, looking at the triangle Lynn had drawn.

He looked at it for a long time.

Then, he stood up.

"What's the fee?"

"No charge this time."

Tony raised an eyebrow.

"I want something else," Lynn said. "A full set of top-tier equipment from the Stark Medical division—the Quantum Imaging Scanner, the nano-scale Surgical Assist Robotic Arm, and the Bio-Electronic Monitoring System. For my clinic's upgrade."

"Your clinic?" Tony glanced back at the twenty-square-meter room. "Are you sure this place can fit all that?"

"I'll be expanding."

"Anything else?"

"An Emergency Communicator. One that connects directly to you."

Tony scanned him.

"You want a direct line to Iron Man?"

"I'm a doctor. My patients might require follow-up treatment at any time."

Tony thought for a moment, then pulled a small metal piece from his pocket—gold and red, slightly larger than a thumbnail, with a tiny button on it.

"Press it, and I'll receive the signal. Don't abuse it."

Lynn took it and tucked it into the pocket of his lab coat.

Tony walked to the clinic door and pushed it open.

He paused on the threshold, not looking back.

"JARVIS."

"Sir?"

"Do you believe it? This guy might be even smarter than I am."

"Based on current data analysis, sir, he is simply smart in a different way than you. However, should he continue to progress—"

"Enough."

Tony put on his sunglasses and walked out.

After the clinic door closed, the system panel lit up in Lynn's field of vision.

[Ding! Treatment complete! Rating: S-Class Extraordinary!]

[Saintly Hands Copy initiated... Scanning target's ability library...]

[Core talent detected: Super Genius: Engineering and Invention (S-Class)]

[Based on treatment contribution (S-Class), automatically copying highest quality talent—]

[Copy progress: 9%... 33%... 58%... 81%... 100%!]

[Ding! Copy complete! Obtained S-Class talent: Super Genius: Engineering and Invention (Incomplete Version, 65%)!]

[Ability Details: Master top-tier engineering talent in fields such as nanomaterials, energy systems, weapons engineering, and mechanical design. Capable of independently designing and manufacturing high-tech equipment.]

A second type of "Super Intelligence" flooded his brain.

It was a way of thinking completely different from Batman's.

Tony Stark's brain was not a detective's brain; it was a creator's brain.

Batman's thought pattern was: see a problem, analyze its structure, and derive the answer from known conditions.

Top-down.

Tony's thought pattern was: see a need, construct a three-dimensional model of the solution in his mind, and then build it with his hands.

Bottom-up.

The moment both types of intelligence existed in his brain simultaneously, Lynn felt something he had never experienced before—his mental space had expanded.

Before, he could see through a problem; now, he could not only see through it, but also build the solution.

Diagnosis plus manufacturing.

Analysis plus creation.

Perfectly complementary.

[Reputation points change: +90 (Healed Iron Man: Superhero-level treatment). Current reputation points: 580.]

Lynn looked at the reputation point total.

Five hundred and eighty.

The unlock threshold for the Ability Forge was five hundred.

He had already surpassed it.

The equipment arrived a week later.

Three Stark Industries transport trucks parked in the alley behind the clinic.

The manifest was even longer than Lynn had expected—Tony had included an extra Biochemical Lab Bench and a backup energy supply system.

Attached was a note, Tony's handwriting as scrawled as a ghost's charm: "Don't break them. —T.S."

Below that was a smaller line: "P.S. You were right. I found my father's data."

Lynn tucked the note into his drawer.

Installation and calibration took three days.

He saw patients during the day and worked on the equipment at night.

His total sleep over those three days didn't exceed eight hours.

The Healing Factor allowed his body to maintain high-efficiency operation despite the lack of sleep.

After each piece of equipment was installed, Lynn used Batman's analytical intelligence to check its parameter limits.

Then, he used Tony's engineering talent to perform targeted modifications.