The Perfect Combination of Genius and Fool

Seaside Villa.

After leaving Stark Tower, Leon found an empty corner and took off directly, quickly flying back home.

"Welcome back, Master Leon."

"Where's Tony?"

"He's in the workshop one floor down, making the final preparations for the Mark 3 armor."

"The Mark 3?"

"He finished it that quickly?"

Leon was somewhat surprised by Tony's efficiency. After all, Tony had barely worn the Mark 2, the prototype armor for the official version, more than a few times.

It seemed to prove the saying Leon had quoted before—

Human desire was like a boulder rolling down a mountain. Once it started, it could never stop.

Once Tony had one suit of armor, he would want two. Once he had two, he would want a third...

The same applied to Leon.

After screwing one woman, he would want to screw a second. After the second, he would want a third...

With a light chuckle and a shake of his head, Leon took the elevator down to Tony's "Magic Workshop."

The first thing that caught his eye was a sleek red-and-gold Iron Man armor with style dialed all the way up.

"Whew, you got back pretty fast, classmate Leon."

"I thought Teacher Pepper would keep you there for punishment."

Seeing Leon return, Tony put down the screwdriver he had been using to tinker with machinery, wiped the sweat from his forehead, casually took the vegetable juice handed over by Dum-E's mechanical arm, and walked over to Leon with a teasing remark.

"Heh."

"Same to you."

Although Leon had already seen the upgrades made to the Mark 3 in the movies, he still decided to indulge Tony's vanity and desire to show off.

Pointing at the Mark 3, he asked, "What's this?"

"The Mark 3."

"An upgraded model of the Mark 2."

The moment armor was mentioned, Tony immediately perked up.

He drained the vegetable juice in one gulp, then continued:

"To adapt to high-altitude environments, I comprehensively upgraded its electronic sensors. The pressurization and exhaust systems are also being improved so they can operate in space without issue."

"I also replaced the outer shell with the Gold-Titanium Alloy from the Seraph Satellite. It's not only lighter overall, but the armor's strength has also increased dramatically. It can more or less take a tank shell without damage."

"How did you solve the acceleration load problem?"

"And the shock absorption? You're the one wearing this armor, not me. If it takes a huge impact, wouldn't the acceleration in that instant turn your internal organs into mush?"

This was what Leon cared about most. It was also what Marvel fans in his previous life had been most curious about, yet neither comic writers nor movie directors had ever clearly explained how Tony solved it.

"Bingo!"

"Leon, you hit the nail on the head!"

Tony snapped his fingers excitedly.

Then he called Dum-E over with a touchscreen.

Pointing at a pile of design schematics Leon could not understand at all, Tony explained with great enthusiasm:

"The problem you raised isn't just an issue for the Iron Man armor. It's also a problem for the Jet Glider: a whole series of loads caused by excessive speed that ordinary people simply can't withstand."

"I have to say, even for a genius like me, this was an extremely challenging problem."

"But fortunately, I've overcome it perfectly."

"I'll use the Inertial Counterforce Field generated by this device to offset excessive acceleration loads."

"An Inertial Counterforce Field?"

"Is this really still science?"

Even with Tony practically slapping the blueprints onto Leon's face, Leon still could not understand how inertia could possibly be canceled out.

It felt like holding the answer sheet in his hand while a renowned teacher explained it beside him, yet he still could not understand. Not one bit.

"Tony, you really are a damn genius!"

Leon exclaimed from the bottom of his heart.

"Hmph~ Who do you think I am?"

"I'm Tony Stark, the greatest mechanic of this century!"

Tony's face was full of pride as he thoroughly enjoyed his little brother's admiration and praise.

"Come with me."

"I also gave your Jet Glider a comprehensive upgrade."

As he spoke.

Tony led Leon down another floor in the elevator, passed through a one-meter-thick password-protected blast door, and entered the Jet Glider's modification bay and landing platform.

Because of various delays.

Other than the time he had activated the Jet Glider, this was only Leon's second time entering this place.

JARVIS seemed to have faithfully relayed Leon's renovation suggestions to Tony. Now, not only had the password-protected blast door been upgraded, but even the surrounding walls had all been replaced with one-meter-thick, integrally cast titanium alloy steel plates.

Once this place was completely sealed off from the outside world, even Homelander would have to obediently reflect on his mistakes inside, unless someone was a Superhuman on Leon's level.

At this moment.

The Jet Glider stood quietly in the center of the space like a cold and beautiful woman, waiting for Leon's favor.

"Woohoo~ This is so damn awesome!"

Leon's fingertips lightly tapped across the Jet Glider's leather seat cushion as though playing a piano.

"Jet Glider 2.0—"

"The power supply system, propulsion system, defense system, and electronic system have all been comprehensively upgraded. Aside from the Gold-Titanium Alloy and the Inertial Counterforce Field Generator I already mentioned for the Mark 3."

"I also installed a rather formidable weapons system for her, including thirty-two NTR 'Ex-Wife' missiles. Each 'Ex-Wife' sacrificed has the power of a cruiser's main cannon, as well as two plasma beam cannons with output equal to the Mark 3's full-power Chest Cannon."

The NTR "Ex-Wife" missile was, as its name implied, an NTR-enhanced version Tony had specially designed for Leon after reverse-engineering Hammer Industries' "Ex-Wife." From its appearance alone, its caliber had simply been widened by NTR, but its power, range, and controllability were on a completely different level.

"Now, she has not only overcome the problem of excessive loads on the pilot, but also raised her top speed to Mach 5. And the upgraded Medium Arc Reactor can support her cruising at maximum output for an entire month."

"She's the ultimate violence motorcycle!"

"So? Do you like her?"

Tony looked at Leon with a smug grin.

"Tony, all the cover girls for the next year are yours!"

"This beauty is enough for me!"

Leon could barely hide his excitement as he made a decision that betrayed his ancestors... no, a gesture of thanks toward Tony.

"You brat!"

"You said it!"

"I'll be waiting outside the launch shaft!"

Not giving Leon a chance to regret it, Tony punched him hard in the chest before hurriedly slipping away to put on his armor.

"Damn!"

"Was that too hasty?"

Once his rationality returned, Leon felt some regret. But when he thought of all the high-quality female characters with storylines still waiting for him to conquer, his heart immediately found balance again.

He took out the repaired Soldier Boy uniform JARVIS had patched up from the system space and changed into it. This time, Leon even put on the slightly lewd-looking helmet.

Yet tempered by his strikingly handsome face, it instead carried a unique charm.

In short, it was thrilling. Also known as the feeling of stealing.

Leon wanted exactly that kind of contrast before and after—lower expectations first, then deliver a surprise.

"Oh right, there's this too."

After changing into his combat uniform, Leon suddenly remembered something and walked over to a metal worktable cluttered with mechanical parts.

Resting quietly on it was a silver-and-black metal shield that looked remarkably like the logo of "Dongpeng Special Drink."

It was Soldier Boy's Shield, which Tony had reinforced and repaired at Leon's request.

There was even a note attached to the shield that read—For my Shield Boy.

The shield's overall design had almost entirely retained its original factory settings.

The biggest change was that it had been thickened from two finger widths to three. From the side, it looked even heavier, far beyond what an ordinary person could lift.

Leon's request to Tony regarding this shield had been—

Melt down all the fragments of the Tungsten Steel Alloy Shield that Leon had accidentally shattered before, reforge them, and while preserving the original shape, cover its entire exterior with a seamless half-centimeter-thick Vibranium protective layer.

Of course.

Assuming half a centimeter thick could still be called a layer.

This way.

Leon's shield could retain its original comfortable weight while gaining Vibranium's ability to absorb, redirect, and rebound kinetic energy and energy attacks.

And at half a centimeter thick, its material was definitely more substantial than Captain America's "ultra-thin, body-hugging, stretchy Sofy" Vibranium Shield.

Although Captain America's Vibranium Shield seemingly had a little accidentally synthesized Adamantium mixed into it by Leon's father, Leon's entire skeleton was made of Adamantium, so he was not afraid of it at all.

At worst, Leon could grit his teeth, chip off some of his own bone fragments, and melt them into it. Super Self-Regeneration could restore him easily anyway.

It was just that Leon was afraid of pain, and Adamantium was absurdly durable, so he had never dared to try it.