Marvel: Eight Years Until Iron Man's Debut
Chapter 387

Preparing to Make Contact with Loki's Scepter

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Seeing that the timing was about right, the discussion of iridium and energy sources in the conference room came to an end.

Lin Hai coughed softly twice. Once he had everyone's attention, he said, "Although I'm not a thermonuclear astrophysicist, if we're talking about high-density power sources, I think there's one place that fits the requirements quite well."

As he spoke, he turned his gaze toward Tony, who was standing nearby.

Tony frowned. "Me? They can't take the reactor out of my chest."

Lin Hai shook his head. "What if it isn't in your chest?"

Tony snorted and spread his hands. "Impossible. Even if you cured me, I wouldn't let it leave a radius of half a meter around my body."

As he spoke, his right hand lightly tapped the triangular reactor in his chest twice. Ever since Obadiah had ripped the reactor out of his chest, his resistance to the idea of "the reactor leaving his body" had been carved into his instincts.

Seeing Tony's disbelieving expression, Harry, who had been quietly listening beside Lin Hai, spoke up to remind him. "Sir, we met just two days ago."

Tony froze, clearly confused. "Yeah, of course I remember that two days ago, we were at..."

Tony suddenly trailed off. Confusion crossed his face first, then recollection, and finally an angry realization. "Damn it! That was the building I just finished!"

A stream of rather inappropriate words began spilling from Tony's mouth, only gradually stopping after Steve shouted, "Watch your language!"

He had figured it out.

The other Arc Reactor he had designed and built was currently installed beneath Stark Tower, supplying power to the building he had only recently renovated.

That reactor could provide enough electricity for the entire Stark Tower for at least a full year, with a substantial

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