Originally Intended to Fleece Black Braised Egg, Tony, Why Are You Standing Up?

Tony Stark's escaping action attracted Iron Monger's attention.

"Got you, little Tony!"

Obadiah excitedly raised two steel arms, turning on all the weapon systems equipped on Iron Monger.

The pitch-black gun barrels and muzzle locked onto the Mark III in the air.

"Uncle will send you to meet your deadbeat old man right now!"

He grinned hideously, just about to press the launch button.

The control panel suddenly lit up with a blinding red alarm.

"Warning! Warning! There is a huge energy reaction approaching from above!"

"Please evade immediately! Please evade immediately!"

"What?!"

Obadiah snapped his head up.

Only to see a blue-and-white giant fireball appear above his head at some unknown time.

"What the hell is this?!"

Too busy to chase Tony, he panicked and raised his steel arms, blocking them over his head.

Hiss~

The fireball crashed directly into the steel arms, directly melting them into molten iron.

"No!"

Obadiah's expression twisted hideously, watching blankly as the fireball rushed into the cockpit, melting along with his unfinished ambitions and his beloved Iron Monger into a mixture of molten iron.

Richard, standing on the rooftop in the distance, pulled with both hands.

A portal suddenly appeared in front of the fireball.

The other side of the portal was the ocean.

The fireball passed through the portal, plunging straight into the ocean,

after plowing a vacuum channel hundreds of meters long through the sea.

It collided with the seabed,

and then exploded with a deafening roar.

It directly blew open a deep abyss crater nearly a hundred meters in diameter on the seabed!

The shockwave brought by the explosion rapidly dispersed, whipping up a super-megatsunami dozens of meters high.

Fortunately, this was the deep Pacific Ocean, otherwise the damage brought by this Pyroblast could have directly wiped out an island nation!

The Mark III made a large circle in the air and landed on the rooftop.

Tony opened his helmet, looking at the wreckage of Iron Monger downstairs with lingering fear.

"Thanks, kid Richard, you saved me once."

Richard waved his hand, smiling with a relaxed expression: "Just a small favor, Tony, we're friends, aren't we~"

Tony nodded, smiling sincerely: "That's right, we're friends."

"Tony!" Pepper shouted, flying over and pouncing on him.

Tony hurriedly opened his arms and hugged her.

"I'm sorry, Pepper, I shouldn't have let you go to Obadiah's CEO office alone."

Pepper shook her head, welling up with tears, and said emotionally: "No, I went willingly, Tony, as long as you're safe."

Richard stood to the side watching this scene with a motherly smile.

He couldn't help thinking:

If Tony and Pepper's relationship could take a step forward from this, maybe cute little Morgan would be born ahead of time.

At this moment, Phil Coulson at the side extended his right hand: "Mr... Richard, thank you for your help, you saved my life."

Richard smiled and shook hands with him: "You're welcome, Agent Coulson. Right, I mentioned wanting to ask you a favor earlier, do you have time recently?"

"Of course!" Phil Coulson nodded, "What do you need me to help you with?"

"Help me look for a small medical laboratory." Having said this, he paused, and hurriedly added, "As long as it's not New York, any other location is fine."

"No problem." Phil Coulson agreed on the spot. As an S.H.I.E.L.D. Level 8 agent and Director Nick Fury's right-hand man, this little matter was very simple for him.

"Once I find a suitable one, I'll contact you immediately."

Tony at the side suddenly spoke up unhappily: "A small medical laboratory? Why not ask me for help, kid Richard~"

Richard's eyes lit up!

For someone weak and powerless like himself, finding a satisfactory small medical laboratory was extremely difficult.

But for S.H.I.E.L.D., or Stark Industries, this was a trivial little matter.

He hurriedly asked, "Tony, do you have a suitable one over there?"

"Pepper..." Tony looked at Ms. Potts, "I seem to remember Stark Industries has a small medical laboratory near Los Angeles?"

Pepper thought about it for a moment and nodded: "Yes, right near Long Beach. Stark Industries acquired it from a medical group in 2005 and has always used it for some microorganism and blood research."

Richard's spirits lifted, and he asked impatiently: "How much would it cost to acquire this laboratory?"

Pepper turned to look at Tony, and Tony spread his hands, indicating: "You decide, Pepper~"

"I am friends with kid Richard, it's not appropriate to talk business between friends."

Pepper thought for a moment and proposed a plan: "Richard, perhaps you could contribute through technology equity, and get this small medical laboratory for free."

"Technology equity?" Richard scratched his head. Whether in his past life or the present, he knew next to nothing about business.

Seeing this, Pepper explained in detail: "Yes, Richard, you contribute with your personal technology and take 51% of the laboratory's shares, while Stark Industries takes the remaining 49%."

"I get 51%? Won't that be too much?" Richard asked.

"Not much..." Pepper explained, "The research projects conducted by most small medical laboratories mainly rely on the laboratory director to drive them forward."

"Stark Industries trusts your technology, Richard. Taking the remaining 49% might even be taking advantage of you."

"Then... alright then..." Richard nodded, revealing a joyful expression, "I can finally move on to the next step."

"Move on to the next step?" Tony raised an eyebrow, "You already have a research direction?"

Richard lifted his chin, saying smugly: "Of course, otherwise I wouldn't be in such a hurry to acquire a laboratory."

"So, what is your research direction?" Tony asked again.

Richard didn't hide it either, saying directly: "Directed Stem Cell Migration and Visual Center Compensation."

"Whoa~ Thank you, kid Richard~" Thinking of something, Tony gave Richard a grateful look.

Richard nodded with a smile. He had long since thought of the Directed Stem Cell Migration technology, which was extremely suitable for treating the injury on Tony's chest.

Pepper smiled happily: "It looks like Stark Industries has really taken a big advantage."

Seeing that the matter of the laboratory was settled, Phil Coulson at the side immediately bid farewell to everyone.

"Dr. Richard, Mr. Stark, and Ms. Potts, I must leave."

"Dr. Richard, you can call me if you need help in the future."

Richard raised his index finger and traced a circle in the void: "Agent Coulson, do you need me to open a door for you?"

Phil Coulson's eyes lit up.

This was a good opportunity!

Just right to experience Richard's mysterious teleportation technology in person once again.

He immediately nodded and said: "Of course, if it's not too much trouble."

Richard smiled and asked: "Where do you want to go?"

Phil Coulson tentatively said: "Is near the National Mall in Washington, D.C. okay?"

"Very simple~" Richard slashed through the void.

A portal leading to the National Mall opened.

"The opposite side is the National Mall~"

Phil Coulson suppressed the excitement in his heart: "See you next time, everyone."

With that, he stepped into the portal.

Emerging again, the 169-meter-tall Washington Monument came into full view.