"I had no choice. You were still unconscious when I left to find Kara, so of course I couldn't bring you along."
Leon teased, "After all, you wouldn't want Iron Man to become dead weight, right, Tony?"
Tony's eyelid twitched, and he helplessly sat back down in his chair.
"You don't understand your big brother's feelings at all, brat."
The three of them were currently in an open forest on the outskirts of Metropolis.
Tony's equipment had all been brought over from Marvel and stored in the World Ring Leon had given him.
He had already built several armor production lines inside, with JARVIS keeping them running nonstop.
"So what did you two do?"
"I finally found Kara's location, but I didn't expect you to beat me to it."
After Tony and Kara had gotten acquainted, he turned back to questioning Leon.
He swiped across the holographic screen before him with his right hand and opened a video from a long list of files.
The screen began playing combat footage recorded by a mercenary squad.
First, in the pitch-black footage, a meteor fell from the sky and crashed into the courtyard guarded by the mercenaries, kicking up clouds of dust.
Then, all kinds of urgent commands came from the shaking footage.
Someone ordered them to protect young master Luthor.
When they reached the crater, they discovered that what had fallen from the sky was a massive oval-shaped pod.
The materials and technology used in the pod looked like something straight out of a science fiction movie.
One mercenary was ordered to step forward and inspect it while the others stood guard with their guns raised, ready to fire at any moment.
The mercenary who approached carefully tapped the pod's shell with his rifle butt.
The next moment, the pod opened