Material Wholesaler

As Alice was enjoying her new campus life, the events in Wakanda finally came to a close.

Wakanda had opened up a portion of its national technology to other countries and made Vibranium resources available on the market. While the price was still relatively high, it was at least no longer as difficult to obtain.

Meanwhile, the United Nations returned Wakanda's Prince T'Challa and lifted the economic and resource blockade against Wakanda. Major media outlets began to spin the narrative in favor of Wakanda, improving their international reputation from being universally condemned. However, even so, many people still held negative views of Wakanda.

"After all that fuss, I still can't buy it!"

Kraft slammed his fist on the table. The reason he exposed Wakanda wasn't just because he couldn't stand it; the more crucial factor was his desire to find a way to purchase Vibranium from there.

Although Wakanda had now opened up Vibranium sales, it was directed at various countries and major corporations. He had no way to get involved. Even Martin wasn't qualified to purchase Vibranium through official channels. The only private entities in America qualified to participate in Vibranium transactions were likely Stark Industries and Oscorp.

However, just because Vibranium was unavailable through official channels didn't mean other avenues were blocked. With Wakanda's information exposed, a large number of mercenaries and smuggling teams flooded into Africa, along with some local ambitious individuals. Forget Vibranium; even small amounts of Wakandan technology could be acquired on the black market if one paid the right people.

This was precisely why Kraft had leaked the information. Once the floodgates opened, many things would be beyond Wakanda's control.

Realizing he couldn't go through official channels, Kraft implemented Plan B: seeking help from Martin Lee. With the underworld boss Mr. Negative involved, he wasn't afraid of being double-crossed.

"Just 10 grams are enough?"

Martin Lee readily agreed to Kraft's request. After understanding his foster son's research capabilities, he wouldn't hinder Kraft's research; in fact, he felt Kraft was asking for too little.

"What can you research with 10 grams of metal? I'll try to get you more!"

Martin Lee boasted confidently. Although one gram of Vibranium cost ten thousand US dollars, was Martin Lee someone who lacked money? Even Kraft himself had enough money to purchase Vibranium.

Kraft didn't speak. He silently took a flashlight shaped like a handgun from his backpack and pulled the trigger, aiming it at the small black cat, Bear, beside him.

Under the flashlight's beam, Bear, less than half a meter tall, was rapidly enlarged to a size several times larger than a lion, scattering the surrounding furniture.

"Meow?"

Bear, who had been peacefully grooming himself on the sofa, looked around in confusion as everything rapidly shrank. His tongue, extended for licking, forgot to retract.

"Whoa! Big bro, I want one too!"

Seeing Bear grow, Quinn's first thought was that his only advantage—his size—was gone. He placed his front paws on Kraft's leg, wagging his tail furiously.

"Go away, go away. Why do you want everything?"

Kraft pushed away Quinn's dog head and pressed another button on the flashlight, then pulled the trigger again, aiming at Bear.

Bear, who was curiously watching the furniture shrink, and whose large paws were itching for action, suddenly shrunk back to his original size.

Martin Lee's jaw dropped and remained open for a long time.

"How... how did you do that?!"

"Like I said, I'm not entirely sure," Kraft shrugged. "I just thought it should be possible to do it this way, and then I made it."

He hadn't expected that Dr. Senbei Norimaki, a short, stout, and sleazy-looking figure from his dreams, could create such an incredible device!

This completely disregarded the physical law of conservation of energy. The objects illuminated by the flashlight simply had their external forms enlarged; the internal molecular size, arrangement, and so on remained the same. In essence, it was like creating a large amount of identical and stable matter out of thin air, and...

With no time limit!

Even more unscientific was that when he shone the light, it only enlarged the target he intended to enlarge. Any other objects illuminated by the light remained completely unaffected unless Kraft intended to enlarge them.

In short, it was much more useful than Gnomech's shrink ray gun and the World Magnifier.

With the acquisition of this "Any-Size Flashlight," the first thing Kraft thought of was saving a lot of time and cost on manufacturing materials in the future.

"Alright... In that case, 10 grams is indeed enough..."

Martin Lee swallowed. He had become somewhat accustomed to being repeatedly shocked by Kraft's inventions.

"I'll get the Vibranium for you as soon as possible."

"However..." After calming down, Martin pointed helplessly at the messy living room. "Couldn't you have chosen something smaller to demonstrate?"

"Ahaha... I just thought that using a living creature would be more impactful, wouldn't it?"

Kraft chuckled and scratched the back of his head.

"Yes, it was certainly impactful," Martin Lee agreed with a nod. "So, remember to clean up the living room."

"Uh... I know..."

Kraft replied dejectedly and began tidying up the living room that Bear had messed up. Fortunately, with Alice's help, they finished cleaning up quickly.

Martin Lee, or rather, the Demon Gang, worked efficiently. The 10 grams of Vibranium were soon delivered to Kraft.

With the Any-Size Flashlight, Kraft didn't need to worry about material consumption as long as he had a small amount of raw material. After testing the properties of Vibranium, he replaced all his equipment and the materials on Alice and Haro.

Of course, not all metals were suitable for replacement with Vibranium. However, using Vibranium as a base material and supported by the technology from his dreams, Kraft created several alloys with special properties. This not only strengthened his own equipment but also unlocked many Engineering blueprints that had been stalled due to material limitations.

While Kraft was engrossed in tinkering with Vibranium, a major event occurred in the outside world.

Mr. Tony Stark, the owner of Stark Industries, a renowned scientist, billionaire, arms manufacturer, playboy, and media darling, was attacked by terrorists while demonstrating weapons in the Middle East and is currently missing.

The media, which had just finished feasting on the Wakanda incident, immediately found a new hot topic. Outside Stark Tower, seven out of ten people were reporters, and two were security guards maintaining order.

"Missing?"

Kraft clicked his tongue regretfully. Although he didn't particularly like Tony Stark, he greatly admired his achievements in scientific research.

Furthermore, after he had used Angela and Haro to bully the artificial intelligence named J.A.R.V.I.S. at Stark's place last time, Stark had been upgrading J.A.R.V.I.S. from time to time and then went online to fight Angela.

However, when artificial intelligence reaches the level of Angela and J.A.R.V.I.S., any so-called upgrades essentially just mean increasing computational power and speed.

Stark, being so wealthy, must have poured an incredible amount of hardware into J.A.R.V.I.S. After several cyber warfare engagements, Kraft was forced to add two more Umbrella-edition supercomputers to back Angela.

But Kraft wasn't without gains either. While hardware upgrades increase computational power and speed, the clashes between the two AIs allowed them to optimize their own behavioral logic. At the very least, Angela is far more lively now than she was initially.

This is also why Kraft accepted Stark's provocation earlier and why he feels a sense of regret now.

Kraft has no interest in rescuing Tony Stark, who is currently missing in the Middle East. Besides, it's not his place to be worried about such a matter. At most, he regrets that Angela might lose an opponent in the future.