Su Zhou had sounded quite imposing when he shouted, but once he got a clear look at the metallic figure's back before him,
he suddenly felt a little embarrassed about having shouted so loudly just now!
"Tony?! Why are you here?"
Su Zhou really hadn't expected the person who appeared here at this moment to be our very own Iron Man, Tony!
Tony was wearing a flashy suit of red-and-gold Iron Man Armor, constantly fiddling with something on the spaceship's control panel,
with some part of his armor connected to the console, as though he were stealing files!
Hearing Su Zhou's voice, Tony instinctively glanced back,
and, realizing it was actually Su Zhou, opened his faceplate to reveal his signature beard!
"Su Zhou!? You've been missing for almost a week! I never thought you'd be here!"
Tony's hands never stopped as he continued working at the console in front of him,
while Su Zhou simply put away his gun and walked over to the busy Tony Stark!
"How did you find this alien spaceship?"
"I put a tracking device on you, and after that business with Obadiah was over that day,
I discovered that your tracking device had actually appeared in low Earth orbit. Then, using the tracker's movement data,
I calculated your trajectory in thirty seconds. Simple math, right?"
Tony finished what he was doing then and detached something resembling a USB drive from the control interface,
carefully tucked it inside his armor, then cheerfully threw an arm around Su Zhou!
"My friend Su Zhou, you really are my lucky star, letting me get a look at all this alien technology!
With this data, Stark Industries will soon become the most technologically advanced corporation on Earth!"
Su Zhou: (눈‸눈)
Was this because of me?
Why was Tony's way of doing things becoming more and more like Master Wayne's?!
"Tony, this is theft!"
Su Zhou thought for a moment but still didn't draw his pistol. After all, everyone had a different stance,
and he had already shot Skrulls dead himself, so what was taking a little Skrull technological data?!
"But these alien invaders aren't protected by Earth's laws. Nicely done!
If possible, could you give me a suit of upgraded Iron Man Armor?"
"Hahahaha! I knew you weren't that rigid!"
Tony was very pleased with Su Zhou's current response. Back when Su Zhou had rescued him from the terrorists' base,
he had been the most ruthless person Tony had ever seen, with an attitude toward enemies that seemed to favor killing the wrong person over letting anyone escape,
so as long as he was dealing with enemies, Tony could do whatever he wanted!
After Nick Fury noticed that Su Zhou had charged into the control room, not only had there been no gunfire from inside,
there were actually cheerful voices chatting and laughing instead? And that laughter sounded familiar no matter how he listened to it!
Cautiously poking his bald head through the doorway, he saw Su Zhou and Tony with their arms around each other's shoulders!
"Tony Stark?! Why are you here?!"
"I came to look for evidence that our Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. sold out Earth, and I'm honored to inform you that I've found it!"
Tony closed his faceplate with his hand, then aimed his armor's palm repulsor at Nick Fury!
"Now the whole of Earth needs an explanation for how you colluded with aliens to invade the planet!"
Nick Fury: (눈‸●)
Motherfucker!
How had a perfectly good playboy like Tony turned into someone just like that bastard Su Zhou?!
Su Zhou pressed down on Tony's arm and said softly,
"Tony, Fury's just an idiot without much of a brain, that's all. The aliens ran circles around him.
He didn't actively want to bring the Skrulls back to Earth. The problem was probably with that Captain Marvel,
who didn't keep these Skrulls under control. Or maybe she's very busy right now?"
Then Su Zhou recounted Captain Marvel's story to Tony, clearing Nick Fury of involvement in the affair,
but during Su Zhou's account, one thing caught Tony's interest!
"What exactly is that Tesseract you mentioned? My dead old man fished it out of the Arctic Ocean?
It sounds like an enormous energy source! Could it be used as a power source for developing aircraft?"
Countless little stars instantly appeared in Tony's eyes. A light-speed engine sounded badass just from its name,
and that Carol seemed to have absorbed the energy of the entire light-speed engine,
then become a superhero in one leap. Once he built a light-speed engine himself,
surely his combat power wouldn't be any weaker than Captain Marvel's!
Su Zhou, meanwhile, wasn't thinking about the light-speed engine, but about the Space Stone.
He wasn't worried about ways to grow stronger in the future. With the system in hand, he could always take his time drawing prizes.
But with a devastating weapon like the Space Stone, rather than letting Tony perform the Snap to save the world,
he might as well take control of the Space Stone himself and fight Thanos!
For now, though, he still had to hand the Tesseract over to Nick, at least until after the Battle of New York.
Otherwise, the Mind Stone would remain in Thanos's hands. Once Loki came to Earth with that scepter,
he could find a way to get two Infinity Stones. After the Battle of New York, he would make a trip to the United Kingdom,
then get his hands on the Reality Stone too, giving him three Infinity Stones.
With the Time Stone in the Ancient One's hands, his side would at least have a four-against-two matchup.
The advantage is mine! All I'm missing is an Infinity Gauntlet.
I'll have to find a way to learn some magic, or make a trip to Asgard,
and see whether I can get the Dwarf King to forge me an Infinity Gauntlet or something. As for the materials...
I'm sure those black slaves mining underground in Wakanda have plenty of vibranium resources.
Looking at it that way, I'll have to put my trip to Wakanda on the schedule too!
Nick Fury curiously felt the armor Tony was wearing. Tony upgraded it so quickly.
Su Zhou had been unconscious for a week, and this kid had actually upgraded his armor enough to fly off Earth?!
"So, Tony, with just this armor, you... this spaceship with its cloaking mode on?"
"This armor can handle any flight within low Earth orbit.
But to ensure enough power for flight, I didn't install any weapons systems on it.
As for how I found this cloaked spaceship, the tracker hadn't stopped working anyway.
I made a hole in the spaceship and came in, then quickly hacked into its systems.
Honestly, this ship's electronic warfare technology isn't all that impressive. It's like a stripped-down version!"
Tony looked at Nick Fury smugly, but before he could enjoy even a few seconds of satisfaction, Su Zhou interrupted him.
"Then did you find any sign of anyone else?"
"Anyone else?!"