Marvel: I Can Control Metal

Looking at the carefully packaged and placed reactor in his hand, Tony raised the corners of his mouth.

Put it on the table.

Leo wanted to go up and take a look. Although he knew what it was, he still couldn't control his curiosity.

Tony turned back and pointed at Leo, "Don't break it, that sports car can be given to you, but this one can't be broken for me!"

"Do not worry!"

Looking at this monumental reactor, Leo remembered the last scene of Avengers 4, and was a little trance-like.

After a while, he put it back in place, glanced at Tony sitting in front of the computer, and smiled helplessly. He is not him now, but one day, he will become him.

......

Thousands of kilometers away in Afghanistan, in a dimly lit tent, bearded warriors are piecing together pieces of the Mark 1 dug up from the desert.

Holding a few blueprints left by Tony in his hand, facing hundreds of fragments, it took several days.

I finally pieced together a rough human shape, and there are still many small parts I don't know where to put it.

Next to him stood a strong bald man with a cigarette in his hand. The burns on the right half of his head had scabbed over.

He looked at the helmet of Mark 1 with gloomy eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.

......

Twenty days later.

Tony sat in front of the computer round table that he had reassembled. There were a total of eight computers on the front, back, left and right, all of which displayed different data on the armor.

Looking at the data on the two screens in front of him, Tony continued to analyze the problem.

"It was recorded that the main sensor failed above 40,000 feet and there was still a problem with the pressurization system, possibly due to icing."

"You are perceptive, sir."

Jarvis continued, "If you're going to fly out of the atmosphere to other planets, maybe we should also enhance the exhaust system."

Tony looked back at the armor data on the three screens behind him, remembered the tragedy of falling from the roof, and continued talking.

"Contact the Sith company to reconfigure the metal material of the outer shell to use the gold-titanium alloy of the Seraph satellite."

"This should not only ensure the power-to-weight ratio, but also increase the strength of the fuselage, understand?"

"Yes, sir, do I want to show you the renderings?"

"Yes, show me!"

The computer in front of Tony started popping up some diagrams of structural components.

Leo walked downstairs, "Mr. Stark, I seem to have heard something good just now, is it gold and titanium?"

Said to Tony with a smile, licked his lips, and looked at him expectantly.

"Leo, isn't tungsten alloy to your taste? The rate of metal consumption is getting faster and faster recently."

Tony turned around, "It was only one ton in three days a few days ago, and now it consumes one ton of metal in almost a day. What did you do?"

"Don't you know that my abilities need metal assistance, and the higher the quality of the metal, the less I need. Although tungsten alloys are great, I have to change the taste occasionally!"

Leo smiled flatteringly. Indeed, ten tons of metal have been consumed these days. Although tungsten alloys are not particularly expensive, they add up to three million dollars.

Leo has lived in Tony's house for so long. Although Tony didn't say it, he often excluded Leo in his words, but he already regarded Leo as a friend in his heart.

Originally, there was only Pepper, and Tony, who was two friends of Rhodes, was absolutely not stingy with friends.

"Jarvis, buy two more tons of gold and titanium alloys."

"Okay, sir."

"Leo, do you know how expensive this thing is? The black market dealers outside have been staring at this metal. In the black market,

At three thousand dollars a kilo, you can eat too much. "Tony couldn't help complaining.

'Tonight's red carpet at the Disney Concert Hall, where Tony Stark will be presenting for the third time to the Fire Brigade Home Fund, donating funds, which has become a gathering place for celebrities in Los Angeles. ’

There was this background sound coming from the TV that had been playing on the wall, and Tony was drawn to his own name in it.

"Jarvis, have we received an invitation?"

"No relevant records, sir."

The news continued on the TV, 'He has not been seen in public since making outrageous remarks in a press conference, some claiming he is suffering from PTSD and has been in bed for weeks. ’

"But whatever the truth, no one expects him to be there tonight."

Tony listened, and looked a little disdainful, and he didn't know what to think.

"The renderings are synthesized." A three-dimensional image of Mark 3 appeared on the computer, and the golden-yellow armor looked very hot to the eyes.

"It's a little too flashy, what do you think?"

"My thoughts, you've been so low-key," Jarvis replied.

Tony turned around and poured a glass of water from the kettle, just in time to see his favorite red and yellow classic car.

"Add a little bit of that dazzling red in there."

"Okay, this keeps your low-key style."

Leo listened to the conversation between Tony and Jarvis, and really liked Jarvis, the artificial intelligence, more and more.

And Tony never seemed to see Jarvis as an intelligent system.

In all the conversations, the word 'we' is often used, as if Jarvis was always there for him.

But Leo suddenly frowned, only to realize that what Tony poured out of the kettle turned out to be chlorophyll juice. It seemed that he had discovered the palladium metal poisoning caused by his many experiments.

Because of the built-in reactor, metal palladium poisoning will occur. This problem was not solved until the information left by Howard Stark was found, new alternative elements were found, and the fourth-generation reactor was built.

Of course, if the shrapnel in Tony's chest is taken out, and then the reactor is externally located, it is also a solution, like Rhodes' war machine and Ivan Vanke's mourning whip.

Leo knows Tony's character well, with obsessive-compulsive disorder, self-destructive tendencies, and a typical narcissist.

Although it is undeniable that Tony, as a genius, CEO of Stark Industries, etc., has narcissistic capital.

This confidence makes Tony think he can control his life.

However, once a narcissistic person realizes that failure is unavoidable, it is likely to collapse or even self-destruct.

This is clearly reflected in Tony's palladium poisoning incident.

And the current battle armor is still powered by Tony using the reactor in his chest. Can it be external?

sure.

Tony said that he would not be producing weapons, weapons to kill.

Is that steel armor a weapon?

Not counting.

As long as Tony is in the steel suit, controls the suit and charges his body, then Iron Man is not a weapon and will not fall into the hands of bad guys.

The core of the steel suit lies in the reactor, and a suit without a reactor is basically harmless.

So Tony didn't dare to put the reactor outside the steel armor. Once he did, anyone can wear this armor. Iron Man is no longer Iron Man, just a weapon. Strong mass murder weapon.

As Tony later said, 'This is a high-tech exoskeleton, not a weapon, only I (personally charge and control the suit) are Iron Man. ’

So for Tony, even if Leo took out the shell fragments from his chest now, he would not take off the reactor in his chest.

The external reactor will greatly increase the risk of outflow.

......

"The coloring is complete."

The red and gold matching map of the Mark III appeared on the screen.

"I like it, make it, get lustful!"

"Automatic assembly begins and is expected to be completed in five hours."

Tony stood up and glanced at his watch, "Don't wait for me, baby."

"Leo, do you want to go out to play?"