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Chapter 488
"I am...I am a spy?" Tony froze in place, unable to speak for a long while.

He had never thought about it in this way, as if something in his subconscious prevented him from thinking in that direction.But when someone mentioned this possibility in front of him, it seemed that all the evidence pointed in this direction.

Even beyond his own expectations, when these words were uttered from Michael's mouth, he accepted the fact so simply, as if deep down in his subconscious, he knew the truth.The reason why he hasn't noticed it is that there is no one to tell him face to face.

Tony Stark fell to his knees in a daze, like a body whose soul had been sucked out.

At a loss?Shock?frustrated?Doubts about your own meaning and worth?
Maybe both, but that's secondary.At this moment, after being told that he was not who he thought he was at all, the first thing Tony felt was actually a relief.

Yes, that is relief.

Before, he always felt that he was carrying the weight of the whole world on his shoulders, all the things that he needed to deal with and the responsibilities that he needed to bear, all of which weighed him down all the time.Countless days and nights he could not sleep, he must always maintain the highest vigilance, beware of possible invasion from unknown areas at any time, he always has to make difficult choices, must make the ultimate sacrifice, because he is Iron Man , is the world's last shield.

Because the whole world is counting on him.

But at this very moment, at this moment, it all suddenly disappeared.He suddenly discovered that these responsibilities were not his but someone else's.

Turns out he wasn't Iron Man at all.

Great.

He no longer fought or resisted, he just let out a long sigh of relief and sat on the floor, feeling that he had never been so relaxed in his life.

"So I'm not Tony Stark," he said.

"No, you're not," Michael confirmed.

".I don't know if I should be happy." Tony—or the Skrull disguised as him—said, "How long have you found out?"

"It didn't take long." Michael shrugged, "Your armor exposed your identity. You are really well disguised, and the performance and function of this suit of armor are almost the same as the real Iron Man armor. Most people, but you can't fool me."

This is also of course.The Skrulls wanted to fake a Tony Stark, but to do that would have to copy his armor as well.However, Tony's Genesis suit was upgraded with the help of Michael when he fought against the Mandarin last time. Today's Iron Man suit uses a lot of technology from the 41st century, even the technology far ahead of the earth. The Skrulls couldn't be easily faked either.

That's why they copied such a set of Iron Man armor-on the surface it seems that all functional modules have been perfectly restored, but in fact all are just specious technologies.They used Skrull technology to imitate the various weapon systems of the Genesis suit, which seemed to have similar effects in actual combat, but compared with the genuine one, it just looked alike, not the real Iron Man.

Others may not be able to see the clues, but Michael, who personally handed these future technologies into Stark's hands, certainly saw the problem at a glance, otherwise it would not be easy to find out the spy Stark.

"So what am I now?" The Skrulls looked at their hands and laughed at themselves, "Obviously I'm not Tony Stark, I'm not even a human from Earth. But I clearly remember what he remembered I remember the day I was caught in the cave, I remember the first time I had to rely on the arc reactor to keep my heart beating. I remember the first time I wore MK2 to fly in the sky, I remembered the day I became the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Making the hardest choices in person, having to go head-to-head with my best friend, it all felt so real, like... like myself."

He closed his eyes and shook his head.

"But I'm not him, am I? I'm a spy, a goddamn alien spy and I don't even remember. I don't remember anything about the Skrulls, and I forgot how to change back to my original face .”

"It doesn't matter." Michael said, "the Skrulls can't really erase all your memories, really turn you into Tony Stark through and through - doing so would lose the meaning of being a spy. Your memory has not been deleted, it has just been hidden in the subconscious. All you need to wake up your original memory and restore your original identity is a switch, an opportunity, just like hypnosis."

"So you're saying that as soon as the switch is flipped, I'll instantly revert to myself and turn back into that damned alien spy." The Skrull gave a wry smile.

Even if he knows that his actual identity is an alien spy, but at least at this moment, his body and mind are still Tony Stark, a complete earthling.Of course, he has no reason to sell the earth for an alien empire that he has no memory of.

"It doesn't have to be." Michael lowered his head and looked at him calmly. "I always tell people that we can always decide who we will be. We never have to be influenced by others. Who we are is only determined by us." to myself."

The Skrulls were silent for a moment.

"So what are you going to do?" He looked up and asked, "Although I am a spy, you also know that I can't think of anything right now. I can't help you"

"You don't need to worry about this aspect. We have experts who are good at probing thinking. As long as it is in your mind, she can dig out even memories from 100 years ago." Michael said, "But the important thing is that you Make your own decision. In this war, who do you want to gain the upper hand? The Skrulls or the Earth?"

Michael had studied the physiology of the Skrulls before, and he found that the brain structure of this group of shapeshifters was also very different from other races. Perhaps it was precisely because of this structure that their mimicry could not be detected by spiritual detection.It is also because of this that if you want to spy on a Skrull's brain, you have to be voluntary, otherwise, even if you use mental power to burn their brains to a paste, you will not get any information.

So generally speaking, it is almost impossible to get information from the heads of Skrulls.

And this Skrull Stark is an excellent starting target.He doesn't remember that he is a Skrull at all, and the probability of agreeing to cooperate is extremely high.In addition, he was assigned to the top-secret mission of "pretending to be Iron Man". He himself probably has a high level in the Skrull Empire, and he may know a lot of confidential matters.

Sure enough, he made a decision with almost no hesitation.The Skrull looked up at Michael: "What am I going to do?"

Michael took two steps back.

"Witch." Michael said, "The rest is your work."

Wanda came out silently and nodded, "Understood."

(End of this chapter)