Marvel's I Can Control Metal

"Palladium poisoning is a very painful way to die."

On the plane back, Tony hid in the kitchen.

Every word Ivan said hit his heart hard.

The myth of Iron Man has been shattered. The Ark reactor is no longer just his patent, and the Mark [-] is basically scrapped. His wounds have appeared in front of everyone.

At this moment, Tony, who was already on the verge of collapse, was eager to go out with Pepper to relax.

After walking out of the kitchen and looking at Pepper outside and Leo sitting on a plate drinking Coke, Tony's face turned depressed.

On TV, the obese senator at the hearing mocked the camera with a boastful expression.

"Tony Stark said that the Iron Armor is not coming anywhere, has never been anywhere, at least for the next 5 to 10 years..."

"mute"

Tony sat down, placed the tray in front of Pepper, and took out a few knives and forks from his pants pocket.

"What is that" Pepper asked.

"Your meal on board."

Tony opened it and saw a plate of burnt mushroom egg pancakes inside.

"This is what you did"

"Yeah, what do you think I've been doing these three hours?" Tony said looking at Pepper.

Leo came over and took a look.

"Leo, it's none of your business."

"Oh, I'm so lucky." Leo lay back again.

"What are you hiding from me?" Pepper stared at Tony with questions, helplessness and sadness in her eyes.

After ten years of companionship, she had discovered Tony's abnormality.

Tony looked at Pepper seriously, "I don't want to go home at all."

"Cancel my birthday party. We are in Europe and going to Venice to stay at the Cipuani Hotel... Do you remember?"

Pepper seemed to have remembered something and couldn't help but laugh.

"remember."

"Living there...can...be...good for your health." Tony said looking at Pepper.

"Now is not a good time. There are a lot of things to deal with. As the CEO, I must be in the company."

"As the CEO, you also have the right to leave...well...employees on vacation."

“Following leave at this critical juncture”

Pepper's eyes widened and she looked at Tony in shock. She didn't know the truth and really couldn't understand that Tony would say such a thing.

"As long as, just take a ride in the car." Tony didn't dare to look directly into Pepper's eyes.

Tony's eyes darkened, his voice became softer and he lowered his head.

"We just have to recharge and we'll figure it out."

"Not all of us have to live on batteries, Tony." Pepper said, looking at Tony.

Tony raised his head and looked at Pepper, who had been staring at him, and smiled.

But the smile didn't last for a second, and his head turned back again, his eyes filled with disappointment.

Looking out the window, the arrogant Tony Stark frowned tightly. He knew that he had tried all the elements and could not replace the palladium metal.

So as long as he continues to wear the steel suit, he will be getting closer and closer to death.

Leo looked at Tony Stark who lowered his head and faced the window. He had never seen him so disappointed and painful.

......

At the same time, Ivan, who was arrested in Monaco and just put into a private cell, is already desperately waiting to be sentenced and spend the rest of his life in prison.

But it was clearly not dinner time yet, but a dinner plate was placed at the door.

Ivan picked it up and found that where the mashed potatoes should have been, there was a plastic time bomb.

At the same time, another prisoner about the same size as himself was pushed through the door.

He glanced at the number on the prisoner's body that was the same as his own, and laughed ferociously.

So, after an explosion, Ivan was sent to a secret factory in Queens, New York.

And Justin Hammer had already set up a table here, waiting for his arrival.

......

In a beachfront mansion in Malibu.

Pepper and Natasha kept answering the phone in the hall without stopping for a moment.

Because of the Monaco incident, many TV programs were talking about Iron Man.

People have questioned whether Iron Man can protect their safety.

While Pepper and Natasha were busy, Rhodes walked in angrily.

"Where is he"

Natasha turned around and said, "He doesn't want to be disturbed."

"He's downstairs." Pepper said without looking back, and then quickly continued negotiating with the voice on the phone.

Pepper was a little angry that Tony didn't come out to help, and she also hoped that Rhodes would persuade Tony.

Tony returned home and sat at his desk in a daze. On the huge projection screen in front of him was all the information about Anton Fanko.

Jarvis' voice came.

"Search over, sir, Anton Fanko was a Soviet physicist who defected to the United States in 1963, but he was accused of being a spy and deported in 1967."

"His son Ivan, also a physicist, was sentenced to 15 years in Kopesk prison for reselling weapons-grade plutonium material to Pakistan during the Soviet era. There is no other record."

Rhodes opened the door directly with his own password and looked at Tony sitting at the table.

"Tony, I've been on the phone with the National Guard all day, trying to convince them not to come in with tanks, break down your gates, and take these."

Rhode pointed at the armor on the wall and said, "They want to take away your steel armor. They are too lazy to play games with you anymore."

"Are you listening?"

Tony still sat there blankly.

Leo came over and delivered the box containing the palladium plate in front of Tony.

"Is the government ready to rob them now? Is it the armor or the reactor?" Leo laughed as he looked at the helmets without energy sources on the wall.

Rhodes also saw Tony who looked very unhappy, "Tony, are you okay?"

......

Because of the appearance of Ivan's reactor, Tony fell into endless self-blame.

No one knows whether Ivan has leaked the reactor. Maybe before long, a large number of inferior armors will appear on the black market, wars of all sizes will break out because of him, and countless people will die.

In addition, Tony's own character also has a self-destructive tendency, which means that Tony at this time has already been determined to die.

Tony, who looked very bad, took out the reactor, took out the burnt and smoking palladium plate, and put a new one in.

Rhodes looked at the smoking, charred and disgusting palladium plate, and asked in shock, "You put this thing in your body?"

"What's with the anagram on your neck?"

Tony was silent for a moment, "Abrasion."

Rhodes was silent for a while, looking worriedly at Tony who was drinking chlorophyll juice, "You don't have to be the savior alone, you don't have to rely on yourself."

"I believe what you say, but you have to trust me."

"Most people have misunderstandings about me. I know exactly what I am doing." Tony stared at the two of them stubbornly.

......

That night, Tony and Leo sat in the studio, doing nothing.

Tony stared at the computer screen in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

Leo was wandering around the basement sucking Sprite, "Tony, you externalized the Mark [-]'s energy source. Why, you figured it out."

Tony smiled bitterly and said, "Give it to Rhodes. He has wanted it for a long time. I also gave Rhodes permission, which can be regarded as an explanation to the military."

"Why did you feel like you were going to die? Didn't I tell you a long time ago? My eyes can see many things, but you have never believed it."

Leo walked up to Tony and said, "Have you tried all the elements?"

"Everything has been tried."

"Then, have you ever thought about discovering a new element?"