People from the motherland: I work with the protagonist team at Marvel

When Xu Xiu took Stark back to his residence, he scared Pepper and others.

"Tony! What's wrong with you? Don't scare me!" Little Pepper trotted over on her high heels.

Banner also walked over with concern, rubbed his hands, raised his head and asked Xu Xiu: "What's wrong? Are there any enemies that you two can't deal with?"

Stark took off his armor mask, revealing a tired face, and explained: "It's none of Xu Xiu's business, I just happen to feel a little unwell."

"I see, I thought..." Banner said suddenly.

"Watch the news!" Little Pepper pointed at the TV.

Xu Xiu turned around and looked.

The TV was showing footage of Xu Xiu and his gang wiping out the Ten Commandments Gang.

Accompanied by the deafening sound of cannons and the female host's excited commentary, which was kept as low as possible, Pepper and Banner were immersed in the news.

When she saw the gangsters taking hostages, Little Pepper couldn't help clenching her fists. After Xu Xiu and Iron Man's perfect cooperation eliminated these people, she took a long breath and patted her chest.

"Ah!" When the sudden tank knocked down Iron Man with one shot, Bruce Banner couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise. He opened his mouth slightly and looked up at the screen.

Later, when he saw Xu Xiu responding with a sharp laser and detonating the tank, he, who has always been peace-loving, couldn't help but shout: "Well done!"

"So you were injured like this..." Little Pepper said half distressed and half complaining after reading the news, "The armor hasn't been fully developed yet, so what can you do? Do you really think of yourself as Iron Man?"

"It's Iron Man." Stark raised his hands and corrected him with a serious expression while obediently letting her take off the shell.

"Yes, yes, Iron Man!" Pepper hit him in the heart. Stark cried out in mock pain.

Banner hesitated to speak at this time.

"Doctor, do you have any opinion?" Xu Xiu asked after seeing this.

"Well, that's the case," Bruce Banner said humbly, "I also know a little bit about the physics of nuclear reactions. If Mr. Stark doesn't mind intellectual property rights, I am willing to assist in the upgrade of the Iron Man suit... …Anyway, I don’t have anywhere to go now.”

"Of course I don't mind!" Stark replied immediately, "If you can understand my equation, then it's too late for me to be happy, so why would you mind? Let's go to the underground laboratory now!"

When a scientific genius meets another scientific genius, it is like two magnets with opposite magnetic properties finally finding each other across thousands of miles. An uncontrollable and sympathetic feeling arises spontaneously in this small living room on the second floor.

"Ahem..." Xu Xiu coughed slightly, interrupting the exchange between the two.

"Xiu, what's going on? Do you want to join in?" Stark came back to his senses and extended his hand to invite.

"Forget it, I only know life science. By the way, I finally remembered..." Xu Xiu said with a smile.

"After shutting down the weapons manufacturing department, you said you would focus on civilian and public welfare fields. I have a good idea, but I don't know if you have any intention." He said.

"What is it?" Stark asked.

"Restart the Stark Expo! Invite advanced civilian technology companies from all over the world to participate in the exhibition, just like your father did." Xu Xiu said.

"Stark Expo? This is a great idea! But...will those companies come to participate? I think I still have some understanding of Stark Industries' reputation among the people." Stark smiled wryly and spread his hands. road.

Pepper rolled her eyes at him: "No, the point is your reputation..."

Xu Xiu smiled and said: "Reputation? It's actually very simple. We just hold a press conference..."

At this moment, Lieutenant Colonel Rhodes called.

Stark made an apologetic gesture to Xu Xiu and said, "Jarvis, connect."

"Tony! Tony, are you there?" Rhodes' tone was a little anxious.

Stark replied: "I'm here. I'm at home."

"Oh, thank God, you're fine. I just watched the news. It scared me to death. You know? Don't take such risks next time. Just let that, let that man from the motherland go. He is invulnerable and won't die anyway..."

Stark was a little embarrassed: "Well, I have the speakerphone on, and the people from the motherland are also here."

"Oh, hahaha... I'm sorry, um, I called mainly to talk about one thing. My superiors also saw the news. They kept asking me if I knew about the Iron Man suit, because I had been with him before. The people of the motherland have the closest connection with you, and I have been with you all this time. I haven’t replied to them yet. What do you say?”

Lieutenant Colonel Rhodes finished speaking quickly and waited for the news on the other end of the phone.

"This..." Stark hesitated and looked at everyone. The most important thing was to wait for Xu Xiu's intention.

Inexplicably, he now has a sense of trust in Xu Xiu, and even he himself doesn't know it.

Maybe it's the tacit understanding and dependence developed after going through life and death several times.

Xu Xiu shook his head slightly and said, "It's not yet time."

"Okay." Stark knew it well and nodded.

So he replied to Rhodes: "Rhode, I think it's better not to tell them yet. You know, they are all a bunch of hungry wolves..."

"I understand. Then remember to keep this secret. I have a hunch that this secret may be revealed soon..." As a friend for many years, Rhodes still chose to side with Stark.

"Well, don't worry." Tony Stark hung up the phone, and then asked Xu Xiudao: "Xiu, what did you just say, was it a press conference?"

"That's right. Actually, I was thinking that instead of letting us keep the secret that you are Iron Man for the rest of our lives, we might as well openly take advantage of this opportunity to kill the Ten Rings Gang and announce it to the public."

"Ah?" Stark asked in surprise, "What about the military? How should I respond to this military operation?"

"Military operation? There is no military operation. Haha, you just drove a civilian mecha to travel to Afuhan. It was just a self-defense counterattack." Xu Xiu smiled and patted Stark on the shoulder.

"But……"

"Stark, you are the son of Howard Stark, a young genius from MIT, one of the people with the highest IQ on the planet, the current president of the Stark Industrial Empire, and a young billionaire. What do you do? Isn't it normal for them to engage in such ridiculous behavior? Why, being with me makes you less courageous?" Xu Xiu said half-jokingly.

"Xiu, you understand me so well!" Stark's eyes instantly became firm and he laughed, "Yes, I am Tony Stark. Just with this name, what can't I do? Okay, Pepper, arrange a press conference immediately, I want to declare war on the Ten Rings Gang and the rats hiding in the sewers and shadows!"

"Tony!" Pepper was a little worried. But looking at Stark's determined look, she could only sigh silently, hold her forehead and go out.

"Okay, Dr. Banner, let's go down. Xiu, just do it yourself." Stark said.

"Well, I happen to be going out for a trip." Xu Xiu nodded. He is going to find Nick Fury and ask for those things that Howard Stark left behind.