[Comprehensive Anglo-American] Gem Merchant

The research of magicians often involves countless generations, and they often study for years, so at first Alphonse just thought that Tony Stark also fell into the "retirement period" common among clock tower magicians, staying in the research room for a long time. Ten days and a half months, until a staged breakthrough is obtained.

Therefore, it is not uncommon to have a sudden inspiration. The blond alchemist lives in the Avengers Building with peace of mind. Everyone politely dissuaded them from coming down—the reasons were nothing more than "stay here and recuperate well" and "it's okay to leave the work of protecting the world to others for a while."

Steve Rogers showed [-] points of patience. Every time after the self-discipline training, he would find a way to sit in the ward, but he was shocked to find that the alchemist didn't have those books that they didn't even read the inside pages. No magic book, but... oh god, he's reading a copy of Atomic Physics.

Steve: "..."

I don't understand the mentality of people in modern society. Do magicians also need to learn scientific knowledge?

Alphonse even made a rare phone call to the shop assistant, expressing that he might need information about cold fusion technology. The other party was shocked that his shop manager had never even known what stock trading was, but now he was able to say the word cold fusion. , Once thought that the soul of the other party had been replaced again.

"And if you are interested in this aspect, you can obviously go to Stark for information, isn't that guy an expert in this field..."

The clerk hangs his head and mutters, but according to Alphonse's request, he finds some popular science reading materials as much as possible--in terms of academic journals, he doesn't know what his boss's qualifications are. Like teaching microphysics.

It's better to start with popular science knowledge.

Fortunately, Alphonse never refuses this. He lacks too much knowledge on the scientific side, especially these parts that are too cutting-edge. It seems that it is a good thing to start with popular science books.

Meanwhile, the underground research room.

The main building of Stark Industries turned into the Avengers Building is of course more than just a signboard. Most of the interior decoration of this building has been changed, but the underground research room still maintains its original appearance.The password lock with the highest authority is enough to keep everyone out of the door. Even if Pepper wants to enter, he can only enter during certain time periods. The smart housekeeper will deliver the food needed to maintain a person's basic metabolism on a regular basis and on demand. Simple food, some of them are even made into a compressed liquid form, which is convenient for quickly grabbing the nutrients the body needs.

Tony Stark sat in front of a horizontal and a vertical two-sided display screen, with a small stack of espresso bags beside him, and empty beer bottles neatly arranged in a row.

The Iron Battlesuit has iterated a new version, which strengthens the long-range strike capability and anti-air firepower, and can even connect heavy weapons such as split warheads from the derivative interface on the back, which has reached an unprecedented level of strengthening in individual combat capabilities , but this is still not enough.

The daily sleep time is almost only four hours. Coffee is not used to prevent sleep, but to maintain a high degree of concentration during waking hours. Otherwise, as long as he is free, he will involuntarily think about some irritating topics.

The division of the soul, the world of goblins, the goal that has never been announced, and the jeweler who did not hesitate to regard the soul as a consumable.

No matter how much you strengthen the range of the weapon, the strike radius of the steel suit is no less than as far as an intercontinental missile. Stark Industries has also produced this kind of weapon with a single strike radius that can cover more than half of the earth, but no matter how it is extended, This kind of thing cannot reach the dark dimension.

That is another completely different quadrant, a place belonging to the mysterious world. Maybe science will reach there one day, but that is not now, not the moment when this weapon is most needed.

Even if he can promote the technological progress and development of this world on his own, as a human being, this speed is still too slow—this kind of progress is so slow that it makes people feel anxious, thinking that he has not completed the research. Every second, that person may tear his soul apart again without hesitation for the same situation, and Tony can no longer bear the time wasted by himself, and instead devote himself to the next round. exploring.

And in the busy intervals of this intensity, and occasional leisure, he would ask the smart housekeeper to search for knowledge related to occultism and print it into a book, and then let Pepper send it to this laboratory.Pepper approached the underground laboratory with the documents in her arms, and the smell of alcohol in the air made her frown again and again: "Tony, you should rest, you're not wasting time here, if you can't fall asleep, go eat some melatonin." Su, or I remember that Mr. Alphonse once gave you a gemstone that can help you sleep."

Tony connected the sensor patch of a piece of steel suit to his arm, and tried to move his fingers: "Then enjoy this kind of peace with peace of mind, turn a blind eye to the possible danger, cover your eyes and plug your ears Don’t listen, pretend that the world is still the same as before?”

Speaking of this, his tone became more intense: "Then—just drink champagne and go to the party as in the past, enjoying the momentary peace that other people have risked their lives countless times?"

Pepper was dumbfounded. She felt that it was not a good choice for Tony to go into a corner at this time, but she knew better that once this guy admitted to death, it would be difficult to be persuaded, so she could only sigh: "Then you must at least ensure that you live If it takes longer, if you die suddenly in the laboratory, all previous efforts will be for naught.”

Tony didn't reply, but just waved his hand behind him, and the electric door closed automatically, blocking Pepper's worried eyes from the electronic sensor door.The laboratory returned to silence. Tony Stark picked up the printed document with one hand, leaned back on his chair, and began to look through it.

As a result, the first page made people want to swear - the knowledge of the Renaissance period, which he did not know where to collect, seemed to him to be full of loopholes, but it was unscientific enough to think that gemstones could heal human fatal injuries, Tony Stark still suppressed his disgust and continued to watch.

"This world is made of earth, water, fire and air... what a joke, it's nonsense."

He annotated the line next to it, scribbled an expletive, and skipped the section.But the content of the next chapter is not much less: the essence of matter can be subdivided into a thing called "ether", which builds everything in the world and is the foundation of the field of occultism.

"..."

Tony scribbled through the contents of the entire printout, then threw it away.

This world is obviously composed of twelve kinds of elementary particles and four forces of nature. The so-called "Twelve particles of matter, four forces of nature", further subdividing it involves more cutting-edge knowledge such as string theory, and it has nothing to do with ether in any case. .

Maybe the mysterious world is full of such things, Tony thought a little bit resignedly.

[Sir, the occult literature you need has only been read for 5 minutes. ]

The smart housekeeper asked, "Do you still need new information?"

"No, it's all nonsense."

Tony Stark opened a can of beer again in a temper: "If I will believe that this world is made of earth, water, fire and wind, unless I have a schizophrenic one day and give birth to a four-500 who is more classical than the old Popsicle head of the year."

Smart housekeeper: ...

Smart housekeeper: Your daily alcohol intake has exceeded the limit, and the continuous working hours have entered the warning zone. It is recommended that you stop working and start to rest.

After closing the book, Alphonse rubbed the center of his brows, wondering why the current knowledge of science is so difficult—he even borrowed a few textbooks, and linear algebra and complex variable functions are still closely related to occultism, after all, he himself He also often deduces the complex formulas of imaginary number magic and magic power matrix. This is common knowledge when carving gems, but once it is derived to more in-depth application fields, including some aerospace materials needed for steel battle suits, he will continue to do so. Entered a completely new field of complete confusion.

Learning can be learned... But if you want to reach the level of "understanding", it is estimated that it is impossible without a foundation of more than ten years.

The jeweler in the wheelchair put down his book and stretched, almost wanting to sigh—why do ordinary humans have such complicated and troublesome needs!Although his life in the clock tower was not very pleasant, most of the people were in charge of their own affairs, divided into loose small groups one after another by departments and factions, but that was nothing more than an association of interests. In the field of research, No one intends to comprehend and understand the field of other magicians.

Everyone has their own paths, and apart from the vague vision of going to the root, there is almost no cross-linking.The Twelfth Division will provide students with some basic teaching, but the means to get close to the root is still the magic imprint passed down from generation to generation in the family, the physical fitness that has been improved from generation to generation, and the unique magic characteristics, and these are different characteristics of each person. It also determines that every magician's path is doomed to be lonely.

Therefore, subconsciously thinking that "to gain the understanding of others", we must first understand what the other party is good at, and Alphonse got stuck at the first step.

Although it was pointed out that "Hulk is also a part of yourself", this is not a problem that can be solved in a short while. Bruce Banner finally decided to live a rare and peaceful life first. As a member of the Avengers Live a good life.He is not a temperless person in essence. It is his life experience that forces him to keep his heart rate below 200 per minute. Even in order to keep his inner peace, he decided to give himself a tea ceremony recently. interest classes.

This kind of hobby where a group of people sit on futons and drink bitter tea sounds full of a calming feeling.

Today, he's in the kitchen area stirring spoons and pots of corn chowder simmering.Alphonse steered the wheelchair from the elevator, greeted Banner after seeing him, and sniffed the air with his nose: "Are you not going to order takeaway today?"

"It should be called and it must be called."

Banner shrugged: "I just occasionally want to cook something by myself, you know, what... Cooking is also a small part of psychological treatment."

Alphonse nodded. He is used to not expressing any opinions on completely unfamiliar fields, and Banner didn't mind the other party's ignorance. A small plate for taste: "Try it? What's the matter with coming here to find me?"

Alphonse held the corn soup and blew it, and put it into his mouth in small mouthfuls. The golden soup just out of the pot was so hot that it was hard to ignore. Banner was relieved to see the other party, it seemed This time the performance was fairly stable.

"I have something to ask you."

Alphonse put down the empty plate and said seriously.

"...What things? You know, there may not be much I can help you with...but I will do my best."

Banner was a little embarrassed. You must know that this is the alchemist who saved the world, and even in the mysterious world, the other party is obviously a famous type. When asked by such a person, even if he didn't say what he wanted to ask, he still felt Some are stressful.

As a result, Alphonse pulled out a textbook, the kind that comes with an after-school problem set.

"If you add a high-pass filter to this place, the waveform will become like this, and then..."

Alphonse took out a pen and handed the half-calculated conclusion to Banner: "I don't quite understand after that."

Bruce Banner: "...?"

Is this some new type of bad joke?Today is not April Fool's Day.

He took the book and read it several times, and finally confirmed that it was really a question.

Banner: "...the explanation is no problem...speaking of Al, why do you want to understand this?"

And it feels wrong to start learning engineering from an alchemist background.

"You told me that humans other than magicians need to be understood."

Alphonse didn't know where to find the book "Conjecture from Cold Fusion Technology to the Ark Reactor", and he didn't know where to find the document. Anyway, the author was definitely not Stark himself: "Your needs are really serious. Too much trouble."

Banner: "..."

He looked at Alphonse, who was serious but making no progress, and suddenly wanted to laugh, but he was a little embarrassed to laugh face-to-face with the seriousness of the other party's lake-green eyes and the way he wanted to complain about "you are so troublesome".

It turns out that Mr. Alphonse, who is exceptionally consummate in the field of magic, will also encounter this kind of social difficulties... He covered his face, calmed down for a while, and replied with a smile on his face: "I think if you have such a heart, , it’s better to meet directly.”

"But that's not 'understanding'."

The jeweler seemed to be caught in a logic circle: "I have tried the access to the entire building, but I don't have access to the underground experimental area. This can be reasonably understood as your laboratory is similar to our workshop. It's best not to enter casually."

"..."

Banner finally couldn't hold back his laughter: "Pfft."

"...?"

Alphonse waited for the answer from the other party. As a jeweler, he was no stranger to the social rhetoric and greetings sent to him, but Alphonse has always been a person with a particularly clear sense of boundaries. This kind of "no entry" level signal, in In his eyes, almost rounding up is equivalent to "I'm busy and don't welcome anyone to disturb".

Humans, the goblins say, are complicated.

In his entire life so far, Alphonse has rarely had any in-depth contact with a human being. He has learned how to deal with various creatures, as long as he can provide the gems that the other party needs, and he himself is enough If you have the strength to win respect, under this simple world view that is oriented by strength and whoever has the most fists listens to others, even if you don't have much experience in getting along with ordinary humans, you can live with ease.

After all, before taking the initiative to consider the needs of others, SHIELD's Department of Mysteries has already adjusted its attitude to be respectful and meticulous.

"Why don't you try it?"

Banner blinked and suggested, "Anyway, he can't beat the patient, and you are the patient now."

The author has something to say: Al (the cat hugs his head): My God, what are these things, physics is so difficult!

Tony: One!group!Hu!Word! ! !What nonsense!

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