The Collection of The End

—Marvel, 2010—

Stark Building.

Tony Stark was lying on his back in a rocking chair, arms folded on his chest, smiling as he watched the news replay on TV.

"[I have destroyed all the weapons that have fallen into the hands of dangerous elements,]" Stark in a suit spoke to the reporter: "[In the future, no kind people will be harmed by Stark's industrial products, weapons After the sector is closed, the related production and research and development departments will turn to civilian aspects, such as clean energy, suspended vehicles and intelligent machinery, which I believe are more needed by the American people than weapons.”

"[What about your armor? Mr. Iron Man?]" A malicious reporter took the opportunity to ask: "[Not long ago, the battle between you and the 'Iron Overlord' destroyed a small half of the city, you don't think that is a kind of Does it hurt?]"

"[Who was hurt?]" Stark spread his hands: "[Because it was discovered that Stark Group bought all the damaged apartments and shops in advance, the article that slandered Stark Industries had to be overturned and rewritten. you?】"

There were bursts of laughter at the press conference.

"[But it is undeniable,]" The reporter was obviously quite persistent: "[The weapon with which you became 'Iron Man' is more powerful than ordinary weapons, and you just said that you single-handedly destroyed all the strays Weapons outside, if your technology is obtained by those dangerous elements and used for crime, do you think you need not be responsible for it?]”

"[Of course, no need,]" Stark replied: "[In fact, half an hour before the start of this conference, Stark Industries has handed over the full set of steel armor technology to the military, if You didn't interrupt me urgently and ask questions of interest, followed by Colonel 'James Lord' stating the use and secrecy of these technologies.]"

The camera pan of the program panned to a sturdy black officer wearing a military uniform, a beret, and sunglasses on his face.

"[The military will equip distinguished and loyal soldiers with this individual armor whose mission will be to keep the American people safe and to eliminate threats to the United States,]" Colonel Lord held the microphone, expressionless: "[ Any individual or group that seeks to steal these technologies will be considered an enemy of the United States, and this protection also includes Stark Industries technology.”

"[...]" The reporter was stunned and said reluctantly, "[I have no problem.]"

"Ha," Stark turned off the TV. "Jarvis, how am I doing?"

"[The speech you wrote is amazing,]" Jarvis replied, "[Especially in painting cakes.]"

"Justin Hammer, a fool who thinks he's very smart," Stark looked out the window: "The military wants Stark's technology, and he chooses to belittle and slander Stark, and then sell it to the military Your own similar products? It sounds like a woman deliberately slandering his sweetheart in order to gain a man's attention, stupid."

Why on earth would Hammer Industries be so adamant that Stark Industries would reject the military's offer? As a former arms industry, how could he refuse to sell products?

The reason why Iron Man is Iron Man is not only because of the armor, Jarvis, who provides computing assistance for the armor, and Stark, who can continuously upgrade the functions of the armor, are the top priorities.

If the military wants the technology and craftsmanship of "Mark I", then sell it to them. After all, the current armor has been updated to "Mark IV".

When they want to upgrade and buy the Mark IV, they may even have developed the Mark X or even the XV.

The military uses the outdated version of the armor, and they dare not use the AI ​​provided by Stark Industries. The things they buy back are just stronger and more functional exoskeletons.

Therefore, the decision-making level of Hammer Industries is a bunch of idiots.

"[He is obviously not as knowledgeable as you,]" Jarvis said, "[Mr. Aquaman.]"

"Of course..." Stark blinked: "Wait, what does that word mean? Intuition tells me that it's not a good word."

"[It's a popular Internet word recently,]" Jarvis replied, "[It means a man with many ambiguous objects.]"

"Swing fishing, fish in the pond, fish in the sea, Neptune, tsk," Stark pouted: "You should be able to analyze that this is not a compliment, right?"

"[Analyzing the context and evolution so quickly is worthy of being the 'Sea King'.]"

"No! Damn it, I've got my heart on Pepper!" Stark slapped the table.

"[According to your preset requirements, I have deleted the relevant records within 0.03 seconds after you said this sentence, do I need to modify the preset conditions?]" Jarvis said.

"…keep setting for now,"

Stark stayed for two seconds, then suddenly patted the table again:

"No! Damn it! That's all a show!"

"[This is called 'Sea King', sir.]" Jarvis answered freely.

"I have to refute this," Stark sat up straight in his chair. "If all the 'ambiguous people' are excluded, how many appointments do I have with young women?"

"[0, sir.]"

"Nonsense, I remember having a meeting with Pepper."

"[But Miss Pepper is also your 'ambiguous object']"

"Bastard! That's the wife!"

"[Related records have been deleted within 0.03 seconds.]"

"... delete two more sentences, let's start over." Stark raised his forehead.

"[This is called 'Sea King', sir.]" Jarvis replied.

"I refuse to accept the title," Stark folded his hands under his chin. "List of young women I've had direct interactions with recently, but who weren't romantic partners."

"[The search result is '2' people,]" Jarvis responded almost immediately, "[Miss Caroline Channing and Miss Max Black respectively.]"

"Who?" Stark wondered.

"[You smashed the restaurant where they worked when you fought the Iron Overlord, you waved to them, and they called you a bastard.]" Jarvis replied.

"I remember... how is their current situation?"

"[They work in a restaurant on the border of Clinton and Manhattan, sir.]"

"I appreciate people who work hard," Stark stood up. "I'm going to cancel the next trip, and I'm going to meet these two girls."

"[Sir, I think you should hear about their backgrounds—]"

"When does Stark need to care about other people's backgrounds?" Stark interrupted with a wave of his hand: "First buy that restaurant, I'll wear Mark IV over there, fall from the sky, and then create a grand fireworks for them A surprise."

"[Okay, sir.]"