Chapter 23
Will My Armor Kill Me?
Chapter 23 Will My Armor Kill Me?
"Why does Zhou Cheng think there's nothing wrong with stealing the blueprints from Stan?"
Tony Stark rested his chin on his hand and began to seriously consider the question.
The other party has just shown a certain level of moral bottom line.
He felt that as the protagonist, he shouldn't do something as unbecoming as stealing or robbing.
But why did their attitude change when it came to Stan?
What is the difference between stealing something from yourself and stealing something from Stan?
"It's Stan!"
Soon, Tony Stark came to this conclusion.
Comparing the two cases, there is practically no difference from beginning to end.
The only difference is the target of the action.
One object of action is itself, and the other object of action is Stan.
That's it.
So~
The direct reason for Zhou Cheng's two completely different attitudes was Stan!
The logic and cause here are so obvious that they are laid out before you without any need for analysis.
So here's the question.
What exactly did Stan do to warrant Zhou Cheng's special treatment?
Forget it, I'll just wash up and go to bed. It was all just a waste of time.
Even if we got our hands on those blueprints, they wouldn't be of much use.
After all, the truly crucial Arc Reactor isn't on the blueprints; that's the key.
Without a reactor, the armor is just a bunch of immobile metal shells, utterly useless.
[If it's well-made, I could buy it as a toy or something, but the original Mark?]
I think the only thing I can do is sell it for scrap metal!
Ha ha.
Tony Stark couldn't help but curl a mocking smile into his lips.
I told you you were just daydreaming.
Do you think you can just steal or take my Tony's things as you please?
Even if I smear blueprints on your face, it won't do you any good!
The diary is right. What is the core of the Iron Man suit?
Without a doubt, it is an energy source.
If this problem isn't solved, everything is meaningless.
And this core technology of energy sources undoubtedly exists in Tony Stark's mind.
only……
Is the power source used by the Mark armor actually the Arc Reactor?
There's one of those in Stark Tower; it's been there for who knows how many years.
It's just a decoration; it's useless.
But it seems that the other self managed to miniaturize it and successfully used it on the armor.
"Simplifying that huge thing for use as an energy source is a brilliant idea!"
"That's so true to me!"
"This is indeed a very promising research direction!"
Tony Stark's eyes lit up again.
[Don't even mention the lack of reactor blueprints; even if we had them, we shouldn't accept them!]
That reactor could kill people!
[Shit almost died in his own armor, and was even making funeral preparations.]
[If it weren't for the discovery of a new element at the crucial moment, Shit-da would definitely be dead!]
Is the reactor going to kill people?
Tony Stark was only slightly taken aback before he immediately realized what was going on.
That's right, the Arc Reactor uses palladium!
Palladium is highly toxic to humans.
If a small arc reactor is indeed used to power the Iron Man armor, then it should be used "close to the user."
Once or twice is fine, but over a long period of time, it can indeed cause poisoning.
In severe cases, it can indeed lead to death.
But there's a prerequisite: deep poisoning.
This means...
That other version of myself put on the armor so frequently that the worst-case scenario occurred.
Why?
"Why not take off your armor?"
Tony Stark couldn't understand it.
While palladium is indeed highly toxic, it is not unavoidable.
Even avoiding it is very simple: just don't wear armor, right?
But the other Tony Stark preferred to worsen his poisoning day by day, preferring to sacrifice his life rather than take off his armor.
Why exactly?
Lacking the necessary intelligence, Tony Stark couldn't come up with a solution either.
He simply stopped worrying about it.
Anyway, this kind of thing won't happen to him again.
Since that other version of myself can synthesize new elements, then he certainly can too!
Once the new element is synthesized, all problems will disappear.
It's that simple.
[That just goes to show how amazing Howard is; he's like a fortune teller.]
[A crucial clue was left behind so many years ago, guiding Big Shit to synthesize the new element.]
This led to a "time-traveling rescue," saving Shit's life.
[You have to admit it, no wonder he's Shit-da-ke's dad!]
So that's what it is.
Is this the same person who saved my life after my father died so many years ago, as mentioned in my diary?
Is this the truth?
This question had been lingering in Tony Stark's mind for so long, and the answer was finally revealed at this moment.
But Tony Stark completely disagreed.
This is a joke, okay?
No matter how powerful or awesome one's father is.
How could he possibly be guiding himself to synthesize new elements so many years after his death?
That's utter nonsense!
Just as Zhou Cheng complained in his diary, could his own father possibly be a fortune teller?
"Rescue across time and space"? Are you writing a novel?
So this matter is actually quite obvious.
It's certain that Tony conducted detailed and in-depth research on the Ark Reactor in order to solve the problem of palladium.
Ultimately, through his own intelligence and ingenuity, he managed to synthesize the new element.
It has absolutely nothing to do with his father, Howard, or anything like that.
So why did Zhou Cheng, the owner of the diary, say that he was guided by Howard?
Without a doubt, Zhou Cheng is a die-hard fan of Dwight Howard!
This guy has repeatedly expressed his admiration for his father.
The Arc Reactor was built by Howard, and some of the technical data was undoubtedly left behind by Howard.
Tony Stark succeeded precisely because he studied the technical documents left behind by Howard.
and so.
That's why Zhou Cheng embellished it as Howard's achievement, right?
In reality, this matter has absolutely nothing to do with Howard.
He, Tony, relied on his own intelligence and talent!
Yes, that must be it!
It was precisely because of this "cross-time rescue" that Shida Ke reconciled with his father.
He finally realized that he had misunderstood his father all these years.
Howard wasn't the indifferent person he had imagined.
On the contrary, Howard's love for him was extremely deep.
Is Zhou Cheng really a die-hard Howard fan?
Tony Stark curled his lip indifferently.
Otherwise, why would the other party repeatedly try to whitewash their father?
Does one's own father "love him deeply"?
Please!
How could his son not know how Howard treated him?
That guy was very hard on himself and never said things like "I love you" to himself.
Even the happiest moment was the day I was sent to boarding school.
Is this what you call deep love?
(End of this chapter)