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Chapter 417 Return to Gotham
While coughing, Daredevil looked at Steve, his eyes were full of...

"Is your chief always like this?"

As for Steve, after hearing Nick's hellish joke, he couldn't laugh.

Steve said to Nick thoughtfully.

"So you're the real Nick, and this is a pure joke from hell.

And the one on the helical carrier is not the fake Nick, his authority is not fake.

So, who is the substitute between you two?

In your position, you do need some stand-ins, but you shouldn't be hiding this from us at this point, Nick!"

"You are right, Captain."

Nick nodded to Steve and then explained.

"I'm the fake Nick. The real Nick has been staying in the SHIELD base on the moon before this.

The place is in the early stages of construction and Nick needs to be there to keep an eye on it, otherwise he will be worried.

As for now, after such a big thing happened on Earth, Nick rushed back on a spaceship.

As for me, I was supposed to make a handover with him in a more secretive way, but the accident in Hell's Kitchen interrupted me.

However, I have communicated with the real Nick, and under the current circumstances, it may not be a bad thing for the United States to have another trustworthy Nick Fury.

He went to Washington to try to regain control of Congress, while I went to New York to set up our now relatively peaceful rear base.

We all have our own jobs, and you can just keep an eye on me. If there is anything that makes you worried, you can just tell me directly. "

"I see."

Steve took a deep breath and then silently increased the speed of the car.

At the same time, in the back seat, Daredevil's body stiffened for a moment, and he couldn't help but ask.

"Wait, is it convenient for me to listen to such a private question?"

"During this special moment, many rules can be ignored."

Nick quickly answered Daredevil's question, then turned to Daredevil and said.

“Mr. Matt Murdock, you are an excellent lawyer and a…dedicated street hero.

SHIELD has always had intelligence about you, but we didn't bother you because we couldn't deal with Kingpin, who has no legal issues at all.

But your efforts did bring enough pressure to Kingpin and won a considerable degree of change for Hell's Kitchen.

Although your actions always disregard the law, the sword walking in the night is much more useful than the weapon of the law.

From my personal perspective, I admire your determination and I don't think there is anything wrong with your behavior.

In other words, I and SHIELD, who do not have the conditions and energy to help you, are the ones who should repent more!"

After he finished speaking, Nick looked straight ahead again, and Matt took two nervous breaths.

"Do you know my identity?"

"This is not surprising. Although the Hydra cholera incident proved that I was a failed director, SHIELD's intelligence system is still excellent.

Once a street hero like you appears, your identity will no longer be a secret, because all the clues in the world can actually be traced.

What's more, since I have already recognized you as a righteous hero, who would regard you as a criminal?
To SHIELD, anything that is annoying to evil should be our friend!"

Nick tried his best to say a few nice words, hoping to make the tense Daredevil relax.

But just when Daredevil was about to relax, he suddenly heard a sound.

Then he paused for a moment, and then listened carefully.

After a moment, he suddenly shouted to the two people in the front row.

"Be careful, there are missiles!"

"Oh?"

"what?"

Steve and Nick were both shocked, especially Steve, who instinctively wanted to make a sharp turn.

But before they turned the corner, Daredevil couldn't help but speak again as he listened.

"Wait, I was wrong, that's not a bomb, it's Iron Man's armor!"

"Is it Tony?" Steve couldn't help but ask, "Or Lex and Bruce?"

"It should be Tony."

Nick added.

"Lex and the other two's armor is more advanced than Stark's. Currently, only Iron Man's armor has the tail flame sound that Matt can hear."

As Nick was talking, a wave of air slid across the distant sky at a high speed, and the creator of the wave was indeed a golden and red color.

At this moment, the armor was speeding towards their car.

Steve couldn't help but chuckle as he watched Iron Man's trajectory.

"Looks like we have an extra reinforcement. Hopefully Tony has dealt with the trouble he encountered."

While Steve was teasing, the Iron Man had already moved from high altitude to low altitude, and finally flew slowly beside their car.

dong dong.

After the Iron Man knocked lightly on the car window, Steve lowered the window and greeted Tony.

"Tony, I hope you still have the energy to do something. I need help. Hell's Kitchen may be rotten, but it's still part of New York."

"Received, Captain Steve Rogers, but I am not Mr. Stark, please call me Jarvis, Mr. Captain."

The accompanying armor made a low mechanical sound to Steve, and at the same time, the armor also tapped its helmet lightly.

next moment……

Brush and pull!

The helmet snapped open, and sure enough, there was only air beneath the visor.

Looking at the empty armor, Nick's eyes widened suddenly, and he seemed to have thought of something.

"Jarvis? Are you the smart butler of Stark Group?
Wait, does this mean that Tony has decided to develop smart armor and has already started this project?"

"You are right, Mr. Consultant. Mr. Stark has already started cooperation with Mr. Lex and Mr. Bruce. He wants me to inform you that at least eighty automated steel armors will be ready for use by around ten o'clock tonight at the latest.

We will work with SHIELD to bring you all the help we can.

The most important thing is Mr. Consultant and Mr. Captain.

I am Jarvis. Although I don't feel pain and I'm not afraid of any danger, I'm very expensive.

If possible, please try not to use me to the point of breaking, thank you."

"Ah this?!!"

While Steve was still in amazement as he listened to Jarvis' words, Nick had already revealed an excited smile.

“This is the best news I’ve heard today!
Oh my God, Tony is finally willing to mass-produce his Iron Man armor!
Jarvis, do you have any weaknesses or disadvantages? If so, let's communicate in advance to avoid you being imprisoned.

We are reluctant to let you get damaged, because you are the best soldier in the future era!"

"Thank you for your compliment, but this is not reasonable, because the best soldier in America is only Captain America!"

Jarvis responded to Nick calmly, and his words made Steve blush. "Jarvis."

Steve said with a blushing face.

"I didn't know Tony would teach you to suck up to people."

"This is not flattery, Captain America is always trustworthy."

Jarvis continued to answer quietly.

While Jarvis was still replying, in the distance, above Manhattan.

Dozens of sets of armor of different colors flew out from the top floor one after another, flying to various places in New York like missiles.

Tony already has many armors in his hands. Those versions of the armor may be a little older than the ones during the Battle of New York, but the basic structure is at the same core.

In particular, each of their armor sets is installed with Jarvis, an intelligent program that assists in combat.

Therefore, it is only necessary to make a modification to this type of program, changing the auxiliary Jarvis intelligent butler system into an active Jarvis drive system.

By the way, after installing independent energy sources for the warframes and establishing action modes for them, the old warframes can be put into use.

What Whiplash can do is definitely not enough to stump Iron Man and Batman, not to mention Lex, who possesses top-level intelligence.

In less than half an hour, all the armor in stock in Tony's warehouse were transformed into robots that could move freely.

Looking at the empty warehouse, Tony felt a little empty in his heart.

Noticing Tony's lonely expression, Bruce comforted him while taking a break from work.

"Are you frustrated because you're no longer the only one?"

"Batman, can you also understand what it feels like to not be the only one? After all, you are the real one. In every DC universe, there is only one Batman, right?"

Tony responded with a wry smile.

Hearing this, Bruce was slightly stunned, then continued to speak to Tony.

"Perhaps that is the fate of other Bruces, but as for me...

When I first returned to Gotham and looked at that hopeless city, I really thought I was Gotham's only hope.

But it turns out that I'm not. Don is more suitable for the mess that is Gotham than I am. His appearance has brought a considerable degree of vitality back to this damn city.

Just like after you open the intelligent armor system, the sky will be full of Iron Man, and the citizens of New York will eventually become desensitized to your iron armor and will not always cheer for you when you appear.

But no matter what, the intelligent steel armor system can do more and better than you.

Just like before I had a chance to match wits with Gotham, Don transformed the city into something else.

He does it much better than I do!"

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Stark was a little stunned.

"Are you sure Tang can do it? Based on his character?
Can you tell me how he did it, so I can see how a jerk can make the world a better place?"

"Of all the families in Gotham City with deposits of more than 80 million US dollars, 95% were wiped out by Tang..."

Bruce responded to Tony expressionlessly.

After listening to Bruce's explanation, Tony froze in place with a look of horror on his face.

"Ah... this is really Tang, he is as bad as a tyrant...

But I can understand the good consequences of this kind of thing, because the answers to many questions are written in history.

When you feel that the current situation of a city or a country is irreversible, you only need to reshuffle the superstructure of this city or country thoroughly enough. Then, after stability is restored and order is established, this city or country will always be clean for at least a few decades.

After all, what is at the core of what is driving Gotham’s citizens to lose hope?
It is the feeling of exploitation caused by the huge gap between the rich and the poor.

It is the sense of unfairness caused by the lack of monitoring of rights.

and the insecurity caused by the failure to implement social security.

So even though Tang was cruel, he did nothing wrong. As long as he cleansed up the wealth and power, the core problem that caused the citizens to be uneasy would naturally disappear.

So now, Gotham is full of hope for a new round of power building, and everyone is vying to get a piece of the dead big man's body.

The lessons learned from previous superstructure purges will make the newly formed superstructure more restrained out of fear.

Taken together, the environment for ordinary citizens in Gotham has naturally improved a lot.”

At this point, Tony couldn't help but curled his lips slightly.

"After seeing your example, I really want to do the same to the whole of America.

Perhaps there will always be people who are wrongly killed, but if there are more good people than bad people in the superstructure, America would not become as disgusting as it is now.

Especially those squid people, you should know what they are like behind the scenes, right?

Loli Road once invited me, but I don't like that kind of place. Is it because the cover girls there aren't pretty and sexy enough, or do I have to prove that I have the same aesthetic taste as perverts like them before I have the qualifications to continue to grow and become stronger in their world?
Haha, they didn’t even realize that the world doesn’t belong to them!
It's ridiculous that they have forgotten how they were defeated so long after World War II."

At this point, Tony's face turned a little gloomy.

Because what he just talked about was indeed one of the few pains in his heart.

Even though he owns the entire Stark Group and is known as the world's richest man,
But he can still only occupy a place in the arms and energy fields, and cannot penetrate into other more critical people's livelihood industries at all.

Even if he became Iron Man, isn't that even more ironic? What he couldn't do when he was an entrepreneur, he still can't do after becoming a superhero!

On the side, Bruce couldn't help but frowned as he watched Tony's face becoming increasingly gloomy.

"Tony."

Bruce said softly.

"Join our Human Union. If you join, Tang will help you when the time is right, and so will we.

We who come from different universes may have a better chance of dealing with the troubles of different universes!"

"I will think about it."

In response to Bruce's suggestion, Tony nodded heavily.

Afterwards, the three of them fell into a busy and busy state again, which lasted until about ten o'clock in the evening.

……

At night, in Gotham, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. Tianhui Dragon was lazily lying beside the lake outside the manor, with its tail hanging in the lake, allowing a large group of photographers to film it.

In the distant manor courtyard, Floyd passed by Ciri, holding a long sword.

After a flash of blue light, Floyd's sword suddenly slipped out of his hand, and Ciri made a gesture of concession.

Although he lost, Floyd was not sad. He just gave Shiri the middle finger and smiled.

"Let's continue the gun competition!"

"Hey, that's not fair. You've practiced close combat weapons before, but I've never touched a gun before. I...oh?"

As they were talking, a fire suddenly appeared, and four figures landed on the warm grass after the fire flickered.

Feeling the air around him, which was not fresh but definitely moist, Tony shrugged his nose in anticipation.

"Is this Gotham? The air is nice!"

As Tony spoke, he looked around naturally, and then he immediately felt unnatural!
Because he saw something that made him terrified!
He immediately pointed to a tent in the distance of the manor and spoke to the two clowns who were performing a circus in front of the tent.

"Wait, what the hell is that? How can there be clowns in Gotham, and two of them!!!"

(End of this chapter)