"Mr. Director, tell me, have you found out the identity of that female assassin?"

Nick's expression was serious: "She didn't say anything. She is a well-trained agent."

"Ha!" Tony scoffed. "Don't you have Veritaserum? Why didn't you use it on her?"

"...Tony, you should know that there is no such thing as truth serum in this world."

"But I know that a secret service organization must have a way to torture other agents to extract information. If it says it can't, then it must be lying and hiding the truth!"

Nick pinched his temple. It was really troublesome to deal with smart people.

"Tony, there are some things you are not suitable to know. It involves a wide range of things."

"I'm the victim, the person involved, but I don't even have the right to know?" Tony looked at him in surprise.

"Are you disrespecting my rights?"

Damn, this big hat almost made Nick stupid!

He quickly explained: "That's not the case, Tony. This matter involves national security and is extremely confidential. It is not appropriate to disclose it to irrelevant people...447..."

Then he changed the subject: "However, if you are willing to join S.H.I.E.L.D., you will automatically have the right to know. We will tell you everything about that female assassin and the people behind her."

"Do you really want to get me to join you?" Tony was suspicious. He still felt that the other party had some conspiracy.

Nick said sincerely, "Of course, Tony, join us. Your father was once one of us. Don't you think you should inherit his legacy and do something for the world?"

Tony Stark lowered his head in thought. Nick saw that there was a chance and immediately struck while the iron was hot:

"You chose to become Iron Man, proving you have what it takes to be a hero. But how can you possibly take on all the world's enemies alone? I have a plan that requires you..."

Nick's words sounded nice, but Tony heard the hidden meaning: "You want my Iron Man suit?"

He stood up and said, "Don't even think about it! It's mine, and only I can wear it!"

He then taunted Nick: "I'm not interested in your Boys in a Band plan. Howard believes in you, but the world is still a mess. What are you protecting?"

Americans' distrust of the government is ingrained in their bones, and Tony is no exception.

So far, except for Rhodes, all the other officials he met were coveting his wisdom and property.

In this world, there are too few people he can trust. Even his best friend Rhodes would choose America when faced with a real choice.

Tony suddenly felt very alone.

"I don't need anyone's help, I can protect the world by myself!"

Chapter 751 Alliance

"I admire your courage and your ambition, but if I hadn't seen this..."

Dane meets with Tony Stark again, this time in Stark Tower.

It seems that the cover girl incident still casts a shadow on him, and he doesn't even want to go out.

Dane threw the signed "Strategic Cooperation" agreement to him and scoffed at him:

"You made such a big statement to Nick Fury, but then you turned around and looked for allies. This behavior doesn't seem to be consistent with your impassioned speaking style."

Tony didn't care about the other party's ridicule. Instead, he happily took the document and said, "I knew you must have someone planted around that black-salted egg. It's Natalie, right?"

Seeing that Dane didn't answer, he didn't mind. It was necessary to keep what they were doing secret.

Just like how righteous he acted in front of Nick, it was actually largely an act, but it wasn't entirely fake.

Nick is right about one thing. He really needs to find an ally to share the risk and face the attack from old money together.

In the entire America, only Dane can catch his eye. The others are far inferior to him in IQ. He doesn't even bother to pay attention to people like Justin Hammer.

Dane didn't comment on Tony's potentially racist remarks, but instead emphasized, "Even if we form an alliance, you still have to pay the full licensing fee for galaxy sapphire."

Tony was a little upset: "You think I'm going to take advantage of you? Why would you think that?"

You've blocked my words, so I can't say anything at all, right?

Although the licensing fee was nothing to Tony, it always reminded him that he was using someone else's technology.

Compared to that little bit of money, this psychological suggestion made him feel more uncomfortable.

"Although we have formed an alliance, you know that Umbrella is still very weak and cannot face those old money families directly."

Dane gave him a shot of prevention first, so that he wouldn't be standing by and getting covered in blood when Stark was beaten.

Tony was almost mad at his shameless words!

"Umbrella may have been weak in the past, but that's not the case now, is it?"

Speaking of this, his face turned grim. "You and Umbrella must have put in a lot of effort to get Matthew to the top. The returns from this political investment alone are enough to propel Umbrella to great heights."

Dane shrugged. "Whatever you say, Umbrella is still a developing company. We need to work harder to catch up with those giant companies. We have a long way to go..."

Tony Stark felt a little uncomfortable listening to these words. Why did this rhetoric sound strangely familiar?

"Don't worry, even if you want to stand in the front, those old guys may not agree." Tony shook his head.

It’s really because Umbrella is hiding too deeply. As a company that is not listed on the stock market, everything about it is opaque.

Tony even suspected that the information he had found about Umbrella was also disguised. If it were him, he would not disclose the true situation truthfully.

Even a publicly traded company like Stark Industries would try to hide some of its finances, let alone a company that can legally conceal its finances?

But no matter what, it is certain that Umbrella was established not long ago, so he estimated that its strength should not be too strong, at least far from being comparable to Stark.

Tony himself thinks so, and he believes that those old money people think so too.

But Dane said, "That's not necessarily true."

He swiped on his phone, and Jarvis' voice suddenly rang out: "Sir, you have new documents."

Tony glanced at his private mailbox. It was the same again. He hadn't received it at all, but the file was already lying in the mailbox, as if it had been there all along.

Is this some kind of "electronic magic"? Tony frowned deeply.

"I wanted to ask you last time, how did you do this?"

He wasn't bragging. Ever since Jarvis came into being, he had claimed that there was no better artificial intelligence in the world than him. Therefore, Tony couldn't imagine that anyone could bypass Jarvis's information defense.

Dane's explanation for this is: "Commercial secrets."

Tony didn't expect that he would be kept in suspense, and he suddenly felt depressed.

But he could probably guess that someone as smart as Dane might have created his own artificial intelligence.

Although it is said that different fields have different worlds, that is only for ordinary people. Geniuses like him and Dane naturally have achievements far beyond ordinary people in all kinds of scientific projects.

He didn't ask any more questions. After all, he himself hated being asked questions.

Then he began to look down at the documents.

As a genius, Tony was extremely fast at reading and extracting key information, and he soon realized what Dane wanted to express.

"You've actually formed alliances with so many companies?" He asked in surprise, then seemed to realize something: "Huh? Only AIM doesn't have one?"

"Their CEO has his own ideas," Dane said without further ado.

Aldrezzi Killian, a talented pharmaceutical expert who once had a dream, has an unforgettable memory.

At the 1999 Cross-Century Science and Technology Expo held in Sweden, he hoped to find Tony Stark and wanted to cooperate with him to develop "bioregeneration technology".

But Tony was only interested in Maya Hansen, the female scientist next to Killian, and found Killian a bit annoying, so he tricked him to the rooftop to enjoy the cold breeze all night.

Tony himself spent the whole night making love with the sexy female scientist.

To be honest, any man in Killian's position would feel ashamed. It is normal for this guy to hate Tony.

So when Killian learned that Dane had joined the board of directors of Stark Industries and supported Tony Stark's new strategy, the relationship between A.I.M. and Umbrella quickly became cold.

It's normal that the other party doesn't want to continue cooperating with him. Dane has also taken on a wave of hatred for Tony Stark, so it's normal to ask him for some reward, right?

"..Apart from Pioneer Technology, other companies specializing in high-tech are willing to cooperate with us on new energy technology."

The leaders of these companies are all visionaries, and most of them are also scientific researchers themselves. They focus more on the development of new technologies rather than temporary profits.

This is the biggest difference between these people and the old money families, especially Norman Osborn.

Having resolved his family's genetic disease, he is still young and strong, with plenty of energy to lead the Osborne Group to continue its struggle.

After the great success in the "human enhancement" project, Norman set his sights on the energy industry. What is one thing in this world that is absolutely indispensable to modern industrial society?

It's energy!

No matter what industry, without energy, nothing can be achieved.

However, the existing energy cake has long been divided up by those long-established giants. How can a company like Osborne get a piece of the pie?

Stark Enterprises' new energy plan gave him inspiration, so Osborn was willing to work with Dane, or more precisely, with Director Stark, to develop this new cake together.

But Dane also knew that Norman himself was also researching nuclear energy technology. However, unlike the mature cold nuclear fusion, he was eyeing thermonuclear fusion technology, which could bypass the professional barriers set by Stark.

As far as he knew, Norman had been in frequent contact with an atomic physicist named "Otto Gunther Octavia" recently, and he must have had the intention of cooperating.

Dane was actually quite looking forward to it, because according to calculations, thermonuclear fusion could release more energy than cold fusion and was more suitable for application in large-scale equipment.

——For example, spaceships or something.

Chapter 752 Liberation

Just as Dane and Stark formed an alliance, the old money families also took action.

However, the Lao Qian family will not give up easily. Their style is to hide behind the scenes and arrange everything quietly.

The last attempt brought out S.H.I.E.L.D. and made them more cautious.

"We need a new knife."

"Who? Who can still be Stark's opponent?"

"How about Hammer Industries?"

"Justin? He can't. He's no match for Tony Stark."

Although the oil family hated Stark with a vengeance, they did not deny his intelligence. They even admitted that it was difficult to find anyone smarter than the Stark family in the world.

But so what? If you offend them, you'll still die!

"Old friends, I found out something interesting."

"Don't keep me in suspense, just tell me what you have to say!"

"You're so impatient...Okay, do you remember Anton Vanko, who created the Ark Reactor with Howard?"

The giant Ark reactor was built as early as the 1960s, but under the technical conditions at the time, the input and output of this reactor could only barely be balanced, and it was extremely difficult to manufacture, so it failed to become popular. In the end, it was only placed in Stark Industries as a landmark creation for people to admire.

However, this technology is still epoch-making, and there are many people with vision. Anton Vanko, as a co-developer, once wanted to sell this technology, but was opposed by Howard and was kicked out of Stark Industries.

Howard was not a good man. He directly deported Anton Vanko on charges of espionage, which led to Anton being exiled to Siberia for a long time and eventually contracting a serious illness.

"Let me think... I remember, it seems to be a Soviet, wait... you mean..."

"Tony is relying on the improved cold fusion technology invented by Howard, but he's not the only one in the world who knows this technology."

"But Anton Vanko...this guy is almost dead of old, right?"

"That's where it gets interesting. This guy has a son who inherited Anton Vanko's skills, and maybe even surpasses them. He's even smarter than his father, and... more dangerous."

"Dangerous? Dangerous is good. We like dangerous little guys. Where is he now?"

"In a prison in Siberia."

"Find him, but...how can we convince him to go against Tony Stark?"

"The Vanke family already has a grudge against Stark. If Anton Vanke dies and we tell his son that Stark is the murderer, what do you think he will do?"

"After decades, your idea is still so disgusting, but this is a good idea, let's do it! Then Justin..."

"He will do everything for us. We just need to tell him the method. We are all gentlemen. How can a gentleman get his hands on blood?"

"Well, that's true. So let's do it this way. Let Justin do it!"

So the conversation ended. No one knew who these people were. With just a few words, they decided the life or death of a life and the future of a young man.

A few hours later, Justin Hammer stood in front of his floor-to-ceiling window, staring at the city with eyes full of ambition.

Although it was break time, he still made a phone call.

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