"Wow!" Black Widow couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. "To blow up your house, Stark, whoever did it, they really hate you."
"Genius always has enemies." Tony Stark was calm and proud. "You know why? Because they're not as good as me! They can only resort to such underhanded methods to deal with me!"
"But as always, they can't deal with me either!"
"Pierce, Killian, Ivan Vanko, they're all our 'old friends', who is this Helmut Zemo?" Captain America glanced at the names on the screen and asked everyone present.
Everyone looked at each other, no one knew who this Zemo was.
"Whoever he is, since he appeared in the options, he might be my enemy in the future!" Tony Stark said solemnly.
He had already made up his mind, he would investigate Helmut Zemo when he got back to see if he could find anything.
Tony Stark had taken these quizzes so many times that he had a deep understanding of them. Even the distractors in the questions couldn't be ignored.
They were also extremely useful for reference.
"Let's put Zemo aside for now and look at the others," Tony Stark said, collecting his thoughts and beginning his analysis.
"Pierce, the highest-ranking Hydra leader we know of. It wouldn't be surprising if this evil organization's top brass wanted to kill me."
Indeed, it wasn't surprising. Ignoring the fact that a superhero like Tony Stark could clash with Hydra in the future…
Even if they stayed out of each other's way, they still had the Insight Project.
It wouldn't surprise anyone if an evil organization like Hydra wanted to take Stark out for some reason.
"Not just Pierce," Black Widow interjected. "Killian and Ivan Vanko are also possibilities!"
"One is the actual controller of the Ten Rings, who will kidnap Miss Pepper in the future, and the other has a destined feud with you, plotting to kill you in the future!"
"Compared to Pierce, they are even more likely."
"I don't think it's Pierce," Captain America began, his tone quite certain.
"Hydra is a disreputable organization, like a rat, only able to hide in the shadows."
"They wouldn't dare to reveal their true faces to the world!"
"If they wanted to kill Stark, they would choose a relatively low-profile method, like assassination."
"Sending a helicopter to blow up Stark's building is too high-profile, too eye-catching. This isn't Hydra's style."
"It's not even the style of any organized, disciplined, and highly professional agent organization."
"That sounds more like the style of some crude terrorists."
Captain America's words were met with general agreement.
After all, Tony Stark was a hugely important figure in the entire United States. If he were to die, it would certainly shake the world.
The military, the FBI, and many other agencies and departments would investigate this matter. Hydra would face countless troubles as a result.
The risk of exposure would increase dramatically.
This was indeed not Hydra's style.
Sending an assassin like the Winter Soldier to silently kill the target was the appropriate method for eliminating someone of Tony Stark's status.
"That's right. I also think Pierce can be ruled out," Tony Stark nodded seriously. In this matter, he agreed with Captain America's assessment.
"Killian?" Stark then turned his attention to another option. "He's the actual controller of the Ten Rings, responsible for countless killings and chaos worldwide, even daring to kidnap the president."
"If it were him, I wouldn't be surprised at all that he'd send a helicopter to blow up my villa."
"Just as Captain America said, blowing up your villa does seem like the style of those lawless terrorists from the Ten Rings," Hawkeye Barton nodded in agreement.
"Ivan Vanko, what about him?" Thor asked from the side.
"Ivan Vanko really wants to kill me, but I don't think sending a helicopter to blow up my villa is his style."
After pondering for a moment, Stark said with a serious expression.
"In the future, Ivan Vanko attempted to assassinate me. He controlled dozens of Iron Man Suits through various means and used those suits to bombard me."
"This assassination was shown by the question answering system, a future that hasn't happened yet."
"And in real life, Ivan Vanko also attempted an assassination on me in Morocco."
"That assassination attempt involved Ivan Vanko creating a simplified exoskeleton device, capable of briefly going toe-to-toe with Iron Man."
"These two assassination attempts are truly Ivan Vanko's style!"
"Ivan Vanko indeed wanted to kill me, but it wasn't just about the kill! What he really wanted was to defeat me, to triumph over me!"
"Simply put, he wanted to replace me!"
"He wanted to use his technology to defeat Iron Man in front of everyone, to trample Iron Man underfoot, not just kill Tony Stark."
If Ivan Vanko had merely wanted to kill Tony Stark, there would have been countless opportunities.
Forget everything else, at the Moroccan race track, he was right there with Tony Stark, even entering the arena. Wouldn't it have been easier to just take a shot at Tony Stark? Why bother showing off on the track? The whips looked cool, sure, but for the goal of killing Tony Stark, wasn't that just making things harder on himself? Because that's exactly the effect Ivan Vanko was aiming for.
He wanted to kill Iron Man, not Tony Stark!
He believed Tony Stark was a thief, stealing the honor that rightfully belonged to the Vanko family, which was why Ivan Vanko wanted to take it back this way.
"I heard about that assassination attempt," Black Widow nodded. "Based on my analysis of Ivan Vanko's behavior, using a helicopter to bomb your villa isn't really his style."
"If it were him, he'd have sent out the Iron Man suit, not a helicopter!"
Everyone happily ruled Ivan Vanko out.
"So now we have two 'candidates' left: Killian and Zemo. Stark, the choice is yours."
Captain America said to Tony Stark.
This question was about Tony Stark, so everyone defaulted to him answering it.
"I don't know anything about this Zemo guy; I've never even heard of him."
"But Killian fits the bill in every way. I can't just pass up a qualified candidate for someone I know nothing about."
"I choose B, Aldrich Killian!" Tony Stark immediately announced his answer to the big screen.
This question wasn't that difficult, and everyone could figure out the answer with a little thought.
[Correct Answer!]
The system immediately provided feedback, which wasn't unexpected. Of course, the answer was Killian.
[Congratulations to Tony Stark for receiving a Revive-Revive Fruit!]
Immediately, Tony Stark's hand held a strangely shaped fruit, similar in style to the Tremor-Tremor Fruit that Black Widow had received last time.
"This fruit is exactly the same style as the one I got before." Black Widow noticed this immediately. "Could this be a series?"
"It's possible. The Revive-Revive Fruit, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, and there might even be some other fruits with incredible abilities," Captain America agreed, also supporting Black Widow's guess.
"Stark, what does this fruit do?" Thor's eyes lit up, filled with intense curiosity and anticipation.
The Tremor-Tremor Fruit had transformed Black Widow from an ordinary person into a super-powered individual who could flip a car with a single punch.
So, what was the function of this fruit, which seemed to be from the same series as the Tremor-Tremor Fruit?
"Just a moment," Tony Stark said, gesturing for everyone to wait. He then bit into the Revive-Revive Fruit and swallowed it. "This thing is really disgusting! No wonder Romanoff had that expression."
Clack!
After tossing the completely useless remaining fruit onto the ground, Tony Stark shrugged and said to everyone,
"Simply put, eating this fruit is like gaining an extra life. That's right, this fruit can bring the dead back to life."
Ssss!
Everyone on the scene couldn't help but gasp in surprise.
Bringing the dead back to life... wasn't the Revive-Revive Fruit a bit too overpowered?
"So, to prevent you from snatching the fruit from me, I'll just eat it first. You don't mind, do you?" Stark then said to everyone, with a playful tone.
You already ate it! What's the point of minding now!
Minding is useless now!
Everyone present couldn't help but grumble inwardly.
"However, besides reviving the dead, this fruit doesn't have any other uses," Stark continued, introducing the fruit to everyone.
"Well, it's not entirely useless. It can also grant people some strange and peculiar abilities, but the prerequisite is that they have to die once first."
Captain America: "..."
Hawkeye: "…"
Thor: "…"
Dr. Banner: "…"
Black Widow: "…"
Everyone was speechless. No one wanted to die just to gain those abilities.
But even so, even if they couldn't gain any abilities, the ability to revive the dead was already incredibly overpowered.
"First the Healing Potion, then the Revive-Revive Fruit, doesn't that mean Stark can snap his fingers twice?" Black Widow immediately teased Tony Stark, glancing at him.
"No, since we already know about the threat of Thanos, I'll prepare in advance!"
"When the time comes, I'll definitely develop a powerful Iron Man suit to defeat him. No need to snap my fingers at all!"
Stark declared, as arrogant as ever.
[Answering complete, now playing the answer analysis!]
Following this system prompt, the corresponding images began to appear on the big screen.
Ding ding ding! First, a woman appeared, standing at Stark's doorstep and knocking.
"This woman?"
Stark, watching the screen, immediately felt the woman was familiar, definitely someone he'd met before.
But where exactly had he met her? Stark couldn't quite remember for a moment, because he'd dealt with so many women in his life.
"Being surrounded by flowers" is just a figure of speech for others, but for Tony Stark, it's the absolute truth.
He hasn't remembered yet that the woman is the one who had an in-depth exchange with him at the Swiss science exchange, causing him to let Killian off the hook: Maya Hansen.
Clang!
On the screen.
Tony Stark's electric door opened and Maya Hansen strode in.
However, a beam of light immediately projected from a scanner at the door, shining on Maya Hansen.
Having to go through security to enter Tony Stark's house is already over the top.
But what followed was even more exaggerated. Tony Stark came out fully armed, wearing his Iron Man Suit, and his first words were, "You're not the Mandarin, are you? Right? You're not?"
This made everyone at the scene feel a bit strange.
Stark looked so prepared. Could he have already known that the Mandarin was going to attack him? Otherwise, who would set up security checks at their front door and stay inside wearing their Iron Man suit?
"I'm not surprised you don't remember," Maya Hansen said, a hint of mockery in her voice.
"Don't worry about it; I can't even remember what I had for breakfast!" Stark said seriously to Maya Hansen.
"I'd like to talk to you alone, preferably not here. It's a very important matter," Maya Hansen's expression became serious as well.
"Normally, I wouldn't refuse, but I already have an official girlfriend," the playboy refused an invitation! This was beyond everyone's expectations.
It seemed this playboy wasn't as bad as the rumors made him out to be; he at least had a bottom line.
But then Stark was proven wrong. He was just about to introduce his girlfriend to Maya Hansen when several bags were thrown down from the second floor.
Judging by the situation, it was clear they were arguing, and the girlfriend was planning to leave.
"Tony, are we expecting company?"
Following that, a woman's voice rang out.
Everyone present recognized it; it was Pepper's voice.
Then, Pepper's figure appeared within everyone's sight, arriving in front of Tony Stark.
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