Search complete, Mr. Stark. Anton Vanko was a physics expert from the former Soviet Union. He defected to the United States in 1963, but was accused of being a spy and deported in 1967…",
"Anton Vanko's son, Ivan Vanko, is also a physicist. He was sentenced to fifteen years in Kopeysk prison for selling several times the amount of plutonium material for nuclear weapons to Pakistan during the Soviet era…",
…Looking at the information Jarvis had just retrieved about Ivan Vanko, Tony's expression grew complicated.
Although the information wasn't complete, it indirectly confirmed that much of what Ivan Vanko said wasn't false, which made Tony feel very uncomfortable.
Was his father, Howard Stark, truly someone who would turn his back on people, betray partners for profit, and sacrifice everything?
Tony didn't know, and he didn't want to know.
Anyway, if his palladium poisoning couldn't be completely resolved, he wouldn't have much time left. Ivan Vanko had already been caught, so it all seemed meaningless.
Tony walked to his desk and took out a new palladium element energy plate from inside.
Then, Tony removed the Abandoned palladium energy plate from his Mark III Arc Reactor in his chest and replaced it with the new energy plate.
After doing all this, Tony took out the small device that could test blood toxins and placed his finger on it.
"Blood toxicity — 24%."
"It's only been three days, how could the blood toxin rebound so quickly…"
Seeing the toxin level displayed on the small device, Tony frowned and muttered.
Previously, after he took the inhibitor developed by Ron to relieve palladium poisoning, the blood toxin level would drop below three percent and then slowly rebound after about ten days, returning to the normal level of toxic erosion.
But this time, it had only been a little over three days since he drank Ron's inhibitor, and the blood toxin had suddenly risen to 24%, a height he had never reached before.
Tony began to ponder. He didn't think Ron had done it on purpose. If Ron wanted to kill him, it would be very simple; he could just add a little poison to the inhibitor, there was no need for such trouble.
So, what was the real situation?
Tony wasn't stupid; he was very intelligent. Although his displayed talent was only in mechanical technology, as a genius, how could he not have dabbled in the other major category of biochemical technology?
Tony had a guess: he had used too many of Ron's inhibitors, and over time, his blood had developed resistance, and even outright rejection, to the inhibitor.
In other words, if Tony didn't stop using the Iron Man armor, or if he couldn't find another energy source to replace palladium, his palladium poisoning might soon become increasingly severe until Ron's inhibitor completely lost its effect.
Of course, if Ron developed a cure that could completely eliminate his palladium poisoning, that would be another story, but that was too difficult, and Tony felt it wasn't possible.
Tony sat in his chair and thought for a while, then walked out, preparing to go to Queens to see Ron.
One reason was to ask if there was a new version of the medicine, and the second was about the Source and the CLS car robot.
Ever since the CLS he 'exchanged' from Ron transformed into a large robot in Monaco, the Department of Defense had been ordering him to send all the car robots and the previous Iron Man armor to the DoD, to confess everything, and so on.
Tony naturally refused. Not to mention Ron's car robot, even his own things, it was impossible for those guys in the DoD to get them.
Fortunately, Tony had a good friend in the DoD, Rhodey, who helped him block all of this, preventing Tony from being put in a difficult position.
"Mr. Stark, the Associated Press needs you to go make a statement about yesterday's incident… Uh, are you going out, Mr. Stark?" After Tony walked out, a sexy redhead came over and asked him.
"That's right, Natalie, I need to go see a very sharp-tongued guy. I might be back late, don't wait for me."
Tony smiled. Natalie was a new personal assistant he had hired a while ago. Her full name was Natalie Rushman. She was not only beautiful and sexy, but also very efficient and had even studied various martial arts, which made her very popular with Tony.
"Is it Ron Brunstad, the one who developed the regenerative serum? I heard this guy really likes to embarrass people, and he's not very well-liked." Natalie smiled, a flash of anger in her eyes that no one else could detect.
"He's alright. Although this guy isn't very likable, his skill level is very high." Tony took a glass of lemonade that Natalie handed him, took a small sip, and then said goodbye to Natalie.
Although Tony also wanted to spend more time with this sexy and intelligent woman, compared to the technologically advanced car robot, it was simply not on the same level.
Watching Tony drive away in his CLS Mercedes-Benz sedan, Natalie, no, Natasha, the Black Widow, frowned, hesitating whether to find a time to meet Ron and figure out what Ron intended to do.
Others might not know where Tony's CLS car robot came from, but S.H.I.E.L.D. was well aware of it.
Although it wouldn't be difficult for Tony Stark to create a car robot given his talent, even with his high talent, it would be absolutely impossible for him to create a car robot that was no worse than the Iron Man armor under S.H.I.E.L.D.'s surveillance.
Through surveillance, S.H.I.E.L.D. knew that Tony's CLS definitely came from Ron.
As for why Ron had this car robot, and why he gave it to Tony, they knew nothing.
Natasha knew that the situation had become increasingly muddled by this guy Ron. If S.H.I.E.L.D. didn't officially intervene in time, they might really lose Tony Stark, this guy with immense value… A few tens of minutes later, Queens, Amazing News Building.
"Boss, I found two more mutant assault incidents this morning and took photos. Do you need them published immediately?" Peter held his camera and said to Ron across from him.
Ron nodded: "Go ahead. If you find anything else related to mutants in the future, you don't need to tell me. Just consider it yourself and send it to the news department for publication."
"Okay, boss, I'll go now." Peter replied and walked out.
As he reached the doorway, Peter saw the very familiar Tony Stark also arriving to see Ron, so he greeted him.
"Mr. Stark, it's you."
"Oh, it's Peter, the great reporter. What, did you get another big scoop?"
"It's still about mutants. There are too many abnormal mutants lately."
"Indeed, my Cheese Daily is also reporting on this. It's really causing a stir."
Tony responded a few times. He knew Peter. This guy was a reporter for Amazing News, full name Peter Parker, and like Ron, he was a student at Empire State University.
Tony had even thought about poaching Peter for his Cheese Daily, but then Ron told him that the photos of him being beaten by Iron Monger last time were taken by this Peter Parker, which made Tony furious and abandon the idea.
If a guy who took embarrassing photos of him dared to work at his newspaper, either that guy was crazy, or he was crazy, and his mind was starting to go awry.
At the same time, Tony actually felt a bit strange. He and Obadiah's Iron Monger had fought for so long that day, going to many places, it could be said to be very intense. Yet, this guy Peter was not afraid of them, and was able to avoid being discovered by him and Obadiah. That was truly a bit special.
So, since Ron had superpowers, did this guy named Peter Parker also have superpowers?
Tony smiled and chatted with the suspicious Peter for a few sentences, exchanged greetings, and then came before Ron with a belly full of questions.