"This doesn't look like a proper cocktail party."
Watching the chaotic scene, Ina Sandra, who had been invited, said to Pepper Potts, who had greeted them. Luke stood beside her, and to his side were Snooker and Jessica, who were isolating the crowd from approaching. Also arriving was Air Force Colonel James Rhodes.
"Don't mention it, life has been a mess lately! I don't know what's wrong with Tony, but I know he's not normal! I invited you here because I hope you can ask something." Pepper Potts said with a worried look on her face as she led a few people through Stark's villa.
"I saw the accident. Afterwards, I asked someone to interrogate the man who attacked Tony. But unexpectedly, before the other party had time to transfer the prison, an accident happened in the prison where he was. He died in an explosion! It was like someone didn't want him to live." James Rhodes told his latest news.
As a friend of Tony Stark, he certainly knew that Tony was attacked while racing. However, before he could do anything, all the information and people disappeared with an explosion.
As for the original timeline's attempt to stop the military from forcibly storming in with planes and tanks to seize Stark's suit, that hasn't happened yet since they've gained access to Hybern. While they still covet Stark's Iron Man suit technology, there's no need to resort to such unscrupulous means when they have a replacement.
So this time, James Rhodes really just accepted Pepper Potts' invitation to come and see Tony Stark's condition.
There was a lot of noise all around. As the noisy music became louder and louder, several people came to the source of the sound, a DJ booth. Tony, wearing his Mark series Iron Man suit, was spinning the discs intermittently on the stage. His whole behavior was swaying as if he was drunk and sleepwalking.
"I think he's back to his old ways, what do you think?" James Rhodes crossed his chest with one hand and touched his chin with the other. After observing for a while, he turned to Pepper Potts and Luke and others beside him and said.
"I don't think so." Although the surrounding lights were a little dim, it didn't stop Luke from wanting to see Tony's current condition.
"What is that?" James Rhodes looked at Luke and pointed at Tony who was shaking on the stage.
"A deathbed revelry?" Luke's words caused both Pepper Potts and James Rhodes' faces to change. Before they could speak or vent their anger, his next words brought their gazes back to Tony on the stage in surprise. "Look at that reactor on his chest. That's what's fatal."
"Is there something wrong with that reactor?" James Rhodes was puzzled. He looked at Luke and said, "That's what saved Tony's life. It allowed the iron fragments that weren't cleaned up in Tony's heart to penetrate deeper and kill him."
"Do you know what its technology is? Do you know where its energy comes from? Do you know what effects this technology and materials will have on him when used at high loads?" Luke's question left the two non-technical people bewildered. Fortunately, Luke didn't need them to truly understand. "He's currently using cold fusion technology, which, when miniaturized, is safer than thermonuclear fusion. However, it requires a chemical element called palladium. If it enters the human body, it will cause dizziness and fatigue. If this can't be resolved, he will be infected by the toxins and die in agony."
"What should we do?" Pepper Potts covered her mouth in fear when she heard Luke's words, her face full of disbelief. She didn't doubt Luke's words. She thought that Luke would not use such a lie that would be easily exposed to deceive her. After a quick glance at Tony on the stage, she held on to hope and forced herself to calm down from the shock of the news. "What should we do to keep Tony alive? Do we need to take him to the hospital or make an appointment with a doctor?"
"Can I talk to him alone?" Luke asked.
"Okay, you can go to his underground laboratory and wait for him. James will take you there." Pepper Potts looked at Colonel James next to her inquiringly. James Rhodes, who was stared at by Pepper, raised his hand.
"Call me if you need anything, I'll take them there," said James.
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"Wow, little boy, I'm really glad that you're here, but why don't you go over there and play? There are a lot of beautiful girls over there, all hot girls, you can relax." Before Tony Stark appeared, his unique voice and accent had already come down the stairs. When he went down the stairs and saw the people below, he subconsciously raised his hand under Ina's burning gaze.
"I didn't mean it, girl. I definitely didn't mean to instigate him. I just thought he should go out and socialize. Yes, that's what I thought." Tony stood there awkwardly for a moment, rolling his eyes as he forced an excuse for what he had said before.
"Can you give us some time alone?" Luke stopped writing, picked up the paper with a bunch of symbols and formulas written on it, and asked everyone.
Pepper Potts, who was holding the stair railing, seemed to wake up immediately, as if she remembered something, and invited Ina Sandra: "I bought a few dresses recently. Ina, can you come over and give me some advice?"
Watching Ina Sandra stand up and walk towards Pepper Potts with a smile, the two of them went up the stairs one after the other. James Rhodes got up as well, feeling a little uneasy. He glanced at Tony's collection of Mark battle suits in the lab with a reluctant look, and raised his finger: "Maybe they will need some male advice, or help. I'll go up and take a look."
James Rhodes had already stepped onto the stairs and disappeared around the corner before he finished speaking. Snooker and Jessica simply didn't come down and sat on the sofa upstairs.
"I think you'll need this." Luke handed the paper in his hand to Tony.
"What is this?" Tony took it doubtfully, took a look at it, and then, as if he had figured something out, he looked at Luke again in surprise.
"Lithium dioxide, something that can neutralize and relieve the toxins in your body. With your brain, it's easy to make it with this piece of paper. This can buy you a lot of time." Luke said.
Tony looked at Luke with a complicated expression. With his intelligence and ability, he could certainly understand what Luke gave him. With the knowledge he possessed, he could also roughly judge the truthfulness of Luke's words.
"Actually, I've tried various elements, but..." Tony was a little discouraged.
"I recently discovered a new energy. It may be suitable for you, or it may give you a reference." With Tony Stark's authorization, Luke awakened Jarvis and virtually DIYed an energy device similar to an arc reactor. Its energy core was like a crystal of light, beautiful and mysterious.
"A new element containing special energy." Luke showed his final result to Tony without reservation.
"Ha, I didn't expect to be taught a lesson by you." He restrained the complicated expression on his face and looked at the crystallization of technology that could be called a work of art, and said with some embarrassment.
"The technology can be licensed to you, but you cannot keep any technology derived from it. Should that be possible?" Luke clapped his hands, ignoring Tony Stark's arrogance. All he needed was Tony's good brain.
"Of course. If you need it, Stark's technology can also be opened to you." Tony breathed a sigh of relief, grateful for the step Luke gave him, and was unusually generous.