Half a month later.
Lake and Deputy Director David Bass convene the new quarterly Homeland Security meeting.
Each quarterly Homeland Security Conference is intended to weigh overseas terrorist forces and assess whether they will attack the federal homeland, thereby issuing security warnings to major law enforcement agencies.
Security warnings are divided into three levels: low, medium and high risk levels.
This time?
This is no exception.
New York State cannot say that it did a good job before 9/11, but at least, after 9/11, New York State's security has been very good. The most recent nuclear test crisis is the best proof.
at the same time...
If someone wants to sneak into New York to carry out the bombing plan, the first thing he needs to do is to find explosives. All places in New York State where explosives may be sold are under the control of the Department of Homeland Security. In addition, Lake has an informant named Black King at the Continental Hotel, so New York State has always been in a low-risk state.
The information director at Langley projected a document from somewhere in Afghanistan.
In the picture.
It seemed to be a camp, with flames shooting into the sky. It was obvious that it had suffered an unequal fire attack.
The information director enlarged one of the icons in the photo. The icon was very damaged, but it could be vaguely seen that it should be the logo of a certain organization.
"This organization is by far the most mysterious overseas organization."
"Mysterious, how mysterious?"
The information director who liaised with Langley looked at his colleagues who were joking and said, "The Glory of Freedom, the organization behind the nuclear test crisis, was ripped off by this mysterious organization. We've been working with Langley over the years to try to uncover the true name of this organization, but so far, progress has been almost stagnant."
Another supervisor pointed to the projected photo and said, "Isn't this the result of the battle?"
The information director released another photo, a red and gold humanoid flying object.
Mark III?
Sitting in the main seat, Lake, who was supporting his chin with one hand and listening to his subordinates' briefing, looked at the projected steel armor and said in his heart.
How long has it been?
About half a month. Wow, Tony Stark's hands-on ability is so strong that even his own company's products are not updated at such a fast speed.
The information director continued, "The Langley Overseas Observation Organization sent a message, speculating that this mysterious organization must have offended the UFO that appeared. Also, satellite observations have indicated that the UFO has entered federal territory, and headquarters has requested that we investigate as closely as possible."
Finished.
The information director sat down.
Seeing this, everyone looked at Supervisor Lake, who was sitting in the main seat and seemed to be about to fall asleep.
Lake coughed and straightened his seat. "The new quarter's safety assessment continues to be low risk. Is everyone okay with that?"
Everyone looked at each other and nodded.
Lake said, "Then inform other law enforcement agencies of this news. What's the status of the Obadiah Stan case?"
Jack, who was in charge of the case, said, "There's no new progress at this time. We've already monitored any information related to Obadiah Stan. The IT department is using the data provided by Stark Industries to check for any properties under his name. If there's any, we'll definitely be able to find out."
Lake hummed and looked at David next to him: "Deputy Director Bass?"
Bass looked at everyone: "I don't have anything to add."
Lake stood up: "Then disband."
Everyone responded.
After a while.
Everyone, including his assistant Tiffany, walked out of the meeting room.
Bass then turned to Lake and said, "Do you think we should tell the other branches about Obadiah Stane's mastery of cloning technology?"
Lake glanced at Bass: "Are you going to the guillotine?"
Cloning is something that will cause serious unrest in society and will explode once it is exposed.
Bass shook his head and said, "But, we've been searching for nearly twenty days and still haven't found any trace of this guy."
Lake nodded and said, "Is it possible that Obadiah's cloning base is in New York State?"
Bass thought for a moment. "The odds are very low. If we're talking about a state with the highest risk, then next door to New Jersey, Texas, is actually a good choice. But Texas is still recovering from the crisis. Besides, if Obadiah wants to resurrect his wife and children, he probably won't choose a location too far away. Of course, we don't have any leads right now, and we can't rule out the possibility that Obadiah has already fled overseas."
Lake said, "So, why report it? Few people know about the cloning, and Pennsylvania Avenue and the Department of Homeland Security want to keep it that way."
Bass nodded: "Okay, I understand."
After a while.
Lake returned to his office, ordered a glass of bourbon, took a sip, put it aside, and his eyes fell on the photos he had just brought back on the desk.
A photo of Iron Man crossing the sky.
After taking a glance, Lake touched his chin. Although Iron Man has a high technological content, Lake still prefers theology.
for example...
The Gold Cloth of Gemini.
But at the moment, he clearly felt that the sixth sense was about to be broken through, but he felt that there was a thin film covering the front. If he wanted to put on the golden armor without being crushed by the aura of the armor itself, he would at least need to awaken the sixth sense to be able to put it on slightly.
Of course.
Even if Lake had made a breakthrough now, he would not be able to wear it. The Gemini Gold Armor, like his brothers and sisters, is still in the material state and has not yet been finished.
When Lake first saw the introduction, he thought he was going to find a blacksmith, but after comprehending the Gemini star map, every time he saw the Gemini box, he seemed to feel that the materials inside were moving on their own.
seem...
He can make the finished product himself and does not need to find a blacksmith to insult him.
Come to think of it, it makes sense.
The Zodiac Gold Saints can almost be called gods. Can the battle suits of gods be made by just finding a blacksmith and hammering them out?
This isn't an Iron Man suit, it's not that cheap (laughing!)
Los Angeles!
Malibu.
Boom!
Tony Stark, transformed into Iron Man, once again acted as a hero and destroyed another base of Lazar, a member of the Ten Commandments Gang, and successfully returned to his mountaintop mansion.
only...
As the demolition was about to begin, Pepper Potts came down from upstairs. After her first encounter with the bumpy Iron Man, she had become immune.
Pepper walked over and said to Tony, who was having his robotic arm disassembled, "Lake just called me. It's been half a month. It's time to get down to business."
Tony said, "I'm doing the real work now."
Pepper rolled her eyes. "Being a super vigilante isn't a serious job. You're the chairman of Stark Industries, remember?"
Tony walked down from the console: "You are still the CEO."
A smile appeared on Pepper's lips. "If people outside knew that I, the CEO of Stark Industries, only had an annual salary of five million, the market value of Stark Industries would drop by half again."
Tony walked towards the wine cabinet: "You can give yourself a raise, I have no objection."
Pepper shook her head. "I've already contacted this psychic in Phoenix. She's agreed to come to New York specifically for a consultation with you, provided she uses this as advertising. I've agreed."
Tony coughed and looked at Pepper: "What did you say?"
Tony Stark, the tech genius, seeks help from a psychic?
Wow.
This will be red.
Pepper said, "You've been delaying for half a month. I can see that Lake takes this matter very seriously."
Tony shrugged, "I know. I was planning on going tomorrow."
Pepper chuckled.
She knows Tony Stark best. Now, Tony is just looking for excuses to postpone it as much as possible, because no matter what the outcome is, Tony cannot accept it.
If he really communicated through a medium, then Tony would find a way to resurrect.
If he hadn't communicated through the medium, Tony would undoubtedly have gone mad. After all, if Howard Stark and Maria Stark weren't dead, where were they?
Tony muttered something, then looked at Pepper: "Are you sure that guy was born in Colorado?"
Pepper rolled her eyes. "Didn't Jarvis tell you? According to Lake's information, he was born on May 29, 1971. Although the month and day are the same as yours, he was born a year later. At that time, Mr. Howard Stark had never left New York."
Tony laughed and said, "Who knows? That old guy was quite a playboy when he was young. Who knows if he has sired any illegitimate children out there?"
Pepper sighed: "Do you hope it's true or not?"
Tony sipped his wine glass without saying anything. If the illegitimate child was anyone else, Tony would definitely not be able to accept it, but if the half-brother was Lake, Tony felt that he might consider it.
Pepper shook her head. "After Lake was adopted, the rest of his information was destroyed. Remember, the psychic will be here the day after tomorrow afternoon. Don't be late."
Finished.
Pepper turned around and left. Happy had already driven the car over. She needed to fly back to New York from Malibu. After all, she was now the CEO of Stark Industries.
soon.
After Pepper left.
Tony also returned to the operating table.
"How's the cracking going?"
"Just now, Obadiah's satellite signal came online. I'm tracking it, sir."
"where?"
"New Jersey!"
"good."
Tony Stark said this with a dark expression on his face, then said, "How long will it take to maintain the suit?"
Jarvis said, "Three hours."
As soon as the words fell.
Jarvis said, "We've found the location where the satellite signal is being transmitted."
Tony's eyes lit up: "Let it out."
Jarvis responded.
Next second.
A place marked with a red dot appeared on the map of New Jersey.
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Wow, it seems like provoking you guys is effective. It's not that you're incapable, but...
But I still feel powerless.
It doesn't inspire my fighting spirit at all?
or...
Come on, a Silver Alliance, I'll do thirty updates straight away? Honest and fair, delivery upon payment, no delays?
Are you coming?
Dear friends!