Chapter 17: Tony's Suspicion! Mark 2!
After Tony Stark returned to his Villa, he brought Ethan into his Underground Room to begin designing his Iron Man Armor! With the assistance of Jarvis, an artificial intelligence, and Ethan's help, the Mark 2 was quickly designed.
"OK, Jarvis, begin manufacturing according to this design!"
"Understood, sir!"
"Ethan, I've already provided financial aid to your hometown. Stay and help me. At least it can help your hometown more than if you went back, right?"
"Thank you, Tony! This… Alright! I'll stay!"
"Hey, I believe you won't be disappointed. For this day, I think we should open a bottle of champagne to celebrate!"
After finishing the Iron Man Armor design blueprints, Tony directly had Jarvis control the manufacturing machines in the Villa to begin production! At the same time, he told Ethan about the financial aid he had given to Ethan's hometown, convincing him to stay. After returning to Tony's Villa, Ethan had expressed a desire to return to his hometown to help it.
However, Tony had put him off by saying they would discuss it after the armor design and research were complete, and now he had again tried to persuade Ethan to stay. Ethan was a talent with several Dr. degrees; if he returned to his impoverished hometown, he might only be able to teach children or work as a Doctor.
If he stayed here, he would be a super talent, and Tony himself could also provide financial aid to Ethan's hometown. Ethan helping Tony could also earn him compensation, and using that compensation to aid his hometown was clearly more practical than him returning there to help himself.
Ultimately, Ethan stayed in New York at Tony's persuasion. The two drank champagne, while the machines in the Underground Room, under Jarvis's control, continuously manufactured the various parts and components of the Iron Man Armor!
What they didn't know was that Obadiah had already returned to New York, taking Tony's former Iron Man Armor design blueprints to the Stark Industries factory. He immediately had his scientists and engineers begin modifying and manufacturing the Iron Man Armor!
He demanded that it be large in size, have sufficient Firepower, and undergo comprehensive modifications, only requiring some of Tony's core designs and technologies! Such as the miniature Arc Reactor! While the armor was being manufactured, Obadiah began contacting the board of directors, preparing to kick Tony out.
Although he owned 45% of Stark Industries' shares, as long as the other board members agreed, Tony would naturally lose his position as CEO of Stark Industries. After he decided to close Stark Industries' weapons manufacturing department, he had already dissatisfied many board members.
So Obadiah's proposal met with almost no resistance, and Tony was directly kicked out by everyone, even losing his position as CEO of Stark Industries. Obadiah became the CEO of Stark Industries! Tony, who was still asleep, learned of this news.
It was Pepper who told Tony the news. He nonchalantly stated that he needed to rest for a while, then went into the Underground Room to continue researching the armor! Also, he had become suspicious of the personnel within Stark Industries.
As the CEO of Stark Industries, very few people knew his travel route when he went to Afghanistan to conduct transactions with the Military. However, the Terrorists directly attacked him on his inevitable path, which meant someone had leaked his route.
Although he had also suspected the Military, his relationship with the Military was very close, so there was no need for them to do so! The Military was still waiting for him to research more powerful weapons for them, so it was impossible for them to leak his travel route, especially since Rhodes was also with him.
Rhodes would not betray him, and not everyone in the Military knew his travel route, so the probability of it being the Military was very small. Only a few people within Stark Industries knew his travel route, and he already had a vague suspect in mind.
But he always dared not face it, shaking his head slightly while sitting in a chair in the Underground Room. At this moment, the armor was just completed. Tony's eyes lit up, and he got up and went to the donning position he had designed and built, where mechanical arms began to put the armor on Tony's body.
Under the operation of the mechanical arms, a silver Iron Man Armor was quickly donned on Tony's body. Jarvis, connected within the armor, began to test the armor! At this time, Ethan also came to Tony's Underground Room, just in time to see Tony wearing the silver armor.
"It seems you've built it, and it looks pretty good. How are the stats?"
"Indeed, it's not certain yet. I've decided to test it!"
Boom—!
"Hey, no, the armor hasn't been tested yet, you'll have problems if you do that!"
"No, no, no, you have to believe me, Ethan, I'm Tony Stark!"
Ethan, seeing the silver armor, looked at Tony with a smile and asked him, also very much looking forward to seeing how the armor he had helped design would perform. Hearing Ethan's words, Tony directly activated the armor's flight mode. Ethan, seeing this, immediately felt a bad premonition.
He already anticipated what Tony was about to do, just as he was telling Tony not to personally test it. Tony, wearing the armor, had already broken through the Villa's ceiling and rushed out of the Villa, beginning to ascend! Tony, flying in the sky using the Iron Man Armor, was filled with excitement.
Then he began to conduct various tests on the armor, first speed, reaction, energy consumption, etc., and finally, he was going to see what the Iron Man Armor's maximum altitude was! Then he flew vertically upward, continuously rising higher and higher, and his speed also became faster and faster.
As he ascended higher and higher, the temperature above also became lower and lower, and the surface of the Iron Man Armor began to freeze! Feeling this, Tony secretly thought to himself, "Not good," and the next moment, the armor's engine directly flamed out, and the two thrusters under his feet also directly shut down.
Tony, wearing the Iron Man Armor, began to plummet rapidly! Feeling his descent speed getting faster and faster, Tony began to manually restart the armor's system, just as he was about to crash to the ground! The armor restarted, and the thrusters under his feet began to work again, pulling Tony back from the brink of Death.
Tony, having survived the ordeal, broke out in a cold sweat, but also felt incredibly stimulated, controlling the armor to soar freely in the sky. Only after he had played enough did he return to the Villa. Ethan in the Underground Room was anxiously waiting for Tony's return; personally testing the armor was too risky.
If it didn't work out, it could lead to direct Death, and being crippled would only be considered lucky! Tony flew above his Underground Room, then gave the command to shut down the engine. The entire armor directly pierced through the ceiling and fell onto his collection of luxury cars, because the Iron Man Armor was not light.