Frank, Pamela, Jean, Lorna, and other trustworthy individuals heard Richard's voice in their minds.
"Don't be nervous, these are all disguises, don't blow your cover."
Lorna's expression stiffened, and she stood up nonchalantly.
Pamela also took the opportunity to subtly poke the blood hole on his abdomen.
It was real.
"You've worked hard, I'll take you to rest."
Tony came to Richard's side, grabbed his arm, and squeezed it hard.
"No, I still need to close the portal, Tony, Frank, you two guard this mothership and the Chitauri Leader inside."
Richard grabbed Tony's arm armor and squeezed it gently.
Then he flew unsteadily towards the top of the Stark Tower.
Tony looked at the palm print on his arm.
It was the only damage to the Apollo Armor.
He looked up and saw people approaching the Chitauri Mothership, and the armors in the sky circled the mothership.
"No approaching, please leave immediately."
Over thirty Iron Armors issued warnings.
"Why? This isn't yours. I also participated in this war, so I have the right to share the spoils."
Greed appeared in the eyes of some people; they came out of the shelter just to pick up scraps.
An alien spaceship, just taking a little from it could make a fortune.
"Get out or die!"
Frank was too lazy to waste words with these people and pulled out his pistol.
The Magic Weapon Squad also raised their Gatlings, aiming at them.
"We… we are New York City citizens, you can't kill us, you have no law enforcement power."
The leading man, a Nigo, was a bit flustered by so many Gatlings; some people behind him were planning to run.
Frank's finger was already on the trigger.
Tony raised his hand to block the muzzle.
"Frank, leave them to me."
Frank thought for a moment and put away his pistol.
But the Nigo interpreted this as a sign of cowardice.
"I knew it…"
"Bang!"
Before he could finish speaking, a gunshot wound appeared on the Nigo's thigh, and he let out a scream.
"They don't have law enforcement power, but I do. You are arrested for endangering national security."
A fully armed team appeared before everyone. Not far away, the army was slowly approaching, led by a young blonde man.
"Who are you?"
Tony frowned.
"FBI, this is national property, and we are taking over."
The blonde man pulled out his ID and showed it to Tony and Frank.
It was indeed an ID, but inside it was a black membership card, and a core member one at that.
Frank's mouth twitched, almost laughing, but he quickly held it back.
Tony had already started laughing, but with his helmet on, it wasn't visible.
"Okay, we will obey the nation's orders. These Iron Armors can be temporarily lent to you. Once you've deployed, we will leave."
"Thank you for your cooperation, here is my business card."
The blonde man smiled slightly.
He was Alexander Pierce.
— — —
Richard arrived at the top of the Stark Tower.
He reached through the energy shield with his bare hands and took out the Tesseract.
On a building opposite the Stark Tower, Future Tony saw this scene, and his eyes couldn't help but twitch. This guy was too strong.
"Stark, how are things?"
Future Captain America's voice came through the earpiece; he had already entered the Stark Tower.
"The Tesseract is in the hands of that Demon King, but Loki's scepter isn't seen."
Future Tony began to search everywhere.
"Isn't the scepter the key to closing the wormhole? How could it not be there?"
"I know, but that Demon King took out the Tesseract with his bare hands, he didn't use a key at all."
At this moment, Ant-Man, who was on Future Tony's shoulder, suddenly spoke.
"Stark, that Demon King has disappeared."
"Where did he go?"
Tony looked at where Richard had been, finding no trace. He had only looked away for a few seconds.
"What are you doing?"
A hand suddenly patted Future Tony's shoulder.
Future Tony felt a chill rise from his spine. He turned around, and behind him was the disappeared Demon King, holding the Tesseract.
"I, uh, saw the wormhole close, so I came over to see if you needed my help."
Future Tony stammered.
"Why are you stuttering, Tony? When did your armor get updated? I've never seen it before, but it looks pretty good."
Richard looked at the nano-armor on him. The body part was like agile liquid metal, smoothly covering Tony's body, perfectly fitting his curves. Compared to the angular mechanical structure, this was more like a layer of metal-forged muscle.
Tony?
He called me by my name directly?
Is his relationship with me in this Universe very good?
Let's try it.
"This is the latest nanotechnology. The previous set was damaged. Richard, you're so seriously injured, you should rest. I'll hold the Tesseract for you."
Tony extended his hand, his eyes, through the helmet, looking at Richard nervously.
"Injured? It's fine, this is fake."
Richard's disguise vanished without a trace, even his clothes were perfectly intact.
Tony was startled. A person who fought against the Chitauri Mothership without even a scratch—what was the purpose of his disguise?
No, wait?
Now wasn't the time to ponder that. The urgent matter was to get the Tesseract first.
"Richard, can I see the Tesseract?"
Tony's outstretched hand did not retract.
Ant-Man, hidden behind Tony, also had his heart in his throat.
"Sure."
Richard smiled slightly and placed the Tesseract in his hand. After all, this was just an empty shell; the gem had been taken out from the beginning.
Tony was stunned, looking at the Tesseract in his hand.
Are they that close? He just gave it away so casually.
"Yes!"
Richard's expression changed.
"What was that sound?"
"What sound? Richard, you must have heard wrong!"
Future Tony was already cursing Ant-Man to hell in his mind.
"My ears couldn't be wrong. The sound seemed to come from you, Tony. Why are you always wearing a helmet?"
Richard feigned a suspicious look.
Ant-Man desperately covered his mouth, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.
Future Tony gritted his teeth and pulled Ant-Man out from behind him.
"I remember now, it's a toy I made recently when I was bored. Look."
Future Tony poked Ant-Man.
Ant-Man also cooperated.
"Yes!"
"It must have accidentally gotten stuck on me."
Future Tony explained.
Venom, quickly control my facial expression, I can't hold back my laughter.
"Hahaha, this is too funny, hahaha, coming right up."
Richard's expression became calm.
"Oh, I see. This little toy is quite exquisite. Let me play with it."
Future Tony only felt a blur before his eyes, and Ant-Man appeared in Richard's hand, who was poking him intermittently.
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
…
Future Tony breathed a sigh of relief, seeing Richard happily playing, and asked, "Richard, have you seen Loki's scepter?"
"Loki's scepter? It's in the Demon Group's underground laboratory. Don't you know? Why are you asking me?"
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