Los Angeles, Malibu Beach.
After Tony Stark returned, he only showed his face to the reporters, announcing that Stark Industries would no longer manufacture weapons.
Then, he hid himself in the lab, seeing no one except for Pepper, who came to report to him daily.
He was single-mindedly hiding away to develop the armor he envisioned.
The blueprints he designed in Afghanistan had already been brought back and input into the computer.
At this moment, a three-dimensional holographic projection stood before Tony, precisely the appearance of the Mark I that he had constructed in the cave using existing resources.
"Jarvis, remove the outer shell, keep the core technology unchanged, and repackage the newly designed outer shell."
"Yes, sir!"
As Jarvis's voice rang out, the three-dimensional holographic projection in front of Tony began to spin.
The exterior armor components scattered and vanished.
Then, images of more armor components appeared out of thin air.
One by one, they were installed in an orderly fashion around the central Arc Reactor.
The preliminary modeling of the Mark II was complete.
"How is it, Jarvis?"
Tony reached out and rotated the projection, examining it carefully from all angles.
"I must say, sir, your creation is ahead of its time!"
"I'm always ahead of the curve, Jarvis. Place the order, I need the first batch of materials delivered ASAP."
He'd finished the initial design of the armor.
Tony Stark picked up a launching device from the table.
In his mind, this launching device could serve as a power system, and also as a laser cannon for conventional weapons.
"Looks like I need to replace the reactor immediately. The current speed is too low, it can't keep up with the armor's consumption."
Muttering to himself, Tony picked up a brand new Arc Reactor from the table.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Qin! Mr. Stark is in the lab, I'll inform him immediately that you've arrived!"
Tony had originally given Qin Xiao access to the house, but not the underground lab.
Only Pepper and Rhodes originally had the password and the authority through Jarvis to enter.
But now, there was one more.
"Mr. Qin, Mr. Stark wants you to go down directly. The underground lab access will be open to you later. The door code is 106!" (This password is real, I specifically watched the part in Iron Man 1 where Pepper enters the underground lab.)
When Qin Xiao entered the underground lab, he saw Pepper just as she was reaching into Tony Stark's chest.
And pulling out a wet copper wire from inside.
It had to be said, it looked quite disgusting and horrifying.
A hole in the chest, and someone reaching inside.
"Oh, damn, what did I just see? Is this a new position for you two?"
"Tony, have you spent too much time in women's bodies before? Now it's a woman in yours?"
"Hey!!! Qin, I didn't think you were such a smooth talker!"
Pepper was originally terrified by this, but Qin Xiao's teasing immediately brought her back to herself.
"You don't know him well enough, Pepper. You'll find out later. Compared to him, I'm as honest as the cows on your uncle's farm!"
Tony had Pepper plug the new Arc Reactor base's wires into his chest, then walked towards Qin Xiao.
"Tony, are you just going to stay like this? I mean, aren't you going to find a doctor to treat yourself thoroughly, get the shrapnel out and all that?"
Qin Xiao pointed at Tony's chest.
"To be honest, your chest's nightlight is actually pretty cool, but you've got so much junk stuffed inside you."
Talking about the Arc Reactor in his chest, Tony became unusually serious.
"I won't take it out. This thing saved me, and I mean more than just my life. It decides what kind of person I should be from now on. I have to keep it to remind myself."
"Tony, what about this old one?"
Pepper, still Tony's personal assistant, saw Qin Xiao come to find Tony and was preparing to go to the basement. She took the opportunity to ask Tony how to handle the old Arc Reactor.
"Destroy it. Burn it. You know I have many characteristics, but nostalgia is definitely not one of them!"
"Okay!"
Pepper took the Arc Reactor upstairs.
Qin Xiao knew she would seal the old one in a transparent case and give it to Tony as a gift.
And when Obadiah stole the Arc Reactor from Tony's chest, it was the old one that saved Tony's life at the critical moment.
But now, with Qin Xiao in this world, this scene should be avoidable.
Besides, Qin Xiao came here precisely to resolve this matter.
"Hey, Tony, don't you have any questions for me? About what happened in Afghanistan!"
Seeing Pepper go upstairs, Qin Xiao spoke first.
Even without considering the system and the mission, they had known each other for so long.
From a personal perspective, they had indeed become friends.
Apart from the secrets of the system and his transmigration, Qin Xiao didn't plan to hide everything from Tony; that would create some distance between them.
"Someone came to see me a couple of days ago. He was from some intelligence agency with a long, ridiculous name. What was it? Anyway, he was a special agent with a receding hairline."
Tony gestured at his forehead, describing the person who came to see him.
"He told me everything about you: your parents' deaths, how you got your serum, how you met that sexy female agent, and so on."
"He also said you joined them to save me, but I won't thank you. Because you lied to me. Your abilities come from a super-soldier serum, not some Chinese Kung Fu. Damn it, I even paid you a month's salary."
Tony took two beers from the fridge and handed one to Qin Xiao.
Tony Stark, don't expect to hear a thank you from him easily.
But Qin Xiao knew that although he was saying he had been deceived, his eyes were full of gratitude.
Otherwise, how could he have given him the basement password today?
"Well, actually, you didn't lose out. You even won a few million dollars in the casino, all thanks to me. Did that hairline-challenged agent tell you all that?"
Qin Xiao said, and the image of Agent Coulson, that nice old man, appeared in his mind.
"Huh?"
Tony took a swig of beer and asked in confusion.
"Is there something else you, you jerk, are deceiving me about?"
"No, there isn't. It seems he definitely didn't tell you clearly how I found that secret cave that the U.S. military couldn't find in over a month."
"Oh?"
Tony seemed to have thought of something. He slightly raised his head, signaling Qin Xiao to continue.
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