"New element?"
Hearing what Tony said, Strange, who was standing beside him, flinched slightly and looked at him in surprise.
"You already know that it is enough to simply put a new element into the reactor?"
Tony nodded, and the expression on his face was somewhat complicated.
"My father probably hid the atomic structure of the new element in the layout of the Stark Expo, hoping that I would discover it one day."
"What?"
Hearing that sentence, even a highly educated expert like Strange needed several seconds to react.
"Incredible. He actually thought of hiding a scientific secret in such a way."
It did not take Peter Parker long to understand Tony's words. With an expression of admiration, he said:
"To hide such an incredible scientific secret in such an ingenious way... It seems that your father, Mr. Stark, also had a very special sense of humor."
"Sense of humor?"
Although Tony's expression was heavy at that moment, Peter's words still made him laugh out loud.
"As his son, I almost never saw him smile. If you want to call that a sense of humor, then so be it."
"Eh..."
After Tony cut him off like that, Peter had nothing more to say. His expression stiffened, then he fell into thought.
All the secrets of the new element were hidden in the layout of the buildings.
Honestly speaking, that was quite a roundabout method.
After all, as time passed, who knew what changes might happen to the buildings in the Expo grounds.
Besides that, he had not personally told his son such an important secret, but had instead decided to hide it in a recording, which caused Tony to still know nothing about it even in his thirties. It really seemed somewhat risky.
If the recordings were lost, or if some or even all of the buildings on the Expo grounds were demolished, then that incredible scientific secret might be buried forever in the dust of history.
The more Peter thought about it, the more something seemed wrong. His expression became strange. He wanted to say something, but in the end decided to remain silent.
Tony sighed slightly at that moment and simply left the whole matter behind.
He was already a grown man now and was no longer the same as before. He did not want to continue burdening himself with things from childhood.
Now that he knew his father had truly loved him in his own way and had left him an extremely important legacy, the rest was no longer so important.
[The image continues.]
[After watching the recording his father had left him, Tony still did not find any concrete information about the new element.]
[Realizing that death was approaching, Tony decided to go see Pepper one more time.]
[On the way, he realized that he had not brought any gift, so he stopped the car beside a roadside strawberry stand.]
[The seller offered him a box of strawberries for six dollars.]
[But Tony had left the house without his wallet, so he simply took the watch off his wrist and handed it to the seller.]
[The seller was completely stunned and tried to refuse him, but in the end helplessly accepted the watch.]
[Then Tony directly pointed toward the passenger seat: "I do not like it when people hand me things. Leave the strawberries on the seat."]
[The seller put down the box and curiously asked: "Are you Iron Man?"]
["Sometimes."]
[After leaving that sentence behind, Tony started the sports car and drove away.]
Seeing this, little Wanda immediately laughed mockingly:
"You are showing off your wealth in front of a vendor at a roadside stand. You really are incredible."
She did not know how expensive the watch Tony had just given away was, but he was a billionaire.
A watch that such a man wore on his wrist certainly was not worth less than tens of thousands, perhaps even hundreds of thousands of dollars.
And he gave something like that for a box of strawberries?
After the death of both her parents, Wanda had lived in poverty for a long time, so because of this she suddenly felt somewhat depressed.
Tony unhappily curled his lips:
"By now you should already know that man is not me! I do not have an Arc Reactor implanted in my body!"
"But my version from that parallel world really is useless."
Although he was very dissatisfied, Tony actually began criticizing himself.
"The old man in the recording was so obvious. How have you still not noticed it?"
"If you already have the energy to say goodbye to a woman, you would be better off figuring out a way to save your own life!"
Strange, watching Tony become angry at his own version, said:
"What you are saying is somewhat unfair. You are not currently in mortal danger, so you can calmly and objectively observe the problem from the side."
"But you on the screen have already been living for some time in a state where you are only waiting for death. Both mentally and physically, you have almost reached the limit."
After that, Strange shrugged.
"Honestly speaking, as a doctor, I am surprised by how strong his psyche is."
"Hmph!"
Hearing Strange's words, Tony's expression improved slightly, but the arrogance on his face was still obvious.
Seeing this, Strange quietly sighed inwardly.
He could clearly see that the Tony before him had avoided being kidnapped by the militants precisely because he had watched a broadcast of the future in advance.
Precisely because he had not gone through all those blows and suffering, he still retained a large part of his arrogance and self-confidence. He was extremely defiant and even looked down on his own version from another world.
"Now that I think about it, Loki also claimed that every Loki from other universes was one level below him."
"Why did all these arrogant and strange characters end up in the same live broadcast room?"
Remembering that he himself had been quite similar before the accident, Strange slightly shook his head.
[The image continues.]
[Tony brought the strawberries to the company to find Pepper. But no one expected that Pepper was allergic to strawberries.]
[After Pepper scolded him, Tony's mood became even worse.]
[Just as he threw the strawberries into the trash, he happened to see a model of the Stark Expo leaning against the wall of Pepper's office.]
[Observing the arrangement of the buildings on the model, Tony's expression slowly changed.]
"Fortunately, this guy is not that stupid after all. He finally figured it out."
Tony breathed a deep sigh of relief and relaxed.
Although with his words he constantly belittled his own version from that parallel universe,
Tony truly did not want to watch his "other self" die before his eyes from palladium poisoning!
[The image continues.]
[By analyzing the model of the Stark Expo, Tony finally managed to create a new element and solve the problem of palladium poisoning.]
[But not long afterward, Ivan Vanko, whom Justin Hammer had pulled out of prison, called Tony and declared that today the history of the Stark family would be rewritten.]
[Realizing that Ivan was planning something big, Tony quickly tracked his location through the phone.]
[At the Stark Expo, Justin Hammer presented the audience with unmanned armored drones made by Ivan.]
[Colonel Rhodes, wearing the armor that Hammer Industries had modified into War Machine, also appeared at the exhibition.]
[At that moment, Tony landed from the sky in a completely new Iron Man armor.]
[As soon as Iron Man appeared, all the Hammer drones raised their weapons and pointed them at him, including Colonel Rhodes's War Machine armor.]
[It turned out that Ivan had also sabotaged that armor while Hammer Industries was modifying it.]
[In order to prevent civilians from being harmed, Tony could only use himself as bait and lure the robotic soldiers away from the Expo grounds.]
[A great battle erupted.]
[Although the Hammer drones were no match for Iron Man at all, Tony could not use lethal force against War Machine, which Ivan was remotely controlling, so the battle remained deadlocked for a while.]
[At the same time, Black Widow discovered that Ivan Vanko was located at Hammer Industries, so she went alone to investigate.]
[After defeating a group of guards, Black Widow reached the drone control room and freed War Machine from Ivan's control.]
"Wow, Natasha Romanoff, you really are incredible! You are almost like those stars from martial arts movies!"
Watching Black Widow on the screen effortlessly take down an entire group of guards, little Wanda became so excited that her eyes almost lit up.
"For a spy, you really do have some abilities."
Although Tony was still somewhat dissatisfied because of Natasha's identity, after seeing that she had helped him in the parallel universe, his tone became somewhat less hostile.
Black Widow stood to the side in silence, but a thought passed through her mind.
If her current self used that strange demonic mask and summoned the legendary Shadowkhan army, would she not be able to deal with these enemies even more easily?
[Just after Iron Man and War Machine stopped being enemies and became allies again, a large number of Hammer drones fell from the sky and surrounded them.]
[Iron Man used his newest laser weapon to cut through all the drones, but doing so consumed a large amount of energy.]
[At that moment, Ivan appeared before Iron Man in a completely new Whiplash armor.]
[Faced with the main enemy who had finally appeared, Colonel Rhodes in War Machine took a step forward.]
["Watch me blow him up with my Ex-Wife."]
["What did you say?"]
[Iron Man thought for a moment that he had misheard.]
[A small missile emerged from War Machine's shoulder. After activating, bright flames burst from its rear, and it looked extremely powerful.]
["Whoosh!"]
[The small missile flew forward, struck Ivan's armor hard, immediately bounced off, and fell into the water.]
["Psss!"]
[Unbelievably, after falling into the water, the missile only made several strange crackling sounds like a firecracker, then became completely silent.]
[Seeing this, Iron Man quietly sighed:]
["This was made by Hammer Industries, right?"]
["Yes..."]
[Colonel Rhodes's voice was extremely quiet.]
[This was far too embarrassing. He probably would never be able to raise his head in front of Tony again.]
"Are you kidding? What was that? Fireworks?"
Looking at the Ex-Wife missile that fell into the water and disappeared without any effect, Peter Parker opened his eyes wide.
Was that the proud product of one of America's famous weapons manufacturing companies?
Had the American industry in that parallel universe really fallen to such a level?
"That is completely normal for Hammer Industries. There is no need to be so surprised."
Tony shrugged and indifferently said:
"Compared with that, this Ivan still has talent. If he wants, I can offer him a job."
Loki beside him laughed mockingly:
"Man, do you really want someone like that working for you? If you intend to hire someone who hates you that much, it would be better to kill him immediately!"
[The image continues.]
[Seeing that the missile had no effect, Ivan immediately activated his whips and launched a powerful attack.]
[Although Iron Man and War Machine attacked alternately, the opponent's armor was too durable, and their attacks had almost no effect at all.]
[In the end, Ivan used two electric whips to simultaneously catch Iron Man and War Machine.]
[At that critical moment, Tony suddenly remembered the scene when he and Rhodes had previously clashed in his villa.]
[Iron Man immediately ordered War Machine to fire a repulsor at him.]
[The two repulsor beams collided and caused a chain reaction, creating a powerful explosion.]
[Ivan, who had seemed invincible until then, was finally defeated.]
[But Ivan revealed that he had installed self-destruct devices in all the Hammer drones.]
[At the extremely dangerous moment, Iron Man quickly took flight and escaped from the Expo grounds together with Pepper.]
[After being saved, Pepper initially complained to Tony, but in the end the two of them still ended up together.]
At that moment, the large screen in the live broadcast room turned black, and the words appeared on it:
[On-demand broadcast ended.]
Soon, new words appeared on the screen.
[Today's live broadcast and on-demand broadcast have ended. The next broadcast will take place in three days.]
[At that time, one new participant from a new universe will be invited into the live broadcast room, and two new special viewers will also be invited.]
[The content of the broadcast in three days includes: "Doctor Strange," "The Avengers," and "Captain America: The Winter Soldier."]
[Stay tuned.]
[Now you only need to think "Leave" in your mind, and you will be able to freely return to the place where you were before.]
After that, the screen in the live broadcast room completely disappeared.
Tony then looked at Peter Parker standing beside him and said:
"Kid, when you go back, remember to take one genetically modified spider from Oscorp. Not only can it give you superpowers, but I can also use it for research."
Seeing Peter's somewhat serious expression, Tony smiled again and tried to reassure him:
"You have nothing to worry about. Did Black Widow not just teach you some sneaking techniques? But..."
Tony touched his chin:
"If that Oscorp were in my universe, it would be much simpler. I would just buy them, and we would not have to go through all this trouble."
Peter Parker smiled bitterly and quickly agreed.
Honestly speaking, Peter himself was also very curious about the spider connected to his father's research.
Then Tony approached Wanda. He hesitated a little, but in the end took a business card from his pocket.
Seeing Wanda's face change, Tony quickly said:
"I will not say things like 'I do not know what to say' or 'I will make everything up to you.'"
"Just... if you ever need help, you know... help between friends. This is my private number."
Looking at the business card in Tony's hand, little Wanda hesitated for a while, but in the end still reached out and took it.
"In any case, just in case... It does not mean I will really call this great villain."
Although she grumbled this, little Wanda still put the business card in her pocket.
After a brief farewell, everyone thought the word for departure in their minds and disappeared from the live broadcast room one after another.
Asgard.
Seeing Loki suddenly appear before him, the expression on Odin's face changed several times. Obviously, his emotions were extremely complicated.
In the end, he sighed slightly and said:
"Loki, if you ever encounter someone from the TVA, do not clash with them. Inform me immediately."
Hearing Odin's words, the muscles on Loki's face trembled slightly. In the end, he lowered his head and replied:
"I understand."
Looking at the stiff relationship between the father and son before her, Queen Frigga watched them worriedly, but did not know how to repair the situation.
Just as Loki raised his head again and looked at Odin, a strong impulse appeared within him.
After seeing his version from another parallel universe being rejected by Odin, then falling into a cosmic vortex in despair, his emotions had still not completely calmed down.
At that moment, Loki wanted to test the new ability he had just received.
The time-stopping ability of the Stand "The World"!
As the God of Mischief, what could be more fun than playing a prank directly before Odin's eyes without him noticing anything?
As soon as the idea entered his mind, Loki no longer hesitated and immediately summoned his Stand.
"Hm?"
Seeing the golden giant suddenly appear behind Loki, Odin's gaze immediately became sharp.
At that moment, Loki's distinctive wicked smile appeared on his face, and then he suddenly activated his Stand's ability.
"Za Warudo!"
In the next moment, heaven and earth completely stopped.
0.5 seconds.
With the current level of "The World," time could only be stopped for 0.5 seconds.
Before Loki's eyes, the entire world completely froze and took on chaotic colors.
"Strange... So this is what the world looks like when time stops?"
Looking at the completely motionless world around him, even a trace of surprise appeared in Loki's eyes.
This was not an illusion!
Just as a person clearly feels an exhale after holding their breath for a long time,
Loki at that moment could truly feel that the gears of time and the world had completely stopped and were interconnected!
It was like a ray of light piercing through darkness, creating a strangely pleasant sensation.
But Loki did not know one thing.
At that moment, it was not only Asgard that had stopped, nor only the entire galaxy.
The entire Marvel universe Earth-199999 stopped for 0.5 seconds!
Kamar-Taj.
"What? This is..."
When the flow of time began again, the Ancient One's body suddenly shook, and in her eyes, which were usually as calm as water, appeared an expression of complete astonishment.
"Someone just stopped the time of the entire universe?"
"How is that possible?"
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