The Lich King of the American comic world

Raising his head to look at his chest with all his strength, Stark saw a cylindrical metal device embedded directly into his chest!

"What the hell is this!" Stark yelled in panic.

At this moment, Dr. Ethan, who was humming a ditty while making lunch, spoke, "Take it easy, buddy. In fact, it was because of it that you saved your life."

Dr. Ethan was obviously an old-fashioned gentleman. Even though he was also a prisoner, he was still wearing a full suit and a very neat tie. There was even a little white square scarf exposed in the left pocket.

Although his clothes were a little worn out and there was still some dust on his right chest, he looked very neat and energetic.

And the way he speaks is also very steady and peaceful, his tone is gentle, and he looks like he doesn't care about anything.

This makes it easy for Ethan to be liked by others, even for an arrogant jerk like Stark.

Stark stood up and asked Ethan, "What did you do to me?"

Ethan glanced at Stark, then continued to focus on the cooking in his hand, and replied with a smile: "I just saved you. I took out as much shrapnel as possible from your body, but there are still a lot of shrapnel left in your body .

We've had a lot of people out there who've been wounded like that, and they've ended up being called the living dead.

Because the shrapnel that have entered the blood will penetrate their vital organs in a week, and then die in pain..."

Stark interrupted Ethan and asked, "What's that thing on my chest?"

Ethan was not annoyed, and still replied gracefully: "The electromagnet, it is because of it that the shrapnel remaining in your blood vessels will not pierce your heart."

Dr. Ethan was very relaxed. Under his guidance and emotional infection, Stark finally let go of his guard and began to have an in-depth conversation with him.

During the start of communication between Stark and Ethan, Steve outside has already gone to three suspected points.

"I'm so tired...I should find a driver..." Stey complained about his carelessness while driving the car wearily.

After driving for almost an hour, I finally arrived at the fourth suspected point which was relatively far away.

Ste stopped the car, let out the shadows, and closed his eyes to rest as usual.

Only 10 minutes later, a message came from a shadow.

Stee accepts its shared vision, and then sees a group of militants through the shadow's vision.

Remembering that Stark was being held in a cave, Stee ordered the shadow to head towards the mountain behind the militants.

After seeing a heavily guarded cave, Steve was shocked.

The shadow is a ghost and cannot be seen by ordinary people, so it just swaggered into the cave.

Not long after going deep into the cave, Steve saw a thick steel gate.

Controlling the shadow and passing through the iron gate, Steve saw a down-and-out middle-aged man discussing something with another older man.

"Aha, I found you, Tony, Stark!" Steve cheered, and then looked at another person.

"This old man in a suit should be Dr. Ethan."

Stee vaguely remembered that Dr. Ethan not only saved Stark's life, but also acted as Stark's soul mentor.

It was because of Ethan's words and later Ethan's death that Stark started to change his old fucking personality.

Just when Steve was hesitating whether to contact Sta right now, there was a sudden noise outside the iron gate.

A group of militants who didn't know what to say, opened the iron gate and came in front of Stark and Ethan.

Then, the guy who took the lead, who looked like a small leader of the militants, chattered to Stark for a long time, and finally motioned for Ethan to translate for Stark.

Ethan turned to Star and said, "They want you to build a missile within a week, the kind called Jericho."

Stark didn't answer directly, but asked Ethan: "Why do they hold the weapons I made?"

Ethan shrugged and didn't answer.

After a few seconds, Stark suddenly said to the little boss: "NO, I refuse!"

Although the little boss doesn't understand English, he still understands the phrase "NO".

So Stee gloated and watched Stark being pulled by his hair through the shadow, and pressed his head into the water for the first time.

"Ah... puff puff..."

"Do you want to make it?" asked the leader.

"No... ah... puff puff..." Stark still insisted.

Chapter No.16 A Week That Changed Destiny

Stark was pushed back and forth into the water 3 times.

Steve began to admire Stark's persistence.

After all, Stark has always thought that the weapons produced by his group are used to protect the country and the world.

And even at this life-and-death juncture, he still insisted on his original intention, which made Steve admire him a little more.

So Steve stopped watching the excitement and planned to communicate with Stark first.

When Stark's head was pulled up again, a hollow voice suddenly sounded in Stark's ear: "Hi! Tony, Stark, my name is Steve Chung.

S.H.I.E.L.D. entrusted me to rescue you. I hope you are not resisting now. Please agree to their request first and save your life temporarily. "

After being pressed into the water several times in a row, Stark already felt the fear of death.

In fact, it might not be two more times, he himself compromised first...

Stark didn't have time to think about who was speaking in his ear, he obediently chose to save his own life first.

Seeing that Stark finally gave in, the little boss asked people to keep an eye on Stark, while he himself had to make some arrangements first.

Stark was left alone, with two guards guarding the door.

While waiting for the next move from the boss, Stark has been communicating with Stee.

"Man, how many people did you bring?" Stark asked softly.

"Me alone."

"...what should I say? SHIELD high-ranking officials have SHT in their heads?"

"I support you. But I'm just working with them, not their people.

Listen, I still need to make some preparations, and in the meantime you need to make sure you don't get killed early. "

"Then you may need to hurry up, I probably only have a week to live at most.

What can you do, can you single-handedly overthrow their entire camp?

Also, I'm so lost right now, I don't know what I was doing before...I..."

Steve knew that Stark had encountered an inflection point in his life, so he interrupted Stark and said, "About this, you can talk to Dr. Ethan, and he is a professional!"

Before Stark had time to ask, the little boss came back, beckoned his men to cover Stark with a hood, and then took him to the camp outside the cave.

The little boss led his men and escorted Stark and Ethan to the outside of the cave.

The hood on Stark's head was roughly removed.

Stark, who suddenly saw the sun, had to stretch out his hand to block his eyes.

After adapting to the light, Stark saw the situation of the camp outside.

There are piles of various materials there, "This...all are produced by our own group, all of them!" Stark was both sad and angry in his heart.

The little boss took Stark and Ethan around the camp.

Finally they came to the middle of the camp, and the leader smiled and said to Stark, "Look, we have all the materials to make the Jericho missiles.

As long as you help me assemble it and draw the blueprints, I'll let you go. "

Ethan conveyed the words of the little boss to Stark, and after the two looked at each other, Stark held the hand extended by the little boss.

Stark then says to Ethan in English, "I guess he won't."

"Yes, he won't." Ethan replied.

After getting a satisfactory answer, the little boss was in a good mood, and after locking the two of Stark back into the cave, he returned to his leader.

Stark, who returned to the cave, made contact with the shadow sent by Steve again.

With foreign aid, a ray of hope for life finally ignited in Stark's heart.

But Stark's state is still very bad, not only worried about his life, but also disappointed with himself.

Ethan saw Stark's decadent look, so he sat beside him and said, "This is not the Stark I know, are you going to give up like this?"

Stark looked at the light in front of him, and said with a low will: "I don't know, I can only live for a week. Moreover, I always thought that the weapons I made were used to protect the world..."

"Listen Stark, don't give up hope, I'm sure the military is looking for you now. And, as you just saw, those are your masterpieces, things you were proud of fell into the hands of terrorists , turned into a murderous weapon."

Ethan saw that Stark was still depressed, so he decided to continue prodding him: "Is this the supercilious Tony Stark?

Aren't you going to do something and just call it a day?

Tony, you seem to have it all, but you also have nothing. "

Ethan's words deeply hurt Tony's fragile heart.

The self-confidence and heartless personality I usually pretend to be are just a cover-up. Dr. Ethan is right: "It turns out that I really have nothing."

At the moment when Stark finally dared to look directly into his heart, a figure suddenly flashed in his mind, it was Pepper Boz who had always been an assistant and nanny.

Stark murmured, "Maybe, I'm not alone yet."

Stark, who finally cheered up, reached out to Ethan and said, "Help me, Ethan."

Dr. Ethan watched Stark stretch out his hand, and he knew that the bastard who could always perform miracles was back again.

Ethan smiled and stretched out his right hand, tightly holding Stark's hand.

Stark finally completed his spiritual transformation under the influence of Ethan.

Steve, who had been watching the whole development through the shadows, realized that this was where Stark really began to change.

It turned out that the iron man who was considered to be a god under the iron battle suit with a mortal body was born here!

Steve felt that the time was ripe, so he waited for Ethan to rest, and once again sent a message to Stark through the shadow: "Stark, get ready, I will rescue you."

When Stark first heard that he could be rescued, he was very happy and excited.

Resisting his excitement, he hesitated for a moment and said to Steve: "Can you rescue Ethan together? It's just the way..."

"I'm afraid it won't work, my idea is: You follow the information I sent you, and carve a talisman circle on the ground.

My buddy will sacrifice himself to charge the circle, and a portal will open above the circle.

But the portal can only bear the passage of one person, it will disappear after you pass, and the magic circle will also be destroyed by itself. "

Stark was a little reconciled and asked, "Then why draw two magic circles at different times?"

"Then I will instantly suck the two portals dry...

Listen Stark, I'm glad you're finally being considerate of others, but I really can only get one person out without alarming them. "

It's time for Stark to be tested again.

Perhaps stemming from the deepest kindness in his heart, Stark finally made a decision that surprised Steve.

"Listen man, I have an idea, and I'm sure I can make it happen in a week.

If we rush out of the camp, can you rescue me and Ethan without alarming them? "

No.17 Chapter Plan - Mark 1

Hearing Stark's question, Steve ate the last bite of the biscuit, tore off the package of nutritional supplements and began to drink in big gulps.

Steve threw away the nutrient bag he had already drunk, and replied with a smile: "I think I can do it, but my commission will be doubled! After all, S.H.I.E.L.D. only gave me money to save you."

Hearing the money, Stark returned to his previous supercilious personality: "Money? How about I buy a bank and send it to you, so you can sleep on the money in the future."

It's really impossible to talk about money with this kind of world-class local tyrant.

"No, no, you don't want to corrupt my professional ethics.

A rule is a rule, and my current rule is to save one more person and double the commission.

But I think your proposal, I can consider it..."

Stark said in a relaxed tone: "Your professional ethics is good, I decided to accept it."