John Wick seemed contemplative, feeling that things were definitely not as simple as they seemed, but he chose not to delve more.
"Wesley, Cross, stay at the base to supervise the werewolf training and ensure the security of the base. Don't let anyone infiltrate."
"John, can you drive me to the Agency? I have something to take care of."
Wesley and Cross nodded, "We will supervise them and prepare for the competition."
Ginny got into the car, with John driving towards the direction of the Agency.
As soon as the car left the base, Ginny took out her phone, attempting to contact David. However, the call didn't go through, indicating that he was out of the service area.
Hearing the prompt tone, Ginny knew that David was probably back in the magical world for training. Putting down the phone, she looked at the fading sun outside the car, feeling deeply concerned about Charles's situation.
Finally, before complete darkness fell, Ginny arrived at the entrance of the Agency. As soon as the car stopped, the doorman proactively opened the car door.
After getting out of the car, Ginny walked straight into the agency, not stopping anywhere, and went directly to her room.
From there, she took out a special magic paper and wrote: "Emergency. Please, Mr. Balthazar, return immediately upon receiving this message."
Ginny wrote a similar message for David, fearing that Balthazar might have other matters to attend to and wouldn't receive the information promptly.
After writing the content on the two magic papers, Ginny folded them into the shape of a paper crane. Holding these two paper cranes, she went to the training room where Balthazar used to teach David and Charles magic.
This training room had a Merlin magic array carved on the ground, which had been modified by Balthazar with a few other mages recently.
After entering the training room, Ginny placed the two well-folded paper cranes on one of the magic marks in the Merlin array.
Then, she left the inside of the Merlin array. After about three seconds, the paper cranes emitted a bright light and disappeared from the room.
Watching the disappearing paper cranes, Ginny knew that it worked, and now it was just a matter of waiting for their arrival.
The two vanished paper cranes appeared in the magical world. After turning in place for a moment, each identified a direction and quickly flew towards their respective targets.
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Stark Seaside Villa-
"Like this, you use chakra threads to trigger the switch. Once the switch is activated, the reactor will emit a laser directly from the puppet's eye, attacking the enemy."
"This way, it won't affect the puppet's internal shuriken launching route, and it will also increase its attack power and versatility."
"The only thing that needs adjustment is the structure of the puppet's brain and eyes. After all, for the sake of part simplification, we don't need to make it as sophisticated as the eyes that shoot two beams like Superman."
Kankuro looked at the small ark reactor provided by Tony and contemplated for a moment before saying, "I can change the structure of the puppet's eye to a triangular shape. This way, it will be little simpler when used for attacks."
"However, I need an item to cover the light source of the reactor; otherwise, it's too obvious on the puppet's brain."
Tony took out a black iron sheet from the console and placed it in front of Kankuro.
"You can use this material to block the reactor's light. It can perfectly conceal the reactor's brightness."
"Just design a small mechanism; during laser attacks, retract it inside, and release it afterward."
"I suggest three power levels for the laser cannon. The first is normal mode, consuming ten percent of the energy in a single laser attack. This way, you can use it multiple times in one battle."
"The second mode is fifty percent; when facing strong enemies, you can use it as a finishing move, but it only allows two attacks."
"The third mode is to use all the power directly, unleashing the strongest laser attack, but only with one chance. After use, the reactor will be scrapped due to overload."
This was Tony's idea to purely use the Ark reactor as an attack, which wasn't suitable for him. His reactor not only needed to provide energy for some attacks but was also responsible for the power of the mecha.
Upon hearing Tony's suggestions, Kankuro's eyes lit up. "Great suggestions! Now my puppets can become even more powerful."
Without any delay, Kankuro began modifying his Crow puppet.
At this time, with the sky completely dark, watching Kankuro start working, Tony felt a bit hungry. Just as he was about to order a pizza, JARVIS's voice sounded.
"Sir, there is a visitor."
"The person is from S.H.I.E.L.D., Director Nick Fury."
Hearing JARVIS's words, Tony frowned slightly, wondering why this annoying guy was coming over again.
"I will not see him."
"Say that I'm not here."
After 5 seconds, JARVIS spoke again, "Sir, the security program of the villa has been tampered with. He has already entered."
Hearing that his security program had been tampered with again, Tony cursed angrily, "Damn it, it's happening again."
"It seems like I need to personally design the security program."
Tony glanced at Kankuro, who was completely focused on modifying the puppet, and spoke, "You stay here and focus on the modifications. I'll go upstairs and meet this guy."
Without waiting for Kankuro's response, Tony opened the door to the underground laboratory and went upstairs.
Tony quickly arrived in the hall.
At this moment, Nick Fury was casually sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed and hands spread on the backrest.
A KFC family bucket, including burgers, cola, fries, and chicken legs, was placed on the coffee table, presenting a complete set.
Approaching, Tony, seeing Nick Fury, directly asked, "What's the head of the special agents doing here again?"
Speaking as he approached, Tony sat on the sofa and reached out to grab a hamburger, starting to eat. Obviously, he was a bit hungry.
Nick Fury, seeing Tony didn't refuse the food he brought, smiled inwardly, thinking that he hadn't brought the wrong things.
"I guessed you hadn't eaten and brought the burgers."
Tony quickly devoured a hamburger in three bites, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and said, "I've received the burgers. You can leave now."
Tony showed no courtesy. Since you claimed to be delivering burgers and the goods had arrived, you could leave.
Choked by Tony's words, Nick Fury felt a bit speechless. This guy was truly sharp-tongued. He directly said, "We detected a Chakra energy disturbance at your villa. And you just asked us to block the nearby waters. What happened?"
Ignoring Nick Fury's question, Tony exclaimed, "You're monitoring me?"
Nick Fury's expression remained unchanged. "All unstable factors are under our surveillance. We are concerned about any accidents that may occur here."
Hearing Nick Fury's explanation, Tony felt disdainful. Having witnessed how the magical world protected earth, he had a strong contempt for these agents' self-righteous thoughts.
"Who can you really monitor?"
"Can you control those people from Asgard or find those wizards, or maybe track the movements of the ninjas?"
"As for here, there have been no accidents or fights."
Tony directly retorted Nick Fury and made it clear that there were no incidents here, telling him to leave quickly.
However, Nick Fury was scrutinizing Tony up and down. After a moment of silence, he said, "How do you know about the wizards?"
In Nick Fury's investigation, Tony had not been involved in anything related to magic. He knew about the ninjas because of Charles, and about Asgard because of the battle in New Mexico, where they also sought Tony.
But wizards? Nick Fury was confident that Tony had no contact with them, and even S.H.I.E.L.D. itself had only heard of them but hadn't seen real wizards.
"I have my own intelligence system. Is it strange that I know about the wizards?"
Nick Fury spoke slowly, "Very strange!"
"Even our S.H.I.E.L.D. only knows about the existence of wizards but has yet to see them."
Tony, with a mocking expression, said, "You guys are really pitiful."
"You haven't even seen wizards yet, but claim to secretly guard the Earth."
Nick Fury's eyes rolled. He was somewhat uncertain about how much intelligence Tony had regarding the wizards and how he managed to obtain this information.
Nevertheless, he still asked with a humble tone, "We have never encountered these powerful wizards. Tony, can you enlighten us?"
"After all, you are our consultant at S.H.I.E.L.D. and I have many things to consult with you about this matter."
However, Tony was not buying Nick Fury's approach. He remained silent about the magical world and the existence of wizards. He had his reasons for keeping things under wraps, and no amount of humility from Nick Fury would change that.
Due to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s confiscation of his father's inheritance, Tony became distrustful of this special agent organization.
Moreover, Tony didn't believe that revealing information about the wizards to them would serve any purpose in protecting the world. It would only fuel certain people's ambitions and greed.
Tony knew the value that a world's resources represented, especially when it was not an ordinary world but a magical one. If Nick Fury found out, who knew how many troubles he would cause.
Nick Fury sighed inwardly. Dealing with Tony Stark was indeed not easy.
Whether Nick Fury used reasoning, emotional appeals, or provocations, Tony remained tight-lipped, not revealing any information. Even when Nick Fury wanted to help upgrade Tony's reactor in exchange for detailed information, Tony didn't speak up.
If he could obtain some information from Tony for free, Nick Fury would be very willing. After all, acquiring information from Charles required energy blocks.
After confirming that he couldn't extract information about the wizards from Tony, Nick Fury shifted the focus back to the previous matters.
"Tony, I need the reasons for blocking the sea area."
Before Tony could speak, Nick Fury continued, "And we detected a Chakra energy disturbance. This is something we must investigate thoroughly."
Tony knew he couldn't remain silent about everything, or Nick Fury would not let it go, especially considering that guiding Kankuro and sparring with him were not top-secret activities.
He knew that the surveillance satellites above wouldn't miss a single moment, so he spoke up:
"There's a little guy from the Hidden Sand Village. I found him quite good, so I sparred with him and gave him some guidance."
"As for the Chakra energy disturbance, it should be because he used Chakra which was detected by your instruments."
Nick Fury nodded. It was close to what he had guessed. The only difference was the identity of the person, a ninja from the Hidden Sand Village, not from Konoha.
"I wonder what's special about the kid from the Hidden Sand Village that gained the favor of Tony Stark, the Iron Man."
Seeing that the head of this special agent team still wanted to extract information here, Tony stood up and began to show him out.
"You already know the reason for the energy disturbance. Now, you can leave. I need to continue my research."
Seeing that Nick Fury still wanted to say something, Tony's expression changed, "Do I need to put on my armor and throw you out?"
Seeing that Tony was really chasing him away, Nick Fury didn't linger in the room and turned to leave. After all, his purpose for coming here today has been achieved.
Watching Nick Fury leave, Tony picked up the KFC family meal on the table and headed downstairs to the lab. Not only had he not eaten enough, but the little guy downstairs hadn't eaten either.
Arriving in the lab downstairs, Kankuro had already finished modifying the Crow Puppet and was doing the debugging work.
Tony took out a hamburger and placed it in front of Kankuro. "Eat. It's been a day without food. You must be hungry."
Looking at the hamburger on the table, Kankuro didn't immediately eat. Instead, he said, "Let me finish the testing first before eating."
Parker, who had been lying on the ground, stood up and shouted, "Tony, give me a chicken leg."
Tony took out a fried chicken leg from the family meal and placed it in front of Parker. "I haven't forgotten you."
After saying that, Tony even tapped Parker's dog head, but Parker didn't mind at all. He directly picked up a chicken leg and started eating.