Jean looked at Arthur and noticed that he was lying very calmly in the armchair.
"Did you understand?"
Jean nodded uncertainly.
"Well, it's Tony Stark.
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At the same time.
Tony, who was being forced by the Ministry of Defense to hand over his Iron Man armor technology, couldn't help but sneeze.
Ah Choo~
The Minister of Defense, sitting at the top, said righteously.
KNOW KNOW KNOW
"Mister Stark, may we return to where we left off?"
Tony pinched his nose and joked with the beautiful reporter next to him: "Someone must have scolded me just now."
"Otherwise I wouldn't sneeze with my physical fitness, can you believe it?"
"If you don't believe me, how about we have a more in-depth discussion tonight?"
The reporter was about to nod at the talented and rich playboy.
But the Minister of Defense's anxious voice sounded once again.
"Mister Stark!"
The Defense Minister's mouth twisted with anger.
This guy is flirting with a woman in front of him.
No matter what happens, today he will make Tony Stark hand over the Iron Man armor technology.
Armed the army with this technology.
At that moment, the United States will become the greatest power in the world, it will no longer need to compete with China or Russia.
"Speak love, I'm all ears."
Hearing what Tony Stark said, everyone in the courtroom laughed.
"Can we pick up where we left off?"
The minister spoke righteously.
"Yes." Tony Stark replied lightly.
"Do you have a specialized weapon or not?"
"I do not," Tony replied.
"you mean you dont have?" The minister asked again.
"I don't. It depends on your definition of a weapon." Tony replied.
"The Iron Man weapon."
"My device does not fit this description."
"Really? And how would you describe it?"
"I would describe it by defining it for what it is."
"As?"
"It's... A high-tech prosthetic."
"That's the most appropriate description I can give."
You call something that can fire the palm cannon at any time and release hundreds of millions of joules of energy as it flies a prosthetic.
"It's a gun! It's a gun, Mr. Stark."
"Ah, please, if your priority was the well-being of the citizen-"
"No, my priority is to deliver the 'Iron Man' weapon to the people of the United States."
"Really? You can forget it."
"I am Iron Man."
"The armor and I are one, handing over the armor would be handing myself over, which amounts to slave labor, prostitution, etc., depending on the state's law."
"In other words, I'm not going to hand it over."
"Look, I'm not an expert-"
"In prostitution? No, you're a senator."
"I'm not a weapons expert..."
"But we have someone here who is."
The senator immediately said, "Let Justin Hammer in."
As soon as the words came out, a middle-aged man wearing a suit walked in.
Tony knew this guy well.
He is a weapons salesman like he was before, but the weapons he sells are all inferior products to those from Stark Industries.
When Stark Industries still sold weapons, they could only secretly sell them to the black market.
After Tony stopped making weapons, the Ministry of Defense contacted them to place an order.
"I want to record that I observed Mr. Hammer entering the room and I would like to know when a real expert will be at the hearing?"
As Justin Hammer took the stage, he praised Tony's father, Howard Stark, as the father of the military industry.
At the same time, he also showed off his own company's technology.
Claiming that they are also researching shielding technology and have already had success and wanted Tony to share his technology.
Seeing that Tony didn't respond, Justin Hammer thought that Tony was shocked at him.
People in the media were now screaming.
Because on the demonstration screen behind him, various test accidents began to play, and many experimenters died testing the armor.
This time it was Tony's turn to ask back, "Excuse me, I'd like to know how those experimenters are doing now."
Justin Hammer knew immediately it was Tony.
"Tony Stark, you are slandering me!"
"Turn that off immediately."
"What? Didn't you put that up? That's none of my business, Mister Hammer."
As he spoke, he raised his hand.
The content played on the cell phone in his hands is the same as that displayed on the screen.
But Tony was just talking nonsense.
No matter how many media outlets there are, he remains very arrogant.
Seeing that the playback could not be stopped, Justin Hammer grabbed his chair and smashed the monitor screen.
Tony pointed to the Minister of Defense on stage: "I am iron man and iron man is me."
"You will not receive any technology from me."
"You are not worthy of it!"
So what if the one on the other side is the Ministry of Defense?
He knows very well the purpose of top US executives for this technology.
He's not going to let this group of arrogant, ambitious suits succeed.
Tony stood up and blew kisses to everyone present, and the furious Minister of Defense shouted at him behind his back.
The media quickly recorded the scandal at the Ministry of Defense.
It will soon be the most talked about news in the country.
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In the mansion.
Arthur nodded, satisfied with Jean's response, "Then you must also understand why Tony is living so well now."
"I understand, Mr. Morgan."
"Thank you for telling me these things today, no matter what happens to mutants in the future, you are our friend."
Arthur waved his hand.
"I only say this as your friend. I don't care about others."
"Understand?"
Jean immediately nodded in understanding.
What Arthur meant was simple: don't expose me.
"Mr. Morgan, it's getting late."
"I will go back first."
Jean was about to get up and go back when Arthur shook her hand and asked, "Do you know how to swim?"
Faced with this sudden question.
Jean was surprised, then nodded: "Yes."
"Then swim with me for a bit, since I have nothing to do right now, the pool is back there."
"But, I didn't bring a bathing suit, Mr. Morgan."
Jean was also moved by Arthur's proposal.
She hasn't bathed in a pool in a long time, she hasn't relaxed since she joined the Xavier Institute and the X-Men.
She is in her early twenties.
It's the age to have fun.
How can she not like playing?
Arthur stood up and said: "Don't worry, I've already made an order for someone to deliver it to me."
"Should be here soon."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of the doorbell ringing.
Outside was a black sedan parked outside the mansion, and Arthur approached it with Jean.
Immediately after they arrived, a woman in a suit stepped out of the sedan and asked, "Are you Mr. Morgan?"
"Yes."
"Here are the swimsuits in all the sizes you requested. They are all in this box. Please sign for them."
Jean looked surprised and asked her question: "Is clothes delivery so fast these days?"
The woman immediately explained: "Of course not, it's just that Mr. Morgan bought all the expensive swimsuits in our store."
"So we sent it right away."
(I see.)
Jean looked at Arthur with some jealousy in her eyes.
This ability to make money!
At that moment, at the corner of the street, Gwen appeared and asked curiously: "Arthur, what are you doing here?"
"Gwen, do you want to swim with us?"
(End of chapter)
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