"Wait a minute."
Suddenly, Ichiro Serizawa, as if realizing something, abruptly turned his head to look at Maria Hill, who was sitting not far away, representing Nick Fury at the meeting.
Judging from the calm expression on her face, it was not difficult to tell that she did not seem surprised by General Ross's remarks just now.
No wonder Nick Fury didn't attend in person this time; did that son of a gun already know in advance that Godzilla had left [Sokovia]?
Damn it, you dead black ghost, you deliberately tricked me, making me look foolish in front of representatives from various countries, didn't you?
I was really out of my mind at the time, thinking of cooperating with [.] to coerce Karl Malla!
At this time, Serizawa was completely unaware that his clumsy performance at this UN General Assembly meeting directly led to a sharp decline in his prestige within [Monarch].
Therefore, many people felt that he was not worthy to continue leading [Monarch], thus giving Emma Russell an opportunity to rise to power.
Just as Ichiro Serizawa was secretly lamenting in his heart.
The head of the [PPDC], Stacker Pentecost, breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart.
Fortunately, he didn't rush to express his position just now, otherwise he would probably have been treated like a monkey like [Monarch].
But...
The situation ahead was not optimistic for him either.
Just like that.
This meeting with ulterior motives came to an end in an extremely absurd way.
But the undercurrents surging in private never stopped.
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[. Headquarters].
"Motherf**ker... Ross, that bastard, so that's what he was planning."
Nick Fury was furious after receiving Maria Hill's report.
Because he had roughly guessed the content of the cooperation between General Ross and Karl.
Needless to say, it must be related to the business of Kong providing paid services to countries around the world to eliminate the invasion of Titan monsters.
General Ross's calculations were so loud that he could hear them in [Washington].
No wonder the [Department of Defense] would stab other organizations in the back at such an important hearing, publicly supporting Karl Malla and [Sokovia].
The thought of Karl reaping both "fame and fortune" soon after for helping countries eliminate Titan invasions.
Nick Fury was so jealous that his face was distorted, the feeling was even more uncomfortable than the death of his family.
At the same time, Karl's collusion with the [Department of Defense] also gave him an extremely serious sense of crisis.
Because in future confrontations with Karl, he could no longer arbitrarily bully others under the banner of [.] and the [Security Council]... uh, well, although he had never succeeded before.
However, Nick Fury was currently powerless to do anything about it.
Due to previous consecutive defeats, [.] had been severely restricted in terms of financial allocations and jurisdiction over certain special events.
Directly from the original "Top Tier" organization.
It had fallen to the miserable situation of having to compete for food with many organizations such as [Monarch] and [PPDC].
This made Nick Fury feel unprecedented humiliation and frustration.
Therefore, the focus of his work had to be forced to shift from how to contain Karl's rise to how to ensure that [.]'s "wealth and power" would not continue to be weakened by other organizations, such trivial matters.
This was also why he had received the news of Godzilla leaving [Sokovia] before the hearing began, but did not notify Ichiro Serizawa.
Killing two birds with one stone... Even if he failed to sanction Karl as he wished, ruining [Monarch]'s reputation would be a great achievement for [.].
At this time, a staff member came over to report: "Director, Agent Romanoff just sent a message that Eddie Brock has been found."
"He is using a set of abandoned mailbox accounts to log into several portal websites, including the [Daily Bugle] official website, through satellite signals,"
"And using the nickname "Strongest Avenger", he has published a large number of remarks on the Internet opposing [Sokovia] and opposing the privatization of Titan monsters."
Hmm?
Interesting!
Nick Fury's eyes lit up, and his gloomy face eased a lot.
Finally, he heard some good news that pleased him.
"Can you lock his current IP address?"
"Not yet, he is very vigilant and never stays online for too long... but as long as he makes a mistake, we will be able to lock his location immediately!"
"Very good." Nick Fury nodded in satisfaction.
If Eddie Brock really had an alien symbiote parasitizing him, then Nick Fury wouldn't mind specially recruiting this "thief" into [.].
Not for anything else.
Just because this kid dared to spray Karl Malla, Nick Fury respected him as a hero.
So no matter what evil deeds Eddie Brock had committed before, as long as he was Karl Malla's enemy, then we are friends!!
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[10880 Malibu Point].
"Hi, Rhodey, long time no see."
Pepper Potts opened her arms and gave Colonel James Rhodes, who had suddenly arrived, a warm hug.
The other party was not only one of Tony Stark's few friends, but also maintained a good personal relationship with her.
"Is this place being renovated again?"
James Rhodes looked at the workers busily moving back and forth in the villa and joked with a smile:
"Presumably Tony gave you a lot of headaches on the specific details!"
"You're wrong about him this time."
Pepper Potts put on the posture of a hostess and explained with a charming smile: "Tony wants me to move in and live with him, so I have to make some appropriate changes to this place."
"Of course... the downstairs is still his private space, if you want to find him, just go there directly."
"Wow, congratulations to you two, it seems that I should be able to eat your wedding candy soon, right?"
James Rhodes joked with a smile, then walked down the stairs all the way to the workshop on the second basement floor.
"Wow, Tony, isn't this Kamazots, the Titan monster that previously 'exploded your equipment'?"
James Rhodes pointed to the monster in the virtual imaging simulation of the battlefield in front of him, which was fighting a certain new Mark armor, and joked:
"Let me guess, you've been staying at home during this period to develop a new armor that can deal with Titan monsters, right? But... is the size a bit too big this time!"
"Rhodey, your imagination is as lacking as ever."
Tony Stark ignored his friend's teasing, but reached out and grabbed the holographic image of the new Mark armor, then expanded his palm and enlarged it several times.
Only then did he explain with some pride:
"The enemies we are going to deal with next are far more than those Titan monsters, but also Kaiju from other worlds..."
"During the time you were on a mission in the Middle East, I attended the first 'Hunter Summit' held by the [PPDC],"
"And I got great inspiration there. It is impossible to defeat all enemies by relying on [Iron Man] alone,"
"So in order to better deal with all kinds of giant monsters, I decided to help the [PPDC] build a multi-functional hunter mecha..."
"No, as long as you give me enough time, I can even help them build a giant steel army!"
James Rhodes looked at the other party with a suspicious expression, "Tony, are you really going to help them build 'Gundams'?"
"Why not?"
The latest novel is first published on Liu 9 Shu Ba!
Tony Stark showed a mysterious smile on his face, "Is there anything more cost-effective in the world than using other people's money to test the loopholes and feasibility in my design scheme?"
Even if he was a dignified billionaire, he would never dare to easily try to invest in projects based on "tens of billions" as a unit.
Because a slight mistake may lead to eternal doom.
So the most stable approach at the moment is naturally to take the opportunity to use the [PPDC]'s project to try it out first.
After all the design schemes have been polished and matured, then consider whether you need to tailor a "Gundam" for yourself.
Otherwise, with the tens of thousands of dollars in employment fees given by the [PPDC], can you hire him, Tony Stark??
James Rhodes heard this, and a look of evil taste of "worthy of you" suddenly appeared on his face.
But then he said the real intention of this trip.
"Tony, do you still have an impression of the [Ten Rings]?"
"They have appeared again, and have successively created 5 tragic cases in recent times... I was sent to the Middle East before to search for their whereabouts."
"[Ten Rings]?"
Tony Stark immediately stopped his work, turned around, and pointed to the [Ark Reactor] on his chest, which was flashing with flickering light, and said:
"How could I forget them... those damned guys, they warmly entertained me for a long time, and thanks to these people, I became Iron Man!"
James Rhodes saw this and asked with some eagerness, "Then you didn't go to find trouble with them afterwards?"
"That's for sure."
Tony Stark shrugged, seemingly guessing the real purpose of his friend's trip, so he told all the news he knew.
"It's just that the clues were interrupted after cleaning up a branch of the KB elements, and even Jarvis couldn't find any related news..."
"Rhodey, if you want to find their whereabouts, then I can only tell you that this mysterious organization seems to be acting separately in units of bottom-level grassroots organizations."
"And the leaders in these grassroots organizations are also contacting other organizations on a single line."
"No one knows where their start-up funds came from, and who is the person who is issuing orders to them!"
Speaking of the end, he asked with some incomprehension:
"But regarding this aspect of information, shouldn't your military know more and more clearly than I, a civilian?"
"Uh... that's usually the case."
James Rhodes showed an embarrassed look on his face and scratched his nose to explain:
"But these guys are a bit of an exception. Although their combat effectiveness is not very good, their intelligence is exceptionally accurate."
"Many times, it's as if they have foreseen when we will appear, so I've been empty-handed several times recently."
"But... presumably Tony, you haven't been watching the news recently, right?"
Tony Stark nodded noncommittally when he heard this, "I've been busy designing new armor recently, has something happened again?"
"That's right."
James Rhodes said in a slightly solemn tone: "Just a few days ago, the [Ten Rings] hijacked the communication signals of the [White House] and the entire East Coast through hacking technology."
"Then their leader, Mandarin, burned Brigadier General Jerryte to death in front of the President."
"What?!"
Tony Stark obviously didn't expect the [Ten Rings] to dare to make such a bold move.
He immediately ordered Jarvis to find out the video playback of that day.
When he saw Trevor's right hand turn into a crab claw-shaped mouth full of fangs, and then directly burn Brigadier General Jerryte into a pool of tumbling flesh and blood, his stomach churned, almost vomiting all of his breakfast.
It's so f**king disgusting.
"It's transformation and fire-breathing again... Could it be that the juggling old guy injected [Compound V]?"
Tony Stark immediately thought of the [Vought Corporation], which is known as the "industry tumor" in the top rich circle.
"It is not ruled out that this is possible. The [White House] has ordered a secret investigation into the [Vought Corporation]."
James Rhodes asked very seriously: "But the [Ten Rings] were able to easily hijack the communication signals of the [White House] this time. Presumably, this should be done with extremely high technological level, right?"
"Perhaps there is an insider around the President."
Tony Stark is not a fool. He never interferes with things that may cause trouble for himself.
He immediately spread his hands, put on a look of helplessness, and said:
"Although Jarvis can also do that kind of thing, it's still quite difficult to avoid being discovered... so I really can't help you with this matter."
At this moment, Jarvis's voice suddenly sounded, "Sir, Stacker Pentecost, the head of the [PPDC], has initiated a temporary video conference request to you."
"Accept."
Tony Stark motioned James Rhodes to "stand aside" with his eyes, and then several figures formed by holographic images were displayed in front of the two.
Among them were Dr. Reed Richards, who was also a technology research and development consultant with Tony, and Dr. Spa Sheffer, who first proposed the [Hunter Project].
"Okay, everyone is here now, so I'll go straight to the topic."
Stacker Pentecost didn't waste any words, and then briefly said what he saw and heard at the hearing held by the [Security Council] today...
