Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 366 The Dejected Tony Stark
After Luca and the others made their decision.

Soon, information related to the Skrulls spread.

The content that circulated online immediately caused a huge uproar.

Suddenly, a large-scale "blood test" event became popular all over the world.

Of course, there were some disturbances during this period, but at the same time, a large number of Skrulls were indeed pulled out of the crowd.

Of course, correspondingly, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s reputation has become utterly infamous. Many countries, while putting the Skrulls on their wanted lists, have also designated S.H.I.E.L.D. as a terrorist organization that prohibits entry into the country.

In fact, Luca did have more efficient methods for monitoring the Skrulls.

Whether it's the 'detection ring' he created before or the Skrull scanning module of the 'mind detection tower', if they were made public, they could further hasten the extinction of the Skrulls.

But Luca did not carry out any global coverage plan for the probe towers as he had previously told the Skrulls.

Even Natasha and the others did not suggest that Luca do this.

Luca's reluctance to unnecessarily reveal his technical skills is only one aspect.

Ultimately, the task of eradicating the Skrulls must be accomplished by humans.

Even with more accurate search and identification methods, those with ulterior motives can still hide the Skrulls they find and recruit them for their own use.

Conversely, if one truly wishes to eliminate all Skrulls within their own territory, the same method of 'blood recognition' can be employed.

However, Luca would not simply let things drift and allow the surviving Skrulls to reintegrate into the human population.

In fact, after Stark awoke, Luca was already preparing to join forces with him to install the Skrull identification module from the Mind Tower into the satellite, and then conduct a global scan of all Skrull presence on Earth.

At that time, all it takes is to expose a few countries that want to rely on the Skrulls to cause trouble.

Those high-ranking humans who live in fear because of the Skrulls, or who were even replaced by the Skrulls, are enough to give these scheming individuals a hard time.

By the way.

With the help of the medical team, all the rescued human prisoners gradually recovered after leaving their hibernation pods.

Steve and Tony both firmly supported abolishing S.H.I.E.L.D., while Nick Fury simply learned what had happened and then left in silence.

As for where this black-haired man, who is now wanted by multiple countries, plans to go, nobody knows for sure.

Even in subsequent World Security Council inquiries into S.H.I.E.L.D., Hill, the former deputy director of S.H.I.E.L.D., was the one to represent them.

In short, after this battle, S.H.I.E.L.D. was completely finished.

Even the imprisonment of those superhuman prisoners was handed over to the Security Council to figure out a solution after Luca had pulled out all their hair.

After things calmed down, Luca stayed in New York to help Tony with the satellite search.

"Hey Tony! Don't tell me you didn't sleep a wink again last night?!"

Early in the morning, Luca, carrying a bag of steamed buns, walked into the laboratory and was greeted by sunken eyes, messy hair that looked like it hadn't been styled for days, looking completely unlike the Tony Stark of the past.

Tony, seeing Luca enter, didn't even look up, only saying a perfunctory sentence.

"I've already slept."

He continued operating the screen in front of him, though it was unclear whether he was truly busy.

Seeing this, Luca, feeling somewhat helpless, simply looked up and shouted.

“Jarvis” “Mr. Orange, Mr. Stark did indeed have a one-hour sleep at two o’clock in the morning.”

Luca was speechless for a moment after hearing this, then casually tossed the bag of steamed buns he had brought onto the table and gave Jarvis a helpless retort.

"He only slept for one hour in three days, and you're actually proud of him?"

“I’m sorry, I cannot force Mr. Stark to make a decision.”

As Jarvis said this, there was a hint of helplessness and grievance in his voice.

Looking at Tony, who seemed to be concentrating on his work but whose eyes were actually vacant and who was in a daze, Luca simply shook his head again.

However, he also knew that Tony had been like this for quite some time.

Ever since he was rescued from the Skrulls—no, ever since New York was destroyed by the invasion of the Hell Dimension—Tony had a vague sense of unease.

However, at that time, although I felt guilty and was under tremendous pressure.

But Tony, who was so focused on rebuilding New York, didn't show much outward emotion.

Luca guessed that it was precisely because he was out of sorts on every level that he was so easily captured by the disguised Skrulls.

After being rescued, this state, which clearly showed signs of self-destruction, became even more severe.

Tony Stark, who used to be arrogant, boastful, and a chatterbox who could rival Spider-Man, has become completely silent and taciturn.

This silence is not even out of a sense of responsibility or anxiety about the future, but rather closer to a state of self-abandonment and apathy.

If Luca hadn't dragged him into working on the reconnaissance satellite, Tony probably would have just found a place to hide and quietly wait to die.

"Let's eat something first."

Luca pushed the buns on the table forward.

Tony didn't refuse to eat; he just mechanically grabbed the buns and started eating, like a simple robot following instructions.

"Pepper said you haven't been answering her calls?"

Upon hearing this, Tony, who was swallowing a bun, stiffened slightly, but quickly returned to his half-dead state and mumbled something.

"Yeah, she's pretty busy."

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Seeing that Tony was still in the same state, Luca also felt a little tired.

Indeed, Pepper Potts is incredibly busy these days, but Tony, you don't seem 'busy' at all?

And isn't Pepper Potts so busy trying to clean up the mess Stark Industries is in now?
Pepper Potts was already implicated by Tony in this Skrull invasion.

In order to successfully take control of the behemoth Stark Industries, the Skrulls who had captured Tony would naturally not let go of Pepper, the de facto manager.

After the two were successfully rescued, Stark Industries was already in complete chaos.

Tony, in his half-dead state, was completely oblivious to everything. It would be strange if Pepper wasn't overwhelmed with work, trying to save Stark Industries and prevent the families of thousands of Stark employees from being displaced.

Looking at Tony, who was still eating his bun with a blank expression, Luca hesitated for a long time before finally gritting his teeth and saying angrily.

"Come here! I'll show you a video!"

(End of this chapter)