American comics: Starting as the Jinchūriki of the One-Tailed Beast

Chapter 51 The Hand

The lights inside the detention cell were rather dim.

Covered in tattoos and stripped down to only a pair of white underwear, Ivan Vanko, handcuffed and shackled, sat with his back to Roy and Tony on the only bench in the room.

Tony glanced at Ivan Vanko and said as he walked, "Pretty advanced technology, but the RPM is a bit low. You should double the RPM."

"It's also possible to let the reverse energy pass through the ionized plasma channel, but the output efficiency is not high."

"However, from the perspective of counterfeit products, your work is quite good."

Ivan Vanko didn't speak, nor did he even turn to look at Tony.

Tony sat down on the other side of the bench and continued, "There's something I don't understand. With just a few tweaks and optimizations, you could make a lot of money from it."

"You can sell the finished product or technology to other countries, such as Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan, or sell it directly on the black market."

Ivan Vanko finally reacted, turning to look at Tony and slowly saying, "Your family are thieves and butchers."

"Like every sinner, you want to rewrite your history to forget the lives lost by the Stark family..."

He paused, looked at Tony's chest, and continued, "You didn't die because of my father."

"I didn't die because you tried to kill me but failed."

Tony immediately refuted Ivan Vanko.

"Yeah?"

"If you can make God bleed, people will stop believing in him."

"When there is blood in the water, it will attract sharks."

"I only need to sit here to watch the world devour you."

Ivan Vanko looked at Tony calmly and spoke slowly.

Where will you watch me be devoured by the world?

"Oh, by the way, it's in your cell. I'll bring you a bar of soap; you're welcome."

After saying that, Tony stood up and walked towards the door of the detention cell without turning his head.

He had only taken a few steps when Ivan Vanko continued, "I'll give you a piece of advice: dying from palladium poisoning is very painful."

Tony stopped and, with his back to Ivan Vanko, said, "Palladium is an outdated solution. I have found a new element to replace palladium."

What?

Ivan Vanko stared at Tony's retreating figure with a look of astonishment.

Tony didn't intend to explain too much to him. He walked up to Roy and said calmly, "Let's go, we should go back."

Roy nodded and knocked on the door.

The cell doors can only be opened from the outside.

After leaving the police station and getting into Happy's Rolls-Royce, Roy said to Tony, "500 million. I'll take care of him for you and guarantee that the Arc Reactor technology won't leak out."

"Did you always solicit business like this?" Tony asked, frowning.

Roy shook his head: "This isn't about soliciting business, it's advice for our regular customers."

"The whole world has seen his armor and arc reactor. Anyone interested in arc reactor technology will definitely try to rescue him."

Tony fell silent.

After a moment's thought, he asked, "Do you possess superpowers in the realm of awakened consciousness, or superpowers that can make people forget specific memories?"

"No!"

"Although I have awakened many superpowers, I am not an omnipotent God."

"Furthermore, I'd rather kill him than make him forget about the Arc Reactor technology."

Roy gave Tony advice with a serious expression.

"I'm not a psychopathic killer!" Tony's brows furrowed even more.

"Neither do I." Roy shrugged.

"But you're encouraging me to hire someone to kill someone," Tony continued.

"Don't forget, he was the one who tried to kill you first. Even if you let him go this time, he will definitely come back to kill you whenever he has the chance."

"By then, the armor he wears may not be as rudimentary as it is today."

Roy patiently reminded Tony.

Tony fell silent once again.

After careful consideration, he sighed helplessly and said slowly, "If there really is a next time, I will kill him with my own hands."

Seeing that Tony still didn't intend to entrust him with killing Ivan Vanko, Roy didn't say anything more.

Based on past experience, if Tony commissions him to kill Ivan Vanko, the commission will most likely pass the system's judgment.

But Tony has no such plans now, so he doesn't intend to force Tony to make a commission.

Because any commissions forced upon the client will never pass the system's judgment.

……

new York.

Villas in the Upper East Side.

Roy sat on the sofa in the living room and turned on the TV.

Instead of returning to America on Tony's private jet, he used the Flying Thunder God technique to come back directly.

Before returning, he gave an exclusive interview to Christine in his hotel room, briefly explaining why he and Tony suddenly decided to participate in F1 racing.

After the interview, we'll naturally have some in-depth discussions that everyone will enjoy.

When he returned using the Flying Thunder God technique, it was already evening in Monaco.

But it's only past noon here in New York.

When he turned on the TV, as he expected, all the major news channels were reporting on Tony and Ivan Vanko.

Many channels also invited so-called experts to explain Ivan Vanko's Whiplash Armor to the audience.

He wasn't interested in the experts' presentations and switched to MSNBC, the Microsoft NBC channel.

Microsoft NBC is a news organization jointly established by Microsoft and NBC, broadcasting the latest news from around the world 24 hours a day.

Like other news channels, MSNBC was also broadcasting news about Tony and Ivan Vanko.

The difference was that instead of inviting experts to explain Ivan Vanko's armor and arc reactor, they interviewed the senator who had presided over the previous hearing.

"The attackers proved that Tony Stark's armor technology could be imitated, but Stark, like a headless fly, treated the steel armor as his own toy and refused to share the technology with anyone."

"Stark swore at the hearing that the Iron Man armor would not end up in the hands of anyone else."

"It won't appear for at least the next 5 to 10 years, but we're seeing armor using the same technology in Monaco now..."

Having been mocked by Tony as a clown at the hearing, the senator seized the opportunity to slap Tony in the face, going to great lengths to ridicule him, portraying Tony as an arrogant, dissolute, and irresponsible playboy.

After watching for only a few minutes, Roy turned off the TV and started thinking about which restaurant to take Gwen to for dinner that night.

Just then, his cell phone rang.

He frowned slightly when he saw Gwen's name on the caller ID.

Gwen should be in class at this time.

Although he didn't know why Gwen was calling him, he didn't think much of it and immediately answered the phone.

Are you still in Monaco?

Gwen asked immediately.

"You just got back a short while ago, what's wrong?"

Roy replied.

"My dad got injured, and his colleagues said the person who injured him was a ninja!"

"I am on my way to the hospital now."

Gwen said anxiously.