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Chapter 177 Mr. Stark, you are a genius (Seeking monthly votes)

Tony returned to his seaside villa.

He took off his suit jacket, leaving him in only a shirt. He first went to the bar, poured himself a glass of whiskey, added a few ice cubes, and then went down the spiral staircase in the living room.

He opened the glass door made of a special material and entered his private underground laboratory.

The laboratory was spacious but somewhat cluttered.

This is both a laboratory and an underground parking lot. Not far away, there is an underground passage that connects to the surface, where many expensive and collectible luxury cars are parked.

Tony snapped his fingers.

Tony walked to his workbench, casually placed the sunglasses from his pocket on the table, and the computer screen lit up, while holographic projections appeared around him.

In the footage, in addition to the precisely captured battle scene between Manhattan Astartes and the Ravens, there are also rapidly flashing patterns of matching human face portraits.

"Jarvis?"

"Sir, the data is being uploaded. According to the test, Chief George's heart rate increased, his eyes fluctuated at a 0.3-degree angle, and his pupils dilated slightly while he was answering the questions."

"Based on data calculations, there is an 83% probability that Chief George is lying."

"83%?"

Hearing Tony laugh, Tony took a sip of his drink, casually placed the glass on the table, picked up the wheelchair next to him, plopped down, and casually replied, "I think it's 100%."

"We're way ahead of those idiots; they're communicating with radio."

"Yes, sir. The battlefield covered the entire Manhattan area that night. According to the footage taken afterward, they had a very standard combat pattern. As the number of monster legions invaded, they would immediately provide support, and there were many changes such as the repositioning of the defensive tactical units."

Jarvis's methodical voice continued: "We have reason to believe that they have one or two supreme commanders, as well as sentries observing the battlefield to report back on battlefield information."

Jarvis, as an artificial intelligence, could not possibly know that Reiche and the others possessed such a bug-level perception ability as Observation Haki.

It will only deduce and calculate the most likely answer based on reasonable logic.

Tony naturally followed this rule as well.

Although there are some deviations, the overall direction is correct.

"Those people are also using modern communication devices."

Tony's heart began to race as he came to this conclusion.

That night, Astartes and the Raven Legion's performance was truly extraordinary; even their equipment, if anything, was considered advanced—energy technology weapons.

The energy technology is very stable, which means that those people have access to a very high level of technological support.

The power armor on Astartes looks simple but is actually quite perplexing.

Simplicity lies in its construction.

In Tony's understanding, it was impossible for a human to move such heavy armor unless it contained an extremely sophisticated combination of technologies and an energy source.

Tony considers himself the world's most outstanding genius, and so far, developing such equipment would likely take a considerable amount of time.

Not to mention that the materials used in the armor itself were problematic.

What kind of metal material can easily withstand the impact of an energy beam that can penetrate a building?

The outer shell shows no signs of damage, and the impact of the kinetic energy from the attack is completely invisible.

That's absolutely outrageous.

The US government was looking in the wrong direction from the very beginning when it tried to find those people.

Tony, instead of navigating these complex issues, went straight to the heart of the matter.

No matter how exaggerated the equipment, materials, or technological level are, as long as it is confirmed that technology is involved, it indicates a problem.

There is someone or an organization supporting it.

Does it cost money to build such an extraordinary army of over a thousand people, along with all this equipment?

In modern society, everything requires money to buy.

These expenses are enormous.

A simple calculation will show that not every organization can afford to support it.

Every expense leaves a trace.

As long as we grasp this clue, we can follow the trail to find where those people live.

Tony was very excited and told Jarvis his arguments.

Jarvis praised him highly.

"A brilliant idea, sir. You are a genius."

After praising him, Jarvis asked a question.

"Sir, even if we find them, what do you intend to do?"

"Of course we got those technologies from them, Jarvis. You should know that the armor materials and weapon technology were far ahead of current technology."

Tony answered without hesitation.

Then Jarvis asked another question that left Tony speechless.

"So, what method do you intend to use to acquire these technologies from them, sir?"

"ha?"

Tony was stunned.

Yes, how did he obtain it?

His initial thought was simply to find the other party and acquire the technologies that interested him greatly, in order to realize his earlier flash of inspiration.

But he didn't consider whether the other party was willing to give it to him.

Buy it with money?

If they have the financial resources to support an army of a thousand men, why would they lack money?

technology?

What technology?

Stark Industries does indeed possess many core technologies, which are the foundation of its wealth accumulation.

But would they even be interested?

Tony fell into deep thought.

Matthew was unaware that the future Iron Man was currently facing a major headache, as he had not trained that day.

Instead, they went to Chicago.

Chicago is undoubtedly one of the most well-known major cities in the United States.

The reason for its popularity comes from many sources.

For example, the crime rate remains high, and many sports or entertainment superstars have emerged.

This time Matthew was able to go to Chicago.

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It was because he detected the presence of demonic energy in the city.

Matthew had an unusual interest in demons.

Especially powerful demons.

There are many supernatural events on Earth, and many of them are related to demons, but those demons are all small Karami.

These demons aren't interested at all; the mages of Kamar-Taj can handle them.

Only demons of higher rank can catch Matthew's eye.

He's only lit up a few of the Devil Fruit illustrations; high-quality Devil Souls are too rare.

Now that he had finally found one, Matthew decisively abandoned his training today and came to Chicago.

A very serious series of murders has occurred in Chicago in the past two days.

A large number of innocent people were suddenly attacked without warning, and the death toll skyrocketed, even though Chicago's crime rate has always been high.

The incident itself did not attract the attention of the police.

In particular, the crime scenes spanned several different areas, which were very far apart, so much so that the police did not initially group the cases together.

It wasn't until the appearance of one person that the police realized these cases were unusual.