It's none of my business. I'm just a lunch box seller.

"No, but according to observation data, its speed has reached about 7.5 times the speed of sound," replied a technician attending the meeting.

"That is to say, apart from ballistic missiles, it is difficult to catch up with this ship with the weapons that humans have at this stage, right?"

No one in the online conference room responded to Pierce's question. But everyone knew that Pierce was right. With the weapons that humans currently possess, even the weapons that Hydra possesses, none of them can surpass the speed of "the cook's" warship.

But everyone speculates that the 7.5 times is likely just the "economic speed", and maybe any acceleration can break through the second cosmic speed.

What's more, the more difficult problem is not the problem of "fighting" or "catching up". What if you can't destroy the ship even if you use sneak attacks? Wouldn't that be embarrassing?

"He has at least three ships of this type. The one that helped Iron Man take revenge this time is the smallest one. Now I have a question for you..."

Pierce stopped tapping on the table, stood up, and walked in front of the camera while asking others:

"If our Insight Project is successfully carried out to the final stage, but after the aerospace carrier is launched, we happen to meet my chef friend, do you think our plan will be blown into three piles of valuable scrap metal by him?"

The other people attending the meeting fell silent again, because they all knew that the three aerospace carriers that SHIELD was building would basically be equivalent to three large moving targets if they encountered the chef's space battleship.

Pierce smiled wryly and asked everyone: "It seems that you already have the answer, right?"

The participants remained silent.

"Then let's vote on whether we agree to abandon the subsequent part of Project Insight and let S.H.I.E.L.D. do it on their own."

The voting result was 13:7.

13 votes agreed to abandon the follow-up plan and let SHIELD handle it on its own.

There were 7 votes against abandoning the follow-up plan and hoping that the plan would continue according to the Hydra plan.

At this time, Pierce, who had never expressed his opinion, also pressed the button of agreement.

"So, the final vote is 14:7. I declare that all subsequent actions of the Insight Project will be stopped immediately."

Compared to Hydra, which was forced by Boss Cheng to give up its great plan, the countries were much tougher. They were studying how to effectively resist the firepower of the warships and prevent themselves from being taken away by a salvo of warships. At the same time, they were considering how to make friends with Boss Cheng and try to get the blueprints or construction technology of the warships.

Regardless of whether these countries have the ability to replicate the wave-wave artillery warship, a country that shows itself in a stick-like image is ready to help Boss Cheng "return to his roots" and join their great nation. Even various cultural scholars and archaeological experts in this country have begun to fabricate... and start looking for the origin history of the peninsula of the surname "Cheng"!

The focus returns to the sea where the freighter was sunk.

Just to ask, does the sinking of the freighter, which is a mobile weapon platform, really mean the end of Tony and Boss Cheng’s revenge? Perhaps Boss Cheng and Tony don’t think so, and even the fake Ten Rings Gang members whose freighter was sunk don’t think so.

Stark Industries once designed a torpedo missile for attack submarines that was launched through torpedo tubes. However, this missile was limited by the caliber of the torpedo tubes and was not as economical as regular submarine-launched missiles. Therefore, after only a few samples of this missile were produced, it was never produced again.

Among these samples, except for two that were test-fired, the others were "accidentally" lost in the long years that followed.

It was a coincidence that these torpedo missiles that should have fallen into the hands of the True Ten Rings Gang "coincidentally" appeared on the freighter that had just been sunk.

The KB members responsible for operating the torpedo missiles successfully activated three of the missiles when the ship sank underwater.

The three missiles traveled quietly underwater for about 20 kilometers before suddenly jumping out from under the water. The missiles then took off their pressure-resistant shells, unfolded their flight flaps, and flew over the sea at a super-speed that broke the sound barrier, heading straight for the cliff below Tony's mansion!

0225 Don’t blame others for having many enemies

"Boom!"

A missile was finally hit by Boss Cheng's "precision shooting" when it was about 100 meters away from the cliff. Tony also shot down one with great effort. But when Boss Cheng locked the last missile about 1 kilometer away from the cliff with the scope, he didn't expect that this sample was actually an experimental product with terminal maneuvering function!

The missile suddenly climbed to an altitude of one thousand meters at a high angle of more than 70 degrees, then turned around and smashed down towards Boss Cheng at a speed of more than Mach 4.

"Fuck, terminal maneuver! I hate any missile with terminal maneuver!"

"System, 100%!"

【Boom】

[Ability fully unlocked]

The Berserker Armor didn't even need Boss Cheng's request, it automatically transformed into the Taurus Cloth and covered Boss Cheng's entire body.

In a flash, Boss Cheng jumped up to a height of several hundred meters, raised his needle rifle and pulled the trigger towards the falling missile. Fortunately, Boss Cheng's shooting skills were good, and he finally successfully detonated the missile when it was dozens of meters away from the mansion.

But the explosion distance is a bit too close for a house.

Although Boss Cheng and the house were blown up together, and Boss Cheng was also blown away a hundred meters, Boss Cheng was an experienced person and had armor protection. Therefore, Boss Cheng, who was blown away for a long distance, suffered no substantial damage except for some pain all over his body.

But just because Boss Cheng was not "substantially" harmed doesn't mean that Tony's mansion won't be damaged.

First, the glass of the mansion was shattered by the air wave.

Secondly, all the furniture in the house that could be destroyed was destroyed by the explosion.

Again, about 1/3 of the roof of the house was blown away.

Finally, the huge terrace on the cliff deep inside the house was completely blown down the cliff.

"Ah~~~My house!"

This explosion cost Tony at least $2 million. The audience in front of the TV finally saw the segment they had dreamed of, and they jumped up from the sofa, dining chair, bed or behind their friends.

Some people even ran outside to beat drums and gongs, and even set off fireworks prepared for Christmas - although it was still a long time before dark, they just had fun!

Fortunately, Tony's mansion was not directly hit by the missile. Even though 1/3 of the roof was lost and a large terrace fell into the sea, the foundation and frame structure of the entire building were successfully preserved and can still be lived in after some repairs.

"Two tons of gold for the repairs should solve the problem."

"Four tons!" Tony told Boss Cheng in his listless voice during the communication: "The gold price in 2012 is not as high as that in 2024."

"Four tons is four tons. We don't need a few extra kiwifruits or dates."

Tony fell back to the ground, stood on the broken terrace and looked down the cliff, sighing helplessly. He thought that 80% of the reason why he was optimistic about this house was because of this collapsed external terrace.

“I don’t know if it can be repaired.”

"Why don't you try going to the other side of the Pacific Ocean? The construction companies there are very capable and can do the work quickly and well. And you don't have to worry about them cutting corners. First, because you are a foreigner, and second, because the project is overseas. Although I don't want to admit it, they really care about face. So with these two advantages, as long as you pay enough, they will definitely not give you a job."

After saying that, Boss Cheng walked into the bombed-out house and fetched two chairs that were not blown apart. He sat on one and gave the other to Tony. The two of them sat under the hot sun at around 2:00 p.m., enjoying the sun that could dehydrate people in the California winter.

However, the chair that Boss Cheng gave Tony seemed not very sturdy, and Tony had been afraid of getting hurt since someone had opened a hole in his chest. Especially this time, the enemy was under the name of the "Ten Rings Gang" that had kidnapped him, which almost triggered Tony's PTSD.

So Tony, wearing a titanium alloy suit, sat on a chair with hidden damage. Not long after, the chair could not bear the weight and broke apart with a "crack". The great Iron Man also fell flat on his face in front of the audience across the country and even the world.

"Fxxk!"

"I didn't mean it, I promise."

After saying that, Boss Cheng gave his chair to Tony, and he found a pillar that he liked and leaned his whole body against it.

"Is the attack over?" Tony asked.

"I don't know."

"We are sitting in front of the live camera like idiots. Is there any special purpose?"

"To prevent the enemy from having any more tricks." Boss Cheng simply sat down on the ground, leaning against the pillar and continued, "After all, your house cost more than 10 billion, which is more expensive than my grave that was blown up in the wasteland. If those slaves launch another missile at you, your place will be completely ruined."

"But speaking of missiles..." Tony thought about it and decided to be honest with Boss Cheng. He said, "The last missiles that flew in today, I'm sure they should have been in the hands of the real Ten Rings Gang."

"The counterfeit gang has weapons that only the genuine gang has. The genuine gang has been letting the counterfeit gang mess around for more than half a year, but they have remained indifferent. I don't believe that these two gangs don't have some dirty PY transactions in secret."

"Haha, yes! This is the strangest part. Perhaps we have oversimplified the question of whether the Ten Rings Gang is real or fake."

The two of them just sat there, and the helicopters that were broadcasting the video left because there was no explosive content. With that, the Ten Rings Gang attack, which was hard to tell whether it was real or fake, finally came to an end.

On the sunken cargo ship, there are still a dozen KB members who survived, floating in the high seas with lifebuoys. It is unknown whether they can hold on until the Coast Guard or the Navy comes to rescue them.

Sweet Cheese had no intention of rescuing them from the beginning, but then again, Sweet Cheese had already done his best by not treating them as floating targets.

The time came to the "half an hour" agreed with Maya Hansen. But this time Maya did not ring the doorbell, because Tony's door was gone, so the beautiful woman walked directly through the big house full of garbage and came to Tony and Boss Cheng.

"So what is the most important matter that would make such a beautiful lady risk her life to come and tell us the news?"

Maya said to Tony very straightforwardly and without hesitation: "I think my boss is probably working for the Mandarin."

"Mandarin? Which Mandarin? Real or fake?"

Tony realized that his boss's thinking was totally out of sync with Maya's, and he quickly explained to Maya, "My friend meant that the Mandarin you mentioned is the old man with a big beard who often walks on the road."

Maya, who didn't know the truth, asked Tony: "Are there any other Mandarins besides him?"

"What if?" Boss Cheng shrugged.

"Okay, okay! Let's put aside the issue of the Mandarin and your boss for now." Tony stepped out of his suit, hugged his shoulders and asked, "Can you recall with me when we met, or..."

"Tsk, after chatting for so long, you still don't remember who that person is?"

Tony spread his hands innocently.

"No wonder you don't even remember who you've offended."

"Come on! We are talking about business."

Maya asks Tony to recall 1999.

"1999?" The boss asked Tony curiously, "Did you participate in the secret war at the end of the century? Did that war really exist?"

"Please!" Tony glared at Boss Cheng viciously.

Maya continued to remind: "In 1999, in Bern, Switzerland, welcoming the New Year's Eve of the new millennium!"

"Snapped!"

Tony clapped his hands violently!

"OK, I remember now! Maya Hansen, botanist! You and I were busy all New Year's Eve!"

"Actually I'm a genetic coder managing a team of 40 people, employed by a private think tank. But as you said, I am indeed a botanist."

"So, who is your boss?"

"His name is Aldredge Killian," Maya replied.

"Killian?" Tony began to search for this person's name in his memory. Suddenly, Tony slapped his head and cursed: "Damn it, Happy mentioned this person to me!"

0226 Do you believe that the practice of Kung Fu can cause explosion?

"Let's change the channel. The live broadcast has ended and now it's all commercials."

Denise, who lost her computer, was bored and scrolling through her phone. Without even looking up, she replied to the captain, "Whatever you want."

"Then I'll switch to cartoons."

Denise still didn't look up and replied, "I don't care."

"Oh."

The captain began to look for a cartoon that suited his taste, until a song that Denise was very familiar with suddenly sounded on TV, which forced her to take the lead, looking at the TV and then at the captain.

"Smart, brave and strong, I really envy myself. Hula hoop is no problem, double backflip and then ..."

"Hey, Captain! Don't tell me you're going to watch this cartoon for children?"

"For children?" The captain crossed his arms and nodded, saying with affirmation and approval, "The pig image is indeed suitable for children to watch."

"That's because you don't know the image of Peppa Pig during its dark history. With that image, you can say it's a cult animation for children."

"Is it more cult than Hades the Train?" asked the captain.

"No, after all, it's a classic anime. Also, it's called Thomas the Tank Engine, not Hades. The Hades train stops at Yomihirasaka Station and crosses the Naihe Bridge."

The captain continued to watch his Pig Man and ignored Denise's nonsense.

At this moment, the "Welcome" sensor, which is only activated when the room is idle, suddenly rang. Denise hurried to the hotel lobby to tell the guests that the lunch time was over.

"Oh, so that's how it is!" The customer in the coat and sunglasses asked again, "Do you have soda for sale? Give me a bottle, please."

Denise pointed to the drink rack in the restaurant's food pickup area and told the guests that all drinks were $1 a bottle.

The guest put down his briefcase, took out his wallet, opened his coin purse, took out two 50-cent coins with Kennedy's full portrait on them and placed them on the counter.

There are many kinds of drinks on the drink rack, and 90% of them are not foreign brands that can be seen in New York. But the guest didn't seem to care about these drinks that he had never seen before. He just picked up a bottle of wine and left the hotel.

"Hey, guest! Your box..."

But when the guests heard Denise's reminder, they ran away.

Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Denise didn't even dare to gamble whether she had time to jump over the counter and kick the briefcase out of the hotel. She immediately formed a seal with both hands and slapped them in front of her. An arc-shaped earth wall surrounded the counter with the briefcase and the hotel lobby area.

The next moment the earth wall was formed, the briefcase that the customer had left on the counter suddenly exploded violently. The explosion was so powerful that it cracked the earth wall created by a jonin who was proficient in earth escape.

However, Denise's earth wall was not completely closed. Because the time for the spell was too short, Denise did not plan the complete shape of the ninjutsu in her mind. So the earth wall was only half formed, and the store door became a pressure relief vent for the explosion.

As a result of the explosion, the door of Cheng Laoban Restaurant, including the laminated glass and door frame, flew across the street from the restaurant in Hualin City with a "bang". A large section of the color steel plate exterior wall of the construction site opposite was also collapsed.