bioinnovel Chapter 242 Tony is no longer alone
Chapter 242 Tony is no longer alone
Because Rhodey didn't have a God's-eye view, he didn't know that Obadiah was the mastermind behind Tony's murder. He continued to regard Obadiah as an elder that Tony could trust, and told Obadiah about all the changes that had happened to Tony.
So, shortly after the press conference, Obadiah approached Tony. After a brief exchange, he bluntly asked to see the scaled-down version of the Arc Reactor that Tony had built in the past three months.
After all, although Tony's father, Howard Stark, built a large Arc Reactor during his lifetime, which is still in operation today, providing a continuous source of energy for the entire Stark Industries.
But just like Howard built a hovercar back in World War II, it has not yet become widespread.
From a scientific perspective, the arc reactor, a form of controlled nuclear fusion, is undoubtedly a successful invention.
However, from a business perspective, the cost of building an arc reactor far exceeds the economic benefits it can bring.
This has resulted in the fact that, for a full thirty years since the invention of the arc reactor, it has failed to achieve any breakthrough progress!
So when Rhodes told him that Tony had built a miniature version of the Arc Reactor, Obadiah, who was essentially a pure businessman, immediately set his sights on the amazing profits that this shiny little thing could bring!
Imagine if this thing were widely adopted and applied to new energy technologies...
Therefore, Stark Industries, with the advantage of its scaled-down Arc Reactor, will completely monopolize the new energy industry! Even the once highly sought-after oil will become worthless!
It is no exaggeration to say that a scaled-down version of the Arc Reactor would be enough to change the entire world order!
However, when faced with Obadiah's burning gaze, eager to study the design of a scaled-down version of the arc reactor so he could mass-produce it and make a fortune, Tony nonchalantly rejected him, but his gaze towards Obadiah also became meaningful.
After all, the moment Tony handcrafted a miniature version of the Arc Reactor, he already realized...
The reason why the arc reactor has made no progress in the past thirty years is neither due to the limitations of the technology at the time, nor because his father had lost his talent and lacked the ability to further optimize the arc reactor design...
On the contrary, Howard, the father, had long realized that once he created this little gadget, it would inevitably attract competition from various forces! It could even become the fuse for World War III!
This isn't Howard being overly pessimistic.
It's important to remember that at the time, World War II had just ended, and the world seemed to have returned to peace.
In reality, the loss of the Axis powers as a common enemy led to a rapid internal division within the once united Allied nations.
Among them, the friendship between the United States and Russia is so intense that it can capsize at any moment in their struggle for the world's number one spot!
Given this premise, and for the sake of the hard-won peace, Howard, who deeply understood that science knows no borders but scientists do have national boundaries, chose to believe that one day his son would surely be able to complete the final step of many inventions, including the arc reactor, in his place. Therefore, he concealed his wisdom, no longer pursuing various inventions, but instead completely resigned himself to a life of leisure, considering himself a wealthy man and enjoying a fortune he could never spend in several lifetimes.
This is why, before being kidnapped and experiencing those three months of personal despair, Tony once believed the outside world's opinions and mistakenly thought that his father had lost his talent and had become the ruthless businessman who only pursued profit.
Holding onto this misconception, Tony entered his rebellious teenage years as time went by.
Because Howard was always busy with work, he didn't spend much time with Tony.
Tony also believes that he has surpassed his father as an adult.
As a result, Tony grew up to be increasingly rebellious against Howard's discipline.
As the number of arguments increased, the originally loving and filial family atmosphere between this gifted father and son gradually turned into one of mortal enmity, with them unable to stand each other. They would always have a big fight after exchanging only a few words.
Until December 16, 1991.
Tony, who had a big fight with his father as usual, stayed home alone, thinking that, as always, he would see his parents come back in a day or two.
Unexpectedly, when Tony woke up, he received the devastating news that both his parents had passed away.
This also caused Tony, who always argued with his father and was always stubborn and unwilling to admit his mistakes, to completely lose his last chance to apologize to his father.
So much so that, thanks to the technological foundation left by his father, Tony was able to improve and optimize it, creating a scaled-down version of the Arc Reactor and successfully building the Mark 1 Iron Man suit to escape. Only then did Tony, increasingly appreciating the astonishing intelligence of his father, realize that his misunderstanding of his father was far deeper than he had imagined.
With his feelings becoming increasingly complicated, he relied on the advice Pepper Potts had relayed earlier, and on Obadiah's true colors—only wanting the Arc Reactor design blueprints to maximize the company's profits, completely disregarding Tony's life or death.
Tony, who had thought he could finally relax after returning to this land, was plunged into confusion once again.
Even Obadiah, who had worked with his father for so many years and whom he once trusted as a close uncle, had become such a stranger...
Who can I trust in this world?
"Sir, based on the image references you provided earlier, I have filtered out targets that match the characteristics from the internet."
"Oh? There really is... It seems that someone isn't qualified to lecture me when it comes to showing off."
Fortunately, the brief encounter in the cave made Tony realize that there are still a few people in this world who genuinely care about him, rather than those who are after his money.
After returning to his residence, Tony sketched out the image of Spider-Man in black and uploaded it to the AI Jarvis.
During Tony's period of confusion and contemplation, Jarvis, the most famous artificial intelligence in the Marvel Universe, quickly located relevant information about Spider-Man in Black from online big data. While alerting Tony, Jarvis used 3D virtual projection to show him news reports about Spider-Man in Black, as well as real footage previously captured by Fras Thomson of him teaming up with Hulk to fight Super Abomination.
After Tony raised his eyebrows and skimmed through the information with great interest, he couldn't help but smile with relief.
"Hello, Spider-Man~"