The unlocking procedure for peaceful weapons is not that simple. If the Secretary of Defense wants to unlock them himself, he needs to go through fixed procedures and report to the President.
So even if this was just a tactical-grade peacetime weapon, it was actually unlocked and fired at Manhattan, which is incredible.
Tony looked unhappy: "The relationship between Stark Group and this minister is... a little close."
Luke looked at him: "You want to help him?"
Tony smiled bitterly: "How is that possible? The best outcome for him is to go home and retire. In addition, those Wall Street tycoons who almost died would have to let him go. Maybe he can live for a few more years."
After drinking the wine in the glass, he took the bottle and poured himself a glass of wine: "If I hadn't stopped that peace weapon, Stark Group would have been in big trouble this time."
Luke laughed and reached out his cup to clink it with Tony's. "Then you've made a profit this time."
Tony thought about it and laughed, "Well. At least compared to this minister, I am indeed lucky."
Although the superhero identity of Iron Man brings him a lot of trouble now, it is generally under control.
Compared to the defense minister who was inexplicably forced to step down and whose life is in danger, the young master's current situation can be described as heaven.
After laughing, Tony lowered his voice and said, "Nick Fury has conducted a routine inspection of the SHIELD headquarters and the New York branch. The situation is quite bad."
Luke raised an eyebrow, "How bad is it?"
Tony held up a finger and shook it. "According to previous investigation methods, we didn't find a single person suspected to be from Hydra."
Luke rubbed his chin. “He didn’t suspect that my information was wrong?”
Tony sneered: "Not finding it is the biggest problem."
Luke nodded in agreement.
For a secret agency like SHIELD, routine inspections cannot be said to be looking for trouble, but it should be like the NYPD's Internal Affairs Department, looking for small mistakes when investigating, and turning small mistakes into big ones.
It is better to have a suspicion and then exclude it than to have no suspect at all. Otherwise, there will be no need for the department responsible for routine screening to exist.
This situation where there are no suspects at all is the most abnormal.
This means that Hydra's power within S.H.I.E.L.D. is already able to bypass Nick Fury, the helmsman, and carry out activities on its own.
Considering the two fighter jets that took off illegally from the aerospace carrier (one of which was shot down during takeoff), the Director's control over S.H.I.E.L.D. is worrying.
Fortunately, Nick Fury insisted on not agreeing to launch peaceful weapons and ordered the fighter planes not to take off.
The entire process was recorded in full, so he didn't have to bear the blame. Otherwise, he would have definitely lost his position as director.
Luke asked, "When is he going to start?"
Tony looked at him strangely: "You didn't seem to want to have any contact with SHIELD before, why do you care about this now?"
Luke shook his head. “No, I really enjoy playing games with those bad guys. Gang members all over New York can vouch for me.”
Tony: ... So, you like to play beating games with the bad guys as disabled people? And those disabled gang members are witnesses
Just thinking about it this way, the young master felt that there was nothing wrong with this answer and it seemed to make sense.
This violent maniac! He replied, "It's still early, at least three months. Nick Fury can hardly trust most of the people in SHIELD, so there are not many people he can mobilize. His idea is a bit similar to yours. The person in charge of this matter now is an acquaintance - half a month ago, this person in charge "sacrificed", so the secret investigation will not be known to others."
"Phil?" Luke paused for a moment, "How is he now?"
Tony shrugged. "Alive and well. Nick Fury tried to hide it from me at first, but I talked to him alone and he admitted it."
Luke felt completely relieved: "This director doesn't seem like an honest man."
Tony picked up the wine and said unconcernedly, "Everyone needs friends, especially rich and powerful friends. He wants to build more aerospace carriers and improve them simultaneously during construction, so he needs my help."
Luke frowned. "Doesn't SHIELD already have a helicarrier? Why build another one?"
He found some clues himself after the war, and after asking Tony, the young master revealed some relevant information.
However, Tony didn't know much about the helicarrier.
This time he is willing to help Nick Fury improve this thing, probably because he wants to see its overall level.
"Of course it can't compare to the Chitauri flagship, but it can still deal with those big bug warships." Tony sighed: "But if there is a similar situation again, it is unreasonable for SHIELD and the US government to remain silent."
Luke could only agree with this view.
Before the invasion of alien troops, there was no need for large-scale production of aerospace carriers.
Now that the Chitauri have left New York in ruins, even if the helicarrier is outdated when it is produced, the problem of "whether or not" must be solved first.
In fact, the best option is undoubtedly to wait for Tony and scientists on Earth to fully understand some Chitauri technology and then design a more powerful aerospace carrier.
But now this is also a face-saving project, and SHIELD and the US government must launch it.
The aerospace carrier is indeed the most powerful weapon on Earth at present. Its construction involves the safety of the Earth, so the authorities have to take part.
At this point, Luke no longer mentioned S.H.I.E.L.D., but handed some of the Chitauri's technological information to Tony.
When Tony heard this, he was shocked: "Wait, don't say it was your people who cracked it."
Luke sipped his wine and said, "I don't know. Anyway, that big guy has it, so I copied a part of it over. You can take your time to read it."
Tony's hand left the silver suitcase. "Not cheap, is it?"
Luke: "The internal price is not as expensive as you think."
Tony: “…Why are the things I want to buy so expensive?”
Luke looked at him strangely, which made the young master feel a little uncomfortable: "Why, what's wrong?"
Luke: "Because I buy things at the "internal" price."
Tony listened to the word he emphasized, and still didn't understand anything. He raised his finger and pointed at his nose: "I'm not even considered an insider?"
Luke: "You probably wouldn't be happy if the internal staff were to be restricted. That person didn't invite you. Anyway, you don't need money."
Tony looked conflicted, and after a moment's hesitation he asked, "What kind of restrictions?"
Luke: "It used to be based on favors, but now it's based on mission points. With points, you can buy some things at a discount. Some things can only be bought with points, and it just so happens that I got a lot of points in the Battle of New York."
Tony frowned, "I also participated in the Battle of New York, right?"
Luke laughed softly, "During the war, he tested the scepter and the cube, and we also provided him with complete Chitauri equipment."
Hearing what he said, Tony immediately remembered what the big boss who sold everything did.