Among these rumors, there was a big shot being attacked by KGB militants in Afghanistan, and a name that Luke was somewhat familiar with, the Jericho missile.
Tony + Afghanistan, are the protagonists and the location.
Jericho Missiles + Airborne Elements are important plot props and supporting villains.
When these conditions are combined, a certain young master will use the excuse of building missiles to secretly create a prototype of steel armor that can be regarded as the representative of "fat and ugly".
This is the authentic origin of Iron Man.
Not long ago, in order to compete with Batman for favor, Tony actually made the Iron Man armor in advance.
This made Luke think for a time that the original story of Iron Man would never happen again.
After all, Tony, who had the Iron Man armor in advance, might not necessarily go to Afghanistan, he might not get injured if he went to Afghanistan, and if he got injured, it wouldn't necessarily be a hole in his chest.
If the young master gets injured on the forehead and becomes a real patient with a pit in the brain, he might put the Ark reactor on his forehead and pretend to be an LED version of Bullseye.
Now, all the conditions have come together again.
It was hard for him not to doubt that a certain young man would still become the superhero with a dent in his chest.
Luke subconsciously complained about a certain unreliable young master, then immediately collected his thoughts and continued searching for relevant information.
He was not sure if Tony's selling of missiles and then selling himself would happen again.
Even if this happens, Tony will not be killed directly.
Tony is not stupid, in fact, he is the man of destiny who often makes a comeback in desperate situations.
Luke believed that even if something really happened to Tony, he would be able to get out of Afghanistan alive.
Although time is not particularly urgent, he still needs to collect enough intelligence and determine the specific situation before taking action.
Having said that, he has immediately booked a flight to Afghanistan tomorrow using a fake real identity.
If you have money, it’s not a waste to buy a plane ticket every day as a backup.
A day later, Luke completed his resignation procedures, transformed himself into an ordinary-looking middle-aged white man, and boarded a flight to Afghanistan.
Selena will return to Shackelford to visit her family during this rare holiday.
After going to New York, she had fewer opportunities to meet her family, and Luke certainly didn't want to take up her rare vacation time.
Although she said she could go with Gold Nugget to help, he laughed and refused, saying that he had to go deal with a small situation caused by a guy she didn't like very much.
Selena didn't ask any more questions.
Lately, she and Luke have been going out together "for nighttime viewings," which suggests he doesn't mind her knowing about, or even participating in, certain things.
He didn't want her to participate, of course, because it was inconvenient.
She happily packed her things, took her US dollars and gold bars, and returned to Shackelford for vacation.
Her father has already decided to buy the ranch, and this time she goes back is a good opportunity to see the Hayek family’s new ranch (Selena’s family name is Hayek).
When Luke went to Mexico to clean up the drug lord Dito Flores, he went there in the name of saving his colleagues, and Selena was devastated.
She must find it hard to understand why Tony took her to Afghanistan to kill so many people for him.
This was purely Luke's personal decision, all because he was kind-hearted and didn't want to take advantage of Tony for nothing. It had nothing to do with the fact that those empty cloth members were "valuable".
When Selina went to the airport, Luke also finished investigating the young master's private security team.
He pretended to be from certain credit card companies and insurance companies and called the homes of these security guards, falsely claiming that a credit card in their name had been stolen while they were out of town, or that a car had been in an accident somewhere. The family members would then subconsciously tell the security guard where he was to prove that the matter had nothing to do with them.
All the intelligence combined only proved that Tony encountered big problems in Afghanistan.
Otherwise, military suppliers like the young master would have the army to protect them when they travel, and there would be no need to mobilize so many private security guards.
The biggest advantage of private security is that they completely obey Stark's command. Their large-scale trip to Afghanistan only proves that the young master needs a lot of help from his own people.
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The flight arrived in Afghanistan, and Luke bought a used pickup truck with cash as soon as he got out of the airport.
As night fell, he arrived near a US military base.
Putting on the Beidou armor again, he waited quietly for a moment on the side of the road outside the base, and a military vehicle came speeding over.
Luke activated the optical camouflage and jogged lightly in the direction the car was moving. While running, he grabbed the edge of the military vehicle's box and rolled into the back truck.
The driver was unaware of anything and continued to drive quickly, soon arriving at the door.
The guard at the gate checked the documents, then used a flashlight to look at the empty rear cargo box and underbody of the car before letting the car in.
More than ten minutes later, Luke walked into a separate ward.
On the hospital bed, a woman wrapped in gauze was lying there sleeping.
He walked up to her, injected her with a small amount of inducer, then put his mouth close to her ear and whispered softly.
After a moment, he was a little surprised.
This woman actually has a strong resistance to inducers. Even with the combination of drugs, hypnosis and mind communication, she is still resisting his questioning.
Luke could only inject her with a normal dose of inducer again and repeat the ear hypnosis process.
This time, despite her extremely poor physical condition, she was finally successfully hypnotized and entered a state of half-sleep and half-wakefulness, and soon confessed everything.
This woman is the only survivor in Tony's convoy, and she is also the female soldier who was in the same car with Tony.
Her name is Barbara Bobby Morse.
In fact, she is not a member of the US military, but an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
SHIELD, which has been keeping an eye on Tony Stark, secretly placed an agent next to the young man when he came to dangerous areas like Afghanistan.
Barbara was badly injured after saving Tony from the rocket explosion.
She barely managed to activate a distress signal and put herself into a state of suspended animation, thus escaping the attackers' mob.
As the only survivor in the convoy, she received much attention.
It is too sensitive for SHIELD to place spies around Tony through the military.
SHIELD, who didn't want to expose her identity, could only wait until this matter was over before transferring her to another hospital.
It just so happened that her injuries were so serious that it was inconvenient for her to move for the time being, so she continued to receive treatment here.
Barbara graduated from college more than two years ago and is only twenty-four years old.
She is so young, but she was sent to carry out such a top-level mission. Of course, she is extremely outstanding and good at covert operations and espionage.
SHIELD sent her here to allow her to use her expertise to find out some of Tony's intelligence.
Tony was kidnapped because the young master's itinerary was leaked and he was ambushed. She did not do anything wrong.
For one person to fight off hundreds of gangsters is beyond the ability of a normal person.
However, before carrying out this mission, Barbara did sufficient homework and was very clear about the situation near the base.
With a calm and flexible mind and high IQ, she was able to observe many details during the short time of the attack.