Los Angeles.
Tony Stark had just come out of the basement and was trying to wash off the smell of motor oil that had accidentally splashed on him when he was testing a new transmission.
At this time, Jarvis' voice sounded, reminding him that Janel Pa was waiting outside the door.
"OK, I hope he doesn't mind the way I look now." Stark shrugged slightly.
But after taking a few steps, he changed his mind and finally decided to clean up first.
Ten minutes later, he appeared in a bathrobe in the top-floor observation hall where Janel Pa was sitting.
"Hi, Tony." Although Janel Pa had been waiting for a long time, she still sat very upright and smiled brightly.
"Hey, Janel, what brought you to my place?"
"It's about this quarter's revenue. I was busy with other things before and didn't have a chance to report."
"Oh, just give these things to Pepper. In the future, all these matters can be handled through her channels." Stark snapped his fingers to stop Janel from continuing, but he quickly added, "I am interested in the other things you said. How is that matter going?"
What he was referring to, of course, was the cleanup of mutant creatures in the New York subway.
"Haha, Tony, you're still the same." Janel shook her head with a wry smile, and then began to organize her words, "The plan is going quite smoothly. Currently, 80% of the space under New York has been cleared. It should be completely resolved within half a month."
"Well done, Janel, but I feel like you have something else to say." Stark read a kind of helplessness on the other's face.
"Just some minor matters involving salary issues for employment."
"It's better to be cautious." Stark gave instructions.
At the same time, he leaned forward slightly, wanting to learn more about the situation, but then Jarvis reminded him that he had received a call from Banner.
"Hey, Tony, remember to record the crystal's pulse frequency for me later." A familiar voice came from the other end of the phone.
"What?" Stark was confused.
"Oh, pulse frequency. I just remembered that this data may provide some new ideas. When you go in, open the main data panel and help me record it." Banner said to himself.
"But I'm in Los Angeles. How can I fly to New York to help you do this?" Stark thought he had misheard.
"Oh, stop joking, Tony. Today is not April Fool's Day. You're being weird today." Banner thought Stark was playing a prank.
Then he said "bye~" and hung up the phone.
"Damn..." Stark began to think about what happened.
At this moment, Janel Pa's cell phone rang.
As soon as the call was connected, the noisy voice of the administrative manager was heard over the speakerphone.
"Boss! Bad news! The guys hired to repair the subway are now causing trouble outside the company!"
"You and Mr. Stark should hide as much as possible and don't go downstairs. These people are really unreasonable. Oh, my God, they even brought tear gas..."
This time it was Janel's turn to be confused.
"Hey, listen, don't worry, I'm in Los Angeles right now for a short meeting with Tony. You can rest assured about our safety, but be careful to handle this matter well and don't let the impact escalate!"
However, the following words came from the other end of the phone:
"How is that possible? I just saw you two in the elevator?!"
Hearing this, Stark suddenly realized what was happening.
"Damn! Jarvis, bring up the surveillance footage from the Sith Tower!"
Jarvis appeared in response and constructed a holographic projection in front of Stark.
However, this monitoring does not come from within, but instead prioritizes external monitoring.
"Sir, the current surveillance shows that Sith Industries is in a very bad situation and seems to have been attacked."
In the video, smoke rose from the perimeter of the Sith Building, and many people broke through the security line and rushed into the building.
This was exactly the group of people that Janel had mentioned on the phone.
At this moment, a shrill cry suddenly came from the phone that Janel Panaton had not hung up:
"Monsters! These are monsters! Save me..."
Then the call was suddenly disconnected, and the holographic projection provided by Jarvis suddenly froze, and someone destroyed the camera system.
Something big happened!
In the last frame of the image that Stark froze on, he vaguely saw a mutant that looked like a crocodile man.
"Bring us the lab surveillance!" Stark immediately suspected that this group of people's target was the crystals in the laboratory.
"Sorry sir, the laboratory monitoring has been cut off manually and cannot be obtained." Jarvis reacted for a while and failed to successfully obtain the data stream.
"Damn it!" Stark covered his face with his hands out of habit. He was trying to suppress his irrational emotions and find the most correct way to deal with the situation.
Soon, his eyes lit up and he said:
"I want the previous surveillance information."
"Downloaded successfully." A few seconds later, Jarvis changed the surveillance to a holographic projection again.
And in the picture, there is another Tony Stark and another Janel Paa, heading to the laboratory.
How is this possible? Stark frowned, shocked.
"Jarvis, I need to go to New York immediately. Is there any feasible plan that can be deployed now?" He realized that the problem was very serious.
"According to analysis, the fastest option is to carry a Mach 9 intercontinental missile for subspace flight, but this will alert the military."
"Notify Rhodes and ask him to settle this matter. At the same time, contact Strange. I need his help!"
Stark adopted this plan without any hesitation.
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New York, inside the Sith Building laboratory.
Lynn and Spider-Man are downloading test data.
"Hey, this seems to be a study on some highly active nanomolecules!" As Spider-Man went deeper into the folder, he got closer and closer to the secret.
"Nano-tech battle suit..." Lin En muttered to himself. He thought of how the most powerful version of Iron Man was made with the help of nano-technology.
"This nanomolecule has extremely high biological activity. When a low dose enters the blood of an animal, it will use the nanomolecules to induce living tissues... The mutant creatures really come from here!" The little spider quickly browsed the information, and his expression became more and more abnormal.
For a short while, he didn't know how to feel about the result.
On the one hand, the creation of mutants was not intentional by Stark, but on the other hand, it was indeed Stark's research that caused all this...
The little spider was in a dilemma.
However, before he could think about it any further, a loud noise suddenly came from outside.
"roar!"
It seemed like something was rushing towards the laboratory again, at an extremely fast speed and with a clear target.
At the same time, there was a chaotic noise coming from the ground outside.
"It's Mutant Jack!"
The two of them, who had long known that the other party would take action, guessed the target in unison, but they did not expect that the other party would come at such a coincidence.