After Christmas, everything seemed to have returned to normal. Only a very few people knew what had happened that day and what kind of threat New York had suffered.
Most people still choose to turn on the TV every day and believe the nonsense told by the hosts.
Dio is one of them. Even though he knows more than most people, he still wants to believe that the world is safe, even if it is only temporarily.
However, Tony, who he thought would appear in front of him soon, suddenly lost contact, causing the vegetable juice he prepared in advance to be useless for a while, and he didn't know who to sell it to...
Until ten days later, the new year finally arrived.
The guy who owed money and almost made Dio think he was dead finally came to him in high spirits and in a very showy manner.
"Long time no see, you look a little surprised?"
As soon as Tony came in and sat down, he took off his sunglasses, crossed his legs, and touched his sexy mustache.
"It's a bit unexpected. I thought you had already run away, or had already..."
Dio shrugged and didn't finish his words.
"Dead? Oh, I'm really sorry to disappoint you. In fact, I've completely recovered, so you can just cancel the two million cup of vegetable juice from the menu. Of course, if you can still sell it to other rich men, just ignore what I said."
Tony pulled open his clothes slightly, revealing the changed triangular Ark reactor inside, with an expression of complacency and joy that was hard to conceal on his face.
Although Dio had saved his life more than once, in the end he relied on himself to completely solve the problem. Although SHIELD and his deceased father also had a little credit in this, it didn't matter. It was him, the genius scientist Tony Stark, who created this new element!
Now the biggest problem that restricted him has been solved. The palladium in his body has been completely cleared out after using the new element. He is now more relaxed than ever before!
More importantly, he finally doesn't have to look at that 'annoying guy's' face anymore!
Fuck the vegetable juice!
I want a cheeseburger!
Still want to raise prices
No way!
A look of surprise flashed across Dio's eyes. He had thought that SHIELD would come out to "mess up things", but he didn't expect them to act so quickly.
He originally thought that he could sell a few more glasses of vegetable juice before Tony developed a new element, but he didn't know what stimulated this guy, and he actually completed the task despite such a bad physical condition
It was really a mistake!
"I am indeed a little disappointed. Can you tell me how you got through these days?"
"I injected lithium dioxide. Although the effect of that thing is not that good, it is enough to support me until I complete the new element, and the price is not that expensive." Tony continued to complain.
"It looks like that. Well, let me guess who's stealing this business. S.H.I.E.L.D.? Nick Fury, that black-boiled egg?"
"Why do you say that? Couldn't I have discovered it myself?"
Tony felt that he was being underestimated. However, if he really had a way to delay palladium poisoning, he would have used it long ago and would not have waited until now. In the meantime, he spent several million dollars to buy vegetable juice prepared by Dior himself.
So, under Dio's very annoying look, he was the first to retreat.
"Okay, I admit that you are right. SHIELD did help me a little in this matter."
In fact, on the second day of Christmas, Nick Fury, who learned about the situation, found Tony and handed over the relics that Tony's father asked SHIELD to temporarily keep to Tony.
Lithium dioxide can effectively inhibit the diffusion of palladium elements. In fact, it is also a valuable research result left by Tony's father, Howard Stark. It seems that Howard had foreseen this day decades ago and left all these precious things to Tony today.
And Tony obviously did not disappoint him. Not only did he resolve the knot between father and son through the sentence he left in the video: "Tony, my greatest creation... will always be you", but he also found the answer to the new element and finally regained his life, both physically and mentally.
"It looks like my vegetable juice has finally lost its only customer. Congratulations, Tony. Do you want something to celebrate?"
Dio acted very relaxed and not disappointed about not being able to continue to take advantage of the situation, because he had expected this day a long time ago, it just came a little faster than he expected.
As if he didn't expect Dio to behave like this, Tony paused for a moment before smiling again and saying, "Of course, I want... a glass of vegetable juice."
"Although I no longer need it to delay my death, I like its taste, so I will remain its only customer until someone else specifically requests vegetable juice."
It is really an unexpected choice.
Dio also smiled, "Two million US dollars, credit card or check?"
"Flower Q!"
Tony answered him with a raised middle finger!
In the end, Dio still brought out a glass of vegetable juice and confiscated a penny from Tony, because without the therapeutic effect, it was just an ordinary glass of vegetable juice, well, very delicious vegetable juice.
"So can the last treatment fee be settled? Let me see how much the interest has increased in the past few days..."
When Tony was halfway through drinking the vegetable juice, the 'unscrupulous businessman' Dio immediately showed his ugly face.
Are you kidding? Do you really think it’s so easy to take advantage of Mr. Dior
Tony almost squirted!
This guy is really greedy for money and hasn't changed at all. It seems that I misunderstood him just now. The free vegetable juice and the like were all illusions!
"Take your time to calculate first. When you're done, remember to send the new bill to my company. Pepper will take care of it." Tony put down the empty cup, stood up and prepared to leave. He didn't look like someone who wanted to escape the debt.
But... ...
"Why does my intuition tell me that you don't want to pay the money at all? Are you just trying to fool me?" Dio immediately showed an unfriendly look. As long as Tony dared to say 'yes', he guaranteed that this guy would never leave this door today!
"This joke is not funny. Who am I? I am a billionaire, the owner of Stark Industries, the prince charming in the hearts of thousands of girls—Tony Stark! But would I care about such a small amount of money?"
Tony looked at Dio with an exaggerated tone and expression, as if Dio's questioning of him just now was so ignorant and ridiculous.
Even Dio wasn't sure whether this guy wanted to shirk his debt or really didn't take it seriously.