After returning to New York safely, Dio and Tony came to his sea view villa together. As for the other lucky ones, Happy sent them out to play. Tony kept his word and didn't care about the little money at all.
As for why Tony didn't take these beauties with him, but took the only man with him, there were also different opinions among the women. Many people suspected that Tony might have changed his taste recently...
Bang!
Tony fell heavily on the ring and couldn't help shaking his head when he stood up. The previous back fall was too much for him and he was still a little dizzy.
"Come on! Your physical fitness is too poor. How come you are still so vulnerable after training for so long!"
Dio, wearing boxing gloves, was making various provocative gestures.
As the saying goes, a gentleman cannot wait even a day for revenge, so after returning, he immediately dragged Tony to the boxing ring in his home with all kinds of high-sounding reasons.
I swear to God, Tony can't even beat Happy under normal circumstances. Without the iron armor, he is just a weakling among weaklings. Facing a humanoid beast like Dio, he has no choice but to be abused.
But he just couldn't say anything about his pain. Who made him want to die like that before
"I think I might need to take a break." Tony leaned on the rope and said sincerely while panting.
"Oh, if you want to be my 'idol', you can't say no so quickly."
Another bang!
Although Tony struggled as hard as he could, he finally lay down obediently on the ring. This time, no matter how Dio provoked him, he would not get up again.
Seeing how lazy he was, Dio no longer wanted to continue his "revenge", so he threw away his gloves and went to take a shower.
When he came back from taking a shower, he found that Tony was missing, and his backpack was also missing.
So he went straight to Tony's studio, and sure enough, this guy was currently testing and analyzing the piece of metal in his backpack.
"Where on earth did you get this thing?" Tony asked in great surprise, looking at the test results in front of him.
"It doesn't matter where you got it from. What matters is what do you think of it? Is it compatible with adamantium?"
Dio also came over and looked at the data analyzed by Jarvis. Well, he still couldn't understand it at all.
"Whether it is compatible or not requires modeling experiments to draw conclusions. The question now is whether you know what you got yourself."
"you know?"
"Of course! The indestructible shield that Captain America, a household-name superhero, once held was made of this metal, and the maker of it was named Howard Stark. Do you think I know this?"
After joining S.H.I.E.L.D. as a consultant to conduct research on the Destroyer armor, Tony learned more about his father's past deeds, including this incident. Even the valuable research materials left by his father when he was making the shield were handed over to him.
Originally Tony thought that he would never be able to use the data left by his father in this lifetime, but as if it was fate, he didn't expect that Dio actually got such a large piece of material from somewhere.
"In the scientific research materials left by my father, scientists at the time called this metal vibranium, also known as sound-absorbing steel and nirvana steel. It was one of the hardest metals known on Earth at the time. If the U.S. military hadn't invented adamantium by chance, perhaps this "one" could have been removed."
Hearing this, Dio couldn't help but ask a question that countless people in the previous life wanted to know, "So which of these two metals is stronger?"
"Which one is stronger? This is a really general question, but combined with my research on adamantium and my father's research on the characteristics of vibranium, I can give you a simple analysis."
"If we simply look at the property of hardness, then adamantium is undoubtedly stronger. After it changes from liquid to solid, it is almost indestructible. Even 'cough' weapons (I dare not write that word, you all understand it) can hardly do it!"
"But vibranium also has its own special properties. Although it is slightly inferior in hardness, its ability to absorb kinetic energy and other energies makes it the strongest in terms of defense!"
"So it doesn't matter which metal is the strongest, they just have different focuses. Adamantium is more suitable for making offensive weapons, while Vibranium is more suitable for defense."
"Of course, this is just my opinion at this stage. I will need to wait until I have done a lot of experiments and comparisons before I can draw a real conclusion."
Dio basically understood what Tony said, "So vibranium is not suitable for integration into my new weapon?"
"No, what I mean is that defensive equipment made of vibranium is more cost-effective than vibranium weapons. It doesn't mean that it is not suitable for making weapons. In fact, weapons made of vibranium are also top-notch, and they can also carry many properties that ordinary metals do not have. The only problem may be compatibility. How to perfectly integrate adamantium and vibranium without losing their respective properties is the biggest problem."
When it comes to his area of expertise, Tony is extremely serious.
Dio was at a loss. If he were to forge it himself, he would probably melt the vibranium into liquid, then pour the two metals together on a pre-made mold, and finally create a priceless piece of junk.
"Forget it, let's leave this matter to professionals like you. As long as this vibranium is useful, it won't be a wasted trip for me."
"As far as I know, this metal is extremely rare. That shield has consumed all of SHIELD's vibranium reserves. Where did you get such a large piece?" This is the third time Tony has asked this question.
He didn't believe that this thing was obtained from Japan. Dio's behavior seemed more like he ran there to avoid trouble.
I have to say that Tony's guess was very accurate, but after hesitating for a while, Dio still didn't tell him about Wakanda.
Actively establishing diplomatic relations with countries around the world and sharing technology and being forced to use ultra-high technological levels to intimidate others seem to have similar results, but the impacts they cause are worlds apart.
This choice should not be decided by an outsider.
Besides, Dio's act of "borrowing" vibranium itself was not glorious enough, so even though he knew that Wakanda had countless vibranium, he didn't say much, but just dismissed Tony's curiosity with a few words.
Seeing that he was unwilling to talk, Tony stopped asking. He had a lot to do next, with adamantium, vibranium, and the Destroyer armor that had made no progress.
The research topics of these three metals are enough to make him feel both pain and joy.