When Dio's fantasy restaurant reopened, he was inevitably targeted by a certain black-salted egg, but Dio would definitely not be stupid enough to admit that he had gone to Wakanda and had a fight with the prince there in Neon Country.
Therefore, even though that black salted egg knew very well that he did not go to China for vacation, there was nothing he could do about it. He could only calm down and continue to advance the various weapons plans within SHIELD, among which the top priority was naturally "Phase 2".
In order to prepare for the war that might come at any time, Dio stopped running around and stayed in the restaurant to make money, occasionally paying attention to the progress of Tony.
However, the task of perfectly fusing adamantium and vibranium is countless times more difficult than imagined. Tony has failed 23 simulated fusion plans during this period. If he starts the fusion experiment directly, it is estimated that the two metals he has worked so hard to find will not be enough.
On the contrary, the research project on the Destroyer armor has made some progress. After spending a lot of time, the world's most advanced scientific research groups of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Tony, who has imaginative ideas, successfully simulated the Destroyer's attack method.
Even though it was only a method of energy compression and it didn't really reproduce the shattering beam, it was still a big step forward for Tony and other earthlings who knew nothing about "magic"!
But unfortunately, they still couldn't cause any damage to the Destroyer Armor.
But this step seemed to give Tony a lot of inspiration. He began to lock himself in the studio and conduct research day and night.
Just like that, more than three months passed in the blink of an eye.
Not long ago, Dio paid the deferred taxes as well as this year's income tax, consumption tax, payroll tax, business license fee... and a series of other taxes in one lump sum before April. Dio, who was about to vomit blood and die, finally received a call from Tony who had returned from seclusion.
And this time Tony brought him good news and bad news.
"You mean you found a way to fuse the two metals, but you're missing the most critical material?"
"That's right."
"What materials?" Dio had already made up his mind when asking this question. As long as it was available on Earth, he would buy it no matter what. If he couldn't buy it, he would steal it. If he couldn't steal it, he would rob it!
Just this 'broken knife' actually took up so much of his energy and turned Tony into a complete otaku, although he was also a tech geek for a while before.
But Tony's next words almost made Dio burst into curse!
"We are still missing a very special material. After all the comparisons, I think the unknown metal on the Destroyer Armor has the perfect properties I need. It can perfectly fuse adamantium and vibranium together, and it is even likely to have an unknown enhancement effect."
"So you have been able to dismantle that pile of scrap metal?" Dio asked with the only glimmer of hope.
"I'm sorry, but that's the bad news I have to tell you. There's nothing we can do with that pile of 'scrap'."
This... is really bad news!
"Don't beat around the bush, Tony. I know the fact that you're calling me means you've found a way to replace that damn unknown metal, right?"
"I've known you for so long, but this is the first time I realize that you have such high expectations of me."
Tony on the other end of the phone seemed to be in a good mood, drinking red wine, but Dio just wanted to rush into his house and smash all his collections!
This disgusting bastard!
"You should be thankful that you entrusted this commission to the smartest genius on the planet. The name Tony Stark will never disappoint his 'believers'."
"Maybe I should help you with some special physical training so that you don't challenge my endurance again!" Dio almost crushed the satellite phone in his hand. He hasn't let his emotions fluctuate like this for a long time, but Tony always makes him angry. If it were in the game, Tony's taunting ability would probably be MAX!
"OK, in fact, I have found a way to use the latest material I developed to simulate the fusion characteristics I need in the unknown metal. However, I need a little sample and your participation. I am not sure whether it will succeed in the end. The probability is only about 30%. It is up to you whether to continue."
"Let's bet! When does it start?"
"Once you get the 'sample'..."
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That night, Dio went directly to Washington, and the samples Tony needed were in the Triskelion Building!
Just had a little trouble finding Nick Fury.
"No outsiders are allowed to enter without a pass." The agent at the door stopped him directly. Since the end of the Hydra incident, the protection measures here have been upgraded to the highest level in all aspects. Although a lot of resources have been wasted, it is all worth it.
Unfortunately, Dio, who was stopped at this moment, was in a bad mood so he was not as easy to talk to as usual.
So he punched the alloy wall next to him, leaving an eye-catching fist mark.
The result of his action was that all the agents drew their pistols and looked at him nervously.
"I don't know if Natasha has told you, but I really don't like people pointing guns at me."
Just when the atmosphere was becoming tense, Coulson finally showed up in time.
"Hey! Everyone put away your weapons if you don't want to spend the rest of your life in the hospital."
After these agents put away their weapons in a somewhat unwilling manner, Coulson walked over to Dio and said, "These are new agents who have just graduated. They are not very used to their current jobs yet, so they are a little overly enthusiastic."
Dio also knew that he was in a bad mood recently, and he didn't come here to fight this time, so he walked down the stairs and said, "You look very energetic, much better looking than those dead faces before."
The corner of Coulson's mouth twitched, and then he led him in directly, "Director Fury is waiting for you, come with me."
After the two men disappeared, these new agents who had just graduated began to talk about it. They were obviously very unhappy about Coulson's previous evaluation of them. They should have had the absolute upper hand just now. It would only take them a second to beat the "intruder" into a hornet's nest.
Several veteran agents who had witnessed Dio in action just shook their heads silently, lamenting that these newcomers were truly ignorant and fearless!