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Bin Hai Villa.
After Leon left Stark Tower, he found a secluded corner, took off directly, and quickly flew back home.
"Welcome back, Young Master Leon."
"Where's Tony?"
"He's in the workshop on the floor below, doing the final preparations for the Mark 3 armor."
"Mark 3?"
"It's finished so quickly?"
Leon was somewhat surprised by Tony's efficiency; after all, Mark 2, as the experimental armor for the official version, hadn't even been worn by Tony many times.
It seems that what Leon quoted earlier really came true—
Human desires are like rolling stones on a mountain; once they start, they can never stop.
If Tony had one suit of armor, he would want two; with two suits, Tony would want a third...
The same applied to Leon.
If he had one woman, he would want a second; after the second, he would want a third...
Smiling lightly and shaking his head, Leon took the elevator down to Tony's "Wonderful House."
The first thing that caught his eye was a gold and red steel armor, brimming with style.
"Phew, you came back quite fast, Leon."
"I thought Pepper would keep you standing in punishment."
Seeing Leon return, Tony put down the screwdriver he was using for machinery, wiped the sweat from his forehead, casually picked up the vegetable juice handed to him by the robotic arm Xiao Daidai, and walked towards Leon, teasing him.
"Hehe."
"The feeling is mutual."
Although Leon had already seen the upgrades made to Mark 3 in the movie, he decided to satisfy Tony's vanity and desire to share.
Pointing at Mark 3, he asked, "Is this?"
"Mark 3."
"An upgraded model of Mark 2."
As soon as armor was mentioned, Tony instantly became energetic.
He drank the vegetable juice in his hand in one gulp, then continued:
"To adapt to high-altitude environments, I've comprehensively upgraded its electronic sensors, and the pressurization and exhaust systems are also being improved to function unimpeded in space."
"Moreover, its outer shell material has been changed to Seraphim satellite's gold-titanium alloy, which not only makes the overall weight lighter but also greatly increases the armor's strength, making it capable of withstanding a tank shell without damage."
"How did you solve the acceleration load problem?"
"And shock absorption. This armor is for you to wear, not me. Once it takes a huge impact, the instantaneous acceleration will churn your internal organs into a paste, won't it?"
This was Leon's most pressing concern, and also the question that Marvel fans in his previous life were most curious about, but which neither the comic authors nor the movie directors explicitly explained how Tony solved.
"Bingo!"
"Leon, you hit the nail on the head!"
Tony snapped his fingers excitedly.
Then he motioned for the robotic arm Xiao Daidai to bring over a touchscreen.
He then pointed at a pile of design schematics on the screen that Leon couldn't understand at all, and explained with relish:
"The problem you raised is not only a problem for the Iron Man armor but also for the Jet Glider, which is a series of load problems caused by excessive speed that are difficult for ordinary people to bear."
"I have to say, even for a genius like me, this problem was still very challenging."
"But fortunately, I have perfectly overcome it."
"By using this device to generate an anti-inertial field to counteract overly powerful acceleration loads."
"Anti-inertial field?"
"Is this really still science?"
Even with Tony shoving the design blueprints in Leon's face, he still couldn't completely understand how inertia could be counteracted.
It was like holding the answer key and having a renowned teacher explaining it, yet he still couldn't understand, not a single bit.
"Tony, you're really a genius!"
Leon exclaimed from the bottom of his heart.
"Hmph~ Who do you think I am?"
"I am Tony Stark, the greatest mechanic of this century!"
Tony's face was full of pride, thoroughly enjoying his younger brother's admiration and praise.
"Come with me."
"I've also given your Jet Glider a comprehensive upgrade."
Saying that,
Tony led Leon to take the elevator down another floor, passed through a one-meter-thick coded blast door, and entered the Jet Glider's modification and hangar bay.
Due to various delays,
This was only the second time Leon had been here, aside from when he first activated the Jet Glider.
Jarvis seemed to have properly relayed Leon's renovation suggestions to Tony. Now, not only the coded blast door but also the surrounding walls had all been replaced with one-meter-thick, integrally cast titanium alloy steel plates.
Once this place was completely sealed off from the outside world, it was likely that only superhumans of Leon's caliber, or even Superman himself, would have to obediently reflect here.
At this moment,
The Jet Glider stood silently in the center of the space, like a cold and beautiful woman, awaiting Leon's favor.
"Woohoo~ So cool!"
Leon's fingertips lightly tapped on the Jet Glider's leather seat as if playing a piano.
"Jet Glider 2.0—"
"The power system, propulsion system, defense system, and electronic system have all been comprehensively upgraded, in addition to the gold-titanium alloy material and anti-inertial field generator applied to Mark 3 that I already mentioned to you."
"I also installed a very powerful weapon system for her, including 32 NTR·'Ex-Wife' missiles, each 'Ex-Wife' sacrifice having the power equivalent to a cruiser's main gun, and two plasma beam cannons with power equal to Mark 3's full-power chest beam."
The NTR·'Ex-Wife' missile, as its name suggests, was an NTR enhanced version specially designed by Tony for Leon after he deconstructed Hammer Industries' 'Ex-Wife.' Simply put, its caliber was broadened by NTR, but its power, range, and controllability were incomparable.
"Now, not only has she overcome the flaw of excessive load on the pilot, but she has also boosted her top speed to Mach 5, and the upgraded medium Arc Reactor can support her cruising at maximum power for a full month."
"It's the ultimate in violent motorcycles!"
"How is it? Do you like it?"
Tony looked at Leon with a smirk.
"Tony, I'm giving you all the cover girl spots for the entire next year!"
"Having this beauty is enough for me!"
Leon's face could barely hide his excitement, and he made a decision that went against his ancestors... oh no, it was a thank you to Tony.
"You rascal!"
"You said it!"
"I'll wait for you outside the launch bay!"
Without giving Leon a chance to back out, Tony heavily punched his chest and quickly scurried off to put on his armor.
"Damn it!"
"Was that too hasty?"
Leon, with his rationality returned, felt a bit annoyed with himself, but as soon as he thought about the many more high-quality female characters with storylines waiting for him to conquer, his mind instantly found balance.
He took out the Soldier Boy uniform, mended by Jarvis, from his system space and changed into it. This time, Leon even put on the slightly perverted helmet.
But under the moderation of his strong good looks, it instead had a unique charm.
In short, it was a sense of excitement, also known as a sense of stealth.
What Leon wanted was this kind of contrast, to suppress first and then elevate.
"Oh, and this."
Leon, having changed into his combat uniform, suddenly remembered something and walked to a metal workbench where many mechanical parts were scattered.
On it lay a silver-black metal shield, eerily similar to the "Dongpeng TeY" trademark.
It was the Soldier Boy shield, which Tony had reinforced and repaired at Leon's request.
A note was still stuck on the shield, reading—For my Shield Boy.
The overall design of the shield almost entirely retained its "factory settings."
The biggest change was that its thickness was increased from two fingers wide to three fingers wide, making it appear much heavier from the side, certainly not something an ordinary person could lift.
Leon's request to Tony regarding this shield was—
To re-melt all the tungsten steel alloy shield fragments that Leon had accidentally shattered, and then, while maintaining the original appearance, to attach a half-centimeter thick Vibranium protective film to the outside, covering every angle.
Of course,
If half a centimeter thick could even be called a film.
This way,
Leon's shield could maintain its original comfortable weight while gaining Vibranium's kinetic and energy absorption and deflection capabilities.
And at half a centimeter thick, it was certainly more substantial than Captain America's "ultra-thin, close-fitting, elastic Sofy" Vibranium shield.
Although Captain America's Vibranium shield was suspected to have been mixed with a bit of accidentally synthesized Adamantium by Leon's father, Leon's entire skeleton was made of Adamantium, so he wasn't afraid of him at all.
At worst, Leon could be ruthless and melt some of his own bone fragments into it, as Super Self-Regeneration could easily restore them.
It was just that Leon was afraid of pain, and Adamantium was incredibly durable, so he had never dared to try.