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After dealing with Ethan and his wife and daughter, Leon and Tony returned home to find Rhodes already waiting in the living room, having been let in by Jarvis.
“Tony, Leon, I think I need an explanation.”
Rhodes looked at the brothers with a “friendly” smile.
Seeing this,
Leon and Tony exchanged glances. The former shrugged, indicating he didn't care, while the latter nodded, leading Rhodes to the underground workshop where the Iron Man suits were stored.
They trusted Rhodes completely; he was one of the few good friends with whom the brothers could be open, joke around, and converse as equals.
The Rhodes in this Marvel Universe, where Leon resides, is the big-brother-like Rhodes from “Iron Man 1,” not the sidekick-like Rhodes from “Iron Man 2” and subsequent films.
After Tony’s explanation,
Rhodes looked at the three Iron Man suits in the display case, exclaiming in awe:
“Oh, my God!”
“You’re saying you wiped out that armed warlord faction entrenched in Gomera Town, along with the Stark Industries armaments Obadiah sold them, all by yourself with just this suit?”
“To be precise, it was Leon and I together,” Tony corrected. “But even without Leon, I alone would have been enough.”
“Yes, yes, yes.”
Leon rolled his eyes, too lazy to argue with Tony, as what he said was true.
“If Tony relied on the Iron Man suit, then what about You, Leon?”
Rhodes looked at Leon.
Leon smiled slightly, raised his hand, and fired a palm repulsor blast, effortlessly shattering a bulletproof glass panel in the underground workshop.
He no longer lacked energy now.
Because as soon as he returned home, Leon had obtained the miniature Arc Reactor Tony had prepared for him in advance.
As long as Leon didn't foolishly over-absorb, this reactor would last him for a very long time.
“Shit!”
“Super power?”
Rhodes’s expression was as if he had seen a ghost, and Leon quite enjoyed it.
After all,
Having superpowers without showing them off is like wearing fine clothes at night.
Just based on Rhodes’s excellent hype, Leon would definitely save him from the Skrulls.
No, instead of passive defense, it’s better to take the initiative.
There's only a thousand days of being a thief, not a thousand days of guarding against one.
It seems
The Skrull extermination plan needs to be put on the agenda.
Leon didn't want to one day teach a Skrull disguised as a goblin; the thought alone was terrifying.
He was a staunch human supremacist.
Other races, apart from those that fit Leon's aesthetic, were all heretics!
“Tony, I……”
After witnessing Tony and Leon's superpowers, Rhodes, whose worldview was somewhat shattered, suddenly became hesitant.
Seeing this, Tony waved his hand before Rhodes could finish, saying, “No need to say more, Rhodes, Mark 2 is ready for You.”
“Oh, Tony!”
“You’re too good to me!”
Rhodes excitedly gave Tony a bear hug. With a click, Leon, standing nearby, used his phone to capture this beautiful moment, comparable to the “Empress Luffy” picture.
Afterward,
Rhodes eagerly asked Tony to take him for a spin in the sky, and Leon once again demonstrated his crushing flight speed.
His provocative posture made Tony so angry he wished he could immediately whip up Mark 4, Mark 5...
Happy times are always short-lived.
Two and a half hours later,
Rhodes left Bin Hai Villa contentedly.
However, he did not take Mark 2 with him, not only because Mark 2 had not yet undergone its latest system overhaul, but also out of consideration for protecting Tony's Iron Man identity.
It must be said that as a good friend, Rhodes was absolutely impeccable towards Tony and Leon, which was why Leon was willing to show his superpowers in front of him and Tony was willing to directly give him an Iron Man suit.
A thousand pieces of gold are easy to acquire, but a true friend is hard to find.
This was the common problem the brothers shared due to being too rich.
After seeing Rhodes off,
Tony immediately put the Mark 4 armor on the agenda and began its construction, while Leon directly moved his bedroom to the second basement level, into the mechanical maintenance room used for Arcee.
To cultivate a relationship with Arcee, Leon decided that from now on, if he wasn't staying overnight at his other sisters' homes, he would sleep with Arcee.
“Leon, You’re not a child anymore.”
Arcee looked at Leon, who was clinging to her, somewhat exasperatedly.
“But compared to You, I’m just a child… Ah!” Before Leon could finish, Arcee spun in place, flinging him out of the pilot’s seat!
“Leon, don’t You know that discussing a girl’s important numbers, especially her age, is a very impolite behavior?”
Arcee angrily transformed into battle mode and pinned Leon, who was lying on the ground, with a ground pound.
However,
Leon always played outside the box.
He looked at Arcee deeply and said from the bottom of his heart, “Arcee, You are also beautiful like this.”
“You……”
Arcee's face instantly turned red, and in a flash, she transformed back into motorcycle mode, turning her rear towards Leon, not daring to look him in the face.
Seeing this,
Leon smiled crookedly: Plan successful!
The simplest way to conquer a pure older sister like Arcee is to be direct, provided You are handsome enough and have already established a certain position in her heart.
This was dating advice personally passed down to Leon by Henry Cavill.
The next day,
Bin Hai Villa, second basement level.
Leon and Arcee’s mechanical maintenance room and bedroom.
Leon groggily woke up from his large bed. Last night, he had a strange dream where he inexplicably replaced Sun Wukong and was pressed under the Five Elements Mountain.
“Christine, have You gotten heavier?” Leon asked drowsily, reaching out to push away the soft thing pressing on him…
“Huh?”
“What’s so hard?”
Leon was fully awakened by the strange sensation on his hand.
Then he realized there was no Christine.
Only Arcee, in motorcycle mode, was inexplicably close to his bed, and judging by her lit-up vehicle screen, she seemed to be awake.
“Who is Christine?”
Arcee demanded.
“A reporter friend.”
...
...
Leon didn’t say much, and Arcee didn’t ask further. Neither knew the other was in a somewhat awkward state, so they showed an unusual tacit agreement.
After a long while,
Arcee reminded, “Leon, perhaps You should check today’s news headlines.”
“Oh?”
“Let me Kang.”
Leon performed a carp jump, flipping precisely from his bed onto Arcee’s waist. The vehicle screen automatically searched for today’s top news.
The first thing that caught his eye was Soldier Boy, oh no, Leon’s big headshot.
He was smiling brightly like a child, as if it was the moment he threw the Shield and completely confirmed his throwing talent.
Who knows which little cutie secretly took it, but it captured 70% of Leon's handsomeness.
However, because of the distance and the helmet covering the upper half of his face, the photo was a bit blurry.
Most people would probably find it difficult to immediately connect this photo with Leon, however...
“Shocking! The Hell Demon appearing in Gomera Town was wiped out overnight! The Son of God, Superman, has revived!”
“According to frontline reporters, the liberation of Gomera Town was carried out by two superheroes whom local residents call saviors—”
“Iron Man and Shield Kid.”
“God, he’s a Shield Kid, why doesn’t he call himself Shield Dad?” Leon laughed in exasperation. “This must be a news report written by Tony, right!”
“Iron Man is covered in a full Iron Man suit, his identity remains a mystery.”
“However, Shield Kid’s identity is suspected to be the second son of Stark Industries—Leon Stark. By extension, Iron Man might be his brother—Tony Stark.”
“The above report is pure speculation. If there are errors, please do not take them seriously.”
“Hey, they even put in a disclaimer.” Leon’s mouth twitched. “Which damn reporter is so unprofessional? I’m going to kill them!”
Furious, Leon activated quantum speed reading, flipping to the very last line. The signature was...
“Christine?!”