Chapter 1871: Iron Tank Clanging (6)
In the next few days, Shiler appeared more and more dazed. At first, the Superior Iron Man helped him introduce some celebrities with clues, letting Shiler hear the clues himself. Later, it was relayed by the Superior Iron Man, but he concealed a lot and also reported some false news.
At the same time, the Superior Iron Man used his charm and means to establish a temporary circle that was not small, and used this temporary circle of contacts to search for Owen's whereabouts in advance.
Still the same sentence, to monopolize someone's emotions, one cannot let him have other reliance. Although there were many wrong clues, if Shiler was lucky enough, he could still find them, and the Superior Iron Man wanted to completely avoid this situation.
And Shiler, as expected by the Superior Iron Man, began to rely on him more and more. At first, he would confirm with the friends he made whether the situation was true. Under the careful observation of the Superior Iron Man, all clues were verified.
Then Shiler almost stopped asking, and showed complete trust in the clues given by the Superior Iron Man. And the Superior Iron Man actually found a trace of clues based on Shiler's description.
But suddenly one day, Shiler knocked on the Superior Iron Man's door very angrily. The Superior Iron Man noticed that the screen of the mobile phone in his hand was showing the private chat window of the Spider APP.
The Superior Iron Man's pupils shrank. He immediately thought that it was very likely that something went wrong with Spider-Man. He immediately collected his mind, opened the door and said: "Please come in."
Shiler almost rushed in. As soon as he entered, he turned to stare at the Superior Iron Man and said: "The Spider-Man of your universe just sent me a message, saying that you suspended the calculation work of the cosmic propulsion engine before you left. You didn't intend to build it at all!"
The Superior Iron Man's heart skipped a beat. He knew the worst situation had appeared. He was able to gain Shiler's trust at first because his behavior formed a sharp contrast with the behavior of Shiler's superhero friends.
Shiler's superhero friends were unwilling to believe Shiler, but he, as a stranger who had only met a few times, was willing to believe Shiler's doomsday statement and actively took action.
It could be said that almost all subsequent trust was built on this foundation. But the Spider-Man of his universe obviously played a "pulling the firewood from under the cauldron" move, directly pulling out the foundation of trust.
If the Superior Iron Man was also just working on the surface but not acting in reality, this was probably a more vicious deception than those superhero friends.
If you say you don't believe it, then just don't move, but you are dragging your feet and delaying time, and you are also using this to cheat feelings and trust. Combined, this is simply an unforgivable crime.
"Can you listen to me first? Shiler?" The Superior Iron Man didn't look very anxious to explain. He stood by the door with his hands hanging down, making a very shocked expression, seemingly deeply offended by Shiler's rude behavior.
Shiler finally hesitated for a moment and turned to look at him. The Superior Iron Man breathed a sigh of relief, but still didn't relax the string that was tightly stretched in his heart. He said: "I don't know if you understand the principle of scientific experiments, but in fact, when manufacturing a brand-new device, the calculation process is very important and precious. If I am not present during the calculation, I cannot update the calculation method according to the omissions in the calculation process..."
"Then why don't you go back?!" Shiler raised his voice angrily, and soon he realized his slip of the tongue. He pursed his lips and turned around, trying to suppress his emotions and said: "I didn't mean that, I just..."
"Of course, I certainly understand." The Superior Iron Man stepped forward, put one hand on Shiler's shoulder, leaned close to his ear and said: "Relax, doctor, the situation is not that severe yet, is it?"
"Although my arrival caused the work of the cosmic propulsion engine to be shelved, at least you have the clue to your brother. Doesn't the fact that you said your brother can make achievements in saving the universe also advance the progress?"
Shiler hesitated very obviously. He walked towards the window with a restless mood. The Superior Iron Man didn't follow him, but stood in place and said: "I certainly understand the pressure you are facing now, but please believe that I have always been with you, I..."
Just as he said this, a "ding-dong" message prompt interrupted the Superior Iron Man's words. He immediately knew it was bad, but the mobile phone was in Shiler's hand. In less than a second, Shiler lit up the screen and looked at the new message.
"He killed Captain America!!!"
Following it was a terrified emoji, and at this time, the Superior Iron Man had already walked behind Shiler and saw that message.
Shiler turned his head and looked at the Superior Iron Man behind him. The Superior Iron Man frowned with a puzzled expression and said: "Is he talking about me? Did I kill Captain America?"
"Did you do that?" Shiler pressed.
"Of course not. I am here now, how can I kill Captain America? And why should I kill him?"
Shiler hesitated and grabbed the phone, wanting to type and ask, but he saw the shocked and sad expression on the Superior Iron Man's face. After hesitating for a moment, he still put down the phone and said: "I certainly hope this is not true, but Captain America is my friend..."
"Yes, you two are certainly friends, you two are very similar." The Superior Iron Man shook his head and said: "But even if I am not a hero, I should have a reason to kill him, right? What benefits can killing him bring me?"
"But..."
Shiler looked at the phone again, seemingly still worried about what Spider-Man said, but the Superior Iron Man stepped forward and held his wrist and said: "I know what's going on, Shiler, I hope you can help me with this matter."
Shiler's attention was immediately attracted. He asked: "What's wrong? Is there any hidden story?"
The Superior Iron Man reached out and touched his temple, revealed an embarrassed expression, and then said: "To tell you the truth, the way I came here is not very glorious. I came here through the Spider Totem channel."
"When I proposed that I wanted to come over, Spider-Man was very opposed. Of course, this is as it should be. After all, the Spider Totem channel can only be walked by Spider-Man. If he let me come over, it is completely using public office for private gain and favoritism."
"He is a quite upright child, so he is very unwilling to do so. I might have been too anxious at that time, just like you before, we had a small quarrel."
The Superior Iron Man sighed, frowned slightly, appearing a bit sad, and said: "I thought this matter had passed, but thinking about it carefully, I really didn't seriously apologize to Spider-Man. This is indeed my fault. It is normal for him to have anger in his heart."
"You mean, Spider-Man is complaining that you walked the Spider channel, so he said bad things about you to me?"
"I certainly didn't mean that." The Superior Iron Man opened his eyes wide and retreated a few steps and said: "Spider-Man won't say bad things about people behind their backs. Don't you understand him? He is a quite upright person!"
"But if he is dissatisfied, it is inevitable that the spearhead will be pointed at me in his words. I don't understand, even if Captain America really died, why would he insist that I killed him?"
Shiler also frowned. He thought for a while, then put the phone back in his pocket and said: "I'm very sorry, but I think I might need to calm down. I'll go first."
After Shiler left, the Superior Iron Man immediately opened the Spider APP and threatened Spider-Man, with words implying that Shiler and he were in cahoots.
And obviously, the Amazing Spider-Man didn't know enough about the mysterious Dr. Shiler. He originally just wanted to remind him. Hearing the Superior Iron Man say this, he was instead a bit suspicious.
Solving the trouble here, the Superior Iron Man didn't stop. He knew that once the seed of suspicion was buried, the gate would open sooner or later. He had to hurry to plug the leak.
Sure enough, about a few hours later, he asked from Mrs. Natchi that Shiler had found a merchant who had been relayed the clue of Owen by the Superior Iron Man, and found that the clue provided by this merchant was different from what the Superior Iron Man relayed.
The Superior Iron Man's gaze sank. He didn't try to appease Shiler or continue to make up new lies to cover up the moment it was dismantled. He boarded a spaceship to Centaurus.
After landing, the Superior Iron Man killed all the aliens on the spaceship, drove the spaceship to the back of an extremely quiet asteroid, and used the raw materials he had long selected and stuffed into this cargo ship to carry out intensive research and manufacturing.
About ten hours later, the Superior Iron Man in silver-white armor blocked a figure wearing purple tights and a green vest behind a tavern on a street on the Spiral Main Star of Centaurus.
"Are you Owen?" The Superior Iron Man asked.
"I... Tony Stark?!" The figure who turned around was very shocked. He called out the name of the Superior Iron Man, but it made the Superior Iron Man feel a bit puzzled.
"Shiler's brother hasn't returned to Earth, how could he know Iron Man?"
The Superior Iron Man looked down at the positioning device on his arm armor and found that the conspicuous red dot was getting closer and closer to him. He knew he couldn't care about so much.
Thus, without waiting for Molecule Man Owen to speak, the Superior Iron Man pointed his arm armor equipped with special instruments at Owen.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Owen retreated two steps, turned and wanted to run, but the symbiote factors spreading from the arm armor wrapped Owen in a cage in a strange structure, wrapping him airtight.
Owen could control molecules, but couldn't control the symbiote descendant factors, because this was a very special particle, which couldn't be counted as a molecule at the microscopic level, so Owen could do nothing about this cage.
Seeing the small spaceship approaching in the air, the Superior Iron Man didn't think about it, grabbed Owen's cage and flew to the edge of the sky at the fastest speed, and then flew towards the asteroid where the spaceship was parked.
The small spaceship behind was chasing closely. In the cockpit, the Superior Iron Man saw Shiler's angry face.
He landed on the surface of the asteroid at the fastest speed and rushed into the spaceship that had been transformed into a base by him.
When Shiler walked in, he saw the Superior Iron Man looking coldly at the silver-white cage in front of him slowly rising and floating between the two.
"What are you doing?! Tony Stark! Let him go!! You damn, despicable..."
"You betrayed me." The Superior Iron Man said: "It was you who failed my trust in you first, it was you who doubted me first."
Shiler was about to open his mouth, but the Superior Iron Man interrupted him and said: "I was just about to tell you Owen's whereabouts, but you betrayed me, so you will never get him."
"No! No, Tony!"
Shiler stared with wide eyes and took two steps forward, looking at the Superior Iron Man and said: "You can't do this, he absolutely can't have an accident, the universe is still..."
"I told you long
At this moment, his anger was not fake, and he did not feel the embarrassment of being exposed; instead, it was mixed with a trace of genuine, uncontrollable rage at being betrayed.
The Superior Iron Man knew that Schiller had truly believed in him, but then he didn't anymore. How dare he doubt him? How dare he abandon him?
The increasingly angry Superior Iron Man clenched his fingers, and the silver cage tightened accordingly. Owen let out a scream from inside, and Schiller rushed forward, shouting: "No!"
He looked at the Superior Iron Man with eyes wide enough to split, saying: "What exactly do you want to do?! What else do you want me to do?!!"
The Superior Iron Man felt as if his throat were blocked by something sour. He gritted his teeth tightly, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down, struggling to suppress the twitching muscles in his face. He tilted his head slightly and looked coldly at Schiller, saying: "I want your ability."
Schiller looked at him in disbelief.
The Superior Iron Man took a deep breath, turned around, and looked at the huge machine behind him. He slowly lowered his arms and looked at Schiller, saying: "One of you will have your ability stripped by me. This is the punishment for a traitor. You or him, pick one."
Schiller's gaze turned icy, but for some reason, the answer the Superior Iron Man expected was "him."
"I..."
Schiller's Adam's apple trembled continuously, and he repeated it forcefully: "... Me! I will give you my ability!"
The Superior Iron Man was almost uncontrollably furious. He didn't know why he was so angry, but he was just holding his breath as he soared into the air, only coldly watching Schiller from mid-air.
Schiller took a deep breath, closed his eyes, then lightly raised his eyebrows, revealing a self-deprecating smile as he said: "... I should have guessed."
After saying this, he walked toward the machine with long strides, stood still in front of it, and with his back to the Superior Iron Man, said: "I should have guessed that there are only two kinds of people in this world: those who fear my ability and those who are greedy for it. There is nothing else."
Having said that, he turned around and sat in the seat of the huge machine. The cabin door slowly closed with a hiss of escaping air.
The smoke was too thick, but the Superior Iron Man could imagine Schiller's expression—perhaps sadness, perhaps despair.
The smoke was too thick, covering the coldness that had faded from Schiller's eyes in an instant, and the extremely cruel, wicked smile that had covered his gray pupils in a split second.
But that anger still consumed the Superior Iron Man. He pressed the button on his arm armor hard, and Schiller's low, miserable scream came from inside the machine.
"Uh..."
"Stop it!!!!!"
A voice of even greater rage came from above the base. With a "boom," a large hole was blown into the spaceship's hull above the machine.
Accompanied by the extinguishing of the engine flames, another gold-and-red mecha slowly landed in front of the Superior Iron Man.
End of Chapter
