Chapter 49: It

By the time Alvin came down from upstairs, the charity banquet was basically nearing its end.

He glanced over, only to find Tony still sitting in the corner, drinking alone, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Yo, isn't this our playboy?"

Alvin straightened his clothes, sat down beside him, and teased: "I thought you would have already left with a few models."

"Don't mention it, bad luck!" Tony put down his wine glass fiercely, his face full of resentment: "Isn't it just announcing the shutdown of the weapons industry? Everyone came to oppose me, even Obadiah doesn't agree. Do they have so little confidence in me?"

Looking at the situation, it seemed he had missed the key plot just now... Alvin scanned the banquet hall and found that Obadiah was indeed gone.

He guessed that after arguing with Tony, he had chosen to leave directly.

"It's clear you're in a very bad mood right now." Alvin patted him on the shoulder. At this time, what Tony needed most wasn't comfort or explanation.

"You say... did I really do something wrong?"

At this moment, Tony hadn't experienced the painful reflection brought by Yinsen's death, so he was still in a stage of confusion.

He wasn't sure if his act of closing the weapons industry was a correct decision, especially since he had been opposed by his closest Obadiah, which made him hesitant and at a loss.

Before truly growing into Iron Man, he still needed to overcome quite a long ordeal.

Only when the will of iron was carved into his bones would he transform into that... Iron Man who saved the Marvel Cinematic Universe!

Looking at the confused and helpless Tony, Alvin was filled with mixed feelings and said softly: "This doesn't look like the Tony Stark I know. If you think something is correct, then practice it unwaveringly, even if many people oppose you in the process."

"You mean, you agree with me closing the weapons industry?" Tony's face was full of confusion, looking blankly at Alvin.

"No, I mean, you need to think clearly." Alvin said earnestly: "Why exactly are you closing the weapons industry? Is it because Yinsen told you that Stark Industries' weapons were sold to the Middle East, causing many civilian casualties, so you feel guilty and want to shut it down?"

"I..."

Tony opened his mouth, but the words were stuck in his throat and couldn't come out.

"Think it over carefully before deciding what to do." Alvin smiled and handed him a glass of wine: "No matter what decision you make, I believe in you."

"Why... believe in me so much?"

Tony took the glass of wine, a look of surprise on his face.

You have to know, even his own uncle Obadiah, and even Pepper Potts, were questioning his decision to close the weapons system.

But Alvin, whom he had only known for a short time, always seemed to trust him.

"Need you ask?"

Alvin clinked his glass lightly and, under Tony's stunned gaze, said slowly: "Because, you are Tony Stark."

A simple sentence suddenly made the depressed Tony perk up again: "Right, you're right. I am Tony Stark, the smartest genius in the world!"

"By the way, there's good news I forgot to tell you."

After clinking glasses, Tony drank the strong liquor and, somewhat drunk, put his arm around Alvin's shoulder and whispered: "Let's go, come home with me, and let you broaden your horizons!"

Alvin, who was completely confused, had no choice but to be dragged by Tony into a luxury business car.

The driver was naturally the director... no, he should be called Happy.

Soon, Happy drove to Stark Industries, and Tony, who was already drunk, dragged Alvin directly to the top-floor laboratory.

Looking at the mysteriously acting Tony, Alvin had actually roughly guessed what his surprise was.

Sure enough, Tony stood on the circular platform in the center of the laboratory, spread his arms, and shouted with alcohol on his breath: "Jarvis, play some dynamic music, and then start the show!"

Amidst the 360-degree surround dynamic music, several mechanical arms extended from under the circular platform.

A silver streamlined battle armor was quickly loaded onto Tony's body. With the moment the mask closed, the Iron Man of the Marvel Universe was finally born!

Tony's bad habit of showing off couldn't be changed no matter what. He spun around a few times in front of Alvin and said triumphantly: "How is it, not bad, right?"

"Average, just so-so."

Alvin didn't indulge him, curled his lips, and said: "Except for looking a bit lighter and not so clumsy, it doesn't seem that powerful."

"... The truly powerful part, I haven't shown you yet!"

How could Tony be convinced? Hadn't he been sneaking around for so many days just to show off in front of Alvin?

"Jarvis, connect to combat mode!" At his command, two mechanical arms grabbed a huge metal backpack and embedded it directly into the back of the armor. More mechanical arms appeared from under the circular platform, mounting external weapons, thickening shoulder armor, chest armor, etc., all onto the Mark II!

The Mark II, which was only two meters tall and still looked like humanoid armor, transformed directly into heavy armor!

Moreover, why did the weapon equipment mounted on the thigh position look so familiar?

Oh, it turned out to be a bolter without the purity seal.

Wait, who puts two micro shoulder cannons on armor? Was he preparing to go to war?

Mark II... became Mark IV!

So, it's all the Mark series, so you just copied it, right?

"Uh... did you pay the copyright fee?"

Looking at the Iron Man armor hanging on the metal backpack, Alvin's eyes twitched wildly.

By the Emperor, he could swear on the Ecclesiarchy's holy scriptures that he didn't teach this to Tony. Even if copyright fees were to be collected in the future, please don't come looking for him!

"What do you know? This is called art!"

Tony, having completed the full combat mode, introduced his modification ideas to Alvin like a child showing off a toy: "I didn't think much about it at first, but considering that I might encounter enemies like you in the future, I developed this Mark II model!"

"So I increased the thickness of the external armor to avoid being penetrated by high-energy weapons, just like that gun of yours."

"But considering that the mounted weapon system is too heavy and energy might not be enough, I chose to add external energy batteries."

"I studied your bolter. As a melee series weapon, it has incomparable lethality. The only drawback is the recoil is too large, but as long as there is armor, there's no need to worry!"

"Moreover, I also externally mounted two shoulder cannons, which were also developed based on the principle of your 'plasma gun,' though it hasn't been successful yet."

"Finally, at the core of the armor, I connected your 'deflection field' defense device to Jarvis's command system, so that it can defend against attacks in all directions."

"Is the name of this thing 'Anti-Alvin Armor'?"

Alvin's mouth twitched slightly. He hadn't expected to be countered first!

"That's not important!"

Tony stood with his hands on his hips confidently and said: "Believe me, with the next generation Mark III, all weapons mounted and energy backpack, it will be able to achieve infrared fully automatic dressing. That will be the complete form!"

By the Emperor...

If there's any problem, just go find Tzeentch.

This matter had nothing to do with him; who knew what Tony was thinking.

Alvin prayed silently in his heart, while mourning for Obadiah for three seconds. ===== CHAPTER 50 =====