dealings

"Boom! --"

The 'Nightmare' was flying close to the ice, and the onboard radar was searching for energy fluctuations.

... A few hours passed, and Maniac Three turned on the TV show ... A few more hours passed, and the long hours of "piloting" the Nightmare made Madoka feel uncomfortable.

"How is it? No reaction from the energy source at all?"

The Red Queen marked the chart on the screen, "Master, if the Tesseract isn't buried deep under the sea, it's probably in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s hands."

Madsan closed his eyes and recalled the image again, figuring that Howard Stark had fished the thing out.

Where would it be placed after it was fished out? That goal was all but certain.

"Boom!"

The Nightmare lifted straight up and quickly dashed towards the sky at a sixty degree angle!

The small ice blocks floating on the surface below were all directly cracked by the rush!

"Red Queen, call for an all-out search for the energy fluctuations of the Tesseract." Madoka's eyes narrowed slightly, "It shouldn't be too far from New York."

"Okay, master. The 'New Humans' under Embraer have been divided into ten groups totaling fifty people. The base has begun manufacturing energy detectors, estimated time ... Thirty-six minutes and twenty-eight seconds."

"Master, Stark invites you to a call."

"Pick up."

The screen flickered again to Stark's large face.

The other person was amazed, "My God, where are you now? Why is it dark? I told you to keep the curtains open at home, and the occasional sunshine will make you like that feeling."

Madsan raised an eyebrow, "That doesn't seem to be any of your business, does it?"

"Oh~" Tony stretched his tone, even as he shook his head back and forth across the screen, pointing with his finger, "Do you know what you look like right now?"

"Me?"

"Yeah, that's you."

Madoka rolled her eyes, even though Stark couldn't see it.

"Don't be so jumpy even when you're researching new elements, okay, just watch out for the energy reactor in your chest being taken by someone else again!"

Tony's face darkened, somewhat unnaturally. Then immediately retorted, "Like the dark wizard's you are not qualified to talk about me!"

"Huh."

"Fine." Across the room, Tony, wearing a white undershirt, was a bit helpless and turned around in the lab a few times before jerking around, "Do you want to see my new energy reactor?"

"Yeah, that's the thing." Tony pointed to the center of his chest, from which a blue glow in the shape of a "triangle" could be vaguely seen.

Madoka had no interest in it, she'd played with energy sources a generation stronger than Tony's, and while that thing was pretty, maybe a dragon would like it.

"Hmm?" Tony saw that Madsan wasn't answering back, "Is it hard to see? I can take off my clothes so you can admire it more closely."

With that, he was about to peel off the white undershirt he was wearing with both hands.

On the opposite side of the screen, Madsan slightly opened her small mouth, and even the corners of her mouth couldn't help but tug.

She knew that Tony, who had researched a new element, was happy, very happy, unusually happy.

But - the Tony who was so excited that he was about to lose his mind was the first time she had seen it.

Obviously that wasn't how it played out in the movie!

"Stop, stop, stop!" Madoka shouted three "stops" in a row, and Tony, who was lifting up his shirt across the room and preparing to show off his abs, even shook his waist.

This action was about to blind Madsan's eyes! She remembered the video she had seen in her previous life on the world's largest same-sex dating site.

Two brothers wearing only underwear and covered with muscles were "wrestling" and "mmmmmmmmmm ..." at the same time.

"Mr. Tony Stark! I know you're excited to come back from the dead, but your hormone-filled body should go out and show it to the women who adore you, I'm sure they'll pass out with excitement!"

"If you insist on taking off your clothes and showing them to an underage girl ... I think you'll be arrested by the police tomorrow."

"Hey, hey, hey ..." Tony was just about to say something when he was interrupted by Madoka.

"Maybe we could play this a different way, too.

Like sending this video to Boz, I'm sure it doesn't even need me ..."

"Okay, okay." Tony lowered the palm of the hand that was lifting his undershirt and coughed lightly twice more, he did get a little over excited.

It was like being told you had a few more decades to live before you died. That excitement was enough to support itself to do something incredible.

Like Tony just now.

Tony's face was serious, "Let's talk about the conditions, what do you need me to do?"

Madoka glanced at the map and realized that New York was still some distance away.

"Edelman alloy."

"Edelman Alloy?"

"Yeah."

"You need that stuff? But there's not a lot of it I can get my hands on."

"Just a few dozen kilograms of the material to start with, and remember to send me another copy of the recipe."

"What?!" Tony opened his mouth wide, his voice rising higher and higher, "And a few dozen kilograms first? Do you think that thing is a cabbage?"

"Then from what you're saying, the formula doesn't seem to be that important?"

"It's a military secret, but I don't think those assholes will know. And without enough 'meteorites from the sky', it's impossible to synthesize the Edelman Alloy."

Madsan narrowed his eyes slightly, "Fifty kilograms of Edelman Alloy, as well as comprehensive information."

"Ms. Brooks, this is nothing short of robbery!"

"Is your life not worth as much as fifty kilograms of Edelman Alloy?"

"How could it be?!"

"Why not? Fifty kilograms of Edelman Alloy, plus all the information, nothing else is negotiable!"

Tony degree-stepped from side to side in the lab, even as the camera shifted so that even Maniac Three could see the large hole that had been broken open!

"Never mind, one more piece of news for you."

"Huh?"

"Deathwhip isn't dead, he was rescued by Hammer and is preparing something special for you."

"Mourning Whip?" Tony frowned, "You mean Anton Vanko?"

"What do you say?"

"Meh, jumped the gun, not to be feared."

"Really?" Madsan laughed, "You should have learned that Hammer Industries is holding an exhibition recently, right? And since he's working with the military again, it's possible that even the 'Patriot' will be accepted for modification."

"I'll make a trip to the site myself when the time comes." Tony, who was taking a measured step, turned around, "If you help me protect Pepper, I can agree to your conditions."

Madoka didn't answer, instead asking, "Are all businessmen this insatiable?"

"It should be ... okay?"

Maniac Three shook his head, "Unfortunately, this is another business deal. One hundred kilograms of Edelman alloy, plus all the information, and I can guarantee that Boz won't even lose a hair on his head."

"Geez! You're forcing me to go to S.H.I.E.L.D.! They're not going to come to me for this stuff!"

"But you'll owe them a favor, and ... What do you think of mechs versus agents?"

Tony fell silent, his eyes glued to the black screen across the room, "Okay, I promise."

"Don't worry about it, I can provide support if necessary."

"... Forget that, I think I'd appreciate it if you'd delete the video."