"Get ready to raise some hell!"
Justin Hammer saw Alexander Pierce off, completely ignoring the group of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents left behind to monitor them, and his face instantly filled with excitement and joy!
This time, not only could he get his hands on the Iron Man armor tech, he'd also made friends with a high-ranking official with massive authority—if this wasn't a damn surprise, what was!
This was what you called a surprise!
In the future, when they finished the Iron Man armor tech and held a celebration, Justin Hammer even wanted to designate today's date as Hammer Industries' corporate celebration day!
Of course.
Justin Hammer also didn't forget to curry favor with Ivan Vanko, the scientist personally brought by Pierce. He excitedly reached out his hand toward Ivan Vanko: "My friend, welcome to Hammer Industries, I hope we can work together in perfect harmony…"
Before Ivan Vanko could shake his hand, Justin Hammer hurriedly grabbed Ivan's palm and leaned in to whisper in his ear: "I hope we can work together to… toss Tony Stark and his Iron Man suits straight into the trash!"
"Then… here's to a happy cooperation."
Ivan Vanko hesitated, then nodded.
If anyone paid attention to Ivan Vanko's eyes, they would have noticed that the look Ivan Vanko gave Justin Hammer was filled with pity and sympathy.
This guy's IQ doesn't look that great either…
Honestly, Ivan Vanko really couldn't see how Justin Hammer was qualified to be Tony Stark's opponent. How did this guy end up getting targeted by those Demons too?
Seriously…
Disaster from the heavens.
Deep beneath Hammer Industries.
Alexander Pierce, after White Zetsu's Transformation, was still lurking here.
After Black Zetsu listened to its report, he contacted their immediate superior: "Hehehehe… Uehara, everything has already been arranged."
"Alright, arrange for our people to make contact with Tony!"
Uehara Naraku pulled out a black envelope with red clouds, his brows couldn't help but wrinkle slightly: "Speaking of which, first it was a USB drive with a Hydra logo, and now it's an envelope with an Akatsuki logo. Won't someone suspect it's the same group doing it?"
"Hehehehe… no need to worry."
Black Zetsu chuckled softly, soothing Uehara Naraku's mood: "People in this world take symbols very seriously; no one's going to especially suspect us…"
After he finished speaking, Black Zetsu's laugh suddenly turned sinister: "Hehehehe… even if someone does suspect something, so what? Hammer Industries taking in Ivan Vanko will be ironclad proof that Alexander Pierce is a Hydra higher-up pulling strings behind the scenes…"
"That's true."
Uehara Naraku slowly nodded.
"Hehehehe… so who's going to deliver the letter this time?"
"Seems like anyone would do…"
"Konan?"
"..."
Uehara Naraku suddenly fell silent.
After a long time, Uehara Naraku finally spoke softly: "This universe is too big, and there are still some dangers I can't truly confirm but that I can't easily get rid of either, so right now I don't want Teacher Konan living in this world."
Especially…
Uehara Naraku knew something strange had happened over in New Mexico State: a hammer that fell from the sky couldn't be picked up by anyone or any force.
Asgard's gaze had already fallen upon Earth, and in New York there was a super Mage holding the Time Gem, sealing away the darkness.
Though for some reason…
They still hadn't made contact with Uehara Naraku.
"Hehehehe…"
At this moment, Black Zetsu, for the first time in a long while, sensed the weakness in Uehara Naraku's heart and couldn't help but chuckle: "It's just having Konan come here to help deliver a letter…"
"Forget it."
Uehara Naraku lay on the beach in California, tilting his head back to look up at the star-filled sky, shaking his head to himself, not answering Black Zetsu for a long time.
It wasn't until Black Zetsu almost thought their connection had been cut off that it finally heard Uehara Naraku's faint sigh.
"I'm just worried that the next time I see Teacher Konan… I might not want to let her leave again."
"..."
Black Zetsu also couldn't help falling silent.
After Uehara Naraku let out a sigh, he calmly continued: "Besides, when we were spending thousands of years in the Bleach World, Teacher Konan was actually still living in the Ninja World in those few days after I left. Right now she probably doesn't really…"
The night sky was brilliant with stars.
It was just a pity that beneath the myriad stars in the sky there wasn't beauty, but layer upon layer of crises enough to threaten everything on Earth.
"Let's drop it."
Uehara Naraku quickly shook his head, then sprang up from the grass and shot off toward Tony Stark's villa: "Time to get started. Tony Stark has probably already figured everything out—he's going to leave here to fetch the key!"
At the exit of the underground garage.
Tony Stark's sports car roared out.
Tony Stark had just watched the video his father Howard Stark left for him, and deeply realized the expectations his father had hidden for him. He even guessed that the Stark Industries Expo model that Howard Stark had left behind might be the key to the new energy element!
Unfortunately…
The Expo model was in the Stark Industries Tower.
Tony Stark secretly checked and noticed that Uehara Naraku was no longer around, so he planned to sneak off in his sports car and bring the Expo model back.
"Mr. Stark, where exactly are you planning to go?"
A figure stood in the middle of the road, blocking Tony Stark's car. Uehara Naraku's silhouette appeared in front of Tony Stark, framed by the headlights of the speeding car.