Tony Stark, the boss of the American technology company Stark Industries.
He was a genius, a genuine genius in every sense of the word.
He was born in Long Island, New York.
At the age of just fifteen, he entered the Electrical Engineering Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and graduated at the top of his class.
At the age of twenty-one, he inherited his father’s Stark Industries and became the company’s boss.
Stark Industries was a technology company, and its largest technological project was none other than weapons technology.
Tony’s mind, which operated on an entirely different level from that of ordinary people, allowed him to achieve terrifying accomplishments in the field of physics and technology.
He single-handedly researched and developed a mountain of weapons, all of them high-tech weapons that were adopted by the U.S.
military and made their mark across various battlefields.
Therefore, he could even be considered a leading figure in America’s weapons industry.
This leading figure in America’s weapons industry had recently been researching a new weapon.
It was a missile with tremendous explosive power, capable of carrying out large-scale area bombardment.
Tony had named it the Jericho Missile, and he was currently in the final stage of researching it.
“Jarvis, play some music.”
“Yes, sir.
What song would you like?”
In the research laboratory beneath his villa, Tony was completing the final stage of his research.
Since his research was almost finished, he had begun to relax and asked his artificial-intelligence butler to play some music.
“Well, the research is almost successful.
I was practically falling asleep from boredom during the whole process just now.
Play something energetic.”
“Yes, sir.
I’ll play something for you right away.”
The intelligent butler Jarvis quickly searched through his music library for a suitable song, then began playing it throughout the laboratory.
Accompanied by the energetic music, Tony, who had been somewhat bored from continuously conducting research, began laughing as well, even going so far as to bounce his leg along with the rhythm.
“Jarvis.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Tell me about any interesting news that’s come up lately.
You know, find something interesting.
Don’t look for celebrity scandals or anything like that.”
“Yes, sir.
Coincidentally, there’s been some very interesting news in New York recently.”
“Tell me about it.”
While fiddling with the precision instrument in his hand, Tony bounced his leg, ready to listen to Jarvis’s news.
Doing two things at once did not interfere with his research work at all.
“One day ago, a man wearing full-body protective armor and wielding a greatsword appeared in New York.”
“Hm?
Isn’t that just some World of Warcraft fan doing cosplay?
What’s so interesting about that?”
Tony was not impressed by the interesting news Jarvis was referring to.
“Sir, at first, he did indeed sound like an enthusiastic gamer.
However, this man wielding a greatsword has been walking around the streets of New York and flirting with women everywhere.
Because of his constant attempts to flirt with women, several pedestrians reported him to the police, believing he was committing sexual harassment, and the police quickly arrived at the scene.”
“Oh?”
“However, after the police arrived and asked him to cooperate with an investigation, he resisted and knocked down all the officers, turning the incident into a case of assaulting police officers.”
“As a result, he was pursued by the New York City Police Department (NYPD).
Unfortunately, the NYPD deployed a large number of officers but still failed to capture the man.”
“He even destroyed several police cars with his greatsword, temporarily paralyzing the streets because the wreckage of the police vehicles blocked the roads.
With no other options, the NYPD added the man to their wanted list and began spreading his wanted notice across the internet.”
“That’s somewhat interesting.
To think he could toy with all those idiots in New York to his heart’s content without getting caught.
This guy is pretty interesting.”
Feeling that he had heard something genuinely interesting, Tony laughed happily.
“Come on, show me what this guy looks like.
Someone who can throw the entire New York Police Department into chaos—I’m very interested in seeing what he looks like.”
“Yes, sir.
Please wait a moment.”
Not long afterward, several photographs appeared on the display screen beside him.
One was a photograph of the head of a young man with purple hair, another showed his full body wearing gleaming white armor with a blue cloak, and another captured him swinging his sword and causing a police car to explode.
After finishing the work in his hands and completing all the research on the missile, Tony put down the precision instrument he was holding.
He then spun his chair around to face the screen, looked at the several photographs displayed there, and could not help but spread his arms.
“All right, I admit this guy’s appearance is a little strange.”
“This is the first time I’ve seen someone dye their hair purple.
Although hair like that shouldn’t be particularly strange among punks.
But this armor is pretty decent.
Jarvis, do you know what game this armor is from?
I suddenly can’t remember.”
“Sir, after conducting a comparison, I could not find armor like this in any currently existing game.
In other words, this armor does not originate from a game.”
“Really?”
Tony was somewhat surprised.
“That means this armor was completely designed and created by him or someone else?”
“That would appear to be the case.”
“Quite an interesting person.
Anyway, put it aside.”
Something interesting could only hold Tony’s attention superficially.
Before long, his attention had already shifted elsewhere.
“Jarvis, enter my research data into the database, then send the production order to the factory so they can begin manufacturing.
This is something the U.S.
military desperately wants.”
“Sir, if you ask the factory to begin production, the military will be informed.
You’ll have to go to the military afterward to hand it over.”
“That’s fine.
Have Stane tell Rhodey to arrange the schedule.
Once it’s arranged, just let me know.
Right now, I want to go out and have some fun.”
As he gave the order, Tony also changed his clothes.
After completing the relatively boring research, he wanted to go out and enjoy himself properly.
This was California—how could he possibly not go out and have a good time?
“Sir, I would like to remind you that you still have an event to attend tonight.
It is an awards ceremony honoring you.
You should attend.”
“Let Stane go to something like that.
I want to go out and have some real fun!”
Completely ignoring Jarvis’s advice, Tony immediately left the laboratory.
He called his assistant, Happy, then took several bodyguards and drove to a casino.
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At the same time, the purple-haired man mentioned in the news Jarvis had just told Tony about was also hurrying from New York toward California, riding a limited-edition Harley motorcycle whose entire body radiated blue light from its engraved patterns!