Chapter 1148 - Harvest, Trouble, and Divided Fans
Chapter 1148: Harvest, Trouble, and Divided Fans
Luke was quite surprised by the system notification.
As a classic bad guy with “suspected knock-off Iron Man armor” and who spouted a lot of supervillain lines, Ivan was only worth 200 points.
He was simply a disgrace to villains.
Also, according to the experience and credit points from this mission, he probably hadn’t come here to hurt anyone except Tony Stark.
Also, while he was tagged as evil in the system, it was the lightest shade of red.
Light red meant minor evil, and the level of danger was on par with a standard hooligan; anyone who stole things or sold weed more often would be included.
Coupled with the 200 points assigned by the system, this meant that this Ivan actually wasn’t too bad. He had just done some bad things at most, which was really unexpected.
So, instead of killing him, Luke decided to hand him over to Tony.
Of course, experience and credit were just one of the gains.
The other reward was the list of abilities which he had obtained after defeating Ivan.
This Ivan Vanko had most of Stark’s abilities, but some weren’t very strong.
However, after Luke switched over to Ivan’s abilities, he found information on this “knock-off Iron Man Armor,” including the energy source which looked like an arc reactor.
In fact, it was indeed an arc reactor, but had a low RPM and low output.
The main reason for this problem was that Ivan didn’t have that much money to perfect the armor.
It was also the reason why the armor could only jump, and why it was incomplete.
Without enough money, he wouldn’t be able to build a powerful energy core, so it had many reduced functions.
The most outstanding thing about this armor was the two plasma whips, which proved that he wasn’t just a copycat, but an expert.
What was even more amazing was that Ivan’s armor was pure DIY, and he was very poor.
The raw materials that went into this semi-finished armor cost only about a million dollars, yet he had been able to drive Tony into a tight spot with it.
If he had a hundred million dollars to spend on the armor, the final product wouldn’t be much worse than Tony’s Iron Man suit.
But after what happened today, there was no need to mention how troublesome things would be for Tony, let alone the trouble Ivan was in.
The main thing was that the energy core was too much like an arc reactor. Coupled with Luke’s Batman suit 2.0, it was clear that he had gathered together the basic elements for the Iron Man suit.
A few days ago, Tony had refused to hand over the Iron Man suit and all the related technology at a hearing in Congress.
In the end, an assailant in a semi-finished suit appeared, which was d*mn awkward.
The people from Congress had just been slapped in the face. Now that there was an opportunity, they would force the tycoon to hand his armor over once again.
Luke simply mentioned this possibility in his message to the tycoon, and told Tony to be careful.
But it probably wouldn’t be long before all the viewers in America saw the tycoon on TV again.
As for the conflict between Tony and Ivan, he didn’t really care.
Tony had enough money and influence to clearly investigate everything.
…
News channels all over America blew up again tonight.
There was a huge amount of breaking news, and the “live witnesses” on F2F were having a huge party.
It was different this time.
When Tony beat up Obadiah, SHIELD blocked the news. There had never been a scene of the two “Iron Mans” fighting each other on TV, let alone of Batman and Iron Man’s fight.
Now, the first big fight, of the Bat/Iron CP versus the supervillain, was about to air, and everybody went crazy.
All Iron Man did was either dodge or fall to his knees, and the assailant, Whiplash, was taken down and tied up with one move from Batman. Even if the entire battle took less than a minute, it didn’t reduce the significance of this sensational moment.
That was because the key factors of superheroes, supervillains, superheroes working together, and the supervillain being defeated had all come to life; it was a real-life superhero comic strip.
Some viewers clamored for more.
For example, who was the boss of the superheroes?
On this point, Batman and Iron Man’s brainless fans launched all sorts of debates, and the hardcore keyboard warriors even stayed up late to support their heroes.
But Iron Man and Batman clearly had a special relationship.
Both parties made their debut at the same time, and saved a lot of victims during the California earthquake.
This was a good deed that couldn’t be disputed and used to judge who was better.
The second time they appeared together was when Batman visited Iron Man at night a few days ago, and the two of them went to Staten Island for a bout.
This could only prove that they were close, but not who was better.
It wasn’t until their third appearance together, in Iron Man’s encounter with Whiplash, that Batman kicked Whiplash away in a critical moment.
This once again proved that they were close, and also that Batman was a little better.
But Iron Man fans could argue that Tony hadn’t been wearing the main suit.
There was a lot of debate on the Internet, but for the time being, nobody stepped on the other party’s favored superhero to talk up their own fave.
And so, a third evil force appeared.
They believed that the best outcome for Batman and Iron Man was… to be together.
These heretics were then instantly attacked by the loyal fans on both sides.
The men who liked them acknowledged their actions and regarded them as heroes, and fantasized about becoming like them.
Most women who liked them wanted to meet and fall in love with them someday, like Sheerah.
But, together?!
The fans in all three parties were very resolute, and nobody could convince anyone else.
At that moment, Tony was busy trying to get Ivan back to see if his Iron Man technology had been leaked.
Luke was busy checking the man’s abilities and testing them to see if they could be incorporated into his own armor.
The people involved were too busy to follow the news.
…
The next day, Luke and Selina went to the expo as usual.
What happened last night didn’t affect the expo. Instead, even more people poured into the place.
Most people went to the stage first to “admire” it.
If they didn’t see for themselves the scene of Iron Man and Batman’s battle, they felt that something was missing.
Thanks to these people, Luke and Selina threw more than 20 people into the detention center in the morning to calm down, and Luke earned 100 experience and credit points.
When they were having lunch in the car, Selina casually asked if they were going to visit the independent booths today, and Luke slapped his forehead. “I forgot about Bent.”