[Comprehensive Anglo-American] Gem Merchant

Tony Stark coughed dryly, but Thaddeus Sivana was obviously attracted by Alphonse's few words. He was very curious about the occult since he was a child because of the opportunity of Shazam. Now that he has the opportunity, he is even more curious. Want to gain knowledge at any cost.

"I've been to Iceland before, and that's a really strange city. The architectural layout of the city must avoid places where goblins inhabit..."

Alphonse smiled and said: "Of course, there are also various legends in the UK, such as a kind of goblin called Gremlin, who live in the human world, and it is said that they will destroy the world during World War II. The engine of the plane."

"That sounds dangerous, these guys are obviously not as friendly as in fairy tales - if there is such a thing."

Tony Stark muttered a few words like complaining: "If they were willing to buy Stark Industries' planes, there would never be such stupid problems...I'm not saying that I still miss the days of selling arms, It’s just that blaming goblins for the poor quality of parts is really not a responsible statement, and this poorly built aircraft certainly failed the bird strike test.”

He skillfully pushed Alphonse's wheelchair: "Okay, you two have talked enough today, and then everyone is busy going back and forth."

Thaddeus Sivana is going to make the last attempt. The British may indeed maintain an interest in their local elf legends, but his glasses reflect that the other party is honest in every sentence, not even talking There are elements of deliberate exaggeration in it, which can only show that either this person is a downright honest person and has relayed the legends he heard to himself verbatim, or...

From a spiritual point of view, the other party believes that this is all true.

The goblin Granin who destroys things, Bodach who likes to climb in through the chimney to scare children, there are not many people who are familiar with these things in modern society... He decided to try again, through In the form of skin contact, it is confirmed whether the other party has the same magical power as oneself.

"Today's conversation was very pleasant. It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Stark and Mr. Barthumello."

Sivana gave Tony a hug at a relaxed pace. Tony Stark opened his business for a second perfunctorily, and saw that the other party lowered his eyes and looked at Alphonse, and was about to bend his knees to hug the man who was sitting now. Blonde jeweler in a wheelchair.

Tony: "..."

He turned a corner with the help of his wheelchair: "Al, he's not used to this. You know, the British are not as relaxed as the Americans. They are always more reserved."

Alphonse: ? ?

The jeweler blinked. Did Tony discover the opponent's detection method?But it doesn't matter, he has already taken sufficient shielding measures just now...

"Okay, well, the British really have to be more cautious."

Sivana raised his hands in apology: "So at the end, can you tell me why you have to build a factory here? Anyway, I'm curious... Even if it means giving up and continuing with Stark Industries Bidding, you have to give me a reason enough for me to give up."

Alphonse nodded: "Actually, that's the address I picked. Stark didn't choose this area at first."

The gem dealer's fingers were hidden under the blanket, and he quietly turned over a gem, which could create a temporary magic shielding effect, and even the other party's pair of glasses couldn't tell if he was lying...

Tony said very naturally: "I like Al, he can buy whatever he wants."

After saying this, Tony Stark pushed his wheelchair and left.The speaker had no intention of listening, Alphonse just laughed in his heart, now Tony Stark's reputation of talking nonsense must be confirmed, he didn't say a few truths at all in today's meeting, from "very Nice to meet you" was lying to begin with.Of course, he didn't give up too much, and all his social rhetoric was against his will, but fortunately, after seeing through the magic dress, he quickly adjusted his speaking style.

That's how he's supposed to be anyway, Al thought, and like Bruce Wayne, it wouldn't be weird to leave the table this way.

The two pushed and walked away, leaving Dr. Sivana standing there doubting life.

As he expected, Stark hardly spoke the truth during the entire meeting. It seems that this guy is indeed the same arrogant guy as described in the news.

Indulging in the knowledge he has mastered, he has no idea what the truth of this world is like, what the real power is... These human beings without magic power should be inferior in the final analysis, but it is not because he feels so confused s reason.

——The last sentence is true.Stark has no magic power, so it is absolutely impossible for him to be able to fool a magician in a magic dress, so what he said just now...

Did he know some strange truth?

...so Sivana Industries was just involved in an accident scene where a couple showed off their love and wealth?

After returning to the Avengers Building, Dr. Banner waited in the living room, and saw the two casually exchanging greetings: "How is it? Did you buy it?"

"I bought it."

This was Tony's answer. He raised his chin and was even proud: "The size of the opponent's company can't beat Pepper at all."

Alphonse also collected a lot of information: "That person is a magician, or a simple occultist. He has not received the education of an orthodox magician, and he doesn't respond to the word Barthemelo...even if It's not a difficult role to deal with if something really happens."

The implication is that he is not a real Pacific policeman, and he does not want to do free work for such a thing that no one calls the police.

Tony Stark is obviously more interested: "You haven't fought at all, and you haven't even talked about occult-related knowledge. What you have been involved in the most is nothing more than some local folklore in England... How do you judge each other? What kind of climate can't be achieved?"

"Judging from the number of magic circuits."

Alphonse manipulated the wheelchair to get himself a glass of orange soda: "For a magician, this is the most common and hard indicator. Unlike fairies and gods, the human body cannot innately adapt to the flow of magic power , so in order to drive magic power, there must be a channel similar to a circuit—this channel for the flow of magic power is called a magic circuit by us.”

Banner stood up halfway through hearing it and decided not to bother. The more you know about the occult, the more troublesome it is. In fact, Fury has taught the entire Avengers members about it. He is the most unstable among them. That one, until he solves the problem of Hulk's rampage, he doesn't plan to cause more troubles to others for the time being - for this reason, even as a scientific researcher, he is willing to restrain his curiosity.

And Stark even opened a can of beer for himself.

"Magic Circuit (Magic Circuit) is a channel of innate magical power, and it is a pseudo-nerve held in the body of a magician. Although ordinary people occasionally give birth to children with magic circuits, most magicians have The circuit needs to be passed down from generation to generation, and there are even many families who have to carry out elaborate and complicated improvements in order to have even one more circuit for their children."

"Oh, pure blood wizards and hemp seed wizards."

Tony Stark nodded: "The novel is indeed based on reality."

Alphonse: "..."

It seems that this understanding is correct. Although it sounds weird, it seems that there is no problem.

"The number of magic circuits determines the amount of magic power that can flow through a magician's body, um..."

Just when Alphonse hadn't figured out how to describe this concept, Tony continued: "Just like magnetic flux (Magnetic Flux), it defines the amount of magic power that can flow through a unit of human beings... Magic Flux (Magnetic Flux) Magic Flux)?"

Alphonse couldn't help laughing: "Your description is really like the style of modern magic... There are many old scholars in the clock tower who are not used to this kind of teaching style, but the monarch of modern magic happens to be named 'Weber' is exactly the same as the unit of magnetic flux, and I will tell him about the new unit of measurement you proposed when I get a chance."

"uh-huh."

Tony raised his eyebrows proudly: "I just said that there is nothing difficult for me in this world. If a surgeon can understand magic knowledge in more than a month, then Tony Stark can do the same."

With a sneeze, the newly promoted Supreme Master of the New York Temple sneezed violently.

"What? It's almost Christmas, and I'm prone to colds recently. I have some herbs here, do you want to take some?"

Although the New York Temple has changed people, Wang's work has not changed.

"...I think you probably remember that I'm a doctor."

Strange rubbed his nose: "I'm sure I don't have a cold."

Even if he forced himself to take a vacation, Tony Stark's mental anxiety has not been relieved much in essence, just like Hulk is an urgent problem to be solved for Banner, maybe guys who are smarter than others It was already easier to dig into the dead end.

He refuses anyone to be in his lab, but the Jewel-Lord's portals are all-pervasive.

"If this goes on, I'm going to think about Potions."

Alphonse yanked a guy who was dead with metal added to his body from the ground: "You can't always push yourself like this."

"Barely still works."

Tony showed his watch to Alphonse: "The whole steel suit is compressed here, of course, this uses a part of nanotechnology..."

"It looks like space magic to me."

The blond jeweler had no expression on his face: "To be honest, sometimes you always make me feel that you can use magic, but you hide it very deeply... In my understanding, only the second magician can do this. Law."

"That's right, one day I will preemptively sieve the dark dimension."

Tony wiped his face: "Pass me the angle grinder."

"what is that?"

Alphonse turned his head to look at a large pile of processing tools: "Which one do you want?"

Tony simply bypassed the jeweler, went to pick up the tools he needed, and turned the angle grinder in his hand like a disc to Alphonse: "If you want to polish and cut large gemstones, you can use this, It's much more efficient than letting that hapless agent use sandpaper to grind it with his bare hands bit by bit."

"...I usually use this method when cutting large materials."

Alphonse clasped his hands together and separated them, drawing out a thin line of magic power from his palms, bending the air in front of him out of the cross section with a high degree of transparency: "However, it is quite laborious to maintain the strength to cut things, and it can be solved with instruments." I usually use instruments."

"You alone are a wire cutter."

Tony grunted, "And I'm an Iron Legion all by myself."

The jeweler who was labeled as a "wire cutting machine" was not annoyed: "The number of steel legions is enough, you should rest now."

"Unless you hypnotize me."

The other party refused to give an inch: "You know exactly what the reason for this mental tension is...it's all your fault."

In the last two days, Tony suddenly discovered that gem merchants who obviously don't eat oil and salt are really good at throwing pots. Help him do odd jobs in the laboratory-even if most of the time, the other party can't even recognize the parts he needs.

I don't know what kind of strange radar sensor the other party has installed. Every time there is a panic attack or the heart shrinks, the jeweler can always walk out of the portal from various places and appear by his side.Tony felt a little humiliated the first few times, but after that...he got used to it.

"It would be better if you brought me a can of beer."

He even started asking for it: "It's more effective than the potion you said."

Alphonse pretended not to hear: "I can help build some basic spells when your new factory is built."

Tony also changed the topic: "Maybe I can also fund the post-disaster reconstruction of your temples, if this kind of place can take a stake."

Seeing that Alphonse didn't answer, he asked again: "Or, there are always magicians who are particularly short of money in your clock tower?"

Alphonse: "..."

Why is this man such a bear.

Seeing the other party's eyebrows frowned, Tony clutched his chest and was about to pretend to fall backwards, but was dragged up by the jeweler and put back on the chair intact.The former arms dealer's eyebrows twitched. He wore half-length equipment, let alone a hundred kilograms in weight. Does this guy have such strong arms... Then I saw Alphonse waved his hand calmly, and there were not many muscles in the sleeves. There are several blue magic circuits knotted on the arms.

"I used to have similar symptoms."

In the end, unable to hold back the other party's insistence, the blond jeweler lowered his eyes: "I know this is not a good experience, and what I'm saying now may not be useful to you, but...the world doesn't need too strict precautions."

Tony crossed his arms and looked at the alchemist who obviously had something to hide: "What does this mean? Do you think that I am looking for a solution once and for all, and this way of thinking is wrong?"

"Countless people have done this. I mean, in the mysterious field, the efforts of the Atlas Institute have not led the future in a good direction except for creating enough weapons to destroy the world seven times. In the end they Decided to seal their own research and not let their knowledge flow out of the cellar... This is a secret that everyone has kept silent, and everyone who has the ability to see the future agrees to abide by the tacit rules."

Alphonse seemed to hesitate for a while, but finally raised his head and looked into those warm brown eyes.

"—Don't try to detect and change the future too much, it will only make the future worse."

After finishing speaking, Alphonse obviously breathed a sigh of relief, sitting in a wheelchair to observe the other party's reaction: "In fact, I am not the only one who is trying to protect peace, believe a little bit in the mysteries passed down by human beings for thousands of years Bar."

Tony was noncommittal about this: "I still believe in myself more."

Alphonse wanted to say something, but the phone at hand suddenly rang.The gem dealer has many acquaintances, but there are very few people who can honestly call. He connected the phone and turned on the loudspeaker, and heard Nick Fury's heavy and serious voice:

"Al, according to the news just received, all members of the Sivana Industrial Board of Directors have died, and none of them survived."

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