After the shareholders meeting, Obadiah didn't return. After the meeting, Tony went home in satisfaction to fiddle with his big baby.
Because of Nagini's reminder, Frey of S.H.E.L.D. gradually realized that things weren't as simple as they seemed, so he launched a series of investigations on Obadiah.
The Nagini who quietly arranged everything and hid his achievements and fame?
Now that he was driving his beloved Knight XV, he couldn't help but think about what to eat tonight.
Recently, Nagini had been infatuated with scientific cuisine. However, for some reason, even though the nutrition was perfect, everyone's response was very average.
Why didn't the cornbread in his hand smell good?
Wouldn't it be better to replace the bread with cornbread?
Isn't it nutritious to have a salad without salad dressing for breakfast?
In the face of his family's rejection, Nagini felt a rare sense of defeat!
Time passed to a month ago.
No one knew that Obadiah had secretly gone to the Middle East.
Similarly, no one knew what he had done on this trip. They only knew that after returning, Obadiah had found the top engineers and secretly started a project.
At this moment, Obadiah, who had left the shareholders' meeting, didn't go to the hospital immediately. Instead, he went to Stark Corporation, to Zone 16 of the weapons research and development department under the arc reactor.
As the card swiped open the iron door, a terrifying steel beast appeared under the huge arc reactor.
Its entire body was pitch-black and made of extremely strong titanium alloy. Its square-shaped structure made this steel behemoth look ferocious and tough. Its thick arms were even equipped with a top-notch reaper like the Gatling gun.
From the looks of it, the steel behemoth in front of him was very similar to the first generation Mark made by Tony.
But the difference was that the first Mark had been built by Tony in a cave with a hammer, while the Iron Monger in front of him was a brand-new version that had been developed in a month with the best technology and engineers of Stark Corporation!
Compared to the first Mark, Iron Monger was stronger and more agile.
Moreover, at Obadiah's request, Iron Monger was equipped with powerful firepower. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that it was armed to the teeth.
However, at this moment, Iron Monger still lacked one thing.
That was the energy source that powered Iron Monger. Just like a human soul, Iron Monger without an energy source was a walking corpse, not a terrifying war machine!
Obadiah's infatuated gaze moved away from Iron Monger's aggressive body, and he turned to look at the top engineer he had found. "William, how's the research going?"
William was the top engineer that Obadiah could find.
In Stark Industries, he was second only to Tony in terms of technology.
However, Stark was Stark after all. This was a rather terrifying family. Anyone who had the surname Stark would definitely be cursed by knowledge!
So in the face of Obadiah's question, William shook his head. "I'm sorry, Mr. Obadiah, I can't fulfill your request. With the current technology, this is an impossible task!"
It wasn't the first time Obadiah had asked this question, but it was the angriest Obadiah had ever been.
Because of Nagini's support, Tony would once again become the president of Stark Corporation.
What would happen then?
Obadiah knew very well what he had done all these years. What if Tony knew?
America's laws could shoot him a hundred times!
Therefore, there was only one path in front of him.
That was to take out a weapon that was better than the Jericho missile. The Iron Monger in front of him was his only chance.
Apart from that, Obadiah also needed to get rid of Tony. Only then could he prove his value.
Why was an orphan the most valuable?
Because it was rare and because there was only one.
If he could prove his worth and ensure that no one else in the world could imitate him, the United States would tolerate him no matter how big of a mistake he made.
Even if he killed Tony!
One had to know that the value of a dead genius was the same as that of a dead mediocre person.
Therefore, he roared angrily.
"Are you trash?
Tony could solve the problem in the cave, and you're telling me that you can't make a qualified product after so long! "
Facing Obadiah's roar, embarrassment appeared on Dr. William's face. He thought for a moment, and finally, helplessness appeared on his face.
"Mr. Obadiah, you have to understand that he's Tony, Tony Stark!
With the technology we currently have, we can't shrink the arc reactor at all, unless … "
Frowning, Obadiah subconsciously raised his head. "Unless what?"
The other party didn't say anything and just lowered his head in silence.
But Obadiah understood what the other party meant. There was a hint of gloom between his eyebrows, and in the end, everything turned into ruthlessness. "I got it. I'll take care of this!"
A month ago, Obadiah had brought back the manufacturing blueprints of the first Mark from the Middle East, and then started a series of modifications and research. With the help of the world's top engineers, countless hurdles were broken through.
However, there was one fatal hurdle that they couldn't break through no matter what, and that was the volume of the energy source that powered the Iron Man Armor!
Obadiah had the energy source for the Iron Man Armor, and it was based on the arc reactor developed by Howard Stark (Tony's father).
But it was a massive energy source that couldn't be used on the Iron Man Armor at all.
He didn't know how Tony had done it, but he had actually shrunk the energy source to the size of a palm without affecting the energy source!
Of course, Obadiah could also build a giant Iron Man Armor that was more than ten meters tall, but the problem was that an increase in size meant an increase in weight.
An arc reactor the size of a pot lid and an arc reactor the size of a teacup could provide the same amount of energy.
They were both circling the earth, but because Tony was lighter, he was faster and consumed less energy.
On the other hand, Obadiah's giant version of Iron Monger was not only slower, but it also consumed more energy.
This was also why nobody had designed the Iron Man Armor before, because the energy problem hadn't been resolved.
Besides, Obadiah didn't have time to get the engineers to build another giant version of Iron Monger.
So, here was the problem. The only energy source that could power Iron Monger was in Tony's chest, so what was Obadiah going to do next?
At the same time, Nick Frey, who had a bad feeling because of Nagini's words, had already begun to investigate Obadiah.
As the behemoth S.H.E.L.D. took action, many of Obadiah's little secrets were unearthed at an astonishing speed. Looking at the reports that appeared in front of him, Nick Frey's face grew uglier and uglier.
He made a deal with terrorists in private and sold weapons that the military prohibited.
He hired terrorists to attack Tony Stark, which eventually led to the deaths of several officers and serious injuries to Tony Stark.
In order to erase evidence, he killed the terrorists and stole the first-generation Iron Man Armor designed by Tony Stark, and he had been secretly studying it since a month ago!
Damn it, was Obadiah crazy?
His current actions could only be described as deranged!
Frey's face was extremely ugly, especially when he combined it with the latest news:
With Nagini's support, Tony became the CEO of Stark Corporation again and officially began to close down Stark Corporation's weapons manufacturing department.
The focus wasn't on the back, but on the front.
What did it mean for Tony to become the CEO of Stark Corporation?
A cornered Obadiah would definitely do something to Tony!
With gloomy eyes, Frey didn't have time to explain. He hurriedly made a call.
"Coulson, arrest Obadiah immediately.
That's right, we have to catch Obadiah no matter what. In addition, contact the military immediately and have them send someone to protect Tony. I'm worried that Obadiah will attack Tony! "