New York, Stark Industries Headquarters Building.
Just over a week had passed since the Battle of New York, and many streets were still undergoing repair work, but the Stark Building had already completed post-war restoration, standing completely renewed in the heart of the city.
At this moment.
The top floor of the Stark Headquarters Building served as both the office of Iron Man—Tony Stark, the head of Stark Industries—and his personal workbench.
Currently.
The playboy Stark, dressed in a comfortable black T-shirt and casual long pants, sat in a chair, clicking and sliding on a holographic projection screen, his face, adorned with a sexy stubble, focused and serious as he debugged parameters for a certain project.
He was so engrossed in the super black technology of machinery and intelligence that he was completely unaware of the mature woman in a white, hip-hugging suit uniform who had exited the elevator behind him.
It wasn't until the woman walked beside him and placed a fragrant hot coffee on the table that she said, "Boss, have something to drink first."
"Thank you."
Hearing his personal secretary's call, Stark, as if waking from a dream, reacted and immediately took a sip of the hot coffee.
"Tony." Pepper Potts, looking at Stark's slightly haggard face, even changed her address, softly saying with a hint of warmth, "Since that battle, you've been working continuously for seven or eight days. You should get some good rest."
"I'm fine." Stark drank half a cup of coffee in one go, his gaze returning to the virtual screen, saying with unconcealed excitement and vigor, "Recently, with Dr. Banner here, our development progress in Iron Man Suits has been very smooth!"
"Especially the anti-type armor, we have now initially completed the construction of two major series of models!" Stark excitedly spread his hands.
"Alright, alright." Pepper rolled her eyes at Stark, knowing his nature. As the saying goes, 'models come and go, but Iron Man Suits are forever'!
But it was precisely because of this that he was Iron Man.
"You hands-off boss, go on with your armor. I still have a pile of company matters to deal with." Pepper sighed helplessly, gracefully stepping in her high heels towards the elevator on the top floor.
And just as the elevator door where Pepper was standing closed.
In the top floor hall, the voice of the artificial intelligence Jarvis suddenly sounded: "Sir, our satellite has detected a suspected appearance of Black Flash!"
Stark's body shook upon hearing this, and he quickly asked, "Where?"
Jarvis immediately switched the holographic projection scene to a 3D image of the World map. It was clearly visible that in the heart of the Atlantic Ocean, in the vast sea near South America, a target marked as a black dot was moving.
The satellite data feedback indicated the black dot target's movement speed was two to three Mach?!
"Is it on an airplane?" Stark asked in confusion, after all, no ship could achieve that speed.
Jarvis replied, "Apparently not. The target should be acting alone."
"Alright." Stark shrugged. Although this was highly illogical, the existence of Black Flash itself was illogical.
He pondered for a moment, then said, "Analyze and determine where it wants to go based on the movement trajectory data."
"Yes, Sir." Jarvis executed the command, and within two seconds, an arrow appeared on the virtual projection, quickly pointing to a sea area in front of the target black dot.
There was an island there.
"Codomatis?" Stark murmured the name of the island nation, pondering, "I remember that's a small island nation. Is there anything special about it that would attract Black Flash's attention?"
The artificial intelligence Jarvis collected information through the network, quickly obtained the intelligence Stark wanted to know, and refined it into a concise response: "Just last week, an armed rebellion occurred in Codomatis. The Herrera family, who were originally in power, were all killed. General Silvio Luna is currently in charge of the island nation."
"Is that all?" Stark frowned. He didn't think a mere armed rebellion in an island nation would attract the attention of that terrifying entity.
Jarvis said, "Sir, there is also some intelligence information that has been encrypted by U.S. high-level officials. Should I decrypt and retrieve it?"
"Decrypt." Stark gave the command without hesitation.
About three seconds later.
Artificial intelligence Jarvis: "It's the Starfish Project!"
"There is a research institution named 'Jotunheim' in Codomatis, which has been conducting the Starfish Project, researching alien species, for thirty years. This project is very likely to bring great harm to the World."
"Additionally, U.S. government high-level official Amanda Waller is currently organizing a special team, code-named 'Task Force X,' mostly composed of heavy criminals from Gotham City, to go to the island nation of Codomatis to eliminate all hidden dangers of the Starfish Project."
…After listening to the narration of the artificial intelligence Jarvis, Stark couldn't help but shake his head: "Using a group of heavy criminals to eliminate a potential World crisis? That really sounds like something those U.S. high-level officials would do."
Using a superhuman entity to counter a superhuman threat is naturally not a problem, but using criminals changes the nature of it.
However, Stark didn't care about these things and was too lazy to bother with the actions of the U.S. high-level officials. His target was Black Flash, whom he had encountered once before!
Watching the black dot target getting closer to the island nation, Stark didn't overthink it and quickly issued a command to Jarvis: "Jarvis, call up Anti-Series Armor Number One—the Anti-Black Flash model!"
Jarvis: "Sir, that model of armor is currently only data parameters and an experimental model. There is no complete product that can be used for combat."
Stark frowned slightly, but without giving up, he said in a deep voice, "Start building and rushing it now. Get it ready for me as quickly as possible!"
"Yes, Sir!"
...Atlantic Ocean.
It was nighttime here, and under the cover of darkness, the sea was pitch black.
Waves surged and rolled in the darkness, and the night breeze gently brushed the subtle sea surface, making it seem very calm.
At this moment.
A jet of Water streaked across the sea, like a Black Flash, breaking the calmness of the ocean the moment it appeared!
The Black Flash was extremely fast, easily breaking the sound barrier. Where it passed, the air exploded, creating obvious storms around it, stirring up a surge of waves on both sides!
With a whoosh.
In the blink of an eye, it had sprinted to a sea area hundreds of meters away. In the very center of the Black Flash, a pair of beast eyes, burning like blue flames, flickered!
It was none other than Composite Vincent in his Black Cat form!
His four cat paws, like the propellers of a helicopter, ran swiftly with streaks of afterimages, allowing him to maintain his position above the sea.
He had run for countless nautical miles, like a perpetual motion machine.
In front of Vincent, a huge island finally appeared, spanning across the sea.
Without slowing down, he passed through the nearshore and reached the island's coast.
A trace of bloodlust suddenly flashed in Composite Vincent's beast eyes. The moment he stepped onto the island's coast, he sensed the cold aura of killing on this land!
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