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"No, it's just that if you go, things will go more smoothly."
"Hey, you can't say that. You're the one who told me to keep a low profile."
[“What I mean is, you need to keep a low profile in front of the media and the public, not disappear completely, you know? Do you know what the media is saying? They say Zhuge Cong is on the verge of death.”]
"Recently, someone on the board said you have post-traumatic stress disorder, and they've proposed banning you from the board; they want to stop you."
"What, is it because the stock dropped 40 points? We knew this would happen."
"It's 56.5, not 40. Your optimism is a bit too much," Ai Haibara added from the side.
"It doesn't matter. Whose name is on that building? It's mine. I have absolute control." Zhuge Cong was somewhat surprised that the board of directors would target him.
"Cong, I know what you're thinking, and I know what those guys are thinking. They think you and your new direction are bad for the company."
"Alright, that's enough. This is my company, and I represent it. I will naturally be responsible for it. That's all. I'm going back to work." Zhuge Cong said, turning and leaving.
"Hehehe, Cong, wait a minute, listen to me. I'm trying my best to salvage the situation, but you need to give me something, something to show them, something for the engineers to analyze, to draw up parameter diagrams, so I can deal with those guys."
"Give it to the engineer so I can control it myself, and then find an opportunity to get rid of Zhuge Cong."
Conan Edogawa looked at Gregstan and realized that he had also deduced that Gregstan was the mole in that company.
"No, absolutely not, this is it."
"Okay, can I see what you're doing down there?"
"Goodnight, goodbye."
"You came down so quickly," Scorpion remarked, watching Zhuge Cong descend in less than ten minutes.
"Something trivial, it won't take long. Deidara's already back?" Zhuge Cong looked around but didn't see Deidara.
"He left after you, which is perfect. I readjusted it; try it out, starting from 1% and increasing it by about 1.5% each time," Scorpion said to Zhuge Cong.
[Zhuge Cong quickly put on his hand and foot gear and went to the testing ground, while Scorpion recorded the data from the side.]
"Alright, the twenty-fifth test begins. Current energy output is 1%." As Scorpion finished speaking, Zhuge Cong activated the device.
With a deafening roar, white flames erupted from the devices on Zhuge Cong's hands and feet, and Zhuge Cong floated into the air.
"Phew, it worked." Zhuge Cong, who had been hovering for a moment, landed again and said to Scorpion beside him.
"Let's try the 2.5% level," Scorpion said to Zhuge Cong after recording the data at 1%.
"Okay, Jarvis, increase energy to 2.5%, three, two, one."
After the energy level was increased to 2.5%, Zhuge Cong clearly felt it was becoming difficult to control and started flying around erratically in the test field.
"Don't fly this way!" Scorpion immediately dodged to the side as Zhuge Cong flew towards him, knowing that being hit by the thrusters was no joke.
"I feel like I've found my balance." After flying around haphazardly, Zhuge Cong gradually found his footing.
"Alright, alright, the data collection is complete," Scorpion said to Zhuge Cong, glancing at the collected data.
"How is it?" Zhuge Cong asked, walking up to Scorpion.
"Hmm... almost there. The energy allocation is almost complete. Now there's only one last step." Scorpion showed the collected data to Zhuge Cong.
"That's right, the final step: armor integration." Zhuge Cong finished speaking and walked onto the already installed armored hangar.
With a series of vibrating sounds, like the exhaust of a hydraulic system, several mechanical arms emerged from the hangar.
The mechanical arm, already fitted with pre-installed steel armor components, began to be installed one by one onto Zhuge Cong's body.
[This was followed by the sounds of a drill spinning, a robotic arm operating, and armor being donned.]
Finally, Zhuge Cong picked up the mask from the table and completed the final step.
"Jarvis is ready."
"I am ready to obey your orders, sir."
Many blue data frames also appeared before Zhuge Cong's eyes.
[The artificial intelligence Jarvis, as a core component of the Iron Man armor, helps Zhuge Cong analyze what he sees.]
Next, the full view of the Iron Man armor appeared on the light screen. Because it hadn't been painted yet, the Iron Man armor was still silver-white, while the eye area of the mask glowed blue.
"Check the weather and air traffic control, and monitor ground control."
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"Sir, we need to perform terabytes of calculations before conducting flight tests."
"Jarvis, sometimes it's better to start running than to start walking."
The audience in front of the screen could hardly contain their excitement as they watched this sci-fi and cool scene.
Especially for those who are going through a rebellious phase, the power of the Iron Man armor is like real damage that strikes straight into their hearts.
"Are you planning to fly? I suggest you test it first, just in case something goes wrong," Scorpion said, looking at Zhuge Cong's pose.
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"No, let's get straight to it and be quicker. Three, two, one." As Zhuge Cong finished his countdown, a sharp screech rang out, and Zhuge Cong slowly took flight, then whooshed out of the testing area.
"This is a bit reckless, but it seems the Mark 2 armor is finally complete. So, what's next?" Scorpion watched Zhuge Cong soar into the sky, then turned and walked to the computer next to him, speaking to Jarvis.
"Jarvis, open the Iron Alliance's documents and bring up Scorpion."
"Yes, Mr. Scorpion, I'm really pulling up the Iron Alliance documents, the Scorpion documents." This Iron Alliance documentation was a plan Zhuge Cong told him and Deidara about when they were debugging Mark 2.
According to Zhuge Cong, he wanted to create an organization of steel armor to maintain world peace. Of course, for Scorpion, world peace was irrelevant.
According to Zhuge Cong, the first batch of reserves for the current Iron Alliance includes himself, Sasori, Deidara, Senku Ishigami, Tsukasa Shishio, Ai Haibara, Hitomi Mishima, and Hachiman Hikigaya.
[The second batch of Iron Alliance members, including Scorpion, were unaware of the document's title: Iron Alliance Second Team Member Candidates, along with some strange plans from Zhuge Cong.]
"Do you know what the first batch was characterized by? It was safe. There was a mole within the Zhuge Group." Scorpion remembered what Zhuge Cong had said: there was a mole within the group, and his arrest was most likely because the mole leaked information.
"Then why isn't Zhuge Stan included? Is it because he's too old?" Deidara asked.
"Though I hate to admit it, one of my most suspected targets right now is Stan." Scorpion looked at Zhuge Cong's gloomy expression with a touch of melancholy. Even your closest confidants can betray you.
"Why do you suspect him? Is there any evidence?" Deidara pressed.
"The most likely candidate is Zhugestan, since he can sell large quantities of weapons without my knowledge. Okay, that's enough. Keep testing, and hand me that thing."
"Mr. Scorpion, Iron Alliance, Scorpion's file has been retrieved." Jarvis's voice pulled Scorpion back from his reverie.
"Let me see." Scorpion looked at the documents on his file, which contained a prototype of the armor Zhuge Cong had designed for him. It was only a prototype because Zhuge Cong knew Scorpion would make significant modifications himself, and he also knew that although Scorpion appeared to be an expert in this field, his true expertise extended beyond that.
"They've left me a rough prototype? Good, I'll refine it properly. However, I still don't really like the armor." Scorpion murmured, looking at the prototype armor. And if he could, Scorpion would prefer to be able to modify himself, since it would grant him infinite life.
Flesh and blood ache, mechanical ascension—this is Scorpion's goal.
[Furthermore, Scorpion felt that the armor wasn't as powerful as the one he modified himself, since his own modifications were superior in terms of reaction speed and other aspects.]
[Here, Zhuge Cong, also wearing Mark 2, soared into the sky.]
He was captivated by the exhilarating feeling of soaring freely through the sky.
Thanks to the powerful visual zoom technology inherent in the Mark 2 armor, Zhuge Cong can clearly see people or objects hundreds of meters away. While flying in the sky, Zhuge Cong can clearly see a couple doing intimate things inside a skyscraper in an amusement park.
"Oh, sorry to bother you." Zhuge Cong immediately turned and flew away in another direction.
"Alright, let's do one last test: how high can it fly?" Zhuge Cong flew straight into the sky.
"Jarvis, what's the highest record so far?"
"The current record is 25908 meters, achieved by an SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft with its wings fixed."
"Then let's see if we can break this limit." Zhuge Cong said, then unleashed his full power and soared into the sky. He wouldn't normally do something so impulsive, but now he was also somewhat overwhelmed with excitement.
"Sir, deadly icing has appeared." As they increased in altitude, icing also formed on the Iron Man armor.
"Keep going, keep going, just a little further!" Zhuge Cong continued his ascent, the ice on his armor growing increasingly severe. With a cracking sound, the steel armor's leg thrusters stopped working.
[Zhuge Cong also fell uncontrollably from a great height.]
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"Jarvis, Jarvis, it's completely shut down, isn't it?" Zhuge Cong realized that the armor was malfunctioning due to the freezing.
"No rush, no rush. Luckily, Scorpion had anticipated this would happen." Zhuge Cong suddenly remembered that Scorpion had told him to install a de-icing device in case of any accidents.
[Zhuge Cong quickly reached for the device on his thigh and pulled it hard, shattering all the ice on the Iron Man armor and restarting it.]
"Wuhu, that was great." Having flown enough, Zhuge Cong returned home. However, he got carried away and momentarily forgot the weight of his steel armor. After shutting down his flight thrusters, he crashed through a wall and fell to the ground.
["Bang!" Zhuge Cong crashed into a small electric scooter, crushing it into a pile of scrap metal.]
Hearing the commotion, Scorpion looked over and saw that his little battery had been crushed into scrap metal by Zhuge Cong.
"It's impossible to get a taxi at this time," Scorpion said, looking at the culprit, Zhuge Cong.
"Sorry, the car keys are over there. You can take one, but don't take the leftmost one, that's my favorite," Zhuge Cong said, removing his mask.
"I think I need to put an ice pack on it; my head hurts a bit." Zhuge Cong stood up, walked to the armored hangar, took off his steel armor, and then walked to Scorpion's side, looking at his modified armor as he spoke.
"Is this your modified battle armor? It looks pretty good."
"Unfortunately, I don't really like battle armor," Scorpion said to Zhuge Cong.
"I don't like it. It's armor. I don't like something that's so cool. Ugh, does he even know what it is?"