Chapter 351: Chapter 351: Iron Man 3
"Doctor Wu..." Tony muttered to himself as he looked at Doctor Wu. Although the woman next to him expressed concern, judging from the results, Doctor Wu was indeed able to help him remove the shrapnel from his heart.
"Tony!" Rhodes glanced at him. He knew that the shrapnel in Tony's body had been endangering his life. If it could be taken out, he could give it a try. After all, Dr. Wu in the Sky Curtain had already succeeded once!
"I need to think about it!" Tony waved his hands, touched his forehead, sat down and began to consider the possibilities.
He knew that he had a high chance of not dying, and if things really didn't work out, he could still make a deal with the sky screen. Since the second-generation Peter Parker could make a deal, there was no reason why Tony Stark couldn't. It was just that he didn't know what Sky Screen wanted, so he didn't dare to speak hastily.
Dr. Wu was also obviously a little shocked. Although he had always been confident in his medical skills, he still found it a little unbelievable to see himself actually removing the shrapnel from Tony's body.
He knew very well how difficult it was to remove the shrapnel, otherwise Tony would not have kept postponing the procedure. In fact, the reason Tony visited him that year was also for this matter, but of course he refused because he was not certain.
He had consulted many doctors, but none of them were sure. No doctor dared to take the risk, so it had been delayed until now.
Now that he had new hope, he certainly wanted to give it a try. After all, no one wanted to have a bunch of shrapnel in their body! It could kill him at any time!
[After a period of rehabilitation, Tony recovered completely. He made a necklace out of the shrapnel he had removed and gave it to Pepper, personally placing it around her neck.]
[Pepper turned around and touched Tony's cheek. They put their foreheads together and looked at each other affectionately.]
[In the hospital, Happy, who had been in a coma for many days, trembled slightly with his fingers. With a deep breath, Happy woke up and began to cough violently.]
[The medical staff immediately stepped forward to comfort him, "It's okay, it's okay!" But unexpectedly, Happy pushed her away and pointed at the TV, which was still playing Happy's favorite show.]
[Ever since Tony gave the order, the TV had been playing the show continuously, just so Happy could see it the moment he woke up.]
[Meanwhile, Harley got off the school bus and returned home. He entered his garage and was surprised to find that the old space had been completely renovated!]
[Clean floors, brand new computers and cars, a large number of tools, refrigerators, toys and other items, and even a smart assistant similar to J.A.R.V.I.S.]
[Harley walked in with great surprise, looking at everything in disbelief. There were two toy potato guns that Tony had modified on the table, and a card beside them.]
[The scene changes to the ruins of the Malibu Villa. Tony walks to the edge of the ruins with a bag in his hand, looking at the ocean below.]
[He reached into the yellow paper bag, took out the arc reactor, tossed it lightly into the sea, and then turned and left.]
["If I had to give this all a proper ending, I guess I would say that my battle suit was never a pastime or a hobby! It was a cocoon! Now, I have emerged from the cocoon and become a butterfly!"]
[Tony walked halfway and saw a small screwdriver on the ground. He squatted down to pick it up, looked at it with a smile, and kissed it.]
[Then he got into his sports car, with a load of things he thought were worth keeping behind him, including the smart assistant J.A.R.V.I.S. that he had recovered from the sea.]
["You can take my house, tricks and toys! But there is one thing you can never take away!" Tony took off his sunglasses and looked in the rearview mirror.]
["I am Iron Man!"]
[The long-absent narration on the sky screen suddenly sounded: "I am Iron Man. This sentence runs through Tony Stark's life. It is both the beginning and the end!"]
["It's just that his mood changed when he said it. The first time, he announced himself to the world. The second time,he realized that the sense of security was not given to him by the armor, but came from his heart! A heart that protects the people he loves!"]
["The third time, he realized that he was the only one who could do that snap. He knew he would die, but he still did it without hesitation!"]
"Snapped fingers?" Tony frowned. This was the first time that the Sky Screen revealed the specific cause of his death. Before that, they only knew that Tony died from unimaginable energy shock.
But they had no idea what the situation was and could only guess. Now they had another piece of information: Tony would snap his fingers and be killed by the huge energy.
"Snap! Snap your fingers? Just like that?" Rhodes stretched out his right hand and snapped his fingers crisply, looking at the sky in confusion.
"No, maybe we missed something? Damn, there is too little information. Can you die by snapping your fingers? Can you save the universe? I can't figure out what the connection is between the two!"
Tony was originally still thinking about Dr. Wu, but now he was suddenly thrown into disarray by the mention of a finger snap.
Banner also snapped his fingers along with Rhodes, wondering under what circumstances he could save the universe with just a snap of his fingers.
Tony thought of what the Sky Screen once mentioned: Banner had the body of the Hulk, but he was still tortured to the point of excruciating pain and screaming continuously. He could only use that huge energy again after Banner had used it.
So one of the actions to trigger this huge energy must be snapping fingers, but Tony still couldn't imagine why snapping fingers could achieve this!
While Tony and the others were still thinking hard, Thor seemed to remember something vaguely, but he had no specific impression. He couldn't help scratching his head. After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't remember it, so he chose to give up.
Thanos, who was far away in the depths of the universe, also narrowed his eyes. Although he had guessed before that the Infinity Stones would be used, he could not guarantee that there wouldn't inevitably be other magical objects in such a vast universe.
But now that he heard the snapping finger action, he was basically certain that it was the Infinity Gauntlet. It seemed that he did succeed once in the future, but was saved and stopped by Tony Stark and others.
It's just that Thanos didn't know how he failed. He wanted to know the reason for his failure, so he even stopped the invasion plan of Loki who was lurking on Earth.
Thanos knew that Earth was preparing its armaments and waiting for his arrival, but he didn't care about just the Earth.
If there were no Ancient One and Odin, if he wanted to destroy humanity on Earth, he would only need to use star-destroying weapons from the universe.
There would be no need to go through the trouble of invading Earth, but in that case, the Infinity Stones on Earth would most likely be destroyed or hidden in the dust.
Thanos would not gamble on this possibility. After so many years, he didn't mind waiting a little longer. Odin and the Ancient One couldn't hold on for much longer anyway.
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