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As Pepper still had many company matters to attend to and no desire to become a superhero herself, Leon sent her back to Stark Tower after she received the Super Soldier Serum injection.
Back in Tony's Mystical House at Bin Hai Villa, Leon asked Tony, “Brother, what’s the production rate of the Super Soldier Serum?”
“That’s exactly what I wanted to tell you,” Tony said, displaying several seemingly endless columns of chemical formulas as a holographic projection before Leon’s eyes:
“Several high-molecular compounds in the Super Soldier Serum have demanding synthesis conditions, requiring a bit of luck.”
“So, for my first attempt, successfully producing three tubes directly was already an incredible stroke of luck.”
“Unlike the Super Soldier Serum, this isn’t a readily mass-producible agent.”
“No matter.”
“Rather, this is perfect.”
“As long as we can provide it to our trusted people, that’s enough.”
Leon nodded, unconcerned with the low production of the Super Soldier Serum, to avoid it becoming commonplace later on, which would lead to a situation like “Evil-Warding Sword Manual spreads through the martial world, everyone practices it, but you don’t, so you deserve to be beaten.”
“Brother, is the Super Soldier Serum formula all in your head?”
Leon asked.
“Of course, I modified it myself; how could I possibly forget?”
Tony replied confidently.
“Excellent.”
Leon immediately commanded, “Jarvis, send an electronic copy of the formula to Arcee, then delete all remaining electronic archives.”
“Leon, are you trying to…”
Tony instantly understood Leon’s intention.
“Exactly.”
Leon nodded, “Strategic materials like the Super Soldier Serum can only be held in our brothers' hands, to prevent them from being stolen by uninvited, self-serving individuals like Nick Fury.”
“Indeed.”
Tony just thought for a moment and felt that Leon’s caution was very necessary; perhaps Black Halogen Egg hadn’t stooped to that level, but there was no guarantee that other network hackers wouldn’t attack Jarvis when they had nothing better to do.
Although Tony was very confident in Jarvis, what if they succeeded?
Heroes of the world are as numerous as carp crossing a river.
There's no telling if a supervillain specializing in cyber hacking might appear.
After the brothers reached a consensus, they quickly put the confidentiality of the Super Soldier Serum formula into place.
Afterward.
Leon then asked Tony to produce a few more tubes of Super Soldier Serum for other uses.
One of them, Leon had already decided, would be injected into Zhao Hailun once she developed the strategically valuable 'Regeneration Cradle', as a reward.
Another tube, Tony and Leon planned to give to Rhodes, but if they gave it to him directly, he would probably be too embarrassed to accept it, after all, he had just taken a set of Iron Man armor worth several small targets from the brothers.
The military also needed to be dealt with, so it was temporarily held back, awaiting the right moment.
As for the others, Leon and they were still just casual friends, only interested in physical intimacy, so he would consider it after they had spent more time together and truly understood each other.
After all matters concerning the Super Soldier Serum were handled, Leon and Tony finally had time to begin Arcee’s physical upgrade.
This was a major upgrade that Leon had long anticipated.
…
When Leon retrieved 1000kg of unformed Adamantium from the system space, Tony’s eyes were immediately drawn to the bright silver metal, covered by the system’s protective light blue film.
It looked extraordinary at first glance.
When Leon told him that Adamantium was harder than Vibranium, the hardest known metal on Earth, Tony was determined to use it as the material for his Mark Six armor.
However, Leon decisively refused.
“Why?!”
Tony’s world collapsed; did his Brother no longer love him?!
“No~”
Watching Tony’s dramatic, green tea-like performance, Leon was helpless and quickly explained, “These are all for Arcee’s upgrade. I have other materials prepared for your armor, Brother.”
“Okay then.”
The teary-eyed, pitiful Tony instantly changed his expression, returning to his usual confident and arrogant demeanor, the stark contrast making Leon, who was beside him, laugh.
Next.
The two brothers worked together.
Tony redesigned the Jet Glider’s system configuration and component blueprints based on the new element.
Leon, with the help of Jarvis and the Xiao Daidai family of robotic arms, created the corresponding precision molds one by one, following the component blueprints provided by Tony.
If Tony had more skilled control over his superpowers, this step could actually be omitted; he could completely conjure them out of thin air, but unfortunately, there was no 'if'.
Soon.
All the component molds for the new body were completed.
Next, it was time for our Magneto King to perform. Leon had intended to do it himself, but Tony insisted on putting on a show for him.
He saw.
Tony raised both hands, like an orchestra conductor, elegantly waving his ten fingers.
Under his control.
The liquid Adamantium, protected by the system, separated from the translucent, light blue film, floated in mid-air, and automatically divided into the required amounts for each component.
At this point.
Tony looked back at Leon, extremely pleased with himself.
His meaning, Leon knew without him having to say it: just look at how awesome Brother is.
“Hurry up, stop showing off, Brother.”
Leon rubbed his forehead, speechless for a moment, and urged with a laugh, “If you keep showing off, the Adamantium will solidify soon. Then you’ll have a headache trying to deal with it, and I guarantee Arcee will beat you to a pulp.”
Upon hearing this.
Tony raised an eyebrow and also began to feel the liquid Adamantium slowly becoming viscous and difficult to knead, gradually transforming into its indestructible, extremely hard state.
Having thought that.
Tony didn't delay any further.
After all, it was his younger Brother’s external brain and his sister-in-law’s body.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Portions of liquid Adamantium were injected into the molding dies at an extremely fast pace, solidifying and cooling in just moments, becoming indestructible, normal Adamantium body parts.
“These are just the rigid chassis skeleton and armor components. Are you planning to use Vibranium for the tires and other flexible components?”
Tony asked, stroking his chin in speculation.
“Yes.”
Leon nodded, “Those will be prepared by Arcee herself.”
From the beginning.
Leon had discussed it with Arcee.
Her rigid components would be crafted from indestructible Adamantium, while flexible parts like tires would be woven from versatile Vibranium, which can be both hard and soft, using the 'Regeneration Cradle'.
It is currently being prepared in Leon's Wonderful House on the floor below.
“Thank you, Tony.”
In the ascending elevator, Skids Mode Arcy elegantly stepped out and bowed respectfully to Tony, expressing her gratitude.
“Oh my goodness!”
“Leon, did I hear that wrong?”
Tony asked Leon in disbelief, but before Leon could answer, Arcee, who was passing by him, affirmed, “You heard correctly, Leon’s Brother.”
As she said this, Skids Mode Arcy gave Leon a pure yet playful wink, and he smiled, shrugging his shoulders, and manually zipped his mouth shut.
“Alright.”
“I guess I did hear it wrong.”
Tony pouted a little, somewhat disappointed.
Afterward.
Skids Mode Arcy, with Leon’s help, moved all the parts for her new body into Leon's Wonderful House, but after a short while, Arcee kicked Leon out.
Because Leon wasn't doing his actual work and kept touching and caressing her body parts, leading to extremely low assembly efficiency.
Helpless.
Leon could only go up to Tony's Mystical House to help Tony finish the Mark Six first.
Tony had already designed the blueprints; all that was left was to sort out the materials, and it would be complete. Leon estimated it would be even faster than assembling Arcee's new body.
He saw.
Leon, looking at the holographic projections of the parts Tony showed him, first transferred all the flesh from his right shoulder to his right hand into his main body.
Only the gleaming, system-enhanced active Adamantium Skeleton was exposed.
“Hey, hey, hey!”
Seeing this, Tony’s eyelids twitched, and he quickly stopped him, “I was just kidding, Leon, why are you actually doing it?!”
“No.”
“Tony, I’m serious.”
“My bones are indeed the hardest known renewable material on Earth, making them the ideal choice for your armor. This was decided from the beginning.”
As he spoke.
Leon, without a single frown, tore off his right hand's Adamantium Skeleton from the bone joint.
It looked a bit intimidating, but Leon wasn't actually exerting any force; the tendons connecting the bones were all actively controlled by him to retract.
Seeing Leon’s decisiveness, Tony no longer feigned modesty or refused.
Brotherhood is in the heart.