The next day, at Stark Industries.
"Slow it down!"
"A little slower!"
"A little slower!"
"Slow it down a little more!"
Tony stared at the three-dimensional projection in front of him, which continuously replayed the scene of Lord instantly killing Obadiah the previous night.
It is said that curiosity is the source of human progress!
As a genius, Tony Stark naturally wouldn't lack curiosity. After returning and resting for a night, he couldn't wait to come to his laboratory and have Jarvis replay the battle footage from yesterday.
After this battle footage was slowed down fifty times, Tony finally saw how Lord instantly killed Obadiah!
At the moment when Obadiah's mechanical arm was about to fall, a sword suddenly appeared in Lord's hand!
"Jarvis, zoom in on that sword!"
After Tony zoomed in on the picture several times, he could see the appearance of the sword clearly.
The length of the blade was very short, not even reaching the forearm of an adult. The guard of the sword was S-shaped. Overall, it looked ordinary, just a common short sword!
"This is... a sword?"
Tony frowned slightly, feeling a little puzzled: "Jarvis, continue playing!"
The image played in slow motion dozens of times, and he saw that the blade of the sword actually violated the law of conservation of matter, suddenly lengthening for no reason!
After the blade pierced through the mech, it vertically split the entire mech into two with unparalleled sharpness, and then retracted at an extremely fast speed, turning back into that ordinary short sword.
The entire process of extending and retracting was very rapid. Even with the footage slowed down fifty times, the picture still appeared very blurry, making it difficult to see clearly with the naked eye.
"Did I see it wrong?"
Tony gasped, widening his eyes: "Jarvis, did he use this sword to split Obadiah's mech?"
"Yes, Mr. Stark."
Jarvis replied.
"Hiss..."
Tony scratched his head, unable to believe his eyes, and said in surprise: "This is unscientific, how did he do it?"
It's just too unbelievable!
You must know that the outer shell of Obadiah's mech is made of military-grade high-composite performance materials!
The outer armor is made of high-purity, high-strength steel, even harder than the outer armor of the currently serving main battle tanks. Even his palm repulsors can only knock it away.
And what about Lord?
He split open the military-grade mech's outer shell with just a short sword that wasn't even as long as his arm!
If that was all, he wouldn't be so surprised. For example, high-frequency blades or particle vibration technologies can achieve the same effect.
But the only thing that Tony couldn't understand no matter what was the speed!
The extending and retracting speed of that sword far exceeded his imagination.
Even under the fifty-times limit slow motion image, Tony couldn't see how fast the extending and retracting speed of this sword was, which shows how terrifying it was!
Tony took a sip of coffee, suppressed the shock in his heart, and asked: "Jarvis, what is the extending and retracting speed of that sword?"
"Preliminary calculation... about one hundred times the speed of sound."
Pfft!
"One hundred times the speed of sound?!"
The coffee that Tony had just drunk hadn't even had time to swallow before he was so frightened that he spat it out: "Jarvis, are you sure you're not kidding me?"
What is the concept of one hundred times the speed of sound?
The extending and retracting speed of this sword can reach thirty-four kilometers per second. This speed has even exceeded the speed of most meteorites in outer space entering the atmosphere!
"This... this is unscientific!"
Tony's eyes widened,
His whole person was dumbfounded.
Because the existence of this sword has completely subverted the scientific worldview he has established in the first few decades of his life!
According to the kinetic energy formula: for objects with the same mass, the greater the speed of movement, the greater its kinetic energy!
Even an object the size of a coin, if accelerated to dozens of times the speed of sound, its power would be comparable to a missile, penetrating an entire building.
And the huge kinetic energy shock wave generated when launching the coin is enough to destroy any building near the base of the coin launcher!
But this sword, at such a close distance, broke through to one hundred times the speed of sound, but did not generate huge kinetic energy, which has violated Newton's Law!
"Lord Karl... an interesting guy."
Tony's eyes lit up, and he suddenly developed a strong curiosity about this man named Lord.
But unfortunately.
Later, because Tony publicly announced that he was Iron Man at the press conference, he was harassed by the ensuing Congress and reporters until he was dizzy, and he forgot about this matter.
...
"Sigh..."
Coulson sat in a coffee shop, looking at the Jingling Pavilion directly across the street, and sighed faintly.
Ever since the last meeting with Lord, the existence of 'Soul Society' and 'Thirteen Court Guard Squads' made Fury feel like a thorn in his side, so he sent him to monitor Lord's movements.
Why him of all people?
Because Fury said to him earnestly that among all the agents he could trust, he was the only one who could see the existence of 'Soul Reapers', and no one was more suitable than him.
Although Coulson himself didn't think so, he felt that the director was likely taking revenge.
Because that day, after he heard Yinmeng call Fury 'Egghead', the corners of his mouth couldn't stop rising wildly, and the narrow-minded director saw it.
Although he suspected that this matter was retaliation, Coulson felt that this mission shouldn't take too long.
But he never expected!
Ever since Lord and Yinmeng returned home that day, they seemed to have evaporated from the world, disappearing for almost half a month!
During this period, Coulson tried using high-tech equipment such as infrared scanning and sonar detectors, but all of them proved to him that there was indeed no one in that house.
For a whole half month, he had to sit here every day. The waiters in the coffee shop even thought that this well-dressed man was a pervert.
The sun gradually set, and today was another fruitless day.
"It seems they won't show up today..."
Coulson sighed, drank the last sip of coffee, took out two dollars and pressed them under the cup, and slowly got up from his seat.
Just as he was about to leave, he saw the old wooden door of Jingling Pavilion being pushed open!
You must know that there shouldn't be anyone inside!
Coulson was immediately shocked: "Have they returned?"
The old wooden door of Jingling Pavilion was pushed open, and the first to walk out were Lord and Yinmeng.
However, unlike before, these two people were wearing black clothes of the same style, and they also had a sword hanging on their waists.
"That is... a soul state?"
Coulson immediately remembered that when he first saw Lord that day, the other party was wearing such a suit.
Before Coulson could figure out why Lord and Yinmeng had to appear in this form, he suddenly saw the two of them standing on both sides, as if they were guards, and their expressions seemed to carry a hint of respect.
"Could it be..."
Coulson's face stiffened, and he immediately thought of a bad possibility!
The next second.
A man with silver-white short hair, wearing the same style of black long coat, and draped in a pure white cloak, walked out of that Jingling Pavilion.
"Thirteen Court Guard Squads..."
Coulson's heart was cold, and his whole body was stiff.
Whether it was from that person's temperament or clothing, or Lord and Yinmeng's attitude towards him, all of them proved one thing to Coulson!
That man...
Is the [Captain of the Thirteen Court Guard Squads]!