Stark subconsciously felt that the owner of the business card might have a way to solve his current problem. When he picked up the card, the location of the general store immediately popped into his mind.
Stark said, "Jarvis, search for the name, Han Yu."
"Yes, sir."
"Searching..."
"Sir, no relevant information on 'Han Yu' was found."
Hearing Jarvis's words, Stark's eyes narrowed. His reconnaissance system was arguably no worse than S.H.I.E.L.D.'s.
Apart from some heavily encrypted messages that Stark wasn't interested in knowing anyway, a normal person's identity information shouldn't be impossible to find.
"Jarvis, transfer another fifty billion dollars to my card number 857!"
Stark didn't hesitate. He even felt he hadn't given enough. Three billion dollars was nothing for this thing. He'd pay three billion just to rent it for a year!
Someone who could casually produce something of this caliber couldn't be ordinary. Forget a few hundred billion, you couldn't even buy this for trillions.
He transferred the money to build a better relationship with Han Yu. He should try to befriend someone like this; he definitely shouldn't offend him.
"Jarvis, we can start the 'Ultron' project. Contact Dr. Banner for me. Tell him to come here immediately!"
Stark had been waiting for this day for a long time. To arm the Earth, a powerful energy supply was essential. This Green Ring not only met Stark's highest expectations, but it also exceeded them.
"Yes, sir. I am contacting Dr. Banner for you."
Stark stared intently at the screen. This ring might change the world!
Half an hour later, a man rushed into Stark's workshop, still slightly out of breath, as if he'd run there.
"Tony, what's wrong? Why did you call me here so urgently?"
This somewhat frail, bespectacled man was Bruce Banner, the Hulk, from the Avengers.
"Banner, come quick, look at this."
Stark grabbed Banner's wrist and pulled him over to the computer. If the latter didn't know Stark's preferences, he might have thought something strange was going on.
"What... what is this?"
Banner first saw the equipment next to the computer, constantly performing energy detection on the green ring at the center. Then he saw the data displayed on the computer. The energy intensity of this ring actually completely surpassed Stark's nuclear reactor!
Stark didn't immediately respond, but stared at him with a serious face. After Banner felt a little creeped out, Stark finally exhaled deeply and said,
"Banner, I think we can start the 'Ultron' project."
Hearing this, Banner's lips curled up slightly, and he smiled, but the smile wasn't one of excitement, but rather disbelief and bitterness.
"Ultron, I thought that was just a fantasy."
After the Battle of New York, Stark had told Dr. Banner that he wanted to arm the world to deal with potential future alien invasions, but S.H.I.E.L.D. and the United Nations didn't agree to let Stark use the Iron Legion to provide all-around protection.
Perhaps it was because it infringed upon their freedom, but it would undoubtedly provide some protection.
The Iron Legion's protection wasn't successful, so Stark turned to another field: artificial intelligence.
Stark planned to create a super-intelligent robot to protect the Earth, and he had already given this robot a name: Ultron.
"Yes, before it was just a fantasy, but now, now it's different, Banner!"
Stark grabbed Banner's shoulders and shook him hard. Seeing the latter's strange expression, he realized he was too excited. He coughed lightly to compose himself, and then continued.
"The energy of this Green Ring has perfectly met my needs, there's no better choice."
"Assuming we can harness this energy and apply it to my Iron Legion, then the world will be safe."
"Imagine, you're in Hawaii, soaking up the sun, sipping a cocktail, and when danger arises, you don't have to turn green. You've got the super-intelligent Iron Legion. Do you even need to turn into the Hulk anymore? Do you want to turn into the Hulk?"
Stark stared directly at Dr. Banner. After all that, it still came down to Banner's decision. He couldn't do this alone.
His words struck a chord with Banner. For him, the Hulk was a disease. If it weren't for the circumstances, Banner wouldn't want to become the Hulk for the rest of his life.
Recalling becoming the uncontrollable Hulk, rampaging, and being hated and feared by the world, forcing him to hide in the shadows, made Banner feel incredibly distressed.
Several thoughts flashed through his mind. Finally, Banner gritted his teeth, looked directly into Stark's eyes, and said, "When do we start?"
"Right now!"
In the evening, Han Yu, who had been studying the Green Ring for a long time, walked out of the grocery store, his stomach rumbling.
"Time to eat, I'm starving."
Han Yu clutched his stomach, planning to go out and have a big meal. Although he could cook, he had money and had transmigrated to another world. Why bother cooking himself? He definitely had to go out and eat, eat, eat!
As soon as he pushed open the door, three luxurious black cars drove up from a distance and stopped in front of the general store. A man with an abnormally large build got out of the car in the middle.
The man's massive physique was eye-catching, but what was even more striking was his completely bald head, which made him stand out even more in the crowd.
Some people who knew what was what were shocked to see the man and didn't dare to look at him for too long. They hurried away, afraid of causing themselves trouble.
Han Yu asked in confusion, "Huh, Kingpin? What are you doing here?"
The bald man in front of him was none other than Kingpin, the leader of the largest criminal organization in New York and even the entire United States, and one of Spider-Man's arch-enemies.
His huge physique looked like nothing but fat to outsiders, but in reality, ninety percent of his over four hundred-pound body was muscle! Kingpin's strength was enough to rival some of the best in the field of strength. How he obtained this physique, Han Yu didn't know.
Actually, his interactions with Kingpin weren't that frequent. The reason he knew Kingpin was because he saved his son, Richard, during a car accident.
Later, it was discovered that Kingpin's rivals were behind the accident. Kingpin eliminated those people in one fell swoop and considered Han Yu a friend. Kingpin firmly kept the favor of saving his son in mind.
Han Yu hadn't intended to ask for anything, but Kingpin insisted on giving him something. Helplessly, Han Yu decided to ask him to help find someone he needed.
Kingpin waved the file in the brown paper bag in his hand and said, "I found the person you were looking for. Are you free now?"
Han Yu's eyes flashed slightly. So quickly?
Han Yu said, "I was just about to go eat, but since there's something important, let's talk business first."
After getting into Kingpin's car, he handed Han Yu the brown paper bag, which contained a file and a mobile phone.
Wanda Maximoff, Pietro Maximoff. These two names seemed unfamiliar, but as soon as their nicknames were mentioned, any Marvel fan would definitely know them.
Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver!
And the person Han Yu was looking for was Scarlet Witch, one of the two.
This is a superpowered individual wielding the chaos magic of the universe. Once she develops, she could potentially overturn the entire cosmos. Han Yu was definitely interested in a woman like that.
"Take a look at the video on the phone. The people you're looking for are in New York right now. My people are already watching them, but they don't seem to be ordinary people. My men have seen the man among them, and he has a speed that surpasses even Superman. He's evaded my men's tracking several times."
Listening to Kingpin, Han Yu narrowed his eyes and opened the phone, instantly pulling up a video.
The video showed a silver blur passing by a delivery guy's electric scooter. In the blink of an eye, the food on the scooter vanished.
Clearly, of the two siblings, only the older brother, Quicksilver, possessed that kind of speed. It seemed he was quite hungry, to have stooped to such a level.
"In the current timeline, Ultron hasn't been developed yet, so they should still be in hiding. We need to find them before Ultron does."