In New York, a prime location where every inch of land is valuable, Stark Industries' recently completed headquarters building is located here.
The building has a cool, upward-spinning shape with a futuristic and technological feel, a top-floor viewing platform large enough to serve as a landing platform for fighter jets, and a unique "STARK" LOGO. Even in the heart of New York City, where skyscrapers abound, this building still stands out from the crowd.
At this time, on the top floor of Stark's headquarters building, in the luxurious hall built into the exterior platform.
"How is it here?"
A gentleman in a well-fitting black suit was shaking his red wine glass, his hands proudly and unconcealedly spread outward, the faint blue light shining from the center of his chest overflowing through his shirt, giving the illusion of embracing half of the city outside the floor-to-ceiling windows.
Behind him.
A man wearing a gray long shirt, overalls, Martin boots, etc., with shaggy hair and a sloppy look, which was extremely inconsistent with the current elegant environment, walked forward.
"How should I put it?" The slovenly man pushed his glasses up his nose, pondered for a moment, and commented, "That's indeed your style and characteristics."
"In the future, this will also be the headquarters of our alliance." Stark said with a smile.
"That couldn't be better. This will elevate our alliance, which hasn't even been established yet, to several levels." The slovenly man shrugged. "I don't have any money, so the best I can do is help."
"It's more than just strength." Stark shook his head slightly, looked at him sincerely and said, "Banner, I also need your wisdom and knowledge. With your help, I believe many of my technological concepts and ideas can be realized in the future."
The sloppy man named "Banner" remained noncommittal. Faced with Stark's exaggerated praise in the industry, his face remained surprisingly calm.
Because, in the field of science and technology, he does have the capital.
Banner.
His full name is Robert Bruce Banner. As a world-renowned physicist with seven doctorates, if he hadn't been in hiding in recent years, he would have been a scientist frequently featured in newspapers!
In addition, he has another unknown identity, which is also the biggest reason why he has been hiding from the world in recent years - the Hulk!
The hatred that emerged in Washington not long ago was indirectly caused by him.
"Banner."
Stark was about to say something, but at this moment, a beeping warning sound came from somewhere on the top floor.
"Jarvis, what happened?" Stark asked with a frown.
Suddenly, from above a table in the luxurious hall on the top floor, hundreds of rays of light intertwined in the air, quickly forming a three-dimensional virtual projection image.
The artificial intelligence responded in a gentle, concise male voice, "Sir, just now, a special incident involving the extraordinary realm occurred in Queens. This is the on-site footage."
Upon hearing this, Banner also looked at the virtual projection curiously.
"Ahhhhhh!!"
The video that the virtual projection starts playing starts with a scream. On the main road next to the bustling modern street, a specially modified muscle car is roaring and speeding at maximum horsepower!
Red light, intersection!
Boom boom boom!
Sparks flying!
The muscle car directly knocked aside several vehicles blocking its way, and as if in a panic, it continued to accelerate and drive in the opposite direction into the main road!
Just as the muscle car was about to crash into the group of parked cars, the next scene made Stark and Banner's pupils shrink violently -
The speeding muscle car suddenly stopped, like a shadow in black mist, and the next moment the front of the car suddenly and strangely dented inward, and then the entire car body exploded in two! It was as if it was torn apart by some terrifying force!
Then, an even more terrifying scene appeared.
From the inside of the muscle car that exploded and disintegrated, several pieces of human male's body fell out and were thrown in different directions on the streets around the intersection!
Two parts of the body just disappeared into the crowd of people standing in a daze on the pedestrian street!
Terror and blood are coming!
"Ahh! What jumped out!?"
"Let's go!!"
The screams rang out again, and a black shadow flashed across the intersection and chased into one of the streets.
…
The virtual projection playback ends here.
"What just happened?"
Stark looked at Banner in shock, and Banner shook his head, indicating that he didn't see it clearly either.
"Jarvis, rewind the image." Stark gave the order after thinking carefully.
"Yes, sir."
Under the guidance of artificial intelligence.
In the virtual projection, the previously played scenes kept rewinding until the moment the muscle car was destroyed.
"Right here, enlarge the image in front of the car and play it in slow motion." Stark said in a deep voice.
The screen starts playing.
Under the slow zoom lens, you can clearly see a small black animal shadow passing through the middle of the group of cars parked on the road and slamming into the front of the muscle car like a cannonball!
"Play it frame by frame," Stark said.
At this moment, the entire scene seemed frozen, and even the mysterious things that were invisible at normal playback speed were revealed.
Banner's eyes widened in shock.
The black shadow turned out to be a cat!
Yes, it has no hair, and looks like a kitten covered in a smooth and tough black coat.
The moment the kitten violently slammed into the muscle car, the car, which was moving at full speed, stopped moving. Then, the black kitten's body suddenly expanded several times, its limbs bulging with huge and tough muscles and bones, and its ferocious front paws violently pulled the muscle car to the sides!
This is the root of muscle car explosion.
At the moment of tearing the muscle car apart, the strange and terrifying black monster turned back into its previous kitten form and chased after one of the broken parts at an extremely fast speed.
"What kind of creature is that?" Stark's face became more solemn. What frightened him even more was that Dr. Banner, who was standing next to him, suddenly turned pale and twitched slightly with difficulty breathing!
"Jarvis!" Stark subconsciously took a few steps back and stepped into a place in the luxurious hall.
The artificial intelligence Jarvis quickly understood what his master meant. A metal lift rose from the floor beneath Stark's feet. As a series of robotic arms and parts operated, golden-red metal shells were buckled onto his body one by one.
In less than five seconds.
Stark's entire body was covered in an iron coat, and the energy grooves on his chest and the metal eye sockets glowed white like an iron god.
"Calm down, Banner!" Stark, transformed into Iron Man, raised his hand and comforted Banner, whose face was pale.
"I, I'm fine!" Banner clenched his fists and breathed rapidly to calm his excitement.
His face changed back and forth between blue and white.
In the end, Banner leaned against the table in frustration, and the bulging veins on his neck disappeared completely.
Seeing this, Stark breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Stay here and don't move. I'll go take care of things outside!"
"Wait, Tony!" Banner, somewhat exhausted, leaned on his chair and called out to Stark. He pointed at the black shadow on the virtual screen and said anxiously, "That monster is very dangerous! Seeing it is like pulling the trigger of a pistol into my mouth. My body instinctively responds and I want to turn into the Hulk!"