Stark had not had an easy time during this period. He agreed to that evil deal. After the first news about the appearance of a suspected esper, he spent a lot of energy collecting intelligence... To this end, he even invaded God.
Several satellites of the Shield.
Now, while the Avengers team is running around solving crimes committed by people with abilities, Tony Stark has been in seclusion for several months in the name of upgrading his armor, and finally researched something.
"weakness?"
In the conference room, Nick Fury was in high spirits.
"you sure?"
"Of course I'm sure, don't forget that I'm Iron Man!" The slovenly Tony rubbed his hands nervously.
Then he hacked into the conference room computer and ordered Jarvis to project the information on the screen.
Nick Fury: "..."
got used to!
"In addition to each of these fruit ability users having their own weaknesses and the key points of being human beings, they also have a common weakness..."
Tony explained: "After comparing and analyzing hundreds of thousands of substances on the earth, I found that there is something that can weaken or even invalidate the abilities of espers."
"Oh? What is it?" Nick Fury's eyes lit up.
So does Adjutant Hill.
If there is something that can restrain the ability users themselves, both the popularity of the fruits by ordinary people and the threat to them will be greatly reduced.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has a single ability. Unlike the main universe and the Ultimate Universe, there are mutants as sample references. Faced with these large-scale and irregular superpowers, Miss Nick Fury got into a sedan chair for the first time and had a terrible headache.
"Salt!"
"I see, this is indeed something we didn't expect..." Nick Fury nodded with his chin raised.
Then there was a pause.
A few seconds later.
"Sorry...what did you just say?" He looked at Tony tentatively.
"Salt, sodium chloride, didn't you hear clearly?"
Tony stared at him naturally.
"This joke is not funny, Tony!" Nick Fury's mouth twitched.
"Of course I heard it clearly. Are you trying to tell me that the nemesis of those with superpowers is the edible salt that can be bought in supermarkets everywhere???"
Indeed, in order to study how to target people with fruit abilities, the team led by Dr. Banner conducted thousands of experiments, analyzing everything from soil materials to air components. It is true that they have not tried salt.
After all, who would have thought that there would be an earthly substance that could restrain those with fruit abilities? Their considerations were all in different directions.
Therefore, their current research is to create an instrument that can capture the special particle fluctuations emitted by people with abilities, and use Dr. Banner's best field to first solve their hidden dangers hidden in the crowd.
But salt?
Are you sure you're not kidding?
"I'm not kidding, braised egg."
Tony looked at him without any doubt: "I have also recruited several people with fruit abilities to cooperate with me in research. This answer has been verified many times."
Of course, Tony also understood how... appalling his words were?
So I took out the second piece of information.
"I know what you are doubting. If it is just daily ingestion, it will not have any impact on the esper. The Sin Fruit and the esper are more like symbiosis than parasitism, and will not cause any adverse damage to the host."
"But once they consume too much, or are immersed in salt water with a concentration that reaches saturation, they will show signs of soreness and weakness all over. The salt crystal blocks can even withstand some special attacks that we are currently unable to defend against, such as mental control, acid corrosion, and even
It’s a molecular chain break!”
Seeing Tony swearing so confidently, Nick Fury... of course still didn't believe it.
However, he quickly nodded to Hill, who immediately left the conference room and went to notify Dr. Banner to conduct the experiment.
Soon, Dr. Banner rushed back to the conference room with Hill.
The former held a piece of information in his hand and looked at Tony dumbfounded.
"Tony, you discovered this... No, how did you discover it?"
Of course, the answer couldn't be the answer he came up with based on the growth status of the fruit tree when he helped Lovett cultivate the evil flesh-sucking fruit tree. Tony turned away his eyes and shrugged.
"One of the ability users I recruited was an avid ham lover, and then I found out."
Everyone: "..."
Very good, it is the Iron Man we are familiar with.
"It's just ham??" Nick Fury sat down weakly and rubbed his temples.
This answer made him feel more discouraged than the demonstrations that started across the United States today. It was like a passionate battle between two boxers. Both sides cautiously moved around looking for opportunities to give their opponent a fatal blow.
As a result, your opponent slipped due to the sweat under his feet and bumped into your fist, KOing with one blow!
"I think we can skip this topic for now, gentlemen."
The corners of his eyes twitched, and Hill reminded everyone: "Now that we have found the weakness of the fruit ability user, what should we do next?"
"How?" Tony looked at her in disbelief.
"Of course we should arrest them all and supervise them!"
"Renovating a batch of salt-filled armor can withstand most attacks that do not comply with physical logic. If you go head-to-head, will your weapons still be afraid of the opponent?"
"It's easy to detain them. Just build a big pool and soak them in it. You don't even need handcuffs. They won't have any strength to struggle."
"Even those existing fruits can be destroyed in this way. Those that are symbiotic with the host after being eaten cannot be removed with salt, but uneaten fruits can be completely destroyed with salt."
Banner looked at the excited Tony with a little worry.
"Tony, you know that's inappropriate."
That's not what he said in the meeting a few months ago. What happened?
In fact, Tony Stark failed to find a way to restrain the opponent a few months ago, and of course he was more concerned about the current situation.
But now that he has found it, he just wants to solve this threat as soon as possible!
Every artificial Devil Fruit imitation test product leaked from the plantation below the villa was a torture of his conscience and responsibility.
Greed for power drives those who eat the forbidden fruit.
Knowing all the truth but being unable to stop them is a cruel torture for someone like Tony Stark who has lacked a sense of security since childhood!
He kept reflecting and came up with the answer.
This may be the real reason why the other party came to find me.
A child holding a pistol in his hand threatens not only other people, but the child himself.
He knows what to do.
Face it calmly, untie your knots, and let go of everything.
But he can't do it!
The more rational people are, the more they can't extricate themselves.
The psychology books he had read could not bring him any comfort, and the increasingly severe situation made him restless and uneasy.
Nick Fury glanced at Tony. The Level 10 agent's keen observation noticed that Tony was hiding something, but he did not point it out.
"Sorry, Mr. Stark, your suggestion is very tempting. If it were yesterday, maybe I would agree."
"Yesterday? What happened?"
"It seems you don't know yet..." Nick Fury took a deep breath, picked up the remote control, and Jarvis gave appropriate permissions, letting Nick Fury look ugly and play the video released by Skye yesterday.
.
Ordinary people can only see that the government has concealed the truth and deceived them, and they feel angry and disturbed about this.
But everyone present knew better that that was actually a good thing.
because……
"He is a hero!" Hill said to Tony who looked dull.
"Natasha is still stuck in Hawaii and cannot come back. Although their organization did something unforgivable, to the tourists who were there at the time and to the little kid who was rescued, he is a hero."
Power itself is not scary, what is scary is the human heart.
The same goes for vice versa.
Power itself can be evil, but as long as it is used for good, it is good.
Tony obviously still has a long way to go before he can overcome his inner demons.