Chapter 177: Tony's Issue
While Steve and the others were questioning their lives due to Hati's complaints, Oaks had already arrived at Tony's ocean-view mansion in Malibu.
"Oh, Oaks!"
Pepper came to greet Oaks, who had his arms raised in confusion. So she looked at him with surprise.
"You're back on Earth?"
"What? I actually have entry access permission?"
The door had already opened, and Oaks greeted Pepper with a smile, putting down his hand that was about to knock on the glass door.
"Tony, this guy is quite something this time."
Last time Oaks came, he couldn't get through the door.
"Of course, you saved him twice."
Pepper looked sentimental and gestured, "Thank you so much. Otherwise, I don't know what Tony would have become."
"I just played a supporting role."
Oaks walked into the door with a smile.
"Where is Tony?"
"He's in the lab, you can go there straight."
Pepper sighed and spread her hands, "Maybe you can talk to him, the alcohol consumption in his lab has been excessive. And since the incident in New York..."
At this point, Pepper's expression became somewhat complicated.
"You know, I just want him to be okay. All these superheroes, Avengers, Iron Man...
To me, nothing is more important than him having a good sleep.
And that's still with your necklace; otherwise, I can't imagine how much pain he would be in."
"...I understand. I gained some insights from my trip to Asgard this time, maybe it can be of some help."
Oaks gave her a reassuring look, "Although I'm not a professional psychiatrist, I'm a decent pharmacist."
In the downstairs lab.
As soon as Oaks entered, he saw Tony holding an arm… It was an arm model and Tony was staring intently at the experimental table ten meters away.
"Whoosh!"
A golden-red armor component soared into the air from the experimental table. After a slight sway, it rushed towards the arm model in Tony's hand.
"Bang!"
"Ouch! J.A.R.V.I.S.!"
The armor component slammed into Tony's forehead, causing him to fall backward.
"..."
Oaks' mouth twitched as he watched Tony hold his head and struggle to get up while muttering.
J.A.R.V.I.S.'s cheerful voice sounded, "Sir, it's a pleasure to watch you work... By the way, Mr. Oaks has been standing at the door for twenty-five seconds."
"Huh?!"
Tony, who was about to pick up the arm model, stiffened suddenly. He slowly raised his head and saw Oaks with a strange expression at the door.
"Why didn't you say so earlier, J.A.R.V.I.S.?"
"You instructed not to disturb you until the experiment was over."
J.A.R.V.I.S. spoke in a matter-of-fact tone, "And Mr. Oaks has permission; you personally set it."
"...J.A.R.V.I.S., you're getting smarter and more slick-tongued!"
Tony rubbed his face in response to J.A.R.V.I.S.'s "Thank you for the praise" voice and forced a smile. He stood up and walked briskly towards Oaks.
"Hey, buddy, I thought you were planning to stay in Asgard and never come back!"
"That's not a good place to stay."
Oaks shrugged and high-fived Tony, "They spend more than half of their day fighting and drinking there. The key is, they love making loud noises and smashing glasses too much."
He glanced at the arm model that Tony casually threw aside, rubbing his chin, "Are you... playing baseball?"
"Don't mention baseball to me! Quickly help me reduce the swelling!"
Tony pointed to the big bump on his forehead and cautiously looked at the staircase, "It's good that you're here. I don't want Pepper to find another problem!"
"Pepper said your sleep hasn't been good lately and asked me to advise you to drink less alcohol..."
Oaks cracked his knuckles and a green light flashed. The large bump on Tony's forehead quickly disappeared without a trace.
"But I haven't had a chance to ask her, doesn't drinking help you sleep better?"
"..."
This time, Tony fell silent.
He turned around with a wandering gaze and walked to the workbench. His hands instinctively played with the parts on it.
A full minute passed before his eyes regained focus.
"Ah... come and sit. I'm experimenting with a new idea. After all, you know how inconvenient it is to put on and take off my armor."
Tony smiled somewhat stiffly and tossed the parts in his hands to Oaks, who was approaching.
"Embedded micro-laser-guided neural motion sensors. They can navigate the armor components and let them fly to the appropriate positions on their own."
"So you were testing if the glove part of the armor can be accurately and automatically worn using that arm model?"
Oaks took the sensors and examined them from different angles then smirked, "Are you planning to embed this thing into your muscles? I don't think you'll specially wear a customized undershirt for that."
"Exactly! I've developed a brand new long-distance armor remote control system!"
Speaking of his new idea, Tony became excited. He waved his hand and presented a holographic image to Oaks—
It was a large pile of Mark series armor located in the underground storage of the lab!
Tony was completely immersed in his excitement. He picked up a device on the table that resembled a headband and waved it at Oaks.
"I call this new deployment method the 'Laser-Guided Tracking Rapid Deployment System.' With this, even if I'm separated from the armor, I can command it to fight on its own or summon it to my side at any time!"
"Crazy idea, and it looks like you're close to success."
Oaks turned his head and looked at the latest armor being modeled on the screen, marked with a number.
Mark 42, codename: Wanderer.
"But... no matter how powerful the armor is, it still depends on the person inside."
Oaks approached and placed a hand on Tony's shoulder, and he looked directly into Tony's slightly panicked eyes.
"The feeling of going through a wormhole... wasn't pleasant, was it?"
"Ah!"
Tony instinctively clutched his chest and began to breathe heavily, "I... huff... I... I..."
"Shit! I can't forget it!"
He irritably threw the parts in his hand to the ground, then threw himself into the chair with a haggard look on his face.
"Every time I close my eyes or hear 'New York'... damn it!"
He fiercely slapped his own head.
"Whoosh~"
Oaks' soothing spell now had a much stronger effect. Under his spell, Tony's breathing gradually calmed down.
"I think you should open a hospital."
"I don't have a medical license."
Oaks shrugged and made a grabbing motion in the air, summoning a bottle of liquid blue gem-like potion.
"Wow! Teddy bear, is this your newly learned magic?!"
Tony stood up abruptly, "Shit! I envy you so much!"
"Don't worry about those details, Depressed Crusader."
Oaks tossed the bottle to Tony, who hastily caught it.
"Drink it, it will not only make you feel revitalized, but also bring certain abilities back to their peak..."
Tony's expression changed dramatically.
"Although I don't have a pharmacist license either, this is Asgard-certified, personally tested by Odin!"
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