Dr. Ethan was an excellent scientist and a good man. For Tony Steck, without his help, Tony would not have been reborn, and the birth of Iron Man would not have been possible.
At the lowest point of his life, Dr. Ethan, who was born in Central Asia, brought hope to Tony. It was also in that small cave that Tony finally figured out what he needed for the first time.
Although they quarreled over the issue of new energy, Ethan chose to return to his hometown to help it restore production. However, the crucial role he played in Tony's life was self-evident.
Now, he had become Zhang Tong's puppet.
The story had to start from when Tony was trapped in Afghanistan. Tony Stark, who was captured by the Ten Rings Gang and the freedom fighters in Afghanistan, developed the first Iron Man MK1 in that inconspicuous cave.
In the original story, the fragments of this Iron Man would be obtained by Obadiah to develop the first villain boss Iron Man would face: Iron Monger.
But because of Li Jie's intervention, things changed greatly. Because the vampire food incident was exposed, the Ten Rings Gang, the freedom fighters, and other organizations that cooperated with vampires began to send more people to capture humans.
As a result, the defense on Tony's side became lax. Because of this, Tony did not have to flee in panic like in the original story, and even Ethan died in that nameless cave.
Tony had enough time to arrange everything, and in the end, he escaped from Afghanistan with Ethan and returned to the United States.
Not even the fragments of the MK1 were left behind, and Obadiah did not have the chance to copy Iron Monger. In the end, he died in the hands of several members of the Ten Rings Gang and became Tony's lifelong uncle.
When Iron Man began to rise, especially after the emergence of new energy, Zhang Tong began to investigate the appearance of Iron Man, especially after he learned about the kidnapping of Tony Stark at the Afghan branch base.
As Tony had destroyed the entire base before he left, he had not left any survivors. This made Zhang Tong's investigation work very difficult.
But after a long period of investigation, he discovered a useful piece of information. At that time, Tony Stark was imprisoned with a man named Ethan.
According to Zhang Tong's speculation, it is likely that this person named Ethan was involved in the entire research plan of Tony's Iron Man Armor and the manufacturing of the first Arc Reactor!
Zhang Tong's speculation was correct. In fact, Ethan didn't just participate in the design of Tony's first suit of armor. Because he didn't die. Instead, he followed Tony back to New York for half a year.
In fact, Ethan was also involved in the research and development of the MK2 to MK7. Tony even discussed the future research direction with him, and expanded the entire Iron Man family model to the MK15.
Because Ethan was Tony's most trusted person, Tony didn't keep many of his designs from him. After all, even the first Arc Energy Reactor was made by Ethan himself. At that time, because of Tony's injuries, he was more of a technical instructor at the side.
Therefore, what Ethan mastered was far beyond Zhang Tong's imagination.
When Zhang Tong interviewed Ethan, he simply wanted to ask about the manufacturing method of the Iron Man MK1 and the manufacturing method of the Arc Energy Reactor. Because Zhang Tong wasn't sure how much Ethan could master.
However, Ethan's stubbornness exceeded Zhang Tong's imagination. This forced Zhang Tong to use the power of the One Ring [Spirit]. This was a kind of ring that could control other people's thoughts.
But recently, the Lord Man rarely used it. The reason was that using the [Spirit] ring put a burden on one's mental power. Over the years, in order to form a scientific research team that could mass-produce the Wyvern troops, Zhang Tong used all kinds of methods to kidnap, coerce, and lure a lot of scientists around the world.
But how could a selfish and ruthless person ensure that his secrets wouldn't be leaked? Those scientists might not necessarily bow down to Zhang Tong. After all, the Ten Rings gang wasn't Hydra.
The Red Skull's Hydra had appeared before World War II with the help of the Nazis. It had been operating for more than 80 years, and it was deeply rooted. At the same time, it had a set of ways to train its own scientists. Because the Red Skull himself was an outstanding scientist.
You want Zhang Tong to play this trick? Sorry, he can't do it. He could use his mystical skills to guide the elite soldiers and thugs in the Ten Rings gang, but scientific research? What he learned back then was more than a hundred years behind this world.
Even a hundred years ago, what he learned was only about the art of emperors and the art of commanding troops. How could he train a group of his own scientists in 30 or 40 years?
He couldn't even learn it himself! Everyone had their own strengths. The Lord Man was a genius in martial arts, but he couldn't be counted on in science.
Therefore, the scientists he recruited might not necessarily listen to him, but Zhang Tong still needed the help of these people. After all, this wasn't more than a hundred years ago.
Therefore, Zhang Tong's [Spirit] ring began to show its power. Almost all scientists would be brainwashed by it before they joined the Ten Rings gang, making them loyal to Zhang Tong.
The power of the ring was very strong, and almost no one could resist Zhang Tong's brainwashing. However, there was still a drawback. Every time he brainwashed a person, it would consume some of Zhang Tong's mental power. Although the mental power consumed was very little for Zhang Tong.
Due to his great mastery of the mystical skill, Zhang Tong's mental power was already very strong. However, it still couldn't withstand Zhang Tong's brainwashing of so many researchers over the past few decades!
There were also the higher-ups and elite soldiers of the Ten Rings gang. They all needed to be brainwashed and controlled. This was a serious burden for Zhang Tong. It usually didn't show, but if he encountered an opponent who was proficient in mental invasion (such as Professor X) during a battle, he wouldn't be able to resist at all.
Zhang Tong obviously wouldn't leave such a big loophole for himself. Thus, after much thought, Zhang Tong finally found a solution that would satisfy both sides.
That was to plant a spiritual seed and hypnotize and brainwash the other party. This way, he wouldn't need to expend any mental power to control the other party.
For example, he had used this method against Ethan.
After Ethan was hypnotized and controlled, Zhang Tong asked, "What are you so persistent about and afraid of?"
"The war brought by the new energy source," Ethan said with his head tilted, his eyes lifeless.
"Who brought the new energy source and war?" Zhang Tong asked with a hint of playfulness.
"Iron Man, Tony Stark," Ethan answered honestly.
"Then destroy the Iron Man and destroy his new energy source! I can help you. "A ring on Zhang Tong's finger flashed with a dazzling red light.
As Zhang Tong spoke, the red light branded itself on Ethan's forehead. The seed was planted.
Zhang Tong became Ethan's most trusted leader because they had the same goal. The goal was to destroy Tony Stark and destroy the new energy source.
However, it wasn't easy to destroy the Iron Man, because he controlled the new energy source and the advanced steel armor.
Zhang Tong needed Ethan's help. Ethan had participated in the manufacture and design of the new energy source and the steel armor.
Ethan didn't know how Tony Stark's Arc Reactor worked. There were no more than five people in the world who could understand it. One of them was dead (Ivan), and the other was basically dead (Ivan's father).
However, that didn't stop him from imitating them. Ethan had participated in the development of the first generation Arc Reactor in Toto Cave. It was the most basic stage of the Arc Reactor, and it could only provide MK1 with energy for less than 15 minutes.
However, that didn't stop Zhang Tong from being excited when he heard the news! If he killed Tony and the world turned its attention to Latvia, he would be able to develop the Ark without anyone noticing. What would happen to the world then?
There was no need to explain the key points.
That was why Zhang Tong put Ethan in an important position like never before. Not only did Ethan have the basic Arc Reactor, but he also had a full set of blueprints from MK1 to MK7, and even the unfinalized experimental MK8 to MK15.
These were all important resources. Why did the base in Afghanistan kidnap Tony? Because of his sophisticated weapons!
Ethan had the best designs in Tony's life (or past). Now that the Wyvern Force was almost complete, Zhang Tong could allocate most of the resources to Ethan.
Because of the control of the [Spirit] ring, Zhang Tong wasn't worried about Ethan's betrayal.
… …
On the ocean, Zhang Tong had a video call with Ethan in the captain's cabin.
"Are you saying that you want to set up a public technology company?" Zhang Tong sat in a chair and asked noncommittally.
"Yes, Lord Man," Ethan said respectfully on the other side of the video call. On the other side of the video call, Ethan said respectfully, "The income that petroleum energy can bring is getting less and less. We need to find a new way out while we still have money."
Ethan was right. Over the years, Zhang Tong had accumulated a lot of money from the oil trade.
"Financial technology venture capital. These are all things with quick returns. Sometimes, through financial means, even a gimmick can make us a lot of money, "Ethan said to Zhang Tong in a serious tone.
"To eliminate the new energy war, we need enough capital. To deal with Iron Man, we also need to get our hands on enough new technology. Most importantly, the original Ark can only provide very little energy. To improve it and make it as powerful as Iron Man, we need a huge investment. It's hard to support that with the increasingly scarce oil income. "
Ethan's words moved Zhang Tong a little. After all, the Ark wasn't invented by Ethan. You want him to improve the original Ark into the first generation Ark (Ivan's invention), or even the second generation Ark (Tony's current one). That would require a long-term and huge financial investment.
"The Tramac Oil Company established by the Ten Rings Gang (a legal oil trafficking group organized by Zhang Tong on the surface) is already a thing of the past. Let go of it while you still can, "Ethan continued.
"I still have a lot of friends and acquaintances in the scientific community. We can quietly establish a new technology investment group. It'll be a great success!"
Zhang Tong was a little moved by Ethan's words. He thought for a long time before saying, "If that's the case, Doctor, you can build the framework of the company first. I'll allocate enough capital for you to operate it. "
"Thank you very much," Ethan nodded at Zhang Tong.
Just as the two were about to end the video call, Zhang Tong suddenly asked, "Doctor, have you thought of a name for the new company?"
"I have," Ethan replied.
"What's it called?"
"The Twelve Palaces!"
Doctor Ethan turned off the video call and looked at his hands with a red glow in his eyes. He said in a low voice, "For peace."
Zhang Tong stood up after ending the video call. He looked at the calm sea from the captain's cabin. Everything was developing in a good direction. He felt that victory was in his hands! And they were only three days away from New York!
…
Just as the conversation between Zhang Tong and Ethan ended, the largest riot in the history of the California State Prison broke out. Someone was organizing a prison break!
…
In New York, the plane carrying the Spear Game "Investiture Team" had finally arrived.
PS: The Twelve Palaces, an organization in Marvel Comics. Originally, it was under the Hydra umbrella like AIM, but the Twelve Palaces didn't know that their boss was Hydra.
I'm going to separate this organization from Hydra here. After all, I don't think many people have heard of the Twelve Palaces. Forcing it on Hydra isn't very effective.
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