Ivan Vanko

At Tony's villa in Malibu California, Leo suddenly appeared in the living room.

"Welcome, Mr. Leo."

The voice of J.A.R.V.I.S welcomed Leo's arrival. Although it didn't know why Leo suddenly appeared in the villa, it was already used to Leo's sudden appearance.

"Hello, J.A.R.V.I.S, what's Tony busy with?"

Leo didn't stand on ceremony. He simply took out a can of soda from the fridge in the villa and drank it on the soft sofa while asking Tony what he was busy with.

Leo had been training in Kamar-Taj for the past month. Although it wasn't very hard, it was inevitable that he would have a rough life. After all, Kamar-Taj was a place for magical practice.

"Mr. Leo, Mr. Stark and Miss Pepper are in the underground research room. They are discussing some 'IMPORTANT' things."

Jarvis's voice rang out. As expected of the most advanced artificial intelligence, he even knew to save face for Tony.

"Should I inform Mr. Stark that you are here?"

Jarvis asked Leo, who was sitting on the couch.

"No, J.A.R.V.I.S, I'll wait for them here."

Leo said to Jarvis so that he didn't have to inform Tony.

"Jarvis, project a game. Waiting is boring."

Leo sat up straight and had Jarvis project a game on the table before he started playing it.

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Leo waited for more than ten minutes. After playing several games, Tony and Pepper came out of the underground lab.

With a smile on her face, Tony saw Leo, who was playing a game on the couch.

"Oh, it's been a month, you finally came back? J.A.R.V.I.S, why didn't you tell me that Leo's here?"

Tony first teased Leo, then asked Jarvis.

"Sir, Mr. Leo said…"

"Well, Tony, I told J.A.R.V.I.S not to disturb you."

Seeing that Tony and Pepper had come up, Leo stopped playing the game. With a wave of his hand, Jarvis turned off the virtual projection.

Leo got up from the couch and came over to Tony and Pepper.

"Miss Pepper, long time no see."

Instead of talking to Tony first, Leo stretched out his hand to greet Pepper.

"Mr. Leo, it's nice to see you again."

Pepper shook Leo's hand before letting go.

Since Leo had saved Pepper before, they were quite close.

"Okay, you and Tony, have a talk. There's something else I need to do at the company. I have to get back to work."

After greeting Leo, Pepper considerately found an excuse to leave, leaving the place to Leo and Tony alone.

After Pepper left, the atmosphere between Leo and Tony was much more relaxed. They are now very good friends. Even now, Leo's position in Tony's heart is probably higher than Colonel Rhodes.

"Where have you been for the past month? You made sure no one can disturb you."

Sitting on the sofa, Tony and Leo asked first.

"Didn't I tell you? I was going to learn magic."

"Are you kidding me? I can barely believe you when you tell me there are aliens in this world. Magic? What is that?"

Tony didn't believe Leo.

"Well, it seems that I have to open your eyes."

Leo directly pressed down with both hands, and the whole villa, like a toy blocks that had been broken into pieces, began to slowly split and combine. The walls and the roof began to turn and fold at will. The ground under Leo and Tony's feet began to change slowly, and the distance between them was getting further.

"Sh*t! Fine, I believe you. Stop destroying my villa!"

Seeing that the villa had actually been directly broken into pieces by Leo, and that he was getting further away from Leo, the ground under his feet actually extended infinitely.

Tony was already frightened by everything in front of him. He hurriedly told Leo to stop, or his villa would be ruined.

Looking at Tony, Leo couldn't help but laugh out loud. It was the first time that he had seen Tony like this. Leo found it very interesting, but still stopped the use of mirror space magic and restored the villa to its original state.

"Tell me in advance if you do that again next time. I can't stand a sudden attack like this. However,how did you do that? I clearly saw that the villa was about to be destroyed by you. How did it return to normal in the blink of an eye?'

Looking at the intact villa, Tony couldn't help but pat his fragile heart.

But in the end, Tony was Tony. Although he was extremely shocked, he quickly suppressed the shock in his heart and asked Leohow he had done it.

"This is magic, the result of my month of learning."

Leo took a sip of the soda and replied.

"This is magic? Amazing! Where did you learn it? Give me the address, and I'll learn it too. I'll give you whatever you need!"

Tony said that he also wanted to learn such cool magic.

"Forget it, you should study your Iron Man Armor. The technological route is not worse than magic, and it suits you better."

Leo decisively refused Tony. He didn't want Tony to give up the technology route and learn magic.

Although Tony had become the Sorcerer Supreme in the comics, Leo couldn't guarantee that Tony would become one as well. So, it's better to let him take the technological route.

"That's true. As a genius scientist, I have to use technology to save the world."

Tony had just said it casually. Of course, he wasn't in the mood to learn magic. He still liked to upgrade his Iron Man Armor. The sense of achievement was incomparable.

But Tony was still more interested in magic. If magic was incorporated in his suit, it would definitely be stronger. Tony thought silently.

"Okay, Tony, I came back for business. Do you remember when I reminded you to be careful before I left?"

"Of course I do. Because of this, I had Happy carry a portable armor, but I haven't encountered any danger in the past month. What's wrong?"

Tony asked curiously.

"To tell you the truth, I saw some parts of your future, including this time, when someone was secretly preparing to attack you, and he successfully created the arc reactor, although it was a primitive version."

"That's impossible. I'm the only one who knows the arc reactor technology. How can anyone else make it? Utterly, impossible.'

Tony firmly denied it. He didn't believe that anyone could develop the arc reactor technology.

"If you don't believe me, you can look into Ivan Vanko and Anton Vanko."

Leo didn't refute Tony, but reported two names.

"J.A.R.V.I.S, heard that? Investigate Ivan Vanko, and… Wait, Ivan Vanko? I think I heard this name somewhere."

Tony suddenly felt that the name was familiar. He then slowly recalled where he had seen it.

"Right, I saw this name in the relics my father left me."

Tony suddenly slapped his forehead and remembered where he had seen the name.

At the same time, the results of Jarvis's search were also out.

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