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After L finished speaking, he stopped talking and looked at the light screen.
"According to intelligence, the devices in the image are being used by someone to attempt to replicate Mr. Zhuge Cong's Iron Man armor."
After displaying an image, Hachiman Hikigaya began his explanation.
"The intelligence was corroborated by our local authorities."
"Intelligence also indicates that these suits are likely already operational."
While Hachiman Hikigaya was explaining, Zhuge Cong quietly reached under the table and began fiddling with his little gadget.
"Alright everyone, take a look. Dude, can I borrow your screen for a moment?"
After setting things up, Zhuge Cong sprang forward, then pointed the device in his hand at the screen and pressed it down, instantly turning the screen black.
"Let's see what needs to be made public."
Hearing Zhuge Cong's words, both Senator Shinomiya Un'yori and Shinomiya felt a chill run down their spines.
"Please look at the screen, everyone. This should be Sector Z, the place where I was kidnapped."
[As Zhuge Cong spoke, he tapped the small gadget in his hand a few times, and then a video started playing on the screen.]
[A crudely made robot, resembling the Mark 1 armor, stumbled and tried to emerge from the vehicle, but due to its roughness and technological deficiencies, it immediately collapsed to the ground.]
135: Iron Man is going to die (sad)
The robot, after falling, didn't immediately shut down and turn into a pile of scrap metal; it simply lay obediently on the ground.
Instead, a robot that had somehow fallen off the train carriage malfunctioned and accidentally fired its gun.
The robot unleashed indiscriminate fire from its two machine guns, startling those around it who hastily drew their own weapons. However, some unfortunate souls were still struck by the robot's machine guns.
Even the video footage was stained red with splattered blood.
Some people in the room stood up upon seeing this.
"Can you turn it off? Please turn it off."
The senator's brow furrowed as he watched the footage on the screen.
[Shinomiya Un'taka also stepped forward to try and turn off the screen, because it was showing his dark history, and those robots were from his company.]
Just as Shinomiya Un'yō was trying to turn off the screen, Zhuge Cong released the next message.
The scene on the screen changed; a wobbly robot walked along, then suddenly stopped and exploded with a bang.
"I don't see any urgent or significant threat."
[Zhuge Cong retorted sarcastically.]
"I think I see someone familiar. Is that Shinomiya Un'taka? How come he's doing this too?"
"Hey, Shinomiya Untaka, look, you're on TV!"
The screen was showing Shinomiya Un'taka standing next to a robot.
"Okay, left turn, left turn no problem, now let's try right turn, oh damn, this piece of junk."
On the screen, Shinomiya Un'yō was directing the robot. It was turning left smoothly, but when it came to turning right, the robot suddenly messed up, spinning itself 180 degrees, with sparks flying from its waist.
[Shinomiya Un'yō was also very anxious watching himself make a fool of himself on the screen, but he couldn't turn the screen off for the time being.]
Zhuge Cong exchanged a glance with Hikigaya Hachiman, their eyes practically overflowing with laughter.
Then, Shinomiya Un'taka bent down under the table and unplugged the power cord, finally turning off the screen.
"Ha, trying to frame Zhuge Cong with some of his own dirty secrets in order to profit from a steel armor that is many times better than his own broken robot?"
Kaguya Shinomiya looked at the image of Unryu Shinomiya on the screen with a look of disgust on her face.
It wasn't because Shinomiya Un'taka did such a thing that Shinomiya Kaguya showed a look of disgust, but rather that Shinomiya Kaguya simply didn't like him, or rather, in the Shinomiya family, no one liked anyone else.
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Inside the office, Shinomiya Un'yō clenched his fists so tightly they cracked as he looked at himself on the screen, while the servants beside him didn't dare to breathe.
Shinomiya Un'yō knew that he would indeed resort to such, or even more despicable, methods.
The board members know this, but knowing it is one thing, but if it were brought to light, it would look bad and create a very unfavorable situation for them.
Originally, Shinomiya Un'taka was hoping that the light screen would give him a better view, but who knew that he would be like this as soon as he appeared.
They altered their own dark history and attributed it to Zhuge Cong.
The senator also covered his face; Shinomiya Un'taka's actions were largely related to him.
"I think most regions will only need another five or ten years of research, while Shinomiya Industrial Park will need about twenty years..."
[Before Zhuge Cong could finish speaking, Shinomiya Un'yō, feeling somewhat embarrassed, spoke up, saying that the guests present were all of high status, and it wouldn't be good if they developed a negative opinion of his Shinomiya Industries because of what happened today.]
"I want to clarify that the testing machine is not damaged..."
"Everyone knows it's not broken."
"Senator, what I'm saying is that I will not hand over the Iron Man armor, and everyone has seen what I've done over the past six months. I have maintained world peace."
"I'm worried that if I release the Iron Man armor, some people might use it for shady things, like doing calisthenics, like doing three circles to the left and three circles to the right."
After Zhuge Cong finished speaking, he stood up, and everyone present stood up and applauded.
The senator on the stage, also feeling a headache coming on, rubbed his temples. Knowing he wouldn't get the Iron Man armor, he simply gave up on arguing with Zhuge Cong any longer.
"The meeting is adjourned, the meeting is adjourned for today."
The senator tapped his gavel and said.
"In the end, he just didn't want to antagonize Zhuge Cong. Since he couldn't get it, he simply didn't intend to continue the entanglement. He still has some sense."
"He's not the kind of guy who doesn't have a brain."
Ayanokouji Kiyotaka looked at the senator who was too lazy to say anything more and simply adjourned the meeting. If that senator continued to argue and go against Zhuge Cong, forget about getting the Iron Man armor; he would probably be shot multiple times that night and die at home, ruled a suicide.
After all, even if Zhuge Cong didn't make a move, someone else would.
Of course, this is just Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's speculation.
[Looking at Zhuge Cong on TV, Akizuki Kozo only glanced at him before burying himself back in his work. His current goal was to finish his whip and rope suit so he could take revenge on Zhuge Cong.]
[Akizuki Kozo flipped the power switch, and the whip chain on the table immediately flashed with a dazzling white light. Akizuki Kozo smiled with satisfaction.]
[Then, Akizuki Kozo donned the whip-rope armor, and white electricity crackled from the two whips in his hands. He then swung the whips at Zhuge Cong on the television screen.]
The television set was instantly whipped in two and fell to the ground.
"It looks like a wasteland style reminiscent of Zhuge Cong's Mark 1 armor."
Kazuma Sato looked at the whip-rope armor made by Kozo Akizuki and said.
Indeed, Akizuki Kozo's whip armor not only lacked any protective measures, but also only had one offensive weapon: the two electric whips in his hand. However, the electric whips at least appeared to be very powerful.
"Welcome home, sir."
"Congratulations on the great success of your opening ceremony, and also the Senate hearing."
"And, if I may say so, your clothes are also quite eye-catching."
Jarvis spoke immediately after Zhuge Cong returned home.
"How are the others doing lately?"
[Zhuge Cong spoke while operating something on the control panel.]
"Mr. Deidara is still researching his C-series explosive weapons."
"Mr. Scorpion continues his research on human mechanization, and it seems he has made considerable progress recently."
"Orochimaru-san has been researching something lately, and he seems to be getting quite close to Sasori."
Jarvis reported the three's movements to Zhuge Cong.
"What about Senku Ishigami?"
"Since joining the Iron Man Alliance, Mr. Ishigami Senku has been enthusiastically testing his Iron Man armor, and he has also recently shown interest in researching gamma rays."
"Gamma rays... I remember he mentioned that gamma rays could be studied to develop gamma bombs."
[Zhuge Cong thought for a moment and said, when suddenly he heard a sound of something falling. He turned around and saw that his mechanical arm had been fiddling with the juicer and had accidentally knocked it over.]
"See? See? You've caused trouble again. I really need to find a chance to dismantle you and soak you in a potion made with isatis root."
[Zhuge Cong looked at the table covered in green juice from the juicer and said...]
"How much of this disgusting stuff do I have to drink in a day?"
[As he spoke, Zhuge Cong picked up a glass of green liquid and drank it.]
"To control your physical condition, sir, the daily intake has been increased to 2268 grams."
Jarvis offered a reminder from the side.
"What a mess! Am I paying back the debt I incurred by rigging Sato Kazuma back in high school?"
"What goes around comes around, what goes around comes around."
Kazuma Sato looked at Zhuge Cong, who was in the light screen with a strange green liquid, and said.