"Sir, Mandarin's target is the Intelligent Mechanical Center. He has taken Tony Stark and Tobion Lindholm to the Eisingwald Industrial Zone. I doubt that Brigitta Lindholm, who is also missing, is there."

Colson's serious voice sounded in Merlin's ears, and on Icarus' lenses, the surveillance image of the Essingwald Industrial Zone was switching, at least in front of Merlin, where was still calm.

There was no riot.

"Okay, no wonder he must have to take Tony."

Merlin responded softly, and said:

"Stuck does have the right to bring them safe and unobtrusively into the smart tower, but the problem is that the power center restart permission is here, and Mandarin may underestimate the difficulty of what he wants to do."

"No, sir."

Colson explained:

"Scientists here said that in the past two days, Tony Stark and Tobion Lindholm have worked together to create something mysterious. Our agents also detected residual high-energy particles in the laboratory underground at the Ten Rings Gang site. It should be an unregistered energy drive device."

"Maybe, Mandalin already knew the working mode of the smart tower, and he was ready in advance."

"Well, that's a little trouble."

Merlin narrowed his eyes, he thought for a few seconds, and then said to Colson:

"Let Dobby send you to Vienna, from now on, the 'Watch' team is under your command, the Thunder Special Attack Team will be sent over, the Little Demons will send you to Eisingwald, and I will let the rest of the team go and meet you. Your mission is to stop Tony Stark from rewriting the builder's thinking module."

"I know that it is very difficult to do this when the intelligent machinery in the entire industrial park may have been controlled, so I will find you a helper and he will meet with you in Vienna."

Merlin breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"As for the Mandarin who was accompanying me, I will deal with it."

"Okay, sir."

Colson responded with the decisiveness that a senior agent should have. Before he hung up the communication, he remembered another thing and said to Merlin:

"We also found Ms. Potz and Mr. Hapi in the stronghold, but Ms. Potz was in a bad condition. She seemed to have been invaded by the power of her mind and performed quite abnormally. I suspect that Tony and Mr. Tobion were coerced, and Miss Brigitta might have had the same trouble."

"Can the Yaxi Seal unrelieve the spiritual bondage?"

Merlin asked, and Colson replied:

"No, sir, that mental control is not a compulsory, it is more like a mind replacement. I can only soothe her spirit, but I cannot remove that control."

"Okay, I get it."

Merlin responded, then hung up the phone.

The next moment, his figure disappeared into the mysterious house. When he appeared again, he came to Ms. Carter's manor. He walked into the basement of the manor and heard the man's deep breathing and the sound of punching from his fist to his flesh.

It was midnight, but as Merlin expected, a lonely old man was in an empty basement, using his own hands to relieve loneliness.

There were three broken sandbags on the ground, and Steve Rogers, wearing a vest and sweatpants, was still waving his fists. His hands were wrapped in cloth strips, like a qualified boxer, sweat flowing on his perfect muscles, and his beating short blonde hair made this guy look full of hormones and full of masculine flavor.

"Steve"

Merlin stood in the shadow of the basement entrance, saying:

"I've found you a job."

"Um?"

The captain stopped boxing, and he reached out to stop the sandbags swaying back and forth, then looked back at Merlin, and he said:

"The Avengers are going to go out?"

"No, no, no, the S-level situation does not require the entire Avengers to be dispatched."

Merlin explained:

"But this time the incident is special. The best commando under my command needs a qualified commander who has sufficient experience of being surrounded by a large number of enemies."

"Okay, wait for me to take a shower."

Steve did not refuse. During the years he woke up, he also secretly helped S.H.E.L.D., although he assured Merlin that the search for the Book of Skeletons left by Naui ultimately failed, it was not Steve's fault.

Merlin asked about parchment, and the answer was that the book was not in the present plane.

"I don't have time to bathe you, you have to set off right away."

Merlin waved a cleaning spell on Steve and cleaned his sweat, saying to Steve:

"This time you don't need to have any psychological pressure. The enemies you will face are a group of robots, so if necessary, you can kill them as much as you like."

"Bang"

Merlin threw a bag on the table next to Steve, saying:

"This is your combat uniform. Winston has referenced your past uniforms and added some new things, put on clothes, get the shield, veteran, it's time for you to go to the battlefield."

"Finally, if the situation is urgent and you feel that you cannot solve the problem, call Clark, who is the supporter of this operation. But I think that in terms of the situation itself, you should not need support if you lead a group of soldiers with their own abilities."

"Oh, by the way, your team member has a fan of yours. If you can, take time to sign him an autograph and this one!"

Merlin took out a box from his pocket and handed it to Steve, who opened it and found that it was a pair of black leather gloves, which were obviously used and had traces of cutting. It was cut into the style of a tactical glove with fingers exposed.

"The left hand is the door key, and the right hand is the 'Dementor's Kiss'."

Merlin introduced to Steve:

"It's all magic items. They will charge them actively. They may save your life when necessary. They are my special equipment to support you."

"But I have to remind you that after you put on your right glove, you will be stimulated to have negative emotions in your heart. After all, the materials for making it are a bit evil, but this time you may use it. Tobion Lindholm, one of the mission goals, may have been brainwashed by magic, if you meet that girl."

Merlin waved and slapped:

"Just use the Dementor Kiss to suck her. Remember to have a gentle movement. It takes about 3-5 times to remove any brainwashing magic that is no higher than my casting ability."

"Well?"

Steve looked at the gloves in the box, his expression was a bit weird:

"Take a little girl? Well, I will try to be gentle."

"There is no psychological pressure, it's for her."

Merlin said a lot of things in a word, then took out his pocket watch from his pocket and looked at the time, he said:

"The little devil will send you there, so I won't accompany you."

"I'm going to prepare too, I have one of my battles to fight."

—

In the late night, in the Aishingwald Industrial Zone, in addition to the robot workers operating according to the procedures, the entire large industrial park is quiet. It is like a busy unmanned wharf, with various smart cars transporting supplies along the wide streets. Under the illumination of street lights, it looks very "prosperous".

Although at this point in time, almost no one can see this industrial area.

Unlike the future technological construction style of Nubani Industrial Park in Africa, Eisingwald Industrial Park has many European-style buildings, which is to cater to the preferences of locals and avoid making people who come to visit hate this place.

This is also a publicity strategy of Onika Group. From the overall planning, compared to an advanced industrial park, it is more like a quiet European town near the sea.

The smart tower, the core area of ​​this smart industrial park, has its appearance shaped into a medieval-style tower, with beautiful wind chimes and flags flying.

"It was really smoother than imagined."

Mandalin, who had changed into a suit, sat in a smart car. He and his most loyal, brave, and powerful followers were heading towards the smart tower. Beside him, Tony and Tobion, who were silent, sat there. Tony looked a little unshaven, seemed to lack rest, and had been busy for a long time.

Even the clothes on his body emitted a not-so-smelling smell, which was a little down and out. He had never been so down and out before.

He was holding a box in his hand, which seemed to be a very important thing.

"Mechanical, look at them."

Mandarin looked at the robot workers who were being sent to the rest warehouse on both sides of the street, and he commented:

"Perfectly follow the relationship between superiors and subordinates, and be manipulated by data. With just one command, they can defeat everything in front of them without fear of death. They will not be kind, will not be merciful, will not be afraid, will not be betray, they are the perfect soldiers of the king, and the most solid foundation of an empire."

"Do you like them? My friend Tony."

Mandalin turned his head and looked at Tony Stark who was not speaking, and he asked:

"Will I be willing to direct them for me?"

"I used to like it."

Tony glanced at the anthropomorphic robots around him and said:

"But now, I suddenly realized that I began to hate them."

"hehe"

Mandalin was not angry at Tony's indifference. He looked at the box in Tony's arms, a light flashed in his small eyes, and he said:

"It doesn't make sense to like or hate, the real thing is that you'll get them for me, and voila, it's already right in front of me."

"Click"

A group of 22 smart cars parked in front of the smart tower, and the fully armed thugs jumped out of the car. With the help of Tony's high authority here, the group has not triggered any safety warnings until now.

This satisfied Mandalin, which probably demonstrated Tony's willingness to cooperate.

But Mandarin's pleasure was soon broken by a sudden arrival of news. The news that the Ukrainian stronghold was dropped by S.H.E.D. was sent to Mandarin in this quiet night.

The expression of the tyrant became very gloomy at this moment. The scientists were rescued, which meant that he had lost the information technology support from the rear, which meant that the program modifications that could have been completed within 20 minutes would be extended to an unacceptable time.
To be continued...