"I know, I know." Tony Stark held his arm, a dirty, oil-filled towel was rubbed randomly and threw it aside. He called this kind of life Debug, including getting up early in the morning to make coffee, cleaning the steps in front of the door, and throwing all the work matters to the CEO he appointed. "I have given you the relevant rights, you have the right to answer this call, Pepper." He slapped his hand and the garage door automatically closed, covering up what he was making again. "I'm repairing a weeder. Is there anything more important than this?"

"Pentagon phone," Pepper Potz said expressionlessly, "Also, I saw you put the oil on your arm, Tony. If I had some common sense of life, I would know that the weeder doesn't need so much oil. Unfortunately, I have common sense of life."

"Just making some minor adjustments to the armor." Tony Stark smiled awkwardly, "You know, I have a lot of inspiration. It's just a little experiment, Pepper, without any danger."

"If you're bored in the countryside, you can go back to the institute." Pepper Potz's face stretched out, and then she frowned again, "I didn't tie you here, Tony. Your genius brain is just resting here for a while, which doesn't mean I ask you to quit all R&D work, I don't ask you to make such sacrifices. My request for you is nothing more than not wasting time on catching street gangsters - in fact, you can do that, but don't run to the Middle East or somewhere again - it's been a long time since aliens have invaded, and you should also relax, right?"

Tony Stark waved his hand.

"We will discuss this issue later, let's see what new enemies the Ministry of Defense has. You can listen here, Pepper. You are the CEO of Stark Industries and you have the right to access this confidential information."

"No."

Pepper Potz refused without hesitation. Before Tony Stark pressed the answer button, she had withdrawn several steps. Tony Stark never thought anyone could go backwards at such a fast speed in high heels, and even stepped on several small holes in the soft grass. He wanted to explain to Pepper that he had modified the procedure to water the lawn in the morning instead of the previous evening, but seeing that the latter did not care about the cleanliness of the heels of the high heels, he also gave up on this topic that might cause complaints. Let her think it rained last night.

"Get out of the Pentagon's command as soon as possible, Tony, or you will never be free. Don't forget that the Pentagon wants your armor, reactors, and also wants to take clean energy projects from us. We are not Lockheed Martin, Tony, we can't stand with the Pentagon forever." She paused, "There are the Avengers. The Avengers have been disbanded, aren't they?"

Watching the woman leave, Tony Stark still had a dry smile on his face.

Pepper Potz's dream is very beautiful, but he cannot leave the Pentagon, and the Stark family cannot leave the Pentagon, even if Stark Industrial Group refuses to provide weapons manufacturing services. In fact, many of Stark Industrial's technologies are still flowing to the military manufacturing industry. Military companies such as Lockheed Martin and Raytheon hold shares with Stark Industrial, and many technology patent authorization documents from Stark Industrial are still circulating between different military enterprises. Stark Industrial's recent large-scale R&D project is a radar technology, which can be seen by anyone who has been exposed to this project. It is an airborne radar and is likely to be installed on an improved F-35 model.

The Stark Group has never withdrawn from the military manufacturing industry, but has changed into a more hidden way to become a military-industrial enterprise focusing on technology research and development and make profits from other military-industrial complexes. The Stark family cannot be separated from the entire military-industrial manufacturing system. Without the Pentagon's protection and exchange of interests, Stark Industry, which withdraws from the arms transaction, will not have any good ending. Countless intelligence agencies and military-industrial enterprises in the world are coveting the Stark Industry database. The FBI and the Homeland Security Bureau can find commercial spies trying to obtain Stark Industry information every day. Whether it is information leakage or kidnapping and murder against him, it shows that the real core of the Stark Group is his R&D capabilities rather than others. It is also because of these departments that the work of the Stark Security Department supervisor seems so optional, and Tony Stark will let his driver, Hapi, take on such a position that only requires obedience and not ability.

Pepper Potz's CEO position was able to access this information, but she refused. She also knew that there was an internal Stark Industry employee who could process this information, and all she needed to do was to be responsible to shareholders (the largest shareholder at present is Tony Stark herself), and that's all.

"We need you to come to Houston, Stark." The video call went to the other side, and Colonel Rhode's face filled the screen. "The Heroes rescue spacecraft is about to arrive at the Neptune Rings to start salvage work on the New Domain spacecraft. Both the Pentagon and Houston want to invite you to participate, and take a look at the situation of the New Domain spacecraft with us, do some on-site analysis, and provide off-site technical support."

"I said that if I didn't give me information about the hyperspace engine, I wouldn't have participated in more work." Tony Stark frowned, "I don't understand why Houston had to hide this information so deeply that no relevant information was found on Friday. What's more... Roddy (nickname), do you know how much signal distortion and delay are from Earth to Neptune? Do you know what the speed of Voyager 2 is now? Even if I went to Houston, I couldn't provide any effective help. Only aliens can help the Heroes. As far as I know, the aliens we know are not very friendly, and they will definitely not invite the Heroes crew home for dinner."

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Colonel Rod deliberately coughed a few times, covering up Tony Stark's voice.

Hacking the database of NASA and the Pentagon is undoubtedly a felony. The last organization to do so is SHIELD. If officials around you hear this news, someone in Congress will immediately raise charges against Stark Industrial Group. There is not an unbreakable interest alliance between the military-industrial complex. The many patented technologies in Stark Industrial’s hands are very enviable. Members of Congress with the military-industrial complex and the fingers stretched out from Wall Street in their butt will definitely become pawns against Stark Industrial. Stark Industrial is not without friends, but no one can guarantee that there is no other force in the Pentagon. Every general Colonel Rhode knows is a beneficiary of the interest chain of the military-industrial complex, even if he is no exception.

"I only found information about the Tianma Project, but I'm sure this information is not complete, and there is no information about the Tianma Project in the information exposed by SHIELD." Tony Stark said on his own as if no one was around. He accidentally stepped into the rotten grass made by the program and couldn't help but curse a few words. "I only know that the Tianma Project is related to the Cosmic Cube, but this does not explain how the Hyperspace Engine of the New Realm spacecraft is made."

Colonel Rhode coughed a few more times. "I assure you that we do not have the technology to build a hyperspace engine."

"So the hyperspace engine technology comes from aliens? We don't have production lines and no related manufacturing equipment, so we can't reproduce it now?" Tony Stark raised his eyebrows. Colonel Rhode expressed his agreement with silence. Seeing him looking at the scene, Tony Stark seemed to finally realize that an official was standing next to him. "I don't know who you are." He said bluntly, "but if you want me to go to Houston, the Pentagon must give me more information."

"We'll share, Stark, the Pentagon isn't as stingy as you think."

The official in military uniform squeezed into the picture. If Tony Stark's memory was better, he would find that this was General Ross' former subordinate who ran for Secretary of Defense. It seemed that after General Ross became Secretary of Defense, his former subordinates also ascended to heaven. However, since General Ross was exposed to have conducted human experiments on himself, and he became completely missing during the Avengers Civil War. The faction that had lost his political power began to suffer a blow, otherwise he would not have come to Houston.

"If you want to know more, come to Houston to watch the rescue operation of the Heroes spacecraft. I promise you that Stark Industries will receive a commission from the reverse engineering of the hyperspace engine. We must surpass other countries in the aerospace field. Hyperspace engines will be the key device for us to maintain our position."

Tony Stark looked at Colonel Rhodes with his head down.

"I will go," he sighed, "remember your promise, General."

"Thank you for your cooperation, Stark." The general left a look at him in the video, "The country thanks you for your efforts."
Chapter completed!