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In the living room.
Lemu, having finished getting ready, walked in to find Alice watching TV.
A chubby little panda was hiding in the corner of the sofa, playing with a wooden toy and making soft whimpering sounds.
The little panda, created using cloning technology, was born just over half a month ago. Thanks to the tech used, it grew up quite fast. In the last few days, it had grown a coat of fuzzy black-and-white fur and started running all over the living room.
Usually, a smart AI took care of the little panda. Lemu only remembered they had this little black-and-white creature when he felt like messing with something cute... taking care of babies was too much trouble for him.
As Lemu walked past, he "accidentally" kicked the panda's toy aside, causing it to let out tiny cries of protest.
He sat down next to Alice and started eating the sandwich breakfast she had prepared for him.
Alice rested her delicate chin on her hand, smiling sweetly as she watched him eat enthusiastically. She was very pleased that the Young Master enjoyed her cooking.
Yesterday was the opening day of the Stark Industries Expo in Flushing, New York. The TV was showing a rerun.
On screen, Stark was being his usual flashy self... although, honestly, he had toned it down quite a bit.
Just like before, Stark flew down wearing his Iron Man suit and had a group of beautiful women dancing. But at least this time, the dancers weren't wearing those revealing, sexy outfits designed to look like the Iron Man armor.
It seemed his girlfriend's influence had some effect... but for Stark, it was only a tiny little bit.
Next, Tony Stark grandly introduced his father, Howard, to the audience.
"...None of us are important. What's important is the legacy. What matters is what we leave behind for the future."
Stark's opening lines were delivered with energy and strong belief.
Lemu took a bite of his sandwich and drank half a glass of soy milk, finding the whole thing rather funny.
He knew very well how self-centered and arrogant Stark really was. It was almost unbelievable that he'd say something he clearly didn't mean, like 'I'm not important,' just for an opening ceremony.
But, thinking about it differently, it was also a bad sign. It suggested that Stark's health might already be in a worrying state. That would explain why he was putting more hope in leaving a legacy.
The Arc Reactor he currently used ran on the metal palladium.
Actually, palladium itself isn't radioactive and usually doesn't harm people. Even if you ate it, it's hard for the human body to absorb.
But getting it into your veins is different. Palladium can directly cause heavy metal poisoning in humans.
The way the reactor worked was similar to an injection through the veins. It spread palladium atoms inside the body. With constant use, it could reach deadly levels in just a few months.
What's more, Stark's reactor was right inside his chest, working 24/7. That meant it was basically pumping palladium into his body every single second. If he wasn't constantly drinking that chlorophyll juice to counteract the poison, he probably would have been dead by now.
Then, the screen switched to a short clip, only tens of seconds long.
It was a recording Howard Stark made decades ago to introduce the Stark Expo. Because the Expo hadn't been held in all that time, the recording was only being shown to the public now, decades later.
Howard had once made a short film. It wasn't just about introducing the Expo and dreaming about the future; it also featured a model of a city.
That city model was super important.
Hidden inside its design was the key to a brand-new type of atom the secret to upgrading the Arc Reactor and, more importantly, saving Stark's life.
Lemu had actually searched for it before at Stark Industries headquarters while dealing with Obadiah, but no luck. Then, totally by surprise, he found it tucked away in the basement storage at Stark's house.
There was just one catch with the model: it showed the basic shape of the atom's structure but none of the specific measurements or details needed to actually build it. For anyone else, it would be useless. If you couldn't figure out those vital numbers, you couldn't create the real thing.
Lemu knew that Howard had left a box with S.H.I.E.L.D. It supposedly contained his notes, files, videos, and stuff like that. The crucial information for the model was probably hidden somewhere in those notes.
But Lemu wasn't the type to play by the rules.
His super-smart AI, the Great Sage, spent a few days running calculations, working backward from just the model's shape. After checking billions of possibilities, it finally figured out all the missing details for the atom. With that info, Lemu easily built the new-and-improved Arc Reactor down in his workshop.
Still, Lemu really wanted that box Howard left at S.H.I.E.L.D. He had a hunch it might hold clues about "that person" he was interested in.
Back on the TV, the Expo news ended, and it switched to a live feed from a hearing in Washington D.C. And look who it was their old pal, Stark, was right in the middle of it again.
Apparently, Stark got called into court because he owned 'advanced weapon technology'. They basically told him to show up for a little chat.
Of course, Stark didn't have to go.
He could just ignore it, pay a small fine each day like some people do. It would only cost him around $3.65 million a year about what he'd spent on clothes for Lemu last year. Pocket change, really.
But no way would Stark skip it. Iron Man never backs down from a fight!
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