I Became Spider-Man's Cousin in Anime Crossover

Chapter 246 Riley: My big son needs teammates? Don't panic, Dad will help you find some!

After testing and confirming that Pepper Potts was completely trustworthy, Riley, still feeling sorry for his own child and unwilling to let Tony suffer too much, used Slacker's healing abilities to heal Tony's injuries ahead of schedule.

Of course, the effectiveness of the treatment for "Silly Girl" has certain limitations.

Although they were able to set Tony's broken bone and restore his arm to its original state.

However, removing the shrapnel remaining in Tony's body, a delicate procedure requiring open surgery, was clearly beyond the scope of Slacker's expertise.

This means Tony still needs to wear the arc reactor to power the electromagnet and continuously absorb the shrapnel inside his body.

As for solutions, Riley isn't without them.

For example, by using the dog charm and horse charm together to ensure Tony doesn't die, he could personally remove the shrapnel from Tony's body.

Unfortunately, doing that wouldn't kill him, but it would definitely make Tony suffer excruciating pain.

What? You mean, why don't we just give Tony general anesthesia before the operation?

Well, sorry, Riley has already tried it. Body anesthesia is a negative state, which can be directly removed by the horse talisman.

In other words, the Horse Talisman was a double-edged sword in this situation. It saved Tony's life, but also forced him to remain conscious and watch helplessly as Riley disemboweled him from beginning to end.

Besides, if you only use the dog talisman to keep Tony alive and then use the horse talisman to heal him, that won't work either.

Just like in the final battle of the Eight Great Demons arc, the Dog Talisman can not only restore a person to their youthful, energetic state, but also protect them from all fatal wounds.

In this way, in order to remove the shrapnel, it is necessary to open Riley's heart chamber (in a physical sense), which will inevitably trigger the Dog Talisman's automatic protection function, making Tony's body indestructible.

So after much consideration, Riley would not have adopted such an extreme treatment plan for Tony unless there was absolutely no other choice.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Tony has to wait until "Iron Man 3" and when technology advances further before he can remove the shrapnel from his body and return to a normal life.

Don't forget that the Ancient One's chosen successor, the future Doctor Strange, Mr. Stephen Strange, still has both hands intact and is a genius with excellent medical skills.

Therefore, adhering to the principle of not wasting anything, Riley naturally tried to contact Strange in private to make him Tony's attending physician and perform surgery on Tony.

Unfortunately, Strange, in this timeline, had not yet suffered that horrific car accident and still retained his intact hands.

But it is precisely because of this that his personality is just like Tony's before he was kidnapped: arrogant, conceited, and disdainful of others.

So, after listening to Riley's description...

Strange immediately realized that Riley wanted him to perform surgery on Tony.

The self-righteous Strange, like most people who opposed Tony and Stark Industries, believed that a cruel butcher like Tony, who had made his fortune selling weapons and whose hands were already stained with the blood of others, did not deserve to be saved and should go to hell to atone for his sins. He rejected Riley's request without hesitation.

Therefore, even if Riley could use District 13 to force Strange to come and perform surgery on Tony, there's no guarantee that the prejudiced Strange wouldn't cause some "accidents" during the process.

Therefore, Riley had no choice but to temporarily abandon the idea.

The plan is to wait until Tony creates a new Iron Man suit and demonstrates his transformation to the outside world before trying to persuade Strange to let go of his prejudice against Tony and agree to perform the surgery.

Fortunately, for Tony now, being able to heal his injuries and unleash his full potential is already a great satisfaction.

As soon as he recovered from his injuries, Tony went out again to recruit the last "teammate" he could trust.

That is, his good brother James Rhodes, who shared his mischievous ways and persisted in the search and rescue after Tony went missing, ultimately bringing him successfully away from the desert.

After all, unlike the Mark 1, which was hastily assembled simply for escape, the next generation of Iron Man suits, given the right conditions, will definitely need to incorporate more functions while maintaining practicality.

Considering that the weapons Tony has created in the past have always focused on wide-area destructive power as their main selling point, they have never cared about the user's comfort.

Therefore, in Tony's view, Rhodes, as an outstanding soldier who often charges into battle, would definitely be able to provide him with many good ideas in the process of creating the Iron Man suit.

In addition, once Tony's Iron Man suit is successfully developed, it will inevitably attract great attention from the US government.

In this situation, Rod's early involvement would definitely have saved a lot of trouble.

At the very least, this could send a friendly signal to the US government that Tony wouldn't mind cooperating with the military if conditions allowed.

Unfortunately, Tony's plan was brilliant, but he forgot that Rhodes, despite his seemingly glamorous life, was nothing more than a struggling employee in the eyes of the truly powerful figures. He was far from being able to do whatever he wanted like General Ross.

Therefore, given Tony's announcement of closing Stark Industries' weapons division, which severely impacted the US military, Rhodes, having received prior warnings from higher-ups, could only vaguely and reluctantly refuse his good friend's request in an attempt to pressure Tony into retracting his decision.

This was indeed a significant blow to Tony, who never imagined that he would one day stand on the opposite side of his best friend.

But fortunately, every cloud has a silver lining.

Tony can always trust his "big brother next door".

Therefore, when Tony returned to his villa in low spirits, before he could even adjust his mood, he was surprised to find that several special guests had arrived at his villa.

That is Dr. Otto, Dr. Banner, and Dr. Koppler [the scientist in District 13 who invented the large laser device that allowed Jade to travel through time], who belong to District 13 and are quite knowledgeable in physics.

And Riley, with ulterior motives, brought Peter along on purpose.

After all, compared to the knowledge Peter already possessed in school...

Even just helping out between Tony and the doctors in the development of the Iron Man suit would be enough to benefit Peter greatly!

Moreover, as a born genius, Peter's intelligence is not much inferior to any of you here!

Peter's experience in using nanosuits in combat also allowed him to offer some groundbreaking insights into the comfort design of the Iron Man suit, replacing Rhodes!

To ensure that Peter can break the prejudice against "pajama babies" through his actions and gain Tony's approval and respect in advance!