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Chapter 99 The Brain in a Vat
"You want to heal me?"

Tony snorted disdainfully, stood up, and staggered towards the door:
"I'm not sick, what did you cure me for?"

Coulson and a group of agents stopped Tony's way:

"Tony, Itlake has told me everything. The palladium element in the palladium arc reactor will destroy your body. If you don't create a replaceable new element as soon as possible with our help, your end will only be A dead end."

Tony said: "You help me? Are you kidding me? If you really have enough ability and strength to help me, why do you want me to join the Avengers?
Now, right now, let me go back. "

Tony pushed Coulson away and walked towards the door. Italek at the door took a step across. Tony said, "Eitlake, do you want to stop me?"

Itlake spread his hands and shrugged: "No, I won't stop you, the person who wants to stop you is probably coming soon."

Tony passed by Itlake, came outside the house, and found himself on an isolated island, with the horizon where the sea and the sky meet in the distance, and half of the sunset had already set.

Tony took out his mobile phone and wanted to make a call. A black Chevrolet descended vertically in the sky and stopped in front of Tony.

The car door opened, and a one-eyed bald man in a long black windbreaker got out of the car and said to Tony:
"Tony, don't waste your efforts in vain. There is no signal here. Until you create a new element that can save yourself, you will not have any contact with the outside world."

Tony saw that the person who came was Nick Fury, director of S.H.I.E.L.D., and said dissatisfiedly:
"Are all S.H.I.E.L.D. agents so idle? Does it matter if I die from palladium poisoning? Can you stop me from committing suicide?"

Nick said: "Tony, even if ten millionaires die and a hundred rich second-generation playboys die, S.H.I.E.L.D. will not care, but we can't let Iron Man die.

Since you announced in front of the media that you are Iron Man, Iron Man is the common property of mankind, and even Tony Stark cannot declare his death without authorization. "

Tony understands what Nick means, and he also knows the responsibility he bears, which is why he chose Itlake as his successor.

But palladium poisoning is almost unsolvable. As early as when Tony was kidnapped by the Ten Commandments Gang, countless exploding shrapnel merged into his body. These metal fragments did not want to invade his heart and blood vessels all the time. Only the miniature nuclear reactor in his chest provided energy. , so that these remaining shrapnel can be temporarily absorbed, allowing Tony to survive.

It was like dancing on the edge of a cliff all the time, and the metal shards that penetrated into his body could kill Tony at any time, which made him no longer value his body as much as before.

Because the more he attaches importance to his body, the more this fear will expand. In order to escape the ubiquitous fear of death, Tony has a strong tendency to self-destruct subconsciously.

"Strong self-destructive tendency" is the description of the black widow lurking beside Tony in "Iron Man II" in the report to Nick; and in the real world, Eitlake also truthfully reported this to SHIELD Bureau.

This self-destructive tendency can numb Tony's fear of death, but it will also make him ignore his own life, so even after learning that he was poisoned by palladium, Tony did not take radical treatment measures, but conservative treatment to prolong his life. Then get drunk between alcohol and women.

Now Nick asked Tony to concentrate on creating new elements, and Tony was unwilling.

Not to mention how difficult it is to create new elements that can replace palladium, the fact of "concentrating on saving yourself" itself will remind Tony of the fear of death.

He didn't have much time left, he wanted to live happily and die while forgetting death, instead of staring into death's eyes when he was dying.

It's like being shot to death at the same end. One person was walking happily on the street and was shot to death suddenly without paying attention; Killed on time at [-]:[-]:[-].

The mental torture suffered by the latter is obviously far greater than that of the former.

Nick Fury said: "Eitlake, don't you have anything to say? You have been with Tony for so long, would it be better if you persuaded him?"

Itlake said: "Director Nick Fury, in my opinion, you can persuade him, but it's not necessary.

You S.H.I.E.L.D. want Tony alive because you want his wisdom to create a high-tech mecha that can defend the earth. "

Nick Fury said: "Yes, it is, so what do you mean?"

"What I mean is, since Tony is world-weary, it's better to let him die happily. Palladium poisoning will cause the body's internal organs to fail, but it won't damage the brain.

At that time, we will take out Tony's brain and just rely on his brain for thinking and design, wouldn't it be good? "

After listening to Itlake's words, Tony cursed inwardly, "It's too bad. If you only cultivate your own brain, your fate will be worse than whipping Suo Yifan."

Ivan still has at least half of his arm and a face left. He can talk when he hurts, and he can be tied with an electric whip when he is angry, and he can rub the wheelchair to attack;

If I really only have one brain left, I can neither see nor hear. I have been trained as a "brain in a vat", and I can only be mermaid. A few buttons, a weak stimulating current input to his brain.

You can still struggle if you are tied up, and you can twist your limbs after being cut off, but none of this makes the disappearance of the body as terrifying. If you only have one brain left, you will completely lose any means of interacting with the outside world, and you will die if you want to die. You can't die.

Tony can't imagine how painful this process is. Itlake is also hitting a snake seven inches. He sees that Tony's current problem is deliberately ignoring the body and seeking the destruction of the body. Then use this threat to make him think about it. through the importance of having a complete and healthy body.

"Yes, I can save myself." Tony thought for a while, and finally let go. The fear of the brain in a vat that can't die has overcome his fear of death:

"But I have a condition."

Nick Fury: "On what terms?"

Tony: "Let Itlake stay with me."

Itlake also gave up struggling: "I knew it."

Nick Fury left with most of the agents, and the remaining part will not appear in the vision of the two except for providing the necessities of life for Itlake and Tony.

Italek and Tony are on a deserted island in the ocean. The exact location is unknown, but according to the weather and the rising angle of the sun, it should be in the northern hemisphere, with a latitude of about [-] to [-].

The scientific research equipment here is well-equipped, which was air-dropped by Nick Fury's Quin-jet fighter from SHIELD. If Tony needs equipment from Stark Industries, he can tell the agents, and SHIELD will try to meet it.

(End of this chapter)