I, Bronya, the will-o'-the-wisp girl

Shino took a few photos of herself, and also took a few photos with Bronya.

Yesterday's update order was wrong, sorry, it has been corrected.

Chapter 29 Pacific Rim

After arriving in Liberty City, Sinon was slightly shocked when she saw the huge white villa in front of her. It was many times better than her small rented house. It also had a private swimming pool, and it was still Built on the cliff by the sea, such a location is really good, nothing to say.

After entering the house, although Bronya said that she could sit on whatever she wanted, Sinon still seemed very cramped, not knowing where to put her butt, after all, in this house, she could see anything I think it's worth the money.

"Sit casually, Ms. Asada, Mr. Stark doesn't want his guests to have no place to sit. Even if the furniture is broken, just buy it again."

Just when Sinon didn't know what to do, a mechanical male voice with no emotion came from next to her ear, which was more rigid than Bronya's mechanical sense, but it seemed There is a stronger sense of future technology.

"Who? Who's talking? Where are you?"

Shino, who was startled by the sudden appearance of the voice, looked around, this house is too spacious, Bronya went to get the battle armor, and left Sinon here, so that Sinon could feel What is called the inaccessible place of the family, so suddenly there is a person who doesn't know where to speak quietly, it's strange not to scare people.

"I'm very sorry, Miss Asada, I surprised you. I'm Jarvis, Stark's current butler and assistant. You can't see me, because I'm an artificial intelligence. I don't have body."

After realizing that his appearance might scare Sinon, Jarvis patiently explained the current situation to Sinon. Of course, it was all within the scope allowed by Bronya, but Sinon has not yet Officially joining the gang, telling her too many things will only add to Sinon's troubles and put her in danger.

Although some things Sinon knows now, Sinon has reached the level of being hunted down, no matter in the world of swords and swords or the world of Marvel, but before making a move, the other party must consider his own size Now, can it withstand the counter-chasing of a Herrscher and her forces?

"Okay, Shino, I've taken the things, we'll go back now."

Sinon finally sat down and listened to Jarvis's storytelling. At this moment, Bronya's figure came out from a stairway leading directly to the ground. She was holding a red suitcase with a golden border. It looked like it was made of all metal, Bronya came to Shino's side, waved the box in her hand, and signaled that Sinon could leave here now.

Sinon, who already knew something from Jarvis, stood up, said "goodbye, thank you" to the empty room, and then went to catch up with Bronya and left. Bronya didn't care what Sinon knew, anyway she knew, she must have allowed Jarvis to say it, and telling her this only made Sinon more confident in joining Bronya's forces Be firm and let her know that if you reject Bronya's kindness, the consequences may be even worse.

There is nothing wrong with this kind of semi-coercive joining. Anyway, the newcomers don't have a high sense of belonging and loyalty to the organization. If Bronya can't even do the ideological work of a high school student, then she It's useless to be the general boss of this anti-entropy group.

After returning to the group from Liberty City, Sinon and Bronya once again went down the stairs to the fifth floor, and came to the space door in Tony's world.

According to the information provided by Jarvis, Bronya roughly figured out what the following world would look like, and also guessed the name of that world. She felt that there was no danger, so she asked the reloading rabbit to move the space After the door opened near Tony, he dragged Sinon into the twisting space door in front of him.

Sinon really doesn't like being done like this, it makes her feel a little...insecure, even if she is being pulled by Bronya, it's the same thing that she doesn't understand at the spatial level, she instinctively just She has some fear of these things. She has reflected this matter with Bronya, and Bronya has nothing to do about it. She can only speculate that this may be caused by Sinon's body being too weak, and she can only let it go. Sinon traveled a lot, got used to it, and probably it would be fine.

In fact, Sinon doesn't want to take such an adventure with Bronya, she is already using all her thinking to deal with the series of things she experienced after meeting Bronya, and There is not enough time to think about the things Jarvis told her, so how can she focus on other things?

And this is just right for Bronya, just to prevent your brain from turning the corner. Isn't sex high?

After the two people passed through the space gate again, what they saw was a huge 'mountain', and then, the sound of countless guns entered the ears of the two, as if at that moment, Sinon thought that I was caught in the hail of bullets from GGO, which was extremely terrifying and thrilling, but this is not the point. The point is that the 'mountain' in front of the two of them moved.

What kind of picture is this?But no matter how it is expressed, it is impossible not to make Sinon Bronya feel a strong sense of visual impact, and, in terms of body quality, that kind of incomparable magnificence and magnificence.

It's like an ant looking at a human being walking by, but this time, the perspective of Bronya and Shino is not a human being, but an ant.

The huge thick-skinned legs stepped forward and directly passed over the heads of Bronya and Sinon. For these two seemingly harmless little ants, the giant beast on top of their heads might He didn't even notice the existence of the other party. At this moment, this monster was being annoyed by bullets coming from all directions. The skin on its body was not indestructible, and a large amount of blue blood flowed from its body. Falling down, falling beside it, converging into streams and pools, there is no way, it is too big.

"Be careful, this blood is poisonous!"

Seeing the blood flowing down like a waterfall, Bronya hastily pulled Sinon aside to prevent her body from being stained with blood.

Chapter 30 Unequal Battles

"Jarvis, where is that guy Tony now? I'll give him this right now, he must be impatient with waiting?"

"The glasses signal is being sent, the transmission is complete, miss, now Mr. Stark is only 500 meters away from your position, please send the armor as soon as possible, this monster has already destroyed San Francisco, and now it is going to the next city, it has already Moving on to Oakland."

Looking at the ruins around her, there were countless cries and calls for help covered by the sound of shells, Bronya knew what the situation was like now, because of the continuous flow of highly poisonous blood along the way, the monster This road is absolutely barren of grass in the true sense, and there are countless people everywhere. As long as a certain amount of blood is contaminated, the venom called monster blue toxin in the blood will directly kill an adult, and only those who are contaminated To some, it will greatly reduce the life expectancy.

This kind of liquid is extremely vicious, Bronya is fine, but Sinon can't do it, she is just an ordinary human being, this kind of liquid can't be contaminated at all, otherwise she will soon Painful death due to toxin infection.

The two left here by running, and the distance between them and Tony Stark was only 500 meters, and they were there by running, there was no need to use a motorcycle at all, and the giant beast did not walk too much Far away, it would be bad if the giant beast noticed this side because of the loud noise of the motorcycle engine. Both of them knew how loud the reloading bunny could make.

In the end, Sinon and Bronya found Tony who was hiding behind a collapsed boulder. He looked pretty good, that is, the suit on his body was a bit tattered and dirty because of hiding. It seemed that apart from some blood marks on his face for some unknown reason, there was nothing else going on.

"The courier for you, sign for it, and then kick that thing's ass hard."

Right now, Tony is concentrating on watching the monsters that keep moving forward. Because all kinds of sounds are mixed around here, and they are especially loud, he didn't hear Bronya's approaching footsteps with Shino, and it was still reminded by Jarvis. Then, she turned her head and saw Bronya and Sinon who were coming. Before the two parties had said a word, Bronya threw the red metal briefcase in her hand to Tony, and then pointed The monster that is still raging, obviously, Bronya first asked Tony to just hit that thing.

Tony was taken aback when he saw the instructions Bronya gave him, pointed to himself, and then pointed to the huge monster. Bronya nodded, making Tony sure that he really heard correctly, she was Let the opponent go up and fuck that monster.

Looking at the monster that was still under countless gunfire and seemed to be at ease, Tony swallowed a mouthful of saliva, then he looked at the battle armor in his hand, he could only show a helpless look, and shook his head at Bronya. Shaking his head, he, the maker, knows exactly what the attributes of this set of armor are. It is not as powerful as his usual armor at all, and because of its convenience and lightness, this armor sacrifices defense. It can be said that as long as it is used by that One click from the head monster, and his whole body is gone.

And the power of the weapon in his hand is also quite insufficient. It is estimated that it is not as big as the shell that hit the monster just now. This is just a weakened version of the armor. In the situation where the regular version of the armor may not be able to beat that monster , Let Tony wear this suit, it is no different from sending him to death.

"Don't worry, Bronya has added some materials to your battle armor, you can go at ease, I guarantee you will not die."

Even if Tony is like this, Bronya doesn't want Tony to back down at all. Helpless, no matter whether he goes up or not, Tony puts on this armor first. If this is the case, it makes him feel safe. It has improved a lot.

Set the briefcase in his hand to wearing mode, step on the briefcase with both feet, Tony pulled the battleship away from the ground with both hands, and then opened his hands, the battle armor seemed to be alive, layer by layer on top of Tony's On the body, all the buckles are completely locked. When the armor mask is put on at the end, Tony's series of dressing is completed. At the same time, he asked Jarvis to start a self-test on the armor. What did Nia stuff in her clothes?

Looking at this set of transformation actions that are so handsome that she has no friends, Sinon is a little envious. If this set of armor can be used in the GGO game, it will be such a powerful prop, but she also knows that if it really appears In GGO, this kind of thing, which can be said to be an official cheat, is absolutely restricted, and it is impossible to show off or something.

She knew that this was the master the butler said, that is, the rich uncle named Tony Stark, and also belonged to Bronya... However, this was Sinon's first time seeing him. Seeing that it doesn't fit her worldview, there is a real battle, a metal human figure fighting a giant monster, and I feel extremely excited just thinking about it.

After a series of self-examinations, Tony's confidence suddenly increased after he found that his armor was packed with a bunch of good things by Bronya. He had seen how this monster destroyed San Francisco before, although It's not San Francisco in its own world, but what's the difference? In this city, there are also a group of ordinary people who can't resist and have been slaughtered.

"Thank you, then, I'm leaving!"

Bronya didn't save at all on the matter of modification, right now, all the good things she can do are installed on Tony's armor. Let's see, how powerful these experimental weapons can be. Power it.

With a squat, Tony took off and rushed towards the monster he hated so much, like a missile, piercing straight towards the monster's back that was riddled with holes.

Not only the back of the monster, but also the whole body of the monster, there are large and small wounds, but these are all flesh wounds, all the injuries did not deal a fatal blow to the monster, but enraged the monster even more urgently.

Dodging a few missiles and shells, Tony was behind him, and found a relatively large upper wound. Then he raised his arm, and a gap opened in his armor. In the gap, a small cannon port , facing the monster's wound.

Then, a blue beam of light hit that part precisely, and what it brought was a huge explosion, like a small tactical nuclear bomb hitting the monster's back.

Chapter 31 The Weapon Bronya Gives

The soaring fire ball, accompanied by a blinding light, mixed with the dark smoke, billowed and drifted towards the sky, and the terrifying heat wave, centered on the hit monster, spread towards the surroundings It is radiating, and what destroys the surroundings faster than the heat wave is the shock wave that clears the surrounding air due to the release of powerful energy.

Even Tony, who was flying in the air, was thrown into a circle in mid-air because of such a shock wave, and almost hit a nearby building, which made him look very embarrassed, but fortunately, After taking this for a while, he had no other adverse reactions other than feeling dizzy.

"Bronya! Do you want to kill me? I put this thing on my battle armor, and I almost fell into the building behind me. How many dangerous things do you have? This thing is too powerful La! It’s gone after one shot, it’s really not fun.”

Originally listening to Tony's words, I thought it was a complaint. Bronya wanted to explain the current situation to him, but it seemed that there was no need for it at all. , but after this shot, Bronya was basically heartbroken, because she knew what Tony's shot was.

And all of Bronya’s inventory here is basically in Tony’s hair, and it’s gone. Even if it’s her, this is something she managed to get out of it. Ammunition, but antimatter!

Although it is a piece of antimatter with a very small equivalent, it is also all of Bronya's existing inventory. Long before Banner and the others took over the research of Houkai, all the research of anti-entropy Houkai energy was done by Bronya. Nia did it herself, and the reloading rabbit assisted her from the side, because she wanted to develop a convenient weapon with mass destruction to face the world situation that may become more and more severe in the future, As well as the battle after crossing, Bronya chose antimatter as a research topic.

Because of the support of Tony's arc-shaped ark reactor, Bronya has no problem in terms of energy. Even if a more powerful energy source is needed in the future, Bronya can find a substitute, or Tony has already Power reactors with more powerful output power have been created.

Therefore, Bronya's development of anti-matter is in the direction of weaponization, and it will never return. Here, her indicator for this weapon is to wipe the enemy from the material level in an instant. Eliminate, or directly injure the opponent, and the imaginary enemy Bronya chooses for this weapon is a normal human-sized humanoid existence, such as Thanos who appeared later, or Herrscher, etc., Bronya Nia didn't expect this kind of thing to really destroy Thanos, but if it was a Lisher, it would definitely be more than enough.

It's not that Bronya wants to persecute herself or something, but she has a premonition that maybe in the future, what she will face is the collapse of the world. Although she doesn't know whether it will work or not, she will beat the opponent into a There shouldn't be any problem with hemiplegia. Sirin can't even sustain the nuclear bomb. She should be able to kill the other party like this, right?

In fact, Bronya didn't think about researching and developing antimatter at the beginning, but it was only when she occasionally recalled the information in her brain that she realized, oh~ It turns out that it is very good that Honkai can refine antimatter, but even so, Bronya The amount extracted is just the one shot just now.

However, because Bengkai's collapse energy is entirely her own, what Bronya spends is the money for materials and equipment, so the antimatter she extracts consumes at least 90.00 less funds than the conventional method. % more resources, so this is also the reason why Bronya has the money to get antimatter, the reason is that she didn't spend so much money at all.

As I said before, many of the things Bronya put on Tony's armor are in experiments, and this anti-matter weapon is a member of the laboratory, and it has not yet undergone substantial testing. In theory, it shows that this thing can be used, but if the stabilizer suddenly fails, or something happens during launch, then Bronya will not know the consequences.

Of course, Bronya would not talk about these things, even if she was killed.

At the same time, amidst the blazing flames, a huge howl resounded throughout the world, and it was accompanied by the next roar full of fury. The other party was angry, and the other party was really angry, but it didn't matter. Wrong, who let Tony really hurt it seriously.

It seems that the equivalent of a small humanoid object is not enough to kill this giant beast, but through her own eyes, Bronya can easily see the place where the monster was hit after the smoke, that place It was already empty, and Bronya was able to see the internal tissues directly through the terrible wound.

"Okay! That's right, now! Go to its interior, destroy it crazily, and destroy its heart! As for this weapon, if you want it, I will give it to you later."

Now is the best time to end the life of this behemoth. Bronya asked Tony to fly directly into the opponent's wound to destroy it. As for anti-matter weapons, this will not be given until the complete set of experiments is completed. Tony, his successful launch this time is just an exception. Next time, he may not be so lucky. Bronya will be responsible for the life of her weapon user. If the enemy does not die, she will die.

Tony nodded when he heard Bronya's words. The propellers on his feet sprayed out huge flames, and charged towards the wound of the beast. Such a big hole, even if it was stuffed with several tanks It's more than enough to get in.

The current monster is still roaring, but there is thick smoke all around, and Tony is too small. Although it is looking for the person who hurt it, it is a pity that no one will. What it does not know is that after His own ending may be even more tragic.

Tony flew straight into the monster's wound, and more often in the process, there were missiles and shells constantly harassing the monster, holding back its hatred. Well, now the military is also wondering how the attack just now came about, because the battlefield was so chaotic that they didn't even notice Tony in mid-air.

Chapter 32 Straight to the Heart

After Tony entered the monster's body, it was like Sun Dasheng who entered the stomach of Princess Iron Fan. Not only did he toss and turn in the opponent's stomach, but he didn't intend to stop at all. In the process, Tony's The goal is very definite.Go straight to the heart of the monster.

All, Brioni gave Tony a new toy for this need, and with the sound of the bang and crisp chainsaw, a golden-red giant sword appeared in Tony's hand, and the blade on the blade The chain was spinning very pleasingly, and Tony swung the sword forward. This sword seemed to be born for cutting flesh and blood. In Tony's hands, it randomly tore and divided the inside of this huge monster. organize.

This is the second small gift Bronya prepared for Tony, a chainsaw sword that symbolizes loyalty. Because of the material, Bronya's is now the best material that can be found. It is a kind of alloy steel, which is the kind of material used to make Titans, but it seems that it is enough for now. Originally, Bronya hoped to be able to use the material of the soul steel level, but unfortunately, there is no Ah, or Zhenjin and Edman Metal, don’t even think about other powerful metals, Zhenjin and Edman Metal can still be obtained with means and money, other powerful metals are either not on the earth, or too It takes too much opportunity to obtain it. Bronya thinks her face is not white, so in her laboratory, there is only a piece of vibrating gold about the size of a fingernail.

This is what she got from Tony. I heard that this guy used means (money) to get a large piece of vibration gold. If Tony doesn't mind, Bronya is happy to give him this piece. Vibranium, reworked to become the chain of the chainsaw sword.

However, there is still good news. The good news is that Bronya's analysis of Zhenjin has achieved results and progress. I believe that in about half a year, Bronya should be able to reproduce it through understanding. With the ability to directly create finished vibrating gold, Bronya will not be troubled by the material.

Inside the monster's body, Tony was covered with the monster's toxin-filled blue blood, but this was nothing to Tony. This armor fully protected his safety. He waved his hand The chainsaw sword in the middle is like a captain who has entered the enemy's formation, every time he swings the knife, there is a lot of sprayed blood.

The monster outside also appeared more painful and manic because Tony wreaked havoc in its soft and defenseless body. It no longer had the power to resist and could only sit there like it was slaughtered, even though countless The bullet rain, the antimatter shot just now basically killed its life, the internal system of the whole body was severely and irreproducibly damaged, and its life had already come to an end.

After the roar just now, the last ounce of strength of the monster was basically drained. Its last struggle was just to demolish the surrounding buildings. The monster was also very helpless in such a situation, and it was about to die , it itself does not have any remote means to take away more lives for itself before death.

However, the yell just now may have deafened the ears of the survivors nearby, but before the monster yelled, the huge explosion produced by the combination of antimatter and matter, if there are any survivors, it is the European emperor. Possession, the luck of this life is in it, and it is impossible to get out of the whole body and nothing will happen. It is estimated that the ear is the most injured place.

Tony's other hand is a chain saw axe, and the appearance designed by Bronya is a special model for God K. The color of this axe is black and red. Anyway, the weapons on both hands, whether it is Which one, Tony likes it very much. Both weapons show the most extreme violence and power as weapons. Tony has fallen in love with the feeling of fighting wantonly with the middle weapon. There is no way, It's so cool, the male hormones are exploding.

And how did these two weapons appear in Tony's hands?This has to explain the cooperation between Bronya and Darren Krauss. As I said before, Bronya invested in the shrinking technology of the other party, and the other party quickly produced some results Come out, money can make ghosts grind, money is the uncle, God, and you have to listen to what you say, so Bronya wants Klaus to come up with some simple techniques first, such as killing weapons like these Things shrink and ship or something.

As soon as the other party heard this, they immediately agreed. This is simple, and this can be successful with their existing technology, so they, Klaus, and the others very quickly produced their results to hand over to Bronya.

So now the weapons in Tony's hands are all weapons that have been shrunk down. However, because they can only be shrunk once, Tony can only hold these two guys all the time.

This is the gap between Klaus and Ant-Man. On the other side, the technology is already mature, but on Klaus' side, the technology has to be honed slowly, and because of some confidential reasons, the progress may be even faster. Slow down, it will be even worse if Ant-Man comes to make trouble.

With Tony's advancement, he has come to the position of the monster's heart, that is, the very beating thing that he can feel very far away, after tearing the last film blocking the front with the chainsaw sword , Tony looked at the huge heart in front of him, and it was still emitting a faint blue light.

The inside of the monster, because of the blood and some kind of fluorescent creature in the body, the inside of the monster is actually not dark. The biological light illuminates the inside of this huge creature's body. Tony looks at the heart in front of him, every beat of it , the entire area where Tony is located will jump directly.

Tony didn't hesitate anymore, he couldn't wait to kill this giant beast, he rushed forward, raised his sword and dropped it, the chainsaw sword tore a hole in it, and after the chainsaw sword was the chainsaw An ax, and this ax seems to be specially designed to tear out more blood. A large amount of blue blood sprayed out. Tony's attack made the monster look miserable.

Its heart is really too big. After Tony's two blows, the heart only lost some flesh.

But it doesn't matter, if it doesn't work once, there will be two times, if it doesn't work twice, there will be three times, it will always destroy this heart.

Chapter 33 Monster Death

When the two weapons were used together and finally tore the huge heart of the monster, Tony's whole body was already covered with sticky blue blood. Put on a layer of blue camouflage, looking colorful, it is very funny, but if the blue of this body turns into blood red, it seems that the devil god has come to the world, at least God K will like Tony very much this body.

From the perspective of Bronya and others outside, this monster is dead, its body has been seriously injured, and now even its heart has been destroyed. Even if it is a giant biological weapon specially made for invasion, this giant monster is still came to the end of his short life.

The body began to stiffen, and the orange-yellow bioelectric light in the mouth also dimmed. With the eyes closed, it can be said that it walked very peacefully. By the way, when it fell, it crushed the last nearby building that was still intact. architecture.

Bronya didn't know what to say. She gave Tony a lot of gadgets, but they died before they were used. There was no way to do it. It's already awesome to resist an antimatter , It can be blown up in hell. All in all, this battle has already wiped out this giant beast, avoiding the destruction of the next three cities, and the ending of millions of casualties and homelessness.

Although the victory this time is still very painful, San Francisco is over, and the place where the monster fell is a long way from the center of San Francisco, because it just came from there just now, and it was pushed all the way, but Fortunately, the remaining two cities were saved.

The military also saw the current situation of the monster, and gradually stopped attacking the monster. Obviously, the monster has stopped moving, but due to the huge smoke and limited vision, if there is a sudden However, they will continue to attack, but helicopters have already started flying towards this place. It seems that they are death squads who came to check the situation.

But these people are very lucky, the giant beast is already dead, and they will not have any worries about being wiped out, but now it should be Bronya's turn to think about their worries, because the incident happened suddenly and they didn't do anything In preparation for the exchange, Bronya didn't know how to face the US government in this world. Tony was still in the belly of that monster. If he didn't come out, she would open the door and run away with Sinon. Don't wait for him.

Sinon on the side is now in a state of trance after the incident. What he experienced just now is really impressive. It is the first time he entered the battlefield, the real battlefield, and it is also a battlefield between giant beasts and humans. Just like in the game, here is reality, it is real, people will die if they are killed, blood will flow, the sound of the explosion has just stopped, and the smoky smell of the explosion lingers around the tip of her nose.

The first time you step into a war is at this level. Is this why reality is more cruel and exciting than fiction?

Sinon asked herself in her heart, she felt that the things she played in GGO before were nothing but trivial, if there were such big and fierce monsters in GGO, they would definitely be at the world BOOS level, maybe It took several days to defeat it.

However, even if such a boss really appeared in GGO, would it be very attractive to Sinon now?I'm afraid there are not many now, because Shino has seen real monsters and the real battles with monsters. The reason why the virtual is virtual is because it is unrealistic, and it is not as powerful as the real reality.

Sinon's world, apart from the superb virtual technology, is just an ordinary world. No matter how much players pursue reality, it's just a virtual world. It's okay if you don't see these magical things in reality. It's okay, but it's different now, Sinon found out that she seems to like this kind of stimulation in reality more.

This experience of exploring in different wonderful worlds is really amazing. At least Bronya told Sinon a little about the current situation, letting her know that this is not her original world.

"That, Bronya..."

Now here, Bronya was thinking about how to run away, when she suddenly heard Sinon's voice behind her, her tone was a bit strange, weak, not like Sinon's usual tone, could it be that she didn't know Something went wrong?

"Huh? What's the matter? What's the matter?"

Looking back, Sinon looks normal, and there is no trauma, and the monster's blood is not sticky, so why is the current situation?Bronya doesn't understand, but now is not the time to understand. What needs to be considered now is whether to withdraw or not. Now that the US military has arrived in this world, she has already communicated with Tony. Whether to stay here and wait for a while, or what to do afterwards, depends on the other party's choice. Anyway, as soon as the soldiers come, Bronya will go straight away, explaining something, it is really too troublesome.

"Stay here. I want people from the world government to talk about what they are facing now. Their existing technology can no longer stop them. The explosion, but the casualties during this period are still unavoidable, and countless people will be buried in this wasted time."

In the ear was Tony's rare and serious voice, as if he was stating the facts, he said to Bronya.

The original human beings in this world thought that the monster invasion this time was just an accidental biological mutation, and didn't think about alien biological weapons, but how could this escape Tony's eyes?He could tell at a glance that this giant beast was not a product of mutation, but a man-made creature, and because he was still in the monster's body, he could see clearly with his own eyes now.

"Okay, it's okay to stay, but if you want to explain it, let me tell you, this kind of thing is too troublesome, and Bronya can't find any good excuses."

"Don't worry, I'm good at this, just leave it to me when the time comes, you just need to watch from the side, and be a good survivor."