Chapter 169 Gamma rays

  A DC-3 airliner slowly landed in Los Angeles.

  Jarvis stood at the disembarkation point with a parasol in his hand, observing the passengers who disembarked from the plane.

   Soon, his gaze was locked on a tall, black-haired lady wearing sunglasses, and her face was distorted.

   "Oh, dear Mr. Jarvis, it seems that you are very unhappy to see me?" Just as Jarvis was struggling, the other party had already walked to his side and joked with a smile.

"No, I'm very happy. Welcome to Los Angeles, Ida Palmer... Oh no, it should be Ms. Dottie Underwood. I really didn't expect the CIA to take a picture of you." Jarvis looked awkward He greeted him, but the sarcasm in his tone obviously didn't match his words.

  That's right, it was the former Leviathan agent Dottie who got off the plane—but her current identity is already a senior agent of the CIA Operations Department, directly under the command of Ophelia.

   And this time, it represented Josie's coming to Los Angeles to contact Howard.

   "Oh, dear Mr. Jarvis, are you still brooding about the past?" Dottie was not angry at the sarcasm in the tone of Jarvis on the opposite side, but still smiled.

   There is a reason why Jarvis doesn't like to see her, and the reason is because of the address at the beginning, Ada Palmer.

Dotty used this identity to get close to Howard more than a year ago when he was still an agent of Leviathan, and then obtained a lot of information from Howard and Jarvis, and together with Leviathan's companions, stole Howard Star Clark's private vault, which triggered a series of Leviathan-related cases last year, and made Howard Stark a traitor.

  But in the end, after she was incorporated by the CIA, she became a tainted witness and returned Howard's innocence.

Of course, Howard lost more than a dozen inventions in the process, and there was such a thing as a small bottle of American team blood, so he could only swallow tears... In the end, the reason for everything was that Howard couldn't control his lower body Caused.

   And Josie sent Dotty to contact Howard, not only because it was inconvenient for him to show up, but also because the two knew each other better.

   "Hehe, don't dare, Ms. Underwood, please come with me!" Jarvis threw his hand back, revealing the convertible luxury car behind him.

"...Uh, Mr. Jarvis, I know that Howard came to Los Angeles because he received a defense order and was planning to build a space launch center here. There is a high probability that you came here to take care of the property here... But..." Dotty looked at the car not far away, with a little confusion on his face.

   Well, yes, the reason Howard is in Los Angeles is largely related to Josie.

   Josie's companies have won large orders from the military many times, especially Boeing's fighter jet orders and space launch projects. Although they did not cause large-scale commercial impact, they also aroused Howard's competitive spirit.

As a result, he has recently joined forces with Trans World Airlines, Lockheed Corporation, which holds a lot of shares, and the newly established Ministry of the Air Force, and plans to build a new space launch center in Santa Barbara County, north of Los Angeles, to enter the aerospace industry. Industry, in order to compete with Josie's Boeing Company - In 1947, the U.S. Army Aviation Command officially separated from the U.S. Army Department and established the U.S. Air Force.

  The newly established Air Force obviously does not want most of its orders to still be in the hands of Josie's Boeing Company.

  And the Air Force also intends to meddle in the aerospace industry—in the eyes of the newly established Air Force executives, everything that flies in the sky should be under their control.

   It's just that the top executives of the two veteran arms of the navy and the army don't buy their account at all.

It is also impossible for Josie to let the War Department, which has always had a good relationship, not cooperate, and cooperate with the Air Force—the order size of the US military is too large. Can't do it either.

  So the Air Force thought of Howard Stark, who had been working very well with Boeing before the rise of Boeing.

  The two sides hit it off.

  The place where they plan to establish the space center is also the location of the only other space center in the original time and space besides the Truman Space Center that was circled by Josie—Vandenberg Air Force Base.

   Such a big project must not be hidden from the CIA... Of course, the other party didn't want to hide it either.

   So Dotty knew what Howard was doing, normal.

   And what surprised her was obviously not this.

   "Yes, I know what you're going to say, it's because of that flamingo, right?" Jarvis said with a hint of helplessness on his face.

   "Yes, a flamingo..." Dotty looked at a huge transparent showcase on the back seat of the luxury car speechlessly, and inside the showcase was a pink flamingo.

   Well, alive.

   "I'm sorry, you are not the only guest that Mr. Howard will entertain... Come and meet the new member of Stark's Mansion Zoo, it's called Bernard..." Jarvis introduced with a look of lovelessness.

   "Perhaps, this is the quirk shared by rich people like them..." Dottie twitched his lips.

   "They?" Jarvis couldn't help raising his eyebrows when he heard this.

   "Yes, my current boss, Mr. Josie Kahn, he raised a white lion and a silverback gorilla in his yard..." Dotty complained weakly.

   Well, this is actually quite normal. Dotty will not tell Jarvis that there are some dinosaurs in Josie's manor...

   In fact, there is no need to mention dinosaurs. Just lions and silverback gorillas have already changed Jarvis's face.

  What kind of person would keep lions and gorillas in their own yard?

  Comparing this way, the boss raises a flamingo, which is simply too peaceful.

"Lions and orangutans? Oh, oh, Mr. Kahn is more elegant than I thought, Jarvis, remember for me, when I take my next vacation, I will go to Africa, well, since Kahn has raised Lions, or white lions, then I can’t keep them, but I can get a few cheetahs or leopards, and some zebras... forget about rhinos and elephants, hornbills, ostriches, yes, these are good!” Half an hour After that, Howard muttered in his mouth.

  Jarvis on the side was about to pass out, why did he have the peaceful idea of ​​his boss before.

   "Ahem, Mr. Stark, shouldn't we talk about business first?" Dotty glanced at Jarvis with some sympathy, and interrupted Howard to say hi.

"Ah, that's right, zero substance... Dottie, I don't think we should be so familiar, just call me Howard!" Compared to Jarvis, Howard, who has always been tolerant of women, is obviously not so tolerant. Hate Dottie, and even glad to see him.

  As for the reason... Well, I know everything.

   "Okay, Howard!" Dottie also understood Howard's little thought, and would not poke it.

   "Great... What do you CIA want to know about zero matter?" Howard gave a thumbs up and asked.

   "It's very simple, how can you resist the aggressiveness of zero matter, or eliminate it," Doty said.

  As soon as Dotty's words came out, Howard's expression immediately became serious, "What happened?"

  Before when Josie was in the CIA capacity, he just said that he needed to ask him for some research on zero matter, so although Howard didn't refuse, he didn't take it too seriously.

  But now that Dotty is talking about how to deal with the aggressiveness of zero matter, then the situation may not be that simple.

   "If that's the case, then I won't hide it, social sports club, Howard, you should know about it?" Seeing that Howard seemed to have guessed something, Dotty said bluntly.

   "Of course, of course I know!" Howard shrugged, his face a little unnatural.

The Social Sports Club is the business card of the Council of Nine. It is open and aims to win over elites in various fields in the United States. This kind of winning is not to bring these people into Hydra, but to exchange interests. .

  Real Hydra, limited to Council of Nine.

   It's just that the club only recruits male white elites as members, and the conditions are very harsh.

   And Howard obviously fully meets all the conditions, so he was also invited, and Hugh Jones also became friends with Howard at that time. Naturally, there is no such thing as not knowing about this club.

   But it is clear that the economic social club, which is mainly dominated by old men, does not meet Howard's appetite. After joining for a period of time, he quit.

However, the reason for his withdrawal is not only because he doesn't like the atmosphere inside, but also because of the character of Huahua Company-this makes him have an enmity with many members including Hugh Jones-most of the members are old rich people, and these rich people often like to raise some young girls.

  Compared to these old and frail old men, the young and handsome Howard is obviously easy to attract the hearts of the canaries in these rich families.

  Under such circumstances, if there is no enmity, there will be ghosts.

"Yesterday, our CIA received a request for help from Mr. Hugh Jones. The reason is that one of the members of the club, Calvin Chadwick, the president of Etherdan, also accepted the War Department's request for zero, just like your Stark Group. Matter scientific research orders, and a breakthrough was made not long ago, but Calvin Chadwick did not hand in the research results, but yesterday morning, using zero matter as a weapon, massacred several members of the club, Trying to control the club by force, threatening the members to become its vassals...Howard, I think you should understand, as the members of the club, if Calvin is allowed to succeed...what kind of consequences will happen!" Doty said what happened yesterday morning The matter was stated in its original form, and of course some minor adjustments were made in the details, such as the fact that Josie was also a member of the club, but the party in need of help was placed on Hugh Jones.

  In this way, it completely avoided Josie's personal debt to Howard, and turned this matter into a simple cooperative relationship in which the CIA invited Howard to help handle the case.

  Hearing Dottie mention Hugh Jones, Howard's face became even more unnatural. Although he likes to steal, he still has face.

   Fortunately, now is not the time to go back to his dirty work.

"So, Calvin was able to manipulate zero matter and use it as a weapon? This is really bad news, but you came just in time. I do have a way to deal with zero matter, that is gamma rays !” Howard nodded, then said.

   "Gamma rays?" Hearing this term, Dotty was slightly taken aback. She had never heard of this kind of rays.

   "That's right, gamma rays! The production of gamma rays produces an intense burst of high-energy photon pulses, and this photon pulse can just eliminate zero matter!" Howard explained.

   "I see, do you have the equipment to make gamma rays?" Doty asked.

   "Yes, but that power is not high enough, I have to build a bigger one, but it will take a little time!" Howard said.

   "How much time is one o'clock?" Dottie asked, frowning.

"If it's fast, it can be done within 12 hours, and I have one condition!" Howard said, just like his son can build a small particle accelerator with his bare hands in just one day in the future, rushing to work It doesn't take too much time to produce a gamma radiation device.

   "What condition?" Dotty was puzzled.

   "I have to control this thing myself!" Howard said.

   "You mean the thing will act with us after it's built?" Dottie frowned.

   "Of course, otherwise God knows what you will do with my things!" Howard shrugged.

   "...If you insist, there will be no problem!" Dottie agreed without too much hesitation.

"OK, without further ado, I'm going to the lab now, Jarvis, come with me, there are some things you need to prepare." Howard walked towards his own lab after speaking, although he was a playboy, But Howard, like his future son Tony, will instantly become a scientific research madman when he encounters a problem that interests him.

   "I'll come right away, sir, Ms. Underwood, please go ahead!" Jarvis also apologized to Dottie, and then hurriedly followed.

   "Okay... sir, I'll keep an eye on him!" Seeing Howard and Jarvis leave, a smile appeared on Dotty's face, and he touched his earrings and said.

   But the conversation between her and Howard just now has been monitored by Ophelia on the other side, and her earring is a small bug.

   Then Ophelia immediately reported the situation to Josie.

After knowing that the best thing to deal with zero matter is gamma rays, Josie immediately opened the transaction device and contacted Yuri—although Josie did not doubt Howard's research and development capabilities, he put all his eggs in one basket , is not his character.

"Gamma rays? It's easy! It can be done in up to four hours!" After listening to Josie's request, Yuri immediately gave a time, which was three minutes shorter than the time Howard needed. of two.

  Of course, this does not prove that Yuri must be smarter than Howard, after all, there is a technological gap between the two worlds.

In the Marvel world, the research on gamma rays is still limited to a very small number of cutting-edge scientists such as Howard—this is actually quite good. If it was the world before Josie traveled, it would not be until the 1970s that gamma rays were discovered. What about the existence of horse rays?

   But in the world of Red Alert, gamma rays are not a rare thing at all.

Coupled with the help of Josie in the past few years, Yuri's base in the Cretaceous period has basically returned to the productivity level in the middle of the war between the red and blue camps. With Yuri doing it himself, he temporarily rushed out to produce a gamma ray Guns are naturally not a big problem.

  (end of this chapter)