Chapter 43 Using a gun
Vibranium is renowned in the Marvel Universe. In the lore, vibranium originally came from outer space and is an extremely rare and miraculous material.
Its natural super hardness, combined with its energy absorption properties, makes it a top-tier material in terms of defensive capabilities throughout the Marvel universe.
Of course, when talking about vibranium, one cannot avoid mentioning the black men of Wakanda.
The story is set many years ago when a giant rock fell from the sky and landed in Wakanda, an African country. Vibranium's amazing properties and exceptional development potential allowed the indigenous tribes to rapidly develop a technologically advanced society that is among the most advanced in the world.
However, the concept of "world-leading technology" is presented in a somewhat abstract way in the movie, or it could be said that the black men's technological development is a bit off.
If you say their technology is lacking, they have high-tech stealth fighters, giant protective shields that can cover an entire city, and high-tech spears that can be fired by individual soldiers with lasers capable of taking down tank units.
Not to mention their leading position in technologies such as gene modification and biomedicine.
But while you might say they're technologically advanced, the movies depict their primary fighting style as charging in hand-to-hand combat with spears powerful enough to sink a fighter jet.
It felt like driving a Ferrari to a primitive wrestling match, as if vibranium were some kind of high-end firewood in their hands.
In Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos invades Earth and engages the Avengers in a major battle in Wakanda. At first glance, this seems like a planetary-scale war, but upon closer inspection, you'll find that it appears only War Machine is fighting a modern war.
Jarvis laid out the intelligence files in front of Tony.
Stark Industries was once a leading arms manufacturer and a top-tier, close partner of the military. Therefore, Tony naturally had extensive connections within the military, which was a crucial part of his personal intelligence network.
Jarvis continued, "And Major Hansen pointed out that there is evidence that Crow has recently been associating with the Ten Rings."
"The Ten Commandments Gang?"
Tony raised an eyebrow.
He was very familiar with the name; of course he couldn't be. After all, the Ten Rings was the very terrorist organization that had taken Tony's original body into that cave, bringing about a major turning point in Tony's life and giving birth to Iron Man.
"What a small world," Tony muttered.
He stood up, waved his hand in the air, and pulled up a map of that area.
"Mark all the Ten Rings outposts nearby. If we're lucky, the person we're looking for is in one of them," Tony said.
“Yes, sir,” Jarvis said. “So, after we find Klaue, shall we buy vibranium from him, sir?”
"purchase?"
Tony gave him a strange look.
"He's a smuggler, Lao Jia. We're law-abiding businessmen, how can we buy things from someone like that?"
Jarvis hesitated, "Then, sir, you mean...?"
Tony stood up and walked to the neatly arranged metal hangars against the wall of the laboratory. Each hangar contained an Iron Man suit of armor.
He stood in front of one of the hangars, facing the Mark VI armor, watching his face reflected on the armor's smooth, reflective gold visor.
"We'll definitely use guns," Tony said.