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Chapter 652
chapter 0284 part 1
## Chapter 283: Resolution of the Real Big Trouble
Tony Stark's Nanotech Armor separated into three circular shield-shaped laser emitters, hovering in front of him. The rows of energy storage units on the emitters lit up at a visible speed, aimed at the Angel and Black Flood Dragon entangled below!
"Mr. Stark, this Black Flood Dragon is our Boss's pet!"
A voice connected to Tony Stark's communication channel at this moment. Before the voice in the communication channel finished, a massive Helicarrier deactivated its stealth mode and appeared above Leon Base.
Frank took the lead, leaping down with over a dozen S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents on Dark Magic Skateboards, quickly arriving beside Tony Stark.
"Black Flood Dragon?! Seriously?"
Tony Stark repeated the awkward term, silently instructing J.A.R.V.I.S. to perform information retrieval.
"Jiao, a type of Dragon. Pond fish, when numbering 3,600, a Jiao comes to be their leader, capable of leading fish to fly and place them in bamboo traps in the water, then the Jiao leaves."
"Jiao resembles a snake with four feet, a type of Dragonkin."
"A female Dragon is called Jiao!"
J.A.R.V.I.S. quickly gathered the retrieved data and presented it to Tony Stark, providing a written translation into English that Tony Stark could understand.
"In Eastern Legend, a giant python with four feet and a single horn. Legend says its size can change at will, and it possesses the ability to control wind and rain. In Eastern Mythology, it is the ruler of the Underwater World!"
Tony Stark looked down through the panel of his Iron Suit, just in time to see Xiao Hei's increasingly swelling body. The python body wrapped around the White Light Entity, which was originally as thick as a water tank, expanded to the width of a car. The large mouth, resembling a Giant Snake's, opened wide, full of Fangs, like an abyssal black hole, swallowing the upper half of the White Light Entity in one gulp.
The pure white radiance emanating from the white Angelic phantom was continuously dyed mottled under the Black Flood Dragon's black breath.
The Giant Black Flood Dragon kept making swallowing motions. The pure white Angelic phantom struggled forcefully, but the Black Flood Dragon continuously spat out Black Venom from its mouth.
In the toxic mist, the Angelic phantom was corroded and riddled with holes, quickly being devoured by the Black Flood Dragon, with only a pair of legs left flailing outside. Tony Stark saw the entity constantly struggling, and the disgusting scene made him frown repeatedly. This scene reminded him of hunting on a rural Manor when he was a child and seeing a snake swallow a field mouse. The sight of the field mouse struggling in the snake's mouth gave him nightmares for several days. Regarding creatures like snakes, he believed not many people would like them. If he hadn't just learned that this Black Snake was an ally, just based on the appearance of the Black Snake and this Angelic phantom, and the current scene of the Giant Black Flood Dragon devouring the Angel, Tony Stark would have already blasted a volley of missiles at the Black Snake.
"This is Tang's pet?"
Tony Stark suppressed the discomfort in his heart, turned his head, and looked at Frank. "It seems your Boss is very fond of these strange creatures. It appears the rumors online about your Tang Group smuggling rare animals are not groundless!"
Frank heard Tony Stark's sarcasm and responded calmly, "If I remember correctly, there have also been widespread rumors online recently that Stark Industries intends to re-enter the Arms Market. I presume Mr. Stark doesn't have such an idea?!"
Tony Stark frowned slightly and didn't bother with Frank anymore.
Currently, Stark Industries has a strategic cooperation relationship with Tang Group in the energy sector. The two parties have jointly monopolized more than half of the Western world's clean energy.
Therefore, in this wave of public opinion attacks, not only was the Tang Group slandered, but Stark Industries and Oscorp were also not spared.
Oscorp's alleged human experimentation incident from years ago was brought up again, while Stark Industries was smeared with the claim that it intended to re-enter the military industry and return to the Arms Market.
Tony's feelings towards Tang Song were subtle. He vaguely sensed that many things that had happened in recent years, including the State Guest House Terrorist Attack Incident, the death of Nick Fury, and even the recent Giant Snake Attack on Tokyo Incident, had the shadow of the Tang Group behind them.
The reason he had been working hard to develop an anti-Tang Song suit was that he felt Tang Song was the mastermind behind many incidents.
After the Tokyo Snake Disaster, he used J.A.R.V.I.S. to secretly investigate the Tang Group.
Tony discovered that in recent years, the Tang Group under Tang Song's control had been using charity to launder its image.
In two years, the funds Tang Song had donated amounted to ten digits, dedicated to education-based poverty alleviation and medical services in poor countries, and addressing food issues in some poor countries in East Africa.
The United Nations even nominated him as a World Peace Ambassador last year.
If this could still be considered putting on a show, Tony Stark's investigation found that since Tang Song took control of the Federal Underworld, the murder rate within the Federation territory had dropped by eighty percent.
Industries like human trafficking and organ smuggling were subjected to violent crackdowns.
Between black market pillar industries such as smuggling, money laundering, counterfeit money, drugs, theft, robbery, hitmen, etc., the vicious competition and violent incidents caused by vying for business in previous years had decreased by seventy percent.
Yes, in some places, even some Thugs collecting protection money had become much gentler. After robbing your wallet, they wouldn't casually shoot you anymore.
Conversely, the crime clearance rate announced by the Police Station had been rising year after year.
This was naturally not due to an improvement in the quality of the Federal Police and State Police who only knew how to shrink in their police cars eating hamburgers and french fries.
Tony Stark had once hacked into a Police Station in a Los Angeles Street Block and retrieved the surveillance footage from that station.
He found that when the Police Station received a troublesome complaint or was pressured by the City Government for a higher crime clearance rate, they didn't need to waste a large amount of police force; a single phone call would bring a Street Block manager to resolve the issue.
Clearly, the Underworld, driven by certain forces, had formed a certain unspoken order. This order was like a giant spiderweb, gradually enveloping the entire Federal Underworld.
Compared to the chaotic and disorderly Underworld of the past, Tony Stark couldn't say whether this change was good or bad, but it was clear that this change was inseparable from the former Emperor of the Underworld, Tang Song, and his Tang Group.
During this period of investigation, Tony Stark had acquired a lot of criminal evidence against the Tang Group.
Smuggling, government-business collusion, malicious stock manipulation, and even the secret accounts the Tang Group opened for those High-Level Political Figures in the Swiss Bank.
However, this evidence was clearly not what Tony wanted. In any country, when a large interest group rises, as a certain Wang-surnamed real estate developer said, some tea money must be given.
Any large corporate group in the world, including his Stark Industries, if thoroughly investigated, would not have a clean record.
Based on what Tony Stark himself knew, when contracting Federal arms orders in the past, Stark Industries' Public Relations Department spent as much as eight digits in money annually, not including some small gifts.
What he had found was simply not enough to bring down the Tang Group. Tony Stark was looking for evidence linking the Tang Group to the several major terrorist attack incidents of recent years.
Although he was only guessing, by carefully studying the beneficiaries after these incidents erupted, he could see Tang Song's figure among them.
After the State Guest House Terrorist Attack Incident, former President Francis Underwood successfully rose to power.
Tang Song's Bodyguard named Kane, under military control by the President, leaped to become the Director of the Secret Service, although it was only for a short three months.
But it was during Francis Underwood's term that the Tang Group not only received large orders from the Federal Military but also took advantage of the chaos caused by the deaths of the Heads of several consortiums during the State Guest House attack to expand aggressively.
Tang Song himself even became a Federal Congressman.
He had originally planned to thoroughly investigate this former President, taking advantage of Francis Underwood's failure to be re-elected in this presidential election.
However, an inexplicable plane crash incident caused this former President and forty-seven passengers on a Boeing Aircraft to disappear without a trace.
His investigation had reached a stalemate.
## Chapter 283: Resolution of the Real Big Trouble
Tony Stark's Nanotech Armor separated into three circular shield-shaped laser emitters, hovering in front of him. The rows of energy storage units on the emitters lit up at a visible speed, aimed at the Angel and Black Flood Dragon entangled below!
"Mr. Stark, this Black Flood Dragon is our Boss's pet!"
A voice connected to Tony Stark's communication channel at this moment. Before the voice in the communication channel finished, a massive Helicarrier deactivated its stealth mode and appeared above Leon Base.
Frank took the lead, leaping down with over a dozen S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents on Dark Magic Skateboards, quickly arriving beside Tony Stark.
"Black Flood Dragon?! Seriously?"
Tony Stark repeated the awkward term, silently instructing J.A.R.V.I.S. to perform information retrieval.
"Jiao, a type of Dragon. Pond fish, when numbering 3,600, a Jiao comes to be their leader, capable of leading fish to fly and place them in bamboo traps in the water, then the Jiao leaves."
"Jiao resembles a snake with four feet, a type of Dragonkin."
"A female Dragon is called Jiao!"
J.A.R.V.I.S. quickly gathered the retrieved data and presented it to Tony Stark, providing a written translation into English that Tony Stark could understand.
"In Eastern Legend, a giant python with four feet and a single horn. Legend says its size can change at will, and it possesses the ability to control wind and rain. In Eastern Mythology, it is the ruler of the Underwater World!"
Tony Stark looked down through the panel of his Iron Suit, just in time to see Xiao Hei's increasingly swelling body. The python body wrapped around the White Light Entity, which was originally as thick as a water tank, expanded to the width of a car. The large mouth, resembling a Giant Snake's, opened wide, full of Fangs, like an abyssal black hole, swallowing the upper half of the White Light Entity in one gulp.
The pure white radiance emanating from the white Angelic phantom was continuously dyed mottled under the Black Flood Dragon's black breath.
The Giant Black Flood Dragon kept making swallowing motions. The pure white Angelic phantom struggled forcefully, but the Black Flood Dragon continuously spat out Black Venom from its mouth.
In the toxic mist, the Angelic phantom was corroded and riddled with holes, quickly being devoured by the Black Flood Dragon, with only a pair of legs left flailing outside. Tony Stark saw the entity constantly struggling, and the disgusting scene made him frown repeatedly. This scene reminded him of hunting on a rural Manor when he was a child and seeing a snake swallow a field mouse. The sight of the field mouse struggling in the snake's mouth gave him nightmares for several days. Regarding creatures like snakes, he believed not many people would like them. If he hadn't just learned that this Black Snake was an ally, just based on the appearance of the Black Snake and this Angelic phantom, and the current scene of the Giant Black Flood Dragon devouring the Angel, Tony Stark would have already blasted a volley of missiles at the Black Snake.
"This is Tang's pet?"
Tony Stark suppressed the discomfort in his heart, turned his head, and looked at Frank. "It seems your Boss is very fond of these strange creatures. It appears the rumors online about your Tang Group smuggling rare animals are not groundless!"
Frank heard Tony Stark's sarcasm and responded calmly, "If I remember correctly, there have also been widespread rumors online recently that Stark Industries intends to re-enter the Arms Market. I presume Mr. Stark doesn't have such an idea?!"
Tony Stark frowned slightly and didn't bother with Frank anymore.
Currently, Stark Industries has a strategic cooperation relationship with Tang Group in the energy sector. The two parties have jointly monopolized more than half of the Western world's clean energy.
Therefore, in this wave of public opinion attacks, not only was the Tang Group slandered, but Stark Industries and Oscorp were also not spared.
Oscorp's alleged human experimentation incident from years ago was brought up again, while Stark Industries was smeared with the claim that it intended to re-enter the military industry and return to the Arms Market.
Tony's feelings towards Tang Song were subtle. He vaguely sensed that many things that had happened in recent years, including the State Guest House Terrorist Attack Incident, the death of Nick Fury, and even the recent Giant Snake Attack on Tokyo Incident, had the shadow of the Tang Group behind them.
The reason he had been working hard to develop an anti-Tang Song suit was that he felt Tang Song was the mastermind behind many incidents.
After the Tokyo Snake Disaster, he used J.A.R.V.I.S. to secretly investigate the Tang Group.
Tony discovered that in recent years, the Tang Group under Tang Song's control had been using charity to launder its image.
In two years, the funds Tang Song had donated amounted to ten digits, dedicated to education-based poverty alleviation and medical services in poor countries, and addressing food issues in some poor countries in East Africa.
The United Nations even nominated him as a World Peace Ambassador last year.
If this could still be considered putting on a show, Tony Stark's investigation found that since Tang Song took control of the Federal Underworld, the murder rate within the Federation territory had dropped by eighty percent.
Industries like human trafficking and organ smuggling were subjected to violent crackdowns.
Between black market pillar industries such as smuggling, money laundering, counterfeit money, drugs, theft, robbery, hitmen, etc., the vicious competition and violent incidents caused by vying for business in previous years had decreased by seventy percent.
Yes, in some places, even some Thugs collecting protection money had become much gentler. After robbing your wallet, they wouldn't casually shoot you anymore.
Conversely, the crime clearance rate announced by the Police Station had been rising year after year.
This was naturally not due to an improvement in the quality of the Federal Police and State Police who only knew how to shrink in their police cars eating hamburgers and french fries.
Tony Stark had once hacked into a Police Station in a Los Angeles Street Block and retrieved the surveillance footage from that station.
He found that when the Police Station received a troublesome complaint or was pressured by the City Government for a higher crime clearance rate, they didn't need to waste a large amount of police force; a single phone call would bring a Street Block manager to resolve the issue.
Clearly, the Underworld, driven by certain forces, had formed a certain unspoken order. This order was like a giant spiderweb, gradually enveloping the entire Federal Underworld.
Compared to the chaotic and disorderly Underworld of the past, Tony Stark couldn't say whether this change was good or bad, but it was clear that this change was inseparable from the former Emperor of the Underworld, Tang Song, and his Tang Group.
During this period of investigation, Tony Stark had acquired a lot of criminal evidence against the Tang Group.
Smuggling, government-business collusion, malicious stock manipulation, and even the secret accounts the Tang Group opened for those High-Level Political Figures in the Swiss Bank.
However, this evidence was clearly not what Tony wanted. In any country, when a large interest group rises, as a certain Wang-surnamed real estate developer said, some tea money must be given.
Any large corporate group in the world, including his Stark Industries, if thoroughly investigated, would not have a clean record.
Based on what Tony Stark himself knew, when contracting Federal arms orders in the past, Stark Industries' Public Relations Department spent as much as eight digits in money annually, not including some small gifts.
What he had found was simply not enough to bring down the Tang Group. Tony Stark was looking for evidence linking the Tang Group to the several major terrorist attack incidents of recent years.
Although he was only guessing, by carefully studying the beneficiaries after these incidents erupted, he could see Tang Song's figure among them.
After the State Guest House Terrorist Attack Incident, former President Francis Underwood successfully rose to power.
Tang Song's Bodyguard named Kane, under military control by the President, leaped to become the Director of the Secret Service, although it was only for a short three months.
But it was during Francis Underwood's term that the Tang Group not only received large orders from the Federal Military but also took advantage of the chaos caused by the deaths of the Heads of several consortiums during the State Guest House attack to expand aggressively.
Tang Song himself even became a Federal Congressman.
He had originally planned to thoroughly investigate this former President, taking advantage of Francis Underwood's failure to be re-elected in this presidential election.
However, an inexplicable plane crash incident caused this former President and forty-seven passengers on a Boeing Aircraft to disappear without a trace.
His investigation had reached a stalemate.
