Chapter 1866: Made to Measure, and May G.o.d Protect Us
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
When Luke’s trio boarded the plane, they had brought along two big boxes.
The Avengers thought that it was some sort of extra gear, and didn’t think much of it.
Batman never ran out of firepower – this was already the running joke among the Avengers.
Even the tyc.o.o.n, who used to be an arms dealer, couldn’t compare.
Tony still paid attention to style and elegance.
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It had cost more than a billion dollars to make the Hulkbuster armor and its low-orbit satellite delivery system.
Reportedly, a set of Batman’s gear only cost several hundred thousand to several million.
The price of the weapons varied, but most of them hovered above the 10 million mark.
In other words, Batman could switch out Tony’s Hulkbuster for hundreds of external gear. components
Could one Hulkbuster fight dozens of enemies equipped with the Bat gear? Everybody knew the answer.
Thus, they had no choice but to buy equipment from the bigshot.
Points could be obtained by taking commissions and selling special supplies and intelligence; they really couldn’t come up with the money which Tony burned to make the equipment.
Before the Battle of New York, all the equipment Hawkeye used cost less than a million in total – how would he dare use the tyc.o.o.n’s equipment which cost tens of millions?
The Quinjet wasn’t very big.
Everybody heard that it was gear for the three Avengers that had ‘no armor.’ They didn’t say anything, but they all turned their heads to look at the two boxes.
The two big boxes opened to reveal smaller boxes inside, like a prank Christmas present.
After the three smaller boxes were opened, Tony turned around and sent Luke a private message. “Your armor can use nanotech now?”
Luke said, “It’s a semi-finished product; it’s only about 37% done. It just so happens that nothing can easily happen to these three, so I’m testing the gear out.”
Tony: “…You really are Batman.”
Luke said, “Takes one to know one.”
Someone always had to pay a price for technological progress.
It was just that the two of them only chose people who weren’t p.r.o.ne to mishaps, which was already doing society a service.
Besides, the Avengers didn’t lose out. At least, they were smiling happily now.
Hawkeye obtained a high-tech quiver which had a similar satellite delivery system as the Hulkbuster.
However, this quiver didn’t have the same sort of low-orbit, global range of cover.
It could only follow Hawkeye in a range of one kilometer on a mission to deliver all kinds of arrows at any time.
To put it simply, this was a tactical weapons a.r.s.enal.
As for the arrows Hawkeye used, Tony had the basic data, and Luke just provided basic and several experimental models.
The basic types were pretty much the same as what Hawkeye usually used. Once the features of the special models were explained to him, Hawkeye, as a master archer, wouldn’t have any problems using them.
Hawkeye liked the gear a lot. This time, he didn’t have to worry about what type of arrows to carry on him for the mission.
He probably wouldn’t be able to finish using all the basic arrows in the quiver.
As for the experimental arrows with unique properties, he would use them as the situation warranted.
Not only was he a master archer, he was also a master at special combat and tactics.
Using a bow and arrows in special combat and tactics was simply too suitable for him.
Maybe he should earn as many credit points as possible and buy the quiver? Even as he rejoiced, the thought flashed through Hawkeye’s mind: As long as it was comfortable to use, why not? It wasn’t expensive.
The quiver only cost 100 credit points, and came with a freebie of five full sets of arrows.
Each set consisted of 200 ordinary arrows and 20 experimental ones.
Even excluding the ordinary type that Hawkeye could make himself, the 100 experimental arrows alone were worth 100 credit points.
After using up these five sets, he could order more from the bigshot. They were 20 credit points each, and he could choose whatever experimental model he wanted.
This… was simply burning money. Hawkeye couldn’t help but mutter to himself: One credit point could be exchanged for 100,000 dollars! He never thought he would one day be ‘rich.’
Of course, only an idiot would exchange credit points for money.
Only those with credit points would have the ‘friends.h.i.+p’ of the bigshot. Money alone couldn’t buy this ‘friends.h.i.+p.’
Next were three sets of nanotech battle armor.
Only Hawkeye’s head and key parts of his chest and abdomen were protected. Then, a black skeleton-like support frame connected everything together.
It could be described as an exoskeleton suit with a helmet and a breastplate. However, there were two jets on the soles which could provide short-term flight propulsion.
However, the propulsion wasn’t easy to control. One mistake, and he would bite the dust.
Steve’s suit was more or less the same, and had even less protection. After all, he had the s.h.i.+eld.
What was different was that there was a holster on both sides of the leg armor for pulse pistols.
At that moment, Steve was holding two pistols with a baffled look on his face.
Selina explained considerately, “Although they look like toy guns, the shock wave and damage they cause once they’re fired are very suitable for taking down soldiers with minimal defenses. There are only 50 shots in each gun. After they’re used up, you can stick the guns back into the armor, and they’ll be fully recharged in five minutes. If you don’t mind the ha.s.sle, recharging one shot every few seconds works too.”
Steve: …
He had nothing to say.
These guns were specially designed to deal with a large number of amateurs, and the jet propulsion on the armor could significantly increase his combat range.
With the kind of control he had over his body, he could attack targets up to 30 to 50 meters in the air; he wouldn’t have to stand around and watch helplessly from the ground anymore.
He wasn’t used to Tony’s metal hunks of armor; only an exoskeleton like this could maximize his agility.
When it was Dr. Banner’s turn, Selina simply told him, “The jet propulsion on your armor is very strong, and can send you 200 meters to safety in a short period of time. You can choose when to use it.”
Looking at his upper torso, which was pretty much bare of armor, Dr. Banner nodded silently. This design… was really considerate, but also a stab in the heart.
He really didn’t need armor. There was no one on Earth who could kill him.
If things went wrong, he could use the jet propulsion to send himself away from the scene. It was too perfect.
As expected of ‘Safety First’ Batman! The Avengers grumbled inwardly all together.
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With the appearance of the new gear, everybody was finally in the mood to talk.
If they didn’t talk now, their hearts might burst with whatever they were holding in.
Time flew when you were having fun.
As Luke calmly listened to everybody talking idly, they arrived in Seoul.
The Quinjet swiftly approached a gla.s.s building next to the Han River. Steve asked, “Everyone ready?”
Everybody answered in unison.
Steve said, “May G.o.d protect us.”
Luke: …
Everybody jumped out of the back of the plane.
Luke’s trio was the last to exit, but they had already turned invisible by then.
It wouldn’t be good for the Bat Squad to reveal itself too soon and scare Ultron into causing havoc in Seoul.