"If... you die, I'll consider that my responsibility..."
After saying this, perhaps sensing Luka's stiffness and discomfort, Tony took another step forward, shaking his shoulder as if to change the subject, and said, "Alright, tell me, how did you manage to bring the plane down, kid?"
"Uh..."
Just as Luka was about to explain with his prepared excuse, Tony suddenly seemed to remember something, leaned in slightly, and whispered, "Wait, I remember you telling me that the compression technology couldn't be miniaturized yet, right?"
"Uh, it just succeeded recently, these past two days."
Hearing Luka's explanation, Tony rolled his eyes, first observing his surroundings, then lowering his voice to say, "Later, I'll find a larger space, and you can release that thing. We'll study it together~"
"I didn't expect you, kid, to have a penchant for cross-dressing?"
"Don't talk nonsense! That was for mission purposes!"
Without needing to guess, he had surely already figured out that the person who stole the Dark Elves' spaceship wreckage was himself.
Fortunately, Tony knew, and Luka found it somewhat acceptable.
Moreover, from the looks of it, Tony was also prepared to help him keep this matter a secret.
However, Luka hadn't expected Tony to figure out the truth in such a short time.
One must know that only a minute or two had passed since this guy was released from the energy cube, and during that time, he had to go through so many complex psychological activities.
Didn't this guy's brilliant mind only work in scientific research?!
After these digressions, the other people on the plane had also successively disembarked. Compared to the ordinary crew members who were still somewhat shaken, the Green Bull and the other bodyguards were clearly in much better condition, quickly walking over to Luka.
"Young Master, what do we do now?"
Hearing this, Luka straightened his clothes, then looked at Tony beside him, and took the initiative to speak, "It's been confirmed, the ones who attacked us just now were HYDRA. I had already contacted Hakimi earlier; there's chaos in New York now, and Captain and the others are all out of contact."
"Moreover, S.H.I.E.L.D. has been lurking within HYDRA all along. Now that they've chosen to expose themselves, S.H.I.E.L.D. branches all over the World are going to be in an uproar!"
"Also, that group of HYDRA seems to have initiated something called Project Insight. I'm afraid S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters has already fallen."
Saying this, Luka briefly described the current chaos in New York, including how all the previously imprisoned interdimensional invaders had escaped.
Of course, Luka did not lie about any of this.
After all, he was a mortal, and it was impossible for him to rapidly dive down when descending from the air earlier. He just took this opportunity to continue contacting Hakimi and learn about the situation in New York.
However, his mention of Project Insight caused Tony to freeze slightly.
"Project Insight? That's HYDRA's plan? How do you know?"
Some time ago, Tony had actually helped Nick Fury design an upgrade plan for the Helicarriers. During the design process, Tony naturally had to hack into the S.H.I.E.L.D. system to see what Nick Fury intended to do with these Helicarriers.
However, Project Insight itself was highly classified, and Tony didn't want to tip them off, so he ultimately only got the name.
Hearing Tony's question, Luka frowned slightly, a pained expression on his face.
"Didn't I tell you earlier that there was a partner in Sokovia who approached me to collaborate on the Orderer Pistol project?"
"That group of people just launched an attack on my properties in Sokovia... Fortunately, I had some backup there, plus the support of some local family connections, which prevented them from succeeding."
"The intelligence related to Project Insight was also obtained from them."
These words were half-truths.
Luka had indeed arranged a fake attack with the HYDRA members in Sokovia, which would both draw a clear line between them and make the environment in Sokovia purer, ostensibly driving out the HYDRA controlling Sokovia.
However, Luka could have originally gained more benefits through HYDRA.
Now that these bastards had directly overturned the table, some subsequent 'cooperation' could only go underground, or even be completely abandoned.
Luka was bound to suffer significant losses.
These bastards have gone from white to black, so how will they continue to supply me with resources in the future?!
So, Luka was truly pained right now...
Then, he vaguely explained the purpose of Project Insight.
Upon hearing this, Tony's expression had become extremely grave.
Not to mention the chaos in various S.H.I.E.L.D. branches; those were S.H.I.E.L.D.'s own internal matters.
Just the sheer number of interdimensional invaders that had escaped in New York, and the Helicarriers in Washington that could take to the skies at any moment, causing massive Carnage.
Between these two fronts, which one should be prioritized?
Furthermore, more importantly...
"How do we leave here now??"
Yes, that was the crux of the matter.
Tony's private jet had crashed, and he hadn't brought his Mark Armor with him.
Luka, on the other hand, had two flying units: Two Haro and Five Haro. (Three Haro's arm was broken and hadn't been repaired yet, and four haro was guarding the Villa at home.)
But, not to mention the many people here, even if it were just Luka and Tony, they couldn't just have the Haro mechs carry them and fly, could they?
How fast could that be?
"First, back to the plane! I need to contact Jarvis!"
Although Tony knew the situation was urgent, whether it was deploying his Armor or checking the situation, he needed to contact his AI butler. He immediately ran back into the cabin through the hole he had come out of earlier.
It was fortunate that Luka had acted in time; the plane itself hadn't sustained too much damage. Although the cabin was a bit messy, all the equipment was relatively intact.
But when Tony connected the device, what he saw was...
New York in chaos, Steve out of contact, Nick Fury out of contact, Maria Hill out of contact.
His Villa by the sea near Washington had been destroyed by missiles.
Luka also received a notification from Hakimi that his own Villa had just intercepted two missiles, but the surface structures were partially destroyed.
It was also fortunate that Luka had previously ordered Hakimi to activate full-spectrum protection, and the underground laboratory had long been repeatedly expanded and reinforced by a large group of Haro 'engineers'.
Not to mention nuclear defense, but at least bomb defense was definitely not a problem.
Although Luka gritted his teeth, he wasn't too worried about the safety of his family.
However, more importantly, what was displayed on the screen in the cabin at that moment was precisely the Triskelion, where the three Helicarriers were about to take off.
"These bastards!"
"We must stop them! Luka, help me!"
"Jarvis! Connect to Stark Industries' satellites! I need all high-power base stations near Washington!"