NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 20 - Obadiah took the bait
Chapter 20: Obadiah took the bait
In fact, Lu Yuan cheated. He obviously had the advantage of knowing the plot beforehand, and then he used some plausible words to trick Obadiah.
If someone asked, was there really any evidence?
There was no evidence unless the boss of those people in the desert was caught, and he confessed.
However, his words were not without reason. Obadiah knew that he was the one who led the traps and attacks.
In this way, the guilty person took the bait.
Obadiah did not have the confidence to believe that Lu Yuan and Tony already knew something and wanted to deal with him.
This drawing was evidence. Once Tony really developed a new concept, a new Era of weapons, or even a new energy source, he would definitely have the right to expel himself from the board.
Then Tony would have countless opportunities and time to slowly investigate Obadiah’s trivial matters in the company.
That’s why Obadiah had no choice.
“How can I trust you?” Obadiah asked Lu Yuan. Why should he trust Tony’s bodyguard?
Lu Yuan pointed at the blueprint on the table. “Brother, I’ve already brought you this thing from Tony. What do you think?”
“But there’s nothing about the core in it,” Obadiah sneered. He had seen it before. The blueprint of this armor was easy to understand, but how to drive it?
It couldn’t be with gasoline, right?
The reason why he believed Lu Yuan’s nonsense was because he needed a new source of energy to activate the armor. The old sources of energy were not enough.
Battery? What kind of battery would that be?
Fuel? It was even more impossible.
That was why Obadiah knew that Lu Yuan was hiding something, and it was the most crucial secret.
He would only believe Lu Yuan’s words and take action after obtaining that secret.
He was a cunning old fox, after all.
Unexpectedly, Lu Yuan really didn’t hide anything and told him that core secret.
“It’s very simple. You just need to research and shrink that big thing you have downstairs. The energy of that ark reactor is enough to drive this armor. I can even tell you that this armor is only the most basic version, and you can continue to develop it. For example, you can increase the armor thickness and power. You can even install the most advanced weapons and so on.” Lu Yuan did not hide anything.
However, what he did tell him was just the original design of Iron Monger.
Obadiah, who was supposed to be the designer of Iron Monger, could not help but nod in agreement upon hearing Lu Yuan’s suggestion.
But when it came to the ark reactor, Obadiah hesitated.
“Are you sure that damn thing can really be used?” Obadiah showed a hesitant expression. “That thing was made by Howard thirty years ago. It’s been thirty years since it was left there. Now it’s only used as an exhibition.”
Obadiah was right. That large-scale Ark reactor had always been used as an exhibition. The public was told that not only were we weapons merchants; we were also developing other technologies.
But in fact, there had been no research and development based on the Ark Reactor for 30 years.
However, Lu Yuan suddenly brought news that the Ark reactor was a new energy source in the new era that could drive steel armor.
“You are really holding a golden rice bowl to beg for food,” Lu Yuan felt speechless.
From a more advanced point of view, once a new energy system was developed around the Ark reactor, it would be able to overwhelm the entire world’s energy system. They might even be able to control the global energy system.
This was more profitable than selling anything else.
Did he want to sell it as a weapon? How stupid.
However, Lu Yuan didn’t want to use the knowledge he had gained on Krypton to change Earth. He didn’t want to become a pioneer.
“Are you sure I can beat Tony with this?” Obadiah questioned him once again and finally revealed that he actually had the ambition to beat Tony.
Lu Yuan shrugged. It was a pity that he did not bring a recorder. Otherwise, he really wanted Tony to hear it.
However, it didn’t matter even if he didn’t have a recorder.
“Tony is a genius, and he is also improving his armor. That’s why I can tell you that as long as you build an armor that’s stronger than his, won’t you be able to win?” Lu Yuan was insincere and he wanted to take Obadiah to the ditch.
If it was just strength and tonnage that could determine the outcome of the battle, why would Tony need to create a more advanced version? Wouldn’t it be better to just directly develop a large armor that was dozens of meters tall?
On the contrary, the bigger armor will be bulkier.
What was the point of having heavy armor if it couldn’t even touch the enemy?
Lu Yuan did this on purpose. Iron Monger was destined to be a failure, and he was trying to lead Obadiah in the direction of Iron Monger.
“I’m leaving.” Seeing that he had finished speaking, Lu Yuan stood up to leave.
Obadiah watched Lu Yuan’s departing figure with a little hesitation in his heart.
Suddenly, Lu Yuan stopped. He did not forget to remind Obadiah when he opened the door, “By the way, my salary card has been made. Don’t forget to pay.”
Obadiah’s heart suddenly dropped in half.
It was said that people died for money and birds died for food. Lu Yuan’s greed for money was vividly displayed. If he sold Tony for money, it was not unbelievable.
The most important thing was that Lu Yuan had indeed brought him the new weapon that Tony was researching and the news that he was suspecting him.
If Lu Yuan was Tony’s man, he shouldn’t have done these things. Instead, he should have secretly investigated himself and even stolen information from his computer.
However, Lu Yuan did not do something like this. Instead, he was like a true traitor who had stolen something important and came to him in exchange for a sufficient reward.
Obadiah had seen too many similar things, so he didn’t feel suspicious.
The next thing he needed to do was to think about how to be the first one to create this new era before Tony.
“Tony, you won’t be able to survive this time,” Obadiah said with a smug expression.
On the other hand, Lu Yuan, who left the Stark tower, had a dark smirk.
All of his words were true because he knew the plot.
However, Lu Yuan could not deny that he could not provide any evidence.
Therefore, he needed Obadiah to act. He could only prove that Obadiah was the villain if he acted.
Obadiah’s vision was not high enough. What he did not understand was that although Lu Yuan was indeed on Tony’s side, he did not mind helping Obadiah develop Iron Monger.
Even if Obadiah could take the initiative to jump out of the water, so what? It wouldn’t be a big deal at all.
Moreover, Obadiah would never have thought that Lu Yuan had asked Tony to personally print out the blueprint before handing it over to him.
He would not understand it even if he died.