"United Construction? A shell company?" Luca repeated the keywords Samira had said.
"Yes, this company called United Construction recently partnered with the city government to oversee the post-disaster reconstruction work in the Hell's Kitchen area."
"However… according to the private investigator's findings, this company was actually only established less than a year ago. It had never even had any real estate business before."
"So he suspects that someone is merely using the name of this shell company to obtain building permits through bribing officials."
Luca, sitting in the back seat, frowned upon hearing this, remaining silent.
If the name 'United Construction' only made him feel somewhat familiar, then adding 'Hell's Kitchen' made it hard not to associate it with a certain well-known villain, a workaholic said to be 90% muscle.
The Kingpin, the underground emperor of New York.
Well, in fact, today's Kingpin might not yet be so infamous.
Regardless of the underground gangs, at least among the public charitable entrepreneurs, there hasn't yet appeared a 'benevolent' big man named Wilson Fisk.
According to the timeline in the MCU, the current Kingpin probably hasn't started to go legitimate, and his gang forces haven't expanded to their peak.
As for whether he successfully laundered his money through the real estate business after this Battle of New York, Luca had no way of knowing.
'But why would that Kingpin suddenly target me?'
However, as soon as this thought appeared in his mind, Luca shook his head helplessly.
His current situation was undoubtedly like 'a child carrying gold through a bustling market,' innocent but guilty because of his treasure.
A large company and various assets, but his father was dead, his mother was in a coma, he hadn't truly inherited the estate yet, and he had no usable resources at hand.
Anyone with a slight malicious intent might really act on it, let alone an unscrupulous villain like Kingpin?
Luca still had to thank the two other minor shareholders who died in the Battle of New York, which delayed the progress of others making a move, as the company's board of directors hadn't yet caused trouble for him.
'Hmm, I can't immediately lock onto a target. Based on the existing information, it's not necessarily Kingpin acting behind the scenes. I still need to find my cheap uncle before making a decision.'
After all, based on the current information, everything was just Luca's speculation.
If he really got the target wrong and unnecessarily provoked a troublesome person like Kingpin, it would be a net loss for Luca.
Even if he used his 'ultimate move' to call Iron Man to descend like a divine soldier, without actual evidence, Iron Man couldn't just drive his Mark Armor to kill Kingpin, or constantly stay by his side for protection.
Ultimately, he could only rely on himself.
"Samira Auntie, this private investigator seems quite good. He was able to get so much information in such a short time. Have him quickly help investigate where Dragan is. We can pay more!"
"Understood."
The journey was silent.
Not long after, Luca and Samira returned home.
After a simple dinner, Luca rushed into the underground laboratory.
The 3D-printed White armor was now completely finished. Luca first carefully inspected it, then polished the rougher parts, and only then, satisfied, called White over to put on each piece of the armor for testing.
"Hmm, looks pretty good? Later, I can spray you gold and red, and you can pretend to be Iron Man~"
White, wearing a full suit of armor, stood blankly in place, his eye cameras blinking, looking completely unheroic.
"This doesn't seem to help with medical care?" (●—●)
"Do you remember what I said?"
"The best medical care is to prevent all possible dangers before the patient gets injured?" (●—●)
"Exactly, now your ability to prevent danger is stronger~"
Saying this, Luca also patted White's much more solid new armor.
'What a pity, the arm materials haven't arrived yet, otherwise, if they were synthesized together, once the tactical team Samira mentioned arrives tomorrow, I can go look for new core components.'
Currently, whether it was finding the mastermind or tracing Dragan's whereabouts, Luca himself couldn't intervene and could only leave it to his subordinates.
All he could do was passively wait while expanding his own tools.
'If I had the Tracking Glasses when I saw Dragan at the funeral, I wouldn't have to worry so much now.'
Just as Luca was thinking this, there was a sudden urgent knocking sound from the underground entrance staircase door.
"Master Luca! Are you in there?"
Hearing Samira's slightly anxious call, Luca, though somewhat puzzled, pressed the button next to the computer desk, opening the laboratory door directly.
"Come in."
Samira immediately pushed the door open upon hearing him. Luca then noticed that she had a pistol ready in her hand.
"Master, it seems there are intruders outside the Villa!"
Just a moment ago, Samira was on the third floor of the Villa, talking to the Orange Family family's family fund, preparing to schedule a time to discuss Luca allocating some funds to hire people to develop targeted drugs.
However, from the open window on the third floor, she noticed two suspicious-looking vans in the distance rapidly approaching the Villa's location.
It was important to note that the Orange Family family's seaside Villa in Connecticut was located in a relatively secluded area, originally intended for vacation use.
Most of the time, it was empty, left to a professional Villa management company for regular cleaning, and most of the surrounding Villas were in similar situations.
To Samira's knowledge, the owners of the few neighboring houses relatively close to the Orange Family family's Villa had not been in residence recently.
The moment those two vans with clear destinations appeared, they immediately caught her attention.
When Samira saw the vans stop far off in an open space and over a dozen people pour out.
Even though it was already night and too far to clearly see if those people were carrying weapons, Samira still made her judgment in an instant.
They were coming for Master Luca. The reason they didn't stop closer was simply to prevent the sound of a nearby car from attracting attention inside the house.
Facing this situation, Samira naturally grabbed her gun and rushed downstairs to find Luca first.
However, upon hearing Samira say there were intruders, Luca himself became less nervous. He simply reached out and quickly clicked several times on the desktop.
The previously bare wall next to him immediately slid sideways, revealing an entire rack of various models of firearms.
Luca shrugged slightly and gestured with a raised hand.
"Try not to use the ones on the right; those don't have carrying permits."
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