The conversation with the King of Wakanda had basically achieved its purpose.
There was actually another reason why Harry was not afraid of T'Chaka; this King had killed his brother, N'Jobu, decades ago for helping outsiders steal Vibranium.
This matter itself was not a problem; after all, T'Chaka was the King. From his perspective, and from Wakanda's perspective, N'Jobu was ultimately just a guy who colluded with outsiders to steal national assets.
The problem lay in Wakanda's values, succession methods, and the fact that T'Chaka had not cleaned up his mess.
First, although Wakanda was a monarchy, it still strongly frowned upon fratricide, so T'Chaka could not expose this matter, otherwise it would affect how the various tribes viewed him.
Their view of him would naturally also affect their view of his son and his nephew, Eric.
Why this view was important was reflected in the succession of the Black Panther throne—as royal blood, Eric had the right of inheritance. Theoretically, for T'Challa to inherit the position of Black Panther, he had to overcome Eric.
And as for Eric, T'Chaka had not killed him, nor had he taken him away; instead, he had left him in the United States to grow up as an orphan.
For a feudal monarchy, a King killing his kin but leaving a nephew with inheritance rights abroad was a fatal issue, but T'Chaka had selectively ignored it.
T'Chaka, of course, would not bring this up with Harry, and Harry would not remind him.
The information on this wandering prince had always been in Harry's hands—after retiring from the U.S. military, he joined the CIA, and then entered Hammer following the CIA's reorganization.
Last month, he was sent back to the country to do community work due to psychological issues and was now working in the Harlem District.
As long as T'Chaka showed even a hint of non-cooperation, Harry would not mind helping this little prince return home for revenge.
Fortunately, he was very cooperative, and his attitude was considered friendly, so Harry did not have to stage a story of a down-and-out prince seeking revenge for the time being.
Since that was the case, he also had to give King T'Chaka a small gift.
"Your Majesty, speaking of which, you might be interested in the channel through which I purchased Vibranium a few years ago—"
Near the end of the conversation, Harry sold a piece of intelligence to T'Chaka.
His Vibranium was bought from a man named Ulysses Klaue. This guy had stolen a full two hundred and fifty kilograms of Vibranium with Prince N'Jobu decades ago and sold it through various channels to buyers like Stark and Osborn.
Most of this Vibranium was originally going to be sold to Ultron, but since there was no Ultron now, he had not sold it all yet.
Seeing this person, T'Chaka's fists clenched, and his impression of Harry improved a lot.
"This man once committed serious crimes in our country. Thank you for your information, Mr. Osborn."
As he spoke, T'Chaka took out their communicator in front of Harry. It was a small, circular bead, and the projected hologram was more advanced than the technology Harry was currently using, with very vivid colors.
Harry pretended not to see it.
After communicating, T'Chaka said: "Mr. Osborn, Klaue stole a lot of Vibranium from our country decades ago. If this Vibranium is transported back to the country, it will likely cause disputes again. I hope you can dispose of these things."
Harry was stunned for a moment; this was an unexpected joy—Klaue had at least over a hundred kilograms of Vibranium on hand!
The point was not the money; the point was that you simply could not find this much of this stuff anywhere else!
"Of course—thank you for your generosity, Your Majesty."
Harry sincerely bowed slightly, expressing his thanks, "If your country discovers more Vibranium, I hope you will prioritize Osborn as a buyer."
"If there is any—of course."
The conversation ended, and both sides were satisfied with the result.
T'Chaka received Harry's promise to aid compatriots abroad, while also gaining an ally he could talk to, without exposing Wakanda.
Harry gained Wakanda's goodwill—this was genuine goodwill. Wakanda's technology and Vibranium were both very useful. Once the trade gate was opened, it would not take long to catch up to Wakanda's technological level.
At that time, whether to sell Vibranium or share resources would no longer be up to them.
The two walked out of the restaurant side by side in a friendly manner, shook hands before leaving, and T'Challa, who was guarding outside the door, was stunned:
His father had taken out the Wakandan communication device as if no one was around and started contacting the Wakandan Royal Guard—right in front of Harry Osborn.
What about not exposing themselves?
Seeing him like this, Harry did not explain, just smiled friendly and left the place.
Returning to his plane, Harry walked into a capsule—this body was just a prosthetic body.
The real Harry was over the Antarctic.
It had not appeared in the original work, but Harry knew there was more than one type of Vibranium.
The properties of Wakandan Vibranium were fascinating: the elements that made up Vibranium did not exist on the periodic table, but it was extremely stable. Electrons did not move, meaning that in terms of atomic structure, it did not have the conditions to conduct energy.
However, the Wakandan Vibranium composed of these atoms would store energy between chemical bonds in some way. The more energy it absorbed, the more stable the Vibranium became, making it one of the most durable metals in the Marvel Universe.
In addition to making weapons and equipment, Wakandan Vibranium could also be used as a mutagenic catalyst to cause mutations in animals and plants. The Heart-Shaped Herb consumed by the Black Panther was born under this effect.
There was another type of Vibranium whose properties were completely opposite to Wakandan Vibranium. Certain unknown high-energy rays in the Universe changed the atomic structure of Vibranium, enabling it to destroy the chemical bonds of any surrounding metal and liquefy it.
And the place where this type of Vibranium was first discovered was in the Antarctic.
It had not appeared in the original movie, but theoretically, since Wakandan Vibranium was also brought by a meteorite, this meteorite's twin should also be here.
In fact, Vibranium did not first appear in Marvel works related to Wakanda. The first Vibranium to appear was not Wakandan Vibranium, but this Antarctic Vibranium, or anti-vibranium.
A man named Robert Plunder—his ancestor discovered this kind of Vibranium in the Antarctic, and with just a light tap of a Hammer, this substance destroyed his entire laboratory.
The researchers were horrified and, believing this thing was too dangerous, sealed it away.
As for where it was sealed, Harry did not know, but the United States had explored the Antarctic quite a bit. Relying on Norman's presidential authority, Harry could see many dusty past events:
In early 1939, the United States government launched an Antarctic exploration project and specifically designed an Antarctic snow cruiser for it—codenamed Penguin.
However, in the end, this project proved that the Penguin was useless. Due to design problems, the vehicle's forward movement in the Antarctic snow caused the front wheels to sink into the snow, making it unable to move forward and could only be driven in reverse.
Besides that, there was another serious problem: the engine often stalled.
Finally, in 1940, the vehicle was buried in the heavy snow and eventually used as a research station.
Then, because World War II became more intense, the Antarctic research program was canceled.
Now that the President was Norman, Harry saw something unusual in the top-secret records about this project:
In the Antarctic research program, the trail of a team had been buried by officials—they had gone further and more smoothly, yet one day, officials suddenly lost all information and traces of them.
This convinced Harry that there must be something here, most likely the as-yet-undiscovered Antarctic Vibranium.
The transport plane hovered in the air, and Harry stood on the Flyer and flew downward.
The properties of anti-vibranium were too unique, and Harry did not want people to know he had this stuff.
The Antarctic plateau was quite cold, but Harry still found a geologically anomalous area; it was an abrupt basin.
Due to the properties of anti-vibranium, this kind of thing was easy to identify.
A metal rod popped out from the Flyer under his feet, and Harry threw it toward the basin.
The metal rod broke through the biting cold wind and shot straight toward the pit, but just as it was about to land, it twisted as if it had softened, smashing a small hole in the snow layer.
This was it.
The cold wind was biting, and the huge transport ship hovered a few hundred meters above Harry's head. Drones blocked the entire area, laying an optical stealth layer over the collection point while monitoring below.
"Now it's time to use some high-power mining equipment."
The bottom of the transport ship slowly opened, and a pitch-black muzzle appeared under the transport ship.
Harry's exclusive transport ship did not need that many seats, so most of the entire ship was actually power lines and energy cores, used to carry a high-energy-consuming laser weapon.
"Fire."
The snow layer was instantly penetrated by the red laser. Soon, the thick snow layer began to collapse inward, and thick water vapor filled the air, making it almost impossible to see the situation near the laser.
The humidity of the entire area slowly rose, and a layer of frost formed on these drones and the transport ship.
Soon the laser shone on something outside the ice and snow. The low-flying drones suddenly lost control, liquefied metal dripped from the surface, and together with the empty drones, they smashed toward the ground.
Seeing this, the red laser emitter stopped operating.
The thick water vapor dissipated, and Harry saw the situation inside.
It was a colorful metal "lake"—the liquefied metal re-solidified near the meteorite, eventually forming this incredibly smooth super-alloy base. As the red laser reactivated the meteorite, they turned back into liquid.
The temperature of the red laser caused these metals to show signs of vaporization, and in the very center lay a pitch-black meteorite.
That was the Antarctic Vibranium.
A major breakthrough in materials science was right before his eyes.
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