"I know you're putting Pepper in a difficult position right now." Obadiah came to Tony's wine cabinet in the office with a wine glass.
At this moment, seeing the slightly unnatural look on Pepper's face, Obadiah could already guess why she showed up so early in the morning. But until he was sure his disguise was completely exposed, Obadiah maintained his hypocritical face, maintaining his gentlemanly demeanor in every move.
But what he didn't know was that beneath his proper manners, the pair of greedy and cruel eyes that could not be concealed had completely betrayed his heart.
While adjusting herself, Pepper put on a professional smile and observed the download progress of the data with her peripheral vision.
"Tony always has good things, doesn't he?" At this time, Obadiah took a bottle of Tony's treasured wine from the wine cabinet and poured himself a glass. Pepper seized this opportunity and took advantage of the other party's attention to cover the password chip on the computer desk with the newspaper on the host computer. Then he turned on the screen saver and hid the transmission picture on the desktop.
When Obadiah filled his glass with wine and came to the desk, he saw Pepper staring at the computer screensaver without taking any action, so he could only continue his disguise.
"You have no idea how happy I was when Tony came home, it was like I had brought him back to life!
But now I realize that Tony never really came back, did he? He left a part of himself in that cave, and that makes me sad."
Pepper looked nervously at Obadiah, who was sitting so close to her. "Well... he is indeed a very complicated person."
As if she felt that she was too nervous, Pepper paused, gave a stiff smile and continued, "He's been through a lot of danger, but I believe he'll be fine."
Obadiah took a sip of his wine and gave Pepper a meaningful look, "You are such a rare woman. Tony has no idea how lucky he is."
"Thank you for the compliment, but I have to go." Pepper stood up, picked up the newspaper, and took the password chip back into her hand. After saying goodbye to Obadiah briefly, she left the office under his gaze.
Turning the corner, out of Obadiah's sight, Pepper looked at the password chip in her hand, breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly quickened her pace to walk out of the company. Meanwhile, after seeing Pepper disappear, Obadiah immediately turned back to his computer and unlocked the screen saver.
When he saw the "Data Download Completed" prompt on his desktop, he finally confirmed that his secret had been discovered by Pepper. He leaned back in his chair angrily, his eyes becoming increasingly determined and fierce. Now that his disguise had been exposed, he couldn't be blamed for his ruthlessness!
"Ms. Potts, I'm afraid we have an appointment. Have you forgotten our agreement?" Just as Pepper hurried down to the lobby of the office building, she caught the attention of Coulson who was there as scheduled.
Thinking of Coulson's identity as an agent, Pepper realized that she was in danger and went along with it. "No, I haven't forgotten. You can come with me right now! I guarantee that this meeting will be unforgettable for you..."
On the second floor of the lobby, standing in the corridor, Obadiah could only watch Pepper escape and leave. Helplessly, he turned and went to Area 16, which he had secretly built under the Ark Reactor Prototype Exhibition Area.
In District 16, a group of scientists gathered by Obadiah were busy working. Seeing him push the door open with such momentum, the project leader immediately stopped his work and went to greet him.
"Mr. Stan, the task you're asking us to do seems a bit difficult. After research, we all agree that the technology capable of powering this suit of armor does not exist."
"It doesn't exist!?" Obadiah tightly grasped the person in charge with his right arm, pointing at the prototype of the Ark Reactor in front of them and saying excitedly, "Look, this is technology. All I want you to do is shrink it a little."
"Yes sir, we would like to do that, but unfortunately it is simply not possible."
Obadiah, no longer pretending to be himself, lost his usual gentle demeanor. He grabbed the person in charge by the collar and roared angrily, "Tony Stark could have made this in a cave with a pair of scrap metal!"
"Sorry, but we're not Tony Stark."
…
"Is Mark not back yet?"
Tony, who got Pepper's consent to stay at her house last night, was excited all night but finally found out that she didn't have that intention. So he had to return home disappointed. After Pepper left, he drove slowly back to his villa in Malibu Harbour.
"Jarvis, Mark didn't come back all night?"
"…"
Tony didn't get a response from Jarvis, and he was a little confused. He asked again, "Jarvis! Weird, is the system down?"
Still no response, Tony was about to check Jarvis's program when the phone at home rang. Seeing it was Pepper calling, he picked up the phone directly: "Hello, Pepper - um!"
Before he could finish his words, Tony felt as if his brain had lost contact with his body, and he fell uncontrollably onto the sofa.
"Take a deep breath, relax, relax!" A familiar voice sounded behind him, and the gentle tone emanated a shivering chill.
"You remember this thing, right?"
The one who attacked Tony was Obadiah, who came hurriedly from District 16. After confirming that his men had no way to replicate the miniaturized Ark Reactor, he decided to carry out a crazy plan, which was to snatch it from its owner.
After using the same method as he used against the leader of the Ten Rings to make Tony lose his ability to move, he proudly showed Tony the little prop that helped him get everything.
"It's such a shame the government didn't approve its mass production! I still remember the excited look on six-year-old Mark's face when he used this little invention to play a prank on us.
Short-term paralysis is very useful. The oil paint he painted on my face took me a long time to wash off.
You know, Tony, when I put the bounty on you, I was worried I'd lose you, the goose that laid the golden eggs."
Tony, who was temporarily paralyzed on the sofa, widened his eyes in shock when he heard these words and looked at his once most beloved uncle.
But Obadiah just tinkered with the tools in his hands coldly and ruthlessly, extending his claws to the Ark reactor on his chest...
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