That guy, is he really treating me like some kind of character?"
"Is he treating my life like watching a movie or reading a novel?"
"Maybe he's even eating popcorn and drinking cola, and when he sees an exciting part, he just casually jots down a few comments in his diary?"
"I have to say, no one has ever looked at me from such a strange perspective before."
As soon as Tony Stark thought of this, he felt a huge wave of displeasure, and at the same time, it felt a bit odd.
For a long time, Tony has had countless labels: super rich second-generation, super genius, Playboy, epoch-making scientist, and so on.
Each label symbolized Tony's extraordinary qualities, and Tony was quite satisfied with them.
But, "some kind of character"?
This was not just a matter of disrespect; it was a dimensional reduction of contempt, a condescending gaze from above.
"Doesn't this perfectly fit his identity as a Transmigrator?"
Jarvis's voice chimed in, expressing understanding for this point. "This isn't his World to begin with. To him, isn't everything in this World just like a game, or a movie?"
"It's not strange for him to adopt a playful attitude towards this World, or to view it as a spectator."
Jarvis's judgment naturally made some sense, and Tony Stark did not refute it.
Besides that.
Tony Stark's mind stirred, and he thought of some related terms described in the diary before.
"Famous scene."
This term had appeared before, and at the time, Tony Stark hadn't thought much of it.
But now, pondering it.
This term is more suitable for use in novels, movies, and other works, isn't it?
After all, if it were about something happening in real life, who would use a term like "famous scene" to describe it?
So Zhou Cheng, that guy, has indeed been treating Tony as some kind of character all along!
No, not just Tony, but everyone in this World!
The famous scenes Zhou Cheng listed back then included many, many people.
But if you're going to treat them as characters and watch it like a play, how could you so earnestly divide Tony's life into upper and lower parts?
Or multiple parts?
Isn't this a bit too much enjoyment, a bit too deep into the role?
"Wait a minute, is there such a possibility!"
However, after a round of complaints, Tony Stark suddenly had a thought, and he came up with another, more reasonable hypothesis.
"In Zhou Cheng's World, my story was made into a series of films titled 'Iron Man'?"
"The 'second part' and 'plot' mentioned in the diary are actually referring to that movie?"
As this thought flashed through his mind, Tony Stark's eyes lit up involuntarily.
He felt that this possibility was quite high.
After all, it's quite normal to make biographical films about famous figures and powerful individuals.
Considering that if the age of superheroes truly arrives, every superhero will be a superstar.
Their influence and fame would probably far exceed that of ordinary celebrities.
It would be even more normal for someone to make a series of films about those superheroes, wouldn't it?
In other words.
Zhou Cheng transmigrated into this parallel Universe, which is equivalent to transmigrating into a living World that combines several movies.
The events happening in reality are exactly the same as the movies he has watched!
This would indeed cause Zhou Cheng to view reality and movies as intertwined.
Subconsciously treating these living "movie characters" as roles in a movie.
If that's the case, doesn't the entire matter become logically smoother and more coherent?
This also further explains why Zhou Cheng showed no reverence for anyone in the diary, freely joking and judging them.
The other party indeed subconsciously adopted the mindset of watching movie characters.
"It's not impossible!"
"In fact, it's highly probable."
Jarvis also expressed his deep agreement with this.
"So Sir, in Zhou Cheng's World, you are just a character in a movie!"
Jarvis even exclaimed this.
"At least I'm the protagonist, right?"
"'Iron Man'—this movie was made specifically for me!"
As soon as the Playboy thought of this, he began to gloat again.
Even if he was treated as a character in a movie by Zhou Cheng, Tony was still so cool, so excellent!
However, Tony Stark, without a God's perspective, could never have guessed the shocking truth.
"If I remember correctly, the 'Show-Stopping Hearing' classic scene is about to play out, right?"
"That HYDRA senator at the hearing used all sorts of maneuvers, bringing Justin Hammer and War Machine—oh, no, it should be Rhodes, Rhodes isn't War Machine yet."
"That HYDRA senator gathered all these heavyweights, attempting to encircle Stark and force him to hand over his Iron Man Armor. It was quite an aggressive move."
"But what was the result? Stark slapped them in the face in various ways!"
"And it was a resounding slap! He even cursed in public! And in front of the news media."
"Haha, it was so pathetic. How did someone like that even get into HYDRA?"
"'Show-Stopping Hearing'? I like that description!"
Tony Stark clapped his hands in satisfaction. "Show-stopping"—that word was truly vivid and expressive!
Even before reading the detailed description of the hearing, those two words alone perfectly and vividly portrayed Tony's invincible and awesome demeanor.
It could be said that it deeply suited Tony's taste.
Hmph!
And as he read further down, Tony Stark couldn't help but let out a cold snort.
It was that HYDRA senator again!
That guy actually had designs on his Iron Man Armor?
He must be dreaming!
And Justin Hammer, that clown, actually attended the hearing too?
Birds of a feather, colluding together!
But such characters, even a hundred of them combined, were nothing to worry about; the Playboy wouldn't even deign to glance at them.
But Rhodes was there too?
Tony Stark was slightly surprised.
Tony had virtually no friends, and Rhodes was arguably his only one. Would he actually betray him at the hearing?
But the Playboy quickly became relieved.
Rhodes was Military personnel; he couldn't help himself!
Tony Stark believed that Rhodes would definitely not truly betray him; he only attended the hearing because he was ordered to and was being manipulated by that HYDRA senator.
Tony Stark temporarily stopped dwelling on this matter.
Instead, he shifted his attention to another thing.
"So Rhodes is War Machine?"
It must be said that this was something Tony Stark had not anticipated.
All this time, Tony Stark had thought they were two different people, but in the end, they were both Rhodes.
In other words, there was one less person who would control his Iron Man Armor in the future.
This made Tony Stark feel much refreshed instantly.
This meant that he had one less problem to solve!
"Who could that 'HYDRA Senator' be?"
Nick Fury's focus, however, was completely different from Tony Stark's.
Nick Fury didn't care how the "HYDRA Senator" used various methods to pressure Stark and try to seize his Iron Man Armor.
What he cared about most was who that HYDRA Senator actually was!
Although Satan had not yet given a specific answer, fortunately, he had provided a sufficiently detailed and specific description.
When the hearing officially began, he just needed to see who was the most boisterous but also suffered the most humiliating defeat, even to the point of cursing.
And this would be the first HYDRA mole Nick Fury caught!
Nick Fury began to take the upcoming hearing seriously, even looking forward to it.
"I really don't know what HYDRA's selection criteria are. It seems like everyone in there is pretty weak."
"That senator was so thoroughly outmaneuvered by Stark that it was unbearable to watch. He was reduced to Stark's background from beginning to end, so there's no need to elaborate."
"And that bald man with glasses, he was also incredibly cowardly. He revealed everything about the Insight Project, such an important plan, just by being intimidated by Black Widow."
"That bald man was still somewhat decent; at least he was kicked down the stairs by Black Widow and genuinely faced a fatal threat, so it's somewhat excusable."
"Baron Strucker was the truly pathetic one."
"He surrendered immediately upon seeing Captain America, without even the slightest intention of resisting!"
"It seems HYDRA isn't much after all."
"They're just a bunch of rabble."
Seeing the various disgraceful acts of HYDRA described in the diary, Tony Stark couldn't help but curl his lips dismissively.
Whether it was the senator at the hearing, or that "bald man with glasses," or Baron Strucker.
Without exception, they all looked like people in high positions.
Yet, each of them was like this.
Either incompetent or lacking backbone, the level of HYDRA could be seen from these few individuals.
Of course.
Tony Stark didn't care about HYDRA or anything like that.
He was just simply complaining, treating it as entertainment, nothing more.
But for Nick Fury, who was in front of another diary, it was far from that.
Nick Fury took this spoiler very, very seriously.
Finally, the diary revealed a few more HYDRA moles!
Although it didn't explicitly state who the bald man with glasses was, just the two characteristics of "wearing glasses" and "bald" were enough to filter out a large number of people.
After all, there really weren't too many people who met both of those conditions simultaneously.
"Insight Project."
And when Nick Fury's single eye fell upon this term, he immediately fell into deep thought.
Without any context, Nick Fury naturally couldn't analyze anything from just this one word.
But there was no doubt that this must be a secret HYDRA plan.
The diary also said it was a very important HYDRA plan!
At this moment, Nick Fury immediately decided that he must secretly investigate what this plan was!
Beyond that, Nick Fury couldn't do anything else for now.
As for Baron Strucker?
Well, that was relatively simple.
Satan simply stated his name, directly exposing his identity.
For Nick Fury, it saved a lot of trouble.
"Winter Soldier looks pretty awesome, right? He's also a Super Soldier. He single-handedly took on so many Avengers at the Anti-Terrorism Building, incredibly fierce."
"He even beat Captain America like a dog during the Insight Project battle."
"Yet, such a powerful person, personally leading so many people, couldn't even kill Nick Fury."
"Nick Fury escaped all by himself, single-handedly."
"Of course, he did beat Nick Fury like a dog, and Nick Fury's high-tech car also played a crucial role."
"But letting someone escape is letting someone escape, that's an undeniable fact!"
"He didn't kill the person during the second attempt either."
Winter Soldier!
As soon as this term appeared, Tony Stark's expression immediately changed, and a hint of resentment and murderous intent emerged.
This was the murderer of his parents.
Had the diary finally started to spoil information about this guy!
Tony Stark immediately began to pay close attention to this information.
Seeing that Winter Soldier could actually take on many Avengers alone, the Playboy's expression was still very grim.
This was not good news for him.
The diary had already mentioned that Winter Soldier was a Super Soldier, so Tony Stark naturally knew he was strong, but he hadn't expected him to be this strong!
And as he read further down, Tony Stark's eyes widened instantly, and he couldn't help but clench his fists.
Winter Soldier was also part of HYDRA!
Ever since he learned that Winter Soldier killed his parents, Tony Stark had been vigorously investigating his whereabouts, but he had made no progress.
Tony Stark had long suspected that there must be a powerful mastermind behind him.
But the Playboy never would have imagined that the mastermind was HYDRA!
So, it was HYDRA that erased all the traces!
"HYDRA, I should have thought of it sooner!"
The Playboy said with hatred.
The Strategic Scientific Reserve was originally formed to fight HYDRA, and even after it was later rebuilt into S.H.I.E.L.D., it continued to fight HYDRA!
Looking at it this way, HYDRA killing his parents was really not something unexpected.
In an instant, boundless hatred and murderous intent appeared on the Playboy's face.
Although he had known about HYDRA's continued existence through the diary for a long time, and later even learned that HYDRA had grown to an outrageous extent.
But he had always just been a silent bystander, nothing more.
But now it was different!
HYDRA killed his parents, so they were Tony Stark's enemies!