An hour later.
Led by Pepper Potts, Lake took Tony Stark's private elevator directly to the top floor of the Stark Industries building.
Come in.
The gorgeous projection caught the eye directly, and the photos and detailed information of six people appeared on the projection. These six people with different appearances were the experts hired by Tony Stark at a high salary to perform autopsies.
Dr. Dark, the top autopsy expert from NCIS.
Dr. Temple Spellman, a top anthropology PhD from the Jeffersonian Institution in Washington, DC.
From...
"Who is this?"
"Which one?"
Lake looked at a familiar figure in the projection, frowned, and clicked it directly.
Will Wick!
Male, 35 years old, graduated from MIT with a major in neuroscience, and is the research director of BioNano Industries.
This last name?
Lake looked at the surname and the photo and had a strange feeling. He knew the owner of the photo and also knew the surname, but in his memory, it seemed that this person was not called Will.
Fake identity?
Killers also have professions. At the very least, they need a profession as a cover. After all, if they don't even have a profession, money laundering will be a troublesome thing.
but...
A killer whose cover identity is a neuroscience expert?
This operation is a bit frivolous.
Is this true or false?
Tony Stark looked over and saw the Will Wake that Lake had retrieved. So, after reading it, he looked directly at Lake: "Okay, do you know why I suspect Bucky Barnes is a clone?"
Riker came back to his senses and looked at Tony Stark: "Isn't it because of your intuition?"
Tony Stark said: "Because Stark Industries is also researching this aspect."
Lake: "…"
Tony Stark then had Jarvis retrieve the project Will Wick was working on. He also retrieved information about Bionay Industries, the company he worked for, which Stark privately invested in and controlled. "I acquired this company in 1997 and have been investing in it without reservation. I also hired Will Wick at the same time, with a high salary."
Lake frowned and looked at Tony: "You also want to resurrect Howard Stark and Maria Stark?"
Tony didn't say anything, but just pulled on the projector with both hands. In an instant, an experimental video was pulled out, and then he clicked play.
In the picture.
It's a laboratory.
A humanoid robot sat in an electric chair with a number on its shoulder, 344.
Not far away, on a dissecting table almost adjacent to the robot on the electric chair, was a dead person lying.
Will Wick is speaking to the camera.
"This person is dead."
"But we were able to read his neural data."
"This is the 344th robot we have created."
"What we have to do is…"
"Transplant this person's biological brain into the robot's brain!"
"…"
Immediately following.
The experiment begins.
When the robot started to ask where I was, and then described my hands and legs, it immediately committed suicide.
The experiment failed.
The video went out immediately.
Lake exclaimed, "Wow!" As expected, rich people's toys are more wild, more imaginative, and more creative.
Hey, Lao Mo, are you watching from hell?
If you let this group of people mess around in the summer, your hell will be completely empty.
The same thing.
Lake could never understand why the King of Hell in Hell could remain so calm when faced with Zerglings trying to seize his power. If he were Lake, he would have put a technological lock on humans long ago.
besides...
That's what I said.
Stark is extremely rich, and Tony Stark is a top genius. How could he not do anything about the death of his parents?
It is estimated that Howard Stark and Maria Stark's brains are also kept in a secret place, and the brain information is still maintained through technological means.
Tony looked back at Lake. "Do you suspect Will Wake swapped Bucky Barnes' brain?"
Lake came back to his senses and looked at Tony inexplicably: "Although I am not your enemy, I am not your good friend either. Can I tell you very clearly that you have violated federal law?"
Tony's expression remained calm. "The bodies obtained by Bionay Industries were all donated with legal procedures. Moreover, this is a surgery to study and cure brain-dead patients."
Lake laughed: "Do you believe it?"
Tony said, "It's enough if people outside believe it."
Lake was silent.
Tony Stark has never been a white leftist. In terms of positioning, Tony Stark tends to be a hawk, manufacturing and developing weapons to arm the federal military, making the federal military invincible on the battlefield.
To put it simply.
Tony Stark's heart may be warm, but his blood... is cold.
The blood of the top military businessman and capitalist.
Lake shook his head. "Although I don't know what Hell is doing, I'm pretty sure you can't get what you want, at least not in this way."
Finished.
Lake changed the subject directly: "Yes, if this Will Wick was responsible for participating in the study of Bucky Barnes' brain, then there is a high possibility that he was the one who switched the brain."
How Tony plays is his business, Lake doesn't bother to care.
after all...
As Secretary Kelly said, cloning, from a law enforcement perspective, is within the purview of the FBI or S.H.I.E.L.D.
The most important thing is that if Tony Stark is not a good person, then Mephisto, the Lord of Hell, is a real devil. Without the strength to defeat him, you will definitely be toyed around by him.
Lake was very sure of this, so he went to confront the Ancient One, the boss of the Earth, and bet his own future on it. He made a big gamble with the Ancient One. Either he would die on the spot, or the Ancient One would directly modify the timeline. Even this was better than dealing with Mephisto.
That's what Lake did when he was ten years old.
But think about it now?
It was still a bit rash at that time. The reason why Lake dared to do this was because he firmly believed that he was the destined protagonist. To put it bluntly, he agreed with a statement.
Cheats may only be late, but never absent.
very good.
Lake won the bet at that time. At the age of sixteen, he ran towards the afterglow of the setting sun and threw himself into Lake's arms.
Tony Stark nodded: "I will find out about this matter, but..."
"What?"
Tony Stark frowned and looked at Lake, and asked curiously, "How did you determine that the brain was swapped?"
Lake laughed.
He turned and walked towards the elevator, waving his hand: "You have technology, I have cheats. You rich people rely on technology, but we poor people can only rely on cheats. Otherwise, how can we turn the tables and become the masters of our own destiny?"
Finished.
Lake walked into the elevator.
Pepper Potts also followed in, helped Lake swipe his card, and took Lake to the first floor.
In the elevator.
Lake looked at Pepper and said, "Maybe if you play with time, time will play with you. This is nonsense. But if you play with your soul, your soul won't play with you, but hell will play with you. I think this is true."
Pepper opened her mouth and said, "Tony just wanted to do something. He has always felt guilty about the deaths of Howard and Maria."
The day Howard Stark and Maria Stark died was Christmas Eve. On that day, Tony Stark's last conversation with his family was not calm or warm, but an argument.
Maybe...
Pepper said: "Before you investigated the truth, Tony always thought that the quarrel between him and Howard on the phone led to the car accident, and he always blamed himself."
Lake nodded noncommittally and said nothing.
The elevator door opens.
At the entrance of Stark Industries.
"Lake."
"Um?"
Pepper walked up to Lake, was silent for a moment, and looked at Lake: "Although Tony seems to have a bad temper, he is very grateful to you. It was you who helped him find out the truth of the case."
Lake smiled, turned around and walked down the stairs, saying without looking back: "It's my duty."
Get in the car.
launch.
Get out.
What a bullshit responsibility.
Lake thought that at that time, if he remembered correctly, he had no intention of digging out the truth of the matter. If it weren't for a series of coincidences and Hydra's death, would Lake open the lid of this unsolved case known as the second Earth in the Marvel Universe?
What?
The first unsolved case?
Where is Captain America Steve Rogers?
still...
Who stole Dr. Pym's nanoparticles?
Pepper watched Lake's silver Porsche Cayenne drive off the street, then turn around and re-enter the building.
Top floor.
"He's gone?"
"right."
Pepper walked over to Tony, frowned, and said in confusion: "I remember you said that the affairs of Bionay Industries were top secret and that Jarvis kept them secret. Even Mr. Stan didn't know about it. Why is it that this time..."
Tony said, "He's mysterious?"
Pepper frowned, "Mysterious?"
Tony nodded, thinking about last year, when Lake should have been in New York, but his information was circulating all over Europe. He looked at Pepper and said, "Maybe you're right. I should make another friend besides Happy and James. Besides, he and I are allies in this matter. Helping him is equivalent to helping me."
The spouses said nothing.
Jarvis said, "Sir, Dr. Will Wick took sick leave half a month ago and is not currently at Bionay Industries."
Tony said, "Sick leave?"
Jarvis said, "Yes, but when I was looking up Dr. Will Wick's information, I discovered some anomalies with the supplies of Bionay Industries."
Tony Stark: "..."