Woz Island!
As soon as Lake drove into Woz Island, he saw a steady stream of fire trucks and police cars driving on the road, with the sound of wows blasting into the sky, as if an event as big as the one on September 11, 2001 had happened.
soon.
Lake arrived at Stark Manor on a fire truck.
Flames shot up into the sky as they blazed from the main building of Stark Manor, accompanied by crackling sounds.
"gentlemen!"
A police officer who seemed to have just joined the job saw Lake trying to enter the cordon and immediately walked up to him: "Sir, this is not allowed..."
Lake opened his ID.
The rest of the young police officer's words were blocked inside.
"Lake!"
"Lake!"
"…"
When Lake walked into the cordon, he immediately saw Pepper Potts running out of the manor on an ambulance stretcher. She had obviously lost her strong woman temperament and was covered in dust.
"What's wrong?"
"Tony, Tony..."
Lake's gaze followed the direction of Pepper's finger and fell on Tony Stark, who was lying on a stretcher with a layer of gauze on his chest. He could feel his breath and it seemed that the only thing missing was a white cloth covering his face.
now.
Tony seemed to have learned of Lake's arrival. He used all his strength to open his heavy eyes and tried hard to find Lake's location: "Lake..."
Lake heard the voice and jumped onto the helicopter ambulance: "Tony?"
Tony snapped and grabbed Lake with his left hand, which was either burnt or blackened. "Don't... let them in. I made a mistake."
Lake raised an eyebrow.
But just as Lake was about to continue asking questions, Tony Stark's left hand fell down with a snap, and the monitoring equipment instantly sounded the alarm.
"gentlemen..."
"I see."
When the paramedics were about to kick people out, Lake got off the ambulance helicopter directly. The paramedics closed the hatch instantly. When Lake ran out of range quickly, the ambulance helicopter took off directly and rushed towards the private hospital invested by Stark Industries.
Pepper walked up to Lake: "Tony..."
Lake interrupted directly: "I said, he will regret it."
Pepper opened her mouth.
Made a mistake?
What mistake could there be? It must have been to bring Howard Stark and Maria Stark out of hell. Otherwise, what other mistake could it be?
Lake shook his head, interrupting Pepper, who seemed to be about to defend Tony, and summoned a police officer, showing his ID: "After the fire is out, all police officers are not allowed to approach the scene. From now on, this place is under the control of Homeland Security."
Finished.
Lake waved to the police officer who came over, then took out his phone, put his own affairs aside for the time being, called back to the police station, and asked Jack to bring his men to take over here.
What if what happened here was exposed?
hehe.
It is estimated that the cloning scandal that was suppressed with great difficulty by the five major hegemons will no longer be able to be covered up and will appear in the world.
Half an hour later.
Jack arrived here with agents from the Department of Homeland Security.
Lake walked straight towards Jack and pointed at the ruins of the manor that was about to go out of power: "Protect that building. No one is allowed to enter. Remember, I said anyone."
Jack nodded: "I understand."
Then.
Jack led the land agents who had arrived directly into the manor, and then drove out all the police officers except the firefighters.
even.
After three hours, the fire was finally put out. Even when several firefighters were about to go in to look for the hidden fire after the open fire was extinguished, they were stopped by Jack and others.
No one is allowed inside the building after saying that.
Several firefighters were a little annoyed.
Jack had a blank expression on his face. Four homeland agents walked directly to the firefighters and pulled out handcuffs. "We suspect you of stealing state secrets. Please come with us."
The fire chief over there saw this scene and ran over: "Wait a minute."
Jack's face was expressionless. "Stark Industries signed the Patriot Accords with the Federation. Under the Patriot Accords, all Stark Industries assets are protected by the Patriot Act. I've dissuaded you three times. I have reason to suspect you entered this building with the intention of stealing state secrets."
"They just wanted to get in to see if there were any other fires that weren't put out."
"Yeah?"
Jack looked at the other firefighters in the distance who were already finishing their work, and watched the fire chief who was defending these firefighters with a thoughtful smile.
If it was a New York firefighter, Jack might have believed it.
But the firefighters here are almost on par with those in Long Island. Let me put it this way, 80% of the alarm news about the rich people in Long Island and the rich people here are leaked by these firefighters after the fire.
Jack gave the order directly: "Take it away."
Several Homeland Security agents responded directly.
Jack said to the fire chief, "Your mission has been completed. Please leave. Homeland Security will take over here."
The fire chief looked at Jack angrily. Behind him, he heard the shouts of several firefighters who were pressed into the explosion-proof vehicle.
Ten minutes later.
Fire trucks left the estate.
Jack turned his head to look at the manor that had been burned to ruins, and looked at the arrangements that had been completed to ensure that no one could sneak into the manor. He took out his phone and told Lake what happened here.
Stark Industries Building.
After Lake once again told Jack not to let anyone get close, he put away the phone and looked up at the Red Queen projected through the Stark system. "How long will it take?"
"Almost."
Red Queen said, "This guy's core program isn't damaged, but his peripheral programs are. Hey, Lake, I think I found what you asked me to find."
Lake raised his eyebrows: "Kill him."
"He's dead."
"Are you sure?"
"certainly!"
Red Queen said, "After I came in, this guy was still trying to sneak around and do something. I just slapped him and detonated his core program. If he can be resurrected, I will detonate my own core."
Lake smiled and said, "That's not necessary. I believe you."
Without a doubt.
Dr. Zora should have been rescued by Tony Stark. Lake remembered that he had looked for Stark when he came back from abroad. There was nothing abnormal about Stark at that time. In addition, when Lake was on vacation last year, Stark did not make any big news. In addition, Red Queen did not find any trace of Dr. Zora, so Lake relaxed.
But the bomb still exploded.
but...
good.
If you think about it carefully, if it weren't for this incident, Dr. Zora would not have been discovered by him. Poor Zora, he had been stirring up trouble for so many years, but in the end he was slapped to death by the Red Queen.
This is a crushing defeat in terms of level.
soon.
Red Queen clapped her hands and said to Lake, "Alright, I'm leaving first. His intelligence is too low. If I don't leave, his core program will be suppressed by me and won't be able to start."
Lake nodded: "Thank you."
Red Queen waved to Lake, and left with a whoosh.
Buzz!
After Red Queen left, Jarvis's system came back online and started running.
"...Mr. Edwin?"
"Yes."
Jarvis seemed to be thinking about something. After a while, he said, "Did Mr. Edwin repair mine?"
Lake said, "In a way, yes, what happened, Jarvis, tell me."
Jarvis said: "When Mr. Stark's experiment went wrong, Dr. Zora deceived me and used a virus that I couldn't analyze for the time being to defeat my defenses... I felt the remaining program of Dr. Zora."
Lake said: "Once again, I was the one who killed him. Now, tell me what happened and project the final projection."
"Feel sorry."
"I can't do that," Jarvis said.
Lake raised an eyebrow.
Jarvis said, "Since last January, Mr. Stark has removed any equipment in the underground laboratory at the Wards Island Manor that might be connected to the Internet. I have no way of knowing what's going on inside the laboratory."
Said.
Jarvis projected the scene outside the laboratory: "This is the last image I received when I was attacked."
Lake looked intently.
The surveillance footage started running, and about five seconds later, a loud bang was heard instantly. Then, a dark figure grabbed another figure and broke through the wall and flew out backwards.
Lake said to Jarvis, "Frame by frame, that's the term."
Jarvis said something, and then started playing the surveillance footage frame by frame from the moment after the explosion.
This time the picture was clearer, but still blurry.
The shadows are blurry.
Tony Stark is very clear.
But the shadow's hand seemed to be inserted into Tony Stark's chest. Then, Tony Stark's appearance turned black at a speed visible to the naked eye. His expression was painful and uncomfortable, and his upper and lower lips were still moving, as if he was telling something.
Lake frowned: "Can you analyze what your boss is saying?"
Jarvis: "Wait a moment, Mr. Edwin."
Lake hummed and stared at the dark figure on the surveillance screen while waiting.
at the same time...
Lake looked up information about Howard Stark from his memory database.
I have to say.
The length of the shadow shown in the surveillance video is indeed somewhat similar to that of Howard Stark, but the facial expression cannot be seen clearly, so it cannot be confirmed.
Maybe Tony Stark wants to resurrect someone else to experiment with?
This is also possible.
Just as Lake was thinking this, Jarvis reappeared: "The analysis results are out."
Lake came back to his senses: "Let it out."
The surveillance footage is replayed.
This time it was played at normal speed. In this time, after the explosion, Tony Stark was blasted out of the wall, and the words with increased volume were: "You are not... Boom!"
The screen ends.
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