You are not...
Not what?
Tony Stark discovered that Howard Stark and Maria Stark, after being resurrected by clones, were no longer the Howard and Maria he remembered?
Isn't this nonsense?
The souls of all the people on earth belong to Mephisto, the lord of hell. Moreover, Mephisto is a very stingy person. How could he let the toy he has got be taken away by others?
Even if Mephisto doesn't care about one or two, the souls of ordinary people will suffer irreparable scars when they pass through the dimensional barrier between hell and earth. At this time, the evil breath of hell will enter the soul, and when the soul appears on earth again, they will only have one name.
Parasitic demon!
Of course.
Lake didn't know much about demons. Hermione had only told him about parasitic demons the last time they met.
Lake shook his head.
No matter what the devil is, no matter what worldly affairs are, there are special people to deal with them. So, after confirming it, Lake returned to Stark Manor on Woz Island and spent three days packing up all the equipment and other things that had been exposed in the manor's underground base and sent them to the landfill.
Boom!
Everything was burned to ashes under the raging fire.
Lake even called in two excavators, dug a big hole on the spot, and then filled it up deeply with the slag left over from the burn to make sure that no one would pick it up.
after?
Lake got busy with his own things and asked Red Queen to search the Internet for all the information about Leonardo da Vinci, the famous egg painter. He also used his connections over the years to search for more information.
Uncle Da Vinci?
Good job.
Is he still alive?
Lake actually didn't have many memories of Leonardo da Vinci, but he had heard of his name for a long time. After all, in his previous life, the egg article he had eaten about "Perseverance" was about Leonardo da Vinci painting eggs.
MMP.
At that time, Lake felt that Leonardo da Vinci was a nitpicker. It was just a broken egg, so why not just draw an oval? Why did he have to argue and draw it from all angles, even from all angles of illumination?
I'm just bored and have nothing to do.
Apart from that, Lake's impression of Leonardo da Vinci ended there.
In the past half month, Lake has made some intensive studies, but he has not found any clues in the materials that almost constitute Leonardo da Vinci's personal history.
Could it be that this Leonardo da Vinci is not that Leonardo da Vinci?
Lake blinked and seriously suspected that this Da Vinci was just a code name like his Black King.
Can...
There are no other clues.
"Red Queen!"
"How's that house?"
"Still the same, no one."
"Um."
Lake touched his chin. After leaving Wanda's house, Lake asked people to go there and install various models of cameras in the four corners and let Red Queen monitor it 24 hours a day.
Just then.
Lake received a call.
Two hours later.
Lake drove to another Stark manor of Tony Stark in Long Beach, Long Island.
Having money means you can do whatever you want.
The word "home" is usually described as "manor" or "estate" as an adjective.
get off.
Lake said to Pepper who was at the door, "Is he awake?"
Pepper nodded.
After Lake came in, he hugged Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Rody, who had just come up from downstairs, and asked, "When did you get here?"
That's right.
This Roddy is white.
Roddy and Lake hugged each other and patted each other: "I have to go on a mission."
Lake nodded. "I understand. By the way, did he look in the mirror when he woke up?"
Roddy shrugged.
Lake watched Roddy leave, then went to the room upstairs with Pepper.
It was not uncommon for him to know Rhodey. He and Rhodey had attended the Military Academy together. Then, Tony Stark's change of attitude towards him was probably due to his conversation with Rhodey.
James Roddy's mother's last name before she got married was Morgan. Unlike Lake, who was an active person, James Roddy was rooted in the military and was doing better than Lake.
A friend of a friend is a friend.
The federation needs connections more than you might imagine, and sometimes, connections override the law.
Go upstairs.
When Lake entered the room, the first thing he saw was a piece of black charcoal lying struggling on the bed.
and...
It was a chest that had been opened, with some large black charcoal pieces of external wires or something stuffed inside.
Okay.
Is this what is called the law?
Can.
This is still 2006, not 2008 yet. Also, not only is the timeline advanced, but how could he go from being white to being a black charcoal?
Lake thought so in his heart, and said to Tony Stark who was struggling to get down: "Be careful, don't lose your life-support device."
In the original timeline, Tony Stark died because of a cannonball explosion, which caused his chest to open and fragments to penetrate into it.
This time?
almost.
The chest was opened just like that, and he just crawled in casually. If there was any difference, it was that in the original timeline, the hole in the chest was round and the skin color was white, but this time the hole in the chest was triangular, and the whole body was dyed with a color.
"What's wrong with me?"
"The devil's aura has entered my body."
"…"
Lex pulled open a chair and sat down, saying to Tony Stark, who was examining his charcoal-black arms and body, "Those who survive a demonic attack will have their skin color like this."
Tony said, "I..."
Lake glanced at Pepper who walked in and said to Tony, "You should thank Pepper. If she hadn't heard the noise and arrived in time when that demon was tearing you apart, Stark Industries would probably have been taken over by your distant uncle who was just waiting to die."
Tony looked at Pepper at the door.
Pepper said to Lake: "Lake, the one you are looking for..."
Lake said, "I've already contacted the Warrens. If we want to completely clean this piece of black charcoal, a bottle of holy water won't be enough. They should be on their way back from the Vatican with some water."
Pepper thanked her.
Tony on the other side covered his forehead and said, "I remember now. I was..."
Tony remembered the sharp pain in his chest when he was attacked by the demon, especially after the explosion. Just when Tony thought he was about to die, Pepper came down in a panic, and then...
Tony looked up at the angel pendant hanging around Pepper's neck.
Lake saw Tony's look and said, "That pendant must have been in the Vatican for a while. It doesn't have much effect, but it can still scare away a demon that just came to Earth."
Pepper told him about this.
and.
This pendant was made when Howard Stark was still alive. Pepper Potts had just joined Stark Industries at that time and was lucky enough to become Howard Stark's secretary. This pendant was given as a small gift by Howard Stark and Maria Stark when they returned from a trip to the Vatican.
Pepper Potts has been carrying it all these years.
so...
I have to say that Pepper is really Tony's lucky star, both in the original plot and now.
Pepper said with some concern: "Can Tony take a shower in this state?"
After all, the big hole in the chest is very scary, but if the hole is sealed, the fragments scattered in the body may kill Tony Stark immediately.
Lake shrugged and said, "It's okay. It's okay if your chest is a little darker. Just think of it as a tan. At most, and with a piece of black charcoal on your body, you can be protected from harm by other demons."
Pepper was slightly stunned: "Really?"
Lake nodded seriously. "Of course, because this black charcoal is the mark of the devil, it will show other demons that Tony Stark has become the food of this black devil. Any demon with a lower level than this black devil will not attack Tony."
"...The one with a higher level?"
"Then they must have killed Tony. They are not afraid of this black devil."
"…"
Pepper opened her mouth, glanced at the charcoal-skinned Tony on the bed, and then said to Lake, "Then wash it off."
Lake shrugged, smiled, and pointed at Tony on the bed. "It's okay. When you soak in the holy water, find an emergency doctor and give him first aid immediately after the bath is finished. After all, it's going to be soaked. If he gets electrocuted in the water, he'll probably turn into a burnt... no, New York steak."
Tony really wanted to have a darker face, but now his face and skin color were the same as charcoal, and there was no way to make it darker.
After Lake finished teasing, he got down to business and looked at Tony: "Look, I told you, you can't get what you want through cloning and resurrection. You can only get something that will cause you more pain."
Tony said, "Did you know this would happen?"
Lake nodded slightly. "After all, I have more social experience than you, a wealthy man. It's normal for me to know and understand some messed up things. When I was in the New York Police Department, I even caught a suspect who chopped up his parents, made meatballs out of them, and then used their organs to try to summon Satan."
"What are they?"
"Parasite."
Lake said this to Tony, and at the same time explained the attributes of the parasite: "They are no longer Howard Stark and Maria Stark."
Tony looked up at Lake: "They're not."
Lake shrugged: "Good, it's good to have this understanding."
Tony shook his head. "No, I mean, they're not my parents."
Lake was slightly stunned, then raised an eyebrow: "What."
Is this some kind of brain trauma? Is this the third stage of recovery from accidental trauma, the stage of self-denial?
Lake looked at Pepper next to him: "Have you done a brain CT scan?"
Tony said, "There's nothing wrong with my brain."
Lake nodded: "I understand."
By the way, why does my version of Stark have so many scenes? Stark also has many scenes in other people's versions, but they all seem to revolve around Tony Stark.
Why is it that when it comes to my version, I feel like Howard Stark has the most scenes?
When Lake thought so.
Tony Stark said in a deep voice: "I'm serious. The ones who were resurrected by the clones were not Howard Stark and Maria Stark."
Tony and Pepper looked at each other.
…