Pooh!"
Lake looked up, gazed at the yellow sand and the extremely dry weather, and spat: "I hate this damn weather."
Afghanistan.
The famous Imperial Cemetery.
Lake had been here several times when he was in the army. After all, the salary of soldiers stationed abroad would be higher than that in the federal mainland. The toilets here cost three thousand US dollars each, which was very lucrative.
boom!
A Mustang desert-colored pickup truck drove up from the distance. With a bang, a federal soldier in desert combat uniform stepped out of the car. He immediately spotted Lake, whose temperament was particularly unique among the group of people, and walked over to him: "James Roddy!"
Lake looked at James who extended his hand and shook it: "Saga!"
His real body is now pretending to be Tony Stark and is in charge of Stark Industries in New York. The Black King is a gangster and is not suitable to come here. He has no choice but to create a vest.
Lake seemed to see the confusion in James Roddy's eyes and said, "It's just Saga."
No last name, just Saga.
Rody nodded and invited Lake to get in the car: "Mr. Saga, please get in."
Today is the seventh day since Tony Stark disappeared. It was only yesterday that Red Queen found some clues somewhere in Afghanistan through global surveillance.
The pickup truck started.
Rody, who was driving the car, looked at Lake, who was resting with his eyes closed in the passenger seat. He had long golden hair, a handsome face, and a well-fitting black suit. As if wanting to break the silence, he laughed and said, "Mr. Saga, do you know why I knew you were Lake's friend the first time I saw you?"
Lake opened his eyes and looked at Rody calmly.
Roddy said, "Because you, like Lake, have a special liking for black suits. Even in this damn desert, you like to wear suits."
Lake said calmly: "A suit is a man's second face. I like this. This is good. You are Lake's friend, so you can also call me Saga."
Roddy nodded, and after the pleasantries were almost over, he said directly, "Our people found that place yesterday based on the clues you provided. We have already set up surveillance there, but we haven't found any trace of Tony yet."
Half an hour later.
Roddy drove to the location where he found Stark's plane, which had been burned to the ground. A temporary camp had already been set up, and military scientists from the Kandahar military base were conducting detailed tests and analysis on the wreckage.
Lake looked around.
Afghanistan is a country with many mountains and plateaus. Mountains occupy three-fifths of its land. The mountains provide an excellent natural environment for guerrilla warfare. It is precisely because of this that Afghanistan is known as the graveyard of empires.
Lake came back to his senses and looked at Rody: "Have you checked the mountain?"
Rody said, "We're investigating, but preliminary satellite detection indicates there are at least six organizations within these mountains. If we enter rashly, the casualties we'll incur will be unacceptable to the base."
Lake nodded. "Have you found any information about Stark Industries' weapons?"
Since 2001, that is, early 2002, the federal arms industry has signed the Patriot Act. Of course, it is certain that arms will leak out, but Stark Industries' arms are not cheap, especially in Afghanistan. Apart from the organizations that have the support of the CIA and can obtain Stark Industries' arms, the rest are basically suspicious targets.
An organization under the Ten Commandments Gang, Lazar.
Lake said, "That Lazar."
Raza had appeared once before, when a nuclear test crisis almost occurred in New York. It was the organization led by this Raza that killed the "Glory of Freedom" who were about to be captured alive.
Rody pointed to the south and said, "This Lazar organization is very mysterious. So far, we only have evidence that they are in the Dalbandin Mountains over there. However, this Lazar organization is not involved in the operation against us. The CIA's opinion is to see if they can be recruited for our use."
Lake, who was in New York, called Red Queen and asked her to pull up a satellite map where the Dalbandin Mountains could be clearly seen.
Close to the desert.
mountainous area.
That's right.
Lake said to Rody: "Give me a car, I will look for clues."
Roddy said, "Not acting together."
Lake shook his head and took the keys to the ATV that Roddy handed him. "I like to work alone. Too many people are a burden."
Roddy opened his mouth.
Lake walked to the side, got in the car, started it, the engine roared, and he left the temporary camp directly.
Roddy looked at Lake who disappeared from his sight quickly, shook his head, took out the unlimited phone from his pocket, and called Lake's cell phone in New York.
After Lake answered the call.
Roddy said in confusion: "Lake, is this guy you found reliable?"
Lake smiled and said, "He is my informant, what do you think?"
Finished.
Lake hung up the phone and reanalyzed the Department of Homeland Security's summary of searches of Obadiah Stane's buildings across the country over the past week, as well as a list of sales records from the past two years that the Department of Homeland Security had found that could be used for cloning equipment.
Boom boom boom!
"Come in."
Ms. Pepper Potts, the informally appointed CEO of Stark Industries, walked in and looked at Lake at the desk. "How's it going? Any news?"
Lake looked up at Pepper and said, "In the past seven days, I've calculated that you've asked me no less than a hundred times."
Pepper apologized.
Lake then told Pepper about his discovery in Afghanistan and asked, "How is it? Are you used to it?"
He had no intention of coveting Stark Industries. The soul of Stark Industries was Stark, not anyone else. Besides, Pepper Potts was originally the future CEO, and Lake just brought the time forward a little bit.
Pepper Potts said, "Very tired."
Lake laughed heartily: "It's ok to be tired. Don't think too much. Don't worry, Tony Stark won't die."
"Are you sure?"
"Even the devil can't kill Tony Stark. Do you think he's that easy to kill?"
"…"
Afghanistan!
desert.
Lake drove through the desert, speeding towards the end of the desert, which is the Dalbandin Mountains.
What?
The clone does not have immortality.
If a group of terrorists hiding in the mountains need their real bodies to come over, it would undoubtedly be like using a cannon to kill a mosquito. A mere clone is enough.
and...
Lake never names his vests on a whim.
Of course.
There are also some impulses, but they are the kind of whims that are all calculated.
Black King, black, mixed with black.
Professor X, a cultured man who only appears a few times, is so...well, the more knowledgeable he is, the more he leaks secrets, which is very consistent with his character.
It's normal for Clark Kent, Superman, to destroy a small country.
Saga this time?
Without a doubt.
It is also very consistent with the character.
Lake originally thought that his twelve clones could each sense the twelve constellations, but unexpectedly, the clones did sense, but only one, which was Gemini indicated by Saga.
As for Lake himself?
Lake felt a sense of loneliness, or rather loneliness. Lake merged his small universe with the rooted Force seed into one, and what he felt was darkness. In that darkness, after his clone felt Gemini, the stars represented by Gemini appeared in the darkness and chaos.
so...
Lake couldn't tell what exactly he had realized.
Big universe?
A big universe that can accommodate endless small universes?
But the clone really understood Gemini. At the moment, the clone Saga is not as worthy of the reputation of being able to shatter stars with one punch, but he has completely realized the fifth sense and is only one step away from the sixth sense. At this moment, it is enough to deal with this group of terrorists in the mountain cave.
Dalbandin Mountains.
Although the time has changed and the cause of the incident has changed, Tony Stark seems to be back on track, hammering and banging in the cave.
The ding-ding-ding sound was very crisp in the cave.
In the dark.
The triangular energy body on Tony's chest is extremely eye-catching.
He was cheated.
Not only was he deceived by Obadiah Stane, the person closest to him and whom he regarded as a godfather, but that day, Obadiah Stane found Tony and directly asked him for the most critical formula for cloning and resurrection.
But Tony has experienced it himself and has realized that the resurrected clone will not resurrect others but the devil, so he directly advises Stan to give up this idea, but Stan cannot accept this.
Then Pepper came down.
Stan, who had gone mad, pointed his gun at Pepper. In order to prevent Pepper's death, Tony told Stan the formula.
after...
Stan shot Pepper and then kidnapped him. When Pepper woke up, he found out that Stan had sold him out. His kidnappers told Tony that Stan couldn't bear to kill him, so he asked him to do it for him, but he didn't want to do that because Tony Stark was the supreme weapon designer.
Then, the audio of Stan's furious phone call with him was played. During the call, Stan almost frantically asked him to execute Tony Stark immediately.
Bang!
Tony Stark, who was wearing sunglasses, had eyes that were burning with anger like welding. After the arc of welding disappeared, Tony took off his sunglasses and looked at the masterpiece that he had finally completed by using various means to deceive over the past seven days.
The welding light disappeared, and the next step was transformation.
In the desert.
Lake yawned out of boredom and wanted to leave the car behind and just run over there alone. Judging from the map, the desert was not big, but he had been walking for two hours.
This desert seems bigger than I imagined.
Just then.
Bang!
Bang!
ah!
Lake stopped the car, looked up and blinked at the unidentified object that rose into the air from the Dalbandin Mountains and was directed towards him.
…