On the way back to the hotel, Uncle George asked again.
"Leo, how do you know Tony Stark? He's a world-famous weapons manufacturer!"
"Uncle George will change. He will become a hero!"
"Forget it, just be a good boy and don't learn bad things from him!" George glanced at Leo.
The two of them burst into laughter.
After three days of happy vacation, the three returned to their peaceful life.
Aunt Jenny was holding dozens of photos that had just been printed, and she was sitting by the bed, smiling as she sorted through them, preparing to pick out some nice group photos to put in frames and bind them together.
Leo took a look at the topic in the group. They had been discussing for a while why Kai had stopped showing up, but the discussion soon calmed down.
I also successfully found a new channel to purchase steel, a small warehouse about one kilometer away from my home. Although the quality is slightly worse than what Kai originally provided, it is stable and legal.
Seeing that the reinforcement progress of the steel bars is getting slower and slower, I feel a little anxious.
But some things cannot be rushed. Leo believes that soon, resources will come to him.
He calmly gathered four metal rods around himself and continued practicing.
A little bit of golden light slowly flowed into the meridians and internal organs throughout the body, giving them a layer of golden light.
...
Christine and Tony rolled over and fell to the ground.
The next morning, Christine woke up naked in a big bed.
The originally dark room slowly lit up under Jarvis' control.
"Good morning, it's seven o'clock in the morning, the temperature is 72 degrees Fahrenheit, and it's cloudy!" A very anthropomorphic mechanical voice sounded.
The huge floor-to-ceiling window beside the bed gradually turned from dark to transparent. Looking out the window, all you could see was the sunny blue sea.
"The waves are between shoulder and waist height, suitable for surfing. The big waves will arrive at 10:52."
This is a mansion built on the cliff in Malibu, California, and it is also the home of billionaire Tony Stark.
Miss Pepper, dressed in a smart suit, skillfully drove Christine out of the villa, looked at the pile of things on the schedule, and left in a hurry.
Three hours later, I received a call from Larry at the airport and reluctantly went to the basement.
Tony was playing some high music and doing some maintenance work on his favorite classic car until Pepper walked in.
The intelligent Jarvis saw Pepper on the phone and automatically turned off the music.
"Don't turn off my music!" Stark carefully disassembled the parts of the car.
Pepper hung up the phone. "You should be on the other side of the world by this time!"
"What does she want to do to me?"
"I can only bear it!" Pepper thought for a second and answered helplessly.
"Then why do you want to kick me out of here?" Tony looked at the firmware in his hand seriously.
"Your plane was supposed to take off an hour and a half ago!" Pepper said as she looked at him still fiddling with the car.
"Interesting, that's my plane, you should wait for me!" He installed the parts in his hand and confirmed that there were no problems before standing up.
Pepper wanted to continue talking, but Tony interrupted her and said, "If private jets don't wait for their owners, then what's the point of having private jets?"
This cynical character left her speechless.
"There are a few more things I need to say..." Pepper had sorted out everything for Tony, and all he needed was Stark to give a decisive answer in the end.
A few minutes later, Tony decided to buy an expensive painting, signed a document,
Also, Tony suddenly found out that today was Pepper's birthday.
"Your birthday?"
"right!"
"I know, today?"
"Well, it's the same day as last year. Isn't it strange?" Pepper curled her lips and seemed to enjoy Tony's surprise.
"Buy yourself a gift for me!" Stark looked at Pepper with a smile.
"I already bought it."
"How about the gift?" he said, staring at the blonde girl in front of him.
"Oh, great, very tasteful, thank you, Mr. Stark." Potts also grinned and looked at Tony.
"You're welcome, Miss Potts!" Stark stared into Pepper's eyes, unable to move away.
"By the way, I found this in the car. Look at what this is?" Pepper looked at Stark with a blush, and suddenly took out this from her pocket, a small piece of metal.
"Oh, great! I was just wondering where this model went." Stark took it and looked at it carefully. "Pepper, look at what this looks like!"
Pepper thought for a moment and said, "Where did this model come from?"
"A child, an Asian child, gave it to me last night. I don't know why, but it feels very familiar, but also something, I can't put my finger on it!" Tony turned the frustum-shaped model in his hand a few times. There were several electromagnetic coil-like decorations on the bottom edge.
"Anyway, it's a very good model, isn't it?" Pepper said.
"Yeah, you're right, this is for you!" Stark stuffed the small round table into Pepper's hand, drank the coffee in her hand, turned and walked towards the garage.
She played with it in her hands for a while, watched Tony and Happy drive away, and placed the round table normally on her desk.
After thinking for a while, he turned it over, with the small surface at the bottom and the large surface with the coil facing upwards.
"I think this makes more sense!"
So, Pepper placed a small model of the original Ark reactor on his desk.
...
The next night, Pepper was awakened by a call from the military.
"What! Kidnapping!!"
But at this time, Pepper couldn't leave Stark Company because there were too many things she needed to do. Tony could disappear, but Pepper couldn't.
He tightly grasped the model that Tony had given him at the head of the bed, and veins appeared on his slender hands.
Tony's good brother Colonel Rhodes also received the news. Without hesitation, he took a few people and immediately drove a helicopter to the battlefield where Tony was kidnapped, trying to find any trace.
...
Two days later, Tony suddenly opened his eyes in the hospital bed. The effect of the anesthetic had not completely worn off, and his hands and feet were stiff and unresponsive.
He struggled to pull out the oxygen tube that was inserted into his respiratory tract from his nostrils. Then, his animal survival instinct made him try to pick up a cup of water from the side, but he was restrained by two wires on his chest.
"If I were you, I wouldn't waste my energy."
Ethan was shaving his chin in front of a small mirror that was still intact. Tony tore off the gauze on his chest, revealing a simple metal device deeply embedded in his body.
At that moment, Stark looked at the damp, simple and dark cave ceiling, his heart filled with despair.