I will give you the authority, and Kai suggested I promote you to CEO. You really do a better job than me."
Tony said, understanding Kai's meaning. It was just like now; Pepper clearly had the ability, but her authority was insufficient.
"This, how can I... Thank you, Kai, not just for this, but also for protecting Tony."
Pepper was stunned, unsure why Tony would let her take the position of CEO, even though she usually did the CEO's work.
"It's nothing. You already had a bad feeling when you let Tony and I go to the Middle East together. These guys are indeed a bit excessive and need to be punished."
Kai took a bite of his cheeseburger. He really didn't know why foreigners had such unique tastes. In China, many people couldn't get used to the taste of cheese.
"I think this time it might not be so easy to investigate. Since the other party knows I'm back, they will definitely eliminate some traces. Pepper, you need to be prepared."
Tony put down the cheeseburger in his hand and said. There weren't many people in Stark Industries who could mobilize weapons, but they were all in important positions. It wouldn't be easy to investigate them.
"I will be careful. As long as I can investigate little by little, I will be able to find out the flow of the weapons."
Pepper was much more professional than Tony. After all, Pepper handled all of Tony's related work. She was very clear on how to proceed.
"Kai, I also want to ask for your help. Stay in Los Angeles and protect Pepper. You should know that once Pepper starts investigating, it will likely provoke the other party's hostility, and there will definitely be danger."
Tony said to Kai again, wanting Kai to stay in Los Angeles to protect Pepper. But the problem was that Kai hadn't graduated yet. Although it was close, there was still nearly a month left.
"Kai, it's okay. You can come during your vacation. Pepper's recent job is to get familiar with the CEO position. I will propose this topic at the board meeting. It's a pity your shares are too few, Kai, so you can't offer much help at the board meeting."
Tony saw Kai's hesitation, knowing that Kai was still a student. Of course, he couldn't ask for too much. Fortunately, Kai was about to graduate and had a long vacation.
"That's not a problem. I will come during my vacation to protect Pepper. But Tony, you need to be careful yourself too."
Kai thought about it. Since there was a mission anyway, he might as well protect Pepper. If it weren't for needing to defeat the complete form of Obadiah Stane, Kai would go and crush Obadiah Stane to death right now.
"Host triggers a random branch mission: Protect Pepper until the random mission is completed. Reward: One hundred Senzu Beans. Penalty: Enter the Hyperbolic Time Chamber for one year."
The second-dimensional system prompted the appearance of a mission again. Protecting Pepper was actually a mission. The reward was not bad, one hundred Senzu Beans. Senzu Beans were a healing holy medicine. Although they were useless for diseases, they were extremely effective for injuries, almost instantaneous. They could perfectly compensate for the side effects brought by the Tremor-Tremor Fruit. When using the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, it would also produce very large side effects on the user's body, causing self-injury.
If the Tremor-Tremor Fruit didn't have this side effect, Whitebeard's strength would probably be comparable to Roger's, and the Battle of Marineford would have changed history.
Because of the side effects, Kai rarely used the ability of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, and the degree of use was very low, which made the self-loss very low and allowed him to recover quickly. If the mission was completed and he got the Senzu Beans, then he would be relaxed. He could fight without any psychological pressure. If his body was damaged, one Senzu Bean ingested would save a meal and also heal his body.
As for the mission penalty, Kai was a bit puzzled. The Hyperbolic Time Chamber was a good place that could help with training, so how could it be a penalty?
But Kai quickly realized something, and his face became a little ugly.
"System, this one year, is it internal or external?"
Kai immediately asked.
"External one year."
The second-dimensional system's answer was very simple, and Kai's face became even uglier.
No wonder it was called a penalty. Although it could train people, one year outside was three hundred and sixty-five years inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. In that vast, white world, there was nothing, and it could drive people crazy. This penalty was life-threatening.
These mission penalties were simply forcing him. Succeed or die trying. Kai wished he could drag out the second-dimensional system and beat it up. He would rather have his strength reduced than endure such torment.
Because of Kai's intervention, Tony did not endure the three months of torment, so Tony did not hold a press conference immediately upon returning to announce the closure of the weapons development department. He needed to proceed slowly, which was much safer than the crude approach in the movie. Although Kai lost an opportunity for Stark Industries' stock price to fall, Kai was not in a hurry. As long as Tony still closed the weapons development department, Stark Industries' stock would definitely fall.
"Kai, are you okay? Pepper told me you encountered danger?"
Back at the hotel, Skye pounced on him, checking Kai's body up and down to see if he was injured. Although Kai had taken risks more than once, the previous times were just some thugs, while this time he encountered vicious rebels.
"Don't worry, I'm fine. You know my strength, those people can't hurt me at all."
Kai said with a smile. Although there was some danger, under his precautions, he wouldn't get injured at all.
"It's good that you're okay. What about Tony? He wasn't injured, was he?"
After caring for her boyfriend, she remembered Tony. Skye did know the priorities.
"He's fine too, otherwise I would have to sell Stark Industries stock. But Tony is in quite a bit of trouble this time. The other party was targeting him. Tony is going to seek revenge next."
Kai was already preparing to raise funds, just waiting for Tony to announce that super bomb.
After Tony returned to Stark Industries, he strengthened his bodyguard team and convened a shareholder meeting to increase Pepper's status. After all, Stark Industries was not yet Tony's one-man show, and he couldn't directly promote Pepper to the position of CEO.
Kai and Skye had returned to New York. Kai's semester was about to end, and Kai still had one more thing to do, which was to build the underground space for the ranch villa. Kai still bothered Tony with this work. Stark Industries had an engineering team under its umbrella, and Tony's villa was built by them, so building an underground space was easy.
Because of Kai's protection in the Middle East, Tony waved his hand and paid for an underground space for Kai out of his own pocket, and also provided a lot of professional advice. After all, there was a basement under Tony's villa in Malibu, although it wasn't deep, it was fully functional.