"Did you hear? Our beautiful boss is a lesbian!"
"Really?"
"Of course. Someone apparently caught her kissing the new girl. So exciting."
"Uh !"
With her excellent hearing, Artoria could clearly hear these scoundrel employees gossiping about her behind her back instead of working. It seemed yesterday's incident had fermented quite a bit, and the rumors were getting more and more outrageous. She hoped no strange rumors reached her brother, otherwise, she really wouldn't have the face to see anyone. Yesterday was truly an accident!
"Damn it, Hope, you big mouth!!"
Artoria said through gritted teeth, infuriated, crushing the pen in her hand, which was worth tens of thousands of dollars. Her intuition told her that if this continued, things would only get more bizarre, and then it would truly be a case of 'mud in the crotch, even if it's not shit, it's still shit'. But sometimes, good news stays home, while bad news travels a thousand miles.
"master, your brother has a video call."
"Nani! Alright! Connect it!"
Artoria, who was having a headache, subconsciously froze after hearing Saturday's prompt. Why was this guy looking for her at this time?'Swimsuit party'? She thought she had refused last time! What was it this time?
"Yo, Artoria, recently..."
"I'm fine, nothing, don't worry, hanging up!"
"Wait... wait a minute."
Artoria, whose mood was already not great because of Tony's unreliable voice, instantly fired off four consecutive shots, causing Tony to panic. He quickly tried to appease his sister. Although Artoria's rapid-fire responses left him feeling quite choked, he still had something important to say.
"Sister, do you know that what you're about to release will make your life quite troublesome?"
Tony put away his playful smile and spoke to Artoria with a serious expression. He could easily bluff his way through with his Iron Man Suit, because that thing could never be popularized for civilian use. Even the Military would have to reconsider the cost of mass production, so he wasn't afraid. At worst, he'd have Jarvis hack them. But Artoria's invention, which concerned the entire human race, would definitely be targeted by those with ulterior motives. He was a bit annoyed with himself for going to drink that rotten wine! If he hadn't gotten drunk last night and had discussed it with his sister, retracting some of the information to be released, coupled with financial suppression, he believed there wouldn't have been any major waves. But now it was too late.
When the major media reported it this morning, Tony was dumbfounded and quickly contacted his sister.
"I know exactly what I'm doing, big brother. If this succeeds in society, that big hole in your chest can also be mended, and then, brother, you won't have to carry that dangerous thing anymore."
Artoria's words deeply moved Tony, and his eyes reddened, but could those words be true? Her brother was probably just an afterthought.
"By the way, I heard that you and..."
"Hang up."
Feeling like nothing good would come next, Artoria had Saturday directly hang up Tony's video call. She didn't want to explain things to everyone individually.
"Artoria, I heard..."
"Don't want to hear it, get out!"
Maya came to Artoria's office to get a signature. Artoria's intuition already told her what Maya was about to say was exactly the headache she was dealing with, so she directly kicked Maya out. In her heart, she wondered why these people were so gossipy, but sometimes, events develop uncontrollably, and by the time you want to salvage them, it's too late.
Meanwhile, Peter, who was investigating the cause of his parents' death, was quite embarrassed when he was discovered entering his good friend's family company! So he told his friend that he had some academic questions and wanted to talk to Dr. Connors.
"Are you sure?"
Harry looked at his friend with confusion. How did this guy get involved with that lizard-obsessed weirdo? To be honest, he didn't like reptiles much, but for his good friend, he decided to let him meet the one-armed eccentric.
"Yes, Harry."
Peter said firmly. Seeing this, Harry said nothing more and took his good friend into the company. They quickly found Dr. Connors, who was explaining something to a group of interns. After a brief theoretical exchange, Peter successfully caught Dr. Connors's attention. After a private conversation, avoiding Harry, the Dr. was moved by this strange fate and stated that he didn't know how Peter's parents died. He also understood that some things should be left in the past. He would compensate the child in the future, but he absolutely couldn't let him fall into Norman Osborn's hands. When Connors told Peter to go back, Peter left that formula, believing it might be useful to Connors.
He had also just observed Connors's experiment, and for a civilian genius like him, it was easy to understand. After giving this to Connors, he left.
"This child is truly a genius."
After glancing at the formula, Connors instantly understood. Wasn't this the most core formula he was missing!? He hadn't expected this kid to just write it down for him. After being excited for a long time, Connors thought about it. Peter's parents seemed to have some experimental specimens, so he might as well send them to the child! Anyway, no one here could use them. After searching for a long time, Connors packed some insect specimens and small parts and gave them to Harry. Since Harry brought Peter, they must know each other, so he could give them to Peter. It would be a favor.
Among them, a small black and red spider was moving its eight legs within the specimens. (A certain old man secretly smiled.)
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