Silkaria.
Tony Stark spent a lot of money to rebuild a high-end neuromechanical laboratory in this country.
In Pepper's eyes, this place is more like a slaughterhouse of metal corpses.
There are various models of steel suits hanging throughout the laboratory, and these are all experimental models of fully intelligent armor that Tony is conducting.
"did you see it?!"
"Little Pepper, there is nothing to be afraid of. Although it is unprecedented, this will be the general trend."
Under Pepper's flaming eyes, Tony held up a whole bottle of high-end whiskey and poured it into his mouth as he spoke.
actually.
For Tony now, it doesn't really matter whether he drinks whiskey or rum.
As long as the price is right, it is an ordinary alcoholic drink for him. He drinks more for the sake of drinking.
The result of alcoholism is that his genius brain, which can make him restless, is slightly paralyzed.
"The emergence of fully intelligent armor means that all the suits produced in the steel factory will be under my control."
"How about they do what they should do within the agreement... Now you won't be worried, right?!"
Tony raised his eyebrows and looked at Pepper who was silent.
Facts have proved that after Tony said these words, Pepper felt guilty.
"I think you're in a bad mood, Tony. You haven't been the same since..."
Pepper wanted to say something, she knew Tony didn't want to hear that name, but...
"Stop, stop, stop."
"I'm fine, I'm fine. The 2.0 version of humanity. The old version is outdated. We all see this with our own eyes."
"And now these are the exciting things I'm building, right?"
Tony's eyes became sharp, he had seen the truth of this world.
This world is extremely dangerous.
"Think of Obadiah, think of Whitney that Silver Sable went to find, think of the New York we left behind."
"I know what I'm doing."
Pepper listened to the man in front of him, holding a wine bottle in his hand and shouting with a serious expression.
Yes.
Yelling, she has never seen Tony like this...
"Tony, I'm worried that you're going to go crazy. I don't know how to put it more clearly."
"but……"
"You don't look like a scientist now. You want to control this country more."
"Starting from your steel suit, maybe you weren't joking with me before, you want to be the ruler?!"
Pepper hit the nail on the head.
And after Tony in front of her was in a daze for a short time, the spicy alcohol seemed to really hit the genius's brain.
Tony felt dizzy all over, his voice was sore, and the figure of the woman he loved so much was shaking in front of him.
He couldn't help but said.
"why not?!"
"I mean, God... I'm not crazy, I'm pretty much in control of my body."
"I can take care of myself, and there's nothing wrong with my brain. Why do you always feel like there's something wrong with me, Pepper?!"
It was this rhetorical question that made Tony look frantic, a look of utter confusion on his face.
Pepper's patience also reached its limit.
"Take care of yourself?!"
"So what you call taking care of is piling up a wall of tattered drinks?!"
"Then you hide in this dark laboratory and drink alcohol while guarding these metal limbs of yours?!"
Wow! !
Pepper angrily snatched Tony's bottle from his hand and pushed the entire wine rack hard.
As the bottles exploded, the various liquors shattered all over the laboratory.
The wires were torn off, and part of the experimental armor was completely submerged in wine, and sparks even appeared!
"Hey."
"The wine I finally found, and my equipment worth tens of millions!!"
Tony was drunk, and he watched his semi-finished mechanical arm squeaking.
I couldn't help but shout out!
"Snapped!"
A nice straight shot.
Pepper was not used to the man whose mouth was full of the stench of alcohol, so he slapped him hard.
"..."
Then, the whole world went silent.
Tony stood there blankly, letting the mixed liquor of various colors flow slowly on the ground.
He looked at Pepper.
After a brief outburst, after venting her emotions, Pepper also looked at Tony.
"I-I'm sorry, Pepper."
It seemed that this mouthful shook Tony out of his alcoholic state. Tony stepped forward and hugged Pepper slowly.
"These……"
"I don't want to die, I don't want to lose you!"
Pepper was silent.
She knew the fragility of Tony's heart. This playboy who once stood at the top of the world had experienced an indescribable impact on the worldview.
"Tony..."
Pepper's voice was soft, and she let Tony hold her. She was worried that the man she loved so much would go on a road of no return.
Tony, on the other hand, just held her quietly and spoke in a low tone.
"And you have understood all this wrong. I am still me, and I am still Tony Stark."
"Believe me...I'm just better!!"
…
Pepper left.
After a short conversation, she still had a lot of things to do, such as Silver Sable, such as Rhodes, such as...
There are many, many people or things now waiting for Pepper to deal with.
The documents passing through her hands were even busier than the president of this country.
"call!"
"It's okay now, no more wine."
Tony shook his head. The door to the laboratory was still locked. Except for Pepper, he would not allow anyone to enter.
"Sir, you still have a package you haven't checked."
Jarvis's voice suddenly sounded.
"Oh, that's the point. I almost fainted."
Tony felt that he had indeed drunk too much. He stood up and took out the things he had brought into the laboratory.
There is nothing unusual about a boxy package.
And this was the reason why Tony left the laboratory. In fact, he didn't leave because of Pepper's invitation at all.
"Pepper, I can take care of myself, and when I complete my plan, you'll know I was right."
Tony muttered.
Then check the package with an unknown route, and the recipient is Tony Stark.
Then there was no other information, and no clues were found, including Jarvis.
"Sir, this package seems to have appeared out of thin air."
"However, our address should be kept secret, and of course it does not rule out that someone is investigating us."
"Maybe it's some unknown technology that I can't understand, and..."
Tony opened the package in Jarvis' electronic voice, which was different from the information sent by SHIELD before.
When the seal was opened, a dazzling pink light bloomed, illuminating even the dim laboratory.
Bang!
Tony's heartbeat slowed down a beat at this moment, and even Jarvis's voice paused for a moment.
A diamond-shaped fragment appeared on the experimental table, intersecting with the blueprint of the steel skull drawn by Tony on the screen! !
A small line of handwriting was written inside the delivered package.
"The gem fragment of the Shikon Jade that can satisfy all miracles. This gift should make you full of joy!!"
