Chapter Forty-Eight: I Want to See You

It was nearly dark when Clint returned from a secret S.H.I.E.L.D. station.

He brought back even worse news: "The desperate virus that Fury said about the tin can in the intelligence has recently been sold like crazy at a black market auction. ”

"Crazy to sell?"

Tony subconsciously repeated the word, and his face immediately became gloomy.

"Yes, the one with the highest price wins." Clint said.

He couldn't help but sigh more: "In these days, everyone wants to be a monster." ”

After hearing his statement, Steve asked with a complicated expression: "Is there a specific number and how much was sold?" ”

"There are at least four people who buy it."

Clint replied affirmatively: "However, we don't know if there are any private deals." ”

"Bad news! That is, the United States has four more unknown suicide bombs? ”

Natasha asked with her hands on her chest in a raised voice.

Clint shrugged his shoulders: "Unfortunately, you're right. ”

"I'll help Maya recover the Desperate Virus."

Tony's face suddenly turned blue with anger and said, "I have defeated these monsters before, and this time, I can still stop them." I know how angry and guilty Maya would be if she lived......"

Steve subconsciously stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "I'm sorry about Miss Hansen...... I know you're feeling bad, Tony. ”

He tried to gently comfort the Iron Man, who was always willful, but now did feel a little sad: "No matter who it is, it is not a good experience to receive the news of a friend's death, but we Avengers are one, and we can unite and face it together." ”

"Thank you, Captain, for being a good man."

Tony replied in a rare good-natured manner: "But I'm not just saddened by the news of my friend's death. What I hate most in my life is the misuse of technology. Those terrorists in Afghanistan left me this ......"

He pointed to his chest, where the shiny reactor was before heart surgery: "I've been keeping this weapon out of the crowd countless times since I returned to modern society, or the rest of my life. This is my inner devil and nightmare, and I can never imagine that one day it will be released into the hands of the wicked, even once. ”

"Maya's mood is the same as mine, and the devil in her heart is a desperate virus she invented herself."

"But now, a villain has unleashed the devil in her heart, and she should be glad that she is now dead and can see nothing! Otherwise, when she saw someone abusing the Desperate Virus and indirectly making her a murderer, she would probably want to die again. So, I have to go and recover the Desperate Virus and stuff that devil back into the bottle, which is my promise to the dead Maya. ”

"You're really making me look the other way, tin can."

Clint let out a sigh of admiration: "Don't worry, none of us will sit idly by. Tony, we'll help you. ”

"Thank you." Tony replied simply: "But, if I can, I need to adjust the situation." Now, please leave first, and let me be alone for a while. ”

Maybe it's because his face is a little ugly at this moment.

The Avengers looked at each other, and after a thoughtful word, they quietly turned away, leaving the space to him.

The room was empty, and Tony sensed that his feelings were a little out of control.

He walked briskly to the wine cabinet and opened a bottle of brandy, knowing that drinking spirits in the middle of the night was not a good habit, but he couldn't help it.

He clutched the bottle, staggered, and stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows with drunken eyes, the Avengers Tower was the tallest building, and under his feet was the brightly lit New York.

But at this moment, he didn't have the high-spirited feeling he had before, with a trace of heavy fatigue in his eyes, he looked quietly ahead.

The desperate virus brought back very bad memories for him.

Maya's death also made him feel angry and tired, and although he didn't take it very seriously in front of everyone, the female scientist was indeed one of his few friends.

What saddens him even more is that, time and time again, the technology they have worked so hard to invent has been used as a weapon to kill innocents.

There is no way around it, as he himself said to Daniel: they are always forced to blow up and rebuild.

However, when will such a hard day be a head?

Maya's today may be her own tomorrow.

Actually, death is still a good thing, at least you don't have to live to see things get worse.

He couldn't help but think back to the illusion that the Red Witch had created, and his face became even more difficult to look at.

The phone rang suddenly, interrupting his train of thought.

Tony didn't bother to take it, and shouted directly: "Jarvis, take it." ”

"Okay, Sir."

"Hey, Tony, is that you?" A familiar voice echoed through the room, "Haha, old friend, it's been a long time since we saw each other. ”

"Oh, the person I hate the most." Tony muttered under his breath.

He unceremoniously ordered: "Jarvis, hang up and block this number." ”

"Wait, wait! Tony! Don't you dare? Don't you dare to talk to me? ”

Justin Hammer's voice came out of the phone at a rapid pace.

He shouted defiantly, "Are you scared of my dreadnought?" You're scared, aren't you? You're worried that my skills are better than yours, right? Coward Tony Stark. ”

"Wow, I'm scared? Dreadnought, what kind of dirt is this? Because of blowing Sting! ”

Tony waved his hand to stop Jarvis from hanging up the phone, and asked nonchalantly, "Hammer, what do you want to do?" ”

"Put on your armor and compete with the dreadnought mech I designed!" Justin Hammer continued to provoke loudly on his phone: "Let's see who is the strongest?" Do you dare to come, coward Tony? ”

"Do you think I'm going to fall for such a simple agitation?" Tony sneered.

Hammer was silent on his phone.

Then, Tony asked, "What time and where?" ”

"Time is now, place ...... You'll know when you come out. ”

Hammer's voice immediately rose to a height, mixed with excitement and excitement, and he hung up the phone when he had finished speaking.

"I hate this guy." Tony repeated.

He drank the bottle with an irritated face, and then slammed it against the wall, shattering it to the ground.

Then, in a gloomy whisper, he muttered to himself, "Yes, that's right, I never jump into the enemy's trap, except for Justin Hammer." Because he's not even my enemy, he's just a mung bean fly that flies around people every day. ”

"This fool produces a bunch of broken copper and iron all day long, and then he yells at me and pesters me to compete, and he is almost annoyed to death by him."

While equipping his steel armor, he muttered: "This time, I will teach him a good lesson, at least beat him to a half-crippled, so that he can be completely settled for half a year!" ”

"Sir, should I inform the other Avengers?" Jarvis asked elegantly.

"No, I can do it myself." Tony willfully refused.

At this moment, the floor-to-ceiling windows rose, and the golden-red Iron Man rushed out of the Avengers Building like a whirlwind.

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At three o'clock in the morning,

Daniel was woken up by Jarvis's call: "Mr. Black, Sir needs your help. ”

"What?" Daniel asked in a daze, hugging the quilt.

"Sir needs your help, can you open the door? Or can you open the window? Jarvis asked politely.

"Wait, where are you?" Daniel sobered up instantly.

"Sir and I are on the lawn downstairs in your house." Jarvis replied.

Daniel was stunned for a moment.

He hurriedly got out of bed, peeked through the window, and saw the pink steel armor controlled by Jarvis standing on the lawn with a golden armor.

"What's going on with this TMD?"

Daniel looked confused, but he still tried his best to restrain his madness, and was very sensible to let Jarvis wait first.

Then, he quickly opened his bedroom door, looked from the hallway, looked over to Lux, and made sure that the child had slept soundly and had not been woken up, and then returned to his room, locked the door, and opened the window.

The pink armor flew up with the golden-red Iron Man in his arms under the manipulation of Jarvis.

He placed the golden-red Iron Man on the ground and said politely, "I'm sorry to bother you, Mr. Black." ”

"What the hell is going on here?" Daniel was terrified.

He looked as if he had just returned from a fight, tattered, scratched armor, and a reactor that had been completely extinguished.

"How did you do this, damn it, Tony Stark, are you dead? Why not send it to the hospital, damn it! ”

This sudden event made his face turn white with fright.

Anxious and worried, he bent down, trying to rip the golden-red armor off of a man, trying to check on him.

However, when he took off the mask, a foul smell of alcohol came to his face: "God, how much did he drink?" What the hell is going on? ”

"I checked it and it wasn't hurt, just drunk." Jarvis gave an answer that made people want to hit people very much.

Daniel breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn't help but raise his head and glared at the pair of master and servant viciously with blue eyes.

The loyal artificial intelligence still said bluntly: "When Sir was almost drunk before, he suddenly received a provocation from Justin Hammer, and he went out directly in armor. Until just now, I suddenly received a message from Sir that he 'wants to see Daniel'. It just so happened that you noticed that you didn't take this set of 'Pink Angels' from the mansion ......"

"Pink what?" Daniel was disgusted and wanted to vomit: "He deliberately made this name out to anger me, right?" ”

"I don't know, Mr. Black."

"Okay, you go on."

"I noticed you didn't take the set...... Armour. "Clever AI skipped the name.

He continued: "It just so happened that my permission to use this suit of armor was not canceled by Sir. So, I used this armor and brought Sir from Times Square to you according to Sir's wishes. ”

"Times Square?"

"Yes, Sir fell from the sky and fell on Times Square." Jarvis replied honestly.

“What？”

Daniel was holding Tony in both hands, dragging him to the bed with difficulty, and when he heard this, he turned his head in disbelief: "Where did you say he fell?" ”

"Times Square."

"Hah! Well done! Daniel asked helplessly, "What about now...... Has it been spread all over the Internet? ”

"Yes, in less than nine seconds, the photo of Iron Man dropping Times Square has become a trending topic on Twitter today, with a whopping ...... hits per hour" Jarvis then reported a very precise and very scary number.

Daniel thought expressionlessly: What a desperate thing, this guy is so powerful, but he doesn't do good things.

"Did you hit anyone, Jarvis?"

"No, but some buildings were smashed." Jarvis replied elegantly.

"As long as money can solve the problem...... It's not too bad. Daniel sighed, carried Tony to the bed, helped him take off his shoes, helped him raise his pillow, and went to the bathroom to wet a towel and wiped his face and forehead.

Then, he sat stupidly on the edge of the bed and said, "Jarvis, what else can I do?" Do you need to take a break? Actually, really, I don't know what he's coming to me for. ”

"If it's convenient, you can prepare some honey water or lemonade." "Thank you for your concern, I'm an artificial intelligence and don't need a break," Jarvis said. As for Sir wanting to find you, according to some theories on the Internet......"

He replied gently: "When people are hit or depressed, they will subconsciously look for people close to them, even if they don't do anything but stay together, they will feel comforted." ”

"So, Mr. Black, you can do nothing, just stay by Sir's side."

"Close?" Daniel muttered, "I don't think so, he just likes to play tricks on me." ”

The artificial intelligence, which thinks that it has been evolving recently, is not very professional in human feelings, and does not answer again.

Despite the complaints, Daniel listened to Jarvis's advice and went to make a large glass of lemon honey water, which he placed next to the bed, waiting for the bastard to wake up and drink.

However, compared to the arrogant and narcissistic guy during the day and the occasional trick......

At this time, the man who fell asleep because of drunkenness was a little less aggressive, and something heavy appeared between his eyebrows.

He even clenched his fists childishly, as if he was not relaxing in his sleep, as if he was ready to fight at any time.

Daniel was a little upset, he didn't know if Tony's confession was true or fake.

But in fact, his heart is not as calm as he has always been.

Ever since he met this guy, he didn't know how many times, and he was desperately trying to stifle his urge to 'want to punch off that triumphant on his face'.

But since when did this annoyance and anger disappear?

From the discovery that he is duplicitous, but in fact he is not bad-hearted?

From noticing that he is not a warrior, but desperately defending this world peace?

Or did it start when he was unstingy and clumsy in helping his peers, but was disliked by everyone?

He never hated this drunkard lying in bed, although his shortcomings outweighed his strengths a hundredfold thousandfold.

Daniel couldn't help but laugh when he realized that he was just remembering, remembering.

I have to say that since I met this bastard, although there are indeed a lot of messy things happening......

But when I slowly reminisce, I always have more joy.

Regardless of whether the confession is true or not, at least it should have a little bit of a good impression of me, right? ’

Daniel himself pondered unshyly: 'Otherwise, when he wakes up, he will ask.' Let's try it together, and we're all single anyway. ’

He stretched out his fingers with interest and ran them across Tony's face, those big flexible eyes now tightly closed, but with long eyelashes, a straight nose, a mouth that always doesn't say good things, and a delicately trimmed goatee on his chin that is said to have an insurance of several million......

If you ignore his usual evil deeds, the current Tony Stark seems to be really docile and can be bullied at will.

Daniel couldn't help but smile happily, and in high spirits, he picked up the watercolor pen he bought for Lux on the table and drew happily.