"Yes."

Pep nodded and responded: "Yesterday, the headlines of major newspapers and magazines were full of news that you were overworked and unconscious, but not too many people know about your disappearance for dozens of hours. ”

Tony's expression froze, and he hurriedly asked, "Who spread the news?" ”

"The only people who know the news of your coma are me, Mr. Stanley, and a special agency agent named Phil Coulson."

Pep explained before responding, "Mr. Stanley may have been worried about the unnecessary effects of your coma on Stark Industries, so he claimed that you fell into a coma due to overwork. ”

"Obadiah?"

Hearing this name, Tony suddenly frowned and lowered his head slightly, and after more than ten seconds, he raised his head to meet Pep's eyes, opened his mouth and said, "Okay, I know." ”

"Pep, help me prepare, I think it's necessary for me to come out and clarify it to the public tomorrow."

"Clarification?"

Pep was slightly puzzled and asked, "Clarify what?" ”

"You go and prepare first, and you'll know tomorrow."

Tony smiled, didn't say anything, waved his hand at Pep, and then turned and walked out the door.

…………

At the same time, in the office of the commissioner of the three-curved wing building on the island of the lake in Washington......

Nick Fury was sitting in his office chair, one eye staring at a man and a woman at his desk, his eyes scanning back and forth over them until he finally settled on the medium-sized white man in a formal suit.

"Coulson ......"

Nick Fury's face looked extremely serious, and he frowned and asked the white man, "Tell me the details of your investigation in the past few days." ”

"Yes, sir."

Coulson nodded, opened the folder in his hand, and after turning one of the pages, he quickly responded: "Sir, you have read this file just now, and you should fully understand the specific situation, but some of the details in it are far from being as general as stated in the file. ”

As he spoke, Coulson slowly raised his head to meet Nick Fury's gaze, frowned slightly, and said with a serious face: "During this time, I have been following the task you have assigned, investigating various special situations that have occurred in Stark Industries. ”

"My focus was on Tony Stark and Obadiah Stanney, two key figures in Stark Industries, and the results of the investigation during this period of time show that the internal structure and personnel relations of Stark Industries are by no means as harmonious as we imagined."

"Among them, Obadiah Stani is definitely playing an important role."

"Since Tony Stark was kidnapped by 10-ring gang terrorists in Afghanistan three months ago, Obadia Stani's behavior has shown some early signs. And after we tracked him down a few days ago and found out that he had made a special trip to Afghanistan three days ago, it was even more certain that he did have bad intentions for Tony Stark, after all, Stark Industries has such a huge asset, and it is really difficult not to make him moved. Although Tony Stark's current role in Stark Industries has been almost completely overthrown, it is still the biggest obstacle for Obadiah to take full control of Stark Industries, and I can predict that he is definitely still planning his next attack on Tony Stark to ensure his absolute position in Stark Industries. ”

"Hmm."

Nick Fury nodded, and reached out, "Anything else?" ”

"The investigation into Obadiah Stanley is ongoing, but we don't have any conclusive evidence that he murdered Tony Stark, and it's ......"

As Coulson spoke, his brow furrowed suddenly, and after a pause, he continued: "We also sacrificed two agents when we tracked him down to Afghanistan. ”

Nick Fury stared at Coulson with one eye, frowning with him, not saying anything.

The young woman with fiery red hair standing next to Coulson looked sideways at him and hesitated for a moment before reaching out and patting him on the shoulder and whispering, "Okay, Coulson." ”

"I'll talk about it next."

Hearing the voice, Coulson glanced sideways at the young woman, nodded lightly, and said, "Okay." ”

"Sir......

The young woman who got the response quickly turned her head to look at Nick Fury, frowned slightly, and quickly opened her mouth to say: "The investigation of Obadia Stanley is probably only what Coulson said, after all, we don't have much evidence now, and because of his social influence, we can't take coercive measures against him." It's just that Tony Stark's side ......"

"Tony Stark?"

Seeing the young woman suddenly pause, Nick Fury couldn't help but hurriedly ask, "Natasha, what's wrong with him?" ”

"Sir......

Natasha stared at Nick Fury's one-eyed head-on, frowned and said in a deep voice: "Obadia Stanley has not carried out a second left attack on Tony Stark after the Afghanistan incident, so for now, he is still safe." There's just one thing that Coulson and I both feel compelled to tell you in person, so there's no record on the file. ”

Looking at Natasha's serious expression, Nick Fury knew that what she said was absolutely important, and quickly asked out loud, "What's the matter?" ”

"Three days ago in the afternoon, Tony Stark suddenly disappeared from the underground laboratory of his villa in Liberty City, Malibu, California, and did not return until the afternoon before yesterday, and we could not find any trace of him for a day and a half, nearly forty hours."

"Tony Stark suddenly disappeared?"

Hearing this, Nick Fury frowned slightly, but his expression finally changed slightly, his face was awe-inspiring, and he hurriedly asked, "What is going on?" ”

"Our agents were monitoring the perimeter of Tony Stark's villa at the time, but they didn't see anyone entering or leaving, and there was nothing unusual about the villa."

Natasha didn't rush and explained unhurriedly: "We didn't know what happened until we monitored the email message that Tony Stark's personal AI butler, Jarvis, delivered to Pep Pozzi an hour later. ”

"According to the statement of the contents of the email conveyed by Jarvis, we learned that Tony Stark disappeared inexplicably, just because Jarvis's system network was blocked, and then a line of words appeared on the smart virtual panel, and within a few seconds, he disappeared completely, and it was not until 2:13 pm the day before yesterday that he suddenly appeared again."

"A line of words?"

Nick Fury frowned slightly, and asked again, "What is written in that line?" ”

"The words in that line are ......"

Natasha was about to continue, but her voice stopped abruptly, hesitated for a moment, took out a pen and paper from the desk in front of her, stopped writing, and then flipped it around and handed it to Nick Fury.

Looking at the white paper on the table, Nick Fury was slightly puzzled, and quickly looked down, only to see a sentence presented on the white paper, and the content of this sentence was:

- Want to understand the meaning of life? Want to ...... Alive?