Chapter 316: Pit Man
Noticing Tony's small movements behind him, Pepper subconsciously glanced back.
In response to Pepper's puzzled gaze, Tony immediately pulled the corners of his mouth to reveal a forced smile, and withdrew his hand behind his back.
"Tony, have you forgotten how you promised me in the first place?"
Seeing Tony's reaction, Pepper couldn't help but shake his head lightly and said, "Don't lie to me and lie to me anymore." ”
A series of accidents, especially Tony's disclosure of his address in front of the camera, led to the later attack on the villa by Killian, which greatly shocked Pepper.
"Is there one?"
Hearing Pepper's words, Tony subconsciously raised his eyebrows and touched his bearded furry chin: "Why don't I remember saying that." ”
"Tony!"
"Okay," Tony shrugged his shoulders at Pepper's increasingly angry look, "I remember, it seems like there really is." You know, I've been working on new projects for a while, and I'm going to forget about some other things, so ......"
"If only you were so concerned about Stark Industries."
Faced with Tony's obvious excuse to shirk, Pepper couldn't help but snort coldly.
"Isn't that still you, you should know, Pepper, I put Stark Industries in your hands because I believe you can do it well."
Although, knowing Tony's purpose in saying this.
But it is undeniable that with this sentence, the originally angry expression on Pepper's face suddenly eased.
Glancing at Tony in front of him with a blinking eye and a 'harmless' expression, Pepper withdrew his gaze and turned back to Po, the child in front of him.
As Pepper's gaze faded, the embarrassed smile on Tony's face retracted.
He looked at Po with a round face, took out a Rubik's cube-sized 'toy' from his body and gently pressed the blue circle center on it, and the Rubik's cube quickly transformed into a pocket version of armored hand armor in a few seconds. Fiddling with the small version of the armor in his hand, Tony began to make a silent threat behind Pepper's gaze.
Such a threat, if placed on an ordinary child, may really have an effect.
After all, Tony's handmail was a simplified and small version of the steel suit he used.
But there's still no denying its cool looks, especially for a child.
Since the Battle of New York, the Avengers have not only become known to the world, but have also become the object of adoration of children.
However, Po standing in front of Tony is not an ordinary child.
It is a child who looks like a child, and his real identity is the mastermind behind the turmoil in New York and even the world.
With this level of relationship, how could he be easily bewitched by a little bit of petty profit in Tony's hands.
Therefore, the big black and white eyes exchanged with Tony, who was full of expression, and Po immediately put on his little face and said to Pepper, "I'm sorry, ma'am, I'm just here to deliver food, and I don't know what Mr. Stark was doing in the office just now......"
"Whew~"
To be honest, at the moment when Po spoke, Tony was really a little nervous in his heart.
After all, after the previous series of contacts, he knew how much the little ghost in front of him was at odds with him.
However, the answer made by Po immediately made Tony's heart suddenly drop a little.
Glancing down at the small armor in his hand, Tony was glad that he had been improvise.
"However, although I didn't hear it all, when I first came to the office, I seemed to hear that Mr. Stark was planning where to go in the evening, and I didn't know the specifics, because when he saw me walk in, Mr. Stark didn't say anything more."
However, before Tony's heart could be completely put down, Po suddenly threw out such a vague answer, and finally blinked his eyes, and asked the dark-faced little pepper in front of him with a confused face: "By the way, ma'am, are you an employee of Mr. Stark's company?" ”
[Legendary ...... from Tony Stark]
[Legendary ...... from Pepper Potts]
"Imp, you ......"
was pitted by Po, Tony opened his mouth and was about to deny it, but his eyes immediately met Pepper's bad face, and he quickly pulled the corners of his mouth to explain: "Pepper, you know, since I've been with you, I rarely go outside to those messy parties, and during this time, I've been so focused on research that I don't have time to do this kind of thing." ”
"Who knows, you're Tony Stark, the famous playboy in New York City."
In response, Pepper twitched the corners of her mouth, and her tone grew colder.
Hearing this, Tony knew that no matter what he said next, it was obvious that he could no longer convince Pepper to believe in him.
After all, what she said was true.
It's just that these titles that he was proud of in the past have now become the weakness in his quarrel with Pepper.
Thinking of this, Tony's gaze fiercely looked at Po on the side.
For a while, I vaguely felt a trace of regret for provoking this little ghost.
"Ma'am, it looks like I should go, Mr. Tony Stark doesn't seem to welcome me to stay here."
Tony's eyes had just expressed his emotions, and Po on the other side took the opportunity to make an aggrieved expression, moved his steps and said.
"Tony!"
Noticing the grievances on Po's face, Pepper shouted at Tony almost without thinking.
"Po is just a child."
"He's not just an ordinary kid."
Hearing Pepper's words, Tony couldn't help but reply.
He's being cheated by this kid right now.
"Don't be afraid, Po."
Although, in terms of practical terms, what Tony said is the truth of the facts.
But unfortunately, Po's round little face was too deceptive, so when he heard Po's words, Pepper spoke without hesitation, looking at Tony in front of him and comforting him: "Tony Stark doesn't welcome you, I welcome you, from now on you can come whenever you want, Jarvis." ”
"I'm here, Ms. Pepper."
"Registering the access authority of the building for Po ......"
Looking at Tony in front of him, Pepper commanded Jarvis word by word.
"Jarvis!"
Hearing Pepper's words, Tony subconsciously opened his mouth to stop it.
He had just made up his plan to give up eating roasted wheat in the building in order not to see this little ghost again, how could he allow the other party to enter and leave his company building freely at this moment.
However, the moment the words came to his lips, Tony met Pepper's eyes, was silent for a while, and finally chose to back down.
Tony's compromise eased Pepper's original anger a little, and Po was given access to Stark Industries through Jarvis.
Pepper reached out and touched the other party's little head, and said softly: "Okay, Po, from now on, you can come in at any time if you want to come to Stark Industries, and you don't have to wait for the delivery time to come in." However, there are some important research departments within Stark Industries, and you still need to be a little more careful and try not to go there if you can. ”
Although Po was given access to Stark Industries, Pepper was not completely unmeasured, she asked Jarvis to arrange C-level permissions for Po, that is, to be able to enter and exit some ordinary locations in Stark Industries, offices, and staff cafeterias, but more important places involved, such as the energy research department, require higher permissions to enter.
"Thank you, ma'am, for being such a nice person."
Stark Industries' access to or something, it was not Po's purpose in the first place, and it could only be said to be a surprise for him at best.
nodded his little head and thanked Pepper seriously, and Po then turned his head again and looked at Tony on the side.
Or, to be exact, what he has in his hands.
"What, little ghost?"
Sensing Po's gaze, Tony said with a cold face and an unkind tone.
Ignoring Tony's cold words, Po silently glanced at Tony's hand, slowly retracted his gaze, and said to Pepper in front of him: "Ma'am, the thing in Mr. Tony Stark's hand was promised to me before, but now looking at the situation, he seems to be ......"
[Legendary ...... from Tony Stark]
……
"The members of the Security Council are obviously very unhappy with your postponement of Project Insight, Nick ......"
S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, inside the Triple Wing Building.
Alexander looked at Nick Fury in front of him and said with a complaining expression.
"Because of your words, all our preparations in the early stage are in vain."
"I know."
In the face of his friend's complaints, Nick Fury obviously expected it: "Don't forget, Alexander, S.H.I.E.L.D. is the executor of the entire "Project Insight", and I am well aware of the impact of the delay. Turning his only intact one-eye to sweep Alexander's no longer youthful face in front of him, Nick Fury continued: "However, I know better than that, if I don't do this, I will always be uneasy, the arrangement of the "Insight" is too radical after all, if we can't achieve 100% peace of mind, if these weapons in the universe go wrong, it will be a huge disaster for us. ”
"I know your concerns, Nick, and that's one of the reasons why I'm going to help you convince the council to postpone the plan."
In the face of Nick Fury's concerns, Alexander put on a supportive look.
"But, you should know, Nick, there's never a 100% plan in this world, and what if Project Insight' never works out the way you'd like it to be? ”
The moment he said this, Alexander's eyes met Nick Fury's one-eyed.
"Then I'd rather stop the project forever."
Glancing at his friend silently, Nick Fury replied clearly.
"Until it can do 100 percent."
“……”
In the office, the two looked at each other silently for a few seconds.
Alexander then retracted his gaze and said helplessly: "In short, you owe me a condition. ”
"Of course."
In response, Nick Fury nodded back without hesitation.
"I heard that Steve had a bad fight in Hell's Kitchen before."
Receiving a "satisfied" reply from Nick Fury, Alexander nodded and then turned to the previous battle between Captain America and the defenders against the 'Pacifists' and Kim in Hell's Kitchen.
As a member of the Security Council and the former head of S.H.I.E.L.D., Alexander has second only authority to s.h.i.e.l.d. second only to nick fury, so it's only natural that he knows what the avengers are going through in hell's kitchen.
"In fact, not only the captain, but Tony Stark was also involved in that fight."
After the Hell's Kitchen battle, S.H.I.E.L.D. collected a large number of wreckage of the 'Pacifist' robots, which were badly damaged, but Nick Fury still drew some clues from them: "Judging from Tony Stark's report, the other party has amazing technological prowess, and its level is almost no less than that of Tony Stark himself, and maybe even higher." ”
"Beyond Tony Stark?"
As for the success of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s research on the 'Pacifist' robots, Alexander also mastered them through Hydra's spies.
However, hearing Nick Fury say that the other party's technology level might be higher than that of Iron Man still made Alexander couldn't help but be surprised.
Tony Stark has always been the target of Hydra's vigilance, and it is such a dangerous existence, but now there is a mysterious existence no less than Tony Stark.
"What do we think about this with our superhero, Iron Man?"
Although he was surprised inwardly, Alexander maintained his expression unchanged on the surface.
"Obviously not very good, after the battle in Hell's Kitchen, he also collected a large number of wreckage of 'pacifist' robots, obviously with his own purpose."
"In any case, the appearance of these robots also shows that there are still many threats in this world that we do not know about, such as this mysterious existence that creates the 'pacifists', which is the target we must be vigilant against, which is also the original intention of the "Insight Project", to strangle everything in the cradle. ”
After some conversation, Alexander turned the conversation back to Project Insight.
"yes, strangle everything to the cradle."
Nick Fury silently repeated Alexander's words, and suddenly spoke: "Speaking of which, how many years have we known each other, Alexander?" ”
"How many years?"
He was slightly stunned by Nick Fury's question, and after thinking for a while, Alexander replied with a look of recollection: "It should have been nearly twenty years, right?" ”
"Twenty years is a long time."
Hearing Alexander's answer, Nick Fury couldn't help but sigh.
"yes."
Following Nick Fury's exclamation, Alexander also cooperated with a reminiscence expression.
"When I first met you, you even had two eyes."
"I also miss the way I looked when I saw things with two eyes."
Hearing Alexander's words, Nick Fury reached out and touched his own blindfolded eye.
In the office, the expressions of the two were reminiscing, but they seemed to be mixed with an inexplicable atmosphere.