"Knock knock—"

"Come in!"

After receiving permission, Pepper Potts pushed the door open and found Tony Stark, sitting behind his desk, flipping through the papers on the desk: "It's strange that our Mr. Tony is actually working. ”

"Alright, dear," Tony closed the folder in his hand, "and your tone of amazement is like seeing an alien fly past the window. ”

"There aren't aliens, there's a superhero, especially a superhero who doesn't just do chivalrous things, but also handles documents in the office, right, my Iron Man?"

"Still angry?"

Getting up and going around the table, Tony pulled Pepper over and sat down in a chair, his arm across her neck, and explained softly, "Honey, this world is ......"

"There are NSA, S.H.I.E.L.D., and the army in this world, and there is no need for another Iron Man flying around!"

Before Tony could finish his sentence, Pepper interrupted him, and the lady held his emaciated face and said, "Promise me, Tony, don't do dangerous things again, okay?"

Unconsciously avoiding the eyes that stared at him affectionately, Tony deliberately said in a dragging tone: "For the great Mr. Stark, there is never anything dangerous. ”

"Pss

Pepper, who couldn't hold back, laughed out loud, and gave the guy who was playing the treasure angrily.

She also knew that Tony couldn't listen to persuasion in this kind of matter, so she had to avoid this topic first and leave the other party a room to consider.

"What is this? A collection of profiles of a model?"

Pepper asked as she flipped through the folder on the desktop, even if she had not become the CEO of Stark Group before, there were few materials and files in the entire company that she could not look through, not to mention that she was now the CEO of this group.

In addition, she didn't think that Master Tony, who had always disliked these trivial matters, would change his temperament, so the biggest possibility was that as she guessed, it recorded the details and strategy plan of a certain playboy's next target, and Tony has never shied away from her about these private matters.

In a sense, Pepper Potts is more of Tony Stark's butler than Jarvis.

"Oh, that's not a good fit for stepping. ”

To Pepper's surprise, after opening the file, it was Justin Hammer's gloomy and unruly face that caught his eye.

She made a joke at first, and then looked at Tony with some concern: "What big moves is Hammer Industries going to have lately?"

Like Tony said, Pepper is pretty much the most knowledgeable person in the world.

The lady knew very well that with Tony's proud nature, if it wasn't for something very tricky, he wouldn't take the initiative to collect information about Justin Hammer, whom he had always looked down upon.

"yes, big move, that guy who's as stupid as his father is going to sell all the shares in the company, then emigrate to Afghanistan, and then use his body to prove how bad their company is!"

After laughing twice and finding that Pepper was unmoved, Tony touched his nose in embarrassment and explained: "He is conducting the research and development of mechanical armor, not only him, but all the arms companies and most military laboratories in the United States are carrying out research and development of related technologies." ”

"Will they succeed?"

Pepper was a little worried, she didn't care much about technology or anything, and the steel suit was not a profitable commodity for Stark Industries, and the reason why she cared about whether others could crack the technology was just that she was afraid that Tony would be hit by it.

"How is that possible!"

Tony expressed his usual disdain for other people's work.

He also has the capital to be proud of, whether it is the researchers of the arms company or the scientists of the military, it will take at least 50 years to develop a systematic security armor.

And if you want to make a mature work like a steel suit, unless you can get the relevant information of the nuclear fusion reactor or a new polymerization energy core, there is no hope in this life.

"Then you are ......"

Pepper pointed to the information on the table, the meaning was very obvious, since it was impossible for them to crack or research the technology of the steel suit, then why did you collect so much information.

"Can you believe it, Pepper, that idiot has only been studying for two months before he dares to conduct human experiments, and his brain is full of hay?"

"Who, Justin Hammer?"

Pepper is confused if he has no head and no brain, and it is not drug research and development, how can there be human experiments?

But when she turned to the back, she understood what Tony meant, and the photos of the corpses that had been twisted into various ways were plastered all over the paper, and the horror on their faces could be vaguely seen.

A wave of nausea welled up, and Pepper cursed twice, closed the file, and pushed it aside.

"How dare he...... It's a crime!"

Until now, Pepper is still a little unbelievable, where is this scientific research, it is clearly risking human lives to test all kinds of safety data.

"Yes, but that fool is not guilty of any offence, he is still alive and well, like a puddle of steaming shit, disgusting everyone. ”

Tony didn't have a crush on Justin Hammer, but now he felt even worse, and if he could, he really wanted to hang that idiot who took human lives as numbers on the Empire State Building.

"Are we going to call the police?" As soon as the words came out, Pepper reacted: "No, it's useless to call the police, those experimenters have signed safety contracts, even if they die, it is a commercial dispute, as long as Hammer Industries does not delay and deduct the amount of compensation, even the police can't do anything about them." ”

Looking at the thick materials, Pepper didn't need to read it to know that this kind of experimental method would definitely not be Justin Hammer's originality, and other companies or laboratories might not be as frenzied as him, but they would not really choose to spend fifty or sixty years on research and development bit by bit.

For capital, human life is not too high, especially when there may be military involvement.

"The police can't do anything about them, but Iron Man can!"

Looking at the grand scene of New York outside the glass wall, Tony's attitude was very firm: "I will go to the laboratory at night and blow up those 'killing tools' without even the slag." ”

"Tony ......"

Pepper tried to stop him, but he didn't know what to say when he thought of the hideous corpse in the photo.

"What made you like this, Tony?"

"What?"

"You weren't so radical before," Pepper said affectionately as she looked at her lover by the window, "as if she was in a hurry." ”

"It's justice that makes me impatient!"

With a joke, Tony adjusted his mood with the help of turning around and pouring coffee.

Pepper was right worried, he was in a hurry.

Palladium poisoning made his physical condition worse and worse, and he didn't know when it would take his life, and time ...... It's not much.

"By the way, why are you here, isn't the CEO's job supposed to be very busy?"

Tony Stark is Tony Stark after all, and timely fun has been engraved in his bones.

The sentimental mood only stayed for a moment before he forced it to the bottom of his heart, and Tony, who turned around, was still the optimistic playboy.

"yes, it's busy, if I don't help you with the party, I think I'll have a lot easier!"

Glaring at the guy who didn't have the slightest self-awareness, Pepper grumbled, "You should find a secretary, Tony, there's so much going on that I can't take care of everything." ”

"You can arrange it, hold a job fair in two days, and just find you an assistant to the president. ”

Tony replied nonchalantly, reaching out to take the envelope that Pepper handed over, "What is this?"

"It's not going to be a love letter you wrote to me, is it? When did you like that tune?"

"It's a letter from your fans. ”

Pepper, who got up from his chair, ignored Tony's broken mouth, handed him the letter and prepared to leave.

"It's been a long time since I've read a fan's letter!"

As one of America's most famous genius scientists and billionaires, Tony often receives all sorts of letters, most of them from his fans.

Especially since he confessed his identity as Iron Man in front of the media five months ago, almost all teenagers have made him their idol, and letters of worship and praise have poured into Stark Industries like snowflakes, many of them from outside the United States.

According to Tony's character, it is impossible for him to honestly reply to fans, let alone reply, even reading a few will make him feel impatient.

But after all, he was a fan of his own, and Tony occasionally picked a few letters to read, and letters full of beautiful words were more enjoyable than those troublesome financial statements and agreement documents, which made him happy to spend his boring time in the company.

However, after returning from Afghanistan, there were so many things one after another that he didn't have time to read any fan letters.

Especially when he is deeply poisoned by palladium, he is even less likely to be in the mood.

"It was sent by a young fan, and I thought it was quite meaningful, so I brought it to you. Pepper explained as she walked out.

"Oh, have you read it, what is written?"

After seeing the envelope, Tony knew why Pepper said the fan was not very old.

The words on the envelope are all written in crayons, and Qingqi's writing style and color matching are not too in line with the aesthetics of ordinary people.

However, Tony did have a crush on the fan.

His handwriting is not pretty, because he has never worked it, and the only beautiful letter he writes is "Tony Stark", not that he found someone to design it, but he wrote more and practiced it naturally.

"Of course not," Pepper, who walked to the door, turned back and said, "Leave the surprise to you to find out!"

"You're leaving, no more talking?"

Tony shouted at Pepper who opened the door and went out, but the other party ignored him and closed the door and left.

"Okay," Tony, who was bored with himself, opened the envelope and amused himself, "I'm glad I still have this, a letter from a young fan." ”

"I guess he left me a hand-drawn treasure map, which may or may have been a Victorian treasure. ”

"Uh...... Let me see...... A graffiti drawn with crayons, what a strange style. ”

"This is a picture of ...... A red stickman?"

"Ah, there's a name here...... Tony Stark, I have to say that the portrait that my little fan painted for me is really ugly, and changing this marked name to anyone's is true, which does not highlight my unique temperament at all. ”

"Wait, red? is it...... Iron suit?"

"It's a good performance, well, we can't be too a kid. ”

"There was also a black stickman with a ...... in his hand Guns?"

"It should be a gun, these little black dots are bullets......"

"Let me summarize what my little fan wants to say...... 'Iron Man' Tony Stark was shot...... This red cross means death?"

"'Iron Man' Tony Stark was shot dead by a black stickman......"

Tony gradually retracted the smile on his face, which didn't seem to be some kind of compliment or letter of help, more like a threat and ...... Afternoon.

However, he didn't take it too seriously, because the letter was so childish that even if there was a bullet in the envelope, it would be difficult for Tony to pay attention to it.

Glancing at the blank space that was almost covered in blue crayons, Tony realized that there was a name next to the black stickman: "Purification, this doesn't look like a friendly name......