Coming out of Charles's office, Ling Xiao walked towards the second floor, where Jenny's room was in the corner of the second floor.

Ling Xiao pushed the door in, and saw the little naughty sitting on the carpet fiddling with the TV remote control, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned,

Jenny, who was standing at the window, shrugged helplessly at Ling Xiao, the little naughty is coming, she can't kick her out.

Ling Xiao smiled slightly, indicating that he didn't care, and then greeted the little naughty, "What are you looking at, Mary?" ”

"Nothing." The little mischievous grabbed a handful of potato chips and stuffed them into his mouth, chewing them, and said with dissatisfaction: "It's Stark Industries' hearing, and Iron Man is also being targeted." ”

In the eyes of Naughty and others, although Tony Stark is an ordinary person, as a superhero, he is the same kind as them. Not to mention Stark's sympathy for mutants, and he also donates Dabi cash to the mutant academy every year, so he naturally treats him as his own.

Although Ling Xiao had mentioned to Professor Charles that he didn't want his relationship with the Mutant Academy to be known to others, and Professor Charles also promised to help him keep it a secret, it was really hard to say whether Stark knew Ling Xiao's identity or not.

Speaking of which, Ling Xiao's public identity is just a well-known Chinese medicine practitioner in Los Angeles, Stark is so relieved to let him treat, although it is said that with Pepper's strong recommendation, the effect is also very good, but is Stark really not aware of it?

Ling Xiao's mutant ability, in the entire Mutant Academy, no one except Professor Charles knows about it, in order to create an illusion to others, an illusion that Ling Xiao is not a mutant.

Ling Xiao smiled, walked over to Jenny's side, took her in his arms, and played with her fingers while watching the hearing on TV.

In charge of presiding over the Senate Armed Services Committee hearings was Senator Stein, looking at the casual Tony Stark, Stein knocked on the table vigorously and said, "Mr. Stark, let's continue with the topic just now, Mr. Stark!" ”

"Yes, dear." Tony, who was talking to Pepper in a low voice, turned his head and shook it directly, and everyone laughed when they saw this scene.

"Mr. Stark, could you please answer if you have a special weapon?" A sneer spread across Stein's face, it was just beginning.

"I didn't." Stark replied decisively, and then he spread his hands and said helplessly, "Of course, it depends on what you think is a weapon. ”

"Iron Man is a weapon, isn't it?" Sitting on the podium of the hearing, Stein approached Stark little by little.

"What I invented wasn't a weapon." Stark sneered, he wouldn't get into the trap Stein had set.

Stein was a little afraid to trust what Ni Stark had said, and looked left and right before asking, "And how do you describe it?" ”

"Well, it's actually a high-tech prosthetic, senator, yes, prosthetic. That's the best adjective I can find. Tony's answer made everyone in the room laugh, and Ling Xiao and Jenny were no exception, and the little mischievous almost squirted potato chips out of their mouths.

"It's a weapon, and he's a weapon." Stein said a few words in a deep voice, suppressing the current noise, and then stared at Stark and said, "If you want the welfare of the American people to be your priority, Mr. Stark, then you should hand it over to the American government." ”

"Don't even think about it." Stark slammed back unceremoniously: "I am Iron Man, Iron Man is me, I and my Iron suit are one." To hand over Iron Man is to hand over myself, which is the equivalent of hard labor or prostitution...... It depends on what continent you're on. I can't give it to you. ”

"Poof!" The little naughty really squirted out this time, and Ling Xiao couldn't help laughing, he had been in contact with Stark for so long, he had never found out that he was such a teaser!

"Listen, I'm not a weapons expert myself......," Stein tried to silence the crowd by explaining,

But Stark didn't give him this face, and directly took advantage of the loopholes in his speech, interrupted: "Prostitution expert, of course you are not a prostitution expert, you are a U.S. senator, please." ”

Stark's words made everyone present laugh again, and the senator was just a little vague, so Tony Stark seized the opportunity to sarcastically beat him fiercely, and his face was a little unsightly for a while.

"I'm not an expert in weapons," Senator Stein muttered, "but we've got an expert in weapons, Mr. Justin Hammer." I'm now going to subpoena Justin Hammer, one of the current major arms suppliers to the Department of Defense. ”

Tony turned his head just in time to see Justin Hammer sitting down next to him, and with a roll of his eyes, he exclaimed, "Please record, I saw Mr. Hammer walk in, but I didn't see any weapons experts walk in." ”

"Ha......" Ling Xiao knew it once, he took the fruit plate handed over by Jenny, couldn't help but shake his head, and said: "This Tony, you're not polite at all, I think this Justin Ham is going to be unlucky." ”

"What is Justin Hammer doing?" Jenny stuffed a clove of apple into her mouth and asked with some surprise: "Isn't the Stark Group now withdrawn from the weapons supplier sequence of the Ministry of Defense, and the two are no longer competitive, is it necessary for him to offend Tony Stark so much?" ”

"Of course it's necessary." Ling Xiao sighed, touched Jenny's little hand and said: "Once the Ministry of Defense gets Tony Stark's Steel Armor, Hammer Industries will naturally be able to get a piece of the pie, last time you were able to get all the design drawings of the Steel Armor and the Ark Reactor, and the benefits contained in it are at least between tens and tens of billions of dollars, or even more." What's more, there are some big people behind this, even if Justin Hammer doesn't want to meddle in this matter, sometimes he can't help it. ”

"I see." Although Jenny didn't understand the latter sentence, all of this is nothing more than an entanglement of interests.

Hearing Stark's sarcasm, Justin Hammer smiled nonchalantly and said, "That's right, I'm not a weapons expert, you are, Tony." ”

Justin Hammer's words made Tony Stark's face change, Brother Chun, the atmosphere at the hearing began to become mysterious.

"Senator, allow me to speak." Justin Hammer said politely, "Maybe I'm not an expert in weapons, but do you know who the real expert is?" It was Tony, and his father, Mr. Howard Stark, who was not only our parent, but also the father of the modern military industry. But be clear, he's not a hippie, he's a lion. ”

Now everyone can hear what Justin Hammer is trying to do, and Tony Stark sits there with his face sinking like water, not saying a word.

Stein, who was sitting on the podium, couldn't help but have a smile on his face, that Justin Hammer was still looking for a very good one. As the saying goes, it's your enemies who know you best, and that's what Justin Hammer says about Tony Stark.

"We all know why we're here today, and in the past six months, Tony Stark has built a sharp sword, but he insists that it's just a shield." Justin Hammer stared at Tony and said, "He asked us to trust him and asked us to hide behind him. I wish I felt safe, really, I wish I didn't have to lock my door when I go out, but this is not Canada, we live in a world full of dangers, and a lot of dangers, Mr. Stark may not have foreseen. Thank you, and may God bless Iron Man and the United States of America! ”

Selfishness, or public interest?

Justin Hammer's words pushed Tony Stark to the edge of morality, leaving him almost without any choice.

(End of chapter)