As soon as she got to work the next day, Pepper went to the Los Angeles branch of Stark Industries in downtown Los Angeles, and as Stark's assistant, Pepper easily entered Stark's office, and she had this permission.

Through Stark's unlocking chip, Pepper passed through the firewall and found all recent shipment records in the hidden disk.

Not only that, but in the hidden disk, Pepper also found some information about Area 16, which contained a design report on the steel suit, which was similar in design to Stark's steel suit.

There is also a video in it, which turns out to be a blackmail video sent to Obadiah Stein by the robber who kidnapped Stark in the first place.

In the video, the robber holds a gun to Stark's head and says to the camera, "...... You didn't tell us that you were going to kill Tony Stark, and you saw it, the man is in our hands, Obadiah Stan, you have to pay a high price for your lies, the price of killing Tony Stark has gone up, and we demand ......"

While Pepper was watching the video, Obadistein's voice suddenly came from outside, and she quickly copied all the data to the hard drive, just as Obadistein pushed the door in.

“…… Speaking of which. What should we do? Obadeith Stan, who was standing in the doorway, looked at Pepper with a calm expression.

"What?" Pepper hadn't noticed what Obadiah Stan was saying, and her face looked a little abnormal.

Obadiah Stan didn't think much of it, and as he walked over to the side of the wine cabinet and poured himself a glass of whiskey, he continued, "I know you're conflicted too, Pepper......"

Raising his head, Obadistein looked at Pepper, who had been sitting there, he always felt that something was wrong, and after a slight pause, Obadistein thought about it, picked up the wine glass on the table, and said, "Tony has always bought the best goods, right?" ”

Pepper smiled stiffly, looking a little nervous, and an old fox like Obadiah Stein was finally starting to get suspicious.

Obadistein picked up the bottle and poured another glass of whiskey, taking advantage of this opportunity, Pepper gently moved the newspaper in his hand to cover the hard drive a little, avoiding Obadistein's gaze, and at the same time moved the mouse slightly, so that the picture on the computer screen returned to normal.

At this time, Obadiah Stan happened to walk up to Pepper with a wine glass, he first glanced at the screen suspiciously, and then continued: "I'm glad that Tony came back alive, it feels like we snatched him back from the hell, but now I realize that Tony didn't really come back, right?" ”

After a slight pause, looking at Pepper, who seemed to feel something, Obadiah Stein continued, "I'm so sad that he lost himself in that cave, I'm really sad!" ”

Looking at Obadith Stein, who seemed to be showing his true feelings, Pepper sighed slightly, and said in a somewhat heavy tone: "He's a difficult person to understand, he's been through so much, I think he'll be fine." ”

Obadiah Stein's words just now were actually a bit tentative, he gave Pepper a choice, but Pepper chose Tony Stark in the end.

"You're a rare woman." Obadiah Stan said with some emotion: "Tony is in the midst of blessings and does not know blessings. ”

"Thank you." Suddenly, Pepper smiled as if she had been relieved of her burden, stood up and picked up the newspaper on the table, picked up the hard drive from her notebook, nodded to Obadiah Stein, and walked towards the door.

"Is that today's newspaper?" Obadiah Stan's voice suddenly rang out as Pepper approached the door.

"Yes." Pepper struggled to keep his composure, not letting Obadiah see anything wrong.

Obadiah Stan stepped out from behind his desk and walked up to Pepper, squinting his eyes and smiling, "You don't mind if I take a look, do you?" ”

"Of course." Pepper calmly handed the newspaper to Obadai, but the unlock chip was hidden in her hand.

"I love crossword puzzles." Obadiah Stan looked into Pepper's eyes and gave a passable explanation.

"Of course." Pepper nodded again, then walked out of the office with a smile, taking advantage of the opportunity to turn her back to Obadi, she slipped the portable hard drive into her bag, and at this time, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Take care of yourself!" Obadiah Stein's voice again made Pepper's muscles tense again.

Seeing Pepper's back completely disappear from sight, Obadiah Stan suddenly slammed the newspaper in his hand on the table in anger, this woman who didn't know anything at all.

Not only that, Obadiah Stan had always thought that the cat was in the newspaper, so he kept the newspaper in Pepper's hand, but when he recalled the change in Pepper's expression after that, his judgment was obviously wrong.

Thinking of this, Obadistein hurriedly made it to the chair and turned on the computer, and at this time, the computer happened to display a notification that the download was completed, and when he saw this Obadistein, he scolded fiercely: "Hell! ”

After saying that, he quickly stood up, walked out the door quickly, and chased after Pepper, who had already walked out.

At this time, Pepper had already walked to the gate, and at this time she became more and more nervous, and at this time, a somewhat familiar voice suddenly sounded: "Miss Potts, we have an agreement, do you remember?" ”

The resentful man was returning to Coulson at Stark Industries, and he had confirmed the matter with Potts and Tony Stark respectively, but both released his pigeons.

You must know that the current Coulson is a Level 7 agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., and even one of the candidates for the Eight Poles Agent, and one of the absolute henchmen of Director Nick Fury, which can be said to be a high authority, he has found Stark and Pepper twice in a row and has not received an answer, and he can't help but be dissatisfied in his heart.

"Yes, right now, follow me." Seeing Coulson's appearance, Pepper's eyes lit up, and he said in a very quick tone.

"Good!" Coulson didn't know what was going on, but it was his mission all along, so he hurriedly followed Pepper outside.

"I'll give you a special meeting, just go to the office, how about it?" Pepper said as she glanced up, and just in time she saw Obadiah Stein, who had chased him out of her office and was standing on the fence on the second floor.

Knowing that the situation was already a little bad, Obadistein left the office and quickly rushed to Area 16.

Seeing Obadiah Stein's arrival, the engineer in charge of developing the steel suit hurriedly stepped forward to report: "Mr. Stan, we have started our research as you instructed, but we have encountered difficulties as before, and the energy supply of the steel suit is ...... This technology has not yet been invented, so ......"

"Wait, you say technology?" Obadistein abruptly interrupted the Engineer, put his arm around the Engineer's shoulder, pointed to the arc generator in front of him, and said, "William, this is the technology, I just told you to make him smaller." ”

"Yes, we're working on it." Engineer William said helplessly: "To be honest, this is impossible, at least, it is unlikely to happen in the short term." ”

"Tony Stark did it in the cave, using junk materials." Obadiah Stan finally couldn't help but growl.