137. A gift
Loud and energetic music came to his face, Sean frowned in new clothes, the air was filled with the smell of alcohol and fine perfumes, and the light in the room was deliberately dimmed, and the colorful light flickered and switched, creating a fiery atmosphere, like a nightclub.
Tony, dressed in steel armor, is in the center of the light, surrounded by a crowd of admirers and pretty and lively girls, his steps staggering, carrying a bottle of Budweiser in his hand, his tongue curling, and incoherently selling Stark's unique dry humor.
"Oh, let's see who this is? Sean, our genius~" Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the young man who walked in the door, Tony with the microphone in his hand, and immediately let the lights turn to that place, as if welcoming the hero into the arena, and shouted loudly in an exaggerated tone.
Passing through the encirclement of hot girls, Sean came to Tony, who seemed to have returned to his old debauchery life, and said in a low voice, "You are planning to spend your last birthday like this?" ”
"Of course!"
The drunk Iron Man writhed his body to the music, as if he was in an extremely excited mood, and the eyes of Rod and Pepper in the audience were helpless, Tony at this time was like a wayward child, and no one could stop him from continuing to mess around.
Sean shook his head, the toxin released from the reactor in his chest gradually eating away at Tony's body, and it wouldn't be long before Iron Man would once again dominate the headlines across the United States - but that would be in the form of an obituary.
In the original timeline, Nick Fury, who was quite familiar with Tony's father, found this playboy who was about to enter the end of his life, and through hints and guidance, Iron Man found inspiration from his father's video, and finally created a more stable and powerful new element, saving his decayed body from being eroded by toxins.
"Your emotions seem to be particularly strong today, are you taking some illegal drugs, or are you preparing to stage the last madness of your life?" Sean picked up a martini from the tray, and the hot and spicy liquid poured into his throat, leaving him feeling refreshed.
"I've been having the same dream for the past few days, in that dream...... I've been freed from palladium, I'm a superhero that everyone worships, and I've fought alongside many friends to save the country and defeat the world-destroying villains countless times. ”
Tony was silent for a while, he put his arm around Sean's shoulder, drank the wine in one gulp, looked a little confused, and said softly: "Later, I saw those partners, they fell in front of me one by one...... I can't save them, I can't save anyone! But the only thing to be thankful for is that I don't have you in my dreams, and Sean Sypers is a non-existent person. ”
He laughed self-deprecatingly, and picked up another glass of spirits, the playboy had lost his usual radiance, pride and confidence, and his eyes seemed to be about to go out, leaving only the last bit of light.
"It's an interesting dream." Sean patted the steel armor and caught a glimpse of the secretary sitting in the corner, sitting alone on the couch, out of place with the noisy and enthusiastic atmosphere, "You didn't tell Pepper?" ”
"My pain will not be reduced by half because of the sharing of others, so why bother Pepper to suffer with me, I believe that as the new president of Stark Industries, she will be much better than me." Tony looked at the secretary who was sitting not far away and smiled freely.
Sean was silent and didn't speak, Tony in steel armor rushed onto the carnival dance floor, swaying and writhing with the hot girls, the rhythmic music became more manic, and the merry Stark began to tell the girls his usual bad jokes again.
"The most common question I have is, 'How do you go to the toilet when you're wearing steel armor?'" Tony paused, a look of confusion on his face, and then let out a soothing voice, "That's it!" Safe and controllable filtration system, even for drinking! ”
"Why don't you stop him, I just saw Colonel Rhodes go to Tony's basement." Sean removed the wine glass from Miss Secretary's hand, and it seems that Tony has been tossing poor Pepper a lot lately.
"Tony was getting stranger and stranger, and it felt like I had never really known him...... Maybe I don't know much about him. After returning from the front, he seems to have changed as a person, sometimes good and sometimes bad, sometimes mature and steady, sometimes more ridiculous and nonsense, I don't understand what happened to him! ”
Pepper reclined on the couch, her tall figure posing in perfect curves, her bright eyes seemed to be filled with mist, hazy and blurred. Sean glanced at Tony, who was indulging in carnival on the stage, and said softly: "Maybe he also has troubles that are difficult to tell, men always have more difficulty opening their mouths and opening their hearts than women, especially proud people like Tony." ”
The two of them cast their eyes on the center of the dance floor, where the protagonist of tonight's birthday party was tossing a wine bottle and smashing it with his palm, and the girls around him let out a burst of exclamation, which made Tony's interest even higher, and he threw more bottles, and the glass shards mixed with the liquor, blooming beautiful flowers in mid-air.
"He treats everything as a game, holding an expo and promoting new energy...... Giving me Stark Industries, maybe Tony really trusts me, but I'm afraid of failing him, it's all too heavy, I'm afraid I can't bear it. Pepper expressed her inner concern, the tremendous pressure of the past few days has made her nerves clench, and it is difficult to relax.
"It was the same when I first established Ambrera, the pressure of public opinion from the outside world, the constant self-doubt, all of this is like a boulder pressing on my heart, which is difficult to let go." Sean stared at Miss Secretary, and the invisible spiritual power was like a breeze blowing through Pepper's restless mind.
Those anxieties and worries disappeared for a while, and the uneasiness surging in her heart gradually subsided, and the long-lost peace and tranquility enveloped her.
"Don't worry about the ethereal stuff, Tony is just confused, and soon he will find his purpose and state in life." Sean whispered, his voice was like a gentle spring breeze, and the hazy-eyed Pepper blinked, and the tense nerves that had been in place for many days relaxed little by little.
He helped the secretary who was gradually falling asleep to the guest room, and there was a noisy and chaotic sound from the outside world, the carnival crowd fled, shards of glass were scattered all over the ground, and the living room where the birthday party was held was in a mess, and the two people who caused this scene were still fighting, two steel armors collided with each other, and the shock wave from the palm cannon shattered the glass curtain wall decorated in the room!
Tony's friend, Colonel Rhodes, dressed in the yet-to-be-painted war machine, walked through the hole in the roof, the bright fireworks of the thrusters streaked across the night sky.
Tony leaned against the wall, like a tired traveler who had walked too far, he knew that his friends were not used to his nonsense, but who could understand the pain of slowly dying of death.
"Today is a day to remember, let me give you a birthday present." Sean looked down at Tony, whose eyes were gloomy, he didn't want Iron Man to die, after all, Ambrera and Stark Industries still had a collaboration.
"Leaving this world with regrets is not your only fate. Tony, you can change it. The young man's voice echoed in the quiet space.