Chapter 3: Sister and Stark Industries
Mercer had never been to the United States in his previous life, and although he was not a wanted criminal, he had no chance of legally entering the United States, but he was not in the mood to visit Manhattan, the world's financial center, right now.
It wasn't until the sun hung in mid-air and the temperature rose noticeably that Mercer arrived on the street where Dana Mercer lived. From this location, Mercer looked up to see the Stark Industries building.
"Whether it's in the movie or now, it looks the same burnt bun, the same ...... Ugly"
"Brother......
Mercer was looking at the house number and trying to find where Dana lived, when he heard an unfamiliar voice behind him.
"Uh......"
Mercer looked at the girl in front of her who was the same as the photo on the file, whether it was the color of her hair or her facial features, she was somewhat similar to herself.
"Quick, come with me."
Dana nervously observed her surroundings before grabbing Mercer's arm and running towards Stark Industries, who quickly steadied herself and controlled her strength, afraid of throwing the girl out.
"Dana, don't worry, is someone looking for you?"
"Brother, don't ask, I'm here to see if there's any situation, I live in the company now, I haven't slept at home recently, I'm worried that you can't find me, I'll come back every day during the day to take a look."
Dana looked haggard, but her nervousness caused her face to flush unhealthily.
Mercer continued to dissuade and left in Dana's footsteps. Anyway, this is no different from his own plan, and even with the help of the confidante of the future Iron Man, he will get twice the result with half the effort.
Dana's apartment was not far from the Stark Industries building, and it took less than fifteen minutes to trot all the way, but for most of the time, Mercer picked Dana on his back and followed Dana's instructions at a steady pace.
"Can you tell me what's going on now?"
Sitting in the waiting room on the first floor of the Stark Industries building, Dana was relieved, and it could be seen that Stark Industries, an arms company, made Dana feel very safe.
"Brother, I received the computer you sent me a few days ago, and I felt that something was wrong at the time, and then I moved it directly. To be precise, I was exposed to Gentek at Stark Industries, and I thought the company was weird. ”
Mercer didn't speak, when he just knew that there were S.H.I.E.L.D., Stark Industries, and Osborne in this world, he understood that the subsequent development and the plot of the game were absolutely different. What's more, a real world will never let a so-called Gentek and Black Watch force cover the sky with one hand, no matter how hard their backstage is.
Manhattan is a real financial center, and the interests of countless conglomerates are involved in it, and before it is thoroughly confirmed that there is no solution, Gentek a company plus a military-affiliated virus/biochemical processing unit is like attacking Manhattan with a nuclear bomb?
Therefore, Mercer's understanding of the plot does not make him omniscient, and if he fully believes in those development routes, there will definitely be no bones left that will die.
"Gentek is ostensibly a military-affiliated biotechnology company that claims to be in the field of medicine. But in the past five years, Gentek has not had any effective drugs or research results on the surface. ”
Dana stared at Mercer's dead gray pupils as she spoke, but her eyes fled in a panic for less than a second, as if she had seen a predator.
But the military maintained a large research team and established its headquarters in the bustling area of Manhattan. It's not normal......"
"Well, you're right, Gentek isn't working on any medicine, it's working on a virus, and they call it the 'Black Light Project.'"
Mercer won't hide anything from this, and he plans to tell Dana more information, first of all, it's not a secret to him, and secondly, whether Dana knows more or not, Gentek and Blackwatch won't let her go.
"I'm the lead researcher of this project, and I've not studied how to counter this virus over the years, but how to use it as a viral weapon, or a biological weapon."
"Chemical and biological weapons? Penn Station ...... "Dana was taken aback, she had thought that Gentek had a problem, but she didn't expect it to be so serious.
"Well, that's the result of the black light virus, and the impact will get worse and worse," Mercer paused, "That's the impact of all the existing black light viruses, and it's going to get worse and worse." ”
"How do you know?"
"The virus was on me at the time, to be precise, I escaped Gentek with the virus and indirectly caused it to be shattered."
"What?!" Dana stood up from her chair and looked at Mercer in disbelief.
"Don't worry, listen to me." The Black Light Project went wrong somewhere, leading to a halt by the military and Congress, and the Black Watch, the forces that specialize in dealing with this kind of thing, began to clean up the program's researchers. ”
"What do you mean by cleanup?"
"It is to silence all the insiders of the 'Black Light Project', and then bury the truth. I was going to leave the company with the virus and expose the plan, but as a result, I was blocked at the station by the Black Watchmen......"
"And then?" Dana's face looked much better, but the look of nervousness and worry was more obvious.
"Then they shot me to death, and the vial shattered."
"It wasn't you...... Wait, you say kill?! ”
Mercer paused, he had already decided to tell Dana the "truth", and that his biological sister, whom he had never met, was the key to his plan.
"Well, to shoot and kill, it was to make a hole in my eyebrows with a gun, and then the black light virus leaked."
"Then you ......" Dana stared at Mercer's brow, her face full of shock and bewilderment.
"I came back to life, the black light virus brought me back to life, and it made a big difference in my body." Mercer pointed to his pupil as he spoke, then raised his hand to break the armrest of the chair without much effort.
"......" Dana didn't know what to say for a moment, then suddenly stood up and asked, "Are you Alex Mercer?" Is it my brother? ”
"I don't know by blood," Mercer smiled bitterly, "but I'm Alex Mercer now, and you're my sister now, and I'm just a little bit different physically." ”
"What the hell is that black light virus? What exactly did it do to you? ”
Dana's brain wasn't working very well, things like the dead and resurrection were very reminiscent of stories like Jesus, and Mercer's appearance was also very abnormal.
"I didn't know, but during the research, it was found that this is a very aggressive virus, and it is a virus that cannot be eliminated by existing methods."
"......" Dana and Mercer stopped talking, he knew that Dana needed time to react, and hopefully the result would not disappoint him.
"Brother, can I help you? What do you want me to do? ”
Mercer said in his heart, and the other party was willing to call his brother to prove that the result was not surprising. Dana and Alex's father died at an early age, and their mother went to prison and later died. Dana can be said to have been brought up by Alex, who is his only relative.
"If ......"
Mercer's words were interrupted by a knock on the door, and Dana opened the door and saw that it was Pepper Potts, so she let the other person in and introduced her.
"Pepper, this is my brother, Alex Mercer. Brother, this is Virginia Pep (Chili) Potts. ”
"Hello, Mr. Mercer, it's a pleasure to meet you, I heard that you have a Ph.D. from Columbia University and work at Gentek, but I always hear Dana talk about you."
"Miss Potts, I'm glad to meet you too, thank you for taking care of Dana. But there are some things that need your help right now. Mercer said bluntly.
Potz didn't say anything, looking at Mercer waiting for his next step, and at the same time noticed Mercer's bloodless skin and dead gray pupils, and muttered to himself.
"I want to meet Mr. Stark, I need his help, it's really important."
"What's ......?"
"Gentek has been secretly researching viruses and trying to create virus weapons, and yesterday morning's incident at Pennsylvania Station was related to them. I am a direct participant and a victim. ”
Whether it was to Dana or Pepper, Mercer fundamentally denied that the virus was deliberately shattered by herself, and positioned herself in the victim's position. It's as if before the two armies go to war, they like to put themselves on the moral high ground.
"This ......"
Pepper is not a hard-hearted person, she saw the news about the Pennsylvania station this morning, although the scene was directly blocked by the military, but according to the available information, the number of casualties will not be less than 300.
"Miss Potts, I don't need Mr. Stark to risk anything, I just need some help, the current situation is very critical, that virus is not as simple as other viruses, if it really breaks out, it will cause a catastrophe."
"Well, I'll take you to him, but I don't know how he decides."
"Thank you!" Mercer breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that his plan had gone one step further, and it was time to convince the future Iron Man.
At this moment, a sudden roar of helicopters was heard outside the window, and at the same time, the window on the first floor could be seen directly, and a group of heavily armed soldiers began to surround Stark Industries.
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