Chapter XVIII: Brotherhood Meeting
"The O5 Council has been brainwashed by reality benders?" Upon hearing that the Foundation had arranged a meeting with Tony Stark, Lyle looked at Dr. Keels with a strange look.
"The SCP Foundation doesn't need a human touch." Dr. Keels, who is one of the 'Four Doctors of the Apocalypse' with Dr. Clive, is a man who can perform the operation without changing his face even if he is seriously injured, and responds to this ironic question with a blank expression, "Tony Stark was already a genius scientist secretly investigated by the Foundation for several years, and that's it. ”
Originally, the [Iron Suit] alone was enough to make the Foundation throw an olive branch, but Tony is an entrepreneur and playboy who frequently appears in the media, with a high-profile and self-assertive style, and does not need to rely on the power of future vision to know that he will cause a series of big troubles, which is the reason why the O5 Council has taken a wait-and-see attitude.
Lyle laughed and said: "I advise you to give up this plan~ On the one hand, there are superheroes who are willing to fight for strangers after changing their minds, and on the other hand, there are organizations that hinder human beings from taking the route of supernatural abilities under the guise of maintaining reason, and your three views are not compatible." ”
"I'll report your suggestion to the O5 Council." Dr. Keels nodded in response, "So, do you want to come with me now?" ”
With a look of disgust on his face, Lyle still stood up: "Although it is not my will, there is no reason to refuse. ”
"You are not included in Foundation-approved meetings." Dr. Keels turned his head to Mei Li and Ah Ci next to him.
The two of them involuntarily turned their gaze to Lyle, after all these years, they had long since taken the orders of the Foundation staff seriously.
"After nearly thirty years of brotherly separation, there is nothing you are looking forward to~" Lyle smiled and waved his hand, motioning for the two to stay and follow Dr. Keels out of the bungalow (containment unit).
Normal contact between the object and outsiders is to be made within the containment unit, but it is clear that Lyle is not a normal containment object, and the destination is the conference room of the 'office building' where the containment facility is used as a camouflage, away from the research building and the containment area.
As he rode the elevator, Dr. Keels said nonchalantly, "...... Speaking of which, Clive's bastard doesn't seem to be dead. ”
Lyle frowned, he didn't care about Dr. Clive's life and death, he cared about another thing, let me hide it again: "Then he's pretty good." ”
"Don't pretend to be stupid, it wasn't you who chased him back then, otherwise he wouldn't even have the slightest chance to escape." Dr. Keels coldly debunks Lyle's lies.
Lyle can't deny that he beat Dr. Clive to death when he was eight years old, and there is a record of practice: "So, what do you want to do next?" ”
"There is no plan for the time being, I don't approve of poisoning minors, but it's a pity that the damned ones didn't die, but the undeserved ones died." There was no change in expression on his face, and his mood swings were much lower than normal, but Dr. Keels still had a basic conscience, "I have only one question personally, what is the current state of SCP-239's mental state?" ”
"A little girl who has no kindness or malice towards humans, and works hard to learn magic because she thinks it's cute to be a witch." Lyle paused for a moment and said leisurely, "It's just that there is a problem with her origin, and I can't rule out the possibility of a sudden leopard change one day...... I don't know if she'll become a god or a demon by then. ”
Dr. Keels pushed his glasses and said, "I'll record this conversation." ”
"I know, it's the SCP Foundation's way of writing down everything." This is also the reason why the Three Goddesses of Fate chose the SCP Foundation as the object of guidance.
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"Hey, this guy looks like my brother except he has two eyes, a nose, and a mouth," Tony Stark said in a sinister manner, Dr. Kiles, the host of the meeting.
Lyle rolled his eyes: "I haven't seen you in almost thirty years, and the first sentence is this?" ”
"Listen, I don't know where the chick came from." Tony pointed to Lyle, who was sitting directly across from the ring conference table, and counted carefully, "One, my brother is a male creature; 2. My brother is over 30 years old; 3. There is no genetic similarity between you and your parents. ”
Dr. Keels said blandly, "We have a detailed record of SCP-4679's physical changes, and I can request access if necessary, and the paper should be delivered to you in about half an hour." ”
"............" Tony actually doesn't think people will be boring enough to let a female agent disguise himself as his younger brother, but he really can't accept the fact that his younger brother looks several times more beautiful than his secretary.
Lyle stretched out his hand to the door of the conference room, "Honestly, Tony, you can walk away as a stranger now, so it's good for both of you." ”
"Good for both sides? Lao Tzu had to turn to S.H.I.E.L.D. for help, and now there is a female agent by his side, in exchange for this kind of answer?! Tony was joined by Secretary Pepper Potts, as well as Monitor Natasha Romanoff, "Besides, you're stupid as a prisoner, don't you think prison life is pretty good?" ”
Lyrdon was surprised: "...... You're here to save me? ”
"What Howard Stark can't do, doesn't mean Tony Stark can't do it either, because I'm still Iron Man." Tony glanced defiantly at Dr. Keels, his confidence in the steel suit (suitcase form) close at hand.
But Dr. Keels ignored this and just buried his head in the meeting.
"I see...... It seems that you still think of me as a brother. Lyle smiled.
Tony said in disgust, "Stop! Put away this sweet smile that should only appear on the girl's face! Super disgusting, okay? ”
"I'm very happy with my appearance, but like most people, I hate to be ridiculed for my appearance again and again, if I hear one more sentence, you should change careers and become a sister." At the same time as the verbal threat was issued, the magic had been activated.
(Smack!) Tony, sensing the oddity in his chest, snapped up, but as he stood, a pile of metal parts fell from the inside of his clothes, with several fragments among them.
"This is!?" Tony ignored the newly improved Ark Reactor and instead touched his chest, the hole that had been healed.
Lyle added: "Not only the metal fragments next to the heart, but also the large and small health problems in your body, if you are interested, please do your own physical examination." ”
Tony's expression changed several times, and after bending down to pick up the Ark Reactor, he sat back in his chair: "...... Is this the power of the 'reality benders'? ”
"Don't use the SCP Foundation jargon, I'm a magician." Lyle used magic to depict a flat-plane magic circle of classic structure in the air, "but high-level magicians don't need magic circles and spells to complete spells. ”
"In other words, you're a high-level magician?" Tony asked.
Lyle smiled and gave Tony's real answer to the question: "Yes, I'm a passable magician at a level beyond the Foundation's control. ”
"But you didn't choose to leave." Tony just asked calmly, not reprimanding, as mentioned earlier, thirty years have diluted the family affection, and now only blood is left to hold the brothers together.
Of course, using the bloodline can quickly cultivate feelings, but this has nothing to do with the moment.
"I can't equate what I saw when I was a child with what I see now, just as my dad thought that organizations like the Occult Coalition and Hydra could threaten me, and he decided to send me to the SCP Foundation for containment." Lyle gestured with his thumb and forefinger to describe 'small', "All I can say is that I made what I thought was the right decision at the time, and I even had the belief that I would fight the Foundation to the end...... Then, there is no turning back easily. ”
Tony agreed with Lyle's statement and asked, "So, what path are you taking now?" ”
"The path of anomalous individuals who do not belong to the human camp." Lyle smiled slightly, "But...... Looking at your performance just now, I still recognize your brother, and I don't mind helping when I am bullied when I am a superhero in the future. ”
"Don't worry, there won't be that day." Tony stood up and left the room.