Chapter 222: The Past
"Ark Reactor...... Yes, that's Howard's work. Obadiah responded to the military's question, and Ivan looked away from Stark and glared at Obadiah again.
Obadiah saw his gaze and said, "I know that there is a man here who calls himself the bitter lord and thinks that Howard stole his father's fruits. ”
Obadia leaned back in his chair, his voice tinged with some nostalgia: "Anton Vanko, a scientist from the Soviet Union. ”
When the name of the Soviet Union was spoken, the oldest general on the field looked at Obadiah, and a young general seemed to want to stop Obadiah from continuing, but the general glanced at his men, and in the end, no one spoke, only Obadiah's voice echoed in the room.
"Anton was indeed a genius scientist, he was a very orthodox Soviet man, and he was extremely talented in industry and machinery, especially in theoretical knowledge."
"He and Howard worked together seamlessly...... I have to say that Howard is also a genius, but he is more creative and has a flexible brain, and Anton is more technical and theoretical, and they used to be very good partners. ”
Ivan seemed to want to say something to refute it, but Obadiah's nostalgic tone bore the special imprint of that era, giving a glimpse of the somewhat faded Iron Curtain era.
"At that time, it sounded so ridiculous that an American and a Soviet man were working together to invent something, and no one would believe Anton even if he said he had betrayed the Soviet Union."
"If you look it up now, you should still be able to see a lot of rambling investigative reports in the CIA files, recording the movements of Anton and Howard."
"Although 90% of it is an illusion that I have stuffed in, there is no doubt that Anton is really worth the effort they put into it, because he can really make something that changes the world."
"Howard and Anton created the model of the Ark Reactor together, yes, this is not Howard's invention alone, Anton is also the creator of the Ark Reactor."
There was silence in the room, it seemed that neither Stark nor Ivan had any objection to this result, whether the Ark Reactor was created by Howard alone or not, Stark didn't care much anymore, and Ivan seemed to have expected it.
Obadiah leaned back in his chair, shifted his body, changed his position, and continued, "Now, I'm the only one who knows the story, but maybe you can all guess it. ”
"Howard and I knew the true position of Anton, who was a staunch Bolshevik."
"And because of this, as time went on, when the situation in his homeland was getting worse and worse, the contradictions between them broke out."
Obadiah's tone began to grow more and more ethereal, as if the story of the year was playing before his eyes.
"Give up, Anton, that won't end well!"
"Why don't you see it? With one technology or one person, you can't save your country. In the lab, Howard pressed Anton on the shoulder, and although he was much thinner than Anton, his attitude was resolute.
"As long as you stay here, the two of us can earn more money, we will have no worries about food and clothing, and your son will also get the best education, and you don't need to go back to the ice and snow at all."
"Anton, Obadiah has a way to make your disguised identity real, as long as you ......"
Anton slapped his hand away and said, "That's you, Howard, you don't know what I'm after......"
Howard took a deep breath, looking very helpless, and said, "I don't want to talk to you about faith, I'm just talking about a fact, it's too late now." ”
"Even if you go back with this technique, you may not be facing a glorification of heroes, you should know better than I do......"
Anton looked back at Howard and said, "So who is causing this?!" ”
"Do you want to pour your anger on me?" Howard was also a little angry, and he said, "I'm just kindly persuading you, why are you just unwilling to be a little flexible in the face of a bad outcome that can already be predicted?" ”
"You Americans call this a workaround, yes......" Anton's tone was full of mockery, he didn't seem to want to talk to Howard anymore, picked up the model and left.
"You can't take it away!" Howard stops Anton.
"It's the result of the two of us! Do you want to keep it to yourself? Anton was completely furious, he cursed in Russian, Howard was also angry, and in the laboratory, a fierce argument broke out between the two.
"Finally...... Obadiah dragged out the last note and said, "Anton took some of the information and returned to his homeland. ”
"I know that your father must have resented Howard before he died, thinking that Howard had prevented him from bringing the model back because he wanted to possess the research results for himself." Obadiah shook his head and said.
"But in fact, if he really wanted to go to the Soviet Union with the model, then he would not be able to get out of New York and would have been killed by the CIA."
"At that time, the red beast was on the verge of death, and no one would allow anyone to give it another dose of booster, and at the final critical stage, if Anton got the model, he would definitely die within three days."
Obadiah's voice came to fruition, he looked at Ivan and said, "Actually, your father has brought back enough information, you can make the Ark Reactor from scratch, then they can definitely do the same, and even better." ”
"But alas, as Howard expected, it didn't work, and it was too late."
Ivan did not hear in his tone the superiority of the victors, not even the mockery, Obadiah's tone was complicated, there was nostalgia, there was regret, and finally he said:
"On December 16, 1991, Howard Stark died in a car accident, and on December 26, 1991, the Soviet Union was declared dissolved."
Ivan was silent for a while, and involuntarily said: "On December 28, 1991, Anton Vanke died. ”
The air in the room fell silent, and Tony Stark, Obadia, and Ivan Vanko were all silent, they didn't know how to express their feelings in words.
Like everyone who witnessed the end of that era, the story of the Iron Curtain was both bizarre and ordinary, and when they heard such a story, everyone felt ridiculous, but they didn't know where to feel emotional.
Everyone here, with the exception of Ivan Vanko, was a recipient of the fruits of victory, but few could laugh when the story fell into the room.
"Your father would resent Howard, perhaps because he still had the illusion that if he got the complete model, he could save it all."
"But perhaps, before he died, he knew that this was impossible, but he didn't want to tell you, he didn't want to tell you that he only found out in the end that he had no comrades."
Obadiah sighed again, he looked at Ivan and said, "Your revenge is not destined to succeed, because you are different from your father. ”
Obadiah's tone of voice recounted the whole thing, much to the displeasure of the young generals who were in attendance, and they tried to interrupt him several times, but were stopped by the old admiral who led him.
"These grievances are over, Obadiah." The old admiral said, "We all know that there will be no return in that era. ”
"Let's put aside the past and let's talk about the real issues."
Obadiah stroked the pen in his hand and said, "As you can see, the Ark Reactor is not Howard's alone, Anton Vanke also enjoys the results, and his son has already made the finished product, if he is willing to give it to you, then the Stark Group will not stop it." ”
"If we could, we would still like to work with Stark Group."
The old admiral glanced at Ivan's face, and felt that instead of trying to get technology from the Russians in this state, it was better to be killed and wait for Obadiah to blackmail them.
Obadiah looked at Justin, who felt a chill on his back.
Schiller took the last sip of his coffee and placed the empty cup on the table, when Steve walked in, took a glass of water from the nearby water dispenser, drank it in a few sips, and said, "Hammer Industries has been thrown out by the military, and it seems that the situation is about to settle down." ”
"Where did that Ivan go? Should he be sent home, right? ”
Steve shook his head and said, "You may not believe it, he is eligible for legal residence, he is not an illegal immigrant, and should have been handed over to the police, but Nick seems to have taken a fancy to his technical ability and saved him." ”
"He's willing to work for Nick?"
"Of course not, but Nick is much more patient than Hammer, and now Ivan should have found a house on the edge of Manhattan, and no one knows what he's going to do."
"He's not looking for Stark for revenge?"
"But before you can take revenge, you should at least fix his armor." Rhodes also took the last sip of coffee and said, "His armor and weapons are very bad, or rather, he can still move after withstanding such an attack, which is already a Russian product talent." ”
"Anyway, with S.H.I.E.L.D. agents staring at him, there shouldn't be much of a mess." Steve moved a chair over and sat down.
Schiller flipped another page of the newspaper and said, "Then Stark's public opinion is so unconcerned? ”
Rod sighed and said, "Actually, this is not quite a public opinion attack, because they just took out what Stark had done and told it again......"
"Even if Stark really is a rotten guy, Pepper would try to make him look less rotten, right?"
"After the negotiations, Stark went to Pepper as soon as possible, I guess, he must have gone to Pepper to discuss the direction of public opinion, right?"
After Rod finished speaking, the three of them laughed tacitly.
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