Stark strode through the hallway of the Stark Group building, and when a familiar figure rushed out of the office, Stark didn't think about it, and rushed over to hug her.

"Oh my God, my God, Tony!" Pepper's voice was crying, and she kept rubbing the back of Stark's head and neck with her hands, then cupped his cheeks with both hands, looked into his eyes and said, "I thought you were dead, I thought you would never come back!" ”

Stark hugged Pepper tightly and put his head between her neck and shoulders, Pepper felt Stark trembling all over, she hurriedly broke free of Stark's embrace, gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with the side of her index finger, and took a deep breath to restore her former shrewd and capable professional image.

Pepper waved his hand behind him, and the doctors hurriedly stepped forward to support Stark, who always had one hand on Pepper's shoulder, and he stared into Pepper's eyes and said, "I hope the first thing I see when I wake up is you, Pepper, please." ”

Stark fell.

Looking at Stark's figure being carried on a stretcher, Pepper clenched his fists tightly, and then another tall black figure appeared behind Pepper.

"How's Tony?" Obadiah asked a little anxiously.

After a few seconds, Pepper slowly withdrew her gaze, and a complicated look crossed her face with her back to Obadiah, but she still tried to restrain her expression and said, "He is extremely weak, almost unsteady, Mr. Obadiah, the company will ask you for this time." ”

With that, Pepper strode towards the stairs, and after her back disappeared, Obadiah's face was a little gloomy.

He walked back to the office where he had just been, and looked at the black woman with a bad face, who was no longer the swagger she used to be.

"Tony Stark is back alive." Obadiah's tone was low: "And you promised me that he would die!" ”

"You still don't get it? There are other forces that have intervened, and this is not something we can control. The black woman slapped the table unwillingly, sighed and then stood up, looked at Obadiah and said, "Although this cooperation failed, you didn't lose anything, our people didn't stay alive, and he has no evidence." ”

Obadiah stared at her coldly, and the black woman turned her head to look out the window and said, "You have no turning back, Obadiah, we can only wait for the next opportunity......"

Suddenly, an arm went around her shoulder, strangling her neck, and she heard Obadiah's deep voice ringing in her ears before she was stunned.

"No, I can also tell Tony that you coerced me, I was just forced to betray his whereabouts."

When Stark woke up again, all he could hear was the sound that kept ticking in his ears, and although his consciousness was awake, he didn't open his eyes because he had so much to think about.

He began to push the timeline of the whole thing forward to the time before he had even set off on his expedition to Afghanistan.

It was then that he first noticed something unusual about Obadiah, such as the fact that he began to make fewer appearances in the company, but continued to travel to the states and other parts of the Americas.

At that time, Stark was not very concerned about business activities, he thought that Obadiah was expanding the business scope of Stark Group, but if you think about it, the largest buyer of Obadia's main arms and arms business is the military, has he started to sell arms to other countries privately since then?

Stark remembered the first attack he had encountered since his trip to Afghanistan, and based on the tattooed human skin that Schiller had shown him, the first attack had come from the Ten Rings.

What is the connection between Obadiah and the Ten Commandments? Are they a partnership or a mere employment relationship?

He is then rescued by Eric, who belongs to a mercenary group that carries out missions in the local area, and the mercenaries do the dirty work for the military, but the mercenaries end up doing it to him, which means that the military also wants him not to return to the United States.

Suddenly, Stark had a flash of inspiration, and Obadiah suddenly left and began to operate around the world, does it have anything to do with the military's desire for him to die in Afghanistan?

Obadiah and the military are falling out?

Perhaps this is the only way to explain that Obadiah is starting to develop new business paths, and the military wants Tony Stark, the best scientist of the Stark Group, to die in Afghanistan in order to weaken the influence of the Stark Group.

So it's essentially a game between Stark Group and the military?

So what's going on with Hydra?

Stark thought that the second attack was carried out by Schiller, and that the group of terrorists who kidnapped him did not kill him, so why should he be provided with raw materials to make weapons?

Stark remembers that when he was last in the base, Schiller said that he had received the last orders from his teacher and boss before the bombing and had learned all about their plans, so why didn't he know about it before? Where is the watershed?

That robot, Stark realized, the giant robot he had created called Iron Wall 1.

Most likely, Hydra wanted to test whether he was really the strongest scientist in the field of Stark Group military products, as the rumors say, and wanted to see if he really had the most genius brain in the legend.

Stark speculated that Schiller might have reported back to his teacher and superiors after seeing the construction process of that huge part of the robot, and then got the full plan from there.

After all, only Stark has enough value plans to carry out the necessity, if Stark is really a fool, it is estimated that Schiller will get a kill order.

Pushing back a little more time, Schiller led him to the abandoned base and told him that he had sent the address of the base to his personal secretary, Pepper.

Stark thought about it and knew that in the early days of his disappearance, Pepper must have been crazy to mobilize all forces to find him, so he would definitely publish a certain contact information in the media, and Schiller probably contacted Pepper through this contact information.

So when did Pepper learn about this address? What did you do after you got it?

Stark slowly opened his eyes, and he saw Pepper walking in in casual clothes, and when he saw Stark waking up, Pepper rushed in and kicked the paramedics out.

"Tony, it's good that you're okay, the doctor said that the wound on your back is healing well, but your strength is exhausted, plus you need to rest for anxiety panic attacks, I took a period of leave to accompany you."

"Thank you so much, Pepper." Stark sighed softly, Pepper raised the head of his bed, Stark looked at her and asked, "I don't want to ruin the fun, but there are too many doubts about this matter, so I'll talk about it later." ”

"I know, don't worry, I came in my own car, now it's all our people outside, you won't be in danger, you can ask whatever you want."

No matter how many times, Stark still wants to admire Pepper for being his personal secretary, and Pepper's courage and decisiveness make her the backbone of Stark Group.

Stark looked at Pepper and said, "Did anyone from the Afghan side contact you before I was rescued?" ”

Pepper was startled, looking at her expression, Stark knew that he must have said it, Pepper hurriedly took out his mobile phone from his coat pocket, pressed it twice, and handed it to Stark.

"This is the clue email I published in the media, and most of the clues in it are useless at all, but just the day before you were rescued, an unfamiliar email sent me a photo taken in real action, and the scenery is the mountains of Afghanistan."

Stark rummaged through Pepper's mailbox and immediately noticed the email with the attached photo, and when he clicked on it, the content was very brief, it was the GPS satellite positioning coordinates.

At this time, Pepper walked to the door, took a suitcase security computer from the person outside the door, she looked out the door, handed the computer to Stark and said, "It's urgent, I just have time to take this out." ”

Stark glanced at her, and he understood that Pepper was saying that she had sensed that something was wrong with the Stark Group, so she hurried here to accompany him, which was actually the best choice.

If Stark dies, then it is not clear who the Stark Group will be, so it is natural to stay within the group and choose an heir who is the best for the group.

But Stark is not dead, there is no doubt that this group is his, and it is impossible for the entire capitalist class to accept that someone usurps the legitimacy of the family, and the heir is abolished, and they must also ensure that he is the supreme leader of a certain group on the surface, because only by trying their best to uphold such rules can they ensure that as a vested interest, the family can continue forever.

So it doesn't matter if there is a turmoil within the Stark Group now, everyone knows that Stark is still alive, so he will be able to return to the Stark Group sooner or later, not to mention that he is still the most important scientist, without him, the R&D department will not be transferred, and the board of directors must ensure that he can come back no matter what.

Stark turned on his computer and began to look up the specific location information of the GPS satellite positioning coordinates, and sure enough, he found the familiar mountain forest on the satellite snapshot, especially the very conspicuous cliff, where Pierce's helicopter was parked.

This is definitely not a random location, the nearby terrain is relatively steep, mountain bikes can't get up, and even the locals have to struggle to find the hole in the overgrown abandoned base, unless there is air power and specific coordinates, only with both, can the perfect rescue be carried out.

In Schiller's opinion, perhaps only the Stark Group has such a ability, so he will rest assured that he will hand over the coordinates to Pepper.

But Pepper didn't come, it was Alexander Pierce, so there was only one question left, Stark looked at Pepper and asked, "What did you do after you received this coordinates?" ”

"I deleted it." Pepper's tone didn't fluctuate at all: "What you see now is a mirror website of the mailbox secret, and the original URL has been completely canceled by me, and even the snapshots have been destroyed." ”

Pepper stared straight at Stark and said, "I know that if you're still alive, what I'm going to do is not to save you, but to keep no one else from finding you." ”

Pepper stretched out a hand and put it on the back of Stark's hand, lowered his voice and said, "If you really live to that point, prove that you want to survive, then one day you can get out of there on your own." ”

Stark pulled his hand from Pepper's hand, put it on the back of her hand, lowered his eyes and said, "Thank you, Pepper, but I can't say I saved myself, at least not this time." ”

(End of chapter)