"Oh, luckily...... If I'm not mistaken, you're Colonel James Rhodes? ”

In the villa with a sea view in Malibu, before Oakes could enter the door, he saw a black man in a military uniform with a serious face and ready to enter the door.

Being able to come to Tony's villa is like coming to your own home, except for Pepper, there is only Colonel Rod, and even Oakes does not have this treatment.

"Huh?"

Rhodes, who was immersed in his own thoughts, was stunned for a moment, stopped, and turned his head to see a red-haired young man standing behind him.

He couldn't help but assume a defensive posture - even if he was thinking just now, he was 100% sure that there was no one around him at all!

"Dr. Oaks Lin?"

However, seeing the appearance of the red-haired young man clearly, Rod reacted.

He had helped Tony investigate Oakes' information, and there weren't many people Tony could call a friend.

And with his channels, the identity of Oaks S.H.I.E.L.D. environmental adviser is not a secret.

"Sorry, I'm a little allergic...... I have heard of the name for a long time, Dr. Lin. ”

Although it is a little strange how Oakes appeared, it is only a day after Tony's accident, and the other party rushed over from New York, which is enough to say a lot of things.

Rod relaxed, smiled and stepped forward to shake Oakes' hand:

"Tony often mentions you to me."

"Just call me Oakes, but unfortunately, I only heard about you Colonel in Tony's complaints."

Oakes' sense of humor was clearly to Rhodes' appetite, who pouted exaggeratedly:

"It's not easy to be that guy's friend, is it?"

"It's not easy, it's even my first time coming to his house."

Oakes grinned:

"If you don't come today, I won't be able to get in, I'm ready to climb the window."

Rod shook his head with a wry smile and sighed:

"Tony's matter even alarmed S.H.I.E.L.D.? What are you going to do? ”

He was really stupid to think that S.H.I.E.L.D.'s environmental advisers were only dealing with environmental issues.

"It's not a big deal, S.H.I.E.L.D. isn't ready yet.

It's just yesterday and they need me to see how Tony is doing.

I've read the news, but the focus of attention on Mr. Senator, the military and public opinion is on the steel armor, and I have to say that this is a sacrifice of the basics. ”

"Oh? How do you say that? ”

Rod secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he knew very well that if Oakes had come to receive Tony's Warframe technology on behalf of S.H.I.E.L.D., he would have nothing to do.

He can still say a few words in the military with his relationship with Tony.

But for S.H.I.E.L.D., even if a few generals speak, it doesn't work, let alone a colonel.

"It means that they are completely immersed in the frenzy that comes with someone doing the feat of 'making God bleed' -

The incident in Monaco bleed Tony, a giant whale in the sky.

The smell of blood has attracted countless sharks, greedily trying to rip fresh flesh from their former Guardians. ”

Rod nodded silently, and saw Oakes raise his hand and point to the villa:

But they forgot, or don't want to admit at all, that Iron Man is the product of a combination of Tony and Iron Armor.

Without the Warframe, Tony could still develop something else to replace it.

But without Tony, anyone else who gets a Warframe wouldn't be Iron Man.

Warframe is just a tool, the key is the person who controls it-

UAVs can never replace real fighter pilots, can they? ”

“……”

Rod was stunned for a long time, and let out a sigh:

"I couldn't agree with that last sentence."

stepped forward to open the door of the villa, and Rod made a gesture of invitation to Oakes:

"Oakes, I'm a soldier, and I have to carry out orders......

But I'm also Tony's friend, and if there's only one choice between him and Warframe, I'll choose to protect him. ”

"It's the little ones who make the choice."

Oakes shrugged, smiled, and stepped through the door for a moment of Rhodes' distraction.

"Fury, that old fox, is hiding this from me...... Thought I didn't know? ”

Oakes walked in and saw Pepper and another beautiful woman in formal clothes busy talking on the phone.

Natasha Romanoff, S.H.I.E.L.D. Level 7 agent, now known as Natalie, works undercover at Stark Industries as Pepper's personal secretary.

Because with the exception of one name, Pepper has now almost replaced Tony's job as CEO.

If he hadn't thought he could salvage it, he would have given the position to Pepper a long time ago.

"Hi ladies, is Tony there?"

"Oh, Oakes!"

Pepper stood up in surprise and put down the phone:

"Why are you here...... I mean, it's nice to have you here. ”

She also knows something about Oakes, not to mention that the other party has saved her life.

So she stepped forward quickly, greeted Oakes, and then said with some hesitation:

"Tony ...... Oakes, could you please check his physical condition?

I always felt that something was wrong, that he wasn't mentally right lately, and although he tried to pretend that nothing was wrong, I could feel that he was hiding something from me.

Although he used to be conceited and arrogant and self-centered, he was not so irresponsible as to put himself in danger in order to step on someone's face.

I tried to find a doctor for him, but he refused. ”

"Don't worry, I will."

As soon as Oakes finished speaking, Colonel Rhodes also came in:

"Oh Pepper, where's Tony?"

"Did you make an appointment?"

Pepper saw Rhodes coming in a military uniform and seemed to realize something.

"We met at the door."

Oakes spread his hands, and saw Natasha coming over, glancing at Oakes seemingly unintentionally, and whispering to Pepper:

"Miss Potts, Mr. Stark confesses that he does not want to be disturbed......"

"It's okay, he won't mind these two."

Pepper smiled and nodded to Oakes and Rod:

"He's downstairs."

"Thank you."

Coming to the laboratory downstairs, Rod and Oakes glanced at each other, stepped forward and entered the password to open the door.

Walking into the laboratory and seeing Tony staring at the monitor silently, Rod felt anger surge:

"Tony, you've got to go upstairs and take control of the situation - the military want to confiscate your armor, and they don't want to go around in circles anymore!"

"You said that no one would master this technology for twenty years, but yesterday, they found that not only did someone master it, but it was not just the theory — hey, are you listening to me?"

"Colonel Rhodes, he's not doing well."

Oakes stopped Colonel Rhodes from approaching a sluggish Tony, snapped his fingers, and a cloud of green energy wrapped around Tony, cheering him up.

"Wow! What is it? Magic? ”

Ignoring Rod's exclamation, Oakes stepped forward and patted Tony, who began to smile bitterly:

"Man, it's not good to be a doctor, my poor little acorn is dying of exhaustion—you Pepper can tell something is wrong."

"You're all here......"

Tony felt the long-lost sense of relief in his body, and slowly stood up:

"I think I need to change the battery."