Chapter 45: The Old Man's Deduction

Stark Industries' charity ball, held in the name of that playboy Tony Stark, was a very important gathering for the whole of America.

Not to mention that Stark Industries will send an invitation to almost all walks of life and all people who have crossed paths, so that the dance party can reach the largest scale.

Of course, this kind of ball has not received any so-called invitations for Hammer Industries before, but this year I have to say that they have to send invitations to Hammer Industries.

After all, they have already bought over their own weapons department and production department.

Either way, an invitation to Hammer Industries is now a must, whether or not they have anyone to come to the ball.

It's a matter of attitude.

Disney Concert Hall has long been rolled out on the red carpet, and many media reporters have long been waiting for the stars of Los Angeles on the red carpet.

For Angelenos, no matter how many big names in business come to attract attention, celebrity is always the best way to do it.

Tony Stark is a special case, after all, that guy is the only one in the whole of America who has something to do and everyone will be attracted to him.

As for whether Tony Stark will show up at this charity ball today, no one knows.

That's the man who can pigeon off the awards ceremony of the Ministry of Defense, and it doesn't seem like a thing to pigeon off his own charity ball.

"He hasn't been seen in public since he made that aggressive remark at the press conference, and some people claim that he is suffering from PTSD and has been bedridden for weeks...", as the news host who arrived at the scene, was now seriously telling everything he knew, "but no one would expect him to attend the ball tonight anyway." ”

Just as the hostess was about to continue, the photographer was already motioning for her to look in the other direction. It was clear that he didn't want to have any more discussion on Stark's topic, and that he hadn't been here until now, so it was almost certain that Stark would be in attendance.

The hostess also turned her head to look over, and a car was parked at the other end of the red carpet.

With her long silver-white hair draped over her shoulders, Felicia, dressed in a black tuxedo, stepped out of the car and stood by the door, quietly waiting for another person to appear.

As a qualified journalist, the hostess knows quite well what kind of people are invited to today's ball, and the presence of the woman in the black tuxedo here means that another woman is likely to be here as well.

After all, the tuxedo woman is the secretary of the chairman of Hammer Industries, the kind of personal secretary.

But the next person to appear was not the high-profile Carla Hammer, but a figure they had never seen in a single news report.

The bright red wavy hair is also a black tuxedo, but unlike the youthful beauty of Felicia before, the person who appears in the second place is obviously more charming and moving.

Even like Felicia, after she got out of the car, she waited quietly by the car door.

When Kara, dressed in a white dress, stepped out of the car, the flashing lights could not stop, and everything that had been before that moment had become a bubble.

Even the celebrities who were being photographed walked towards the venue with a slight smile with a lot of vision.

If they don't leave, will they see the red carpet of an arms tycoon overpowering them all?

Almost everyone's eyes were already on Carla and the others, and the appearance of the chairman of Hammer Industries at the charity ball of his former nemesis was quite shocking news.

Even those who knew that Stark Industries was indeed an invitation to Hammer Industries would not have much confidence that Kara would come to the ball.

It's like they don't trust that Stark will be here.

"Miss Hammer, Miss Hammer, LA News, can I ask you a few questions?" The hostess, who had told Stark that he would not come to the charity ball, hurriedly beckoned her cameraman to come to Carla with her.

"No problem." Kara just smiled and nodded.

"Why did you come to Stark's charity ball this time, how did you feel like being here as an old enemy?"

"You've already said it yourself, it's a charity ball, and the focus is on charity, not the ball. Second, Stark Industries is not a rival to Hammer Industries, as their chairman and president has abandoned the arms industry. Kara spoke unhurriedly to the hostess.

"Will the future Hammer Industries abandon the arms industry like Stark Industries and carry out transformation?"

"Ma'am, when do you think the struggle between humans will stop?" Kara didn't answer the question, but just asked the hostess.

The hostess only smiled slightly: "Can I understand that when there is no threat of war in the world, Hammer Industries will stop producing arms?" ”

Kara just smiled and didn't speak.

Seeing this, the hostess hurriedly reorganized her language and said, "What do you think of the news that Tony Stark is now sick in bed?" Will he be there at today's charity ball? ”

"I deeply regret what happened to Mr. Stark in the Middle East, but I am confident that Mr. Stark will come out of it. As for whether he will come to the ball, I don't know, it's his own business. After saying that, Kara nodded to the hostess, and was about to leave.

Just as the hostess wanted to continue asking a few more questions, the red-haired beauty who was next to Carla had already stopped the hostess.

"I'm Miss Hammer's secretary: Natasha Romanoff, Miss Hammer needs to go to the ball now, and if you have any questions, I'll answer them as I see fit." Natasha confronted the hostess with a rather professional smile.

As for whether his appearance will be exposed or something, I don't care at all.

You don't need to continue your career as an agent.

"Natasha, she won't have any problems, right?" Felicia stayed by Kara's side and asked softly about her new colleague.

Kara patted Felicia on the back: "Don't worry, she is definitely professional in this kind of thing." ”

"Okay." Since Carla has said so, Felicia can only be a newcomer Natasha has no problem, but considering that Natasha was from the legal department before, it is always easier to face this kind of thing than to face the judge.

Thinking of this kind of thing, Felicia also relaxed.

Started to take on his own job again, and stayed by Kara's side honestly.

The biggest reason why she chose to wear a tuxedo is that she can be Kara's dance partner directly at the ball, so that when a guy comes over to invite Kara, Kara has to dance with someone.

Even for this reason, Felicia deliberately encouraged Natasha to choose the same tuxedo as herself, just to avoid some guys who are not very eye-catching.

But Natasha readily agreed.

At that time, Kara looked at the eyes of the two of them, and they were a little helpless.

Kara has not forgotten what is the biggest reason why she came to this ball, no charity, no ball, is not as happy as looking for easter eggs in the world.

However, there are times when you don't need to look for something like an easter egg, and he will come to him himself.

An old man with a pipe in his mouth also walked slowly to Kara's side and smiled at Kara.

"Let's have a good talk?" When the old man said this, the world around him had begun to slowly stand still.

Kara could see the ends of her little secretary's fluttering hair slowly stop in the air.

"No problem." Looking at the old man in front of her now, Kara has understood that the guy who appears here now really doesn't seem to be a so-called easter egg.

"You shouldn't be here, you should be next door." The old man looked at Kara in front of him and spoke slowly.

"But here I am."

"yes, I'd love to see a superman appear in my world." The old man said with a smile, "This world, of course, is not this universe, there are too many imitations of Superman, but I want to see what a real Superman looks like in this world." ”

"That may disappoint you, I didn't become the human god next door." As for whether what the old man said was true or false, Kara would not guess, there was no need for such a person to tell lies to himself.

If he could, he could now exile himself directly to a void space with no sunlight at all, where he could wait for the end of his life.

The old man shook his head, not caring at all: "No, I'm not disappointed. I tried to put you in the same environment as Superman, but I found that there was no way. ”

"You're not going to be that Superman at all."

"I've deduced all kinds of timelines, but on each timeline, you don't have any resistance to murder."

"Even in a few timelines, you started the massacre because of the death of the people around you at the time."

"Not controlled?" Carla frowned.

"No, it's just my deduction, it didn't really happen, everything is just in my head." The old man tapped his temples and smiled and spoke.

That smile was even a little swishy.

The old man's smile, which fell on Kara's eyes at the moment, why was it so irritating?

"So, who died next to me?" Kara took a deep breath and admonished herself not to be angry, not to be angry.

"Every timeline is different, and even the people around you are different, I'll do the math for you." The old man really said that he would forget it, and he had already begun to count the people who appeared next to Kara on his fingers.

"Wanda Maximoff, Lorna Dane, Susan Stone, Ganata..."

And with each name, there is one more black line on Kara's forehead.

"Alright, don't say it." Carla really felt like she couldn't listen to it anymore, she hadn't done anything, but there was always a faint sense of guilt.

The old man also smiled slightly at this time, and stopped his actions: "It's all timelines that haven't appeared, after all, you are the only one in this world now." ”

"All possibilities are possible."

Kara looked at the old man in front of her, and after regaining her composure, she said, "I shouldn't have come to you." ”

"If you don't look for me, I'll look for you when I have time." The old man is quite a fool of himself when he says such things.

"I think you've got a lot of time." Thinking that the old man in front of him had deduced so many timelines for his future, Kara couldn't help but complain.

"Hahaha." The old man smiled, "Don't worry, as long as you don't blow up all my multiverses with one punch, it's no problem." ”

"By the way, I copied something from next door, but I don't know when it will be in place, it's a surprise." After the old man said this, he had slowly disappeared in front of Kara.

Time around the neighborhood is also starting to return to normal.

"I forgot to ask if I could get into the newsroom." Kara whispered, who made the old man open his mouth is a shocking giant melon, completely making Kara forget this core problem.

"What editorial office?" Felicia looked at Kara beside her, a little puzzled.

Is there still an editorial office in this world that Carla can't get into?