[Marvel] Did you water today?

After dinner, Tony put down his work and was resting with Lin Ze in the living room. The two of them were half lying on the sofa in unison. Tony turned on the TV casually, still thinking about the number 42 just now. It's perfect, right?"

"From the effect point of view, it's really good..." Lin Ze just learned about Tony's approach, and raised his arm curiously, and condensed a little energy with his fingertips to slide gently across the inside of his arm, sensing those that can activate the suit. the presence of repeaters.

"Hey sweetheart, you..." Tony wanted to make a few jokes, when he heard a sudden noise from the TV, a somewhat weird sign interrupted the news that was supposed to be broadcast, followed by an uncomfortable clip Played out.

"Some people call me a terrorist, but I feel like a teacher... Americans, are you ready for another lesson?" The bearded man wearing sunglasses spoke slowly against the backlight, as if speaking An unimportant incident, but the gunshots behind him and the fallen people revealed another bloody fact.

Tony's expression had slowly become heavy as the video played, and the man on the TV continued to say: "The Sand Creek massacre in Colorado in 1864, you waited until the soldiers of the Cheyenne tribe went out before attacking , killed all the Cheyenne people, and occupied their land." The man took off his sunglasses, showing a strange face, and he stared at the camera with a relaxed smile: "39 hours ago, Kuwait's Ali Air Force Base was attacked. The attack that came, I did it."

"There is a church near the base, which is full of soldiers' wives and children. The soldiers have gone out to practice and fight, and the warriors are not at home..." The explosion that followed made Lin Ze's fingertips tremble uncontrollably Suddenly, he realized something and couldn't help clenching his fists.

"President Ellis, you keep ignoring my messages. You still haven't caught me this time..." The man in the video held a torch and set the man tied to the cross on fire. The narration continues: "You know who I am, but you don't know where I am, and you can never predict my next move."

After the video ended, the major news in the live broadcast state reported this appalling incident one after another, and the whole of the United States almost immediately fell into a state of high alert. From the news that was continuously broadcast, the two men with heavy faces also heard a The key word - "Mandarin".

The next day, Mr. President, who was named by the Mandarin, stood on the podium and announced in a serious tone that they would definitely crack down on such terrorist attacks. Then he introduced Colonel Roddy, whom he had not seen for a long time. The red and blue-based battle suit came out from the side, and the high-level executives gave the war machine a new name, "Iron Patriot".

The Iron Patriot operator who was complained about the color scheme and name by some programs was sitting at the bar with Tony and Lin Ze watching the news. Rody looked at Lin Ze expressionlessly, "Laugh if you want."

"Hahahaha sorry..." Lin Ze supported Tony's shoulders so that he could cover his face. Although he knew that his behavior was a little out of date, he had to say...Rody is really the source of his happiness. It's so cool that he can have new laughs.

"The response from the focus group is good, okay?" Roddy knew it was not good when he saw Tony's expression, so he quickly emphasized.

"I'm an 'Iron Patriot'." Tony imitated a robot voice with a stern face and lowered his voice, and finally made his evaluation: "Low burst."

"The main reason is that 'War Machine' sounds too warlike..." Roddy could only explain the last sentence palely.But the purpose of Tony and Lin Ze looking for him was certainly not to make fun of Roddy. After the joke, Tony straightened his expression and asked, "What is the background of this Mandarin?"

Rody looked around and seemed to feel that the occasion was a bit inconvenient. The two of them got closer knowingly, and heard Rody explain in a low voice: "Actually, there have been nine bomb incidents...the public only knows about three, but the problem is We couldn't identify the bomb because there was no casing."

"You know I can help, as long as you ask. I have recently researched new things, such as self-assembly suits, bomb removal devices..." Tony was a little puzzled why Rody didn't come to him in the first place.

"Have you really had a good rest recently?" Rody and Tony looked at each other for a few seconds, then fixed their eyes on Lin Ze, and added: "Even if someone can control your work and rest, your mental state is really serious." Is it suitable for you to continue being so busy? Everyone is worried about you, and I am also worried about you..."

"...Are you teaching me a lesson?" Tony listened patiently to Rody's words, but felt that his thoughts were a bit unbelievable. He now has new experimental progress every day, and with Lin Ze's company, he couldn't understand Rody at all. Where did his worries come from? He turned his attention to Lin Ze, as if he was waiting for Lin Ze to explain to him.

"I'm not trying to play handsome Tony... After the alien incident in New York, ZF urgently needs to restore their image in the hearts of the masses. Stopping the Mandarin is a top priority, yes, but this is not about superheroes. This is... ..."

"Stop talking." Seeing Tony's rapid breathing, Lin Ze interrupted Rody's speech. Seeing the somewhat helpless expression on his face, Lin Ze hurriedly moved Tony by holding his shoulders. The sleep aid flower was placed under Tony's nose to make it effective. After Tony inhaled the light spots produced by the white flower, he couldn't help but lower his eyelids and lean on Lin Ze.Lin Ze supported Tony, who was relaxing, and patted his shoulder lightly.

"What's wrong with him?" Rody was a little confused about the direction of the matter. Did he say anything strange just now?

"Since what happened in New York, he has been forcing himself to do various experiments... He didn't want us to know his pressure. The scene he saw in the wormhole may have left an indelible impression on him "Lin Ze regretted that he didn't use the magic grass to erase Tony's memory, he just thought that it was not a big deal, but Tony obviously took the potential threat of aliens as his own responsibility.

"...I knew it." Rody took a sip of his wine depressed, "Then what should we do now?"

"Take it as if it never happened in a while, and I will find a way to cure him. Okay?" Although Lin Ze was able to heal Tony's physical injuries, he couldn't use the same method to heal his spiritual injuries. trauma, but he thinks that as long as they have enough power, Tony's worries will never reappear, and his anxiety will be relieved...

"Okay." Roddy looked at Tony who was asleep and sighed. Lin Ze raised his hand and tapped on Tony's forehead, making Magic Grass erase Lin Ze's memory of using the sleep aid flower on him just now. Afterwards, he pulled out the sleep-promoting pollen that Tony inhaled. Seeing that Tony's eyelashes were trembling as if he was about to wake up, Lin Ze quickly gave Roddy a wink and called his name softly: "Tony?"

"...I fell asleep?" Tony shook his head in a daze, his mind still a little confused.

"Yes, what did you guys do last night?" Roddy took Tony's words very engrossingly, not forgetting to tease him.

"I didn't do anything." Tony rolled his eyes at Roddy, "As for the matter of the Mandarin, since you said that you don't need my help, I won't intervene. Don't regret it later."

"Let's go, Lin." Tony got up and beckoned Lin Ze to leave the bar. Lin Ze patted Roddy on the shoulder as he passed by, and quickly followed Tony's footsteps.Rody shook the glass lightly, sighed and drank the rest of the wine in one gulp, and left the bar.

Since Harpy took over all the security work of Stark Corporation, one of the things he does most often is to remind all the people he meets to enter and exit the company to wear identification tags, and he also suggested to Pepper that the cleaning work should be completely handed over to Robots.He thinks that robots should be more detailed than humans in this regard.

But before he could explain his thoughts to Pepper in detail, he learned that Pepper was going to have a small meeting with a man who seemed familiar to him, so Happy sat aside and waited for Pepper, and clicked on it. The database queries his information.

When he saw the man's name, Happy seemed to have a flash of light in his mind, and finally caught the light, and quickly dialed Tony's video call——

"Hello, is that the security guard?" Tony couldn't help but tease when he saw Happy's full forehead appearing on the screen. He said nervously: "Pepper is currently in a meeting with a scientist, he is still a handsome blond guy, I didn't remember who he is... although I know people very well."

"Well, you really have a photographic memory." Tony lowered the adjusted Mark42 into the ground, followed Happy's words and walked towards the kitchen.

"So I went into the database and looked for information, Aldredge Killian, we met him. We were there in '99 for a... er, scientific meeting?"

"Switzerland?" Tony retrieved the matter from his memory, and couldn't help but slow down.

"Yes, that's right."

"I don't remember who is called Killian." Tony took the light screen of the mobile phone and put it on the fixed stand, sat casually on the bar stool and looked at the busy Lin Ze across the marble table.

"Of course, he's not a blond hottie...Although you have changed your taste now?" Happy rolled his eyes, and didn't expect Tony to remember anything now, so he could only continue his explanation: "These are not the point, They both started out normal, but he's showing Pepper his brain now."

"What?"

"Brain." Happy emphasized the important words, "This guy is very suspicious, and he has brought his men, so it doesn't look normal. So you'd better hurry over here."

Tony pondered and called up Killian's information for a while, but did not agree to Happy's words, "Relax, it's okay. I just want you to keep the surrounding area safe and let them have a glass of wine to catch up..."

"Hey! I didn't come to talk to you about this because of Pepper?" Happy was a little angry at Tony's attitude, and felt that his nervous appearance turned into a fuss in front of Tony. He really felt that the two people has a problem. "Well, since you don't come, I will follow this guy by myself and investigate his license plate. Even if there is danger, I am not afraid..."

Tony didn't talk to him, he just turned the camera to the side and stared at Happy's face in a daze, Happy's voice was still coming from the other end, "I'm still more used to your previous appearance, Tony. Since you changed I became a superhero, but I didn't understand you anymore, you became so strange..."

"Happy? I'll investigate that person." Lin Ze saw that Tony's expression was a little off, so he leaned over and said to the light screen. "Uh, Lin? Are you here...well, I'll leave it to you." Happy didn't expect Lin Ze to be beside him. He felt a little embarrassed by his sensationalism just now, and hung up after a quick chat. The communication was cut off.

"Have I changed?" Tony couldn't understand why everyone thought there was something wrong with him, or maybe he was just out of habit pretending not to understand.

"You've changed, you used to like babes with blonde hair."

"...Honey?" Tony, who felt that he had dug a hole for himself, was led astray by Lin Ze's words.

Don’t say things you don’t want to say, I don’t understand things you don’t want me to understand, I just need to stand by your side, turn around when you feel tired, if you see that I’m always by your side, maybe You'll have something to say to me... right?Right.

The author has something to say:

[The relationship between the two of them is quite delicate right now... One doesn't want to talk about it and the other pretends not to know, but it will probably get better after this story ends.Originally, I wanted to quickly pass the plot of steel 3, but now that I think about it, I might have to push more emotional lines or something _(:з」∠)_

By the way, the Au 3 account will be applied for tomorrow, so I’ll let you know when I’m free during the Zongzi Festival, and then I’ll let you guys know my lo!In fact, it’s been quite difficult there recently, I’ll try my best to be more careful orz (I’ve blurred out the words, so cutie just understand it yourself! Let’s keep a low profile, see through and don’t tell the truth, okay~]

Thanks to the little angels for feeding the nutrient solution——萞琞x10, Lingx10~

Thanks to the little angel "Spirit" for throwing a landmine~ Meme!