“Tony, you actually grew a beard, and you look good!”
“Eric, you bastard, I didn’t expect you to dare to come!”
On the last day of the 20th century, Tony Stark held a New Year’s Eve party in Bern, Switzerland. Eric also received an invitation from Obaday, but it seemed that Stark didn’t know that Obaday had invited Eric, and he looked like he was going to fight as soon as they met.
“Hey, Tony, don’t be like this! There are at least hundreds of media here!” Obaday stopped Stark. He was the person who knew Stark best and knew his weaknesses very well. Just one sentence made him smile stiffly again.
“Sorry, Eric, Tony still cares about that matter.”
“Oh, it’s okay, Obaday, my friend, I hope that matter won’t affect our friendship.” Eric smiled and patted Obaday’s shoulder, giving him a look that all men understand.
“Of course! There are many beautiful women here today, I will introduce them to you later.” Obaday showed a tacit smile.
Stark couldn’t stand it anymore, secretly gave Eric the middle finger, and turned to leave.
“Hey, Tony! Don’t leave in a hurry!” Eric stopped him, took out a small box from his pocket and handed it to him, “Happy New Year! I prepared a New Year’s gift for you!”
“You gave me a gift?” Stark shouted sarcastically, “Isn’t it a time bomb?”
“Bomb? Where is the bomb? Mr. Stark, come behind me!” A slightly fat man suddenly shouted, trying to pull Stark behind him, but because of his clumsy skills, he knocked down two passing waiters.
“Hey, Happy, there is no bomb!” Stark turned the man’s shoulder, stared into his eyes and explained a few words, then gestured around awkwardly.
Eric held back his laughter and looked at the man who made Stark embarrassed, “Who is this?”
“Happy, my bodyguard and driver.” Stark touched his nose, his expression a little unnatural.
“He is very brave!” Eric smiled and handed the small box to Stark again.
Stark waved his hands repeatedly, looking reluctant, “Eric, you know, I never accept anything handed to me by others! This is my quirk.”
“Oh, sorry, I forgot.” Eric took it back apologetically, “I have always been curious about why you have this quirk?”
Hearing this question, Stark’s expression was a little gloomy, and Obadiah next to him hurriedly said: “Since Tony took the death notice of his parents in person, he never accepted anything handed to him by others.”
So that’s it! In the United States, if someone is missing for more than four years, they will be judged dead. The Howards have been missing for seven years, and the death notice has long been lying in Stark’s safe.
After hearing this explanation, Eric smiled and handed the box in his hand over again, “Tony, if this is the case, I think you’d better take it. Maybe this little gift can cure your quirk!”
Obadai’s face changed slightly, and various possibilities emerged in his mind involuntarily, but Stark was stunned on the spot, and he stretched out his hand tremblingly for a long time, but when he was about to touch the box, he retracted it.
“Eric, this is not a good topic for a joke. If you joke with me about this, I will definitely kill you!” Eric heard this, smiled and shrugged, and handed the box to Stark again. “Okay, Tony, I’ll help you hold it!” I don’t know what Obaday is up to. Seeing Stark hesitate, he actually reached out to grab the box. “No! Uncle Obaday! I’ll do it myself!” Stark had made up his mind at this time, took the box firmly, and opened it in front of everyone. There was a key and a small note lying quietly in the box, with an address written on it. Stark picked up the note and took a look, then quickly kneaded it into a ball, put it in his pocket, nodded to Eric, pushed everyone away and ran out. “Dude, what is that?” Stark’s movements were too fast, and Obaday stretched his neck but didn’t see what was written on the note, so he hurried over to ask Eric. Eric patted his shoulder and smiled meaningfully, “Just as you thought, man!”
After that, he ignored Obaday’s changed face and walked towards a beautiful woman.
“Ms. Hansen, I didn’t expect you to come here!” This beautiful woman was none other than Maya Hansen, the inventor of the Extremis virus who missed Barton’s invitation.
“Are you Mr. Eric? I’ve heard of you for a long time!” Maya Hansen shook hands with Eric politely, but her expression was a little absent-minded, and her eyes couldn’t help but glance in the direction where Stark had just left.
“You are really a busy man. Two years ago, my assistant invited you to participate in a scientific research project, but you didn’t come out of the laboratory after waiting for a week.”
“Really? That’s a pity, haha.” Maya Hansen was perfunctory to Eric’s words. She seemed to want to chase in the direction of Stark, but she didn’t dare to move because of Eric’s face.
“Miss Hansen, are you waiting for someone?” Eric looked at Maya Hansen with interest.
“Yeah, Tony said he wants to take a bath with me tonight… um…” Maya Hansen blurted out absentmindedly, immediately covering her lips with her hands, widening her eyes, and looking embarrassed.
“Haha, what are you washing? Are you washing dates? How much money is Tony going to sponsor you?” Unfortunately, the prophetic boss Ai already knew everything and knew Maya Hansen’s purpose.
“10 million dollars, my research has reached a bottleneck, and I really need a lot of money to continue…” Maya Hansen blabbered about a lot of difficulties, and even forced a tear out of the corner of her eyes, looking like a pear blossom in the rain, pitiful.
In fact, she also figured it out. After Stark ran away, there is still Eric. As long as she can get research funds, who cares about Stark! And from what Boss Ai said, it seems that he is interested in her? Shouldn’t I show some respect?
Eric rolled his eyes. For the sake of 10 million research funds, you ran thousands of miles to send a cannon? When Barton went to find you, why didn’t you come out to talk? Not to mention 10 million, I would give 100 million!
“Ms. Hansen, I have heard a little about your research project. Can you tell me more about it? Do you have any information or samples? I am very interested in your research.” Eric smiled like Coulson again, and his affinity instantly increased to level 999.
“Oh, of course. I brought some information with me. It’s in my room. I can take you to see it.” Maya Hansen was dazzled by Eric’s smile, but she immediately came to her senses when she mentioned her research.
“That’s great. I bought some winter dates from Asia. We can wash them together.”
Ahem, let me say this. There is a paragraph in this chapter about the US deeming someone dead after missing for 4 years. This is actually our country’s law. We can’t find the US law, so let’s just replace it like this.
Finally, I still continue to ask for recommendations, subscriptions, and monthly tickets~~
