Chapter 2685: Hollywood Rhapsody (Part 44)

Looking at the things recorded in the data, Stark was silent. After taking the medicine from the family doctor and sleeping, his spirit stabilized a bit, and he could clearly analyze which memories were from before and which memories were added later.

It seemed that his background story had been changed.

The first half hadn't changed. Howard was targeted by both Hydra and Congress because of his genius inventions, and had to bear the pressure from both sides.

Then a person appeared, and that was Schiller. He became the adopted son of the Hamiltons, created an accident, and let Howard realize the horror of Hydra earlier.

In order to save his family, Howard chose to cooperate with a Soviet scientist and jointly researched the Arc Reactor technology.

But before this technology was completely perfected, those who targeted Howard had already started to make trouble. Howard had no choice but to manufacture a fake death, took Schiller across the ocean, and came to the Soviet Union.

There, not only did he work with Anton and other scientists to make the Arc Reactor technology more perfect, but he also raised Schiller, letting him become a psychologist.

Many years passed. Schiller chose to return to his homeland, went to college in the United States, but because of Howard back then, he had always held a grudge against Hydra and finally took action to kill.

Also because of this murder case, Schiller had to cooperate with the FBI. But Stark had a doubt. He looked at Natasha and asked, "Is this case really an accident?"

Natasha looked into his eyes and shook her head slowly.

"That dead Hydra leader was the murderer who directly killed the Hamiltons back then." Natasha said.

Stark stared at her, and Natasha recounted the past she had investigated.

"Pracha Hamilton, the eldest son of the Hamilton family. Before the Hamiltons adopted Schiller, he had already been admitted to Cambridge University and traveled across the ocean to study in Europe."

"Because the distance was too far and communication wasn't very developed in that era, he didn't contact his parents frequently. When he was about to graduate from college, he suddenly heard the news of his parents' death, only hurriedly got his degree certificate, and rushed back to the Hamilton family."

"Later, he successfully joined the FBI with excellent academic qualifications and ability, but had been investigating the truth of his parents' death for many years."

"Until one day, a mysterious person contacted him through the internet, claiming that he knew who killed the Hamiltons and could help him take revenge, but Pracha had to agree to one condition."

Hearing this, Stark was slightly stunned. He looked at Natasha and said, "Is this person Schiller?"

"Yes, this person is Schiller who stepped on American soil again. As the second son adopted by the Hamiltons back then, he was an eyewitness to the Hamiltons' murder, so naturally, he knew who their enemy was."

"Is it that dead female Hydra leader?"

"That's right, Schiller killed her, attracted the attention of the FBI, and successfully entered the FBI."

"Was it intentional?"

"Of course, because only within the FBI, he had a way to erase his Soviet background data, otherwise this would be found out sooner or later."

"Wait, if he came from the Soviet Union, how could he get into Columbia University?"

"Of course because someone helped him." Natasha smiled and said.

Looking at Natasha's smile, Stark narrowed his eyes and said, "It wouldn't be you, would it?!"

"That's not it. I only found out later. The one who helped him was the KGB. This way you also know why he had to enter the FBI. Clearly, it was the KGB's arrangement."

Stark pursed his lips and didn't know what to say. Everything was just a trick of both sides planting spies on each other.

"But it's not right." Stark suddenly shook his head and said, "Schiller wouldn't be reconciled to being a tool for mutual probing between intelligence organizations."

"Of course." Natasha nodded with a smile and said, "He wasn't any tool at all. Someone else had other plans."

"Who?"

"Howard." Natasha sighed lightly and said, "Your father isn't as kind as he looks on the surface. Even if he was just a profit-seeking businessman when he was young, after experiencing so much, it's impossible for him not to have his own calculations."

"What did he do?"

"The most urgent one is of course you." Natasha looked into Stark's eyes and said, "He didn't really leave you alone for so many years. He actually had been paying attention to you in secret."

"Is that so? Why didn't I feel it?" Stark said mockingly.

"Of course he couldn't let you feel it, otherwise it would be exposed. But he did indeed use internet means to pay attention to you as much as he could. Fortunately, you were quite famous, appearing in gossip magazines seven or eight times a week."

Stark blushed and said, "It wasn't that many..."

"In short, Schiller returned. As Howard's adopted son, how could he not pay attention to you? But an ordinary medical student had no way to contact you, so he had been trying to deal with the upper class."

"But you also know that this isn't easy, especially as a medical student with no weapons. In a normal way, it's impossible to enter the circle of the upper class. To find a breakthrough, you have to play dirty."

"So he entered the FBI?"

"That's right, grabbing the handles of those big shots is simpler than pleasing them." Natasha said, "And he never missed. Not only did he successfully enter the upper class, but he also gained a good reputation and finally entered the New York Presbyterian Hospital."

Stark seemed to understand a bit. He said, "So that's why Pepper chose him at that time. Among all the psychologists mixing in the upper class, he had the greatest fame and the strongest professional ability. Among all the psychologists with strong professional ability, he was the youngest."

Natasha nodded, confirming his view, and then said, "Pepper knows you very well, knowing that with your young master's personality, it's unlikely you'll sit there honestly and listen to those experts and professors analyze you. You especially hate those solemn and dignified old doctors. If she didn't find someone who fits your temper, you definitely wouldn't take medicine."

Stark rubbed his face awkwardly, but he always felt something was wrong. Were these things a bit too coincidental?

Actually, what he didn't know was that Schiller taught Strange to be a hostage, Strange taught Stark to be a hostage, and Stark found that being a hostage to Pepper had benefits, so he had always performed like that, arousing Pepper's desire to protect.

Pepper understood how difficult he was to serve, and helping him get his way had become a habit for many years. Finding his mental state wasn't good, she naturally prepared early. After picking and picking, there was only Schiller who met the requirements.

That's right, this was still a job position created by Schiller himself. It could only be said that everything was cause and effect, and retribution was not pleasant.

"Of course there's also this part." Natasha handed another file to Stark and said, "There's naturally no way there's no Nick Fury's matter in this. He might also be the first person to know the truth."

Natasha put one leg on the other, hugged her knees with both hands, and said, "Back then, although Nick wasn't willing to let the Arc Reactor technology flow out, he wanted to save Howard even more, so he single-handedly organized that fake death accident and successfully deceived everyone."

Stark nodded, not feeling surprised. At that time, Howard had been forced into a dead end. It was feared that he didn't have the ability to direct such a seamless accident. Unless it was his own people from directing to acceptance, it was impossible to hide it for so long. With Nick's ability, it wasn't difficult to do.

Although Nick knew Howard had an adopted son in the Soviet Union, he only heard his name but didn't see him. So many years had passed, and he didn't know him. Howard didn't tell him either, so when Schiller first appeared within his line of sight, he didn't know who he was.

"Then how did he discover it?" Stark asked, "He must have discovered Schiller's identity as one of his own, otherwise he wouldn't have let Schiller contact me."

This was also Stark's doubt all along. Nick was an agent head with incurable suspicion, and he, this genius scientist, was the most important bargaining chip in his hands. He

Moreover, those people hiding in the shadows had never given up their ideas of subverting the world through science and technology. With Howard's precedent, Nick would only be more attentive to Stark.

A psychiatrist was also a fairly sensitive identity. If one were professional enough, one could almost peer into all the thoughts in a patient's mind and exert influence. How could Nick Fury possibly let an unidentified person be Tony Stark's psychiatrist?

Unless Nick had known all along that Schiller was one of his own.

Stark knew that Nick had actually long since installed surveillance equipment in his office and laboratory, but he also truly needed S. H. I. E. L. D. to ensure his safety. This meant that from the moment he and Schiller first met, Nick had definitely had someone investigate Schiller.

"What did he find out?" Stark asked. In truth, he meant that he didn't think there would be any problems with the identity Schiller had created. Having spent so long in the FBI, with Schiller's methods, he feared all suspicious points had been wiped clean.

"Then how did Nick confirm Schiller's identity as one of his own?"

Schiller knew Nick would investigate him, so he had deliberately left some things in his office. Natasha handed another file to Stark and said, "Some medical records that look like they record a patient's ordinary ramblings."

Stark took it and looked through it, seeing nothing unusual, but suddenly he noticed a strange pattern amidst the scribbled lines.

Suddenly, his eyes widened, and he said, "This isn't the Arc Reactor..."

Then he realized something, lowered his voice, looked at Natasha, and said, "So Schiller gained Nick's trust by drawing part of the structure of the Arc Reactor model?"

"Not just that," Natasha said. "What he drew wasn't just any ordinary model, but the original one. Nick had seen the Arc Reactor model in Howard's hands with his own eyes."

"He remembered it after just one glance? Doesn't he know nothing about technology?" Stark said, somewhat surprised.

Natasha gave a cold snort and didn't answer. Stark also realized it. Although Nick had now become a new-era black-hearted slave owner who grabbed able-bodied people everywhere, in that era, he was absolutely worthy of the title "King of Spies."

Stark also understood that Schiller had used this method to tell Nick that he was one of his own, because only four people had actually seen that original model back then: Nick, Howard, Anton, and little Schiel.

The only person left who could have had the conditions to draw this pattern at that time was the adopted son Howard had taken to the Soviet Union back then, and "Schiel" was precisely the nickname for "Schiller."