[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-super-detective-in-the-fictional-world":3,"chapter-super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-chapter-1730":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Super Detective in the Fictional World",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1483848,1930,"Chapter 1730 - It’s All the Tycoon’s Fault","super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-chapter-1730",1730,"\u003Cp>Listening to Dr. Hansen, both Luke and Tony got strange expressions on their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time she was done, Luke had already been staring at the tycoon with a complicated expression for a long while. He finally said, “Hm… this is why you need to be a decent person.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tony’s expression changed, and he cursed several seconds later. “F*ck you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for who the “you” referred to, that was a matter of opinion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What made them react this way was Dr. Hansen’s explanation of Killian’s love-hate relationship with Tony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was 1999 in Bern, Switzerland, on Christmas Eve. Tony slept with Dr. Hansen, and also took a look at her research project – Project Extremis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using dendritic cells to recode the human body could allow a person to ” regrow” missing parts, like a plant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sleeping with Dr. Hansen, Tony casually wrote down an equation after a flash of inspiration, solved a key problem with Project Extremis, and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was nothing more than a hookup more than ten years ago, when he had still been fooling around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Tony completely forgot that he had maliciously stood someone up before he returned to his room with Dr. Hansen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was none other than Killian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killian spent the night in the cold wind on the rooftop waiting for his idol, Tony Stark, before he fell into deep despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he then inadvertently found out about Dr. Hansen’s Project Extremis, struck a deal with her, and then looked for investments for the project.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killian succeeded, which was why he now had AIM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in a sense, it wasn’t a complete success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Project Extremis still wasn’t perfect, and Dr. Hansen couldn’t resolve the problem with the virus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A person injected with the Extremis virus might inexplicably lose control and regenerate swiftly until they exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the truth behind the explosions which Tony had investigated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hadn’t died from anything else; they were living bombs that could explode at any time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dr. Hansen had gone to Tony because she wanted Tony to help fix the flaws in the virus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unlike a researcher like her, Killian’s feelings about the tycoon were engraved into his bones, and he simply played it tough; he wanted to use Pepper to force Tony to perfect the virus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if his plan failed, he would kill Tony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Dr. Hansen, those who exploded easily were just at the first stage, and couldn’t be considered a success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the second stage, the explosions basically didn’t happen, and could be considered a success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killian, on the other hand, was at the third stage. Not only did he not self-destruct, he also had perfect control over the virus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Killian, who had been lame back then, this was already a perfect outcome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, after the SHIELD incident in D.C., it seemed he had found a bigger patron, and AIM got plenty of funding and manpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With all this support, Dr. Hansen created a suppressant which could suppress the explosive element of the virus to a certain extent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, whether or not Killian could get a solution out of the tycoon, he still wouldn’t let him live.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, there were so many people with disabilities in the world; there were enough potential targets to choose from. At most, they could use human lives to increase the chances of success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the difference between R&D scientists and capitalists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dr. Hansen was pursuing a perfect product that would go down in history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killian, on the other hand, only needed a product that suited his needs. If there were flaws, it would conversely make it easier for him to control his subordinates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as people who had been injected with the Extremis virus couldn’t be sure if they would explode or not, Killian, who had the suppressant, could control them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, this was all completely Tony’s fault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the key equation he had left behind, Dr. Hansen wouldn’t have been able to create an experimental Extremis virus in such a short period of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he hadn’t stood Killian up, the man might not have run into Dr. Hansen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they had met, Killian might not necessarily have waited for the virus to be completed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Killian finding fault with Tony, there was nothing to say about that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on Dr. Hansen’s description of Killian’s personality, he would have still dealt with Tony even if Tony had paid attention to him back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Capitalists weren’t about feelings, but interests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could turn against each other over power and money, let alone a good project like Project Extremis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After figuring out what was going on, Luke had Tony leave before he put the two androids that were in the kitchen back into Space 1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he sedated Dr. Hansen and put her in Space 2.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was to protect her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who knew if Killian would silence her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t a science nerd like Dr. Hansen, and wasn’t that naive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given the technology that Killian currently had, Dr. Hansen was the biggest weakness in Project Extremis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she kept her head down, she could continue being a researcher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if she jumped ship, she would be able to create a second AIM in a matter of minutes, and her suppressant would pose a huge danger to Killian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention, she had come to let Tony know what was going on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Killian really caught her, she would either be locked up as a research slave for the rest of her life or shot dead to avoid future trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After settling Dr. Hansen down, Luke drove Tony back to the seaside villa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stark Industries’ engineering team had already dug out the basement. Tony had to find his armor and take Luke to Killian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten minutes later, a sports car drove to a small farm on the outskirts of Los Angeles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening the door of an old warehouse on the farm, Tony looked inside and couldn’t help but exclaim, “Are you kidding me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was because there was actually a fighter plane parked in this very old farm warehouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tony could tell at a glance that it was a Quinjet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, from its various components, the fighter plane wasn’t brand new, but was a modified secondhand model.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tony got out and walked into the warehouse. “You left it here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke drove the sports car into the warehouse and parked on the side. “Why not? In any case, it’s a secondhand product from Nick Fury’s clearance sale. Do I need to hire dozens of service technicians for it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tony was lost for words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course he wouldn’t, since he looked down on secondhand products like these.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Luke wouldn’t tell him that he had thrown the plane into this safe house in passing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been in his inventory all this time, and he hadn’t needed to think about daily maintenance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They got into the fighter plane, and Luke activated the stealth function and left the warehouse in hover mode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive wind pressure was too much for the old warehouse. As soon as the fighter plane took off, it collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tony: “…Let me guess. The bigshot helped you dump it here, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke chuckled. “Hehe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst Luke’s warm laughter, the Quinjet quickly took off, switched to cruise mode, and flew toward Miami, Florida.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miami in July would suit Selina to a tee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sun was bright and the temperature often reached 25 to 32 degrees Celsius, which made anyone who came here feel extremely “warm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tony looked away from the sleek girls on the beach and was a little curious. “Do… you usually carry out missions like this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke calmly sailed the yacht in the direction of their target. “Otherwise? If I flew around in armor like you every day, I would be annoyed to death.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tony was lost for words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For someone who would rather fly a Quinjet over than use a suit for the sake of secrecy, there was really nothing to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This paranoia was truly a hopeless case.\u003C\u002Fp>",1345,"2026-06-06T03:36:36.830Z",1,"novelbin.me","74cd3ab8b6620feda910907c31e74c00fc977f7d818f0ec81cdd0e4a20e9b1dc","super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-chapter-1731","super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-chapter-1729",2233,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsuper-detective-in-the-fictional-world-cover.jpg"]