Chapter 42: Wind Sound—Starring: Pepper, Stane (Begging for Follow-up Reading)

, The Genie Starting from Marvel

Time passed bit by bit. Stane was very anxious every day. He was waiting for the group of scientists under him to figure out how exactly to miniaturize the arc reactor. Tony had succeeded alone in a garbage dump, and these people? It had been so long, and there was no progress at all!

Stane knew very well that only if the Iron Monger project succeeded could he truly replace Tony Stark, and also have the power to conduct a real negotiation with the ghost Pope of the Secret Prayer Church from that night, rather than just being coerced. The accumulation of all the difficulties during this period in Stane's brain made him feel like he was about to fall into madness.

Ding-dong~

Stane walked out of the high-level elevator and saw Blade standing straight at the first glance. Now Blade was Ms. Pepper's private bodyguard. That's right, Nick Fury had still miscalculated. Tony and Pepper didn't know what they had talked about; anyway, during this period, Blade had been following Pepper.

Disgusting agent!

Stane despised him in his heart, but his appearance didn't show it, still wearing a smile. "Mr. Tom, good afternoon. How come I see you here today?"

Blade stood with his hands behind his back, his professional quality as a bodyguard fully revealed. "Sorry, Mr. Stane, where I am is not something I can decide."

"You're right." Stane shrugged and walked upstairs past Blade.

After Stane had walked a bit further, Blade took two steps back and spoke into his headset in a low voice. "Coulson, are you there?"

"I'm waiting for Ms. Pepper in the guest area on the 6th floor. I made an appointment with her today. Speaking of which, it's already a bit past the appointment time. By the way, what do you need me for?" Coulson's voice came from the headset.

Because Blade hadn't been able to successfully become Tony's bodyguard, Nick Fury had to try to contact Tony Stark again through official regular channels and try to persuade him. Of course, one person who couldn't be bypassed in this was Pepper.

"Listen, Pepper brought me to the high-level office area mysteriously today, and then she continued to go up herself. Her demeanor is very wrong; it's very clear she is going to do some sneaky things. That kind of expression and mentality, I think it can be directly compared to a spy." Blade said quickly. He was also professionally trained; today's Pepper was very wrong, and he could see it.

"So, Ms. Pepper became a commercial spy? That's probably not very likely. If she wanted to be a spy, Tony Stark would have been finished long ago." Coulson replied.

"Of course I know, the matter must be something Tony requested her to do, but the problem now is that Obadiah Stane just came back. They might bump into each other. You understand my meaning. If he is really the mastermind, the problem might escalate." Blade described the current situation quickly.

"I understand. Do you have a way to see Ms. Pepper immediately?" Coulson became tense.

"Impossible, I'm just a bodyguard. I can't go up now. I'm just reminding you to be prepared." Blade avoided the crowd and said.

A few minutes later, Pepper ran out from upstairs in a hurry. Seeing Blade at the first glance, she felt a bit relieved in her heart.

Blade knew at a glance that with Pepper's appearance, nine times out of ten she had been caught doing something. He directly pushed away everyone in front of several elevators, then blocked the elevator entrance, waiting for Pepper to come down.

"Go!" Pepper instructed as she passed Blade.

When the elevator door was gradually closing, Stane chased out. "Wait! I said wait!"

A bewildered employee subconsciously reached out to block the elevator door. Blade slapped his hand away with a slap and then pressed the close button.

When the elevator descended rapidly, Blade tidied his clothes. "What did you discover?"

"What do you mean?" Pepper gripped the special USB drive in her hand tightly.

"Rest assured, I take money to do things; I'm very professional." Blade gave Pepper a thumbs-up.

Ding~ When the elevator door opened, Blade first quickly judged the surrounding situation, confirmed that the matter above hadn't spread down yet, and then shouted, "Coulson!"

Coulson extended his hand and waved. "I'm here."

"You are together?!" Pepper had a feeling of being deceived and asked unhappily.

"Of course, S. H. I. E. L. D. agent Coulson." Coulson extended his hand.

Blade slapped Coulson's hand away and showed a smile toward Pepper. "Don't misunderstand, I'm taking the money Tony Stark gave, coming here to repay the favor of their director, nothing more."

"Fine, no matter what, follow me. You can't imagine what I discovered. No one here is trustworthy; we must find someone worth trusting..."

Behind them, Stane, who had chased down from another elevator, looked at the few people going far away and hammered the railing. "Damn it!"

"Pope Woody, I need your help now!" Stane, while dialing Woody's satellite phone, walked quickly toward the underground laboratory. He hoped that those guys had already successfully miniaturized the arc reactor.

After leaving the company, Coulson took Pepper and them to a small S. H. I. E. L. D. station. There were relatively professional equipment and very professional agents here.

"Can you determine if the image on this is real?" Pepper finally confirmed with Coulson.

The video in the USB drive was downloaded by Pepper from a hidden folder in the internal system. It was highly likely not wrong, but she still hoped to rule out all accidents. If this matter was a farce, then the problem would be huge.

"Basically can be determined as real." Coulson answered after looking at the judgment of various software on the side. "Have you still not been able to contact Tony Stark?"

"No, the phone just got through once, but it was hung up immediately." Pepper shook her head. "He hasn't called me back until now."

"Where do you think Obadiah is most likely to be? We can't wait here like this." Blade reminded.

"I roughly know." Pepper realized something. Besides evidence of Stane hiring terrorists to kill Tony, the hidden folder also had a design drawing and plan for the Iron Monger armor, as well as a hidden laboratory.

"Let's move. You have someone find a way to find where Tony Stark is." Blade followed up.

The words on Coulson's lips were swallowed back. He was a bit confused; at this time, shouldn't he be the highest leader? How did it become Blade?

A group of people quickly arrived at the basement. Before they could enter the parking lot from the basement, Blade, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped.

"Coulson, take Pepper and change to other cars from the other side to find Obadiah." Blade tore off the security uniform that hindered his actions. His body hair grew rapidly, and in an instant, he entered werewolf form.

Smelling the rotten, dark taste in the air, Blade grinned, revealing sharp fangs. "Remember to call the person who acted with me that time. It probably won't be settled here for a while." ===== CHAPTER 43 =====