On the best coastline of California is a mansion, home of Tony Stark. Of course, for the heirs of the Stark family, he has properties all over the world, but it is his favorite place to stay.

After his parents died, he rarely went back to the manor in New York where he grew up.

Now that the owner of this luxurious villa is missing, the news is known to some people on a small scale and is concealed in front of the public, Merlin and his agents have three days to find Tony and the other missing scientists.

For this sudden large-scale disappearance case, Merlin currently has very little information available. Before the agents of s.d.o.l.d. have to find a breakthrough point first.

"Jarvis, your master is in a situation where he may die at any time..."

In Tony's lab, Merlin put her waist on her waist and looked at the blue projection of a human face simulating in front of her. He said calmly:

"But you only care whether your own secret will be revealed... You are really heartless."

"I'm an artificial intelligence, Mr. Merlin, we don't have the conscience thing. Of course I can understand you. This is an anthropomorphic rhetoric, but I need to emphasize that Tony is not at the moment."

Jarvis said seriously:

"I will give you the information you need to rescue Tony, I only have this trivial request."

"Icarus, your kind seems to have more personality than you."

Merlin pushed his glasses and said:

"Are he smarter than when we last met him?"

“Yes, Merlin.”

Icarus seemed to be examining the "same type" in front of her, she said:

"He learned very quickly and grew very fast. Of course, I can understand that he should be with Tony Stark's wise wisdom every day to ensure that he will not be found abnormal. This deadly pressure will urge him to grow rapidly, which is just an expected result."

"Okay, Jarvis, I promise you."

Merlin looked at the blue projection in front of him, and raised his two fingers, and he said:

"Do I need to swear?"

“No, no need.”

On Jarvis' projection, a lot of disordered data was rearranged and finally restored to a video file. While opening the video file, he responded:

"According to my understanding of various human professions, as an agent, the oath is not binding on you, but if Mr. Merlin can tolerate the existence of Miss Icarus, who is more advanced and freer than me, it means that you have a very high tolerance for artificial intelligence."

"According to my logical circuit judgment, you have an 89.1% chance of keeping the secret for me."

Speaking of this, Jarvis stopped, and he continued:

"Tony often says that anything important can be tried with a 50% success rate."

"Well, he did teach you very well."

Merlin pushed his glasses and focused on the video file that Jarvis opened.

The video was short, less than 2 minutes, and it was not clear. There were several cracks placed horizontally in front of the picture. It seemed that the equipment for the video was broken, but you could still vaguely see the picture in the video.

This should be Tony's own perspective. In front of the poor missing person, there was a wooden chair. A Central Asian man in a suit stood in front of the chair. He waved his fingers, and Miss Potz, who was held hostage by several thugs, covered her head and screamed in pain. The picture began to shake quickly. It seemed that Tony wanted to rush out to save his girlfriend.

However, in the sound of the video, the sound of the punch to the flesh means that Tony's adventure was not successful.

He was quickly knocked to the ground, and even blood stains appeared on the video footage.

"Tsk tsk, it's so miserable."

Merlin whispered.

The video is strange, it only records the voices of Tony and others, but the guy standing in the shadow, obviously the leader, didn't make much noise, and he didn't even speak.

But judging from the actions just now, Merlin would rather believe that this guy should have mastered some strange ways of using energy, and he looks like a wizard.

In the last few seconds of the video, Merlin saw the mysterious man walking to Tony's eyes, squatted down, and raised Tony's chin with his hand. The Central Asian, very young face was also recorded in the video.

"stop!"

Meilin suddenly said, and the picture in front of him immediately stopped. Meilin stretched out his hand and kept magnifying the unclear picture.

His eyes were resting on the fingers the strange Central Asian man used to lift Tony's chin, and he saw four shiny rings.

"Well, I know who that is."

Merlin reached into his pocket and took out a seal box, but it didn't open it.

He stroked the box in his hand and said:

"So it's an 'old acquaintance'."

"Who is that? Merlin."

Icarus and Jarvis asked curiously at the same time. Merlin shrugged and said to Icarus:

"You didn't know me at that time. I was just a poor man sent to refuge in the distance. In Afghanistan, I encountered a very dangerous situation. If Hill and other friends hadn't helped me, I might have died there."

"I haven't really seen him, but I'm until who he is... He has something to murder me and is 'stored' with me."

Merlin looked at the very young but deep-eyed face and said:

"Ten Rings Gang..."

“Mandarin.”

Merlin rubbed his forehead and said to Jarvis:

"Okay, thank you for the news, Jarvis, is there anything else worth paying attention to?"

"there is none left."

Jarvis admitted:

"Although I have self-intelligence, I am still under Tony's highest authority. He personally deleted all data on my external devices. It was already difficult to save this part without him discovering it."

"However, the direction of the plane that took Tony, Potz and Hapi should be heading to Central Asia. According to the model of the plane, its farthest landing location will not exceed Sevilya and Afghanistan."

"Well, there was indeed the territory of the Ten Rings Gang a few years ago."

Merlin nodded and said:

"I thought the European branch had dealt with them, but now it seems that they are just hiding. Jarvis, give me the model of the plane and the specific time it left."

Jarvis immediately projected all the information he knew on the projection. A few minutes later, a world map appeared on Icarus' lens. During the rapid rotation, a certain area of ​​Central Asia was marked red. At the same time, the plane take-off and landing records of an airport at last night were also intercepted.

"I found that plane in Georgia, a small airport about 70 kilometers east of Kutaisi."

Icarus said:

"But there is a lack of a complete monitoring system, and I can't track the direction and clues of the kidnapper's departure."

"It's okay, girl, you've done well enough. Technology always has shortcomings, so it's time for magic to appear now."

Merlin stroked the frame of her glasses, and at his instruction, Icarus quickly called Agent Colson's phone number, and Merlin said on the phone:

"I found a clue of Tony Stark's missing."

"Send out the demon hunting agents we are best at hiding, infiltrating and tracing, at the airport 70 km east of Kutaisi, Georgia, where you are responsible for the operation, Colson."

Merlin thought about it and he said to Colson again:

"I will invite some 'friends' walking in the dark to help you, but be sure to keep their existence confidential."

"I understand, sir."

Colson answered neatly:

"I'll act immediately!"

Colson hung up the phone, and Merlin asked Icarus to send an email with the mission goal to an ordinary email address. One minute later, a reply came with only a brief sentence.

"The mission was received, and the 'Claw' has set off."

It is worth noting that at the bottom of the reply, there is a quaint arrow sign. If you don’t look at it carefully, it will easily be ignored.

"Let's wait for the news now."

Merlin breathed a sigh of relief, waved goodbye to Jarvis' projection, and then stepped into the twisted light beside him. As the spell of the shapeshift, he quickly returned to the office of the Trident Building.

He stood in an empty and dark office, quietly looking out the window at the city surrounded by colorful light.

"So? Merlin, what are you going to do?"

Icarus asked:

"Just wait like that? It's not like your style."

"No, I'm just thinking, Icarus."

Meilin stroked the seal box at hand and said softly:

“你说,伊卡洛斯,曼达林,一个沉浸在疯狂的征服幻想中,还自称为‘圣者’,又掌握了魔法力量的家伙,他抓托尼这样一个科技侧的科学家做什么呢?”

Merlin rubbed her forehead and said:

"I feel that the answer to this question is very important."

"I'm going to set a trap...and I already have the best bait. But the prey is cunning, so I have to think about more."

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To be continued...