Stark took a deep breath, then looked at Bucky and asked: "You said there was a safe box with confidential documents in the wreckage of the car. What is in it?"
Bucky shook his head and said, "I don't know. When I saw the box, it was already in charred pieces."
But Stark was keenly aware of the problem. He said: "Will the safety box built by Stark Industries be burned to pieces by car explosions and flames? Even in 1991, it was absolutely impossible..."
Bucky recalled it carefully and said, "No, that doesn't look like a creation of Stark Industries, or even American style?"
Stark was stunned for a moment and uttered one word: "...Soviet Union?"
After leaving Bucky, Stark had no time to think about philosophical issues. Now, what was before him was a more practical issue, that is, there might be another hidden reason behind Howard's death.
Returning to Stark Tower, Stark began to search for past records, but the production records related to that period were not detailed, and there was no record of any safe boxes. Stark had no choice but to go to Oppa.
Daya, after all, Obadiah is the old friend who has accompanied Howard all the way.
Obadiah has been dealing with the business issues of the Stark Group, and he was not surprised at all that Stark came back to see him. However, Obadiah did not give a clear answer to the questions raised by Stark.
He just said:
"Tony, at that time, you had not officially inherited the group, so you may not know that around 1990, the Stark Group encountered the largest sanctions in history."
"Before, I heard that the military wanted to force you to hand over your technology, but have you ever thought that the same thing might have happened to your father?"
Obadiah knocked on the table lightly, with a sigh in his tone, and said: "At that time, the world structure was a foregone conclusion, and the behemoth on the other side of the ocean was certain to die. It was a carnival."
"But some people are not satisfied with just carving up corpses. Without enemies, there is no sense of urgency. They want more, including Stark Industries."
"At that time, the Stark Group had not yet developed into such a large scale as it is now. It was mainly engaged in the arms business. Since the Cold War could no longer turn into a hot war, some people felt that it was time for the Stark Group to make a contribution to the country.
More contributions.”
"So, a run on and sanctions began. At that time, the news media and public opinion were all attacking Howard, saying that he was a cold and cruel executioner who bought and sold arms and created wars."
"Indeed, they are right, but even if we are hunting dogs, dog owners should not pretend that they have never enjoyed the prey."
"Those idiots, after learning that without the threat of the Soviet Union, they could finally provoke wars and sell arms at will, they were no longer satisfied with their previous profit sharing, they wanted to control everything."
"At that time, many extremists believed that the opportunity to unify the world had come. They urgently needed power, technology, and a powerful enough killing machine."
Obadiah sighed, stood up from the table, looked out the window and said, "I know that you have been resenting your father. In the last days of his life, he didn't have much sobriety and was always drunk.
Yes, but you have to know that at that time, he was facing greater pressure than you."
"He was a shrewd businessman who pursued fame and fortune all his life, but in the last period of his life, the reason why he was so miserable was because he still felt that he was a human being and had to be human."
"I'm sorry, Tony, no one has told you for so many years. At that time, we actually all had a premonition." Obadiah took a deep breath, touched the white hair on his temples, and then said:
"Perhaps you know that the technology of the first-generation Ark reactor was jointly developed by your father and a Soviet man."
"On the eve of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Vanke committed suicide. At that time, he abandoned the peaceful and comfortable environment and resolutely returned to his motherland, but he failed to change anything."
"And before he died, he handed over the results of so many years of hard work to improve the Ark Reactor to your father, Howard Stark."
Stark's eyes widened. This was unbelievable to him, because in his impression, the Soviet Union and the United States should be enemies. How could a Soviet give technology to the Americans?
"I know, you want to ask, why doesn't he give this technology to his compatriots? Tony, if he really still believes in his compatriots, if he really has people he can rely on, he won't despair.
committed suicide."
"Even in his last letter, he hated his so-called compatriots more than Americans."
Stark had some premonitions in his mind, so he asked: "So, that technology..."
"Unfortunately, when their country was in turmoil, Vanke thought he kept the secret very well, but in fact, he had been targeted for a long time. As soon as Howard got the technology, the CIA found him, and the military
I also got the news.”
Obadiah turned back, came to Stark, and said to him: "You are so similar to your father. If it were you, what would you do when faced with such a situation?"
Stark thought for a moment, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, and then said: "I would rather be broken than destroyed. If they want to force me to hand over this technology and I am unable to resist, then no one can get it."
.”
"Your father also chose this."
Stark was stunned, and then as if he thought of something, he took a few steps back in despair, and heard Obadiah say:
"Howard retreated again and again, giving up many technologies, including some achievements in the direction of mechanization of human body modification."
"But the CIA and the military would not give up. Howard repeatedly tolerated concessions and compromised. Reality continued to destroy his pride, and he could only rely on alcohol to numb his pain."
"For the sake of his family, he thought he could endure it forever, until one day he discovered that they had set their sights on you. It was not surprising that you were Howard's only weakness."
"Howard understands that they won't give up because of his concession. Those damn hyenas will just bite off every piece of his flesh, so he doesn't plan to endure it anymore."
"However, Howard's talent is limited by the times and the development of basic science. He does not have a steel suit. He is just an ordinary person and has almost no strong means to deal with experienced agents.
"At that time, social pressure had pushed him and the Stark Group into a corner with no retreat."
"But he didn't intend to give up. Howard knew that the CIA could obtain detailed information about his whereabouts, so he deliberately moved with that information, and at the same time, he also brought a self-destruct device installed on the car engine."
"Howard is already the last person with this technology. After he dies, no one can get the technology of the Ark Reactor."
Stark's eyes turned red. He seemed to have seen Howard's hands tightly holding the steering wheel, and his eyes revealed madness. He was a man who had been forced to a dead end, a father who had no retreat.
Obadiah stepped forward, patted Tony on the shoulder and said, "Don't blame him for abandoning you. At that time, he had no other way to go."
"Even if he hands over that part of the information, the military will still miss his genius brain and hope that Howard can produce an inhumane killing machine for them..."
"Although your father is a businessman who made his fortune by selling arms and does not have any noble moral integrity, he at least wants to give you a broader future instead of repeating his mistakes and spending his life atoning for the sins of his birth."
Stark closed his eyes in pain, and Obadiah also showed a wry smile. He said: "Your father installed a black box on that car, and the scenes before his death were all transmitted back. In fact, I had already
I know who did it, but I didn’t tell you, do you know why?”
Stark looked at him with tears in his eyes. Obadiah also looked into his eyes and said in a low tone: "Guess, the mechanical arm used on Sergeant Bucky Barnes is
Technology, who comes from it?”
Stark closed his eyes in despair and pain. He now understood what Bucky said about Howard's surprised emotion before his death.
Perhaps Howard was indeed surprised by the identity of the person who killed him. After all, Bucky was a soldier who fought for his country before, but now he has become a Hydra killer.
But what surprised him even more was that Bucky's robotic arm most likely used some technology from Stark Industries.
But this is also very normal. At that time, Stark Industries represented the pinnacle of mechanical engineering technology. Howard was the founder of modern mechanical engineering. This kind of technology that seemed very advanced at that time could not only come from him.
, who else could it come from?
Stark thought that maybe it was because Howard recognized the technology on that arm, discovered Sergeant Barnes' abnormal mental state, and thought of the reason why he would become a killer, that he resolutely pressed the button
Press the button to end this never-ending series of tragedies.
Stark was almost unsteady. He held the table with one hand, leaned on the side of the table and half-knelt down. Obadiah stood opposite him and said: "Your father is just a businessman, not a great man.
But he is still your father."
"He may not be a good person, nor a good father, but at least at the last moment of his life, he made a stupid decision that went against the greedy nature of a businessman, and retained a trace of noble kindness, allowing you to miss those good times.
When you are in trouble, you don’t have to be secretive and feel guilty, you can rely on someone.”
After a moment of silence, Stark suddenly stood up, controlled the steel suit, rushed out of the glass curtain wall of the building, and arrived in the sky of New York.
A silent roar burst out from his chest. The citizens of New York only saw a shining meteor sliding across the skyline. When he stopped, Spider-Man swung to the roof of the building.
Spider-Man rarely greeted him in that brisk tone, but said rather seriously: "Mr. Stark, there is something I want to talk to you about..."
Stark stood silently on the edge of the building. Spider-Man noticed that something was wrong with his mood, but when the words came to his mouth, he had to speak, so he could only bite the bullet and said: "I just came back from the hospital, Gwen's father
, that is, Sergeant George of the New York Police Department, was injured and hospitalized."
Spider-Man stepped forward and stood side by side with Iron Man. Looking at the sunset on the distant skyline, he sighed and said: "But he was not injured by a criminal, but by the shuttle's defense system."
…”
Spider-Man lowered his head and said: "Yesterday, that is, the day I said that my spider web launcher was jammed by the security system of the new suit, the case that I missed was the one that Sheriff George had to deal with.
of."
"A bus driver who was about to be laid off rushed onto the shuttle with explosives in his arms. There was something wrong with my suit and the spider silk couldn't be fired, so I couldn't stop him immediately. So Sergeant George went to the shuttle alone.
Someone rushed into the shuttle and tried to subdue him."
"However, Sheriff George was too busy at work. When he was changing his uniform, he forgot the shuttle's transportation card in his last piece of clothing. He didn't have the transportation card with him, but the gangster did."
"I know that the safety and defense system of Shuttle is very complete. If someone fails to swipe their card, he will give three warnings. After the three warnings are completed, there will be no direct attack. As long as the person who did not swipe his card stands still or performs a slow attack.
Even if you move, the defense system will not activate, but will remind you repeatedly."
"Only those who do not swipe the card, move at high speed, carry dangerous items with them, and make aggressive movements may trigger the defense system. This is indeed very reasonable, because this is to prevent those who want to swipe the card.
madman."
"However, Chief George was eager to capture the prisoner and rushed in. As a result, although the prisoner was knocked down by the defense system, Chief George was also hit."
"Although the bullets used in the shuttle's defense system are all electric shock bombs, which will only stun people and not bleed, but Sergeant George has been injured before and has some heart problems, and the electric shock stimulated his heart.
, causing him to still be hospitalized.”
Spider-Man said in a low tone: "Although Chief George's life is not in danger, Gwen was still very worried and cried very hard."
Iron Man turned to look at him and said: "What do you want to say? You think this is my problem, right? So, you would rather wear the original suit than the new one?"
"No, Mr. Stark, my new suit has been sent for maintenance..."