Stark was discharged from the hospital in the afternoon. He didn't even stay in the hospital for twelve hours. He rushed back to the Stark Group's laboratory as if his butt was on fire.
Tony Stark is not a very clever person in terms of tactics, but he always has some genius-like inspiration and wit.
He instinctively felt that the top priority now was not to scurry around in the crowd like a headless fly, but to rush back to the laboratory to build the smart armor he had previously envisioned.
Although common sense holds that recruiting people from any prison is the result of profit operations, Stark feels that this armor is very likely to be the key to his plan.
But just before he was ready to start work as quickly as possible, he learned a piece of news from Pepper. Eric, the mercenary who had rescued him before, had come to New York and now wanted to see him.
Stark frowned when he heard the news.
People often say that you should not kidnap others' selfless dedication due to morality. Being a hero should bring rewards. However, people will instinctively praise heroes who do not ask for rewards and make selfless contributions.
A person like Stark who has a heroic complex is somewhat involved in moral kidnapping. When he does not lead by example, he will project his fantasy of a hero onto others. But now that he truly intends to save the world, it is inevitable that he will be scrutinized.
Judge others with your eyes.
When Stark's intelligent brain started functioning again, he instinctively discovered that something was wrong with Eric.
First of all, the time of his appearance was too coincidental. He appeared right after Stark was attacked, but this was nothing. What made Stark most suspicious was that there was only one person behind Eric when he appeared.
He did not follow other comrades.
But Eric is not an individual mercenary. He is organized, and the mercenary organization he belongs to has no combat mission nearby, and the base is far away from here. So what is Eric doing here?
Secondly, after the second attack, he ran away, but came back to save Stark. This is not a problem, it only shows that he is a good person with perseverance.
But when I came back for the third time, something was a bit suspicious. There was a conflict in behavioral logic.
Eric ran away and turned back for the first time, which proved that he has a high degree of risk aversion. In extreme situations, he will choose the least risky way to deal with things, so he chose to drive away first and then return to the rescue instead of using his hands.
Use hidden weapons to fight on the spot and take risks to kill all the kidnappers.
And anyone can imagine that returning for the third time will inevitably involve huge risks. If Eric is willing to take risks, then he can not run away from the beginning. If he is risk-averse, then why would he come back for the third time?
This inconsistent behavioral logic made Stark more vigilant.
Of course, Stark still admitted that Eric saved him the first time, but once people have a bad impression of something, they will preemptively change many of their subsequent choices.
Stark pondered for a moment and then said to Pepper: "Ask him to wait for me in the reception room. I will be there in five minutes."
Eric, who was led to the reception room, suppressed his disappointment very well and pretended to be curious and looked around.
He was also a little nervous. He thought that he would be directly invited into the laboratory by Stark as a special guest, but he did not expect that he would be waiting for him in the reception room like ordinary guests.
But Stark Group did an impeccable job in etiquette. On the one hand, someone showed Eric around, on the other hand, he was served champagne and cheese. There was even a black department manager who came over to say hello and talk to Eric.
Ke chatted about African customs and customs, showing great enthusiasm.
After Stark entered the reception room, he immediately gave Eric a big hug. He patted Eric on the shoulder and said happily: "Fortunately, you are back. I was still thinking about how to find him in Afghanistan."
What about you, I don’t want to go to that ghost place again, is your mercenary organization okay?"
Eric immediately showed a sad and regretful expression. He shook his head and said, "They are dead. I came back to the United States this time just to investigate this matter."
"What's going on?" Stark immediately asked anxiously: "Who killed them? Are you not injured? Have you seen the murderer?"
Eric shook his head again, then he raised his eyes and looked at Stark and said: "I...I'm sorry, Tony, I couldn't save you. Fortunately, you were saved in the end."
"But I'm a little glad for this now." Eric suddenly said: "If I had taken you away at that time, I would definitely have taken you back to our base. If the enemy came at that time, I might have hurt you.
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What he said was sincere. Stark sighed lightly, patted Eric on the shoulder, and then said: "God bless you, my brother, you escaped."
"But don't worry, Eric, no one can hurt you here, I will protect you."
Eric looked a little disappointed. He turned around and went to sit on the sofa, while Stark sat on the other side. He heard Eric say: "Thank you very much, but I can't stay here for a long time."
, they are probably coming for me, Tony, this may bring danger to you."
"What's going on?" Stark asked.
"I said that I am a Wakandan, but I was actually expelled by my relatives and became a mercenary." Eric covered his face, sighed deeply and said, "They still don't want to
Let me go, I have already caused many people to suffer."
Stark leaned forward and asked, "What's going on?"
"I... once offended the royal family of Wakanda." Eric turned his head to the side and said: "I was too reckless when I was young and angered the king of Wakanda, and he expelled me."
Stark reached out and patted his knee and said: "It doesn't matter, Eric, I said I will protect you. Let's do this. I will arrange a position for you in the Stark Group so that you can stay here naturally."
In New York, no matter who wants to harm you, they can't break through the Stark Group's defenses."
Seeing that Stark did not ask about Wakanda, Eric's eyes flashed with a trace of imperceptible disappointment, but he knew that this was the best result he could get today, so he stood up and talked to Stark
He hugged and said, "Thank you for taking me in, Tony. If I didn't really have nowhere to go, I wouldn't cause any trouble to you."
Stark patted Eric's arm again to signal him to stop saying such things, and then he picked up his cell phone and called Obadiah.
Hearing Obadiah's name, Eric instinctively opened his eyes. After Stark finished arranging work and hung up the phone, Eric immediately said anxiously to Stark: "Obadiah
Who is Daiya? Is he also from the Stark Group?"
"Yes, he is in charge of security now. What's wrong?"
"I heard this name from the mouths of those attackers, Tony. It is very likely that he ordered the group of people to attack you." Eric raised his voice and said: "He is the mastermind behind it!"
But he paused the next second, because Stark showed a puzzled expression, and even a little dissatisfied. Eric heard Stark say: "He is my uncle, he has watched me since I was a child.
Growing up, how could he want to kill me?"
"Obadiah is my only guardian after my father's death. If he wants to kill me, he doesn't have to wait until now. Wouldn't it be better to do it when I am a child?"
"Okay, Eric, you must be under too much pressure and heard wrong. Uncle Obadiah must have made arrangements. You can report to the security department. There are still some contents of my experiment that need to be adjusted, so I won't accompany you."
is you."
After Stark turned around and left, Eric clenched his fists and cursed secretly in his mind.
While devouring the engine, Stark shook his head and said, "As the saying goes, you can't kiss until you're not close. He was a little too anxious."
Nick sat in front of the bar and took a sip of wine and said: "More than that, his rank is too far behind Schiller."
Stark turned his head to look at Nick. He had never been very good at this kind of thing, and everyone else also looked at Nick, wanting to hear what the king of agents had to say.
Nick raised a finger and said: "I don't mean to belittle him, but Schiller is a natural manipulator. I have never seen anyone better than him in manipulating other people's minds and influencing their behavior."
It's because he has a special talent."
"This Eric is obviously also a psychopath. Such people are very charming to ordinary people, so they can easily influence the actions of others."
"But for now, Eric is just a fledgling calf who relies solely on talent. They usually take advantage of others by manipulating others and then feel that this is the best shortcut, so they get out of hand."
"But manipulating others is a very profound knowledge." Nick shook his head and said with a sigh: "The biggest reason why people like them can never achieve very high achievements is that they don't understand the nature of manipulation, or
I understand but I can’t do it.”
"How do you say that?" Stark's ears pricked up.
"They don't know how to love." Natasha tapped her cheek with her finger and said, "Psychopaths don't have the ability to love."
"Therefore, once they have this ability, absolutely no one can resist their manipulation." Nick said: "This is the biggest reason why Schiller can make everyone act according to his plan. He is a psychopath who can love.
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"You may think that Eric's emotions are well expressed, but almost all the emotions of people like them are acted out to cover up their cold-blooded and ruthless nature."
"But what's fake is fake after all. If it had been anyone else, it would have been Tony Stark." Nick looked at Stark and said, "Your emotions are too rich, which also leads to your emotional receiving port."
Your power is naturally much greater than others, and you can detect every subtle change in emotion, and almost no one can hide this from you."
Stark was silent for a while and then said: "Schiller's love for me, all of us, and the entire human civilization is definitely not fake. I can fully detect it. Maybe it is a bit excessive sometimes, but that
It's real, surging, and hot... It's like looking directly at the sun."
"That's right." Nick knocked on the table of the bar with his hand and said: "At least when it comes to love, his emotions are real, and with him as a comparison, Tony Stark can more easily tell the truth from the false."
"And the most important point." T'Challa said: "This is why I said Eric can't be the king of Wakanda. He always plays tricks and does superficial things, but he always pays attention to
It doesn’t get to the core of the problem.”
T'Challa poured Nick another glass of wine and continued: "The ultimate purpose of Schiller's arrangement of this series of games is to guide Stark's eyes to Pierce."
"Why did he do that?" Eddie asked, sitting on the sofa.
And Venom's deep voice sounded: "Because only a strong enough enemy can build a united front."
T'Challa nodded and said: "That's why, the terrible news that the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. is Hydra allows Tony to temporarily tolerate all small actions, because only by recruiting enough allies can he possibly defeat Pierce."
"Then first of all, the conflict between Tony and Obadiah will not break out, and most importantly, it makes Schiller valuable."
"Judging from Tony's personality, it is impossible for him to let Pierce go, but he is not the kind of person who engages in assassinations. He will definitely want to try Pierce justly, so there must be evidence."
"But the news came so suddenly. The only breakthrough Tony could think of to collect evidence was Schiller."
Nick smiled and said: "This can be called the highest level of Stockholm patient training method. It does not require a closed environment or the presence of the person, but it can attract all the other party's attention to him, and can even create
There is greater pressure than a closed space, prompting the other party to complete a change in concept."
T'Challa went on to explain: "Schiller has long confessed that he is a Hydra, but this Tony chose to accept it and even chose to save him at all costs because Schiller has achieved the unity of emotional value and profit value."
"The key thing that Eric failed to grasp is that he only hopes that he has emotional value, but he fails to create profit value for himself. He is used to exchanging emotional value for profit value, but this can only be exchanged for petty profits.
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T'Challa rubbed the bottle and said: "Human beings claim to be emotional animals, but history tells us that if it happens again 11 million times, human beings will only want interests instead of feelings. We are much more indifferent than we think.
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"If in a relationship, one person can only provide emotional value, but constantly wants to use feelings to obtain benefits, then sooner or later the relationship will collapse."
Readers must be wondering why this unit is so long.