"Pepper, do me a favor," Tony called Pepper.
"Tony, what's up?" Pepper was handling some proposals at the company, so she had to tilt her head, holding the phone between her ear and shoulder while listening to Tony.
"Help me investigate Obadiah. I suspect my father's death over thirty years ago is related to him. I'll send you an email. Keep it safe." Tony's face flashed with anger as he sent the email to Pepper's phone.
"Oh my goodness! I will. Don't worry, Tony." Pepper no longer had the mind to deal with the proposals submitted by employees.
She immediately stood up and headed to the company office. She knew Obadiah's habits. He liked to store some data on his computer. Perhaps his computer held information related to this.
After hanging up with Pepper, Tony retrieved the files from over thirty years ago. These were files about his father.
Although the Ten Rings Gang was a terrorist organization and even had intentions of stirring up trouble between them, the email they sent enraged him.
If they wanted to kill him, why wouldn't they want to kill his parents?
Howard Stark, in his prime, died in an accidental car crash. This hardly looked like an accident.
Originally, Tony had no one to suspect, so he didn't dwell on the matter. But now, the situation was different!
The printed documents were flipped through one by one before his eyes, and as he looked at them, an uncontrollable rage surged in Tony's heart. And this rage was directed at Obadiah.
Tony had very complex feelings for his father. He resented his father because Howard valued his science and career more than he valued him, yet at the same time, he greatly admired his father.
His genius, his cynicism, and his playboy demeanor were all derived from imitating his father. The role of father was very important to him.
Before seeing these documents, he had never considered doing anything to Obadiah.
At most, he only thought about clearing out his influence, making him an old man who could only live off his shares, and perhaps even reconciling with him in the future.
But now, when he learned that his father's death was closely related to Obadiah, he changed his mind. He had an urge to kill Obadiah.
However, this impulse had not yet materialized when an accident occurred.
An intensely painful sensation instantly traveled from his brain to the central nervous system, causing him to immediately lose control of his body.
And at that moment, Obadiah emerged from behind him. He squinted, staring with a gloomy gaze as Tony fell to the ground like a wooden puppet.
After a moment, he spoke, "You really have bad luck, Tony. Such an important matter, and I just happened to overhear it.
You actually want to kick me out of the company. Do you know what that means to me, Tony? That's murder to me."
As he spoke, he crouched down and picked up the printed documents from Tony's hand.
"Fortunately, those foolish guys gave me an unexpected gift, forcing me to come see you. You know, I originally planned to figure out how to borrow that miniature arc reactor from you, but now! I've changed my mind. It's better to just take it directly."
At this moment, all the blood vessels on Tony's face were bulging, and his eyes had turned completely red.
It was an expression of fury, a rage that almost squeezed his eyeballs out of their sockets. Seeing him like this, Obadiah laughed.
"Don't worry, Tony. You'll be back to normal in fifteen minutes. Remember, this is your invention, a little thing. An infrasonic human paralysis device, light, compact, and very useful.
Unfortunately, the government didn't approve its production. This sole sample was collected by me. I have to say, it's served a great purpose."
With that, Obadiah sat down. Just like before, he began to chat with Tony. "You know, Tony, I always thought of you as my kid. You're very smart, very capable, and you once made me proud.
Stark Industries' current achievements have a lot to do with your efforts. Many times, I thought I really shouldn't have been so harsh on you.
But, Tony, you really hurt my heart."
"Ever since you took over Stark Industries, you've become more and more reckless. Stark Industries is no longer thriving as it used to. It's actually been caught up by Osborn.
You've rejected my proposals again and again, talking about principles. Don't you know that businessmen have no principles, only bottom lines?
Don't you know that the proposals you rejected were opportunities for the company to develop rapidly? I tolerated you repeatedly, but you became more and more excessive."
"Do you know who leaked your whereabouts, leading to your kidnapping to that place?" Obadiah's face became distorted.
At this moment, he finally revealed his true colors in front of Tony. "It was me, Tony. I couldn't watch you destroy the company anymore.
That was my life's work for over forty years. I had them kill you, but I didn't expect those barbarians from the Ten Rings to actually take an interest in you."
"But it's also good. They actually squeezed out your potential. I saw the first battle of that iron man armor. Those fools from the Ten Rings gave me very detailed data a few days ago.
And your old blueprints and that sample, thanks to your ingenuity, I built a larger one myself. Of course, it's still missing a few things."
At this point, Obadiah glanced at the documents in Tony's hand. "You're thinking of Howard again. How unfortunate. I was very sad about Howard's accident.
Actually, I didn't want to do that either. It's just that he had the same idea as you. Should I say you two truly have a father-son connection?
The father died by my hand, and the son must also die by my hand. Should I also say that all of this is determined by fate?" Obadiah sneered, looking at the virtual screen in front of Tony.
It was filled with his dealings with the Ten Rings, as well as some videos and voice recordings of their communications.
Obadiah's face was full of cold sneers as he looked at the immobilized Tony and chuckled, "Tony, do you know? These foolish guys wanted to trade with me, to have me capture you and hand you over to them, but I didn't agree.
You are my favorite nephew, so I used this little gadget to paralyze them, then killed them all. Then I stole back the first-generation iron man armor you left behind, and even made some small improvements.
But now, they actually want you to come and take me down? How naive. Barbarians are barbarians after all. As soon as I get your arc reactor, I'll immediately go and kill all these troublesome guys."
"Finally, I can only say one thing. Goodbye, Tony." This was the last thing Obadiah said to Tony.
After saying this, he bent down, preparing to remove the arc reactor from Tony's chest.
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