Chapter 48
Chapter 48
As the largest arms dealer in the United States, Tony's disappearance soon attracted the attention of the military.What's more, his disappearance this time happened under the nose of the military.
Whether it is for their own benefit or their own face, the military quickly mentioned this matter as the most urgent item.
The richest man in New York, the president of the Stark Group, and Tony's distinguished status, it is doomed that this matter will not be reduced to a trivial one.And Rhodes, who was in charge of this matter, quickly passed on the information he had to Pepper who is now in power.
"Tony disappeared in the desert. According to the traces at the scene, it was a bomb, but Tony's body was not found at the scene, only part of the blood was found. It is known that Tony's life is not in danger, but the medical conditions there are not developed. , so the current situation is not optimistic.”
"Tony must have been affected by the aftermath of the explosion. Even if he was fine, he must have been injured. However, no traces were found nearby, which shows that this is an organized kidnapping."
Looking at Pepper's nervous look, Rhodes comforted him, "We have sent people to search, mercenaries and the police are working together, and there has been wars all the time, the power that has the ability and courage to kidnap the CEO of Stark Industries is nothing but , I believe we will be able to find Tony soon. Don't worry too much."
Pepper is worthy of being Tony's most capable assistant. Although she was frightened by Tony's disappearance, she quickly cheered up again.She looked at Rhode calmly and asked, "How many people know about this?"
"Not many, just mercenaries and the military."
Pepper quickly made a rational analysis and said: "The news of Tony's disappearance cannot be leaked out, otherwise the board of directors will be in big trouble. Now everything is mainly about finding Tony, and the board of directors cannot be affected. Therefore, we must block all possible Leaked news."
Rhodes nodded, "Well, people in the military won't say anything more. And the mercenaries have already paid hush money, so they won't and dare not say it because of their profession."
After discussing the specific information with Rhodes, Pepper hurriedly went to the company to deal with the work.This is the first time that Pepper is thankful that his boss is a skipper. It is common for him not to come to the company for ten days and half a month.This time, it can just delay the time, and it won't make the company suspicious.
The situation in the company has stabilized for the time being, but another person that Pepper ignored was Andrew.
It was common for Tony not to come back at night, but since Andrew arrived, Tony will basically come back to play with Andrew.This time, he didn't show up for several days. At first, Andrew thought that Tony was busy with work, but after two or three days, Andrew gradually became suspicious.
Andrew took the initiative to call Tony, but no one answered. He called Pepper again, and it showed that the other party was busy.Until Pepper called him back.
Andrew: "Hi."
Pepper's voice was very normal, "Hi, is that Andrew? Do you want to ask about Tony?"
Andrew nodded, "Yes."
Pepper tried to make his voice sound gentle and even, as if nothing had happened and everything was business as usual.
"Don't worry, Tony is fine. He works overtime in the company. He has been too busy at work recently, uh, you know. The economic crisis. So, for a while, you may have to stay at home by yourself. If you If you are bored, you can watch TV. I remember that Tony’s house seems to have games. If you don’t understand, just ask Lao Jia, he knows everything.”
Andrew was silent for a moment, and asked directly: "Is Tony missing?"
Pepper obviously panicked, "How do you know?!"
But soon Pepper resumed her evaluation. She laughed twice and said, "No, Tony is working overtime in the company. How could he disappear? Don't think too much, everything is normal."
Andrew's voice was unhurried, and he sneered and said, "Tony will work overtime? I don't even believe it, Sister Pepper, do you think you will believe it?"
Pepper was silent for a moment, then sighed quickly and said, "Yes, I don't believe it either. It seems that I really don't have any acting talent."
Andrew smiled, "Don't worry, sister Pepper, your acting skills are pretty good, really."
In fact, what Andrew said was not to comfort Pepper. The reason why he could guess that Tony was missing was not all the reason he said.More are prompts from the system.
[Heart of Heroes: Collection Progress 50%]
[Release mission: Find the missing Tony. 】
[Task requirements: Rescue Tony safely. 】
The system has already prompted this point. If Andrew doesn't know that Tony is missing, then there is a real problem!
Pepper was comforting Andrew at the other end: "Andrew, don't worry too much, we have sent someone to look for him, and I will notify you as soon as I find him. Okay, be good, you go play first."
Andrew: "How long have you been looking for?"
Pepper was slightly silent, "...Three, three days."
Andrew took a deep breath and said to Pepper, "Forget it, I'll do it."
Pepper looked puzzled, "Are you here? Why are you here? Andrew, don't do anything stupid?"
"Hey--"
Pepper wanted to say something more, but all she heard was the sound of "beep beep..." when the communication was interrupted. Pepper didn't know what Andrew would do, and she didn't know what Andrew said, "Forget it, or I'll come." What exactly does that mean.Full of doubts, Pepper hurriedly drove to Tony's villa.
But Pepper never expected that when she arrived, what she saw was Andrew dancing in front of a large mirror on the wall, chanting words while dancing.Surrounded by a strange white mist, it seems that you can still smell the fragrance of grass and trees.It is this blue-green light that makes people feel a little cold.
Pepper's smart brain almost failed to react to this place that looked like a large-scale diabolical priest scene.
Pepper's face was full of confusion, and she whispered to Andrew with some doubts: "Andrew, what are you... doing?"
Andrew ignored her, still dancing and speaking obscure words.
Although Pepper didn't understand what Andrew was doing, she had an intuition that she should shut up.She quietly walked to the sofa and watched Andrew dance.
Although I don't know much about it, Andrew's dance is very beautiful and has a special sense of beauty.
Andrew ignored Pepper, but Betra walked slowly to Pepper's side and explained, "His Highness Andrew is using magic to find Mr. Tony's location."
"magic?"
Pepper recited these familiar words. There are not only humans in this world, but also mutants.Maybe others don't know much about it, but as an assistant to the top rich man in New York, Pepper has also been in contact with some special departments.Although I haven't really seen it, I have heard about such strange things.
But hearing is hearing after all, she also heard that there is a magic sanctuary in New York!But I haven't seen it before. Now that I saw magic with my own eyes, it was actually performed by a child she knew well.This had a slight impact on Pepper's world view, but fortunately, she had a good endurance and had already trained well by Tony's side, and this time she also quickly accepted the fact that Andrew knew magic.
"I heard Tony say that you know magic, and I thought it was Tony playing with you, but I didn't expect it to be true."
Pepper looked at Andrew and murmured.
Andrew finally finished the dance, took the towel delivered by the robot commanded by Lao Jia, and wiped the man.Andrew showed a heartwarming smile to Pepper, and Pepper's originally nervous mood suddenly became calm.
Andrew took the water handed over by the mechanical arm, and took a gulp.Then he took a long breath and said to Pepper.
"Sister Pepper, you should believe it now!"
Pepper smiled bitterly: "Now you have to believe it if you don't believe it."
The mirror on the wall is a crystal mirror that Andrew specifically asked Lao Jia to ask for. As a magic tool, crystal is naturally better than ordinary glass mirrors.Fortunately, there are spares in the villa, otherwise Andrew might have to dance and cast magic in the bathroom.
The originally smooth mirror suddenly became gray as if covered with a thick layer of fog.
Pepper, who had been staring at the mirror, quickly noticed the change, and she immediately shouted.
"Look in the mirror!"
Andrew explained: "It's okay, Sister Pepper, just wait a while. This magic still needs to ferment for a while."
Pepper is dumb, fermentation?Isn't that the word for making bread?Why doesn't this magic work on the same principle as making bread?
This magic was learned by Andrew from Snow White's stepmother, the magical mirror spell.This magic can summon a mirror spirit, which can answer any questions you may have.But this kind of magic, which can be called the encyclopedia of the world, has great requirements on the material of the mirror and the magic power of the user.
The mirror of the stepmother witch is made of ice crystals from the deep sea, combined with the heart of ancient wood from the forest, and smelted with the flames of the immortal volcano.Cooperating with the powerful magic power of the witch at the full moon, it took hundreds of years of gestation to achieve the final magic mirror.
In addition, there is also the witch's unique spell to awaken shadow spirits to make magic mirrors.
Thanks to Andrew's special status as the last prince and the red apple cheated from Snow White, this witch is willing to teach him this magic.
Although the situation is urgent now, only an ordinary crystal mirror can be used, and even the magic preparation spells have been simplified by Andrew as much as possible.But he just wanted to find someone, so this little bit of magic should be fine, right?
"All right."
Andrew’s voice quickly caught Pepper’s attention.
After counting the time, Andrew and Pepper's attention was all on the gradually magical mirror.
The smoke in the mirror was billowing, gradually converging into a vortex, and the huge suction set off a strong wind, blowing in this room.
Papers were scattered, even cups were smashed to the ground, and even heavy sofas and tables began to move.Pepper was also nearly blown by the wind.
Andrew immediately stopped Pepper, and waved a streamer to protect them.
Against the strong wind, Andrew looked towards the mirror.
I saw golden sparks flashing on the mirror, and a figure gradually appeared.
The wind stopped, the vortex disappeared, and the figure on the mirror closed its eyes, its background was infinite darkness.
"Mirror mirror, tell me, where is Tony Stark?"
Andrew shouted into the mirror.
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