CHAPTER 58: Did he really give up?

Early the next morning.

Arthur woke up alone in bed, and Gwen and Jean slept in another room last night.

The Red Queen was also in their room.

This is also what Arthur asked for. After being upgraded and becoming more 'human', the Red Queen needs to spend more time with humans to make this humanization more complete.

As soon as he left, Arthur saw Jean downstairs, wearing a white shirt, preparing breakfast in the cool air.

The collar of the white shirt was not buttoned.

"Arthur, you're awake."

"I've already prepared breakfast for the two of us, I was going to wake you up, in case you were still sleeping."

Arthur laughed, "How are you going to wake me up?"

Jean looked at Arthur with resentment and didn't want to speak, she knew Arthur must be thinking dirty things again.

"Gwen went to university, come down for breakfast."

"I don't have to teach today, come shopping with me after eating."

"Good!"

Arthur replied simply.

Jean was always at the Xavier Institute and rarely had the opportunity to go out like this.

Now she definitely wants to enjoy the life a girl her age should have.

It turns out that Jean left the Xavier Institute without any extra clothes, so she took one of Arthur's shirts.

She can't wear his shirts every day, can she?

It seems that it is not impossible.

After eating, Jean said first, "My food is probably not as good as yours, Arthur."

"Okay, sometimes I want to eat breakfast made by other people too."

Jean smiled happily, sat down next to Arthur and kissed him.

Arthur was surprised for a moment, Jean actually became more proactive, it seems that she was depressed at the Xavier Institute for a long time.

Amidst passionate kisses, excitement quickly took hold of both of them.

No need to choose a place, the dining table is already very good...

[A/N: I thought about trying but Nah.]

Two hours later, Jean and Arthur took a shower together, after drying themselves, they put on their clothes and left.

"Arthur, let's go..."

Some people wake up, have breakfast, and get ready to go after a good workout.

While other people just woke up.

After sleeping until dawn, Tony emerged from his room feeling more relaxed and comfortable than ever.

"JARVIS, how long have I been asleep?"

[A little over 20 hours, sir...]

"How long have I slept!?"

Even Tony couldn't believe it. This must have been the first time in his life that he had slept for so long.

Not to mention it's very comfortable.

[During this period, you had a total of 116 missed calls and 70 unread messages.]

These are Tony's orders, no information is to disturb him while he sleeps.

JARVIS is also doing this obediently.

"Was there any call from Pepper..."

[No, sir.]

The disappointment in Tony's eyes was visible to the naked eye, and he thought that Pepper would take the initiative to find him after such a long time without contact.

He completely forgot that he used to go without contact with her for five or six days without giving any news.

Except for the time he was kidnapped.

Pepper didn't know where he went.

[Among them, Colonel Rhodes made 96 phone calls and sent 53 text messages.]

Tony drank a glass of wine, a hint of disgust in his eyes: "Call him back..."

[Right, sir.]

As soon as he dialed, the phone was answered: "Thank God, Tony, you finally answered my call."

"Why? Do you think I was kidnapped again?"

Rhodes, on the other end of the line, had a strange expression on his face. Isn't that your PTSD?

Why does he have the nerve to mention this now...

But Rhodes was too lazy to delve into the matter: "Listen, Tony, first of all, I want to apologize to you, I took one of your armors without your permission..."

"Although I really like it..."

Seeing him apologizing, Tony said aggressively, "Simple, bring out all those bottles of wine you hid."

Rhodes knew Tony would blackmail him at that moment.

As a soldier, this thing is your absolute treasure.

But who was fooled first?

"3 bottles!"

"5 Bottles!"

"4!"

"Good deal, Colonel Rhodes, but I don't think you called to apologize to me."

"If you want to apologize sincerely, you should bring me the Mark 2 back."

Tony joked.

Having known Rhodes for so many years, he knows his personality very well, although he is usually as out of tune as he is.

But there are many things that are still very honest.

"Sorry, Tony..."

Rhodes said apologetically: "Mark 2 is now being held by the military, and they want to refurbish him.

"Sad news..."

There was no anger in Tony's tone, and Rhodes could hear it.

"Tony..."

"Aren't you mad? That thing is yours..."

Rhodes knew that what Tony hated most was when others messed with his inventions and projects.

Once upon a time there was a country that purchased weapons from Stark Industries and found that some areas needed improvement.

Tony simply tore up the contract...

You should know that this is a weapons order worth tens of billions or even hundreds of billions of dollars.

How many people don't get what they want.

Tony simply didn't sell because the other party gave too little input...

Obadiah's mouth was crooked at that moment.

"You can have that, Rhodes..."

"For a few bottles of wine, you have the freedom to change it now, but you better change his name, it shouldn't be the same as mine."

"You know I hate swapping shirts, even swapping names."

Rhode wondered if he had heard wrong, could he keep the armor?

After finishing speaking, Rhodes had no choice but to continue talking and then hung up the phone.

After tricking Rhodes for a few bottles of wine, Tony said, "JARVIS, open the roof..."

"I'm going up to enjoy the sun, the weather is nice today."

Thinking about Arthur's state of life last time, Tony couldn't help but feel envious.

Now he no longer has to worry about palladium poisoning.

He's going to enjoy it at his house too, Tony put on his sunglasses, Tony took the wine and went up to the terrace.

Tony, who had just woken up, couldn't help but stretch in the armchair.

This feeling

It can only be described in one word.

Wonderful!

No wonder Arthur loves to soak up the sun...

"I thought you had gone somewhere again, but I didn't expect you to just be enjoying the sun here."

"I have so many things on my hands, so I must work hard."

"I shouldn't have come to you so soon."

Pepper's voice suddenly sounded behind him, causing Tony to turn his head quickly: "Hi~ Pepper.

"Do you want to sit down?"

Tony kindly invited me to...

Behind Pepper, Black Widow and Happy followed her...

Seeing Tony's face, Pepper sat down next to him, surprised...

"Hey, you look a little different."

Tony took off his glasses and asked with a smile, "Do I look better?"

"No, it's just different..."

Pepper could feel that something about Tony was different.

It's like a different person

"No, I still feel the same way as before."

"What do you think, Miss Rushman?"

Happy grumbled.

In his opinion, there is no other difference except that Tony's mood is a little better...

Strangely, Black Widow didn't respond to his words...

Happy turned his head suspiciously and saw Black Widow assessing Tony.

He suddenly started feeling jealous.

Well, Tony is actually prettier than him.

And what Natasha Romanoff had in mind was...

Tony's palladium poisoning symptoms have greatly diminished.

It must be because the armor was not used during that period.

But why, he seems to be in a good mood, which doesn't look like a dying person at all.

He is not actively looking for solutions.

Are you enjoying the sun at home instead?

Has Tony started to give up on himself?

Black Widow had many doubts in her heart, but it was destined that she would not be able to take the initiative to ask now.

She could only wait until she got out of here and reported these situations to Nick Fury.

After Pepper confirmed that Tony was fine, she also smiled happily in her heart.

The Tony from a while ago gave him a feeling of worry, but now this Tony is normal.

"Okay, I still have work to do..."

"I'll go first."

Pepper stood up and waved.

Tony didn't forget to say, "Well, do you have time for us to have dinner together tonight?"

Pepper had a smile on her face, "Of course, but I want you to wait for me."

"Maybe I'll come back later."

"No problem, I can wait no matter how late..."

After everyone left, Tony said, "JARVIS, how about the new element matching test?"

[Sir, everything is fine at the moment.]

[No problems were found.]

"Create a new folder, call it Mark 6, I'm full of inspiration right now"

The emergence of this new element can give you greater output power.

This means that the Mark 6 and future Mark armors will have more possibilities...

S.H.I.E.L.D

Nick Fury and Hill overheard Tony and Rhodes' conversation in the office.

While they can't hack JARVIS, they can hack Rhodes' cell phone.

As an Air Force major, he has no secrets in high-level institutions.

After hearing the conversion, Nick Fury frowned.

"Is this Tony's mess?"

This is a little different from the Tony he knew, and he gave up on himself very quickly.

Hill analyzed: "Maybe he also realized he was helpless, so he just let it go."

"When will we get in touch with him, sir?"

Nick Fury waved his hand, "Don't worry, wait for news from Agent Romanoff."

"People like Tony shouldn't give up so easily."

"He's also Howard's son."

As he said this, Nick Fury looked at the SHIELD logo not far away.

SHIELD has three founders.

One of them was Tony's father, Howard Stark.

And he's one of the men who gave life to Captain America.

As they waited, a call from Black Widow came over the communicator.

"Sir."

"Agent Romanoff, you reported going to Tony's house, how is he now?"

Black Widow told everything she saw now.

Finally, she added her opinion: "The symptoms of palladium poisoning on his face are less, I believe it is because he has not worn the armor recently and is taking that chlorophyll."

"On his desk I also found an empty glass of chlorophyll."

After hearing this, Nick Fury's eyes were a little disappointed. He didn't expect Tony to actually mess up.

"Could tonight's dinner be a sort of farewell ceremony for him and Virginia Potts?"

From what SHIELD gathered, Tony wasn't the type of person to wait for someone to be late.

So there is only one possibility in Nick Fury's trial.

This means that Tony is about to die.

That's why everything he does now doesn't match his personality.

Nick Fury used his own rationality to judge most issues.

So he didn't think people like Tony Stark would change much after experiencing this kind of situation.

The most intuitive point is that...

Tony rejected SHIELD's proposal quite blatantly and declared himself Iron Man in public.

So in Nick Fury's eyes, he's still the arrogant, conceited Tony Stark.

"Agent Romanoff."

"It's time we met Tony Stark again."

Nick Fury feels he has everything under control.

Only by sending him like this can he become Tony Stark's savior and then make him accept the Avengers initiative.

"Understood."

Black Widow has shut down communication.

While Nick Fury's analysis is reasonable, Black Widow feels something is off.

But she just couldn't tell what it was.

But it doesn't matter, she will just carry out orders from above.

----

Sunset.

Arthur took Jean back to the mansion, both of them were not ordinary people.

Even after a day of shopping, they didn't feel the least bit tired.

Jean became more and more excited the further she walked, and she wanted to buy everything she saw, so she almost couldn't fit all the real things into the car.

Arthur had to ask someone to return it.

Back home, Jean still had an unmistakable expression of excitement on his face.

"Arthur, do you know?"

"Today was my happiest day, the feeling of shopping is really great!"

This is an emotion she has never felt before at the Xavier Institute.

She finally understood why so many women love shopping.

She went there for the first time and fell deeply in love with that feeling.

At this moment, Gwen also came back from the door swinging on her spider web and saw the two people and said warmly: "Arthur, Jean."

"I went back."

"Gwen, I got you something today too."

"Come here and take a look."

When the two women met, they immediately shared the things they bought today.

Arthur shook his head with a smile, sure enough, no matter what world a woman is in, they have this ability.

The personality is the same.

But before they met Arthur, they were both girls, not women.

Being a woman is all thanks to Arthur.

Seeing the two of them sharing the results, Arthur relaxed his shoulders and was ready to walk towards the kitchen.

It's already night, which certainly awaits us for a good dinner.

But the projection of the red queen appeared between the two women.

He looked at Gwen solemnly.

The Red Queen now began to use expressions to express her emotions.

[Miss Gwen, Peter Parker has appeared.]

[He is in the basement of the World Trade Center and is secretly moving towards the top floor.]

After speaking, an image was projected.

Above, the lizard was crawling on the wall, moving quickly.

He was also carrying something on his back.

Gwen immediately dropped the clothes she had in her hand, ready to put on her hood to stop the lizard.

"Wait a minute, Gwen."

"Arthur, what happened?"

Arthur appeared with a box: "Put this on and go..."

(End of chapter)

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