Chapter 1042 Unwillingness, the Terrible Truth

As the captain of the crumbling ship of America. Every day is not easy for Tony.

Because it's a bad boat. It is already a very difficult thing for it to sail unscrupulously in the sea. And in order to keep this broken ship from sinking on this precarious journey, Tony as the captain can only fill every vacancy on the ship as much as possible, so that it can always maintain such a sailing state.

As the captain, Tony can already be said to have done his best. No one can deny this, because everyone has seen his achievements in their eyes. Being able to support the United States in the increasingly decadent national conditions until now, even the most outstanding presidents of the United States, in this situation, may not be able to do better than Tony.

But for his current results, Tony is not satisfied. Because it's not what he expected.

Originally, he had a complete plan for his career. According to the rule that the president of the United States cannot serve two consecutive terms, he made a detailed plan for his eight-year presidential career. The first four years are used to restore national strength. Given the solid foundation of the United States, it is actually not difficult to do this seriously. The next four years are to arrange a way out for the United States. It's just like Clinton focused on building network information channels back then, creating a new era of information. He also found a bright future for the United States to develop steadily.

That's the way to go in space. As long as they can be the first to complete the journey of space exploration, then they don't have to live on this small planet and fight for such a little bit of scarce resources. In the endless universe, there are inexhaustible resources waiting for human development, and what he has to do is to get the qualification to develop the universe one step ahead of everyone else.

At this point, he had already made arrangements. The legacy left by the Cree is enough to give him enough advantage at the starting line. And he also spared no effort to invest huge resources in this project, just to expand this advantage to the most extreme level.

It's just that I didn't expect that people are not as good as heaven. All his plans came to naught in the end. And this is naturally impossible to make him feel reconciled.

No one will be reconciled to only getting such a return after investing huge resources. What's more, this is related to his future plans, so he has to get it all back no matter what. But, how to get it back? On this point, neither Tony nor his arrogant soldiers have the slightest clue.

The information on the seabed research base was completely stolen, and the warships of the Kerrys disappeared. As for the three principals in charge of this project, only two corpses and one crazy guy were found. With such clues, there is no way for them to find the stolen important information.

But Tony didn't want to give up,

He put all his hopes on Dr. Laura, who had serious psychological problems. This should have been a futile thing, but under Tony's insistence, it was this hopeless thing that turned everything around.

With the help of the special medical institution of the Sky Hammer Bureau, Dr. Laura has recovered to a controllable range, and can already have a conversation like a normal person. Hearing the news, Tony immediately put down his work and drove straight to the hospital in Iron Man armor without even a bodyguard.

Seeing the President of the United States rushing over in such a hurry, the staff in the hospital were all very surprised. And the dean who heard the news ran over directly, out of breath and asked Tony.

"Your Excellency, I'm really sorry, I didn't know you were coming here. What's the matter with you here?"

"Get me ready, I'm going to have a conversation with Dr. Laura."

Naturally, the dean of the hospital couldn't refuse Tony's request, so he immediately got busy. With his strong cooperation, Tony soon saw Dr. Laura with a gloomy face in a ward.

It can be seen that everything that happened before has a profound impact on this fragile woman. So much so that she is still a little distracted now, and she didn't even notice that Tony walked in.

"Her condition is not very good. If you can, please control the time of questioning, and in addition, try not to stimulate her nerves."

The doctor in charge of Dr. Laura's mental illness gave an order and left the ward at the request of the dean. Tony, on the other hand, stared at the fragile woman in front of him for a while, then moved a chair and placed it in front of her, then sat down.

The distance between the two people was pulled to a very close point. Staring at the pale woman who looked like a lilac flower, Tony opened his mouth first.

"Dr. Laura? Dr. Laura!"

The gradually louder voice brought the dazed woman back to her senses, and when she saw Tony in front of her, she immediately showed a surprised look.

This was a good thing, it meant she recognized Tony's identity. And since she can recognize him, it means that she can be a communication partner. This made Tony a little bit more surprised, but on the surface he still asked her with a serious face.

"Dr. Laura, can you recognize who I am?"

"Yes sir. I know you, Tony Stark, Iron Man, the current President of the United States."

Dr. Laura's answer was a bit weak, but there was no major problem in terms of organization. This provides the possibility for the dialogue between them to continue. After hearing her answer, Tony immediately asked.

"Very good. Dr. Laura, let me make a long story short. Can you tell me what happened in the submarine base? Why was the research base breached? Who stole our research materials? And , how did you survive?"

The eager Tony asked all the questions he wanted to know. Facing these problems, Dr. Laura's face began to show unusual changes.

First, his pale face turned pale, then his brows were furrowed, and even his pupils began to contract desperately. This change made her look terrified, and Tony was afraid that she would lose her mind because of this panic in the next moment.

However, the situation has not changed to such a bad point. Maybe it was because Tony was by her side, which made her feel that she could have a safe reliance, so she just took a few deep breaths, and she controlled her emotions. Then, she began to talk about what happened that day.

"Hydra, the people of Hydra. I remember, it was Captain America who led people to attack us. They killed all the security guards and researchers. Only me and Professor Stevenson were left, And that traitor Jones!"

"Jones? You mean Dr. Jones. He's from Hydra? Where is he now?" Hearing a sensitive word, Tony couldn't help but grabbed Dr. Laura's shoulder and growled at her up. For this kind of traitor lurking beside him, Tony's tolerance is almost zero. So his tone became very harsh in an instant, making Dr. Laura, who was like a delicate flower, look even more like it was about to wither.

Fortunately, he soon realized his mistake. After seeing Dr. Laura's face turned pale again, he quickly let go of his hand and apologized to her.

"Sorry, doctor. I was just a little surprised. I thought I had been scrutinized enough in terms of spies, but I didn't expect to let these damn bastards take advantage of it. This is my fault. I brought you Danger is coming."

"No, Your Excellency. This has nothing to do with you. I'm afraid no one would have thought that that man with a beastly face would be a spy lurking in Hydra. And I think he should have received his due retribution!"

When it came to this point, Dr. Laura's face rarely showed a bit of cruelty that didn't match her temperament. And this made Tony immediately realize that something was wrong. He looked at the woman in front of him, looked straight into her eyes, and asked her word by word.

"Dr. Laura, what do you know? What happened in the submarine research base, is there anything else we don't know?"

As if thinking of something terrible, Dr. Laura's expression became more and more frightened. And this also made her involuntarily reach out her hands and grabbed Tony's arm forcefully.

Under her subconscious movements, her sharp nails already made Tony feel a tingling pain. But Tony didn't have any intention of stopping her. Instead, he reached out and stroked Dr. Laura's hair, comforting her.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. You are absolutely safe with me here. Don't be afraid, come and tell me everything you know!"

Maybe his relief had an effect, maybe his presence really gave Dr. Laura an extraordinary sense of security. Under his actions, Dr. Laura gradually regained control, and also stopped the damage to Tony in his hands.

She smiled apologetically at Tony, and the expression on her face gradually returned to that lilac-like weak appearance. Then, under Tony's encouraging eyes, she finally mustered up her courage and told an unknown truth.

"The omnic! The omnic saved me, and the omnic attacked the Hydra there. They won't let anyone escape from there, anyone!"