Chapter 191 Father and Son

"So you went to see Odin?"

"Don't mention it, I didn't see him at all." Strange leaned on the table in the office of Arkham Sanatorium, and said, "I don't understand why the teacher is so anxious."

"We didn't make an appointment, we just drew a circle and went to Asgard, but Odin went out and had to wait for a while before he came back."

"In just a few hours, you took an interstellar trip?" Stark said, sitting on the sofa next to him.

"If you are jealous, just say it." Strange retorted without hesitation.

But he still said helplessly: "I said we shouldn't tell my teacher about this plan so early. She is a little too excited now."

"When we returned to Kamar-Taj and before I left, she asked more than a dozen wizards to call the cosmic demons who had traded before, and they kept calling even though they couldn't get through. The first one to respond was Mephitos..."

"Did you see him? The so-called Lord of Hell?"

"No, but I heard his voice, but they used an ancient language that I couldn't understand."

"What did that sound like?" Stark asked curiously: "You actually heard the voice of the devil."

"What's the matter? When I went to Asgard, I saw the World Tree." Strange said proudly: "There are also Pegasus flying in the sky and elves in the spring."

"Then did you see those The gods in mythology?"

Strange shook his head and said, "We went there too suddenly. Asgard didn't arrange anyone to entertain us, and many people left with Odin. The only one at home was a god named Loki, the prince of Asgard. He received us, but my impression of him was very ordinary."

"Why?"

"It's hard to say. Since I started learning magic, my intuition has become more sensitive. I always feel that he is not a good person."

"Then your intuition is right." Schiller said to Strange: "The big fool we picked up a few days ago said that his brother is the god of lies and fraud."

"By the way, I am sure this time that the alien who fell to the earth is indeed Odin's son, because I heard that Odin went out to deal with the trouble he caused."

"Where is Thor now?" Stark asked Schiller.

"He is currently cooperating with the physical examination at SHIELD, and he should be released soon."

"Is Nick really willing to release him? According to what you said, he caused a big trouble in his own home before, forcing his father to come out and settle it personally. How much trouble will he cause on Earth?"

"Steve has tested him before. Apart from his slightly greater strength than ordinary people and incredible health, he has no special abilities."

After speaking, Schiller looked down at his watch and said, "So far, Nick should have asked what he wants to know. The next step is to use SHIELD to find him a house and a job, and let several agents watch him 24 hours a day to observe the behavior of aliens..."

"I always think that this approach is a bit dangerous. Even if he does not have extraordinary power, his values ​​are completely different from those of humans. He is equivalent to a mentally ill person who has been suffering from the disease..."

"Whether he is mentally ill or not is not up to you." Schiller said with a smile.

"You didn't take Nick's black money to write a diagnosis for him again??" Stark stared at Schiller with wide eyes.

"You want to make this kind of money?"

"You should take care of yourself first." Schiller looked down at his watch and said, "Miss Pepper is done with her work recently. You are in trouble, Mr. Stark, who understands women's hearts the most."

When Stark heard that Schiller wanted to talk to him about this topic, he almost ran away. After he left, Strange looked outside the door, then walked over and closed the door, saying, "You let him continue like this?"

He pointed to his chest, indicating that he was referring to the energy problem in Stark's chest.

"It seems that learning magic has indeed changed you a lot. You actually care about Stark."

"I just think he is the guarantee of our R&D capabilities. After all, we still have many problems to solve, such as energy conversion and storage. If he dies, the follow-up will definitely become very troublesome."

"Didn't you notice?"

"What?"

"We know that the reactor in his chest is a time bomb, which may kill him within a year, but we are not in a hurry."

"So why?" Strange tilted his head and stared at Schiller.

"Did you see the model on his lab table when you went to the lab last time?"

Strange frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "I think I saw it. Is it the one next to the bookshelf?"

"Yes, that's the model of the Ark reactor."

"You mean, he already made a replacement? Then why didn't he change it?"

"Because it comes from his father's technology."

"Okay..." Strange shook his head, obviously not understanding. "He's more naive than I thought, risking his life to be angry."

"It's not entirely out of anger. He thinks there's still room for improvement in this technology. He wants to make a perfect product and then solve it once and for all. More importantly, this can prove that he's better than his father."

"Don't talk about him. Let's talk about you. I heard from the nurse that you didn't go home last Christmas and Easter?" Schiller asked Strange.

"That has nothing to do with you." Strange's tone lowered, and he said, "I'm not your patient, I don't need your guidance."

"Every one of my patients says the same thing."

"That's not important to me now. I'm not only rich and powerful, but I've also touched upon areas that ordinary people can't reach. I even took an interstellar trip a few hours ago and arrived at the legendary kingdom of God..."

"You know what? When you were saying this just now, your demeanor was exactly the same as when Stark mentioned Howard. Whenever this name appeared in his ears, he would say how glorious the Stark Group is now..."

"Then what do you advise him to do? Forgive Howard?"

Schiller sighed and said, "Generally speaking, psychiatrists advise you to let go of something and forgive someone, not because they think what this person did is right, but because if you continue to dwell on this matter, in the end it will only damage your own emotions and spirit. You should know this better than me."

"Well, maybe I shouldn't say this, but I really want to hear about your life experience, and then compare your father and Stark's father, which one is worse." Schiller continued.

Strange snorted coldly and said, "There are different good people in this world, but bad people are all the same."

But after a while, he still said, "That drunkard only gets drunk. He knew that Donna could only move with the help of a wheelchair, but he still refused to spend money to buy her a better wheelchair, causing her to fall into the river when she passed by the river."

Unlike Stark, when Strange talked about this experience, his tone was very cold and there was no ups and downs.

"I studied medicine to cure my sister's leg, but on the day I got the scholarship, I called him and his first words were, your sister is dead."

"The second sentence was to let me give him the scholarship."

"It seems that your father is worse."

"Just because he is poorer."

"I heard you have a younger brother."

"Yes, brother..." Strange's tone was a little contemptuous, "That drunkard doesn't like Donna, nor me, but only obeys his youngest son Victor."

"That's why I don't want to go back, because that place is not my home. They have a deep father-son relationship, and I have nothing to do with it."

After saying that, Strange lowered his head to write again. When Strange mentioned his life experience, he didn't react as strongly as Stark. His tone was very flat, as if he was talking about someone else's business.

"So Stark is lucky. After all, he is an only child. He was accompanied by his old butler and uncle in his childhood."

Schiller put his hand on his chin and sighed: "The big fool who fell from the sky is the same. I just don't know if Odin is really partial to him or something else."

"I am different from him. My grades have always been good, and I have won all the scholarships."

"He also fought in the south and the north and made many military exploits, and the result is that neither of you can go home now."

"He was thrown out, but I was not."

Strange's tone remained unchanged. He said: "I have never received as much praise from my father in my life as I have received from my teacher in the past few days."

"Stark also said that his father always felt that he knew nothing, so he is now desperately trying to prove that he knows everything."

"This is meaningless." Finally, Strange concluded.

"This is meaningless!" Pepper shouted, "When will you let go of your damn arrogance and stop risking your life?"

"Who are you trying to prove this to? Your father? But can you use your brain to think about it? No father would want to see his son risk his life to get angry with him!"

In the laboratory of Stark Tower, Pepper walked up to Stark, looked him in the eyes and said, "If I knew that you were busy looking for your own death while I was busy cleaning up your mess, I would never care about you! Stark!"

"I'm not looking for my own death, listen to me. I said, the thing I made is not perfect, I hope to have a more perfect finished product..."

"What time is it now? Are you still entangled in your meaningless standards? You are about to die!"

"You know? Tony, I really can't think of any reason for a person to still be entangled in the past and memories when he knows that his life span is less than a year. "

After saying that, she covered her forehead and sighed: "I don't know whether to say you are brave or arrogant."

"I can obviously do better, it just takes a little time, a year is enough, believe me, Pepper."

Stark walked up, hugged Pepper and said, "Even if I really only have one year to live, at least you are with me."

"You are always like this, you only say nice things, but never solve the problem I am most worried about." Pepper sighed a little tiredly and said, "You are the same to all women."

"Don't be like this, believe me, I will solve this problem."

Looking at Stark's eyes that were always a little wet, Pepper still didn't say more accusations.

After Pepper left, Stark sat down on the edge of the laboratory table again, holding the model in his hand.

Stark looked at the model in his hand, and when he looked at it like this, he would think of his favorite toy, the car assembled by his father and son.

Howard fixed the chassis and engine, and Stark installed the shell, tires and seats, and then wrote their common surname on the car door with a pen.

This was a good time that he had found after searching for a long time in his memory.

Everyone thought that Stark just didn't want to use Howard's technology, but only Stark himself knew that he just wanted to make the technology more perfect, not because he wanted to prove that he was better than Howard.

He just wanted this to be a work completed by their father and son, just like the car. The toy became a commemoration of his first half of life, and the Ark Reactor would be his hope for the second half of his life.

In this way, he could also pretend that his father had never been absent from his life.