Chapter 1879: The Madman's Journey (Fifty-Seven)

Chapter 1853 The Journey of a Madman (Fifty-Seven)

Stark was discharged from the hospital in the afternoon. He didn't even stay in the hospital for twelve hours. He rushed back to the laboratory of the Stark Group as if his butt was on fire.

Tony Stark was not very good at political schemes, but he always had some genius inspiration and wit.

He instinctively felt that the top priority now was not to run around in the crowd like a headless fly, but to hurry back to the laboratory to build the intelligent armor he had imagined before.

Although common sense believes that rescuing people from any prison is the result of profit operation, Stark feels that this armor is very likely to be the key to his plan.

But just before he was ready to start work at the fastest speed, he learned a news from Pepper that Eric, the mercenary who saved him before, came to New York and now wanted to meet him.

Stark frowned when he heard the news.

People often say that you should not morally blackmail others for selfless dedication, and heroes should be rewarded, but people will instinctively praise heroes who do not seek rewards and selflessly dedicate themselves.

Stark, who has a hero complex, is somewhat morally blackmailed. When he does not lead by example, he will project his fantasy of being a hero onto others. Now that he really intends to save the world, it is inevitable that he will judge others with a critical eye.

When Stark's intelligent brain started to work again, he instinctively found that there was something wrong with Eric.

First of all, the time of his appearance was too coincidental. He appeared as soon as Stark was attacked, but this was nothing. What made Stark most suspicious was that when Eric appeared, there was only one person, and no other comrades followed him.

But Eric was not an individual mercenary. He was organized, and the mercenary organization he belonged to had no combat missions nearby, and the base was far away from here. So what did Eric do here?

Secondly, he ran away after the second attack, but turned back to save Stark. There was nothing wrong with this. It only showed that he was a good man with perseverance.

But when he came back for the third time, it was a bit suspicious. There was a conflict in behavioral logic.

Eric ran away and turned back for the first time, which proved that he had a high degree of risk aversion. In extreme cases, he would choose the way with the least risk to deal with things, so he chose to drive away first and then return to rescue, instead of using the hidden weapons in his hands to fight on the spot and take the risk of killing all the kidnappers.

And anyone can think that returning for the third time will inevitably take a huge risk. If Eric is willing to take risks, then he can not run at the beginning. If he is risk-averse, then why come back for the third time?

This contradictory behavior logic made Stark more vigilant.

Of course, Stark still admitted that Eric saved him the first time, but once a person has a bad impression of something, he will change many subsequent choices preconceivedly.

After Stark pondered for a while, he said to Pepper: "Let him wait for me in the reception room. I will be there in five minutes."

Eric, who was led to the reception room, restrained his disappointment well and pretended to be curious and looked around.

He was also a little nervous. He thought he would be invited to the laboratory directly by Stark as a special guest, but he didn't expect that he would be waiting for him in the reception room like ordinary guests.

But Stark Group was impeccable in terms of etiquette. On the one hand, someone showed Eric around, on the other hand, someone offered him champagne and cheese, and even a black department manager came over to say hello and chat with Eric about the customs and practices of Africa, showing full enthusiasm.

After Stark entered the reception room, he immediately gave Eric a big hug. He patted Eric on the shoulder and said happily: "Fortunately you are back. I was still thinking about how to find you in Afghanistan. I don't want to go to that ghost place again. Is your mercenary organization okay?"

Eric immediately showed a sad and regretful expression. He shook his head and said: "They are dead. I came back to the United States this time to investigate this matter."

"What happened?" Stark immediately asked anxiously: "Who killed them? You are not injured, right? Did you see the murderer?"

Eric shook his head again, then he looked up at Stark and said: "I... I'm sorry, Tony, I couldn't save you. Fortunately, you were saved in the end."

"But I am also a little glad that this A little bit. "Eric suddenly said: "If I took you away at that time, I would definitely take you back to our base. If the enemy came at that time, I might implicate you."

He said this sincerely. Stark sighed lightly, patted Eric on the shoulder, and then said: "God bless you, my brother, you escaped."

"But don't worry, Eric, no one can hurt you here, I will protect you."

Eric acted a little disappointed. He turned around and walked to the sofa and sat down, while Stark sat on the other side. He heard Eric say: "Thank you very much, but I can't stay here for long. They are likely to come for me, Tony, which may bring you danger. "

"What's the matter?" Stark asked.

"I said I'm a Wakanda, but I was actually expelled by my relatives, so I became a mercenary." Eric covered his face, sighed deeply and said, "They still don't want to let me go, I have implicated many people."

Stark leaned forward and asked, "What's going on?"

"I... once offended the royal family of Wakanda." Eric turned his head to one side and said, "I was too reckless when I was young, and I angered the king of Wakanda, and he expelled me."

Stark reached out and patted his knee and said, "It's okay, Eric, I said I would protect you, so I'll give you a job at Stark Group. Arrange a position so that you can stay in New York naturally. No matter who wants to hurt you, they can't break through the defense of Stark Group. "

Seeing that Stark didn't ask about Wakanda, Eric's eyes flashed with a subtle disappointment, but he knew that this was the best result he could get today, so he stood up and hugged Stark and said, "Thank you for taking me in, Tony. If I didn't really have nowhere to go, I wouldn't cause you any trouble."

Stark patted Eric's arm again, signaling him not to say such things again, and then he picked up his phone and called Obadiah.

Hearing Obadiah's name, Eric instinctively widened his eyes. After Stark finished talking about the work arrangement and hung up the phone, Eric immediately said to Stark anxiously: "Who is Obadiah? Is he also a member of the Stark Group?"

"Yes, he is in charge of security work now, what's wrong?"

"I heard this name from the mouths of the attackers, Tony, it is very likely that he ordered the group to attack you." Eric raised his voice and said: "He is the mastermind behind it!"

But he paused the next second, because Stark showed a puzzled expression, even a little A little dissatisfied, Eric heard Stark say: "He is my uncle, he has watched me grow up since I was a child, how could he want to kill me?"

"Obadiah is my only guardian after my father died. If he wants to kill me, he doesn't have to wait until now. Wouldn't it be better to do it when I was a child?"

"Okay, Eric, you must be under too much pressure and heard it wrong. Uncle Obadiah must have arranged it. You should report to the security department. There are still some contents of my experiment that need to be adjusted, so I won't accompany you."

After Stark turned and left, Eric clenched his fists and cursed in his heart.

In the Devouring Engine, Stark shook his head and said: "As the saying goes, the distance does not separate the relatives. He is a little too anxious."

Nick sat at the bar and took a sip of wine and said: "More than that, his level is too far from Schiller."

Stark turned his head to look at Nick. He has never been very good at this kind of thing, and others also looked at Nick, wanting to hear the king of agents' opinions.

Nick raised a finger and said, "I don't mean to belittle him, but Schiller is a natural manipulator. I have never seen anyone better than him in manipulating other people's minds and influencing their behavior. This is because he has a special talent."

"This Eric is obviously also a psychopath. This kind of people are attractive to ordinary people, so it is easy to influence others' actions."

"But at present, Eric is just a young calf who relies entirely on talent. They usually take advantage of others by manipulating them and taste the sweetness. Then they think this is the best shortcut, so they can't stop."

"But manipulating others is a very profound knowledge." Nick shook his head and said with a sigh: "The biggest reason why people like them can never achieve great success is that they don't understand the nature of manipulation, or they understand but can't do it."

"What do you mean?" Stark pricked up his ears.

"They can't love." Natasha tapped her cheek with her finger and said, "Psychopaths don't have the ability to love."

"Therefore, once they have this ability, no one can resist their manipulation." Nick said, "This is the biggest reason why Schiller can make everyone act according to his plan. He is a psychopath who can love."

"You may think that Eric's emotions are well expressed, but almost all emotions of people like them are performed to cover up their cold-blooded nature."

"But fake is fake after all. If it was someone else, it would be fine, but it was Tony Stark." Nick looked at Stark and said, "Your You have too many emotions, which means your emotional receiving port is naturally much more powerful than others. You can detect every subtle change in emotion, and almost no one can hide this from you. "

After a moment of silence, Stark said: "Schiller's love for me, all of us, and the entire human civilization is definitely not fake. I can fully sense it. Maybe it's a bit extreme sometimes, but it's real, surging, and hot... like looking directly at the sun."

"That's right." Nick knocked on the bar counter and said: "At least in terms of love, his emotions are real, and with him as a comparison, Tony Stark can more easily distinguish the true from the false."

"And the most important point." T'Challa said, "This is why I said Eric can't be the king of Wakanda. He always plays tricks and does superficial work, but he never pays attention to the core of the problem."

T'Challa poured another glass of wine for Nick, and then said, "Schiller arranged this series of situations, and the ultimate goal was to direct Stark's attention to Pierce."

"Why did he do this?" asked Eddie, who was sitting on the sofa.

Venom's deep voice sounded: "Because there is a strong enough enemy, a united front can be built."

T'Challa nodded and said: "That's right. The terrible news that the director of SHIELD is Hydra allows Tony to temporarily tolerate all small actions, because only by winning over enough allies can Pierce be defeated."

"Then first of all, the conflict between Tony and Obadiah will not break out. Most importantly, this makes Schiller valuable."

"Judging from Tony's personality, he can't let Pierce go, but he is not the kind of assassin. He will definitely want to judge Pierce openly, so there must be evidence."

"But this news came too suddenly. The only breakthrough Tony can think of to collect evidence is Schiller."

Nick smiled and said: "This can be called the highest level of Stockholm patient training method. It does not require a closed environment or the presence of the person himself, but it can attract all the attention of the other party to him, and even create The pressure is greater than that of a closed space, which prompts the other party to complete the change of concept. "

T'Challa went on to explain: "Schiller had already confessed that he was a Hydra, but Tony chose to accept it and even chose to save him at all costs because Schiller achieved the unity of emotional value and interest value."

"The key that Eric did not grasp is that he only hopes that he has emotional value, but he has not been able to create interest value for himself. He is used to exchanging emotional value for interest value, but this can only be exchanged for petty profits."

T'Challa stroked the bottle and said: "Humans claim to be emotionally rich animals, but history tells us that even if it happens a million times, humans will only want interests but not emotions. We are much more indifferent than we think."

"If in a relationship, one person can only provide emotional value, but constantly wants to use emotions to gain benefits, then this relationship will sooner or later collapse. "

People who raise texts must be wondering why this unit is so long

It's actually two in one, hehehe