Chapter 487: Origin (Please Add to Collection, Recommend, and Vote for Monthly Ticket) Please Vote for Recommendation!!!

"Afghanistan? Why would a playboy like him go to Afghanistan?" Kai didn't react for a moment. A rich playboy like Stark would go to Afghanistan for nothing. →

"It doesn't matter! What's important is that Tony has been missing for half a month!" Pepper didn't have the energy to explain to Kai why Tony went to Afghanistan. What she was most worried about now was Tony's safety. As for other things, they were not important!

Fortunately, Kai soon understood. The damn Stark Industries Group is one of the largest arms suppliers of the US military! Thinking about it this way, it seems that there is nothing unacceptable for Stark to go to Afghanistan.

Like the previous life, the Afghan War in this world still started, and even the process was almost exactly the same. The 2001 Afghanistan War was a war led by the US-led coalition against al-Qaeda and the Taliban on October 7, 2001. The war was a retaliation by the United States for the September 11 incident, and it also marked the beginning of the war on terror. The coalition officials said that the purpose of this war was to arrest al-Qaeda members such as Ben ** and punish the Taliban for supporting terrorists.

After that, the United States was stuck in the quagmire of Afghanistan. Not only did the Taliban fail to be eliminated, but the casualties of the US military remained high.

This year, with the outbreak of the financial crisis in the United States and the Democratic Party taking power, the trajectory of the Afghan war was destined to change. Soon after President Benjamin took office as the US President at the beginning of this year, he announced that he would comprehensively evaluate the situation in Afghanistan to formulate a new strategy for the entire Afghanistan and the surrounding areas. Subsequently, Benjamin announced twice in March and September to increase troops in Afghanistan, designated Afghanistan as the main battlefield for "anti-terrorism", and clearly proposed to gradually withdraw troops from Afghanistan starting in July 2011.

As we all know, Benjamin is an anti-war president. His two increases in troops are the last chance for domestic hawks. No matter what the war situation will be in the future, he will start to consider a decent withdrawal from Afghanistan in July next year.

After all, the benefits of occupying Afghanistan are far less than what was expected when the war was launched. On the contrary, because of being stuck in the quagmire of war, the US military expenditure has been rising again and again.

In addition to making a lot of money for those stakeholders linked to the military, other groups have not gained much. So starting this year, President Benjamin's proposal to cut military spending was approved by Congress. The president prefers to use diplomatic means to solve the Afghan issue.

This is good news for many people. But not for the Stark Group.

This means fewer orders and a plunge in stocks.

This is why Tony Stark will go to Afghanistan.

They must win more orders during the war transition to stabilize stocks. At the same time, it is also to carve up more shares in the shrinking arms market. After all, Stark, the president of the group, is always doing things that are not his job. Now that the company has problems, he must come forward. → Go to Afghanistan in person to try to get orders from the military.

"What do you want me to do?" Kai asked very calmly.

Kai is a Los Angeles police officer, and his jurisdiction does not include Afghanistan.

"I don't trust those people!" Pepper finally told the truth.

This is indeed the case. Tony Stark has been missing for a week, and Pepper has just received the news. This is not normal at all. Tony Stark is not a kitten or a puppy. It is not in line with common sense that there is news after he has been missing for so many days. You can imagine how much tricks there are in this! What's more, Tony Stark disappeared under the protection of the US military! This makes Pepper even more distrustful of the US military in Afghanistan.

Pepper doesn't know who to trust at all.

This is not Pepper's unfounded worry. After all, Tony Stark's itinerary was originally confidential and few people could access it. But when Tony Stark was kidnapped, the other party seemed to be well prepared and kidnapped Tony very accurately, and killed the twelve fully armed US soldiers responsible for protecting Stark in the fastest time! They didn't give them a chance to ask for help! If there is no conspiracy behind this, Pepper will never believe it.

Moreover, since Kai helped Tony break the window paper between them, Tony handed over all the company's affairs to Pepper, which caused dissatisfaction among many company veterans. Pepper just turned 30, but she has taken the power of the president of Stark Group. It is impossible for a lot of old guys not to have some opinions. So now Pepper doesn't even trust the group.

The only person Pepper can trust now is Kai.

"I hope you can save Tony."

The US military has been in Afghanistan for a week and has gained nothing. Pepper feels that he can't count on it.

Kai hesitated a little. Although he doesn't like watching superhero movies, he also knows that Tony Stark is the son of the plane and it's not so easy to die. And he has a lot of things to do here, so it's not easy to leave. But then he thought, it's not right, this is the real world, who knows if it will be according to the movie, what if?

Although he and Tony are not deep in love, it's not too much to say that they are friends. It's really inappropriate to watch it with your own eyes.

Pepper didn't say anything, waiting for Kai's response. She also knew that her request was a bit excessive. But now she has no one else to turn to.

"I'm leaving tonight, help me arrange it."

It's better to save him, in case Tony really dies.

In fact, Kai planned to take Saji and the others with him, but when he thought about it, he couldn't. Saji and Rouqiu have already planned to get married, and they are still staying in Jiade Town to prepare for the wedding. Portman had just been transferred to Chicago before Kay came to Los Angeles. Asking for help was like putting out a fire. Of course, the sooner the better. Now he didn't have time to wait for them to come, so he had to set off alone.

But this also has the advantage that it is easy for one person to perform.

"I understand. In two hours, there will be a plane flying directly to Afghanistan." Pepper said excitedly.

After hanging up the phone, Kai sighed, feeling that he was really busy today.

"Boss! There's something discovered here!"

Before Kai could figure out how to ask for leave, Chloe yelled over there.

I saw the witness took out a piece of women's underwear and came over. It was said to be women's underwear, which was a bit inaccurate. A more accurate statement should be girl's underwear, with cartoon patterns on it.

"Girl's underwear in a single man's room?" Kai held the underwear in the evidence bag and felt sick in his heart. Damn it, did he encounter a copper-smelting fetish again?

"There are blood stains on it!" the forensic officer continued.

Kai raised his eyebrows!

"Chloe!"

"yes!"

"I have a mission for you. Find this Italian man and that girl!"

"clear!"

Chloe replied very excitedly.

Just as he was about to express his determination, he saw Kai turning around and leaving.

"Boss, where are you going?"

"Ask for leave!"

"Asking for leave again?" Kaike had just canceled his leave.

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Dustin quickly approved the vacation. It wasn't that Kai leaked the news about Stark's kidnapping. In fact, Dustin thought it would be better for Kai to avoid it. The DEA had strong opinions, although Dustin Don't be afraid, it's troublesome. As for Kai's request for leave... it's none of his business. He's just a little police chief and has no control over it.

That's when Kay stepped onto a plane bound for Afghanistan. Stark also began a plan to save himself.

About half a month ago, the convoy escorting him was attacked. He was injured and fell into a coma. After losing consciousness for a period of time, he entered a semi-conscious and semi-awake state, and the huge pain like a nightmare kept haunting him. When he wanted to sleep quietly, many bearded people kept wandering in front of him and yelled something around him, which made him upset. He couldn't distinguish the meaning of these shouts. Everything seemed to be happening in a dream, and he forgot most of the scenes after seeing them.

Until a certain moment, he finally came out of his coma.

After waking up, he finally confirmed that he had been kidnapped and thrown into a dark cave. But the good news is that you are not alone in your misfortune. He also had a fellow inmate with him. Soon he learned that this bald middle-aged man was named Ethan, a scientist and a doctor. The two share the same fate, as they were both unlucky guys kidnapped by the Kongbu elements outside the cave. However, Ethan, the doctor, was at least in good health, but Tony, the young man, was horrified to find that there was a pit in his chest.

This is nothing, Tony can understand this situation, after all, he remembers the explosion before he fell into coma.

But what he couldn't understand was why Mao would have such a big magnet connected to his chest? ? ? The worst thing about electromagnets is that they have to be powered by a bulky battery.

"Don't dislike it. Without this electromagnet to absorb the remaining rocket shrapnel in the wound on his chest, they may flow into the heart along the bloodstream at any time and kill you."

This is how Dr. Ethan comforted Tony. The person who helped Tony operate, remove the shrapnel, and install the electromagnet was Ethan. Therefore, Ethan is the eldest son’s savior.

Then, Tony experienced something special that he had never experienced in his life.

He was tortured and threatened.

These terrorists actually asked him to build Jericho missiles. Well, by the way, Tony came here this time just to promote this powerful missile with a huge range of action. Faced with this kind of torture, Tony readily agreed. He had never suffered this kind of crime since he was a child.

Faced with this request from the gangster leader, the young man felt extremely complicated. Damn it, the military is not as discerning as the terrorists. It's just an order worth hundreds of millions, and he, the president of the group, needs to personally come forward to promote it... Others come to the door on their own. If the military had acted simply, maybe he wouldn't be so unlucky. Well now, he, a super rich man, actually wants to work for terrorists, it would be embarrassing to tell anyone about it.

But the gangster is also very persistent. He doesn't want money or fame, he just wants the third-rate missile he just developed. What shocked Tony even more was that when he was taken out of the cave for the first time after he agreed to cooperate, he saw that the gangsters had the Stark Industries trademark on their hands, cars, and weapons piled together. He couldn't believe where these terrorists got these things from. He couldn't remember any terrorists in his company's client list!

Of course, arms dealers can sell arms to anyone, but when it comes to arms dealers of his level, it's not possible. What they want to talk about is not only profit, but also their stance!

But Ethan was unlucky enough to be caught for a long time, so he knew a little bit about the inside story.

I learned from Ethan that this group of people has always had channels to purchase weapons and equipment from the Stark Group, and the quantities were quite large. They even engaged in the business of second-tier dealers, distributing the weapons purchased from the Stark Group to other parties. Terrorist groups and organizations.

Tony was puzzled. How could he not know that there was such a distributor in his family?

But he couldn't help but believe it. He had a lot of powerful anti-tank missiles and anti-aircraft missiles before. The production batch number showed that they were new goods in recent months.

It was very wrong that such a number and power of weapons appeared in the hands of the air force. What's more terrible is that as the president of Stark Group, Tony was completely unaware of this. This must be a problem with his control over Stark Group.

Tony was not stupid. He quickly associated it with the attack he had suffered.

Moreover, the gangsters even prepared the raw materials for him to make Jericho missiles, which means that this kidnapping must have been planned in advance, not impromptu.

There is an insider!!!

Someone betrayed him!

Now Tony's heart is even heavier. The terrorists promised him before that as long as he cooperated and made Jericho missiles for them, they would let him go. Tony thought he was talking nonsense, but now it seems that not only his freedom is hopeless, but even his life is in danger.

As long as the terrorists are not stupid, they know that if Tony is allowed to go back alive, these empty cloth members will definitely be hated by him for the rest of his life. It is not a good thing to be hated by a world-class arms dealer for a lifetime. What's more, the mastermind behind this matter is even more unlikely to let him go back, otherwise the betrayer himself will be in big trouble.

So he must save himself!

Here we have to admire Tony's brain. He only took about six hours to come up with a rough plan to save himself.

First, he must solve the big hole and magnet in his chest. He can't hold a battery every day! Convenience is secondary, the most important thing is that it is too stupid! Tony would rather die than make himself look like an idiot.

So he tricked the terrorists into giving him some materials and let him build a portable magnet...

A few days ago, Tony finally made what he wanted.

Tony carefully picked up an object like a small wire ring with tweezers and put it in a small disc before he breathed a sigh of relief. After connecting some lines, a cylindrical object emitting a light blue light appeared.

"So you spent so many days just to build a battery for yourself?" But when Ethan saw the thing, he was so surprised.

"Of course it's not that simple! This is a miniature arc shock reactor. I have a bigger one at home, which is specially used to power my factory. If you add an electromagnet to it, it can prevent shrapnel from entering my heart. It can keep me away from that stupid battery! Of course, this is just an additional function. Its real function is..."

Ethan's eyes became brighter and brighter as he listened.

"You are really a genius!"

Then in the following days, Tony went to the terrorists, asked for a bunch of scrap copper and iron and parts, and honestly started working as a blacksmith, a promising career.