Transaction

Obadiah got out of the car, glanced around, and walked up to the bald man. The two shook hands.

"Welcome" the bald man said to Obadiah, his tone icy, with no hint of warmth or hospitality.

Obadiah surveyed the surroundings, completely unfazed by the bald man tone. However, he was immediately drawn to the scar on the bald man right cheek... The right side of his face was entirely covered in burn marks.

Obadiah examined the scars with a mix of curiosity and disgust.

Obadiah blatant stare didn't go unnoticed. The bald man pointed calmly at his scarred face and said

"A tribute to Tony Stark."

"Oh!" Obadiah eyes filled with mockery—no, not just his eyes, his entire face was plastered with a smirk.

"Take me to see the weapon," Obadiah said, pointing at the bald man.

The bald man nodded. "Follow me... Everyone else stays outside."

Obadiah turned and gestured to his bodyguards, signaling them to wait outside and not make any rash moves. But was that really what the gesture meant? Perhaps only in the eyes of these terrorists.

Obadiah followed the bald man into the central tent, while outside, the terrorists and Obadiah bodyguards stood in a tense standoff.

As they entered the tent, the first thing Obadiah saw was a massive suit of steel armor.

"His escape yielded unexpected results" the bald man said, turning on the lights and walking over to the armor.

"He escaped wearing this?" Obadiah asked, examining the armor.

"This is just a crude prototype. Stark improved the design. He's already created a weapon of death, one that can end everything" the bald man said, his tone somewhat fanatical, though his eyes remained eerily calm.

He was hiding something.

"With just a few of these weapons, I could rule Asia" the bald man said, looking at Obadiah.

"And you want to take over Stark Industries. We have a common enemy, don't we?"

Obadiah circled the armor, carefully inspecting every component and design. Hearing the bald man words, he glanced over but said nothing.

Obadiah ran his hand over the hole in the chest of the armor. He knew something was missing here—something that was now with Tony.

"Business is business. I'll give you these designs... as a gift" the bald man said, sitting down and pouring a glass of whiskey.

Obadiah turned to look at him, his gaze piercing. He knew this man was no saint.

A gift? What was the catch?

"As for the return..." the bald man turned to face Obadiah. "I want the guy who escaped with Tony—the one called Raiden." The bald man smiled and handed the glass of whiskey to Obadiah.

Obadiah walked over, took the whiskey, placed a hand on the bald man shoulder, and quietly activated a remote control.

Suddenly, a strange sound wave emanated from the remote control, and beside Obadiah ears, two small devices inserted into his ears flickered with blue light.

Starting from the back of the bald man head, veins bulged on his scalp, and his body lost control under the influence of the sound wave. The bald man eyes were filled with bloodshot.

Obadiah looked at the bald man with a mocking gaze and said with a sneer

"This is all you get... technology."

After speaking, Obadiah turned off the remote control

"This is your fatal weakness. Don't worry, it'll be fine in fifteen minutes."

The bald man bloodshot eyes were filled with rage. Obadiah walked over, patted his bald head, and said

"These are just minor issues. I won't kill you. Many people would want your life, like Tony... and Raiden by his side." As he spoke, Obadiah walked towards the tent's exit. But just as he was about to reach the door, he turned back to look at the bald man and said.

"Raiden has magic... you might not die so easily. Good luck, Raza." Obadiah waved his hand and turned away with a flourish.

He lifted the tent flap and stepped outside. The area outside the tent had already been taken over by Obadiah men. They had surrounded the entire village and captured all the terrorists.

Obadiah glanced at the kneeling terrorists and calmly ordered his mem.

"Take the armor and all the weapons." Then he walked straight to the car and got in.

After getting into the car, Obadiah rolled down the window and said indifferently to the subordinate standing beside him, "Alright, clean up." With that, he closed the window. In an instant, the village was filled with the sounds of gunfire and screams.

When Obadiah men left, the village was left with only corpses scattered on the ground... and a lone, immobile bald man, Raza, sitting in the tent.

...

In the car, Obadiah was on the phone, saying.

"Establish Zone 16 under the arc reactor, and do it secretly. Make sure no one finds out, especially Tony Stark. Gather our best engineers. I want to see the prototype immediately!"

...

In New York, Raiden had a good night, though not in his new home. Moving into the new place would probably take a few more days, as it was a big project.

The first thing Raiden did after waking up was to look for Tony. He was full of anticipation for the intelligent assistant and couldn't wait to have one of his own. But when Raiden arrived at Tony house... a three-person interrogation awaited him.

The trio of Tony, Pepper, and Yinsen "interrogated" Raiden.

What they wanted to know, of course, was the content of yesterday conversation between Obadiah and Raiden.

Raiden simplified Obadiah words and roughly conveyed them to Tony.

However, as Raiden expected, Tony didn't care at all. Tony had his own ideas, a better and more perfect one, one that could change the world. 

He caught Tony before he returned to his workshop.

"Tony, help me make an intelligent assistant like JARVIS."

Tony looked at Raiden with confusion, not understanding why Raiden suddenly wanted something like this.

"Obadiah gifted me a manor, so maybe having an artificial intelligent butler would make things more convenient" Raiden said.

"Alright Raiden, give me three months. In three months, I'll make one for you" Tony replied.

"Thanks a lot" Raiden chuckled.

As soon as Tony finished speaking, he dashed into his workshop.

Raiden shook his head, wondering what on earth Tony was so busy with.

Actually, Tony already had an intelligent butler in his possession, but installing it would require a lot of things, like setting up a super powerful mainframe in Raiden house. But Tony didn't have the time right now.

He needed time to realize his ideas, which is why he said he'd help Raiden in three months.

Watching Tony disappearing figure, Raiden, Pepper, and Yinsen exchanged glances and shook their heads in unison.

"Let's go. I know a particularly good restaurant. Let's head there together." Yinsen said to Raiden and Pepper.

"Sure"

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