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Chapter 174 Tony is not Howard’s son?

"I'm going to investigate the origin of this thing."

After saying this, Lorraine left the hospital.

Gu Yi was left sitting quietly outside the operating room, protecting his disciple.

Strange's rescue lasted eleven hours.

When he was wheeled out of the emergency room, his life was saved, but his career was completely over.

The fixator on his hand was shocking. Eleven stainless steel nails were inserted into the bones, multiple ligaments were torn, and the nerves in his hands were severely damaged.

Strange, can never pick up the scalpel again.

"Strange, you're going to have a hard time in the next few days."

Looking at the disciple lying in the intensive care unit with an IV drip, Gu Yi said softly.

"But I believe you can come out."

……

Lorraine arrives at Stark Tower.

"Mr. Lorraine!"

After receiving the call, Pepper hurried over and welcomed Lorraine to the lounge on the top floor.

"Tony is seeing a visitor now."

Pepper apologized and said, "When he finishes, he will come to see you soon."

"It doesn't matter, I know he is really busy now."

Lorraine said casually, "What kind of guest is here, a collaborator in the election?"

"No."

Pepper shook his head, "It's Mr. Reed Richards. He is Tony's former colleague and has some friendship with him. This time he also came unexpectedly and said he had something to discuss with Tony."

Mr. Fantastic Reed Richards.

This person has a high sense of presence recently?
Lorraine tore open a bag of blueberries and handed it to Pepper to grab a handful.

"I've heard of Mr. Richards. Others say he is the smartest man in the world. Does Tony also recognize this title?"

"Tony didn't admit it with his mouth, but I feel like he was convinced in his heart."

Pepper put the blueberries in his hand and ate them one by one, "After all, he said that he would consider inviting Mr. Richards as a consultant after the election is successful."

Lorraine nodded. For a man as arrogant as Tony to say such a thing, it shows that he does have some recognition of Reed Richards.

Not long after, Pepper's communicator suddenly rang.

Tony's angry voice came from inside: "Miss Pepper, please come to the office!"

Pepper hurried to the office. Before she could open the door, she heard the constant quarrels coming from inside.

In other words, it was just Tony's unilateral anger.

Little Pepper waited for the scolding to subside before knocking lightly on the door.

"Come in!"

When she opened the door, she saw Tony's face was as gloomy as water, while Reed was sitting opposite, in an extremely relaxed state.

He didn't show any sullenness at all because of Tony's insult just now.

"Miss Pepper, please send Mr. Richards away!"

Tony said coldly, "In the future, he will be blacklisted in Stark Tower. He will no longer be our guest!"

This……

Although Pepper knew that Tony usually didn't care about other people's feelings when he spoke or did things.

But when Reed said this, it really showed that he was extremely angry.

What on earth were they talking about just now?
Reed Richards stood up with a smile on his face.

"You will take the initiative to invite me over later."

"I'm already being very polite to you by not killing you now!"

Pepper wanted to send Reed out of the building, but as soon as he reached the elevator, he was stopped by Reed.

"Miss Pepper, I think it would be better for you to stay with Tony now."

Reed said softly, "After all, it is really difficult for ordinary people to accept such a truth suddenly."

"Okay, okay, have a nice trip."

Pepper sent Reed away and returned to the office.

Tony was still sitting on the sofa, motionless.

"Mr. Richards has left."

Pepper came to Tony, knelt down and held his hand, "Tony, are you okay?"

"I am fine."

Tony shook his head and said, "I just can't figure it out, why would Richards say such things to me? Do I have any grudge against him?"

"Of course not. We don't have any business disputes with him."

Pepper said gently, "Tony, what happened just now?"

"It's really nothing. I just heard a ridiculous statement. I'm a little tired and want to take a rest."

He is still the same as before, always keeping things in his heart.

Pepper pursed her lips and thought for a while.

I couldn't make Tony speak his mind, but there was always someone who could.

She said softly: "But Lorraine is here, and he wants to see you for something."

"How long has it been since Lorraine?!"

Tony suddenly turned his head, refreshed, "Let him come here quickly, no, I'll go see him!"

After that, he stood up hurriedly and walked out of the office.

"Ugh!"

Pepper sighed slightly, thinking that Tony was still the same.

This is someone who wants to be president!
Lorraine was showing off her second bag of blueberries when Tony came into the break room.

"You didn't even tell me in advance that you were coming."

Tony sat down next to Lorraine, took the blueberry and ate it himself.

"If I had known you were coming, I wouldn't have seen that Richards."

"What's wrong with you? You seem very angry? Don't you admire Mr. Richards very much?"

"I made a mistake!"

Tony gritted his teeth and said, "That Richards is a bastard, he must have been sent by my competitor!"

Lorraine said amusedly: "What did he say to you to make you break through like this?"

"Ugh!"

Tony sighed, looked around, and then lowered his voice and said, "He said I was not my father's biological son!"

"impossible!"

Lorraine said subconsciously, "Absolutely impossible!"

Tony Stark is not Howard Stark's biological son. This is a setting only available in the comic universe 616.

This is mentioned in Iron Man - The Secret Origin of Tony Stark.

But in this universe, Tony is definitely Howard's biological son.

"You also think he is talking nonsense, right?"

Tony said angrily, "This is pure slander. It must be a competitor throwing dirty water on me."

Lorraine looked at Tony and felt something was wrong.

Why did he react so violently?
Although I don’t know the purpose of Reed Richards’ words, if he just said such words dryly in front of Tony, Tony would definitely not have this reaction.

Instead, he smiled contemptuously and thought that Reed was completely crazy.

But the way Tony looks now is as if his heart has been shaken and he is now desperately looking for a sense of identity.

In fact, other rich people would not care about this at all.

Howard has been dead for almost twenty years. Even if Tony is really not his biological son, he has died without any evidence.

Tony is the legal heir to the Stark family.

Moreover, the base of Tony's campaign does not come from the Stark family, so pouring out this kind of dirty water will be of no use at all.

But it was precisely because it was Tony that he cared so much about it.

He has suspected that his father does not love him since he was a child. If it is confirmed that Howard is not his biological father, I am afraid he will be even more convinced.

"Tony, did Reid tell you anything else?"

Lorraine frowned and said, "I think there's something wrong with you."

Tony was silent for a long time, then sighed and said, "You saw it! That bastard Richards did forge a lot of evidence."

He touched the bracelet with his finger, and several holographic images appeared in front of Lorraine.

"Paternity test report?"

Lorraine said amusedly, "Do you believe this stuff? Mr. Howard has been dead for many years. Who knows where this DNA came from!"

There is a lot of information here besides the paternity test report.

For example, an investigation report.

The above details the entire process of Tony's adoption.

Lorraine searched it carefully to see if the name of Tony's so-called 'biological mother' was mentioned in this report.

Because this is a very critical point.

It involves the setting of which universe this lie involves. If the name is not mentioned, it means it comes from the main comic universe 616.

If it's mentioned as a SHIELD agent named Amanda, it means it's a completely new and different universe.

But no matter which universe it is, the story is the same.

In order to protect their biological son Arnold Stark, the Howards adopted Tony as a substitute.

Lorraine read the report carefully, but his biological mother's name was not mentioned.

"Are these just a few reports?"

Lorraine looked back at Tony, "Does this make you doubt your life?"

"Not at all..."

Tony said sadly, "It's just that Richards was very confident and told me to let me test it myself. He said that I would definitely be able to find my father's DNA. To be honest, I can indeed find it. There are still some of his DNA in the company." blood sample."

Lorraine understood that Tony did now have the idea of testing himself.

Reed has Tony completely figured out.

It is ridiculous to perform a cesarean section to obtain powder to prove one's innocence.

But Tony had to do it. If there is anyone in the world who wants to know the truth most, it can only be Tony Stark.

Lorraine didn't want to give up his idea, but he made a suggestion.

"Tony, do you want to make a bet with me?"

Tony raised his head, waiting for Lorraine's next words.

"If you go for a test, the result will definitely be that you are not Mr. Howard's biological son."

"what?!"

Tony's eyes widened, he didn't expect Lorraine to say that.

Didn't he still support him just now? !
"Listen to me, but things will definitely turn around in the end.

"If your test results are even slightly different from what I said, I will lose.

"How about this? Do you want to make this bet?"

This……

Tony hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay! I'll bet, what's the bet?"

He firmly believed that there would be no problem with the test report!

He is Howard's son!
"I haven't thought about this yet, let's talk about it later!"

"But I thought about it!"

Tony finally smiled and said, "Lorraine, if you lose, you have to give me a month's work! Of course, wages and benefits will be paid as usual."

"no problem."

Lorraine replied casually.

There was no way he could lose.

It was already obvious that this was a game specially set up for Tony.

Accurately pinpoint Tony's weak point and make him jump into the pit.

Reed Richards, as the smartest man in the world, could not tell a lie that could be exposed so easily.

Everything will follow.

Lorraine is just curious now about what purpose Reed has.

If he hadn't confirmed that he didn't have amnesia, he couldn't help but wonder if Reed was the congressman he made up.

"By the way, I'm looking for you this time for a serious matter."

Lorraine took out a small test tube from her pocket. Inside was a struggling and twisting mollusk.

"Can you help me test it and find out what this is?"

Tony took the test tube and looked closely at it.

"It's a creature I've never seen before. It's interesting."

He asked curiously, "Where did you get this thing?"

"Inside the human mind."

Lorraine said casually.

……

Strange has been awake for several days from surgery.

His hysterical state even made Gu Yi, who was protecting him, a little unbearable.

"These quacks, they ruined me!"

Strange roared in the ward, while Christine secretly wiped tears beside him.

"I have to keep trying! There must be a way to recover!"

"no!"

Kristine said tremblingly: "You have had too many surgeries these days. If you continue like this, your body will not be able to bear it!"

"But they didn't cure me at all!"

Strange gritted his teeth and said, "There is a new technology in Tokyo. They cultivate and collect donor stem cells, and then use three-dimensional printing to create a chromosome skeleton. Maybe this method can work..."

"Stephen!"

Christine finally couldn't bear it anymore and raised her voice to try to wake Strange up.

"Wake up, Steve!"

Christine cried and said, "You are not treating the disease at all now. You know better than anyone else that this kind of injury cannot be cured by modern medicine!"

"Then what do you want me to do?!!"

Strange suddenly roared, "I have lost everything now, and you persuade me to accept it with peace of mind? Is this how you become a good person?"

Kristine's lips trembled: "You haven't lost everything..."

"Just leave me alone!"

Strange suddenly felt weak and sat on the hospital bed, covering his head in pain.

"I don't want to argue with you anymore."

Christine struggled for a moment, and then suddenly sat down next to Strange.

"Just be quiet. I'm just sitting here and won't speak."

The two of them were speechless, and the silence in the room lasted for a long, long time.

"Actually, there may be another way."

In the end, it was Strange who spoke first.

"Someone told me about a man named Pangborn. He was once paralyzed. His spinal cord was completely damaged in the 7 and 8 cervical sections. He was paralyzed from the chest down, and his hands were partially paralyzed.

"It's impossible to heal an injury like this."

Christine looked at Strange with an extremely complicated expression.

He still wanted to try.

Forget it, let him go.

No matter what, just stay with him.

Strange continued to narrate: "But his illness recovered, and others saw him on the road. He seemed to be a normal person, walking on the road normally.

"Maybe I can find my answer in him!"

Hearing these words, Gu Yi, who had been guarding here, finally smiled.

Staranci's path finally embarked on the destined track.

Her long-term protection is not in vain.

It's time to return to Karma Taj, who has been away from her post as Sorcerer Supreme for too long.

Ancient One glanced at Staranci one last time.

Take good care Strange and look forward to seeing you again.

Ancient One left the ward.

And Strange held Christine's shoulders with a trembling hand.

"I have to try at least one more time, this is my last hope!"

"it is good……"

Kristine was about to nod and prepare to accompany him in his last attempt.