Being an otaku in the world of American comics

#768 - Maya Hansen

“Umm… I just now, seemed to hear someone, talking bad about me~”

Just then, Stark, who was being lifted in mid-air by spiritual power, suddenly mumbled a sentence, as if he was whispering in a dream, but in the next moment, he suddenly opened his eyes.

With a whoosh, his whole body sat up stiffly like a wound-up robot.

His gaze quickly swept around, and only after seeing Liang Yue and the familiar architectural style around him did he relax.

“Oh God! Tony! You're awake~!”

Looking at Stark's agile movements and reactions, Pepper grabbed his hand with a face full of excitement.

“Yeah, don't worry Pepper, I'm fine. Those guys before, they weren't my match either. If it wasn't because I wasn't prepared enough, and my armor was still in the testing phase, they wouldn't have been able to get close to me at all!”

After waking up, Stark's memory was clearly still in the scene of being attacked before he fell into a coma. He landed on the ground from the support of the spiritual power with a whoosh, and argued with Pepper with a slightly stubborn tone.

At this time, Little Pepper was also very sensible, and quickly nodded with a look of affirmation, echoing.

“I know, dear, I've always known, I believe in you!”

“Thanks~”

As he spoke, Stark's gaze subconsciously glanced at Liang Yue on this side, but the corner of his eye just happened to sweep across Ms. Maya Hansen next to him, and then he frowned and said.

“Why haven't you left yet?”

Hearing this, the woman immediately spread her hands, with a look of surprise and disbelief on her face.

“What I mean is, now is a special moment, the enemies I have to face are very dangerous. If you want to ask me for help, it's best to come back at another time.

Otherwise, you might also be targeted by those terrorists.”

Seeing this, Stark rubbed his temples and explained with his eyes closed.

“Thanks for your concern, I just, haven't had time to leave yet~”

“Okay.”

… …

While speaking, Liang Yue had already led the group back to the living room, and the butler had once again poured tea for Liang Yue and Stark.

As for Maya Hansen, this trip was obviously for another purpose, so she was not in a hurry to leave.

“Who did you offend this time?”

Ever since Liang Yue cleaned up the family behind that pharmaceutical company last time, his relationship with Stark had become a lot more estranged.

Stark, who used to come over every now and then to chat and discuss scientific deductions with Xiao Wu, hadn't come by even once recently~

However, Liang Yue didn't care much about this, and took the initiative to ask.

“It seems to be a group of terrorists, Happy was therefore put into the bio-chamber, and is still recuperating.”

Stark took a sip of tea at this time, and said in a faint tone.

“Not cured?”

Liang Yue was a little surprised when he heard this.

“Cured, but his girlfriend's injuries were too severe, and it was a little late when she was sent over, so I gave him a vacation.”

“… … What kind of terrorists are they?”

“I should know some information about this matter.”

Maya Hansen put down the teacup in her hand at this time, interjected, and immediately attracted the attention of the other three people in the room.

“What do you know?”

Stark looked at his old flame, who was almost disappearing from his memory, with a face full of questions at this time.

“Is it about the Extremis virus?”

Liang Yue asked, looking at the woman.

“Yes~”

Maya Hansen nodded when she heard this, with a serious and solemn face.

“What Extremis virus?”

Stark seemed a little dazed at this time, and asked with doubts on the side.

“That's my research project all along. It can activate the deep potential of the human body, prevent diseases, effectively promote the metabolism and self-repair of organisms, and even regenerate severed limbs.

Although it has not reached the maturity and safety level of gene therapy technology, it is even better in some aspects, such as its destructiveness~”

Maya looked at Stark with strange eyes at this time, as if she was looking at a beast.

“Then what's the connection between this virus and the people who attacked Happy?”

Stark was still a little confused at this time, and obviously couldn't find the answer from the depths of his memory.

“Simply put, the group of people who attacked you were my previous partners, but they weren't very reliable, especially the leader among them, who was even more of a madman, the kind who went from inferiority to arrogance.

Now I still want to take the opportunity to get involved in more power and strength, and even want to instigate a terrorist attack in order to profit from it, but for some reason, my Extremis virus plan is favored by other higher-quality investors.

I have received a lot of funding, so not long ago, I just kicked out those people before. I now have my own dedicated laboratory and sufficient research funding.”

Maya Hansen briefly talked about her current situation.

It is precisely because of the maturity and gradual spread of gene therapy technology that the traditional pharmaceutical forces in the United States have begun to try to save themselves in every possible way. The Extremis virus can be regarded as a very good research topic.

Naturally, it was quickly noticed by those capitalists. In contrast, Dr. Killian in the original plot was indeed not a reliable partner.

In addition, in a certain period of time before, Maya Hansen was repeatedly pushed to the front stage by capital and the media for performance shows. Her statement is indeed somewhat credible.

“So, what you mean is, those people were brought in by you?”

After hearing Maya's words, Stark widened his eyes at this time, with a look of surprise and disbelief on his face.

But what he received was a big roll of her eyes.

“Of course not, the reason why you were attacked is because you already had a feud with my previous partner Killian.”

“Wait, where did Killian come from again?”

Stark's face was full of question marks, and he didn't seem to remember what he had done back then at all.

“I happen to know a little about this matter.”

Liang Yue said on the side at this time.

“What do you know again?”

Stark spread his hands and asked at this time.

“In order to cope with the large-scale release of gene therapy technology, the interested parties behind the pharmaceutical companies in the United States have been actively trying to save themselves, in addition to causing trouble for me.

They have indeed done some things. Ms. Hansen's Extremis virus project is their investment target. As a potential competitor, I once asked Xiao Wu to investigate this matter.

As for Killian, he is a lame doctor with good scientific research capabilities. Later, he also healed his physical defects because of the Extremis virus.”

“So what?”

“The Extremis virus was not perfect at the beginning. It could only achieve self-repair capabilities in plants, but it was also very unstable and would explode if you weren't careful.

Until Christmas Eve thirteen years ago, Ms. Hansen received help from a certain man. Since then, the research on this project began to turn around.

Now, the principle of this Extremis virus seems to be able to be applied in the human body field.”

“A certain man? Thirteen years ago… Christmas Eve…”

Stark finally grasped the key point at this time, looked up at Maya Hansen opposite him, who was also looking straight at him at this time.

Pepper, who had been silent next to him, seemed to feel something, squinted her eyes slightly, and threw a meaningful look at this guy.

Realizing that the situation was not good, Stark coughed lightly and quickly picked up the teacup and lowered his head to drink.