In The DC World With Marvel Chat Group Chapter 98: Genius starts again (Part 1)

"The Days of Being a Spiritual Mentor in Meiman"

After the night in New York darkened, the lights of the whole city began to gradually go out. Only the top floors of the Stark Tower were left with faint lights. Pepper, who had been busy all day, stepped onto the elevator and waited until the The light came on, and she took a deep breath, but didn't quite relax.

The elevator door opened, and the lights on the ceiling lit up one by one following her footsteps, guiding her to Stark's laboratory, which she hadn't visited for a long time.

The door of the laboratory opened slowly without making any sound. The entire laboratory was pitch black, only the lights of the experimental instruments were dimly on. Stark lay on the experimental table, seemingly falling asleep.

Jarvis turned on a little soft light, enough for Pepper to see his feet clearly without waking Stark. Stark was sleeping soundly. After Pepper walked over, he found that his brows were furrowed.

She saw a pile of materials on his laboratory table. In the past, it was full of experimental data that Pepper could not understand, but today, Pepper saw several books on the laboratory table that should not appear here.

Social engineering, game theory, political science, international relations, etc., Pepper even saw a few of his university textbooks there, there were traces of flipping on them, and even a few books were flipped Unbuttoned on the table, obviously Stark hasn't finished reading it yet.

She walked a little closer and picked up the materials, most of which were information related to the military, Congress and S.H.I.E.L.D., especially some of their personnel.

Pepper just wanted to go around the experimental table and walked to Stark's side, Stark moved a little, he gave a dry cough, and then woke up, in the dim light, he saw Pepper standing on his side In front of him, he thought he was dreaming.

Stark shook his head and blinked hard, looking very confused. Pepper often saw his expression, usually after drinking heavily or staying up late doing experiments.

"Oh, here you are, have you finished your work? How are you doing?" Stark looked a little at a loss, as if he was a little strange after not seeing Peto for so many days. He greeted in an awkward tone.

Pepper was not influenced by him. She came over and said, "What's wrong with you? Why did you start reading these books?"

Stark glanced back at his desktop, his expression was a bit like a child who was secretly playing a game console and was discovered by his parents, he twisted his neck unnaturally, and said: "A friend recommended it. , he said that I should read more books like this, otherwise I won’t be able to cope with those troubles.”

Stark paused for a moment, then lowered his head, his voice seemed a little low, with a seriousness that was rarely seen in the past.

"S.H.I.E.L.D., the military, and Congress have basically got what they want. Next, it will be the last negotiation for this incident."

"I represent the Stark Group. I know that this time no one will deal with these troubles for me. I have to learn to deal with it myself."

"I've never been in a decent negotiation, and sometimes if I do, I just sit there and wait for Uncle Obadiah to finish talking, I'm just a symbol, everyone knows I'm a genius, so even if I show impatience or leave early, no one dares to say anything..."

"I know, I suck, I made a lot of mess and trouble, used to taunt the rep from the other side for being stupid, or spread coffee all over the table on purpose, just to get out early. "

"I can't remember how many times I've done this stupid thing, but I know, this time it's just me."

Stark rubbed his eyes, then rubbed his face with his hands, trying to take back that sad and lost expression, he said: "No one will do these things for me anymore, no one will Solve these troubles for me, and no one will even see my inventions and listen to my genius ideas..."

Pepper has to admit that this is the first time she has seen Stark's sad expression. In the past, those sad expressions he made were used to make fun of people or deliberately make people happy, but now, he is really in grief.

After Stark slowed down for a while, he clapped his palms and said, "Okay, so be it, I can take care of this, right?"

"I'm Stark, why can't I do it? How can these things be more difficult than making mechas? Let's see, as long as I read all these materials and books, what will happen in a few days? In the negotiation, I can defeat them by myself..."

Pepper felt a kind of heartache. Before that, whenever Stark cheated and didn't want to do anything, she felt a headache, and felt that she was wasting too much time coaxing this big kid. , I hope Stark can mature quickly.

But now, when Stark calmly accepted to do what he didn't want to do, Pepper suddenly wished that he was still as willful as before.

She doesn't even know what's wrong with herself. Stark has matured, which should be a good thing, but Pepper knows all too well that such growth must be accompanied by severe pain and sadness. This kind of pain will live in a utopia forever.

Peto swallowed more, and just about to say something, the phone in her pocket rang again, she had no choice but to leave to answer the phone, and she had to go again to chat with Stark Tackle that seemingly endless job.

Stark looked at the back of Pepper leaving, his pain and helplessness reached the peak, he put one hand on the experimental table, and then covered his eyes, he never felt, New York The night is so long.

When he devoted himself to the experiment, the whole night was like a flick of a finger. Before he finished a small part of the experiment, it would be dawn. At that time, he would always complain, this kind of pure and happy Time is short.

But today's night seems to be endless, as if no matter how long he suffers here, the sun will not rise.

In the drowsy and dark room, Stark thought, what the book says makes sense, not everything in this world can be passed in a mecha all the way, social human beings cannot live without social rules, as long as they To live in this society, you must follow some social rules.

Before Stark felt that he didn't have to follow the rules at all, he didn't have to think about anything, and he lived as he wanted every day, but now he found that someone just paid the price for following the rules for him.

It's just that they paid the price first, so that Stark can always live in this warm eggshell, thinking about nothing.

Stark actually knows that Pepper has been busy until midnight every day in order to deal with those pornographic news for him, and Obadiah has cleaned up various messes for him more than once.

But since the kidnapping case, reality has been like a heavy hammer, directly smashing open the chick's shell, allowing the cold wind of reality to blow on his ungrown feathers, causing him to turn over a few times, After being covered in mud, I had to struggle to get up.

After the warm wings that made him crave left him, he had to face the rest. The nest built on the cliff was howling with cold wind, but Stark had to learn to fly by himself.

After a while, Stark seemed to accept this fact. He slowly sorted out the scattered materials on the table, then put various books with bookmarks and put them aside, picked up one of them Ben continued to watch.

In fact, Stark didn't know if it was useful to do so. When he learned from Schiller that the chips of several parties were almost ready, and there was only the last step of negotiation to divide up all the benefits. Stark has never felt so anxious and flustered.

In the past many years, he has never considered these things, but at least he knows that if he does nothing, it is equivalent to giving up the entire Stark Group, giving up his father, his uncle and his family. All painstaking efforts.

If he can't take this step, the Stark Group will only retreat again and again until they are smashed and completely divided.

And now, no one can reverse the situation and turn the tide in this situation, except Stark himself.

In the past many years of his life, he did not need to consider anyone else's feelings at all, and now he is about to participate in a negotiation that may be the highest level in this country. There are SHIELD agents who hide behind the scenes and plan strategies, and there are aggressive and greedy military leaders.

As for Stark, in this situation, he is like a primary school student who suddenly participated in the doctoral forum. It is conceivable that the mischievous actions he used in the past would not have any effect except to make these wolves make a big fuss and bite off an extra piece of meat.

He must learn to be calm, learn to keep calm, and learn to use resourcefulness and skills to complete a war without gunpowder on a battlefield without the sound of gunfire.

It's not easy, and it's no easier than waging a real war.

Stark is like a baby who has just been swaddled. Under Schiller's suggestion, he can only learn from theory first.

Not all of those politicians know these things, but relatively, they have a wealth of practical experience.

But Stark is a blank slate in this regard, but fortunately, he is a genius Stark, and his brain allows him to memorize all the knowledge in it in a very short time, even if There is no time for him to practice and master it ~IndoMTL.com~ But having this knowledge in his mind is better than nothing.

Stark thinks what Schiller said makes sense. Since he has decided to bow his head and decide to learn these theories that he didn't even bother to read and thought they were full of empty words, he must read them as quickly as possible. and try to understand.

The former is not difficult. Stark's genius brain made him memorize several books almost in one night.

But after reading it, memorizing it and understanding it are completely different things. After Stark has memorized it, he has to think about how to act according to the popularity and relationship information.

Which of them would respond to certain topics? In the same force, what are the intricate subdivisions? Which relationships are available? Why are some people's bottom line lower than others? Why are some people willing to pay more chips than others?

These questions almost overwhelm Stark, even though he is a super genius, there is no way to learn the essence of human knowledge overnight.

More importantly, sometimes game theory and psychology look more like occult sciences, because human nature is always mysterious and elusive, and all theoretical analysis will only get more and more wrong answers. It also depends on the on-the-spot reaction, which really puts Stark under a lot of pressure.

Finally, in the dark night of New York, Stark muttered: "You are a genius... Stark, you are a super genius... There is no one in this world who is smarter than you, and of course you are not. Question..."

Then, amid the fading voices, he drifted off to sleep, just as a burgundy glow had just lit up the New York skyline.