Chapter 26 Black Widow and Female Assistant
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Nan Shan Dou Xi
The young master of the Stark family meets the young master of the Wick family.
Entering Wick's house again, Tony felt uncomfortable all over.
His eyes were always inadvertently scanning the layout and looking upward.
"Are you looking for someone?" John could see through his purpose of coming here at a glance.
"No... okay, let's get straight to the point." Tony subconsciously denied it, but thinking of John, he admitted it.
He walked up to John and stopped with his head held high.
Although John's face is tender, his height is not short.
"I know you rescued him, and I don't understand why you did it," Tony took off his glasses, revealing his eyes and staring at John, and asked, "You know what he did, Wick."
"Avenge your father?"
This answer made Tony's face look unnatural.
Of course John knew who he was talking about.
Originally, John had no intention of hiding it.
As Tony, who has the help of Jarvis, it is undoubtedly unrealistic to hide it from him.
John walked to the sofa and sat down. He said with interest: "You seem to have different ideas, Stark."
"When you found out that he was not dead, you could have told the government, but you didn't."
He said meaningfully: "This is not your style."
As the target of the assassination, the other person was Ivan Vanko, who had a feud with him.
Tony's behavior was unusual.
Uncomfortably hanging his glasses on his collar, Tony said honestly: "You're right, this is not my style."
"I want to know one thing."
"What's the matter?" John guessed what he was going to ask and said casually, "About your father?"
Tony was silent.
His father played an important role in his life.
After taking over Stark Industries, he also understood that this large group made money by selling arms.
But he always believed that his father was an upright and great man.
Just like my father was one of the founders of SHIELD, it was to make the world a better place.
But the appearance of Ivan Vanko tore a scar in his father's image.
Exile your partners and monopolize the reactor results.
It was actually my father who did this.
Tony found it hard to accept.
"I want to know more about my father. Although he is very strict with me, I don't believe that he will expel his partners for the reactor." Tony said.
"You regard human nature too noble." John shook his head, rubbed the ring, and invited Tony to sit down.
"People are selfish, Stark." The two were ten years apart, but John was more like a mentor. He said, "I can tell you that your father did nothing wrong."
"Although this country has always boasted freedom, we all know that those who are not of our kind will have different hearts."
John's eyes flashed with memories, "Ivan's father is a Soviet scientist. Although he betrayed the Soviet Union, how many people can confirm the authenticity?"
"It's just a difference in stance, and correctness will change," John said lightly. "In Ivan's view, Stark is a group of thieves who steal his father's achievements, but in the eyes of the United States, they are trying to stop an evil Soviet people."
At that time, relations between the two countries were tense. How credible is a scientist who claims to have judged the country?
"Do you want to find Ivan because you are afraid of future revenge, or are you feeling guilty because of what happened to your father?"
After he stopped stroking the ring, John's eyes were deep, as if he wanted to devour someone.
"You are Iron Man, and when you know that Stark's weapons are harming the world, you choose to shut it down."
"When you realize that your father may have done something wrong, you want to correct it."
"Stark," John shook his head slowly, "You are Iron Man, you are not a god."
"I can tell you that Ivan is at Tallan Industries. I can also tell you that he has no regrets about what he did. When he has enough power, he will take revenge on you."
The white owl stood on the railing on the second floor, with one eye open and the other closed.
"You can choose to attack him, but that will get you into trouble because I'm not going to sit idly by."
John surprised Tony with his honesty, a man who didn't bother to hide it all from himself.
"Aren't you afraid that I'll put on my armor and fly to Taran Industries, drag that guy out and kill him?" Tony hesitated.
"You can do this, provided you can defeat me." John shook his finger and chuckled, "Power comes first, Stark."
"As long as you have the power to destroy this world and only destroy one country, everyone alive in the world will praise your kindness."
Tony was confident in dealing with Ivan, but he hesitated in the face of the mysterious John.
It's not that I'm afraid, but I'm facing a mysterious fear.
At the same time, the father's mistakes are also included.
"Why did you choose to help him?" Tony asked confused.
In his opinion, John was not that kind of person.
Although it was only the second time they met, it could be seen that John was able to save himself the first time.
John said matter-of-factly: "Because he is my uncle's friend, half of us."
"Your uncle's friend? So crazy that he might kill hundreds of people!" Tony shouted excitedly, "You should see his madness!"
John shrugged, "He didn't."
"What?" Tony couldn't believe it.
Downplay those threats?
"I'm not an American, am I?" John smiled, "But for your sake, I can guarantee something."
Don't expect an Anglo-Russian to have any sympathy for the United States, not to mention that John is a wizard.
"Ivan will fight you, maybe in business or technology, but it will not continue to affect civilians."
He made a promise, but there was a prerequisite, and that was Tony's promise.
"You are more willful than me. Just because he is half one of us, you protect him?" Tony was going crazy.
"Don't tell me, you don't know that America does the same thing," John said nonchalantly, "He can make your unique armor and reactor, but tell me, he surrenders to the government, even if it's S.H.I.E.L.D. What position do you have to reject him?"
The military wants to master the armor technology, but Tony refuses to let go.
If it weren't for Rhodes, they wouldn't even be able to get a set of war machines.
If they know that Ivan is alive and willing to serve them, why should they care about Iron Man's mood?
With enough benefits, sacrifice is just a bargaining chip.
The truth is cruel, so it is the truth.
Tony knew it could happen.
On the contrary, it was at Tallan Industries that it was possible to minimize Ivan's cruelty.
After several hesitations, Tony walked back and forth in front of John, finally stopped, turned to look at John, and asked, "You won't stop me from dueling with him?"
"As long as you want to," John chuckled, "I won't stop you from going to bed."
These words were so coquettish that Tony almost thought there was a Rhodes sitting across from him.
He couldn't banish Ivan or send people to prison, but as long as he didn't involve others, Tony still gave up his plan to forcefully break into Taran Industries.
"Then tell him for me that I will wait for his arrival at any time." Tony put down his words and turned to leave.
...
On the streets of New York.
A luxury car passed by quickly.
This caused many car owners on the road to curse.
Ferdinand was driving and John was sitting in the back seat.
"Boss, I think you should get a driver's license so that you can experience the joy of driving."
He couldn't understand why some people could bear not to drive even though they had a garage full of luxury cars.
John was wearing headphones, which contained a transcript of a conversation Orlov had recorded with Hammer.
Hammer had nothing to do with his parents leaving.
However, he has some contact with the Ten Rings Gang.
Stark Industries and Hammer Industries have always been the major arms manufacturers.
After Stark Industries shut down its weapons division, Hammer Industries took over those businesses.
The Ten Rings Gang also had dealings with Hammer Industries. They traded arms privately. Hammer did not take the initiative, but chose to turn a blind eye.
After receiving enough shares from Hammer, John became the majority shareholder of Hammer Industries.
He is now on his way to the Hammer Industries building in Queens.
Although Hammer's stock price is plummeting, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and the company still has a scale of tens of billions.
If his father hadn't held enough shares beforehand, John wouldn't have been able to take over here.
The car came to a stop at the Hammer Industries Building in Queens.
Ferdinand jogged to the back and opened the door for John.
"Can you make me a manager, boss?" He smiled flatteringly.
If he becomes a manager, he will completely enter the middle class.
John glanced at him, took out his wallet in front of him, took out two tickets and stuffed them into his pocket, and said sympathetically: "Go buy a better pillow, you see you are daydreaming."
Ferdinand looked at the money and then at John in confusion.
Forget it, put it away, it’s still two hundred dollars after all.
John thought the first person he met would be the current head of Hammer Industries.
But the result was a bit confusing.
He was across the table from the redhead across from him in the office that once belonged to Justin Hammer.
"Hello, my name is Natalie Romankoff."
There is nothing wrong with a professional smile.
The woman is beautiful and generous, exuding the aura of an elite white-collar worker.
The sexy hip-hugging skirt and white shirt, paired with black stockings, outline her perfectly proportioned legs.
John put the back of his hand on his chin, lost in thought.
"I thought your name was Natasha Romanoff?"
This was not the first time that Natasha, who had transformed into a female assistant to the CEO, had complete professional qualities and said without changing her expression: "You remembered it wrong."
"It's not a good habit for subordinates to question their leaders." John said meaningfully, "SHIELD can't afford your salary, so you want to be my assistant?"
Natasha stopped pretending, flipping up her beautiful red hair, and her high heels made a sound on the ground.
Walking to the table, she raised an eyebrow and said, "I came in through recruitment. Yuri Orlov thinks you should have an assistant."
"It seems that my Mr. Orlov cares about me very much." John sneered, "Why did SHIELD ask you to come to me?"
"Your parents' whereabouts are unknown, and what's even more worrying is you, John Wick." Natasha sat on the table with her hips raised, her long black stocking legs raised, "You have been targeted."
"Observe me like you observe Stark?" John shook his head and laughed, "Should I thank SHIELD for worrying?"
Hearing the mockery, Natasha said seriously: "I'm serious, your situation is extremely dangerous."
"Hell's Paradise is just a little guy, and there are more powerful forces behind it. The Ten Commandments Gang looks down on Hell's Paradise."
"Your father also had to temporarily leave New York to escape because of this incident."
The black underneath was faintly revealed in Natasha's white shirt, and she warned: "We know his existence, and he wants to bring down your father."
"Family affection is your father's weakness. This has long been seen through."
"Even if you don't think about yourself, you still need to think about your sister Ariana."
When she said this, the temperature around her dropped sharply.
John raised his eyes and said expressionlessly: "Speaking of which, I'm curious about something."
"Why are you in my sister's picture frame, Black Widow."
...
Entering Wick's house again, Tony felt uncomfortable all over.
His eyes were always inadvertently scanning the layout and looking upward.
"Are you looking for someone?" John could see through his purpose of coming here at a glance.
"No... okay, let's get straight to the point." Tony subconsciously denied it, but thinking of John, he admitted it.
He walked up to John and stopped with his head held high.
Although John's face is tender, his height is not short.
"I know you rescued him, and I don't understand why you did it," Tony took off his glasses, revealing his eyes and staring at John, and asked, "You know what he did, Wick."
"Avenge your father?"
This answer made Tony's face look unnatural.
Of course John knew who he was talking about.
Originally, John had no intention of hiding it.
As Tony, who has the help of Jarvis, it is undoubtedly unrealistic to hide it from him.
John walked to the sofa and sat down. He said with interest: "You seem to have different ideas, Stark."
"When you found out that he was not dead, you could have told the government, but you didn't."
He said meaningfully: "This is not your style."
As the target of the assassination, the other person was Ivan Vanko, who had a feud with him.
Tony's behavior was unusual.
Uncomfortably hanging his glasses on his collar, Tony said honestly: "You're right, this is not my style."
"I want to know one thing."
"What's the matter?" John guessed what he was going to ask and said casually, "About your father?"
Tony was silent.
His father played an important role in his life.
After taking over Stark Industries, he also understood that this large group made money by selling arms.
But he always believed that his father was an upright and great man.
Just like my father was one of the founders of SHIELD, it was to make the world a better place.
But the appearance of Ivan Vanko tore a scar in his father's image.
Exile your partners and monopolize the reactor results.
It was actually my father who did this.
Tony found it hard to accept.
"I want to know more about my father. Although he is very strict with me, I don't believe that he will expel his partners for the reactor." Tony said.
"You regard human nature too noble." John shook his head, rubbed the ring, and invited Tony to sit down.
"People are selfish, Stark." The two were ten years apart, but John was more like a mentor. He said, "I can tell you that your father did nothing wrong."
"Although this country has always boasted freedom, we all know that those who are not of our kind will have different hearts."
John's eyes flashed with memories, "Ivan's father is a Soviet scientist. Although he betrayed the Soviet Union, how many people can confirm the authenticity?"
"It's just a difference in stance, and correctness will change," John said lightly. "In Ivan's view, Stark is a group of thieves who steal his father's achievements, but in the eyes of the United States, they are trying to stop an evil Soviet people."
At that time, relations between the two countries were tense. How credible is a scientist who claims to have judged the country?
"Do you want to find Ivan because you are afraid of future revenge, or are you feeling guilty because of what happened to your father?"
After he stopped stroking the ring, John's eyes were deep, as if he wanted to devour someone.
"You are Iron Man, and when you know that Stark's weapons are harming the world, you choose to shut it down."
"When you realize that your father may have done something wrong, you want to correct it."
"Stark," John shook his head slowly, "You are Iron Man, you are not a god."
"I can tell you that Ivan is at Tallan Industries. I can also tell you that he has no regrets about what he did. When he has enough power, he will take revenge on you."
The white owl stood on the railing on the second floor, with one eye open and the other closed.
"You can choose to attack him, but that will get you into trouble because I'm not going to sit idly by."
John surprised Tony with his honesty, a man who didn't bother to hide it all from himself.
"Aren't you afraid that I'll put on my armor and fly to Taran Industries, drag that guy out and kill him?" Tony hesitated.
"You can do this, provided you can defeat me." John shook his finger and chuckled, "Power comes first, Stark."
"As long as you have the power to destroy this world and only destroy one country, everyone alive in the world will praise your kindness."
Tony was confident in dealing with Ivan, but he hesitated in the face of the mysterious John.
It's not that I'm afraid, but I'm facing a mysterious fear.
At the same time, the father's mistakes are also included.
"Why did you choose to help him?" Tony asked confused.
In his opinion, John was not that kind of person.
Although it was only the second time they met, it could be seen that John was able to save himself the first time.
John said matter-of-factly: "Because he is my uncle's friend, half of us."
"Your uncle's friend? So crazy that he might kill hundreds of people!" Tony shouted excitedly, "You should see his madness!"
John shrugged, "He didn't."
"What?" Tony couldn't believe it.
Downplay those threats?
"I'm not an American, am I?" John smiled, "But for your sake, I can guarantee something."
Don't expect an Anglo-Russian to have any sympathy for the United States, not to mention that John is a wizard.
"Ivan will fight you, maybe in business or technology, but it will not continue to affect civilians."
He made a promise, but there was a prerequisite, and that was Tony's promise.
"You are more willful than me. Just because he is half one of us, you protect him?" Tony was going crazy.
"Don't tell me, you don't know that America does the same thing," John said nonchalantly, "He can make your unique armor and reactor, but tell me, he surrenders to the government, even if it's S.H.I.E.L.D. What position do you have to reject him?"
The military wants to master the armor technology, but Tony refuses to let go.
If it weren't for Rhodes, they wouldn't even be able to get a set of war machines.
If they know that Ivan is alive and willing to serve them, why should they care about Iron Man's mood?
With enough benefits, sacrifice is just a bargaining chip.
The truth is cruel, so it is the truth.
Tony knew it could happen.
On the contrary, it was at Tallan Industries that it was possible to minimize Ivan's cruelty.
After several hesitations, Tony walked back and forth in front of John, finally stopped, turned to look at John, and asked, "You won't stop me from dueling with him?"
"As long as you want to," John chuckled, "I won't stop you from going to bed."
These words were so coquettish that Tony almost thought there was a Rhodes sitting across from him.
He couldn't banish Ivan or send people to prison, but as long as he didn't involve others, Tony still gave up his plan to forcefully break into Taran Industries.
"Then tell him for me that I will wait for his arrival at any time." Tony put down his words and turned to leave.
...
On the streets of New York.
A luxury car passed by quickly.
This caused many car owners on the road to curse.
Ferdinand was driving and John was sitting in the back seat.
"Boss, I think you should get a driver's license so that you can experience the joy of driving."
He couldn't understand why some people could bear not to drive even though they had a garage full of luxury cars.
John was wearing headphones, which contained a transcript of a conversation Orlov had recorded with Hammer.
Hammer had nothing to do with his parents leaving.
However, he has some contact with the Ten Rings Gang.
Stark Industries and Hammer Industries have always been the major arms manufacturers.
After Stark Industries shut down its weapons division, Hammer Industries took over those businesses.
The Ten Rings Gang also had dealings with Hammer Industries. They traded arms privately. Hammer did not take the initiative, but chose to turn a blind eye.
After receiving enough shares from Hammer, John became the majority shareholder of Hammer Industries.
He is now on his way to the Hammer Industries building in Queens.
Although Hammer's stock price is plummeting, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and the company still has a scale of tens of billions.
If his father hadn't held enough shares beforehand, John wouldn't have been able to take over here.
The car came to a stop at the Hammer Industries Building in Queens.
Ferdinand jogged to the back and opened the door for John.
"Can you make me a manager, boss?" He smiled flatteringly.
If he becomes a manager, he will completely enter the middle class.
John glanced at him, took out his wallet in front of him, took out two tickets and stuffed them into his pocket, and said sympathetically: "Go buy a better pillow, you see you are daydreaming."
Ferdinand looked at the money and then at John in confusion.
Forget it, put it away, it’s still two hundred dollars after all.
John thought the first person he met would be the current head of Hammer Industries.
But the result was a bit confusing.
He was across the table from the redhead across from him in the office that once belonged to Justin Hammer.
"Hello, my name is Natalie Romankoff."
There is nothing wrong with a professional smile.
The woman is beautiful and generous, exuding the aura of an elite white-collar worker.
The sexy hip-hugging skirt and white shirt, paired with black stockings, outline her perfectly proportioned legs.
John put the back of his hand on his chin, lost in thought.
"I thought your name was Natasha Romanoff?"
This was not the first time that Natasha, who had transformed into a female assistant to the CEO, had complete professional qualities and said without changing her expression: "You remembered it wrong."
"It's not a good habit for subordinates to question their leaders." John said meaningfully, "SHIELD can't afford your salary, so you want to be my assistant?"
Natasha stopped pretending, flipping up her beautiful red hair, and her high heels made a sound on the ground.
Walking to the table, she raised an eyebrow and said, "I came in through recruitment. Yuri Orlov thinks you should have an assistant."
"It seems that my Mr. Orlov cares about me very much." John sneered, "Why did SHIELD ask you to come to me?"
"Your parents' whereabouts are unknown, and what's even more worrying is you, John Wick." Natasha sat on the table with her hips raised, her long black stocking legs raised, "You have been targeted."
"Observe me like you observe Stark?" John shook his head and laughed, "Should I thank SHIELD for worrying?"
Hearing the mockery, Natasha said seriously: "I'm serious, your situation is extremely dangerous."
"Hell's Paradise is just a little guy, and there are more powerful forces behind it. The Ten Commandments Gang looks down on Hell's Paradise."
"Your father also had to temporarily leave New York to escape because of this incident."
The black underneath was faintly revealed in Natasha's white shirt, and she warned: "We know his existence, and he wants to bring down your father."
"Family affection is your father's weakness. This has long been seen through."
"Even if you don't think about yourself, you still need to think about your sister Ariana."
When she said this, the temperature around her dropped sharply.
John raised his eyes and said expressionlessly: "Speaking of which, I'm curious about something."
"Why are you in my sister's picture frame, Black Widow."
...
