Chapter 38 I am Iron Man

At this time, Li Heng stood aside and didn't say anything, but he caught Tony's attention.

"Hey, Lee, why don't you say anything and express your, um, opinion? What do you want me to do? But it doesn't seem difficult to fake it, although I don't believe I am "Iron Man"."

Li Heng knew what Tony did in the end, so he didn't say much, just said:

"No, Tony, you're Iron Man!"

By this time, Pepper had said goodbye to Coulson and turned to look at Tony:

"Now it's your turn." As he said this, he picked up Tony's suit jacket and was about to put it on him.

As Tony put on his clothes, he said to Pepper:

"If I really am Iron Man, and I have a girlfriend like you who knows my true identity, she will definitely worry about me dying. But she will also be proud of me. She will be very conflicted, and then she will be very fond of me."

Then he waited for a moment, and while Pepper was straightening his suit, Tony continued:

"You must think about that night all the time."

When Pepper heard Tony mention that night, she said angrily:

"Is it the night we danced together? After we danced, we came to the balcony and I asked you to go down and get me something to drink, but you just left me there alone. Is that the night you are talking about?"

After saying that, Pepper stared at Tony, leaving Tony at a loss as to what to say.

Fortunately, after waiting for a while, Pepper continued:

"It was not until I ran into Li later that he told me that you had left for something. Only then did I realize that you left without even saying goodbye."

Hearing this, Tony turned around and looked at Li Heng, nodded to him, and expressed his gratitude for Li Heng's explanation for him at that time.

Li Heng mouthed, "You owe me again."

Tony had no choice but to agree.

Pepper said, "Okay, are you done?"

Tony turned back to look at Pepper, "Yes, I'm done, Miss Perts."

Then he pushed the door and went to the press conference.

Rhodes just said at this time: "Mr. Stark has prepared a statement, but he will not answer any questions. Thank you."

After saying that, Rhodes gave his seat to Tony.

Standing at the podium, Tony said:

"I haven't been in public for a while, so just read from the script."

Then he took out the manuscript that Coulson had sorted out.

"Some people speculate that I was personally involved in the events that took place last night..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the blonde reporter sitting in the first row raised her hand:

"I'm sorry, Mr. Stocker, do you really think we would easily believe that it was a bodyguard wearing armor just right, when in fact you usually..."

As a result, the reporter was interrupted by Tony before he could finish his words and took back the initiative.

"I know what you mean. It's fine to question official statements, but you can't make assumptions and call me a superhero for no reason."

The reporter then said: "I didn't say you were a superhero."

Her words stunned Tony.

Pepper and Ethan in the lounge also became nervous, afraid that Tony would not know what to say.

But Li Heng was not worried, he knew the climax was coming.

Tony was stunned for a moment, then said, "No, that's good. If that were the case, it would be too ridiculous and outrageous."

However, Tony's voice became smaller and smaller, and he became less and less confident, which made the reporter discover something and show an interesting expression.

Tony continued, but his voice began to stutter:

"I, I, I, I am not cut out to be a hero. It's obvious that I have too many character flaws and have done too many bad things. I have a very bad influence..."

While Tony was talking about these irrelevant topics, Pepper and Ethan noticed something was wrong, and Rhodes, who was standing next to Tony, quickly leaned over to Tony's ear to remind him,

"Read from the script, Tony."

After being reminded by Rhodes, Tony replied: "Okay, okay."

Li Heng also knew what Tony was going to say next, so he put the chair behind Pepper in advance just in case.

Sure enough, Tony said:

"In fact,"

"I am Iron Man!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the reporters stood up and frantically took photos and asked questions:

"Are you serious? You said you're Iron Man?"

"Mr. Stark, why do you admit it now?"

"How did you create that armor?"

"Who's that big guy you're fighting?"

"Mr. Stark, please answer our questions!!!"

. . .

At this time, Pepper in the lounge was stunned when she saw Tony admit it, and then sat down on the chair that Li Heng placed behind her.

Then he said to Li Heng:

"Lee, Tony, Tony admitted it."

Li Heng said: "Well, I saw it, but since he has admitted it, you have to be prepared to guide public opinion. Do you need my help?"

Pepper thought about it and realized that he still needed Li Heng's help to guide public opinion through the short video.

"Then please."

Li Heng nodded.

This is Tony coming back. Pepper saw Tony rushing to him and yelled:

"Tony, why didn't you say what was written in your speech? You even admitted it directly during the live broadcast of the press conference, which left us no way to hide it."

Tony hugged Pepper and comforted her and said:

"Okay, okay, calm down. In fact, even if I admit it, what will happen?"

Tony's question stumped Pepper, who didn't know how to answer.

Tony took the opportunity to continue, "Look, you don't know either, which means that even if I admit it, nothing will happen. Don't worry."

Then Tony saw Li Heng and tried to change the subject:

"But, Li, why is there no video about you on the Internet? You obviously participated in the battle."

Li Heng didn't expect that Tony would suddenly turn around and ask him.

So he spread his hands indifferently:

"Didn't I tell you that I actually have a friend who does this? Plus, I still have to keep a low profile for the time being, so I asked my friend to clear the surveillance video."

"What?" Tony asked in surprise after hearing what Li Heng said, "Why don't you just delete my video as well?"

Li Heng couldn't tell Tony directly, if I deleted all the videos directly, firstly, no one would believe that all the surveillance cameras happened to be broken. Secondly, if everyone doesn't name you "Iron Man" and you don't admit it, then how will the Marvel world open?

All Li Heng did was smile and didn't answer him.

Seeing Li Heng's expression, Tony stopped asking questions and clapped his hands, saying:

"Everyone, to celebrate my official becoming a superhero today: Iron Man, I propose that we all go out for a meal together. It's my treat!"

Then Tony took a few people to the three-star Michelin restaurant, had a good meal with everyone, and drank a lot of wine.

At the same time, the video in which Tony admitted that he was Iron Man was being forwarded crazily on the short video platform. This was even after Li Heng had already told Lin Yi to do something to reduce the popularity.