Interdimensional science and technology starting from cyberpunk

Chapter 534 You don't miss him either.

"Is this your way of entertaining guests? You left us two out for two hours?!"

Usually, when people from a rival company are left out in the living room, there will be some mental attack videos, scenes or other things. Lil has seen a lot of them.

For example, Johnny Silverhand blew up the Arasaka Tower fifty years ago. When Arasaka brought him to Saburo Arasaka, they showed him the casualty report of Night City and asked an Arasaka employee whose husband was killed in the bombing to talk to him.

On the Marvel side, Lil could have shown the two executives from Stark Group some scenes of Somalia being indiscriminately bombed by Iron Soldiers, but Lil didn't do that.

It really didn't make any sense. They were not Tony Stark, so there was no point in watching it.

So they just sat in the basement for two hours. Although the living room was not cold at the moment, it just felt like being in prison.

Lil walked into the house and sat on the sofa, waving his hand at Pepper who was furious:

"Let's be frank, we are competitors, and Stark Industries' weapons have hit our friends in Africa hard."

"Didn't you also attack the American aircraft carrier?"

"Madam, I don't want to argue about this, but you used weapons produced by advanced industry, provided them to professionally trained troops, and then killed unarmed civilians.

We used ships made by backward industry to provide them to temporary militias, and attacked soldiers who knew they were fighting."

"So you admit it?"

Pepper looked quite professional, as professional as all corporate dogs to catch the flaws between words and fight back, test, and have aggressive conversations.

This was the opposite of what Lil often saw in movies and TV shows.

But Lil could also see the fatigue and cowardice in her eyes.

So he waved his hand: "Then let's stop here today. I thought you were here to talk about something nutritious. Get lost."

The word "get lost" came out of her mouth, and Lil realized that she had been hanging around with V, Jack, and the rough guys in Night City for too long.

Get lost is a meaningless word over there, but here, Pepper's face turned red, and Happy stood up on the spot with a bad look

Pepper took a deep breath and immediately felt that Lil was either a fool or a very difficult type:

She was indeed left here and anxious, so she had some gunpowder smell when she opened her mouth, but usually, the conversation could continue.

As a result, Lil directly cut off her next words, leaving no way out.

According to common sense, since there was no way out, she could only turn around and leave, but she really couldn't do that

Because she came to New York quietly, and came to the headquarters of the Atlas Group quietly for something very important.

So she could only choose the hidden option.

Generally, people at this level would not say anything final, and would leave some room for the other party, but Lil smashed the room, so if she wanted to talk, she could only jump down by herself, and this jump directly lowered her level than the other party.

Pepper gently pulled Happy away with great embarrassment, lowered her head and said to Lil: "Sorry, I'm too abrupt, there is indeed something, I... I want to ask you for help."

"Go ahead."

Lil knocked on the table, and a large screen popped up in the middle of the table, revealing a data port.

Pepper inserted the USB drive she brought and said quickly: "I haven't seen Tony for a long time, and the public hasn't seen him for a long time. It's been a month. He stayed in his laboratory for a whole month."

Lille took the tea handed over by the dining car robot without caring:

"It's normal. He is almost old. It's normal to change from a playboy to a Frankenstein."

"This is not normal! During this period, Stark Industries has also started global layoffs. Now I can hardly receive reports from my subordinates, and it's hard to hear news from other branches."

"It's normal for Frankenstein to use information equipment for unified management. Our company also has such a system-it's not a trade secret."

Pepper was stunned, because she didn't know much about technology.

This kind of speculation has also appeared in her mind.

Seeing her like this, Lille said again: "So your anxiety comes entirely from... The CEO is hiding in the laboratory and quietly launching a layoff storm? Do you think you are no longer useful?"

This situation may be normal or abnormal. Lille put down the tea in his hand, spread his hands relaxedly, and began to look at the contents of Pepper's USB drive.

This thing is the Stark Industrial data that Pepper can collect recently, and the Stark Industrial operation data that can be collected in the past.

Comparing the two, it can be seen that a lot of information has disappeared. The company seems to have closed many information channels necessary for employees to work, and many capital flows and production and transportation processes have become confidential-

military secrets.

Pepper looked at these data and came to a conclusion: Although there were large-scale layoffs, the company's efficiency seemed to have increased.

Is it normal? Some decisive evidence is needed.

Lille knew that Tony also had an AI, and the butler Jarvis, combined with his own brain, could indeed improve efficiency in the case of layoffs.

Where is the decisive evidence?

"No!" Pepper was a little excited, "I'm not uneasy because of this! I know you are full of malice towards Tony, and towards us, but the current situation is definitely not what Tony wants to see."

"Don't be ridiculous, ma'am. Stark Industries' sales surged last year. The military stunned the oil guys with all the equipment they had."

"He was just tricked! I feel it!"

Pepper organized his words and said: "Tony originally had a plan to develop new energy sources, but it was shelved. Roxon hoped that he would leave it alone for the time being, but he is still researching it, which shows that he did not want to be tied to the same boat as Roxon."

"Not that strong evidence, what else is there?"

Pepper immediately became anxious. This won't work, and that won't work either.

It's obviously very suspicious! Why don't you believe me? !

"Also, you are such an incompetent bastard! No more! Intuition! Let me tell you straight, yes, this is a woman's intuition. Tony is definitely not the kind of person who can squat in the laboratory for more than a month. I Knows this better than anyone else, there must be something wrong with him!”

After Pepper finished shouting, he took a breath and calmed down: "I know you think we are warmongers and bastards, but I assure you, Tony is definitely not the kind of person who would support bombing civilians! He and Roxon, Us and Roxon”

"They are a team, at least they are a team when it comes to bombing."

Leal crossed his legs and said, "Ms. Potts, I can see that you are really in a hurry. Even if I am willing to act for your 'feelings', you have to come up with something sincere, right?"

Let's just assume that Tony Stark is kidnapped in his home laboratory. Who kidnapped him and why are all a mystery.

Let's just assume that's the case for now. Let's be practical. Ms. Potts, you don't want him to continue to be tied up in the basement, do you?

Please, you must have something to give me instead of just talking. "

Pepper's face turned red and she slowly took out another hard drive from her bag. It looked like she was hesitant to take it out.

"what is that?"

"Here is the data I secretly copied from the company."

Stolen? Do you dare to steal Tony Stark's database? I'm afraid it's full of viruses.

Lear stretched out his hand to stop Pepper from putting the hard drive into the console. The latter looked into Lear's eyes and said:

"But this is the sincerity I can show. You can see what research Tony has been conducting during this time, which companies Stark Industries has interacted with, and what projects are there that may be of some help to you? It will also let you Trust me more."

Lille took the USB flash drive: "If you are a hacker, this is a really smart move. I can't help but want to see what's inside.

Things are getting really interesting. Stark Industries supporters call me a traitor and call him a hero, a war hero, and a superhero.

Now you want a traitor to save a hero."

"Please believe me," Pepper said sincerely, "Tony is just going astray."

"The cost of this misguided effort is a bit high, ma'am, for everyone. I'll see what I can do, but don't get your hopes up."