The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman

Peter said while eating: "It seems that the situation is not optimistic. When I went to see Mr. Stark in the laboratory yesterday, Colonel Rhodes seemed to be trying to persuade him."

Peter said: "Although I don't understand these things, I know that if Mr. Ristak's mechs fall into the hands of the military, it may not be a good thing."

"As a friend of Mr. Stark, Colonel Rhodes may also be in a difficult situation. After all, he also represents the interests of a group of people." Peter said.

"You are smarter than I thought. I thought you would not understand the current situation."

Peter shook his head and said, "Actually, I really don't understand it, but I know that everyone wants those mechs because they are really strong."

"No, because it's a weapon."

"If it was just a robot vacuum, even if it could clean up New York in an instant, the military would not be so interested in it."

Peter was a little silent, he said: "I don't think the mech should be handed over, but I know that Mr. Stark is under a lot of pressure, do you think I should...or I should go to comfort him, or to persuade him What? I can't do nothing, can I?"

"I think you should settle your own affairs first. If you can fully control the power of spider mutation, maybe these things will be trivial to you?"

As Peter said, the next day, Schiller's psychological clinic welcomed an expected guest, James Rhodes, also known as Colonel Rhodes.

He said to Schiller very bluntly: "The military needs Stark's mecha technology, but he seems to have been unclear about it. I just want to ask you, what is his plan? Does SHIELD play a role in it?" got some roles?"

"Actually you don't want to come either," Schiller said. "I can see that."

Rhodes twitched one corner of his mouth and said, "It seems that it makes sense for Tony to charge you such an expensive consultation fee."

"Obviously, your boss knows that you can't ask Stark this question, otherwise S.H.I.E.L.D. will get the answer faster than you. But it's useless for you to ask me."

"The military needs Stark's mecha. He can give us an advantage in many places... and save a lot of people from dying."

"You didn't realize that your reluctance has made your words extremely dry. Colonel Rhodes, I know you are also very embarrassed. The military has repeatedly forced Stark, but he is your friend."

"So you can only make yourself feel better by deceiving yourself. In fact, you know what these armors will be used for, but as long as you convince yourself that doing so may be beneficial, you can get better from the guilt of persecuting your friends. a little."

"It is the bounden duty of a soldier to obey orders," Rhodes said.

"Indeed, but what about Stark? What about your friend? Repeatedly against his friend's wishes, forcing him to betray his own interests, and kidnapping him with friendship."

"You have always known how much Tony valued you. Stark doesn't have many friends, but you are definitely one of them... maybe the most important one."

"You know he's willing to pay these prices for you, willing to do for you what he hates the most - compromise and bow."

"You know, Stark will be willing sooner or later. If you're cornered by your superiors, he'll come to your rescue."

"Stop it," Rhodes said.

He pursed his lips tightly into a line.

Schiller pressed the button of the ballpoint pen, and the crisp sound made Rhodes wake up suddenly. Schiller said: "Maybe he is willing to do this because you have something on you that he doesn't have. My suggestion to you is, maybe These are the things you should keep most, Stark's friendship is more precious than the military, and it's not because he's richer—"

"It's the qualities that a lonely genius sees in you, those qualities that even he doesn't have, and that make him willing to pay the price for you, are more worthy of your persistence and pride than those false honors, aren't they? ?”

Rhodes was silent.

The next day, when Schiller went to Stark Tower, he ran into Rhodes who came out. Behind him was an adjutant, and the adjutant's face was obviously very happy. They seemed to have got something they wanted.

But Rhodes' complexion didn't improve at all, he still had a tense face, and he walked straight over without looking at Schiller.

After going upstairs, Stark stood in front of his armor again, looking at his work carefully.

"It looks like you've made a decision and they got what they wanted, right?" Schiller asked.

"Okay." Stark turned around, he first tensed the muscles of his shoulders, then suddenly relaxed, let his shoulders hang down, and let out a breath, he said: "I know, I should stick to your previous suggestion, then That's right."

"But I didn't do it, I knew it was right, I didn't have to pay any price, I still didn't do it..."

"I knew it would not succeed." Schiller sat down at the table with the case and wrote in his notebook. He didn't look up, but said with a sigh: "Many people are willing to pay a huge price to chase emotions." Compensation, especially for someone like you who has never lacked material conditions."

"You would rather give up the result of maximizing your interests than seeing Rhodes caught in the middle. You paid the price and bought back the temporary friendship between him and you."

"Yeah, I know what you're trying to say, you're friends, you think so, and so does he. But especially if the two parties aren't so happy, the friendship can last."

"You keep paying the price to buy it, and sooner or later you can't afford it. When you can't afford it, maybe Rhodes will understand you, but this world won't."

In the end, Schiller said: "When you feed those people's appetites, the price you have to pay for your feelings will never end."

Stark said: "It's not that I haven't thought about this issue. I know that once I let go, I will inevitably lose."

"They can use Rhodes to persuade me to hand over part of the mecha technology, and one day, they can force him to persuade me to hand over all the mechas, or build more war machines for them."

"From the moment I know how many civilians my weapons have hurt, I know that wisdom will not only bring wealth, but also disaster." Stark said, pressing his fingers to the sockets of his eyes, and said, "I just wanted to Understand this problem, the final outcome of a genius is always irrevocable."

"When everyone knows that you have a brain enough to save the world, they will also have the ambition to let you destroy the world at the same time."

After being silent for a while, Schiller stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows. Outside the window of Stark Building was the sunset of New York. Stark followed his gaze to see that kind of dazzling light made his eyes hazy. of color, Schiller said: "What do you do when you have no way out?"

Stark said: "This is my home, and it's also Pepper, Jarvis, and... all Starks."

"In the end, no one can force me to hand over this place."

"If they want more..."

Stark looked directly at Schiller with eyes that always contained various emotions. His expression was not heavy at all, but he said calmly:

"...Iron Man never backs down."

Schiller looked at him and asked:

"So, have you ever thought about overturning this ridiculous and boring negotiating table?"

"You're like a depraved devil."

"It's much better than your prayers to God."

"I never pray, I don't count on God, I don't believe in those outlandish tricks, those ridiculous rumors..."

As soon as the words fell, Stark saw that everything in his laboratory began to tremble slightly.

Then, everything floated up.

For a moment, as if losing gravity, everything floated in midair, cups, notebooks, computers, wrenches...

The sunset light outside the window shone on the places where these things should not receive sunlight. Schiller stood in the center of everything, and the light behind him cast a long shadow in front of him.

The shadows of all objects overlapped into a huge net. Stark stood in the middle of all this. He stretched out his hand, and a drop of water from the cup fell on his fingertips. Stark looked up and saw The countless ordinary sundries in mid-air, and the ordinary ceiling and walls above the head——

He saw a door to a new world.