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Chapter 32 Tony Stark's Growth!

"Thank you so much. Without you saving me, I would have really died here by nightfall."

The snow has just stopped, and the vast white sea of ​​snow, under the sunlight, shines as if it were a pure white untouched by the world.

Against this pure white snow, Natasha's bright red attire stood out like a unique rose blooming in a white world.

"How did you get trapped here, beautiful lady?"

Admittedly, even Tony Stark, who has been with countless women, was captivated by this scene. He seemed puzzled, but it was more like a casual question.

Natasha's smile was full of gratitude, and the small gesture of licking her lips seemed to indicate the rise of some other emotion.

While Tony Stark felt a surge of excitement, he also gave Carrot a look that said, "You're really lucky with women, seize the opportunity."

Natasha naturally noticed Tony's gaze, but she didn't care. She already knew what kind of playboy he was:

“I’m a photographer, and of course an explorer. I wanted to capture the scenery on that cliff because the sun is at its best angle there.”

Based on that statement alone, Carrot El was certain that Natasha must have done thorough research on him.

His relationship with Bulma originated from their adventures, and years later, when he met another beautiful female explorer by chance, he naturally felt a sense of closeness to her.

You've gone to such lengths; let's see what tricks you're up to.

"Since they are explorers, they usually have rich experience in wilderness survival. Before going to a place, they will conduct a detailed investigation of the local area and make a rescue plan if they are trapped."

"How could they have been so careless as to get trapped in the ice zone?"

Carrot El's gaze swept over the beautiful woman before him with an undisguised smile, and he seemed to be asking a pointed question.

Natasha Romanov remained highly vigilant towards the person in front of her. The Carrot question seemed reasonable, but it actually contained the seeds of testing her.

"Even the best explorers wouldn't dare say they've never made a mistake."

Natasha smiled, a hint of relief on her face after surviving such a close call. She was a master at this lesson in human conversation skills.

"And you? Why are you here?"

Carrot El smiled. "We're just like you."

"Wow, what a coincidence! Can we travel together?"

Natasha's eyes lit up, and she glanced at the two of them sideways.

Tony Stark whistled at her teasingly: "Aren't you afraid the two of us will do something bad to you?"

Natasha Romanov rolled her eyes at Stark:
"Then I should warn you in advance that I haven't taken a shower in almost three months."

Carrot and Tony exchanged a glance and smiled at each other, but neither of them spoke.

On the snow-capped mountain, the team that originally consisted of two people had now grown to three.

After walking for a long time, it grew dark.

Aside from the days of polar day, the sky in the Arctic darkens exceptionally quickly.

Natasha walked at the front, constantly searching for different angles, her camera never stopping from afternoon until night, seemingly completely unconcerned about the two people behind her.

Carrot El patted Tony on the shoulder, raised his chin, and asked, "Did you see anything?" Tony Stark, focused on the beautiful woman, didn't react for a moment and subconsciously replied, "Ah, she's pretty."

Carrot El: "..."

Seeing that Carrot's gaze was somewhat off, subtly revealing a hint of disdain for a fool, the self-proclaimed embodiment of wisdom, a super genius, couldn't hold back any longer:
"Okay, okay, something is a little off."

"Her photography technique is not the same as that of an outdoor photographer who seeks aesthetic beauty in the lens and captures motion."

"You can see that she changed positions several times, observing the same scene from four directions: looking down, sideways, looking up, and level."

Tony Stark has dealt with the military for many years, slept with numerous cover girls, and is also quite skilled in photography.
"This is a photographic technique used by snipers and special agents during the war years of the last century to reconnoiter enemy targets."

"She didn't show it very obviously, but there were still a few traces."

Carrot El leaned back in disbelief, then his expression immediately softened with satisfaction, and he patted his shoulder forcefully:
"You've made progress; you've definitely improved along the way."

Tony Stark rolled his eyes: "That doesn't prove anything. In a no-man's-land like this, it's not unreasonable for a retired agent or mercenary to become an explorer or a poacher."

Carrot El gazed at Natasha's retreating figure, wondering what it felt like for this woman to once again set foot on the ruins of her homeland after so many years. He added to himself:
"Then, by chance, he fell under the ice, and we just happened to save him."

Tony Stark frowned. "You mean someone's watching you?"

"is it?"

Carrot El gave him a meaningful look and continued walking forward:
"Maybe I was deliberately targeted by them."

"Let's go, we're almost at the finish line."

Although he didn't say everything, Stark wasn't stupid. Carrot El had gone to great lengths to find his family, traveling all the way to the desert, then to the oasis and the Arctic Ocean. He couldn't possibly have been doing it just to find his family!

Night fell sooner than anyone expected. Night is rare here, but fortunately, the Arctic Ocean region, having just endured a long period of polar day, was fortunate enough to experience nightfall.
"boom!"

The next second, a simple suite appeared out of the capsule.

Carrot El opened the door and went inside, glancing at Stark, who was frozen solid, before lighting the campfire in the fireplace:
"Come in quickly, the temperature here drops to minus forty degrees Celsius tonight, you'll freeze to death."

"What a weak person!"

Stark was no longer interested in talking; his previous boasts were no match for sitting in a chair and warming himself by the fire.

From the desert to the Arctic, he lost at least 40 pounds.

Natasha covered her mouth in fright as she watched the capsule transform.

"This! This is!"

"Oh God, this is truly bizarre!"

Ignoring Natasha's feigned fear, Carrot immediately went to the kitchen.

Tony Stark, who was warming himself by the fire, explained to her little by little how the house came to be.

When Carrot came out of the kitchen with two bowls of noodles after he had eaten and drunk his fill, he found that in the short time he had been eating, the experienced Natasha had already recounted the whole story of how Tony Stark met him, within the bounds of what a normal person would accept.

(End of this chapter)