Plunder the Heavens from Warhammer

Chapter 52: Blaming others is an art

What kind of person is Tony Stark?
To Alvin, he seemed more like a loner.

Although, in the eyes of outsiders, Tony Stark is unruly, selfish and conceited, just as his father commented, he puts his own preferences above the collective interests.

Even after S.H.I.E.L.D.'s comprehensive assessment of Tony's character, personality, and abilities, the result was: there are extremely unstable factors.

Because of this, SHIELD never showed any signs of recruiting him before he developed the iron armor.

But the only thing that cannot be denied is that Tony Stark has a warm heart!

"No matter who I am, I'm your friend, right?" Alvin's words hit Tony's heart like a hammer.

At this moment, deep in his heart, he always longed to get rid of loneliness, but a crack appeared in his forcibly closed heart.

Looking at Alvin's sincere and pure eyes, Tony's lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he turned his head away and cursed in a low voice with a pretended hard tone: "How disgusting! You looked like you were going to confess your love to me just now!"

After saying that, he stood up and left the sofa, but no matter how you looked at his back, he looked a little panicked.

"Hey Tony, I started a company, wanna join?"

Alvin shouted to Tony to stop, grinning, "Water Biopharmaceutical Company, I promise I will give you a big surprise."

"That's all?" Tony said with disdain, curling his lips: "I knew it a long time ago, but you went to Osborn behind my back. Do you think I can't afford the investment?"

Hiss. Why do I hear a sour tone in his voice?
Alvin scratched his head and said truthfully, "I just thought that you were in the weapons industry and energy field, and not good at the biopharmaceutical field, so I found Osborn."

"Not good at it?" Tony turned his head sharply and pointed at his nose, as if he was angry. "I, Tony Stark, don't have anything I'm not good at. Do you understand?!"

Alvin could see that this guy was just jealous, so he comforted him: "Don't worry, I'm just playing around with him, but I'm serious with you."

“That’s pretty much it”

Tony was finally satisfied after confirming his importance in Alvin's heart.

But when he returned to the room and carefully thought about what he had just said, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Damn it, isn't this the same thing I used to trick women when I was flirting with them?" Tony's forehead was throbbing with veins, and he felt like he was being fooled: "Jarvis, cancel his black card, now, immediately, right now!"

"Sir, let me remind you that Mr. Valxius is not short of money at the moment. There is no point in you doing this." Jarvis reminded in a low voice.

Tony was silent for two seconds, then asked, "How much did Osborn invest in that Vought Company?"

"According to the results of the search, it is 2 billion US dollars."

This information couldn't be simpler for Jarvis.

"Inject 5 billion into my capital!"

Tony showed off his extravagant spending: "What a bullshit Osborn, you have the nerve to spend a mere 2 billion, do you think you can compare with me, Tony Stark?"

He wants to let Alvin know who the real 'sponsor' is!
Late at night, when Alvin was about to fall asleep, he received a private call from Norman.

"Strange, why is Norman calling me at this time?" He was a little confused. He looked around and saw that it was almost three o'clock in the morning. Isn't this old man sleeping so late at night?
But out of courtesy, Alvin answered the phone: "Mr. Osborne, it's so late, what can I do for you?"

"sorry!"

Suddenly, Norman's sincere and heartfelt apology came from the phone.

"???"

Alvin was puzzled.

No, it's really easy for people to misunderstand if you call me in the middle of the night and say sorry right away!
But on second thought, Norman should not be a person who is unreliable. Something must have happened, so he asked: "Mr. Osborn, calm down first. What happened? Was Compound No. 5 stolen?" "No, no, no, Compound No. 5 is still there. It has not been stolen."

Norman hurried to explain, but Alvin was even more confused. Since Compound No. 5 was not robbed, what else could it be?

"Ahem, actually, this matter needs to start from the beginning."

Norman seemed a little guilty. He coughed twice and was about to tell his story, but was interrupted by Alvin.

"Mr. Osborne, it's three o'clock in the morning. If possible, I hope you can try to explain the whole thing in a brief description, okay?" Alvin, whose sleep was disturbed, saw that he was still beating around the bush, and his tone suddenly became a little impatient.

"There is a researcher in the Osborn Medical Laboratory who is planning to take revenge because the laboratory is about to be disbanded."

Norman didn't dare to beat around the bush and told the whole story: "Just now, he broke into my room and almost killed me. Oh my God, that guy has completely turned into a monster. I didn't expect that the experimental project was so dangerous. I regret it now. Why did I invest in him!"

".hiss!"

Listening to Norman's description, a sense of familiarity arose.

Then, Alvin asked tentatively, somewhat uncertainly, "Could the experiment you are talking about be an experiment to combine human genes with biological organisms to achieve human regeneration?"

"how do you know?"

Norman on the other end of the phone was truly shocked.

Although this experiment is not kept secret, Alvin seems to be very familiar with it, which is a bit scary!
".So, the person who attacked you was Dr. Curtis Cote Connors?"

Alvin held his forehead with his hand. No wonder he ran into the lizard man tonight. The source of the emotion was on Norman's side!
"It seems that you really understand it. Even I am a little scared."

Norman was silent for a few seconds, and his tone unconsciously carried a hint of awe: "Since you know Connors, I'll tell you straight away, that guy turned into a disgusting lizard, broke into my room, asked me why I stopped the funding, and said that he would soon be able to develop a real regeneration potion."

"and then?"

Alvin probably had guessed what the shameless old man had said.

"Well, you know, I'm just an ordinary person, so..." Norman said embarrassedly: "I told Connors that it was because of your Water Group that I decided to withdraw the investment, but I can swear to you that I really didn't mean it, respected Mr. Alvin!"

Okay, okay, I think you have learned the trick of diverting trouble away!

Alvin was almost laughing because of Norman's anger. No wonder he was not strangled to death by the Lizard Man. It turned out that he was the one who took the blame, right?
"Mr. Alvin, I know very well that you will be very angry if I do this."

At this time, Norman suddenly said: "But I have no choice. I must stay alive to continue studying Compound No. 5. So in order to compensate, I am willing to give % of the shares of Osborne Group and reduce the proportion of shares in Water Group. If you still think it is not enough, I can..."

He paused for a long time, as if he was having a fierce psychological struggle, and finally said: "I can share with you a piece of incomplete research data on super soldier serum!"

Norman's actions, to a certain extent, reduced Alvin's anger.

As expected of an old man who has experienced decades of ups and downs in the business world, he knew very well that this move of his would definitely make Alvin unhappy, so he directly cut his losses to pay the compensation!
"Mr. Alvin, I think you should be satisfied with my compensation, right?"

Norman's deep voice came from the phone: "We are partners. I don't want this incident to cause any flaws between us. This is the maximum compensation I can make. In the name of the Norman Osborn family, I beg for your forgiveness."

Offer compensation and be humble. Since they have done this, what else can Alvin say?
"Okay, I forgive you."

Alvin lowered his eyes, and there seemed to be a faint cold light passing through them: "But I hope that this is the first time and the last time, understand? Norman."

"Yes, I swear in the name of my family, this will be the last time."

Norman's hanging heart finally fell into his stomach.

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