"Golan, it's been three days. Why haven't Tony and Banner woken up?"
Pepper asked Stark's personal doctor again, standing in Tony's villa.
Three days ago, the military sent Tony and Banner back, unconscious. They also sent back Tony's Iron Man armor.
The doctors who came with the military that day gave the two of them a comprehensive examination.
The results showed that there was nothing wrong with their bodies. The reason they were unconscious was that they were affected by unknown energy. When the energy dissipated, they would wake up.
Pepper was worried, so she called Tony's personal doctor to re-examine them. The results were exactly the same. Pepper finally felt relieved.
But she didn't expect them to remain unconscious until now.
"Don't worry. I just checked. The energy in their bodies has almost dissipated," Golan replied, putting away his medical equipment. "They should wake up today."
"When they wake up, remember to feed them some bland, light food first," Golan put away his things and told Pepper. "Don't let them eat too much, especially fried food."
"You know, Mr. Stark loves to eat burgers."
"Okay, I definitely won't let him eat them," Pepper said happily, hearing that Tony would wake up today. "Come back and give them a comprehensive examination after they wake up."
After Golan left, Pepper stayed in the villa, waiting for the two of them to wake up.
I don't know if they'll have any problems after they hear the news. Pepper sighed, looking at the two of them lying on the beds.
"Ms. Potts, should we tell them the news after they wake up?"
Happy asked after sending Golan away and returning to the room.
"Tell them. It's not something we can hide anyway," Pepper replied without thinking. "Besides, if we don't tell them and he finds out later, he'll be even angrier."
Happy nodded, then left the room.
…
"Oh my god, Tony, you're awake? That's great!"
In the afternoon, Pepper was about to change Tony's nutrient solution when she found that Tony had opened his eyes and was looking at her in confusion.
"What happened to me?" Tony asked. Then he closed his eyes for a while, then opened them again and said. "Wasn't I frozen by Yuma's black ice?"
"What happened after that?"
"You and Banner were rescued by the military," Pepper thought for a moment and said. "You should eat something first and rest. I'll tell you after you're better."
After saying that, Pepper went to find Happy to contact Golan.
…
"Tell me, what exactly happened?"
Tony, wearing pajamas, sat on the sofa. He put the last burger in his mouth and asked.
"Right, where did Yuma go?"
Banner sat beside him, picked up his fifth burger, took a bite, and asked.
"It's like this," Pepper coughed, organized her words, and said. "You were sent back by General Ross' people three days ago. You were already unconscious when you were sent back."
"After the examination, it was found that you were unconscious for so long because of the energy in your bodies. Now that energy has dissipated, so you're awake."
"Golan just checked you. There's no residual energy. You don't have to worry about it affecting you in the future…"
"You know I don't want to hear that," Tony waved his hand, interrupting Pepper. Then he looked at her seriously. "Tell me about Yuma. Why wasn't he sent back with us? And why can't we find any trace of him now?"
"If you don't tell me, I'll go ask Ross directly. I don't believe he didn't tell you this."
Banner also put down his burger and looked at Pepper seriously.
"Yuma, he, he, he…"
Pepper looked like she had something to say but couldn't say it. She tried to speak several times but couldn't.
"Happy, you tell him!" Tony turned to Happy directly.
"He's dead, Mr. Stark." Happy replied immediately.
Pepper: "…"
"How did he die?" Tony said, not believing it. "Where's the body? Where is it?"
"It's gone," Happy continued. "General Ross' people said that his body disappeared with the black ice crystals."
"It's not necessarily dead, Tony," Pepper said quickly, seeing that Tony's face was getting worse. "General Ross just said that Yuma's body disappeared with the ice crystals, but he didn't say that he was definitely dead."
Tony's face improved slightly after hearing Pepper's explanation.
Without asking any further, Tony directly got up and called Banner to go to the lab downstairs. The armor that General Ross sent back was downstairs. He had to check it himself.
When he got to the lab and found the armor, Tony asked. "Jarvis, is the recording still there?"
"Yes, sir. Do you want to play it?" Jarvis' voice came from the room.
"Project it onto the big screen."
"Yes, sir."
The next moment, an image suddenly appeared on the empty ground in the room. It was the scene of Yuma releasing the freezing.
Tony carefully watched the image on the screen, not missing a single detail.
Soon, Tony and Hulk on the screen were frozen by the black ice crystals. Then, the scene of the black ice crystals turning into ice swords followed.
When the ice crystals shattered in front of Hulk and Tony, Yuma's body began to fall from the air in the image. At this time, the ice crystals also began to dissipate.
Tony stared intently at the image of Yuma falling in the screen, as if he was worried that Yuma's body would disappear the next moment.
When Yuma's body fell to the location of the ice crystals in the screen, it began to dissipate, slowly turning into light spots, just like the ice crystals.
Tony frowned, looking at this scene. Just by looking at it, he couldn't tell whether Yuma was dead or had used some method to escape.
After that, the screen showed the military arriving to rescue them…
"Jarvis, is there anything wrong with the recording?"
Tony asked after the video ended.
"There's no problem, sir," Jarvis replied. "But I also went offline because of the other side's energy when you were frozen. I didn't come back online until the energy dissipated."
"Tony, are you worried that they tampered with the recording?" Banner asked from the side.
Tony didn't answer. Instead, he asked Jarvis to play the recording again.
…
On the other side, in an underground base in Manhattan, General Ross looked at Yuma, who was still unconscious in bed, and asked a middle-aged man in a white coat beside him. "Is there anything wrong with Tony Stark's side? You know that guy is smart."
"Don't worry, there won't be any problems," the middle-aged man smiled. "It's undeniable that this guy is a genius. He was able to create a system like Jarvis. But fortunately, it went offline once during the battle. Although it was only for a few minutes, it was enough for us to do what we needed to do."
"I hope so," General Ross turned to look at the other side. "I don't want any accidents!"
"Also, Hulk's serum has been delivered. Prepare for the experiment."
"Great," the middle-aged man clapped his hands, his face full of joy. "I've been looking forward to this!"
After saying that, he no longer looked at Yuma in the room and went directly to the lab…
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