“No, no, no.
You’re overthinking it!”
The moment Jones finished speaking, Tony immediately responded.
“I’m just telling you that getting that identity really is difficult.
But don’t worry.
The strength of Stark Industries is obvious to everyone.
You’ll definitely get your legal identity in America!”
To be honest, Tony’s tone was extremely sincere.
If not for the faint, almost imperceptible smile on his face, Jones might actually have believed him.
“I knew this bastard wasn’t going to be honest!”
A glint flashed in Jones’s eyes as he cursed inwardly.
“Capitalists really are all the same!”
Jones walked over to the bed and completely ignored Tony, simply sitting down on the edge.
“In that case, why don’t you tell me, Mr.
Stark…
what exactly do you want to discuss with me?
Palladium?
Or what happened on December 16, 1991?”
“!!”
Hearing the latter part of Jones’s words, Tony’s eyes immediately lit up.
Clearly, the truth about his parents’ deaths was an extraordinarily important matter to him.
Suppressing the excitement in his heart with considerable effort, Tony pulled over a chair and sat directly opposite Jones.
Staring straight into Jones’s eyes, Tony spoke softly.
“First, tell me.
Do you really know the truth?
About what happened on December 16, 1991?”
“Of course…”
Meeting Tony’s gaze, Jones’s expression didn’t change in the slightest.
“I know the cause, the process, the outcome, and who did it.
I know everything.”
“Really?!”
Hearing Jones’s words, Tony could no longer suppress the excitement in his eyes.
Ever since his parents died, Tony had suspected that there was more to their deaths than met the eye.
He had spent a long time investigating, but never found any clues.
In the end, Tony had even begun to compromise with himself.
He started convincing himself that perhaps his parents really had died in an accident.
He had almost managed to convince himself completely.
But Jones’s appearance had overturned all the effort Tony had made to force himself to accept that explanation, reigniting his desire to uncover the truth.
“Of course it’s true!”
Jones didn’t know exactly what Tony was thinking, but he knew that information about Tony’s parents’ deaths was absolutely something Tony couldn’t resist.
“In that case…”
Seeing Jones’s confident expression, Tony couldn’t help standing up from his chair, clearly about to say something.
“Ding-dong~”
Before Tony could speak, however, a crisp doorbell rang.
“Excuse me!”
Hearing the sound, Jones immediately stood up, cutting off whatever Tony had been about to say.
He walked toward the door.
“Looks like someone has come to see me.
I wonder who it is.”
“Damn it!”
Seeing Jones move, Tony cursed inwardly.
He had gone to considerable effort to steer the conversation toward the subject he wanted.
Yet before he could get anything out of Jones, some unexpected person had interrupted him.
The thought made Tony feel somewhat annoyed with whoever was ringing the doorbell.
Jones didn’t know what Tony was thinking, but he was also somewhat annoyed with whoever was at the door.
Tony had been steering the conversation in this direction, and Jones had intended to use the opportunity to make his own demands.
Now this person had interrupted them at exactly the wrong moment.
However, when Jones opened the door and saw who was standing outside, he froze.
“Agent Coulson?
What are you doing here?!”
Looking at Coulson standing outside with a bag in his hand, Jones’s face filled with confusion.
As far as he knew, he had already told this man everything he wanted to know.
So why had he come looking for him again?
Coulson didn’t answer Jones’s question.
His gaze swept into the room, and when he saw Tony, a smile appeared on his face.
“Mr.
Jones, aren’t you going to invite me in?”
“Oh!”
Jones hurriedly stepped aside and said softly, “Sorry, Agent Coulson.
Please, come in.”
“Thank you.”
Coulson nodded lightly and walked directly into the room.
Tony, however, stood up and walked over to Coulson.
“Who are you?!”
After saying that, Tony turned toward Jones behind him and shouted, “Hey, Jones, I didn’t know you’d already made friends in America!”
“Mr.
Stark!”
Before Jones could respond, Coulson spoke first.
“I’m Agent Coulson, from the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.”
“…Oh, God.
They really did change the name!”
Tony’s mouth twitched when he heard Coulson’s introduction.
“But…
I’d like to know what you’re here for.”
“I’ve already learned some things from Mr.
Jones, but I’d also like to hear about your experience and the details of how you escaped.”
As he spoke, Coulson paused briefly before raising the bag in his hand.
“Of course, I also heard that Mr.
Jones wanted a legal identity in America.
Since he’s your lifesaver, I went ahead and took care of everything for you.
Mr.
Jones’s identity documents are all in here.”
“…”
The moment Coulson finished speaking, the room fell into an extremely strange silence.
After a moment, Coulson looked at Tony in confusion before turning his head toward Jones.
Both men’s gazes were fixed on the bag in Coulson’s hand, and the expressions on their faces were exceptionally strange.
“Um…
did I do something wrong?”