The battle ended.
"Ah!" Colonel Rhodes roared, forcefully pulling the folded spear out of his right shoulder with his left hand. He turned to look at Tony Stark and found the Iron Man still staring with complex emotions at a pile of broken corpse in front of him.
"I never expected that you black-hearted capitalist would actually have an employee willing to risk his life for you," Colonel Rhodes grinned, struggling to stand up.
"He wasn't my employee." Iron Man, supported by Little Pepper, staggered to his feet. He flipped Fu Qinghai's corpse over, revealing the ID badge on the chest of his suit. "He was just... just an intern."
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"Alo, Alo, wake up... wake up quickly." A crisp female voice called out.
"Uh..." Fu Qinghai's consciousness was hazy. He felt like he was lying on a bed. He forced his eyes open, and all he could see was a large expanse of light spot and a humanoid black shadow. He felt someone shaking his shoulder forcefully.
"Alo, are you awake?" The owner of the voice finally stopped shaking Fu Qinghai.
Fu Qinghai blinked, and his vision finally recovered. Before him was a girl with an oval face and short chestnut-colored hair, gazing at him with concern. Her eyes were azure, as blue as the lagoon in a Pacific atoll, with healthy light honey-colored skin, slightly curly short hair, and a upturned nose.
Seeing that Fu Qinghai was still in a daze, the girl couldn't help but shake him hard again. "Alo, what's wrong with you? Why did you become silly? Did you hit your head?"
【Welcome to the Reincarnation Main World, Warhammer 40,000 Universe - SSS-Rank】
Hearing that familiar cold voice, Fu Qinghai instantly sobered up.
【Since you died in the Previous Reincarnation World, you have obtained a new identity and automatically loaded skills: High Gothic proficiency, Low Gothic proficiency】
【Faction randomly selected for you—Emperor's Faction Plotline】
【Please begin your Reincarnation Adventure!】
Fu Qinghai, who had just regained his senses, was suddenly knocked unconscious by a sharp pain that shot through his brain.
His eyes rolled back, and he passed out again.
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Marvel Cinematic Universe, Earth, New York City, top floor of Stark Tower.
Tony Stark stroked his chin with his right hand, staring intently at the computer screen in front of him.
The pot-bellied driver and Assistant Happy Hogan walked over, placed a document on Tony Stark's desk, and said softly:
"Tony, we checked. The identity is real, but the academic qualifications and internship experience are all forged."
"Forged?" Tony Stark, sitting at the desk, looked up and asked, then turned his gaze back to the screen in front of him.
"How is it, Tony? What exactly happened that day? Did you find out who they were?"
Behind him, Captain America Steve Rogers, dressed in casual clothes, walked over and asked in a deep voice.
Seeing that Iron Man was focused on the screen and seemed unwilling to answer the Captain's question, Little Pepper Pepper Potts stepped forward to explain to Captain America:
"Captain, based on our analysis afterward, one member of the opposing group was an alien who used cold weapons and possessed obscuration abilities. He infiltrated Stark Tower first and killed a security guard on the first floor."
"Immediately after, a group of people resembling mercenaries broke into the first-floor hall. They had military-grade firepower and excellent marksmanship. They caused slaughter and explosions on the lower floors to attract our attention. After we received the alert, Stark and Colonel Rhodes quickly put on their Battle Armor and went downstairs to check the situation. Taking advantage of the explosions created by the mercenaries and the distraction of Stark and the Colonel going downstairs, that obscuring alien used the security guard's access card to reach the 45th floor and infiltrate the top floor to hold me hostage."
"In the subsequent fight, that white-haired youth, who was suspected to be a Mutant, unleashed energy comparable to an Alpha-Plus Mutant. He fought two against one, and because the opponents used me to make Stark and Colonel Rhodes hesitant to fight all out, they were ultimately defeated by that white-haired Mutant."
"According to them, they were after the isotope of the Cosmic Cube," Little Pepper added afterward.
Tony Stark seemed unaffected by the conversation behind him. He was carefully watching the screen in front of him, which was playing a surveillance recording on a loop.
In the recording, a Chinese descent youth dressed in a suit was speaking eloquently while sitting on a sofa in a small room.
"Finally," the black-haired Chinese descent youth concluded, "I deeply admire and look up to Mr. Stark. That's why I chose Stark Industries right after graduation."
"Almost every applicant is a fan of Mr. Stark," the middle-aged white woman in front of the youth smiled dismissively.
Tony Stark watched the recording silently, frowning, remaining speechless for a long time.
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