Chapter 48 Ten million motivation
The people from Stark Industries arrived quickly.
If it were anyone else, neither Stark Industries' second largest shareholder and former CEO Obadiah Stane nor Tony Stark's assistant "Pepper Potts" Pepper Potts would believe it easily. .
But if it was someone personally contacted and vouched for by Phil Coulson, an eighth-level SHIELD agent, they couldn't help but not take it seriously.
——Although even Coulson himself was dubious, thinking that this might be a helpless move by his occult mentor, Cauius Bradford, who was short of money and went crazy.
But Coulson was still willing to believe Cowles for once, so he personally called Stark's bodyguard and driver Happy Hogan and told him that he had information about Tony's whereabouts and hoped that they would send someone to connect and confirm it.
So Happy drove the car desperately, running through seven or eight red lights along the way. When he arrived at the door of Mulgore Hotel out of breath, Colson hadn't even had time to finish the bottle of morning dew wine.
"Phil, do you have news about Tony?"
Colson shrugged, turned his head and nodded to Kausi at the counter, "This is Happy Hogan, Tony's friend. If you can find any clues about Tony, you can tell him directly."
Happy Hogan is Tony Stark's best friend and bodyguard. He is taller and stronger than in the movie. As a professional boxer, he is nearly two meters tall, even half a head taller than Cauius. about.
"Yes! I have a way to find Mr. Tony Stark, but..."
Before Kausu finished speaking, he heard an exclamation from the door.
This is a tall blonde beauty, wearing a white professional suit, with a beautiful and mature appearance, and a pair of green eyes. She was covering her mouth and looking at Kausu in disbelief.
No need to ask. Although she looks different from the one in the movie, you can tell based on the context that this sexy intellectual beauty must be Pepper Potts.
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Pepper Potts is the most trusted person in Tony Stark's life. She is beautiful, smart and very capable. She takes care of everything in Tony's life and company, but she often disagrees with Tony and causes problems. dispute. Eventually becoming the CEO of Stark Industries and the widow of Iron Man.
Happy turned around apologetically and said awkwardly: "I'm sorry, Miss Potts, because Phil said there was news about Tony, so I forgot you were still in the car..."
"No, it's nothing!"
Pepper walked quickly towards the counter, her eyes full of excitement, and she couldn't wait to ask: "Sir, please... with all due respect, are you saying that you have a way to find Tony?"
"Uh-huh!" Cowus shrugged, "I need his blood, hair, personal clothing, or something that can contain Mr. Stark's DNA."
Pepper and Happy looked at each other, both slightly surprised, but they both shook their heads helplessly.
"Forget it -" Kausi smiled bitterly and stretched out his hand towards Happy, "There are always photos, right? I need the most recent one, the closer the time, the better!"
"Photos?" Happy was speechless and said, "Sorry, I...I don't have Tony's photo..."
Fortunately, Pepper Potts was still there. She hesitated, then carefully took off a necklace from her neck, opened the cover of the pendant, and held it out to Kausu like a treasure.
"If it takes too long, the effect will be very poor..." Kausu did not answer, but shook his head.
"Taken the day before he left New York, I don't believe there is anything more recent than this one."
The necklace is not new. In other words, the photos inside will be updated every once in a while. It seems the rumors that Pepper Potts has been obsessed with Tony Stark for a long time were not false.
"All right!"
Kaous took the necklace and took out the photo of Stark's head that was trimmed into an oval shape inside.
Coulson was also very curious about what Kaous would do next. He widened his eyes, unwilling to miss every detail of Kaous' movements.
Seeing the suspicious looks in Pepper's and Happy's eyes, Kausu just smiled and threw the photo away.
The photo was not even an inch long, but like a butterfly, it fluttered above the brazier in the hall, then suddenly fell down and plunged into the flames.
"伱..." Little Pepper immediately covered her mouth as she was about to have a fit.
Billions of firelights bloomed like fiery trees and silver flowers, turning into dots in the hall, suddenly flying out in all directions, and disappearing without a trace in an instant.
Cauvus closed his eyes and tapped his temple with the index finger of his right hand. The [Sight Sight Technique] had quietly activated.
Vision is known as one of the most useless skills of the shaman.
It is a special skill of Soul Spell, which can switch the perspective to the target area and obtain the vision of the specified object. The time effect of skills can be improved according to the strength of the soul.
Initially, even Kausi had not thought that Shaman, a powerful profession known as a versatile all-rounder on the battlefield, could actually have such a completely useless ability.
Unexpectedly, the temptation of 10 million US dollars was too great, and Kausi just dug out this skill from the forgotten corner of his memory.
The skill is not difficult, on the contrary, it is extremely simple, but the conditions for use are quite harsh.
The target carrier and soul medium are both indispensable. The priest needs to use soul guidance for a long time, and no interruption is allowed during the search for the designated target.
The photo itself only carried a small amount of information about the target carrier. Without DNA, Kaous had to use the pot of soul fire to act as a medium to conduct a large-scale search.
The three people in front of the counter all stared at Kausi nervously. Pepper's slender nails dug deeply into his palms, but they felt no pain at all.
I don’t know how long it took, Kausu suddenly frowned and shouted: “I saw it!”
Three people surrounded him at the same time.
Pepper asked eagerly: "Where?"
"In a cave, he is still alive and moving... Sorry, I can only see images and can't hear any sounds from the other party!" Kausu's voice became low and long, and he said slowly, " I saw flames, clamps, metal parts... and a bald head with him."
"Thank God he's alive!"
"Can you see where Tony is?"
Kausu did not answer, and continued to mutter with his eyes closed: "He is about fifty years old, Asian, with deep wrinkles, wearing glasses, a ridiculously big nose, and looks like he has not woken up... Also, the beard on his chin is very short and very thick.”
The three of them looked at each other and shook their heads, seeing regretful looks on each other's faces.
"They are making something... Well, Stark is looking at the corner of the cave. There is a coat and..." Kaus suddenly said, "Dr. He Ethan! I saw his work ID!"
Colson quickly took out a tablet-like object and searched for something, "Found it! He Ethan, a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Basel in Switzerland, why is he with Tony? Could he also be kidnapped and imprisoned? This is A very important clue, I need to report it to the headquarters immediately..."
This feeling of watching the plot of "Iron Man 1" from a first-person perspective is also very interesting to Kausu. Although he knew the direction of the entire plot, he had no way of determining Stark's precise location.
After providing some clues that seemed to be useful but were actually ineffective, Kausu's body suddenly swayed and he leaned weakly on the counter. He opened his eyes and said in a weak voice: "Mental power... has reached its limit..."
He said to Pepper with an apologetic look: "Miss Potts, I'm very sorry for ruining your photo..."
Little Pepper shook his head, wanting to say something but he hesitated. Happy asked eagerly: "Sir, is there any other way?"
"I'm really sorry. This photo can provide too little information. If there is Mr. Stark's DNA...or even closer!"
"Closer?" The eyes of the three of them shone at the same time.