The Opening

On the other side.

At that moment, John Wick arrived at Tony's Seaside Villa in his Rolls-Royce, carrying Charlotte Doyle and Tsunade.

The area outside the Villa was already bustling with activity. Many invited guests had arrived, but those without invitations and media reporters were blocking the entrance, taking photos and conducting interviews with everyone present.

Charlotte and Tsunade had barely stepped out of the car when the people guarding the door spotted them.

"My God, it's Charlotte Doyle, he's here too!"

"He's Tony's friend, he'll definitely come!"

Wow, so handsome!

"Who's that woman leading him? She's so beautiful."

Hearing the cheers around her, Charlotte smiled and led Tsunade into the Villa.

At that moment, a reporter with a microphone walked up to Charlotte.

"Mr. Charlotte, what are your thoughts on the Monaco incident?"

"Is Tony's birthday party at this crucial juncture for Stark Industries a signal from the Stark Industries?"

"Do you think this is in Stark Industries ' best interest?"

Looking at the reporter in front of her, Charlotte took the microphone, glanced at the reporter, and then spoke:

"I was standing in the stands watching what happened in Monaco."

"Tony protected the people at the scene once again, didn't he?"

"As for Tony's birthday party, as an adult, he has the right to celebrate his own birthday, doesn't he?"

After speaking, Charlotte handed the microphone back to the reporter and led Tsunade directly to the door.

At that moment, Happy, who was in charge of greeting guests at the door, saw Charlotte's arrival and quickly took two steps forward.

"Thank you so much for coming. The party hasn't started yet, please come in."

Charlotte and led Tsunade into the Villa.

Tsunade, standing beside Charlotte, looked at the many strangers inside and asked, "It's Tony's birthday, why isn't he out yet?"

Charlotte laughed and said, "Maybe she's shy, or she might still be putting on makeup!"

Upon hearing Charlotte's teasing, Tsunade burst out laughing.

"We didn't treat him at the time. Given his constitution, the abrasions on his face wouldn't heal that quickly. Maybe it really was just makeup, as you said."

Upon hearing Tsunade's words, Charlotte paused in surprise for a moment, then nodded very seriously and said, "That's quite possible."

Just then, Pepper Potts, who was chatting with someone, saw Charlotte and her companion enter and said to the person beside her, "Excuse me, an important friend has arrived. I'll go and greet him."

Pepper Potts then walked towards Charlotte.

"Mr. Charlotte, Ms. Tsunade."

"Hi Pepper Potts!"

"When is Tony coming out? Today is his birthday, and he hasn't shown up at all. This isn't good!"

Pepper Potts gave an awkward laugh, "You guys wander around for a bit, I'll go check on Tony."

"Good!"

Watching Pepper Potts leave, Charlotte led Tsunade to the dessert area, where a variety of desserts were laid out on the table, along with drinks.

Charlotte took two desserts. "Try this, I think it tastes pretty good!"

Tsunade took the dessert Charlotte offered, took a bite, and then squinted her eyes.

"It really tastes great, not too sweet at all."

Just as the two were enjoying their dessert, cheers erupted from the crowd. Charlotte looked towards where the cheers were coming from and saw Tony Stark, dressed in his Iron Man Armor, walking out with a flamboyant, dance-like gait.

He even walked to the DJ's stage area and made exaggerated hip-lifting movements, which almost made Tsunade spit out what she was eating.

Tsunade looked at Charlotte beside her and asked, "Is he always this flamboyant?"

Charlotte couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Haha, no, he's usually quite arrogant, this is the first time I've seen him like this."

Watching Tony's antics, Charlotte was momentarily puzzled. Without the life-threatening risk of palladium poisoning, Tony shouldn't be acting so recklessly.

Or perhaps, without the worry of poisoning, Tony became even more unrestrained.

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On the other side.

Rhodey also drove up to your Villa and was on the phone at the time.

"Yes, sir, I understand."

"No, there's no need for that, I'll handle it."

"I guarantee Iron Man will be back at his post within 24 hours."

Rhodey was also helpless, caught in the middle. He had just calmed down some high-ranking military officers and told them not to be violent towards Charlotte Doyle, and now he had to persuade Tony to hurry up and get Iron Man back in front of the world.

After parking the car, Rhodey walked into the Villa, looked around, and saw Pepper Potts standing to the side.

"Hi, Pepper Potts."

Pepper Potts turned around, saw that he knew Rhodey, and said directly, "I'm leaving, I need to go get some fresh air."

"What's wrong?"

Pepper Potts led Rhodey directly to where Tony was performing and then said, "I don't know what to do."

Rhodey looked at Tony Stark in front of him and said in astonishment, "My God, are you kidding me?"

At this moment, Tony, dressed in Iron Man Armor and quite drunk, was swaying unsteadily on the stage, while a group of hot young models were partying below.

Seeing this, Rhodey angrily said, "Enough! I want to..."

"No, don't call anyone!"

"That's ridiculous, I just vouched for him."

"I know, let me handle it. I'll go find Charlotte; he should be able to persuade Tony."

Rhodey said angrily, "Get it done quickly, or I'll do it myself."

Tsunade, with one arm draped over Charlotte's shoulder and the other hand clenched into a fist, said to Charlotte, "If you mess around with him like that, I'll beat you up."

"It's infuriating to see this."

At this moment, Tony on stage even took the microphone and demonstrated to everyone how to urinate inside the armor.

Charlotte didn't seem to mind what she saw; she just found it amusing that Tony was letting loose. Tsunade, on the other hand, looked disgusted.

"This guy shouldn't even think about getting me to treat him anymore. It's disgusting that he peed in his armor in front of so many people."

Seeing Tsunade's disgusted expression, Charlotte chuckled, "Don't you think this guy could become good friends with Jiraiya?"

"He's always the same unreliable person!"

After listening to Charlotte's words, Tsunade thought about it seriously for a moment and then said, "That's right, Jiraiya will definitely like Tony Stark after Jiraiya comes, since they're both equally unreliable."

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