Tony's Investigation (A 5000-character chapter seeking monthly votes)

The car continued toward the base, while Happy had already been sent to The Continental Hotel for Wax Bath treatment.

Eddie was still spending Christmas with his girlfriend. This holiday was the most important one for them, and the break was hardly short, running from December 22 all the way to January 5.

As for Hawkeye Barton's call, sorry, but he was on vacation right now. He had no intention of offending his girlfriend just to go punish evil and promote good. He was not that noble.

And after Eddie rejected the call again, Barton had no choice but to reassess Eddie's situation.

Meanwhile.

Tony carried his Mark 42 armor and found a storage room. After confirming the owner of the place was not there, he forced open the storage room door.

Tony stood in the doorway and glanced at the things inside. Then, after setting Mark 42 down on the sofa, he said mockingly, "Made you a little more comfortable. Happy now?"

Tony sat on the sofa and rested for a bit, then went over to the workbench, picked up a pair of pliers, and started pulling fragments out of his arm.

At that moment, a child walked in, holding a Potato Gun aimed at Tony as he said, "Freeze!"

"Don't move."

Tony looked at the child in the doorway, put down the pliers in his hand, and said cooperatively, "You got me."

Then he said, "Nice Potato Gun."

"Barrel's a little long. With that kind of length and width, it won't aim very accurately."

The boy aimed at a glass sitting on the shelf on the wall and shattered it with one shot, showing that the gun's accuracy was not bad at all.

Tony lowered his hands and said, "Now you're out of ammo."

The boy looked