Stark stared wordlessly at the information in his hands. After taking medication from the family Doctor and getting some sleep, he had stabilized somewhat. He could now clearly distinguish which memories had existed before and which had been added later.
It seemed his backstory had been altered.
The first half had remained unchanged. Howard had drawn the attention of both Hydra and Congress because of his genius inventions, and he had been forced to endure pressure from both sides.
Then someone appeared—Schiller. He became the Hamilton couple's adopted son and engineered an accident that made Howard realize Hydra's terror earlier.
To save his family, Howard chose to cooperate with a Soviet scientist, and together they developed Arc Reactor technology.
But before the technology had been fully perfected, those watching Howard had already made their move. With no other choice, Howard faked his death and crossed the ocean with Schiller, arriving in the Soviet Union.
There, not only did he further refine the Arc Reactor technology with Anton and other scientists, but he also raised Schiller and made him into a psychiatrist.
Many years later, Schiller chose to return to his homeland and came to the United States for university. Yet because of what had happened to Howard, he had always harbored hatred toward Hydra, eventually taking matters into his own hands and killing someone.
It was also because of that murder case that Schiller had to cooperate with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. But Stark had a question. Looking at Natasha, he asked, "Was that case really an accident?"
Natasha looked into his eyes and slowly shook her head.
"The dead Hydra leader was the one who had personally murdered the Hamilton couple all those years ago," Natasha said.
Stark stared at her as Natasha slowly recounted the past she