Obadiah Stan, the current CEO of Stark Industries and an old friend and partner of Tony's father, Howard Stark, sat quietly at the other end of the desk, watching Tony's departing back with a complicated gaze.
A tangle of emotions crossed his face.
He frowned, his hands clenched into fists as though trying to suppress the fury building inside him.
He was unable to understand Tony's stubbornness and willfulness, especially at such a critical moment of life and death.
Stark Industries was facing an unprecedented crisis. Public pressure from outside, internal power struggles, and the suddenly rising War God Industries all weighed on them like mountains.
Yet Tony still had the mind to care about a stranger brought back from the battlefield.
"He's playing with fire!"
Obadiah muttered under his breath, his tone filled with helplessness and anger.
A gloomy look emerged on Obadiah's face.
In his view, Tony was practically treating Stark Industries' future like a joke.
He knew full well about Tony's intelligence and innovative ability, but the young man's willfulness and unpredictability also gave him endless headaches.
Tony always acted according to his own wishes, never considering the consequences.
Every decision he made was like a gamble, and this time, the stake was all of their futures.
However, the deeper reason was Obadiah's ambition.
He longed to control Stark Industries and push it to unprecedented heights, but Tony's existence had always been the greatest obstacle to that goal.
Tony not only owned most of the company's shares, but also possessed unmatched creativity and influence.
Obadiah had once tried to gradually weaken Tony's influence through legal means, but with little success. So he began considering more extreme methods, including assassinating Tony to seize complete control of Stark Industries.
But ever since War God Industries rose to prominence, everything