"I had no reason to lie to you. It was all my personal experience.
"If you don't believe me, you can fly to Sokovia. Everyone there has had experiences like mine, and many of them deeply hate Stark Industries—and you.
"They believe the weapons you invented killed their families."
Hawking's words stabbed into Tony's heart like blade after blade.
He knew Tony well. Other than spending every day in the lab doing research, he attended all kinds of parties and hooked up with every sort of Hollywood starlet and model. He certainly had no spare attention for these matters.
Even if reporters occasionally reminded Tony of it, or news reports called him a butcher, Tony would not have taken it to heart.
At this point, Tony was arrogant by nature. He only thought those were words born of jealousy. Deep down, Tony had always believed that the weapons he developed were protecting the country and its people.
What Hawking needed to do now was expose that lie in advance and make Tony see reality clearly.
This would not only prevent the military from obtaining the Iron Man Armor, but also count as doing Tony a favor. Later, he could better win Tony over to help improve the gravity device.
"Or you could go to Afghanistan and some war-torn regions and take a look. Most of the better weapons there are also made by Stark.
"To certain politicians, as long as there is profit to be made, it does not matter how many people die. That is why I said what I said at the White House today."
Seeing Tony fall silent because of his words, Hawking decided to add more fuel to the fire.
He grabbed Tony by the arm and used Apparition, vanishing from the spot.
When they reappeared,