"Of course, you're more than welcome!"
Hearing that Tony wanted to join the Ability User Tournament, Hawking naturally had no reason to refuse.
If he wanted to make the Ability User Tournament a hit right from the start, the more participants, the better. Especially world-famous figures like Tony Stark, who already came with massive public attention.
Not just Tony—he planned to go back and have a chat with Bruce Banner, then talk Banner into joining too.
As long as Banner and Hulk worked things out, he could transform into Hulk and fight whenever he wanted. He would definitely be a dark horse in the Ability User Tournament as well.
"Ring, ring, ring!"
Just then, Tony's phone suddenly rang.
Hawking glanced at it instinctively and saw a familiar figure on the screen.
"It's actually Black Widow."
The photo displayed on Tony's phone was none other than Black Widow Natasha, an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
But after thinking about it for a moment, he immediately guessed what was going on.
Since Tony had become Iron Man ahead of schedule, Nick Fury would naturally send an agent to infiltrate Tony's side, both to watch him and protect him.
And with Tony being such a womanizer, Black Widow was the perfect choice.
Besides, if Hawking's guess was correct, Nick Fury might have already met Tony.
"I need to take this."
Tony picked up the phone.
"I know, Natalie. Tell Obadiah to wait for me in his office. I happen to have a few things I want to ask him too."
"Who's this beauty?"
After Tony hung up, Hawking immediately took the phone from his hand and pointed at Black Widow's photo.
Tony instantly gave the kind of grin only men understood.
"She's my new secretary, Natalie. Pretty, right? If you like her, I can introduce