Tony Stark (Part 2)

Flushing, Stark Industries Expo.

"It really is lively." At six in the evening, Shen Fei rode his motorcycle straight here. He had come at this time because Stark was supposed to appear around seven to give a speech. Shen Fei had seen the news online, and because of it, the expo was especially bustling today. There were far more beautiful women than usual.

As long as they had a scandal with Stark, they would become famous.

"It seems I had made things too simple before." After arriving, Shen Fei realized there was a major problem with the plan he had made: Stark was not easy to meet. Not only Stark, but Pepper as well.

In the movies, neither of them seemed to have many bodyguards around them. Stark only had Happy by his side year-round, but this was reality. How could a top-tier billionaire like Stark possibly have only one bodyguard?

That was simply not a level ordinary people could reach. Ordinary people could not even learn his whereabouts.

"I need an invitation." Stark's speech was being held in one of the expo's venues. The area around it was packed with bodyguards in professional attire, while several police officers maintained order nearby. Shen Fei had a headache.

There was no way he could get in through normal means.

He could get in through abnormal means, but that might expose him. Given Tony Stark's circumstances, there were probably more than bodyguards and police at the scene. There might even be S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents.

"Movies really mislead people."

"This guy put on more airs than the Ancient One."

He tried contacting Pepper and Stark through normal channels, but all he got was a polite refusal from the receptionist. Too many people wanted to see Pepper and Stark every day. Without sufficient connections, it was impossible to meet them. And those with connections did not need to go through the front desk.

"It's you. It's been a long time." Just as Shen Fei stared at the venue entrance, unable to make up his mind, a familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar voice sounded behind him.

Shen Fei turned around, and his eyes immediately lit up. Behind him stood Ada Wong, dressed in a red cheongsam—the woman he had met in Raccoon City.

"It's you." There was a hint of delight in Shen Fei's voice.

"So you still remember me." Ada said with a smile.

"How could I forget someone as beautiful as you after meeting you?" After a brief silence, Shen Fei replied with a smile.

"Thank you for the compliment. You've been staring over there. Do you need help?" Ada asked, gesturing with her eyes toward the venue entrance ahead.

"I need to meet Stark or his secretary, Ms. Pepper, about something, but I don't have an invitation," Shen Fei said honestly.

"They aren't easy to meet. May I ask what you need to see them for?" Ada gave Shen Fei a thoughtful look and asked.

"It's nothing major. I developed a health product that is very useful for women and came here looking for investment." As Shen Fei spoke, he took an exquisite bottle containing red liquid from his bag and handed it to Ada.

"It's rare for us to meet by chance, so this bottle is a gift for you. This is the instruction sheet." Shen Fei then took out a page covered in writing.

"You aren't going to tell me everything written here is true, are you?" Ada quickly read through the instructions and smiled.

"This is a laboratory product, so of course what it says is true. If you don't believe it, you can have an institution test it. That will prove whether I'm lying."

"I see. Then I'll accept it." Ada placed the items into the small red handbag she carried.

"Since I've accepted your gift, I'll help you out. Come on, I'll take you inside." Ada took out an exquisite invitation and headed toward the entrance.

Shen Fei immediately followed her.

With Ada and her invitation leading the way, the bodyguards did not stop Shen Fei at all. It seemed invitations allowed guests to bring someone along.

"By the way, after talking for so long, I still don't know your name. My name is..." Once they entered the venue, Shen Fei asked directly while introducing himself.

"Ada. Ada Wong. Just call me Ada," Ada said with a smile.

"Ada, could I have a contact number?" Shen Fei was not asking Ada for her number merely because he was smitten, though that was certainly part of it. After all, Ada's appearance and figure were both exceptional. But Shen Fei had another purpose: the G-Virus.

In Raccoon City, Shen Fei had not dared collect that virus. Later, it seemed to have been abandoned for various reasons. But to Shen Fei, the G-Virus was extremely useful. Halting bodily aging and granting instantaneous recovery were very useful abilities.

Umbrella Corporation had abandoned the G-Virus for a simple reason: its mutations were extremely difficult to control. It also lacked the T-Virus's infectious nature, and it was very difficult to find someone compatible with the G-Virus. Sherry Birkin had been a complete accident.

Others might not be able to control the G-Virus, but for Shen Fei, who possessed the powers of the Op-Op Fruit, it was not a problem at all.

And who else would he get the G-Virus from if not Ada?

"If fate lets us meet again." With that, Ada slipped into the crowd and vanished from Shen Fei's sight.

"Her target this time isn't Stark, is it? I hope she isn't that foolish." Shen Fei thought as he watched the spot where Ada had disappeared.

Shen Fei was not too worried about Ada. Anyone who could survive in the agent profession was surely no simple person. Judging by her skills, she had most likely been injected with a weakened serum or some kind of Enhancement Serum.

Only Captain America and Red Skull had received the genuine serum, but far more than two people had received weakened versions.

Fury, Black Widow, and Hawkeye might all have been injected with it.

There were so many biotech companies in this world. They might not be able to create a powerful serum, but weakened Enhancement Serum was still within reach. Oscorp, for example, had always been researching such things. Though the failure rate was high, it had still produced a creature like the Green Goblin.

As for Umbrella Corporation, it had even more of these things. The Tyrant was one of its creations.

With Umbrella Corporation involved, there were quite a few enhanced humans in this world.

Stark had said he would appear at seven, but he did not show up until seven-thirty. Shen Fei also figured out what the so-called speech was: it was a Stark Group product launch.

Stark Group was indeed an arms tycoon, but that was far from its only business. It had numerous subsidiaries, and most of the products they sold were Stark's inventions.

Stark was so famous not merely because he was a rich second-generation heir. He was also a genius scientist.

After all, there were plenty of rich second-generation heirs in New York. Some of them did not come from backgrounds any less impressive than Stark's, such as the Simmons Family, one of the families that had ruled America from the shadows for generations.

Stark only gave the new product a brief introduction before leaving the rest to Pepper. Stark had always been responsible only for inventing things, while Pepper handled everything afterward, including dealing with the women connected to Stark.

"Hello, ma'am." As expected of Stark, he quickly spotted Ada among the many beautiful women. Ada's looks and figure stood out like a crane among chickens even in a place filled with beauties.

"Hello, Mr. Stark." Ada smiled and shook Stark's hand.

"Ma'am, why don't we find somewhere else to talk?" Stark's words carried an obvious implication.

"I'm sorry, but I have something to do today." Ada immediately rejected him.

"Hello, Mr. Stark." Shen Fei had been watching Stark all along, so he naturally noticed Ada as well. He immediately stepped forward and positioned himself between them.

"Kid, I don't have time to sign autographs right now." Stark tried to push Shen Fei aside. Having finally found a beautiful woman, Stark was naturally unwilling to give up so easily.

To Stark, Ada's refusal was nothing more than playing hard to get.

"This is my younger brother. Mr. Stark, why not hear what he has to say?" After saying that, Ada nodded to Shen Fei, turned around, and left.

"Younger brother..." Shen Fei could not help but smile bitterly as he watched Ada leave.

"So you're her younger brother. What do you need? Oh, right, what's your sister's name?" It had to be said that Stark was being rather shameless at this moment, worlds apart from the Iron Man he would later become.

"I created a health product for women." Shen Fei explained his purpose and took out the sample and instruction sheet.

He did not clarify what Ada had said earlier. Since Ada had created such an opportunity for him, he certainly could not waste it.

"I never take things from other people's hands." Stark did not accept the items Shen Fei held. Instead, he motioned for Happy to take the instruction sheet and placed it before himself, giving it a cursory glance.

"Kid, it's not good to aim too high." Stark was also well versed in biochemistry. Otherwise, he would not have been able to offer his own opinions on the Extremis Virus. In Stark's view, what Shen Fei had written in the instructions was completely unscientific.

"Mr. Stark, you can have it tested and you'll know whether what I said is true. This is my phone number. If you're interested, you can contact me later. If not, I'll have no choice but to find someone else." Shen Fei handed the sample to Happy as he spoke.

After Stark nodded, Happy immediately accepted the sample.

Shen Fei did not say any more unnecessary words. There was nothing for him and the current Stark to talk about anyway. Once Happy had accepted the sample, Shen Fei took his leave.

"Luckily, I ran into Ada. Otherwise, things definitely wouldn't have gone this smoothly." What kind of person was Stark? The villain of Iron Man 3 had been created by Stark himself. Making someone stand on a rooftop in the freezing cold all night—the rooftop, no less—how could that person not hate Stark?

If Ada had not appeared, Shen Fei would probably have needed to display some extraordinary power just to have a conversation with Stark.