"By the way, where were you during the half month you went missing?" Howard asked Kyle curiously.
Kyle hesitated for a moment before quickly answering, "Steve sank the out-of-control aircraft into the sea by himself. I parachuted out early and landed on a turtle-shaped deserted island somewhere in the Atlantic. I recovered there for a while."
"A turtle-shaped deserted island?" Howard murmured, gaining another question. "Then how did you get back?"
He had no idea that Kyle possessed something like Card Space. Let alone sea-crossing transportation, he had everything from planes and tanks to villas and food.
"There was a mutated giant eagle-like beast on that turtle-shaped island. After I tamed it, I had it carry me back," Kyle said with a shrug. Having concealed the existence of Card Space so many times, he had become exceptionally smooth with such answers.
"A turtle-shaped island and mutated monsters... looks like you really are lucky." Howard nodded with a smile and did not pursue the matter any further.
His industrial partner was no ordinary person!
Ever since he had thoroughly studied the phone and supercomputer system program chip Kyle had given him, Howard had become increasingly certain of that judgment.
That was also why Howard felt fortunate to be Kyle's friend. Through him, he could avoid decades of detours on the road of technological advancement.
Kyle looked at the smile on Howard's face and nodded thoughtfully, the corners of his lips lifting slightly.
Old gentleman Howard was more than just a scientific genius. He could navigate between the military's important scientific strategy department and his private Stark Industries. He was a man who understood what should be asked and what should not.
Their relationship had been built through their connection as comrades in the military, friends in daily life, and partners in