Although the phone call had been full of gloating, Tony was still pretty nervous when he saw Yuri and the others arrive together in person. After all, among them were people who could scare him flat on the ground with a look, people who could tear his armor apart with their bare hands, and people who could make him do whatever they wanted with an eye roll...
Thinking about it that way, Tony suddenly felt he was the bravest man in the world!
Fortunately, everyone had spent half the day digging through dirt and had no energy to deal with him. After asking where the dining room was, they all left, including Yinsen.
Old Rogers had an astonishingly strong will. To prevent him from escaping, Yuri simply put him inside the Black Sphere and sent a surge of Life Energy into his body to keep all his functions running normally.
The spacious reception room was now occupied by only Yuri and Tony. Once the latter was sure that Shack and the others had left, he let out a long breath and visibly relaxed. He glanced at Yuri, pausing for a moment on the other man's brilliant golden eyes, which had regained their luster. "So, Yuri, did you cause this accident?"
"Not me."
Yuri denied it at once, then added ambiguously, "But I was involved."
Tony nodded without comment. He could tell Yuri didn't want to discuss the subject any further. After all, whoever you were, destroying your own home was probably hard to admit... Tony thought of that, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
He raised his glass to hide his smile and complained to himself: What's wrong with me? He's saved your life several times. How can you keep from laughing at him?
"Are you thirsty, Tony?"
Yuri