"Mr. Lee Stein, do you know where the two Iron Men from last night came from?"
Mary sat upright on the sofa with a microphone in hand. She waited until the cameraman beside her had finished checking the equipment before asking her question, then held the microphone out toward Li Si.
"I'm not entirely sure, but both Iron Men came from a Stark Group factory. You might get an answer at the press conference later."
Li Si shook his head from the armchair beside them.
When he woke up, he'd found more than twenty missed calls on his phone, all from Nick Fury. After he couldn't get through, Fury had sent him several messages, repeatedly warning him not to expose Tony Stark.
Although he knew Tony Stark probably wouldn't try to hide the truth, he still had to make a show of it. There was nothing to gain by revealing it now, and he might only end up in trouble.
"All right."
A hint of disappointment appeared on Mary's face, but she continued, "As I understand it, you're an expert on robotics. Those two Iron Men must be robots, right? Could you share your opinion of them?"
Li Si smiled. "Let me correct you. I don't think those two were robots or anything like that. At least the smaller one wasn't. It was probably something like a mechanical exoskeleton."
"Could you tell us what you think of that... um, exoskeleton?"
Mary paused, then continued with her question.
"Honestly, I really admire the designer's skill. Many of the technologies used in that armor are at the cutting edge of current science, and some are still only in the experimental stage. Its power and shock-absorption systems are especially impressive..."
But as he spoke, Li Si shook his head and changed tack. "However...