The Truth About Tony's Parents' Death?

"Fuck you!"

Obadiah's words enraged Tony.

The moment he finished speaking, Tony swung a vicious punch at his head.

And whether Tony did it deliberately or intentionally, no one knew.

It landed right on the scalp-less wound on Obadiah's head, hurting him so badly he nearly turned into a grandson!

Clutching his bleeding head, he rolled around all over the floor!

It was no wonder Tony was so furious.

After all, even though Obadiah had sold those weapons, Tony Stark's name was printed on every single one of them!

What Obadiah had done not only violated Stark Industries' principle of never selling weapons to terrorists, but had also indirectly made Tony countless enemies!

For example, a certain little witch in Sokovia, and her super-fast brother~

And after learning how much blame he had been forced to shoulder, Tony no longer thought Toby's methods of torturing Obadiah had been cruel.

He even intended to recreate them himself!

Though Tony couldn't grow barbs from his hands like Toby, he had even more scientific methods of torturing people.

Tony strode into the kitchen and grabbed a large handful of coarse salt.

He then returned to the living room, bent down, and pressed the coarse salt onto Obadiah's head, rubbing it evenly over the scalp-less patch!

"Arghhhhhhhhh!!!"

Hearing Obadiah let out screams as miserable as when Toby had tortured him, even Toby, the original creator, couldn't help giving Tony a thumbs-up.

Good lord, Lord Salt really knew how to apply what he learned!

As Obadiah bounced wildly across the floor like a fish thrown into boiling water, Tony held his head down hard and gritted out:

"Where's the list? Tell me where the list is! Hand over every record of your secret dealings!"

Under Lord Salt Tony's brutal salty hands, how could Obadiah still dare to keep acting tough?

He hurriedly spilled everything—the location of the transaction records in his house, along with the password to the computer storing them.

Only after Tony had memorized it did he shove Obadiah's head away. Pulling out a handkerchief, he wiped the salt and blood from his hands and said coldly:

"Now for the second question. Did you have something to do with my parents' deaths too? This time, the Ten Rings attacked me at your instigation halfway through my trip. So my parents didn't simply die in a car accident back then either, did they?"

"You leaked my father's security route and sent people to attack him. Am I right?!"

Though Tony phrased it as a question, it sounded more like a statement.

After all, once he learned that Stark Industries had a deeply hidden high-ranking traitor like Obadiah within it, how could he fail to figure that much out?

And the main reason he had asked Toby to bring Obadiah back alive was so he could question him face-to-face about this very matter.

Now, Obadiah only wanted to free his tortured scalp as soon as possible. He no longer tried to act tough and directly admitted:

"That's right, it was me... I leaked your father's route. He had to go and establish that rule about never selling Stark weapons to terrorists, blocking Stark Industries' path to profit..."

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"His death brought Stark Industries nothing but benefits..."

Even though Tony had already suspected it, hearing Obadiah admit it still made him agitated. He grabbed Obadiah by the collar and lifted him up, raising his voice:

"Who was it? Who did you hire to kill my mother and my father? Tell me!"

But Obadiah shook his head. "If I knew, I would definitely tell you. But unfortunately, I don't know who they were..."

"And I wasn't the one who found him. He came to me on his own. I think he must have been another one of your father's enemies..."

Tony went blank for a moment upon hearing this, because he could tell Obadiah wasn't lying.

Likewise, with death practically certain, Obadiah had no reason to lie...

So although Obadiah had admitted to betraying his father's route, he also didn't know who had truly killed his father.

Didn't that mean his hopes of avenging his parents were gone?

Still unwilling to accept it, Tony asked one final question: "You at least remember what the person who came to you looked like, right?!"

This time, Obadiah finally nodded.

"I do remember... because he was very unusual..."

"Although he deliberately covered the lower half of his face when he came to ask me for Howard's security route, as a mechanical expert, I still noticed something strange about his left hand. It was some kind of high-tech mechanical arm..."

"A mechanical left arm?" Tony's brow relaxed considerably upon hearing that.

Though this wasn't much of a clue, it was exceptionally important. It could help him eliminate most people.

After all, not many people in this world had mechanical arms, and even fewer could use one to fight.

And that person was an assassin, which narrowed things down even further!

Wait, an assassin?!

Tony suddenly looked at Toby, who had already flopped back down in a relaxed sprawl and seemed to have fallen asleep on the sofa. He rushed over in two steps, excitedly shaking Toby by the shoulders as he asked:

"Wake up, Toby. Stop sleeping—I have an important question to ask you!"

Tony and Yinsen had gotten plenty of rest over the past few days, but Toby, who had been driving nonstop for days, hadn't rested well at all.

Now that he had finally managed to catch a short nap, Tony had to disturb him. How was Toby supposed to put up with that?

He slapped away Tony's hand shaking him, rolled over, and went back to sleep.

"Do you really think I'm Doraemon? One minute you want me to save someone, the next you want me to tie someone up, then interrogate them, and now you've got questions too. Go question your bald guy yourself..."

Tony shook his hand, which had been slapped sore, and looked helplessly at Toby, who was sleeping like a dead pig. Left with no choice, he could only pull out the big guns.

He drew a deep breath, then snapped his fingers dramatically. "JARVIS, transfer one billion in compensation, principal and interest included, into Toby Parker's hidden account!"

[Understood. One billion has been deducted from the interest on your investments and transferred to Mr. Toby Parker's account.]

At the same time, Toby's phone rang.

'Ding~ Your bank account has received 1,000,000,000 U.S. dollars...'

The instant the sound rang out, Tony saw a blur before his eyes. When he looked again, Toby was already sitting upright on the sofa with a solemn expression.

The sleepiness had vanished from Toby's face, replaced by high spirits. He made a welcoming gesture toward Tony. "Mr. Stark, please ask away. I am Doraemon himself now—any question you have, I can answer!"

"Heh heh. So damn realistic!" Tony sneered with dead-fish eyes at the utterly serious Toby.

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