Interview and Declaration of War

"Mr. Stark, please look over here. I am a reporter for the Daily Bugle. What are your thoughts on today's terrorist attack?"

Noticing that a male reporter, likely around his own age, was arguing until his neck turned red as he shoved his way to the very front of the press pack to face him directly, and considering that the question he raised was the most normal and least inflammatory one, Howard nodded at Pepper and Maria beside him, calling on him to answer his question.

"Hey, buddy, what's your name?" Howard asked.

Seeing that Howard had called on him, the male reporter answered excitedly, "Jameson, J. Jonah Jameson."

"Jameson, hello." Howard nodded at him, then raised both hands and pressed down. The chaotic press corps, arguing like a vegetable market, instantly quieted down.

Seeing this, Howard narrowed his eyes into a satisfied smile and continued, "I'll answer your question first. The nature of this incident is unquestionably a terrorist attack."

"But I do not believe this was a premeditated attack, because my bodyguard, Mr. Happy, tracked that human bomb right up until the moment before he detonated."

Beside them, hearing Howard cue him, Happy quickly straightened his collar, puffed out his chest, and calmly faced the cameras turned toward him by the onsite reporters:

"That's right, I noticed anomalies about that man long ago. He seemed to be secretly trading addictive illicit drugs with another person. Although this wasn't the main reason I was tracking them, I witnessed the entire process of their transaction."

Happy spoke eloquently, giving full play to his subjective initiative as a former director, and thoroughly adapted his tracking of that bald man in a suit into a top-tier battle of wits with a hint of magical realism.

Beside him, Howard supported his head with