Update, Agent Coulson

Fortunately, Jarvis doesn't have too many human-like emotions, otherwise he would definitely fight Eric. What does a humanoid farm tool know about artificial intelligence?

Jarvis simply continued to objectively state his findings.

"Recent in-depth surveillance of Obadiah has revealed his whereabouts on multiple occasions. It can be confirmed that Obadiah is involved in certain projects with the organization behind him, and that Obadiah has withdrawn a large amount of funds and transferred them to overseas accounts. The funds have been transferred multiple times and their destination is unknown."

"A collaborative project, is that why they erased the surveillance footage?" Tony asked curiously.

"According to calculations, there is a 93 percent probability that this is because the project protected some of Obadiah's information."

"What information have you gathered about this project so far?" Tony asked curiously.

"It has been confirmed that the project is located in a pharmaceutical company in West Los Angeles. Obadiah visited the company multiple times recently. I was able to access the relevant information before they tampered with the surveillance data, but I was unable to obtain the company's internal information."

Eric finally stopped complaining this time. Although Jarvis didn't get the final answer, he did get a useful clue: as long as he went to this company, he could get clues about the organization behind the scenes.

"Stop the car." Eric wanted to get out.

Tony quickly said, "Happy, keep going."

Happy naturally listened to his boss and continued towards the original destination.

Tony explained, "With this body of yours, what are you going to do? Do you think you're Sylvester Stallone? But the other side isn't some small-town cop or gangster; it's a powerful organization that knows the strength of the Ten Rings' mastermind and still provokes them."

Eric knew he wasn't good enough at the moment, but he still stubbornly insisted:

"I have my own way of doing things." That's what he said, but in reality, he needed to recover from his injuries first. In the meantime, he would try to find information about the company, and then find a few old friends to do the damn thing.

Tony, as if knowing what he was thinking, retorted.

"Your method is too crude; Hollywood has overdone it. If you want revenge, why don't you listen to my ideas?"

Considering Tony's abilities, which were indeed much stronger than his own, and his wealth enough to hire many people like himself, Eric decided to listen to what Tony had to say.

Seeing that Eric was silent, Tony began to share his thoughts.

"First of all, I will definitely kill Obadiah. Before killing Obadiah, I will also investigate the organization behind him. Until then, we have the same goal."

Eric nodded in agreement with Tony's assessment, then asked, "And then? How do you plan to deal with this organization?"

"It depends on the situation. If the organization isn't too big, I'll provide weapons and funding, and you can recruit people and wipe them out."

"How does that differ from my plan?" Eric countered.

"Of course it's different. Haven't you considered how large this organization is? After all, they were able to scheme against that guy in the white suit from the Ten Rings Gang."

"So what if they're huge? They'll still get shot."

"Yeah, you can kill one manager, then kill a bunch of managers, but like in America, when the president dies, there's a vice president, senators, and representatives lining up to become president. Putting aside whether you'll fail, even if you were given the freedom to kill, you couldn't kill them all," Tony coaxed.

Eric, after all, was smart enough not to fall into Tony's trap this time.

"I only need to kill the person in charge of this matter. I can't control so many people, and I won't kill them." Comradeship is limited. It's enough to find a way to vent. Otherwise, why doesn't Eric go after Xu Wenwu? He's picking on the weaker ones.

"That works, but what if I give you a chance?"

Eric had a pretty good idea of ​​Tony's line of reasoning, so he cut to the chase and said, "You mean you can help me get revenge, destroy that organization, and get me to work for you? That's the Hollywood formula."

"No." Tony quickly shook his head.

He wasn't Cao Cao, who would recruit any powerful general he saw, or confront an organization whose background he didn't know. He just wanted Obama to avoid being alarmed too early, or to die too soon, and to find another test subject.

"I just want to give you a chance, or rather, give you the power. Of course, the targets of your revenge should include the Ten Rings Gang, right?"

Eric immediately understood Tony's meaning and said with a slightly excited tone.

"You also have that kind of high technology, able to fly, and control the energy shield ring? No wonder you're a genius, Tony Stark!" It was rare for Eric to praise someone.

Now it was Tony's turn to feel awkward. After all, he wasn't really a genius anymore, and was probably even worse than Eric, who was a genuine MIT PhD. But he still had to keep up the act.

"I haven't seen the actual ring, so I don't know its working principle. I'm talking about real force, force that doesn't rely on physical objects."

As he spoke, Tony reached for Eric's cane and, under Eric's disapproving look, broke it into several pieces.

Then, to Eric's astonishment, he crumpled one section of the metal cane into a metal ball.

Then Tony slowly said, "You should know about the Super Soldier program, right?"

Eric's eyes lit up, and he immediately replied, "It's the plan to create Captain America! By the way, Howard Stark was involved in that plan, and you have information on it!"

It seems Eric's years in the military or CIA haven't been in vain; he does know quite a lot, saving Tony the trouble of explaining further.

Tony replied vaguely, "More or less. I have a studio researching human enhancement technology right now, and we'll have results soon. Would you like to give it a try?"

"Okay!" Eric agreed without hesitation. He couldn't see any hope of revenge before, but now, although he didn't know how strong the so-called super soldier was, it was still a hope. Compared to an organization with an unknown background and a huge size, killing the leader of the Ten Rings Gang would be a better way to vent the hatred in Eric's heart.

"Okay, now you just focus on recovering. Once your technique is stable, I'll arrange for you to use it."

Having successfully received Test Subject One, Eric, as a supporting character with a significant role, should be able to withstand the T-virus's enhancements.

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After settling Eric in, Happy took Tony to Stark Industries. Tony pondered Obadiah and the people behind the scenes the whole way, and it wasn't until they arrived at the company gate that Tony realized what was happening.

"Happy, what are you doing at the company?" Tony had planned to go back to rest, since he had nothing to do at the company anyway, so he might as well go to Umbrella to check on the progress of the experiment. According to Wesker's report, the experiment was going very smoothly, and several relatively stable variant strains had been extracted and were being tested on animals.

Although Happy secretly wished that Tony and Agent Coulson could meet as soon as possible to stop Coulson from bothering him every day, he still sincerely said:

"You didn't say where you were going. The company is on its way back. Are you going straight home?"

"Since we're already here, let's go in and take a look." Tony didn't think too much about it and prepared to go into the company to browse around and see Pepper. After this marathon-like campaign, Tony could sense that Pepper had already opened up to him, and she was just one opportunity away from opening her heart to him.

"Okay!" Happy drove the car directly to the company gate, and sure enough, just like the NPC that always spawns at the company gate, Agent Coulson spawned and triggered a mechanism, rushing towards Tony's car.