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Chapter 20 The power of public opinion

It should be said that he is worthy of being a man of the Stark family.

All of them have their own media-attracting qualities.

The popularity of Iron Man has not completely subsided. The next day, an even more sensational news once again detonated social networks across the United States.

Of course, this time our dandy has a rare opportunity to be the green leaves that set off the red flowers.

Shocked that Iron Man broke into the private residence of an oil tycoon at night just for her.

This is the headline of the Daily Bugle today. The words are full of ambiguity. The picture is of Tony wearing a golden and red battle suit, holding a sickly girl in his arms, heading straight to the ambulance parked not far away.

The content is a serious report about vampires, but with the title, well, to be honest, it can easily give people the feeling of "a playboy turning his crown into a beauty".

Or perhaps, the Daily Bugle deliberately chose such a title just to make readers have bad thoughts.

"Oh shit, if I had known that these bastards would arrange me like this, I swear I would never give these information to them."

Throwing the newspaper heavily on Bruce's desk, Tony Stark's exaggerated acting skills were outrageous, but Pepper Potts beside him was unmoved at all.

"Hey Pepper, what happened last night is true"

Tony waved his hands awkwardly, unable to find the right words to describe it for a moment.

"Mr. Stark, you and I promised that everything would return to normal. The next day you went to the vampire territory to find trouble. This is your and my promise."

"I would rather you rekindled your passion with that female reporter with the big butt."

Boz really never thought that Tony was not communicating with the cover girls as usual in the middle of the night, but instead went to the vampire's territory to do justice.

The experience of the night before yesterday was still fresh in her mind, and she didn't want to wake up one day and the headline news would be Tony's obituary.

"You know I never look back."

Tony muttered something under his breath, but unexpectedly it only added fuel to the fire.

At this moment, Bruce pushed the door open and walked in. Stark looked relieved and quickly pulled Bruce to block the gun.

"Pepper, haven't you been looking for the person who saved you that night?"

Tony pushed Bruce, who was caught off guard, in front of Pepper, and abruptly changed the subject.

"Look, he's standing in front of you now."

Outsiders were present, and when he was about to forcibly restrain his anger, Pepper suddenly froze when he heard Stark's words.

"You mean, the mysterious man from the night before yesterday was"

After reacting, Pepper covered her mouth and took a breath as she looked at the young man in front of her who looked a little immature.

"Yes, I spent a lot of effort to find him. Wait, hey, Pepper, don't stare at him like that."

While he was proudly showing off his non-existent efforts, Tony suddenly realized that something was wrong. He looked at Bruce's handsome face, which was almost the same as his but looked more energetic and thought to himself, and stood between the two of them warily.

"Mr. Hammer, thank you very much for your help the night before yesterday. Tony has troubled you a lot in the past two days."

Ignoring Tony's petty food-protecting behavior, Pepper extended her right hand to show her gratitude.

"It's a trivial matter. If Miss Potts feels that Stark Industries has buried your talents, Hammer Industries is willing to open the door for an outstanding manager like you at any time."

After gently shaking hands with Pepper, Bruce smiled and dug in front of her.

Just kidding, if you have a boss who doesn't care about anything at all and can still get the work done in an orderly manner, where can you find such a talent?

"Hey, bad boy, Uncle Tony is still here."

When he heard something was wrong, Stark immediately stood up and looked at Bruce with an unkind expression.

Boz was still losing his temper with him just now, but now he was really afraid that if he wasn't careful, his cute little secretary would be kidnapped.

"Sorry, Mr. Hammer, I'm very satisfied with the job I have now, so thank you for your kindness."

He shook his head. Although he often complained to Tony in private, Pepper always gave his boss enough face in front of outsiders.

After hearing Pepper's words, Tony looked at Bruce proudly like an old child.

"Okay, Mr. Stark, let's get down to business. What's the matter with your sudden visit to me?"

Passing the coffee in his hands to the two of them respectively, Bruce asked straight to the point.

"Nice coffee, but I suggest you find a secretary. A genius' mind shouldn't be burdened by such trivial matters. Also, have you read today's Daily Bugle?"

After taking a sip of coffee, Tony sighed in praise, then put down the cup, his expression becoming serious.

"Are you referring to the oil tycoon being formally prosecuted, or to promoting the existence of vampires through newspapers?"

Bruce understood.

"Of course it's the latter. Don't you think this is a genius idea?"

Tony boasted rather proudly with his fist.

"With all due respect, I don't think it will have much effect other than causing social panic if people know about it."

"Ordinary people will die unilaterally when they meet a vampire. In addition, how many of them can stick to their true intentions in the face of the temptation of immortality?"

Bruce frowned. He had also thought about exposing all this, but after thinking about it, the advantages outweighed the disadvantages, and he finally chose to give up.

"No, no, no, Bruce, vampires are far less difficult to deal with than you think."

"Maybe ordinary people are no match for vampires, but with the development of technology, an elite team equipped with special weapons can easily eliminate the same number of vampires. You know, the base of humans is much larger than that group of little bats. "

Tony shook his head and gave Bruce a meaningful look.

"As for the so-called first love, I studied it all night yesterday and found that it is ultimately just a genetic virus. With the current level of technology, early clinical drugs can be developed in a few months at most. It is only a matter of time before vampires are eliminated. .”

"And the lower the vampire, the lower the success rate of first embrace. Even if the conversion is successful, the person being embraced for the first time can only become the lowest vampire. If you want to gain more power, you must let the higher vampire Have a first embrace.”

"How many high-level vampires do you think would be willing to waste their strength to first embrace a group of people they regard as food?"

The corner of Tony's mouth raised a hint of disdain.

He understands the human race too well and is not worried about scarcity but inequality. When he learns that not everyone can get their first love, the first reaction of most people will definitely be that it is unfair.

Why can you live forever, but as a commoner I can't?

If that's the case, it's better that none of us can live forever.

When one person thinks so, when a group of people think so, when people in a country think so, then eliminating vampires becomes an ideology.

Those politicians who do everything they can to win the election will naturally not miss such an opportunity to show off.

"The reason why those pests are still alive and well today, to put it bluntly, is that the powerful people who hold power are afraid of death and want to gain a longer life by transforming into vampires, so they made a compromise."

"As long as it is not exposed for a day, in addition to dealing with those little bats, we will also have to worry about whether we will be stabbed in the back by old guys who long for immortality."

"Once exposed, and vampires are defined as the opposite of humans through public opinion, do you think those old guys will dare to risk their lives to protect those dirty pests?"

“When we stand for justice, at least there will be much less resistance on the surface.”

After finalizing the decision, Tony smiled happily as he saw Bruce looking enlightened.

He finally found an area that this little guy is not good at.

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