[Comprehensive] Science and Magic

Before he finished speaking, his arms slapped against his sides, his legs stood at attention, and he fell straight to the ground.He looked like a solid piece of marble, with only his eyes moving, looking at Laura in disbelief.

"Yes, you're right about one thing, I'm very different--I'm very different from what I used to be," said Laura.

Paltrow's eyes shifted.He looked jealous and worried, mixed with a strange sense of pride and certainty, as if this Laura was pleasing to him.

But Laura was too lazy to argue with him.With a snap, she Disapparated.

"Colson! Roddy!"

"My God, Miss Johnson! You are fine, I knew you would not be so easy... I mean, Stan knocked down the entire wall!" Colonel Roddy said, pointing to a pile of ruins , "Tony was just in time, he thought he was late, he was crazy-"

Coulson added: "Then he and Stan got into a fight and then went up into the sky—"

Colonel Roddy's phone rang.Tony Stark's profile picture appeared on his phone screen.

"It's Tony." Roddy answered the phone, his face gradually becoming serious.

Laura asked hurriedly, "What did he say?"

"They're on the roof now." Rody said as he walked towards the Ark Reactor Research Institute, "Tony asked me to blow up the Ark Reactor."

"What?" Laura and Coulson followed closely, and Laura asked puzzled, "Why?"

"He said he'd give me a hint, and when he tricked Stan onto the top of the Ark's reactor, he'd fly away. Then the reactor I'd overloaded would explode—"

What overload?

Laura knew nothing about these, and could only watch them fiddle with a pile of instruments.

All the glass on the roof suddenly burst, and Laura looked up and saw Tony was hanging on the steel structure.His helmet was gone, as was a robotic arm from which bullets and shards of glass kept falling.

"Tony?"

"Jesus, it's good that you're alive - let Roddy press the button now!" Tony yelled at her.

Colonel Roddy cried, "What? But you're still up there!"

"Press! Right now, the central controller button!"

"You have to get off the roof! Then you will be blown up too!" Roddy roared.

"Jump!" Laura cried suddenly. "Tony! Let go and jump!"

"Are you crazy too?" Roddy looked at Laura in disbelief.

Laura ignored him, pointed her wand straight at Tony, and yelled, "Trust me! Let go and jump down!"

Tony looked down at Laura, then at Stan, who was still talking nonsense to him.He let go and fell off the roof.

When he was in the air, Laura pointed at him and yelled, "Wingardim Leviosa!"

He immediately fluttered like a leaf and fell to the ground.

"Is this also magic?" Colonel Roddy murmured, "Today my world view has been subverted again."

As soon as Tony got his footing, he ran to the console and pressed the button.

"Run!" he yelled.

The Ark reactor was seriously overloaded at this moment, and huge energy spewed out from the core.The energy column took Stan, who was still on the roof, all the way to the sky. A few minutes later, Stan fell from a high altitude and fell directly into the core of the Ark's reactor.This triggered an even more serious explosion, which flattened the entire institute in the shock wave from the explosion.

"My God," said Colonel Roddy, throwing his head back.

"Shocking," Coulson commented.

"It's horrible..." Laura opened her mouth.

"Sorry Dad, broke your stuff - but I'll build another one." Tony thumped his twisted neck.

Not far away came the sound of a helicopter.

"Brother, it's really time to come." Principal Luo Di sighed.He took out his mobile phone and walked towards the helicopter while making a call.

"Are you okay Tony?"

"I'm fine." Tony looked at Laura and said with relief, "That's great, you're fine."

Laura smiled and said, "Yeah, I just have a small situation. Although I can't beat Stan, it's enough to protect myself."

Coulson walked over, still with a standard smile on his face.He said, "I'm sorry to interrupt you - but Mr. Stark, you really have to give us a briefing."

"Ah, you're the one—" Tony scratched the back of his head, looking like he couldn't remember.

"Agent Coulson of the Homeland Strategic Defense Offensive and Logistics Agency."

"That's a really long name."

Coulson said good-naturedly: "Yes, it's a bit long. I've made appointments with Miss Bertz several times, but you don't want to—"

"Wait, speaking of Berts, where is she?"

Chapter 14

Laura brought back Pep Berts, who she had put in the Malibu villa.It was clear that Pep was terrified of magic.

"It's crazy. I must be crazy. Maybe I'm dreaming," Pep said, gesticulating with his hands. "It must be a dream. One moment I'm here - the next moment I'm in Malibu -"

"That's a fantastic dream, huh?" Tony nodded at Laura. "Witch, where's your broom? And that wicked cauldron that brews the potion of eternal youth from virgin blood— —”

Laura rolled her eyes.

"—wait. Potions. Is it your fault that I slept?"

Laura looked up at the sky, pretending not to hear anything.

The stars are so bright tonight.

Coulson said: "I think we're all going to have to work overtime tonight. It's a big deal, it won't be tomorrow, it's going to be all over America—the public is going to need an explanation. And Stark Sir, I think you need a medical examination."

"No, I'm fine. If you're talking about the scratches on my face, I think Miss Johnson can help me out." Tony said and narrowed his eyes, "You seem to need to give me an explanation. I never thought that there really are witches in this world."

"Witch." Pep seemed to have finally come to her senses. She looked at Laura in surprise and said, "You are a witch."

Laura hesitated and said, "Yeah...you're not going to put me on the fire, are you?"

Tony gave a strange smile.

The battle at Stark Industries was undoubtedly on the TV news.

Fortunately, it was already night, and the battle between the two big guys attracted all the attention, but Laura was ignored.She lamented her luck, and secretly decided to remember to cast the illusion spell on herself in the future.

Although she was inspired by Tony and wanted to do something with her own power, it didn't mean that she could expose the wizarding world to the sun now.

Stark Industries held a press conference again.

After much discussion, they decided not to make the truth of this matter public.S.H.I.E.L.D. (yes, Coulson and the others finally made an abbreviation for this department with a bad name) prepared all the materials for Tony, and they made up a security guard for Tony to take care of everything, in order to prevent Tony Go out and talk nonsense, this time I prepared a speech specially for him.

Colonel Roddy was one step ahead and was making a statement to the media.Tony was backstage doing prep work, looking at the material and saying, "So, I was on vacation with Laura on some island last night?"

"Yes, Mr. Stark. We have made all the customs documents, and prepared fifty people's confessions to prove that you are indeed on that island." Coulson replied.

"What about Stan?"

"He's also on vacation. Of course, the probability of a small airliner crashing is quite high."

"Wow." Tony raised an eyebrow.He opened the paper again. "They call me 'Iron Man.' It's a good name, I like it. Although technically it's made of titanium."

"You just have to read it from the script," Pep said. "Thank goodness Laura has magic—otherwise I'd have to find a way to cover up the scars on your face."

"Yeah, before 'Iron Man,' we had a 'Wonder Woman,'" Tony joked.

Laura denied, "No, I'm not Wonder Woman."

"But I'm Iron Man."

"No, nobody's a chivalrous man—literally, you're both on vacation." Pep looked exhausted.

The time was running out, and Laura put Tony's suit jacket on.

Tony whispered to Laura: "I can give you a deputy position - just like Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Guaranteed high salary and good treatment - as long as you let me study your amazing magic. Mark Three has thought about the direction of improvement—"

Now Laura understood what his strange smile was up to.

"Why do I have to do this? As you can see, S.H.I.E.L.D. also needs talents like me." Laura said deliberately.Coulson has always pretended not to be familiar with Laura. Colonel Roddy may have thought that Tony already knew about it. Up to now, no one has told him that Laura is a member of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Tony was only annoyed for a moment, then immediately gave that suggestive look that Laura wanted to poke his wand into his face.He said, "How about I take myself as a reward? Girls who want to be with me can line up all the way from here to Las Vegas... This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity—"

Laura looked at him blankly.

"I know what I'm saying is a bit of a jerk, but it's the truth...and I haven't dated a witch yet..." Tony muttered.

Now Pep heard it too.She looked at Tony with contempt, and reached out to pull Laura into