amaotonovel Chapter 2676 Hollywood Rhapsody (34)
Chapter 2676 Hollywood Rhapsody (34)
Chapter 2676 Hollywood Rhapsody (Thirty-four)
Stark sat on a chair in his office in Stark Tower, watching videos with his feet up. Pepper, standing outside the door, sighed and said to Obadiah, "Sir, I know he looks a bit unlearned and like a useless internet addict, but at least he is not anxious anymore, and he won't pay too much attention to me like a turkey in mating season, stretching his neck to fight with others. This is a good thing, isn't it?"
Obadiah stretched his head to take a look inside, frowning and pouting with a look of slight disgust, but then he glanced at Pepper and said, "Well, at least he won't bother you anymore. You can watch short videos, but you must remind him not to stay up late. The medical budget for next season cannot increase any further."
Pepper nodded, and after Obadiah left, she immediately picked up her phone and said cheerfully, "Wanda, do you have time this afternoon? How about asking Pamela to go shopping together? I'm going to get the sample of the invitation style I saw last time..."
"Oh, him." Pepper tilted her head back and tossed her hair, then glanced at the office door and said, "He's been addicted to Tiktok lately. He spends several hours watching short videos every day. He even created his own account. He shoots videos from time to time to attract fans. He doesn't care about me..."
"Oh my god, I wish he was like this. Short videos are really a good cure for anxiety. He finally stopped treating me like an alien baby. Otherwise, how could I have a free afternoon?"
"Okay, I'll drive to pick you up. Ah, I mean let Jarvis drive to pick you up. We'll meet at the usual place."
Stark was watching short videos online one by one, and soon a voice came from the screen.
"...Yes, I checked the dropout list of Columbia University Medical School, and I didn't find Dr. Schiller Rodriguez's name at all. He wasn't on the list of students who had taken leave of absence either. This obviously doesn't match the information his classmates revealed that he had taken a few years off of school..."
"I guess someone deleted the doctor's experience during this period. This may be related to his cooperation with law enforcement agencies that year. However, it is doubtful that if he was simply cooperating with the FBI and providing them with technical support, why did he erase these records? Or is there another hidden story?"
Stark sat up straight, staring at the screen without blinking.
Soon, another voice came from the screen. It was someone reviewing the video of the person who had just spoken, and he obviously had more to say.
"I have investigated a traffic accident witness report in Brooklyn. Look here. There is a report of a drag racing accident from the A02 section to the E63a section. The owner of the vehicle is named Alex Lionas."
"I researched the name and found out that he was the captain of the Columbia University football team in the same class as Dr. Rodriguez. He was indicted and imprisoned in 2006 for intentional injury and in 2009 for six other charges including drug trafficking. He has not been released from prison yet."
"But the crime he committed later is not the point. What is important is that Alex had sufficient alibi when the drag racing accident occurred."
"In the spring semester of that year, Columbia University won the football game against the University of Michigan at home. That night, Alex and all the other members of the football team attended the celebration party and stayed until very late."
"During at least six hours, Alex stayed where someone could see him, and he didn't even leave for half a minute, which proves that he couldn't have done this drag racing incident."
"Following this clue, I found some more things. It was a home video shot by a member of the Columbia University football team. Please see it here. It mentioned that some crazy things happened on the night of the celebration party. He didn't say what they were, but I guess it was some kind of fight, or even bloodshed."
"The reason why this incident is not known to the public is probably related to the mysterious drag racing incident and Dr. Rodriguez's suspension from school. The truth is that Columbia University concealed something in order to reduce the impact of this accident. As for what it is, I'm afraid only the parties involved can give us the answer."
Stark paused the video and took a closer look. Under the blogger who did the analysis was written “Retired FBI Agent”.
Stark couldn't help but laugh out loud. This was truly a hellish joke, because those FBI agents who had not retired might not be able to find out so much information, or they certainly couldn't find out, because if they had the ability to find out, they would have retired voluntarily by now.
Stark has been watching short videos related to documentaries for a long time. He mainly reads various online reviews of documentaries and analyses of the characters in the documentaries. This is very addictive. Sometimes he can watch seventy or eighty videos analyzing one angle, and then the related videos will have another angle, followed by the third and fourth angles, as if it is a never-ending new world.
Of course, Stark mainly posts about himself, and those are the opinions he likes to read the most. In short, they are the ones that praise him, and once he starts, there is no end to it. He doesn't even know that he can find so many new angles to praise himself.
Of course, after watching so many videos of this type, big data began to push other people's analyses to him. Stark's favorite was the one that praised Pepper, followed by Jarvis's.
But in fact, the popularity of other characters in the documentary combined is not as high as Schiller alone, so it is hard to avoid mentioning Schiller.
However, the style of Schiller's videos is somewhat different from theirs. In the short videos related to Schiller, the bloggers are all Sherlock Holmes and Leeuwenhoek. The doctor's every move is magnified and analyzed by them. From the present to the past, basically every tiny detail has been dug out.
Of course, the most numerous ones are various videos analyzing Schiller's past, because Schiller's past is indeed like a mystery, and Stark cannot say that he is completely uninterested.
They actually knew that Schiller was not from this world, but they did not know the specific details, such as when he came, how he came, what he did after he came, and what this world and their friends were like in his eyes. Basically no one knew.
Stark didn't actually want to ask at first. He valued their current relationship more than necessarily trying to understand anyone's past. But now he has some ideas.
This group of ordinary people who suddenly paid attention to Schiller gave Stark a subtle sense of crisis, as if people who had never seen Schiller in person knew more about him than they, his friends. What was going on?
Stark's neck was a little stiff from watching short videos, so he stood up, shook his head, and stretched. Just as he was about to call Pepper, he saw a text message from Pepper on his phone saying that she was going out shopping this afternoon and no one was allowed to disturb her.
Stark thought about it and finally went to the SHIELD base.
Coulson was confused when he received him. He looked at Stark and asked, "Why are you here at this time, Tony? Is there something important?"
"Where's Nick?" Stark asked.
"The boss is not here. He seemed to have said that he had something to do and left in a hurry. Do you have anything to do with him?"
"It's nothing particularly important. Where's Natasha? Is she there?"
"Of course, she's in her office."
"I heard she's been very busy lately." Stark turned to look at Coulson and said, "I haven't seen her for a long time."
"Yes, you know that since Dr. Schiller became famous, Nick has suddenly become interested in his past. Of course, it is our group of agents who are responsible for the investigation, and Natasha is the first to bear the brunt of it."
"It must be because they are from the same hometown." Stark smiled and said, "Where is her office? I'll go talk to her."
"This way, follow me."
As soon as Stark walked over and opened the door, he found Natasha watching short videos at her workstation with a frown on her face, looking thoughtful.
Stark walked in and took a closer look. Fortunately, he saw a familiar face. Wasn't this the retired FBI agent?
"You watch his videos too?" Stark raised his eyebrows and said, "Come on, you're a real agent, why are you watching these fake agent videos online?"
"Of course, because what he said makes sense." Natasha answered instinctively, and then she realized that Stark had come. She looked up at Stark and said, "Why are you here at this time? Aren't you staying with your fiancée?"
Stark sat down opposite her, put his hands on the table, stared at her and said, "Have you been investigating Schiller's past recently? Have you found anything?"
Natasha hesitated for a moment, but still told Stark about her discovery, of course, the story about Schiller's college days.
Stark's face became more and more grim as he listened. He said, "You mean when Schiller was in college, he was tricked by those bastards in the FBI and had to do dirty work for them?"
"In theory, that's true, but we can't be sure that the Schiller at that time is the Schiller now. As you know, he is not from our world, and it is not certain whether he came at that time."
Although Natasha said this, she actually knew in her heart that it was Schiller, because the case had such a strong personal style, but she was too lazy to tell Stark these details, and just took the attitude of fooling her boss and said that she was not sure.
Stark stroked his chin and said, "So that's what happened. I said it's unlikely that Schiller would fall into the hands of an agent now, but what about before that? How did he get into college? Who are his parents?"
Natasha turned away her eyes.
Stark showed a suspicious look. He stared at Natasha and said, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with Schiller's family?"
Natasha crossed her hands, tilted her head, pursed her lips and said, "It can't be said that there is a problem. It's about the same as you."
"What do you mean similar to me?" Stark was even more confused.
Natasha knew that Stark was a troublemaker who would not give up until he achieved his goal, so she could only sigh and took out two documents from under the table and handed them to Stark.
Stark was a little skeptical and took the file reluctantly. He was a little afraid to open it, but he finally opened it and started reading. The more he read, the wider his eyes opened, and then turned into a deep frown.
"See, I told you it's pretty much the same as yours." Natasha shrugged and said, "But it may not be the Schiller we know now, so don't be too sad."
Stark looked at the contents of the document in silence. After a while, he lightly hammered the table and said, "Hydra..."
His tone was full of gnashing teeth, and then he looked down at the document and said, "The Hamiltons are the same. Don't they know that cooperating with Hydra is like seeking the skin of a tiger? Do they still think they are working for an ordinary scientific organization?"
"When they upgraded Zora's firewall, they should have thought of this day. It would be fine if they died, but they had to adopt Schiller before they died. Was it to visit their graves?"
Natasha sighed again and said, "Schiller is relatively lucky. The group of agents who went to silence him didn't find him, so he escaped."
Natasha's words reminded Stark of something. When he and Steve were wandering around Schiller's tower, they had seen a corridor and a room.
That room seemed to indicate something terrible that Schiller had encountered, and it seemed to have happened in his childhood. Could it be the murder of the Hamiltons?
This memory exists in Schiller's tower of thought, which means that Schiller came into this world in his childhood, and the one who experienced all this is the Schiller they know now?
Stark felt suffocated.