"Don't worry, you'll get your chance to fight, but before that, we need to prepare..." Raymond said thoughtfully.
"Prepare?" David didn't understand what Raymond meant.
"A tech giant like 'A.I.M. Group' - if their leaders get taken out all at once, that would be like slapping the American government in the face. It's the same as declaring war on them. If we still want to survive on Earth, we definitely can't do it that way."
Raymond crossed his arms and spoke calmly, "So before we act, we must find someone to take the blame—"
"Huh?"
"I mean a partner."
"Oh, I see!"
"Never mind, I can't explain it clearly to you. I'm going out for a bit... Skye, come with me." Raymond made up his mind and called Skye to follow him toward the door. Without looking back, he said,
"Beth, you and David figure out how to place ads. Come up with a plan before I get back..."
"Yes." Beth and David replied.
Inside an unknown cave.
Happy, who had put on some middle-aged weight, was beaten up badly. His head was covered in bruises, blood at the corners of his mouth, and he had lost two teeth. He looked terrible.
Looking at the masked man sitting in a chair not far away, he suddenly laughed: "I know who you are—"
"Oh?" The masked man looked at him without saying much.
"You're that guy who met with Pepper a few days ago..." Happy smiled miserably, letting blood drip from his mouth.
"Who's Pepper?" The masked man's voice sounded robotic through a voice changer.
"You don't need to pretend anymore. This is my special ability. It's not really a superpower, but I never mistake people. Even with a mask and changed voice, you can't fool me." Happy said firmly.
"Haven't you heard that hostages who see their kidnappers' real faces often get killed?" The masked man said while taking off his mask and throwing it aside, showing his true face.
"I knew it was you—"
Seeing the masked man's real face, Happy confirmed he was right.
"Should I say you're smart or stupid?" The masked man, or rather Killian, shook his head and sighed.
"Would you let me go if I didn't recognize you?" Happy asked.
"No."
"Then that's it. I just wanted to annoy you. Stop being so full of yourself, jerk!" Happy laughed miserably and spat blood on the ground, looking scornful.
The big man next to him punched Happy in the stomach, making him shake with pain.
"You seem to think I won't kill you?" Killian looked at him calmly, not angry.
"Of course you can kill me, but Tony will definitely find you and get revenge for me!" Happy smiled miserably. "I'm just a bodyguard, but you're a big company's CEO. Trading my life for yours, I'd say I'm getting a good deal?"
When Happy mentioned Tony Stark, anger flashed across Killian's face, then he smiled coldly: "You really believe that playboy will get revenge for you? Fine, then I'll show you how he'll kneel before me and beg..."
"I'll make you watch him die right in front of you, and see how everything he has falls into my hands!"
"Anyone can talk big. I could say I'm your long-lost father - would you believe that?" Happy said with a grin.
"Give him a good massage, but don't kill him..." Killian snorted coldly, stood up, and walked out.
The two big men left behind heard Killian's order and started grinning evilly, cracking their knuckles as they walked toward Happy.
Soon, screams echoed through the cave.
After finishing their "massage" on Happy, the two men walked aside and started drinking water.
This kind of work was pretty tiring.
However, neither of them noticed that at the light opening at the top of the cave, a phone slowly appeared.
Click—
A camera sound suddenly rang out in the empty cave!
"What was that sound?"
Both men were startled and looked around.
Because the cave was round, they couldn't tell which direction the sound came from at first, thinking it was from one of the two entrances.
Just then, a voice came from above:
"Sorry, I forgot to turn off the sound—"
Hearing this voice, the two men finally figured out the sound came from directly above and suddenly looked up.
They saw a figure falling from the sky!
This figure wore a bright red robe that looked like a chef's outfit, with a matching red tall chef's hat, and held two watermelon knives.
"Oh wow, finally it's my turn, Livebearer, to appear! Two little cuties, are you ready to play with me? Hehe!"
"..."
Looking at the newcomer's outfit and hearing his somewhat crazy tone, the two men looked at each other, not knowing what to make of this.
A crazy person?
The two exchanged glances, seeing the confusion in each other's eyes.
Even Happy, who had just been "massaged" and was still tied to a wooden post in pain, showed surprise when he saw the newcomer.
That's right, the newcomer was Raymond.
To be exact, it was 'Raymond' controlled by the Livebearer sub-personality.
After Skye used her tech skills to locate Killian, Raymond came straight here.
With the Tao Pai Pai sub-personality, this distance only took less than half a minute to reach.
After finding Killian, he indeed saw Happy too.
But Raymond didn't immediately show himself to save Happy, because it seemed Killian had no intention of killing Happy, and kept saying he would make Happy watch Tony die in front of him.
In this situation, Raymond wasn't in a hurry to appear.
His trip here was mainly to confirm whether Happy was really in Killian's hands.
Only by confirming this could he go talk business with Tony.
So he planned to take a photo to prove to Tony that he wasn't lying.
He didn't expect to forget to turn off the camera sound...
Not wanting to alert Killian that he had been discovered yet, Raymond chose to let the Livebearer sub-personality come out and have some fun.
Among his current sub-personalities, only the Livebearer sub-personality seemed able to handle this situation.
So here was the red-clothed crazy version of 'Raymond'.
「Can you hurry up and fight instead of talking so much?」 In his mind, Raymond said with a headache.
The Livebearer sub-personality really seemed crazy, and even he felt embarrassed watching...
"Hehe, let's fight now!"
'Raymond' laughed strangely and rushed at the two men with his knives!
Those two weren't good guys either. After getting over their initial shock, they both pulled out guns and prepared to shoot!