Shi Da Ke was kidnapped?"
"That fast?"
As a transmigrator who already knew the plot, Zhou Cheng's reaction was much calmer than others.
It was just a slight surprise, nothing more.
He did remember that in the plot, Tony Stark was kidnapped after the Extremis Prize awards ceremony.
But he really didn't expect it to happen the very next day after the Extremis Prize!
If that's the case, then he needs to hurry up with selling his house.
After all, the entire process from Tony Stark's kidnapping to his rescue only took two or three months.
Compared to selling a house, two or three months was actually a bit rushed.
Of course, if Zhou Cheng was in a hurry to sell, it shouldn't be a big problem.
It's just that the price might need to be slightly compromised.
"Never mind."
"Who told me I ran into it?"
What else could Zhou Cheng do?
He could only quickly contact a real estate agent.
He told the agent that he urgently needed money and asked them to sell the house within two months.
The real estate agent had seen many clients like Zhou Cheng, so they naturally agreed without any hesitation.
And then?
Zhou Cheng, feeling great, comfortably lay on the sofa.
He habitually recorded his good mood in his diary.
…
Afghanistan.
Ten Rings Gang's secret Base.
"We met once, at a tech conference in Bern."
"I don't remember."
"Of course, if I was that drunk, I couldn't even stand straight, let alone give a speech on integrated circuits."
Tony Stark sat on a pile of junk, getting to know his "roommate," Ethan.
"Where are we?"
Tony Stark began to ask Ethan for this crucial information.
He already knew who kidnapped him.
But where he was kidnapped to remained a mystery.
Bang!
Just as Ethan was about to say something, there was a loud bang on the big iron door.
Clearly.
Someone had unlocked the big iron door from the outside.
Those guys are here!
"Get up quickly!"
"Hurry up and get up!"
"Follow me, raise your hands!"
Ethan's expression changed instantly, and he began to frantically whisper to Tony Stark.
With Tony Stark's intelligence, he naturally guessed who the newcomers were immediately.
He cooperated with Ethan and also raised his hands.
Bang!
Indeed.
The next moment, the big iron door was pushed open.
A group of terrorists, carrying submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles, swaggered in.
They were speaking words that Tony Stark didn't understand at all.
Fortunately, Ethan, who was beside him, was proficient in many languages.
He translated all the terrorists' words for Tony Stark.
The initial words were all useless, meaningless sarcasm, which Tony Stark didn't pay attention to.
Until the Big Beard in front of him made a real demand to Tony Stark.
"He wants you to build him missiles."
"The Jericho missile you demonstrated."
Ethan translated for Tony Stark while taking the Jericho missile photo from Big Beard's hand and showing it to Tony Stark.
In the original movie, Tony Stark refused without hesitation at this moment.
He didn't want such a powerful weapon to fall into the hands of a group of scumbags; the harm it could cause was unimaginable.
Moreover, Tony Stark also knew.
Even if he did build missiles for the other party, they wouldn't let him go.
But now?
"This is my chance!"
"Raw materials, here they come!"
Tony Stark remained calm on the surface, but his heart immediately felt a surge of excitement.
He had been racking his brain before, wondering how his counterpart in that other World had acquired those raw materials and how he had so brazenly built the armor right under the enemy's nose.
It turned out there was such an opportunity.
It was simply a godsend!
It's just that~
A question couldn't help but pop into Tony Stark's mind.
Are the people of the Ten Rings Gang out of their minds?
They went through all that trouble to kidnap him, even destroying an entire army unit.
All this earth-shattering commotion was just for the Jericho missile?
Are these guys going to start a World War or something?
Is it absolutely necessary to have the Jericho missile?
There are many ways to obtain the Jericho missile; no matter what, it shouldn't be necessary to kidnap him to manufacture it, right?
Only someone with ten years of brain thrombosis could come up with such a rotten idea.
So, are all these people from the Ten Rings Gang fools?
Bang!
As those thoughts flashed through his mind, Ethan gently nudged Tony Stark's shoulder.
Tony Stark snapped back to reality.
He found that all the people from the Ten Rings Gang were staring intently at him, waiting for his answer.
"Do I have any other choice?"
Tony Stark reluctantly agreed.
"A wise choice!"
Big Beard immediately smiled, "Once you've built the missiles, I'll let you go."
"Now, organize your thoughts and give us a list later."
"We will prepare everything you need!"
After Big Beard finished speaking to Tony Stark, he left with his subordinates.
"Are you really going to build them Jericho missiles?"
Ethan pushed up his glasses, looking at Tony Stark with a complex expression.
He understood Tony Stark's decision, but at the same time, he didn't want him to do it.
"As I said, I have no choice."
Tony Stark shrugged, not telling Ethan the truth.
He and Ethan were not yet familiar or close, so he didn't trust Ethan that much.
Ethan still wanted to say something more to Tony Stark, but Tony Stark didn't want to bother with Ethan anymore.
Because he had already glimpsed that the diary he had opened had begun to update.
[Great news, great news!]
[Today is truly a good day, no wonder there were magpies chirping this morning.]
[After waiting for so long, finally, Shi Da Ke has been kidnapped.]
[Hahaha, my Ten Rings Gang bros, I give you a thumbs up, you guys are awesome!]
Even just by reading these words, Tony Stark could clearly and unmistakably feel how happy Zhou Cheng on the other end of the diary was.
It was as if his own kidnapping was something so gratifying and worth celebrating.
Even though it wasn't the first time he had seen Zhou Cheng's tone like this, Tony Stark's face still darkened as usual.
"This bastard!"
His mouth twitched, and Tony Stark couldn't help but curse under his breath.
Seeing some discussions from fellow readers earlier, the diary clearly spoiled Stark's kidnapping, but in the end, it couldn't be avoided.
This was also explained earlier: Stark conducted a comprehensive investigation after knowing he would be kidnapped by the Ten Rings Gang.
But the problem is that the Ten Rings Gang never planned to kidnap Stark; they were only hired by Obadiah to kill someone, and they didn't even know who the target was until after the attack, when they discovered the person they were supposed to kill was Stark. That's when they temporarily decided to save him, unilaterally turning the assassination mission into a kidnapping.
Under such circumstances, Stark couldn't find any clues about this kidnapping, because this kidnapping was never planned by anyone from beginning to end.
So, preventing or avoiding it was out of the question.