Until the two figures in front of him took the initiative to open their eyes.
Although more than twenty years had passed, and Tony had long since grown from a handsome young man into a bearded hunk just like Howard in his youth, the Howard couple who opened their eyes recognized at a glance that this was their son, Tony Stark!
"Tony?"
"Oh, my child!"
Howard called out with some confusion.
And Tony's mother Maria directly embraced Tony.
Feeling the affectionate embrace of his mother, Tony finally believed that all this was not a dream.
The parents who had died on the eve of Christmas in 1991 had really returned!
"Mom!"
Having accepted this, Tony also tightly hugged Maria, his eyes turning red.
Maria gently patted Tony's back, feeling somewhat heartbroken: "Child, it must have been a long time since we left back then. Without us these years, you must have suffered a lot..."
Tony rested his cheek on Maria's shoulder, feeling the long-lost warmth of a blood relative:
"Mm, it has indeed been a long time, over twenty years. Everything has changed now, but my hard days have also passed. Now they are all good days, and I will make your future the same way!"
Compared to the affectionate Maria and Tony, Howard was much calmer.
He looked around the conference room, which didn't look simple at all, and the people sitting at the conference table who also didn't look simple.
Especially Ryan at the head seat; Howard felt that he had never seen anyone with such a powerful aura even on the President!
Perhaps only that art student who almost swept across Europe back then could compare with him in terms of aura!
"Howard, I'm sorry for everything I did to you and Maria back then..."
Just as Howard was stunned looking at Ryan at the head, a familiar voice came from beside him.
He turned his head to look, and it was Captain America and the Winter Soldier.
But this Captain America was the one whose brain was washed by HYDRA and lacked manners.
On the contrary, the Winter Soldier was already a normal Bucky who had recovered Bucky's consciousness.
As for why the Winter Soldier recovered Bucky's consciousness, it actually had to do with Tony.
Last time when striking at the Red Room, didn't Natasha ask Tony and Captain America for help?
At that time, HYDRA sent the Winter Soldier to lead the way and help them. As a result, because Captain America directly blurted out the fact that the Winter Soldier killed Tony's parents, Tony almost killed the Winter Soldier in a fit of rage.
At that time, Ryan's appearance gave Tony a way out, so that he ultimately didn't deal a fatal blow to the Winter Soldier.
And Ryan also said that once the six stones were gathered later, he would help resurrect his parents.
Therefore, Tony had actually almost forgiven the Winter Soldier by then.
Therefore, after the cleanup operation against the Red Room ended, Tony did not let the Winter Soldier return directly to HYDRA. Instead, he demanded in a strong tone that Pierce lift the brainwashing for the Winter Soldier and set him free, otherwise Stark Industries would never let HYDRA off!
Logically speaking, Pierce was completely unafraid of Tony's Stark Industries.
After all, no matter how rich or talented a capitalist was, there was still a gap between their status and actual rulers at the pinnacle of the pyramid like him!
But the problem was that although Tony didn't use the name of the Spider Family to threaten him, Tony had always openly been in the position of the second-in-command of the Spider Family, and Ryan, the first-in-command, also valued Tony very much.
Just this point alone made Pierce not dare to offend Tony in the slightest.
Otherwise, if Tony happened to badmouth HYDRA in Ryan's ear, HYDRA would probably instantly become the second Skrulls!
After all, for someone whose strength had already surpassed the gods, wiping out their HYDRA really wasn't a troublesome matter.
Therefore, Pierce immediately submitted wisely, sending people the next day to lift the brainwashing of the Winter Soldier, turning the Winter Soldier back into Bucky and restoring his freedom.
After that, the Winter Soldier was arranged by Tony and Captain America to join the Spider Family.
Time returned to the present...
Howard looked at Bucky with complicated eyes as well.
But there was no resentment in this complexity, only the emotion and joy of a long-lost reunion:
"Decades later, I never expected to be able to see my two former comrades-in-arms again, Captain Rogers, Sergeant Barnes!"
"Welcome home, Howard!"
Captain America and Bucky locked eyes with Howard, and smiles appeared on all three of their mouths.
The grievances between men sometimes let go is so simple, perhaps just a look, everything is left unsaid...
The three of them put their arms around each other's shoulders, as if returning to the days in the Howling Commandos, those years of fighting against HYDRA together!
HYDRA: ...
Looking at the comradeship of the 'older generation' and the family affection on Tony and Maria's side, Ryan also shook his head slightly with emotion.
Although his hands were already stained with blood, he would occasionally be moved by these positive bonds.
I really envy them for being able to enjoy this feeling of recovering what was lost and long-lost reunion.
Unlike himself, both parents are present, a happy family, completely without the chance to experience it~
Ryan withdrew his gaze from Tony and the others, no longer waiting for them to finish reminiscing, and shifted his gaze to Peter:
"Alright, Tony's special reward has been given, and next comes our second most diligent and outstanding employee of the year, New York's best neighbor, Peter Parker!"
Hearing this, Peter immediately stood up excitedly.
Before, he had always thought that the special reward Ryan promised him would be a flying Symbiote like the two Gwens.
But now Tony wished for his dead parents to come back to life, which instantly excited Peter.
Since Tony's dead parents could be resurrected, it meant that his own parents, who died in a plane crash when he was a child, could also be resurrected!
Looking at Peter's expectant gaze, Ryan smiled slightly: "Peter, just like Tony, you have two resurrection slots. You can choose to use one and leave one for yourself~"
Peter was stunned and hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, no, I don't want to leave one for myself. I want to use both; I want to resurrect my parents too!"
Hearing this, Ryan shook his finger at Peter: "No, Peter, you can't resurrect your parents, you can only resurrect your mother..."
"Why? Is there something wrong with my father's soul?" Peter asked anxiously.
Peter often saw his cousin blast people along with their souls just to prevent enemies from resurrecting, so the first thing he thought of was that there was a problem with his father's soul.
Ryan took a deep look at Peter, then snapped his fingers.
Without him opening his mouth, Ultron immediately projected a piece of video material in front of Peter.
In the video, it was a man wearing a baseball cap buying groceries from a vendor in a barren country.
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