"Of course, Pepper, there's something I can do for you."

"You said Tony was in trouble, what the hell is going on?"

Qin Yu shook his head: "It's not a big deal, although it's really troublesome, but with Tony's luck and wisdom, it will be solved in the end, but before that, he may show some strange phenomena, don't worry too much." ”

Seeing that Qin Yu didn't want to go into too much detail, but his tone was very relaxed, Pepper also nodded slightly, "Okay, if it really will be resolved in the end as you said, I will try not to worry about it." Pepper bit her lip, "There's another strange thing, maybe it's just that I'm overthinking, but it's really bothering me." ”

"What's the matter?"

"I've been having nightmares lately, and when I wake up, I can't remember what was in the dream, but I can roughly remember that every nightmare ends in death, which in itself is not too strange, and the strangest thing is that every time I wake up at 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, I don't know what the hell is going on, the biological clock or something, Tony often mentions you, so I think maybe you know what it's all about."

When Qin Yu heard this, he immediately understood what was going on, and looked at Pepper's gaze with a little more pity.

Silly girl, you were really killed.

As for why it wakes up at 12 o'clock, because 12 o'clock is the time for the system to refresh NPCs, and dead NPCs will be re-spawned at 12 o'clock.

Some people like to make friends with the plot characters, but some people want to show their power by killing the plot characters, saying that in the previous life, there are always players who are idle and will kill those more famous plot characters, resulting in many people not being able to hand in the task, it may be because they hate it when watching movies, it may be that they just want to have a good time, those NPCs who become superheroes or supervillains are okay, after all, the strength is strong, a single player is not a single player at all, players generally need to form a group to kill, Those NPCs that don't have much combat power are more miserable, and they may be killed by passing players on a whim anytime and anywhere.

Later, someone made a statistic,The NPC that has been killed the most,It was found that the NPCs that have been killed the most times happen to be the objects of several of the most popular heroes.,Pepper is among them.,It's said that she has been killed more than a hundred times.,And it's basically done by female players.,The main thing is that she doesn't have any self-defense ability.,There's a bodyguard Harpy by her side.,The combat power is basically 5.,Any female player who comes to the second turn can easily get it.。

I couldn't have imagined that her tragic experience began so early.

Qin Yu thought about it seriously, if he wanted to put an end to this matter, it was really difficult to do it, and the best way was to hire a bodyguard for Pepper.

However, ordinary bodyguards are definitely not good, although the level of those jealous female players is generally not very high, and the combat effectiveness is not very strong, but that is relative to other players, it must be very easy to deal with an ordinary bodyguard.

But those powerful superheroes or supervillains in the Marvel universe are not easy to find, and you can't always find Captain America or Nick Fury to be Pepper's bodyguard, which is a bit difficult.

That's right! Qin Yu suddenly thought of someone, maybe he could help.

"I think you may be insecure, after all, you are so busy, and you are the manager of Stark Industries, you must be under a lot of pressure in normal times, I suggest you hire two more reliable bodyguards, I happen to know two people, maybe I can recommend it to you."

"Bodyguards?" Pepper was a little stunned, she didn't expect it to be such a suggestion, "I thought it would be psychological counseling or something." ”

Qin Yuxin said that psychological counseling doesn't work, it's not a psychological problem.

"That's right, these two are mutants, have some special abilities, and the fees are reasonable, I can have them contact you tomorrow if you need them."

Pepper thought about it, but was a little embarrassed, she didn't think that relying on bodyguards could solve this problem.

And she's only Stark's secretary now, and although she's actually managing the company, her position hasn't reached the point where she can hire bodyguards, and the company doesn't report it.

"I'll go back and think about it, but thank you, Mr. Merlin." Pepper tactfully refused.

Qin Yu smiled and nodded, and did not force it.

By the time Pepper returned to Stark, he was almost surrounded by women.

"Hi Tony, I'm a little tired tonight, I'm going to go back first, do you need me to do anything?"

"No, I can handle it, by the way, drive Pepper carefully, by the way, do you want Harpy to send you back?" Stark told with concern that he would only show his intimate side to Pepper, he would not be able to leave yet, after all, he was the organizer of the fair, even if he didn't like to socialize, he had to deal with it.

However, Stark's considerate performance towards Pepper, and the female players next to him all showed envious and jealous expressions.

Looking at the back of Pepper's departure, a blonde woman in a black evening dress next to Stark showed a sneer, turned around and quietly followed.

Pepper walked to his car, was about to get into the car, suddenly felt something, as soon as he turned around, he saw a woman in black appeared behind her without warning, she was very close, although he didn't know this woman at all, but those turquoise eyes, let Pepper instinctively feel a chill.

"Hello, may I ask what you have-"

Poof! A dagger stabbed deep into her chest, interrupting Pepper's words, Pepper could barely breathe in pain, clutching her chest, and quickly lost consciousness.

Yes! Pepper let out a scream and sat up from the bed.

She touched her sweaty forehead with her hand, and said in her heart that it was here again, and she had nightmares again.

I looked at the time on my phone, and sure enough, it was twelve o'clock in the morning.

She covered her face for a few moments before she calmed down, and after a moment's hesitation, she dialed the phone of the man named Merlin.

"Hey, I've thought it through, please help me arrange a meeting with the two bodyguards you mentioned."

At the same time—

The fair finally came to a successful end.

Stark coped with it and was finally able to leave.

"Can you believe it, it's a joke to say I'm in trouble, I, Tony Stark! No one dares to trouble me. As he walked out, Stark couldn't help but mutter to Harpy beside him, although he didn't believe it, but he cared so much, he obviously still believed it.

"I think he's just playing tricks on Mr. Stark, you know those occult guys, always have to make something happen, the last time I went to a gypsy witch to tell a fortune, she actually said that I shouldn't be a bodyguard, but should be a director to make a movie, and said that that is my fate, let me make a movie! Can you have faith, those fortune tellers, who can say anything? ”

The two came to the parking place as they spoke, but there was a woman standing gracefully next to the car, and she was quite beautiful.

Stark knew what was going on at once, at least he thought he knew—another beautiful woman came and offered to give her arms (send guns).

He has encountered too many things like this before, after all, he is a famous playboy, handsome, and a local tyrant, he is simply the perfect lover in the eyes of women, but unfortunately he is now good, but I have to say that every time he sees a beautiful woman taking the initiative to give him a hug, he will still have a sense of accomplishment.

He deliberately pretended not to notice the woman and reached for the car door.

"Hello Mr. Stark, may I excuse me?" The woman asked.

"I'm sorry, I'm afraid I'm not in the mood ma'am, you're a beautiful woman and very attractive, I could have invited you to dinner before, but to be honest, I'm not in the mood to do that kind of thing lately." Stark wants to try to reject the other person without hurting their feelings.

Unexpectedly, the woman smiled inexplicably when she heard this.

"I think you've mistaken Mr. Stark, I'm here to give you something." The beauty said.

"Uh, what's it?"

"Subpoena - you were ordered to appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee." The beauty said and handed the summons directly to Stark's eyes.

Tony Stark's face suddenly darkened, on the one hand, he was embarrassed by what he had just said, and on the other hand, he thought of the trouble that Merlin said just now, and suddenly there was a black line, this crow's mouth was really hit by what he said.