Chapter 741 Silent Rhodes
Colonel Rhodes felt very strange. He had imagined seeing Tony Stark countless times, but this time was still the strangest.
He thought he would see a high-spirited Stark, or a still stubborn one, or a seriously injured guy.
But what he saw was a rather complicated situation.
Although his friend was injured, he was in good spirits, but emotionally...
"What's wrong with you, Tony?"
Colonel Rhodes felt very strange looking at Tony Stark, who had a confused look on his face, as if his father had died.
But he was startled when Tony Stark opened his mouth.
Tony Stark looked at the clouds floating in the distance, glanced at Li Ke who was holding a tablet and watching Tom and Jerry happily, and covered his head in pain.
"I am just a little confused. Do I really deserve to exist in this world?"
After hearing what Li Ke said, he fell silent. This kind of mental damage was much more severe than his physical damage. He didn't know what he should do, and he didn't know what kind of torture and suffering he had caused to the world. He didn't understand what role his intelligence and talents played.
Why can his wisdom only bring pain, and make the victims thank him for not causing greater pain to his parents when the weapon he made killed them.
Li Ke's words almost broke his heart with a huge sense of guilt, especially when he thought of the calm expression on Li Ke's face when he said this, his heart became even more painful.
His heart stopped beating and he couldn't breathe, these were his feelings, making him feel like he might as well be dead.
"I'm a brute, Rod."
He covered his head in pain and told Colonel Rhodes what he felt most at the moment.
Colonel Rhodes felt terrible, he had never seen Tony Stark so depressed, so he immediately asked with concern.
"…Although I used to ask how did you find out, but what exactly happened?"
"That child, the one who saved my life. He learned that his parents were killed by the weapon I made, and he even thanked me for not letting his parents suffer more. And I checked before I got on the plane. His parents were killed because of an error in a missile I designed. He could have been born in a happy family and go to school happily like other American children, but he had to dig puddles in the desert and fight with others to get enough food and water. He even had to desperately exchange for penicillin."
“…”
Rhodes also fell silent. He and Tony Stark were good friends, so he knew very well how damaging this situation would be to Tony Stark.
"…But it's not your fault, Tony."
He sighed. Although Tony Stark was very powerful and Stark Corporation was a world-class giant, no matter how powerful it was, Stark Industries was still just a group.
There are actually very few things that Tony Stark can decide, and even if there were no Tony Stark's weapons, there would be other weapons dealers.
And the other party would definitely not be so sad about such a thing.
"That may not be the case. At least I am standing on countless corpses."
Tony Stark laughed at himself.
"Let me be quiet for a while, Rod. I'm very upset right now."
"I see."
Rhodes immediately walked to the side. He couldn't help but take a look at Li Ke, who was wearing tattered clothes and had iron plates on his arms.
He glanced at the time and saw that the plane was about to arrive in New York. He knew that Tony Stark needed to think and calm down now, so he came to Li Ke's side.
As a friend of Tony Stark, he felt that if he treated Li Ke better, Tony would feel much better.
So he coughed lightly and sat directly next to Li Ke.
He didn't talk about anything else, but just looked at Tom who was being beaten by Jerry, and spoke with a smile.
"It's interesting, isn't it?"
Rhodes smiled at Li Ke and pointed at the screen .
Li Ke nodded.
“Of course it’s fun.”
Li Ke had no intention of continuing, which made Rhodes feel a little embarrassed, but this was not the first time this had happened. He often encountered such things with Tony Stark, so he spoke naturally.
"So you enjoyed watching it?"
"Of course I do, but do you look like you want to talk to me about this anime?"
"Of course, I like it too after all."
"Are you sure?"
"I am sure."
Colonel Rhodes felt that he had finally found a place to chat with Li Ke, so the smile on his face became even brighter, and he made a gesture of invitation to Li Ke.
Li Ke agreed casually. Although Tom and Jerry is a classic, it is naturally better to have someone to talk to. He is a person who lacks sociability, is not very good at talking, and has few friends.
So he wanted to make friends with Rhodes. After all, Rhodes would become rich in the future, and even if he left Tony Stark, he would still have certain connections.
"Okay, I said it. After all, everyone prefers the clever weak ones to attack and play tricks on the powerful and versatile strong ones, because this makes the individual think that he is the smart one and gets satisfaction from it."
Rhodes was stunned. He looked at Li Ke and hesitated.
“I don’t think there’s any need to be so pessimistic…”
"That's right. After all, watching others abuse others is one of the activities that humans enjoy. I used to be very careful about the Fungus Base because they liked to treat prisoners this way. But you're pretty good. I haven't heard of your unit abusing prisoners and civilians... Oh, you're in the Air Force after all. They just blow them to pieces. Generally speaking, it doesn't hurt."
The corners of Rod's mouth began to twitch, because what this kid named Rick Sanchez said was true.
But now Li Ke's mind was on Tom and Jerry, because this thing gave him a lot of inspiration, so he continued to talk without any care.
"Also, Tom and Jerry doesn't have a lot of political overtones. Although there are some, I'm sure the people who made this animation really want to make people happy, not to use it to invade or influence others. This is not the case with Popeye and Bugs Bunny, and..."
Ten minutes later, Colonel Rhodes, who kept pulling his tie to make his breathing smoother, returned to Tony Stark. Looking at the other party's curious eyes, he was silent for a while before speaking.
"He is really not related to you by blood?"
