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Tony Stark was taken aback by Miller's refusal, which was clearly unexpected. After all, judging from Miller's behavior, although he was greedy, he was at least a qualified doctor.

Miller didn't care what Tony thought. After hanging up the phone, he continued watching TV series. After all, there weren't many suitable entertainment options in the Marvel world right now.

Pepper, who knew Tony Stark well, clearly realized something from the expression on Tony's face.

"Jarvis, did Dr. Miller refuse?" After receiving an affirmative reply from Jarvis and understanding the details of the matter, Pepper walked up to Tony Stark and said, "Tony, you were actually wrong this time."

Tony turned his head, his face full of question marks.

"You should know more about Dr. Miller's experience than I do. He was indeed helpful at first, but it is clear that being kidnapped by the mob after treating ordinary people made him completely lose trust in them. The fact that he has never treated an ordinary person since leaving the mob is obvious evidence of this."

The most crucial point is, Tony, how close do you think you are to Dr. Miller? In his eyes, you're just a patient who gave him four hundred million dollars!

"Your current actions are clearly kidnapping in his eyes!" Obviously, in Pepper's eyes, Miller was right to refuse Stark's request.

In Tony's eyes, Miller's medical skills are excellent, and many patients here have received incorrect treatment. This place needs him, so Miller should come. Clearly, he is now demanding Miller meet his own moral standards.

At that moment, Tony suddenly sensed that something was wrong.

Tony's idea was that the man was pitiful, injured because of my enemy, and I wanted to save him. However, I wasn't capable enough, so I decided to spend a lot of money to hire a doctor who was capable enough and, in my opinion, a good person, to help. But the doctor suspected I wanted to kidnap him and didn't want to come. Then, the person I trusted most told me that I had done something wrong, that I hadn't considered the doctor's feelings.

...What exactly is going on here?

The reason lies in the different images of Miller that the two people have in mind.

In Pepper's eyes, Miller was a greedy doctor with a deep-seated view of human nature.

He asks for $100 million in consultation fees right off the bat, doubles his pay when he works overtime at night, and gets kidnapped by gangsters while treating ordinary people, but no one helps him when he's kidnapped. After making money, he develops "Miller's Game," a game that constantly challenges the humanity of ordinary people.

She had very low expectations for Miller, hoping that as a major shareholder of Stark Industries, he wouldn't break the law and commit crimes that would affect Stark Industries.

In Tony's eyes, Miller is a greedy but highly skilled doctor who possesses the qualities of a qualified physician, has a certain level of intelligence, and is of upright character.

Willing to treat civilians at low prices, even for free (to gain reputation points), he noticed from the details that he was developing a mecha, and realized his hostility towards Obadiah. He asked if Obadiah was sure he wanted to treat him (knowing the plot), and treated him in a joking manner (genuinely wanting to see Hulk vs. Iron Man). He reminded him that he should remove the reactor on his chest (knowing that this thing really didn't need to be on his body and would be removed sooner or later; Miller seemed to recall that it was removed by a Chinese doctor at the end of Iron Man 3, and the nurse in that movie was quite pretty).

Tony thought Miller was a slightly worse person than himself and a greedy but good person. He even specially made a suit of armor for him. After all, a doctor who could provide the most effective treatment after a battle was worth Tony making a suit of armor for.

…Although it was a misunderstanding.

Miller? ??? You should have said the armor was for me, then of course I would have come! Miller thought that thing at the door was just for him to use to get around.

Tony Stark, of course, wouldn't say it outright.

In Iron Man 2, his good friend Colonel Rhodes gets the War Machine and thinks he stole it from Tony Stark. Little does he know that if Tony Stark doesn't agree, he can't start it at all.

In Avengers: Infinity War, Spider-Man was on the verge of suffocating from lack of oxygen when Tony Stark had Friday give Peter Parker the armor that had been prepared long ago. It even had a teenage mode. Banner only realized that he could also pilot the Veronica (Hulkbuster armor) after trying it out.

Only in Avengers: Endgame was Tony Stark's intention to give Pepper Potts his birthday present, but it seems he didn't have time to give it to her before Captain America found him. Judging from the later battle scenes, it seems Pepper found him herself, because Tony Stark's surprised expression when he saw Pepper appear in her armor didn't seem like acting.

Of course, after this incident, it's estimated that Miller will have a hard time getting his hands on this suit of armor in the future.

However, Miller probably won't need it anymore in the future.

Although the battle is over, it has had a significant impact. At least now, many people have begun to take notice of Whiplash, a genius who is only slightly inferior to Tony Stark.

Tony Stark was also very curious about how Ivan Vanko, nicknamed "Whiplash," had developed the Arc Reactor and why he wanted to kill him.

However, he learned from Ivan Vanko that it was caused by grudges from a previous life.

Based on Tony Stark's understanding of his father, he might actually be capable of doing something like that.

Judging from the reactions of those who had worked with his father, the reason for this incident may indeed be related to his father.

A few conflicts might be between each other, but someone who is complained about by almost all of his colleagues must have some serious problems.

When Tony Stark realized he was likely in the wrong, he didn't know what to say and simply got up and left.

Shortly after he left, Ivan Vanko was taken from prison to Hammer Industries.

Justin Hammer, chairman of Hammer Industries, pretentiously stated that if Ivan Vanko was willing to produce weapons for Hammer Industries, he could be released from prison.

Ivan Vanko agreed to all of Justin Hammer's conditions without hesitation.

But judging from his amused look, it's hard to say whether Justin Hammer's choice was right or wrong.

Justin Hammer, who thought he had Ivan Vanko under his control, kept the technological genius at Hammer Industries and assigned a large number of guards to watch over him.

It's like the Jade Emperor having the monkey guard the peach orchard and then having the seven fairies come to be the gatekeepers.

With his brains, it's fair to say that he single-handedly lowered the average IQ of the entire Marvel universe's billionaires.

"Black Panther" T'Challa, "Iron Man" Tony Stark, "Doctor Doom" Victor von Doom, "Professor X" Charles Xavier, "Green Goblin" Norman Osborn, and many other Marvel billionaires have all said they have no idea who Justin Hammer is.