In the drawing room.
Liva was dressed in an intellectual professional outfit, a pair of black-framed glasses resting on her nose. Her brows were slightly furrowed as she looked over the documents in her hand.
"Sorry, you are… Darren Krauss?"
"Yes, ma'am!" Darren replied, though he was somewhat disappointed. He had thought his Wasp Suit was impressive enough that Xu Dan would personally receive him. He had even been prepared to offer Xu Dan a share of the benefits. Instead, a woman had been sent.
Although she was beautiful, he had no interest in women now.
For an ambitious man, how could there be room for women on the road to success?
"The materials on your… Wasp Suit look fairly good," Liva said, closing the file. She had only read half of it before putting it down. It wasn't that she couldn't understand it; on the contrary, she understood it perfectly—precisely why she felt there was no need to continue reading.
"Yes, the Wasp Suit can shrink a warrior to the size of an ant, but that ant retains the strength of an adult. And when adult-level power is released within such a tiny unit, it's like a bullet! Not only that—during wartime, Wasp warriors can quickly infiltrate enemy camps, balabala…"
Darren spoke faster and faster, growing more animated, until he was nearly breathless, practically working himself into a climax.
Seated at the head position, Liva listened to the first sentence and ignored the rest, feeling as though a fly were buzzing endlessly in her ears.
No wonder it was called a Wasp Suit.
No—better to rename it the Fly Suit.
In truth, Antarctic Military Industries was already developing a related project called Super Ant-Man.
As the name implied, it was a Super Ant-Man combat suit.
This was part of a partnership previously established with old Pym to jointly develop and research more advanced Ant-Man suits.
At the beginning, Xu Dan had only helped Dr. Pym improve the Ant-Man suit to win over this technical genius. Later, that evolved into full cooperation.
Liva, as vice president, had reviewed the related cooperation materials. The technology described there was quite similar to what this man was now proposing.
But that had been a long time ago.
Given the development speed of Antarctic Enterprises, their current level was likely far beyond what Darren was describing.
Therefore, Liva personally had little interest in the technology he was promoting. She even found it somewhat tedious.
"Once war breaks out, the Wasp warriors can infiltrate behind enemy lines…"
War every day.
Is your family at war?
Why not fantasize about world peace and contribute something meaningful instead?
Unfortunately, Darren Krauss lacked any special abilities. He couldn't hear Liva's thoughts. He continued boasting enthusiastically, exaggerating his broken Fly Suit as if it could pierce the heavens.
As though a Fly Warrior could drill through the earth.
Finally losing patience, Liva interrupted him.
"Well, we also have an expert in related fields. I'll ask him to come take a look."
"You have someone in this field as well?" Darren asked, confused. Could there be a second person in the world studying the Wasp Suit?
Liva smiled faintly but said nothing more.
The person she referred to was naturally Dr. Pym. After his cooperation with Xu Dan, he had been given a formal title within Antarctic Enterprises—half affiliated with Antarctica, half with Pym Technologies.
And if Liva's instincts were correct, Xu Dan had come over today and brought Dr. Pym with him.
According to her business sense, Xu Dan was likely planning to persuade Dr. Pym forcefully. Recently, Xu Dan had set his sights on the Quantum Realm.
And on Earth, no one understood quantum research better than Hank Pym.
"Red Queen, please invite the Doctor over."
"I've already informed him, Sister Liva."
"!!!"
Darren Krauss stared as Liva spoke to the red holographic figure beside her. For a moment, he felt as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight—then he realized it must be artificial intelligence.
Reassured by that thought, he let out a breath.
Only for the hair on his back to stand on end again.
Because walking through the door was an old man—
Hank Pym.
His teacher.
The teacher he had betrayed.
Why was his teacher here?
Had he seen through his plans and come after him?
That didn't make sense. He had been conducting his research secretly at home. No one should have known.
At that moment, Liva's voice rang out:
"This is Dr. Pym from Antarctic Enterprises. He should know more about this field."
"..."
Darren's thoughts felt stiff and sluggish.
How had his proud, aloof teacher become a doctor at Antarctic Enterprises?
How had he not known about this?
If he had known, would he have come here to seek cooperation at all?
Not to mention the technical issue—the humiliation alone was unbearable.
"Hey, old man, don't get too angry. Be careful you don't drop dead accidentally," Xu Dan said from behind in a tone of mock persuasion.
Old Pym strode toward Darren angrily. Though aged, his eyes seemed to spit fire.
Disappointment and fury were tangled together in his gaze.
"T-teacher, listen to my quibbling—no, listen to my explanation! This is a complete misunderstanding!"
"Misunderstanding?" Old Pym laughed in fury. "I stood outside the door for ten minutes. You talked in here for ten minutes. Do you think what you said was a misunderstanding?"
"I… I…" Darren was stunned.
His teacher was merely an employee of Antarctic Enterprises now—and yet he had stood outside the door listening for ten full minutes.
In those ten minutes, Darren had poured out all his energy boasting about his Wasp Suit. More than once, he had belittled Pym Technologies.
All of it—
Heard.
By his own teacher.
He wanted to kick himself.
Guilt.
Shame.
And—
Anger.
"Enough! Hank! Do you think you're so great? All you ever gave me was that rigid face! How good do you think you are? I've had enough of you! On what grounds are you lecturing me now?!"
Faced with Darren Krauss's sudden outburst, old Pym was caught completely off guard. His aged eyes widened, his palms trembling slightly.
He was furious.
He had once treated Darren like a son. He had entrusted him with the entire company. Even his own biological daughter had not received such trust.
And this—
This was the result.
Even after Xu Dan had privately sent him evidence exposing Darren's ugly crimes, Pym had still chosen to forgive him once.
He had only reassigned his position…
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