Harry pinned it to his clothes before following Ms. Potts. She started explaining the company's history and what it did, or what it used to do be: America's number one weapon manufacturer.
"Miss Potts, what is Tony Stark planning on doing with Stark Industries?" Harry asked as he sat down at the conference table, drinking from a glass of water as he leaned comfortably on the chair.
Miss Potts bit her lower lip as it was clear that she was trying to come up with an answer.
A man suddenly walked in the room. He was large, bald, and a bit on the chubby side. He still cut an imposing figure, however.
"Obadiah," Miss Potts greeted.
"Ah, Pepper, I was wondering where you ran off to." The man known as Obadiah said in what could be described as a warm and gentle voice. Harry, however, sensed danger from the man and a faint underlying tone of anger or annoyance.
"May I introduce Mr. Obadiah Stane, our company's Vice-Chairman of the Board. Obadiah, this is Mr. Harry Potter, who is interested in investing in our company." Pepper said.
"Nice to meet you." Obadiah Stane greeted as he shook Harry's hand.
The sense of danger only spiked, overshadowing the seemingly kind look on Stane's face.
"I've heard Tony Stark is… taking a new direction with Stark Industries. I am interested to see what he plans to do and if I can help invest in some of his new-found ideas." Harry said slowly and mildly, careful to not let slip that he knew that Stark Industries was at a dangerous turning point. He was praying Tony Stark really did turn it over to a new leaf.
Obadiah's shared a glance with Pepper before saying in a somewhat-strained tone of voice, "I'll be frank with you, since you seem like a nice young man. We don't think that Tony has any real new ideas he wants to bring to the company. The Board and Tony aren't exactly on the same page. While Tony Stark may have shut down our weapons manufacturing, the Board is about to reopen it. We still have billions of dollars of deals with the government."
Harry paused as he took this in before using Legilimency to perform a scan on Obadiah Stane and quickly pored through his memories.
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Section 16
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Something dark was stirring.
"I think if I spoke to Tony Stark, I would be able to get a clear picture of what is going on." Harry said slowly, ending his Legilimency and facing the two.
"Just out of curiosity, how much money are you planning to invest into Stark Industries?" Obadiah asked.
"A couple billion." Harry said nonchalantly.
Obadiah looked up in surprise, as did Pepper Potts.
"Forgive me if this comes off as rude, but do you even have that much?" Obadiah Stane asked skeptically.
"Money has never been an issue with me. My money is, let's just say, old money. Inherited money. Tony Stark spoke of a new direction. I am merely curious to see what that new direction is. I would like to know it's worth my time and if I should invest in it." Harry stated.
Both Stane and Potts were silent as they looked at him. He didn't look like a billionaire. His clothes spoke more of a teenage kid who had a decent amount of money.
"Perhaps it's best I speak to Mr. Stark before we move forward. I'd rather speak to the boss before I invest such a large sum of money into this company." Harry said.
"Of course, I'll let him know right away." Potts said, recovering first.
Harry nodded as he got up and walked out with Ms. Potts. Stane stayed behind and drank some liquor, observing Harry as he left.
At the front desk, Harry turned in his badge before giving Potts his number.
He put his helmet back on before mounting his motorcycle and driving off. He didn't stop until he came upon a cliff that looked over the ocean.
He closed his eyes and sorted through the memories he managed to collect from Obadiah Stane. He was by no means a master Legilimens yet, but he did have the necessary skills to pull memories from people without their knowledge, especially if they had no experience with the mind arts.
He slowly sorted the memories, piecing together what Obadiah Stane was after.
Several memories of Obadiah Stane perusing a shipping manifest on a computer, showing that Obadiah was selling weapons to terrorist organizations, especially one called "The Ten Rings."
Harry slowly opened his eyes as he considered this information.
It would make sense, in a way. In order for Obadiah Stane to stay in business, he needed to profit off of war. If wars tapered off or stopped, then he wouldn't profit. Weapons wouldn't be needed anymore. So to stay in business, he sold weapons to the very enemy his military contracts were fighting.
This wasn't a one time thing. Nor was it out of mere desire for war and carnage. If Harry had to guess, Stane had been doing this for many years now. As he fed the terrorists and insurgents weapons, they would attack and cause great amounts of damage to the military, resulting in the military seeking better weapons.
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