Feeling a bit uneasy—this damned, dangerous world! If only there were a progress bar, at least I could check on Tony Stark's progress toward becoming Iron Man!】

　　【May 5th, weather: overcast

　　The stock price of Stark Industries is really ridiculously high. For an industrial group, it's almost absurd—it's nearly on par with those internet companies. But there's nothing to be done; after all, their helmsman is Tony Stark. Without Tony Stark, Stark Industries might not be completely worthless, but a dramatic plunge would be perfectly normal.

　　But this is the real opportunity. Once the news of Tony Stark's disappearance gets out, it'll be time to consider buying in. When he shuts down Stark Industries's weapons division and the stock price crashes, that'll be the perfect time to buy!】

　　【May 6th, weather: sunny

　　Saw that playboy in the news again. Sure enough, with his personality, he can't go a day without showing up in the news or he'd feel uncomfortable. But this is also a good way to judge whether the whole Afghanistan kidnapping thing has happened yet.】

　　So far, only these few days of diary entries have been recorded. Each day's entry isn't very long, but for Tony Stark, without a doubt, it's a huge shockwave.

　　With his scientific background, of course he doesn't believe in any supernatural nonsense. If this were a normal situation and he picked up something like this, he probably wouldn't even glance at it, just thinking it was some charlatan trying to fool him.

　　He never believes in such unrestrained things!

　　But this diary literally fell from the sky, landing right in front of him—that's a different story.

　　That day, he was in his office, having just finished dealing with company affairs, planning to sneak out without telling Pepper Pepper Potts, to go have some fun with a cover girl. Who would have thought, right before his eyes, it appeared out of thin air and dropped onto his desk.

　　Afterward, he had JARVIS scan it inside and out, making sure there were no hidden mechanisms or anything—like maybe it was hidden in a secret compartment in the ceiling and fell out or something—but there was nothing.

　　Everything was perfectly normal!

　　Even more bizarre, the contents of this diary would automatically update every day at a certain time, and sometimes he could even see, right before his eyes, new words suddenly appearing.

Chapter 2: Targeted by Iron Man

　　He also tried to have JARVIS scan it, to see if there was any invisible ink or something that would appear under special conditions or after a certain time.

　　But in the end, nothing was found. It was just a perfectly ordinary diary.

　　If there was anything special about it, it was probably that this diary was accidentally discovered by Tony Stark, and it was impervious to fire and water, and you couldn't write anything on it.

　　But after the most precise instrument scans, it was confirmed to be just an ordinary diary. But can an ordinary diary be thrown into a fire and come out unscathed?

　　Obviously impossible!

　　So, up to this point, Tony Stark finally confirmed that he might have encountered something supernatural!

　　So he started to really pay attention to the contents recorded in the diary.

　　If there was even a one-in-ten-thousand chance, according to the diary, could he really be kidnapped in the future?

　　Judging from the tone of the diary, this person didn't seem like the mastermind behind his kidnapping, but more like someone who knew the future, or had some kind of superpower?

　　A superpower to foresee the future?

　　That kind of superpower is all over those cheesy Hollywood movies, but usually the point is that people can't change their fate, and things always end up matching the prophecy.

　　But he, of all people, is the type who refuses to believe in fate.

　　“Mr. Stark, the board just sent an email notifying you to go to Afghanistan next month to present our company's missiles, which are about to be sold to the Department of Defense generals!” At this moment, JARVIS's voice interrupted his thoughts, making him shiver all over.

　　Afghanistan?

　　Isn't that exactly what this person called Brian Carter mentioned in his diary—the trip to Afghanistan and the kidnapping?

　　But even he himself didn't know about the trip to Afghanistan, since he was used to being a hands-off boss, and most of the company's administrative matters were entrusted to Uncle Obadiah Stane and Pepper Pepper Potts.

　　He usually focused on research, and only showed up in person for things a boss absolutely had to handle. The rest of the time, he was out enjoying himself.

　　For example, the Jericho missile they're about to sell to the U.S. military is his latest pride and joy. Selling it to the U.S. military would net over a billion dollars in profit in one go—definitely worth the big boss making a personal trip.

　　After all, everyone knows the U.S. military is loaded—they can pay tens of thousands for a thermos, so why not his Jericho missile?

　　But the board's last-minute decision to send him to Afghanistan wasn't told to him until today. After all, he usually skips board meetings whenever he can.

　　Anyway, he has trustworthy Uncle Obadiah Stane and Pepper Pepper Potts keeping an eye on things.