That night.
As Victor was playing games with Wanda as usual, Alice suddenly alerted him.
The Los Angeles prison where Obadiah was held had suffered a terrorist attack an hour prior, intending to release a large number of rioters to cause chaos.
At the critical moment.
A mysterious person descended, assisting the prison guards in foiling the terrorists' plan. In the end, only a dozen or so criminals escaped, rather than the prison being breached.
No need to ask, this mysterious person was Stark.
However, this time, because not many civilians witnessed it, Iron Man's identity was not exposed, and it was only investigated within a small scope.
Hearing this, Victor guessed that Obadiah was among the escaped criminals.
However, he was not.
Not only did Obadiah fail to escape, but during the exchange of fire between the terrorists and Tony, his cell was "taken care of" by an incendiary bomb. After the incident subsided, only a charred corpse remained in the cell.
DNA identification confirmed it to be Obadiah himself without a doubt.
This development was a bit too dramatic.
And too coincidental, right?
Could it be that Tony, in his anger, "accidentally injured" him legally while fighting criminals?
No, that's not right.
Although Tony's temper was very bad, he wasn't the type to kill indiscriminately, and if he wanted to act, he could have dealt with Obadiah last night at the villa.
Insufficient information, completely unable to understand what was going on.
But Victor felt that there was definitely something fishy going on!
This puzzle was solved the next evening.
This time, it wasn't the setting sun that woke him, but Alice's looped air raid siren, which literally woke him up—the sound was truly ear-splitting!
"Alice, is there anything urgent?" Victor rubbed his temples, suppressing his morning temper.
He swore that if Alice bothered him like this without anything urgent, he would definitely talk to Royce about "returning for warranty repair."
"Two minutes ago, Ms. Pepper called. Mr. Stark may have been attacked at his villa. She hopes you can go and check," Alice said urgently.
This was indeed a very urgent matter.
Victor was stunned at first, his lazy spirit instantly clearing.
His first reaction upon realizing was to fly towards the ferrari still parked in the courtyard, while also ordering: "Infiltrate Tony's surveillance System, the fastest way! I want to know what's going on!"
Alice responded.
Victor went straight to the driver's seat, not bothering to buckle his seatbelt. He floored the accelerator for a launch start, and the ferrari sped towards Tony's villa.
While driving, Victor's mind was also flashing with a lot of information.
Who attacked Tony?
At this point in time, Obadiah, who was "burned to death" last night, seemed most likely. Manpower and equipment would also be easy to arrange, as long as he had money.
But other possibilities cannot be ruled out.
For example, did Ivan Vanko's father die early, so his attack on Tony was brought forward?
But that possibility seemed small.
That poor guy's self-made equipment was so crude, how could he get Tony's address?
Or did the Extremis unexpectedly overcome its difficulties, so Killian, that little punk, came back for a comeback?
That's not right either.
In the original plot, Tony was furious and revealed his identity to provoke the other party to attack because Happy was severely injured in an attack. Alice didn't say anything happened to Happy.
Could it be that HYDRA was eyeing Tony's Iron Man Suit and arranged for people to steal the data?
This is the least likely scenario!
HYDRA had not yet grown to its strongest period. If they acted rashly, any clue could expose their existence.
It's just an expensive Iron Man Suit, not a universal one. The risk and reward are not proportional.
At most, they would use some means, such as a military court, to pressure Tony through the government to hand over the Iron Man Suit technology.
Using force is a last resort.
Could it be other enemies Tony provoked?
That guy used to be venom-tongued, arrogant, and conceited, offending countless people inadvertently. Killian was one of them. It's not impossible for him to be attacked by someone holding a grudge.
With a myriad of thoughts in his mind, Alice also completed her infiltration of Jarvis.'s System.
But it didn't bring good news.
"Sorry, Mr. Stark's villa surveillance System has been completely destroyed. Alice cannot obtain any information and can only use satellites... Watch out! There's danger ahead! I advise you to stop advancing."
Hearing Alice's final urgent warning, Victor also activated his long-range vision.
Three thousand meters ahead, every 500 meters, there was an armed individual in special forces uniform, carrying an RPG with a rocket already installed on their shoulder, aiming at Victor, poised and ready.
Just what Victor saw, there were 14 RPGs!
The other party obviously anticipated Victor coming to the rescue. This blatant, undisguised threat was probably meant to make him retreat in the face of difficulty.
Victor was indeed hesitant.
This is an RPG! It's specifically used for close-range bombardment of tanks and armored vehicles! It's not a damn pistol!
Victor had a premonition.
If he were hit head-on by a rocket, his Iron Body could at most withstand one shot, his telekinesis one shot, the third shot would probably be iffy, and if he were hit again by the fourth shot, he could basically call it quits.
This was already terrifying!
Who among normal people could withstand 4 RPGs? A light tank would be done in one shot!
At this moment.
Victor had the thought of turning around and leaving.
But!
The one waiting for rescue was Tony Stark, a character who ran through the entire Marvel world, a key figure who would defeat Thanos in Avengers 4.
If he just left like this, what if he really died?
In his hesitation.
The ferrari's speed of 340 km/h had already carried him into the enemy's strike range. The foremost armed individual had already pulled the trigger, and a rocket, with a brief rocket propulsion, quickly streaked towards a certain point on the road ahead.
If Victor continued at this speed, the two would inevitably collide!
Well.
No need to struggle with what to choose.
"Damn it!" Victor gripped the steering wheel tightly, saying fiercely, "Stark, this time I'm really risking my life! If you dare to die, I'll definitely find Egghead (Nickname for Nick Fury) to revive you and then mock you relentlessly!"
Discarding extraneous thoughts, Victor's eyes were fixed only on the rocket spewing tail flames.
Braking and downshifting shifted the car's center of gravity forward, then he sharply cut the steering wheel to swing out the car's rear, and then quickly counter-steered to make the car sway to the other side.
In this series of maneuvers, the ferrari, with an elegant "Dragon Tail Whip" drifting action, managed to perfectly bypass the rocket's impact point, continuing to speed forward amidst the aftermath of the explosion.
Victor felt no joy, even a little nervous, his palms sweating as he gripped the steering wheel.
In his Ahead, this time a full 6 rockets flew out, horizontally blocking off an entire area!
Unless he slowed down to evade, no matter how elegant his maneuvers, he couldn't avoid being hit.
But slowing down in someone else's encirclement?
Subsequent rockets could blast this car to smithereens!
Victor, caught between a rock and a hard place, his mind somewhat stuck.
This was his disadvantage.
Without professional training or combat experience, even though he had become a mini-Superman, he still appeared exceptionally clumsy when facing elite individuals.
The three bodyguards the day before yesterday had caused him no small loss, and Obadiah almost got away.
Today.
Facing the blockade of 6 rockets, with his 25 years of life experience, no one or nothing had taught him how to react in such a situation.
So.
Victor, deciding to go all out, stepped on the brakes to slow down and avoid this wave of bombardment first.
At the same time.
He opened the Platform interface.
You want to fight, right?
Good!
Then let's go big!