This is the coolest thing I've ever seen." Watching Tony don his Iron Man suit with the help of Jarvis and mechanical arms, Rhode couldn't help but exclaim. Although he knew Tony had been developing new weapons and equipment lately, seeing it with his own eyes still left him dumbfounded.
"Clear the airspace for me." Tony said to Rhode, whose eyes were gleaming, then flew out of the underground garage. Because of Li Yue, Tony didn't smash through the roof during his first test, so he could only fly out through the garage exit.
"That's awesome. Next time, I'll definitely make him prepare a suit for me too." Rhode thought to himself, watching Tony disappear in an instant with envy.
Because Tony directly used gold-titanium alloy for the external armor material when creating Mark II, there was no unpainted silver armor in the villa like in the movie, and thus no exclamation from Rhode about "I'll definitely wear you next time."
At this moment, Tony, who was rapidly flying towards Stark Industries, received a reminder from Jarvis: "Sir, your current Arc Reactor energy is insufficient to support long-distance flight and combat."
"Jarvis, how much longer until I reach the company?"
"Sir, at your current speed, you are expected to arrive at Stark Industries in 3 minutes and 44 seconds." Jarvis quickly gave the answer.
"Jarvis, activate the remote support program. Activate the F-HK1 armor, set the destination to Stark Industries, and launch immediately." Tony thought for a moment and finally instructed Jarvis. He had just heard Obadiah mention that he had also created a suit of armor, and given his current situation, he might not be able to defeat him. Fortunately, he had listened to Li Yue's advice. Tony now felt that his decision was very wise.
"Sir, the remote support program is activating... Activation complete. F-HK1 armor activation complete. Destination set successfully. Entering autonomous flight mode. Estimated arrival at the target location in 14 minutes and 38 seconds." Jarvis's voice echoed in Tony's ears, reassuring him considerably.
"Jarvis, full speed ahead! We need to get to the company quickly!" Tony commanded Jarvis, and the armor suddenly accelerated, instantly breaking the sound barrier.
At this moment, Rhode, who was about to leave Tony's villa, heard a rumbling sound. He looked around in confusion, trying to find where the sound was coming from.
If someone were to look down at the villa from the sky at this moment, they would see a section of the villa's roof slowly opening to both sides, revealing a dark, deep hole. Then, rows of bright lights would illuminate from top to bottom, gradually revealing the scene inside the hole. A colossal object stood prominently within it. Upon closer inspection, it would be discovered that the colossal object was actually a red Iron Man suit.
The previously motionless Iron Man suit suddenly had two bright white lights illuminate on its head, like a pair of enormous eyes, inspiring awe and making people afraid to look directly at them.
Then, the Iron Giant seemed to come to life, raising its massive head. At the same time, its palms faced downwards, and all four limbs simultaneously spewed intense white flames. It slowly lifted off the ground, rising higher and higher, and soon flew out of the opening. Then, it slowly accelerated in one direction, flying away.
Rhode was dumbfounded at this point, standing motionless. The image of that colossal object departing was still deeply etched in his mind. He was unable to express the shock in his heart with words. He couldn't help but wonder how many things Tony had been doing behind his back all this time. He felt as if he was falling behind the times.
At this moment, Li Yue, along with Pepper and Coulson, arrived at the entrance of Sector 16 with a few agents. Pepper found that her access card had become invalid at some point and couldn't open the door. Coulson then took out a button-sized circular device and stuck it on the door.
"Bang!"
After blasting the door open and entering, they discovered a black suit of armor inside.
This suit of armor was precisely the Mark I that Tony had built in the cave.
Upon hearing the noise, Obadiah, ignoring everything else, quickly placed the Arc Reactor he had snatched from Tony into the chest of his armor. With a flash of white light, the giant armor Obadiah had built seemed to come to life, as if it had awakened.
"Kill him!"
Li Yue felt a bit helpless. These agents were indeed S.H.I.E.L.D.'s elite. Seeing the enormous Iron Giant chasing Pepper out, they didn't dodge or evade, but instead, with pistols in hand, dared to stand in front of Obadiah.
Obadiah, however, didn't pay any attention to these ant-like agents. He directly swung the armor's massive fist and smashed it down at them, seemingly about to crush these agents into a pulp.
Li Yue could only sigh inwardly, and then used his superpower to save these agents. Li Yue admitted that he was not a saint and could not risk his life to save others, but when he had the ability to save others without getting hurt, Li Yue also couldn't stand by and do nothing. Helping others in this situation was fine, provided that person wasn't his enemy.
Watching the Iron Giant's fist smash towards him, Agent A barely had time to close his eyes, awaiting the arrival of death.
He had only heard Pepper's scream and subconsciously fired his gun at the pursuing Iron Giant. However, by the time he clearly saw the Iron Giant's form, it was too late to make any evasive movements, so he could only close his eyes and await death.
Just as he was waiting for death to arrive, he found that no intense pain struck him. He couldn't help but open his eyes in surprise, only to find that he only saw a group of agents who had come with him. They, too, were full of bewilderment, not knowing what had happened or why they weren't dead.
They didn't know what had happened, but Coulson, who had rushed over from not far away after hearing Pepper's scream, saw it all clearly. He saw Li Yue instantly disappear from his spot, and then saw the agents he thought had been killed by the Iron Giant appear almost simultaneously in a safe place not far away, looking bewildered and not knowing what had happened.
Then Li Yue reappeared in his original spot. All of this happened in less than a second. If Coulson hadn't already known some things about Li Yue, he would have thought he was seeing things.
Li Yue looked at Coulson, who was staring intently at him with an expression full of disbelief. He felt a bit helpless, knowing that he couldn't avoid exposing his superpower after all.
But if it's exposed, then so be it. Who told him he couldn't stand by and watch people die?
"Mr. Coulson, I'm going to rescue Miss Pepper first. I'll leave this to you." Since he was already exposed, Li Yue no longer hid. After saying this to Coulson, he vanished directly in front of him.
At this moment, Pepper, who had run outside and thought she was out of danger, received a call from Tony. Pepper quickly and anxiously inquired about Tony's situation.
Pepper, who had just learned that Tony was fine, hadn't even had time to be happy when she felt a tremor from the ground behind her. The ground was violently torn open, and a black Iron Giant emerged from underground, its eyes and chest emitting dazzling white light, like a devil from hell.
"Where do you think you can run? You should die!"
Obadiah aimed the Gatling gun on his armor's arm at Pepper. The gun barrel rotated from slow to fast, and bullets rapidly shot out, but they hit the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
As soon as Li Yue arrived outside, he saw Obadiah aiming at Pepper, ready to shoot. Tony hadn't arrived yet, and there was no time to think. He quickly flashed to Pepper's side, taking her with him and disappearing from in front of Obadiah. The bullets roaring out of the gun barrel lost their target and all hit the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Obadiah watched Pepper disappear right before his eyes, causing all his bullets to miss. He quickly turned around and searched everywhere, finally spotting Li Yue and Pepper in the distance.
"Who are you? How dare you ruin my plans, and how did you do that?" Obadiah shouted, questioning Li Yue, who had suddenly appeared beside Pepper. He suspected that Li Yue was the one who had ruined his plans.
"Who I am isn't important. What's important is, haven't you heard that villains die from talking too much?" Li Yue replied mockingly.
"What..." Before Obadiah could continue speaking, he was sent flying by a powerful force.
It turned out that Tony, in his Iron Man suit, had arrived at the very last moment!