It was not easy for Iron Man and Pepper Potts to finish exchanging pleasantries with some of the celebrities in the main hall before they finally had a moment to themselves and slipped away.
"Tony, is that really you?"
But to their surprise, before they could even catch their breath, a very familiar voice rang out.
Iron Man was not at all unfamiliar with that voice, and he instinctively turned his head to see that it was indeed Justin Hammer, that clown.
"What an annoying guy."
Iron Man pretended not to hear and said to Pepper without any attempt to hide his disdain.
Iron Man already disliked Justin Hammer, and he disliked him even more after learning that this guy would team up with Ivan Vanko to deal with him in the future.
"It really is you, Tony!"
But Justin Hammer still walked up to Iron Man, his face full of sarcasm, "You know, you're not the only rich guy who drives a fancy car."
The two began to mock each other.
"Excuse me."
After casually brushing off Justin Hammer, Iron Man greeted Pepper and walked out.
No one paid any attention to Iron Man's departure; at most, they thought he was going to the restroom or had found another lonely girl who needed comforting and was going to save her.
But soon, the entire hall became abuzz.
Because Iron Man's figure began to appear on several televisions hanging in the hall.
And those televisions were used to broadcast the car race outside live.
On the TV, Iron Man had already changed into a special racing suit and was talking eloquently to the camera on the racetrack.
"If you owned a race car, what would you use it for?"
"To race, of course, what else would you use it for?"
"Stark, are you going to race next?"
"Of course, I'm going to race!"
A cheer immediately erupted at the scene, and the hall was in an uproar.
No one would have thought that someone of Iron Man's status would actually participate in a car race himself!
"Oh my goodness!"
Pepper Potts's mouth was also wide open; she finally understood what Iron Man meant by "go with the flow" when they first came in.
"Happy, do you know he's going to race?" Pepper immediately pulled out her phone and called Happy.
"Who's racing?" Happy didn't understand what Pepper was talking about and naturally couldn't have known about this.
Next, Pepper tried to contact the race organizing committee, but she fumbled around and couldn't find the relevant personnel before Iron Man had already gotten into the race car.
It was impossible to stop him.
Pepper could only nervously stare at the TV screen, silently praying in her heart that her capricious and extremely unreliable boss, Iron Man, wouldn't get into any trouble.
And Justin Hammer, along with everyone else in the hall, also stopped what they were doing at this moment and gathered in front of the TV to watch the race.
A billionaire suddenly showing up to race; only Iron Man could do something like that, it was simply too explosive.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, the race officially began.
One race car after another shot out like arrows from a bowstring, weaving left and right on the track, dazzling everyone.
Many drivers performed exceptionally well, but all the attention was stolen by Iron Man alone.
And what no one noticed was that while the race was in full swing...
A very burly staff member, chewing on a toothpick, looked at the race cars on the track with a cold sneer on his face.
Immediately after, he left his workstation.
He walked against the flow of the track and directly entered the track through a pre-opened gap.
"Where did this person come from?"
"Who is he, what is he doing!"
Everyone was discussing, wondering what was wrong with that guy's head that he would run onto the track.
Was he tired of living and looking for death?
—Undoubtedly, that brawny man was Ivan Vanko, whom Iron Man had been looking for.
Ivan Vanko walked proudly on the track, treating the busy racetrack as a tree-lined path in a park, strolling leisurely.
Buzz!
The roar of race car engines reached his ears, and Ivan Vanko clasped his hands together, and two long whips appeared in his hands.
As the device activated, dazzling electric arcs began to flash on the two electric whips with crackling sounds, and Ivan Vanko's clothes also caught fire in the high temperature.
Holding two electric whips and bathed in flames, Ivan Vanko strode forward, exuding an indescribable aura of dominance.
Soon, a race car appeared in front of Ivan Vanko, who did not dodge or evade but continued to stride towards the race car.
Just as everyone was wondering what Ivan Vanko was going to do, he suddenly swung the electric whip in his hand and slammed it hard against the race car.
Crack!
The race car was actually split in half by Ivan Vanko!
The entire race track immediately descended into chaos.
"Arc Reactor, that's an Arc Reactor! Who exactly is that guy!"
Justin Hammer's eyes lit up immediately, and he even felt a little excited; that was an Arc Reactor!
As long as he mastered that thing, replicating Stark's Iron Man suit would no longer be a dream.
"No matter who that guy is, I must get him!" Justin Hammer silently made up his mind.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
On the TV, Ivan Vanko, who was displaying great power, continuously swung the electric whips in his hands, and three or four race cars were split in half by him.
"Oh my god, Tony!"
Pepper was so nervous that she covered her mouth; she felt like she was suffocating and couldn't breathe.
This wasn't Stark Tower; Tony didn't have his Iron Man suit, and if that dangerous lunatic also attacked Tony, what would they do?
"Pepper!"
Happy quickly rushed over to meet Pepper; after seeing the scene on TV, he was equally speechless with shock.
Then, without any more nonsense, the two immediately got in the car and frantically rushed towards the racetrack to rescue Iron Man.
However, before they even reached the track, Iron Man's race car had already arrived in front of Ivan Vanko.
At this moment, everyone's hearts in the entire stadium were in their throats.
Would that billionaire, the world-renowned genius, also die at the hands of that madman?
Crack!
Under everyone's gaze, sure enough, Ivan Vanko also whipped Iron Man's race car, flipping it over.
Boom boom boom!
Half of Iron Man's race car began to tumble violently several times on the track.
Fortunately, Iron Man was wearing his seatbelt, which saved him from dying in such an accident.