It took several deep, ragged breaths inside the race car, and a good few seconds, before Iron Man finally caught his breath.
He immediately unbuckled his seatbelt and crawled out of the half-wrecked race car, glancing back at the burly man striding menacingly towards him, his pupils contracting sharply.
That familiar face, those familiar two electric whips.
"Ivan Vanko! It's him!"
Iron Man was still very surprised by this.
He had searched the world for Ivan Vanko to no avail, and then, in a turn of events, the man had come to him.
"I've searched high and low for you, and now you've come to me! Perfect, it saves me the trouble of looking for you!"
Iron Man stood up and pulled out the all-purpose capsule, which had been made into a pendant.
Screech!
A black car performed a stylish drift and stopped in front of Iron Man. Happy yelled at Iron Man, "Get in, get in quickly!"
"Tony, are you crazy? Get in the car!" Pepper, sitting in the back seat, also screamed at Iron Man.
Unlike the original timeline, Iron Man's Mark V, the "briefcase armor," had not been developed.
So, in Happy and Pepper's eyes, the current situation offered no other option but to escape.
"There's no need for that!" Iron Man said confidently, throwing the all-purpose capsule in his hand to the ground.
Bang!
A puff of smoke flashed, and the Mark VII armor made a dazzling appearance!
Iron Man leaned against the Mark VII armor, and various parts of the Mark VII armor began to "wriggle" rapidly, quickly encasing Iron Man entirely.
It must be said that, in terms of donning, the Mark VII armor was much more convenient than the previous suits.
Happy: "..."
Pepper: "..."
Both of them were dumbfounded.
Tony just now, seemingly conjured a suit of armor out of thin air?
"What the hell!"
Ivan Vanko was also a bit stunned, unable to believe his eyes. Where did that suit of armor come from?
And the suit of armor Iron Man was wearing now was clearly not the Mark III, was it?
When did Iron Man develop a new suit of armor?
How long had it been?
As Iron Man's sworn enemy, Ivan Vanko had spent a lot of time investigating Iron Man and was very familiar with all aspects of his situation.
But this new suit of armor in front of him still blinded him.
It caught him completely off guard.
Ivan Vanko was not so arrogant as to believe that he could defeat the Iron Man armor with just such a simple set of electric whips.
But now, Ivan Vanko had no choice.
Whack!
Ivan Vanko quickly approached Iron Man and lashed out fiercely with his whip.
Bang!
Iron Man cleanly raised his hand and fired a repulsor blast at Ivan Vanko's electric whip, sending the opponent's whip recoiling backward.
The Mark VII was not like the Mark V, which had such a long repulsor charge time, so even when wearing the armor, he was still thrashed by Ivan Vanko like a grandson.
In front of the Mark VII, such a situation simply did not exist.
Whack!
Bang!
Ivan Vanko's second electric whip had just begun to swing, but before it could even be fully extended, it was immediately struck back by Iron Man.
Bang!
With the third repulsor blast, Iron Man directly blasted Ivan Vanko, sending him flying.
However, Ivan Vanko's physical prowess was indeed remarkable. He gritted his teeth, and after getting back up from the ground, he actually swung his electric whips at Iron Man again.
Bang!
Bang!
The result was predictable; not even a single whip landed on Iron Man.
Ivan Vanko was repeatedly forced back by Iron Man's repulsor blasts, completely unable to resist.
He was utterly disheveled.
In this manner, Iron Man powerfully approached Ivan Vanko and violently tore off the Arc Reactor from Ivan Vanko's body.
The electric whips on Ivan Vanko's body instantly became "flaccid."
The police, who had been waiting nearby, then swarmed forward and apprehended Ivan Vanko.
"When did you develop a new suit of armor!"
As Ivan Vanko was being dragged away, he shouted at Iron Man with extreme unwillingness.
He had lost, and he had lost so completely.
He had meticulously planned for so long, believing that this time he could avenge the disgrace of the Vanko family and bring the Stark family the retribution they deserved.
However, he had failed.
Ivan Vanko was subsequently taken into police custody and confined in a highly secure prison.
Iron Man, along with Pepper and Happy, discreetly boarded a private jet and returned to the United States.
However, what happened at the racetrack still swept across the United States like a hurricane, igniting the entire American media.
Major news outlets and media platforms were reporting frantically.
Because Iron Man Tony Stark's new generation of Iron Man armor made its debut in Monaco.
The unveiling of the new generation of Iron Man armor attracted worldwide attention, pushing Iron Man once again into the spotlight and elevating his popularity to a new peak.
The military, the Department of Defense, and bigwigs from various countries around the world all began to frantically contact Iron Man.
However, Iron Man ignored them all, did not hold any press conferences regarding his new armor, and offered no explanation for the events in Monaco.
In short.
Since his "grand debut" in Monaco, Iron Man had become unusually low-key, even rarely making public appearances.
All major media outlets wanted to interview Iron Man, but they could never find him.
Of course, this did not include Nick Fury, the intelligence chief. Nick Fury immediately appeared before Iron Man.
"The new armor is one thing, you're Iron Man, that's not strange, but spatial technology? Stark, do you know how much effort I put in to suppress this matter?"
Nick Fury stared at Iron Man with his single eye, saying irritably.
It was due to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s operations that the videos circulating from the racetrack that day were not the original versions, but "edited versions."
They only showed Iron Man fighting Ivan Vanko in his new armor, but not how Iron Man retrieved the new armor.
Otherwise, Iron Man would not be able to sit comfortably at home listening to Nick Fury's complaints right now.
If spatial technology were to leak out, it would cause an even greater shock than the Iron Man armor, and countless hearings would probably be waiting for Iron Man.
"I had no choice, otherwise I would have been killed by Ivan Vanko. What else could I have done?" Iron Man shrugged, his face full of nonchalance.