Chapter 35:
"What the hell are you doing, kid?"
Tony casually picked up a piece of wreckage and fiddled with it in his hands.
Alex Chen smiled and said:
"I want to emulate the Chitauri's technology and convert all weapons into pure energy devices. This way, not only can we increase the power of the weapons, but we will also face far fewer restrictions."
Tony deeply agreed with Alex Chen's words. Otherwise, his own armor wouldn't be equipped entirely with pure energy output weapons — it would be like Colonel Rhodes' War Machine, loaded with cannons and machine guns.
While the two were talking, Bill had already moved the Iron Man armor that Alex Chen and Tony had brought over in front of them.
Looking at the battered and broken Iron Man armor in front of him, Tony felt a wave of guilt in his heart.
But he quickly composed himself, lifted the armor onto the nearby workbench, and began the repair work with Bill's assistance.
Seeing Tony actually repairing such a badly damaged armor, Bill felt puzzled inside.
He didn't know when the usually extravagant and generous Tony had become so frugal and hardworking.
If it weren't for the fact that his satellite was currently being monitored by Aldrich Killian, Tony wouldn't have been forced into such a sorry state.
On the other side, Alex Chen had also successfully found Aldrich Killian's whereabouts.
He had even obtained quite a few video materials from the Extremis virus experiments.
Just as Alex Chen and Tony were preparing to deal with Aldrich Killian, the latter had already taken action first.
Aldrich Killian sent his men to first lure Colonel Rhodes into a pre-set trap.
Then he had his subordinates, wearing War Machine armor, capture the President and bring him back.
In this series of actions, Aldrich Killian's goal was very simple: to use this incident to push the reputation of his puppet, the Mandarin, to its peak.
After that, he would begin selling the Extremis virus to terrorist organizations worldwide under the Mandarin's name, taking control of the entire Western military and terrorist forces.
In this way, he would build his own empire and completely trample Tony under his feet.
Tony bore a great deal of responsibility for everything Aldrich Killian was doing now.
Therefore, Tony showed an obsession he had never displayed before.
Just as Alex Chen was about to discuss with Tony how to rescue Rhodes and the President, Bill brought an urgent piece of news.
Aldrich Killian had somehow quietly arrived in New York City and kidnapped Pepper Potts.
Upon hearing this news, Tony could no longer remain calm.
He put on the barely repaired Iron Man armor and, following the location provided by Jarvis, rushed at full speed toward a certain port.
Seeing this, Alex Chen, who was worried about Tony going alone, also followed him there.
The originally empty port was now filled with shipping containers.
Moreover, every entrance and exit of the port was guarded by fully armed security personnel.
These were clearly Aldrich Killian's men.
Just as Tony was about to charge forward, Alex Chen firmly stopped him.
"Hey, Mr. Stark, calm down. These are not ordinary armed personnel. These are Extremis soldiers who have been injected with the Extremis virus."
"If you rush out blindly like this, you'll be turned into a sieve by their concentrated fire."
Hearing Alex Chen's words, Tony had no choice but to stop.
Afterward, the two began to quietly sneak deeper into the port.
At this moment, Alex Chen's superpowers proved to be extremely overpowered.
Whenever they encountered an impassable corner, Alex Chen would use mind control to turn all the guards into blind and deaf men.
Soon, the two successfully found Colonel Rhodes inside a ship cabin.
"What do we do next?"
Facing Rhodes' question, Tony quickly organized his thoughts and said:
"You and Alex Chen hurry and rescue the President. I'll go find Pepper."
After assigning the tasks, the three quickly split up.
With Alex Chen's help, Rhodes easily rescued the President.
However, things were not going as smoothly on Tony's side.
As expected, Tony ran into Aldrich Killian halfway.
"Ohhh, who is this sneaking around like a rat, stealing things in someone else's house?"
Facing Aldrich Killian's mockery, Tony did not get worked up like he would have at the beginning.
Instead, he calmed down and tried to extract Pepper's location from Aldrich Killian's mouth.
But as the saying goes, when words don't agree, even half a sentence is too much. After just a few exchanges, Aldrich Killian took the initiative to attack.
Aldrich Killian instantly gathered a large mouthful of fire in his mouth and spat it toward Tony.
Tony dodged with a flash, then lunged forward and punched Aldrich Killian squarely in the chest, sending him flying.
After knocking Aldrich Killian away, Tony didn't want to waste another second. He quickly rushed toward another area, trying to find traces of Pepper.
But Tony had only taken a few steps when he was blocked by Aldrich Killian again.
Tony involuntarily stopped, turned around, and glared angrily at Aldrich Killian.
Seeing Tony's furious and embarrassed expression, Aldrich Killian couldn't hold back and let out a piercing laugh.
Once upon a time, he had been such an unknown nobody, and now he had forced the world-famous Tony Stark into such a sorry state.
In that instant, Aldrich Killian seemed to see the scene of himself standing at the peak of life after eliminating Tony.
At this moment, Tony truly hated the Aldrich Killian in front of him with every fiber of his being.
If it weren't for this Aldrich Killian standing in his way, he would have already rescued Pepper.
Now, not only had he failed to save Pepper, he was trapped here and couldn't even find a single shadow. It was simply too frustrating.
Looking at Aldrich Killian's arrogant appearance, the anger in Tony's heart instantly burned fiercely. He roared and charged forward.
Tony stomped his legs on the ground, and his entire body shot toward Aldrich Killian like a cannonball.
Tony's speed was extremely fast — in the blink of an eye, he was right in front of Aldrich Killian.
The fist wrapped in the Iron Man armor smashed viciously toward Aldrich Killian's cheek, intending to smash him into serious injury.
But the moment Tony got close, he felt a powerful repulsive force, preventing him from moving forward any further.
Tony's expression changed drastically as he tried to break free from Aldrich Killian's restraint.
But the harder Tony struggled, the deeper he sank.
At this moment, Aldrich Killian's entire body had turned crimson, emitting a high temperature that ordinary people could hardly withstand.
Tony knew he had to break free from Aldrich Killian's restraint as quickly as possible. Otherwise, once he was entangled by Aldrich Killian, it would be extremely difficult to escape later.
Thinking of this, Tony focused his mind and channeled all his power to his arms, using every ounce of his strength to try to pull his fists out of Aldrich Killian's palms.
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