As long as I kill Tony before he makes his debut in the Mark 3, even if he creates the Iron Man suit, he won't be able to become Iron Man.
Without the corresponding heroic event, Tony, with the Iron Man suit, would at most be a billionaire playboy with high-tech armor.
Killing Tony is simple, brutal, and puts an end to everything. The Internal Symbiote Armor reward would definitely be obtained without any suspense.
But Russell didn't prioritize this plan.
Although the Internal Symbiote Armor is a very powerful suit among Tony's many armors, it is by no means the most powerful one.
Just preventing Tony from becoming Iron Man because of the kidnapping incident earned him the Internal Symbiote Armor as a reward.
If Tony continues to live, perhaps rewards like Celestial Armor, Godkiller Armor, Excalibur Armor, and various others might appear in the future.
Just as Obadiah said, Tony is a hen that lays golden eggs!
Killing Tony just for a suit of Internal Symbiote Armor would be a bit too wasteful!
The owner of Thanos's Treasure, the Snap Tool, and the Great Wish Spell...
Such a person should not simply die in a cave in Afghanistan.
After reading the information sent by the intelligence dealer, Russell first ordered several pieces of lingerie according to Diana's size, using the purchasing method noted in the magazine.
After doing this, he left the office and drove back to the apartment.
Although it's highly probable that Tony has now fallen into the hands of the Ten Rings, he is not in a hurry.
Those terrorists from the Ten Rings won't kill Tony anytime soon, so going there a day later won't matter.
If he remembered correctly, it took Tony three months in the cave to build the Mark 1.
Tony only left Los Angeles by private jet three days ago.
Including flight time, he has only been kidnapped for two days now.
At this time, let alone the Mark 1, Tony hasn't even made the small arc reactor yet, so there's no need to rush at all.
The next day.
Russell, who had a deep exchange with Diana all night, drove to the airport alone.
Although he didn't get much sleep last night, it wasn't a problem at all.
It takes about twenty hours to fly from New York to Kabul, so he had plenty of time to catch up on sleep.
After boarding, he declined the flight attendant's attentive service and the small note she handed him, put on his eye mask, and went straight to sleep.
...
Kabul Airport.
Russell left the airport with simple luggage and hailed a taxi to the Continental Hotel branch in Kabul.
Compared to the Continental Hotel in New York, the environment at the Kabul Continental Hotel was significantly worse.
However, he didn't pay too much attention to this and had the hotel staff deliver the various equipment he had booked to his room.
Pistols, rifles, sniper rifles, rocket launchers, Gatling guns, tactical grenades, daggers, a large amount of bullets and magazines...
Off-road vehicle keys, mountain combat uniform, a map of Kunar Province, satellite phone, GPS locator, fifty to sixty thousand US dollars, MREs, and water...
After checking the equipment, Russell changed into his mountain combat uniform and hung his pistol, tactical grenades, dagger, etc., on his tactical belt.
He had the hotel staff move the remaining equipment to the off-road vehicle downstairs.
Although the hotel caters to assassins, the hotel staff had never seen someone like Russell carrying so many weapons alone.
Ignoring the staff's surprise, Russell started the vehicle and drove towards Kunar Province in the east.
The US military base that received the Jericho missile was in Kunar Province, and Tony was kidnapped on his way back to the base.
Tony was held in a cave, and the place where the Mark 1 crashed was a desert.
Combining this information, a general area can be pinpointed.
Russell doesn't know the specific location yet, but he has a way to find out the relevant information.
Peers are not just rivals; they are also the easiest people to get inside information from.
This is why police like to use undercover agents and informants when dealing with gangs.
Much information cannot be obtained through external channels.
But obtaining it from within is much simpler.
Other terrorists in Kunar Province might not know that the arms dealer kidnapped by the Ten Rings is Tony, but they must know roughly where these guys from the Ten Rings are hiding.
Kunar Province.
In a small village located in the mountainous area.
From the outside, this looked like an ordinary small village.
But Russell had just confirmed that this small village was a terrorist stronghold.
To distinguish whether these villages are normal villages or terrorist strongholds, you just need to look at the population ratio in the village.
In normal villages, there will be elderly people, children, and women.
Terrorist strongholds, however, are completely different, consisting almost entirely of adult males.
In the village square, Russell, whose weapons were more numerous than those of a US Army Special Forces soldier, sat on a large rock in the center of the square, playing with a dagger while scanning the terrorists kneeling on the ground.
"Now, I ask, and you answer, understood?"
Russell said to the kneeling terrorists.
There were about thirty or so terrorists kneeling before him now.
Of course, there were more terrorists in the village than this, but only those who were still alive remained.
"What do you want to know?"
A terrorist stood up and said to him.
Bang!
A gunshot immediately rang out!
As soon as this terrorist finished speaking, he was shot in the head by Russell and fell to the ground with a thud.
"I told you to answer questions, not to stand up."
Russell said expressionlessly.
"You ask, as long as we know, we will not hide anything."
Another terrorist's voice sounded.
Having learned from the previous example, this terrorist did not stand up and spoke while kneeling on the ground.
Bang!
Another gunshot rang out!
This terrorist who spoke while kneeling also met the fate of being shot in the head.
"I ask, you answer. If I don't ask, don't speak, understood?"
This time, the remaining terrorists learned their lesson.
They didn't stand up, didn't speak, and just nodded silently while kneeling on the ground.
However, they still heard a gunshot.
After a bang, another terrorist lost his life.
"I don't like men who nod too quickly."
Russell's tone was relaxed.
But the terrorists in front of him were about to be driven mad by him.
Standing up would lead to death, speaking proactively would lead to death, and even nodding too quickly would lead to death.
In their eyes, Russell now was no different from a devil in human skin.
Looking at the appearance of these terrorists who were angry but dared not speak, Russell nodded with satisfaction.
Although killing people is not something to be praised, killing these terrorists gave him no psychological pressure at all.
"If anyone can provide the information I want, not only will he not die, but this money will also be his."
As Russell spoke, he unzipped the bag, letting the US dollars inside spill out, and then threw the bag in front of these terrorists.
"A few days ago, the Ten Rings kidnapped an arms dealer from the US military. I need to know their current location."
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