Chapter 152: Tony's Striving for Progress
"Come with me and help me make these iron soldiers, of course! You can also object, but you will have to bear the consequences at your own risk." The Mandarin turned his back to Tony and said indifferently to Ivan.
The implication is simple: if you don't surrender, you will die.
"If you want to kill him and avenge your father, I can help you." The Mandarin said calmly. In his eyes, this iron armor was easy to deal with. So what if Tony was wrapped in a layer of armor?
You are still an ordinary person at heart, and he can easily kill Tony.
"No, I want to kill Tony Stark with my own hands. I am willing to surrender." Ivan knew that this was a pirate ship. Once he got on, he would be tied up and there would be no way to escape.
But he had no choice.
"Tony Stark, fate really plays tricks on me. I lost this time, but you won't be so lucky next time." Ivan stood up, dusted himself off, looked at Tony, and laughed.
"I will keep your life, and I won't touch your family and friends either, because I will defeat you and let your family and friends see you die with their own eyes."
"I'm ready to fight you anytime. You won't succeed." Tony glared and said coldly, he would rather lose the battle than the fight.
If it weren't for this inexplicable Oriental man who appeared out of nowhere today, you would have died today.
Is it your turn to threaten me?
"Let you live a few more days, then we'll go." The Mandarin glanced at Tony, waved his hand, and strode outside. Ivan quickly followed.
"Damn it!" After the Mandarin left, Tony finally broke free from the stone arm and looked at the disappeared figure with anger.
The Ten Commandments Gang is really haunting.
His current armor is no match for the Mandarin, he has too many abilities.
But Tony Stark wasn't someone without confidence. He had already developed a new element as a new core, so the power of the armor should also be increased. This battle made him realize that ordinary black technology physical weapons were useless against some people, and he himself was just an ordinary person.
Too fragile, he needs to continue researching and developing laser weapons, and even develop armor that can ensure his safety.
"Are you okay?" Natasha appeared here. She was a step too late. Mandarin had already taken Ivan away.
"It's okay. That Oriental guy is very powerful, and his abilities are so weird and changeable that we have no power to fight back." Tony stood up and said.
"I think Agent Romanoff, you should know something." Tony looked at Natasha.
"Yes, I do know something. The Oriental man just now was called Mandarin. Mandarin's real name has long been forgotten in the long river of history. His most commonly used alias is Khan. He was born in the early 20th century during the period of warlord separatism in China. Like you, he was born into a rich family with a silver spoon in his mouth. He had so much money that he couldn't spend it all in his next life. When he was very young, he expanded his family business to a state of wealth that could rival a country. With the help of his strong economic strength, he entered the political, economic, military and other fields and mastered the real power of China. But when he was about to become the real king of China, he retreated bravely and chose to live in seclusion. He devoted himself to the study of ancient fantasy secrets and gradually faded out of people's sight. Until more than a year ago, he reappeared and founded the Ten Rings Gang." Natasha nodded and told the information she knew.
"Early 20th century? Agent Romanov, it's the 21st century now. Could it be that he really has developed Eastern magic?" Tony asked in shock.
"If what the information shows is correct, then I can tell you with certainty, yes, that's right. He succeeded, he gained the ability to live forever, and he possessed ten magic rings. And like you, he is a super genius. If Ivan was taken away by him, he might be able to develop a more powerful energy source from your Ark reactor." Natasha's expression was very serious. She had lived for nearly a century and she knew the history and legends of various countries.
China is one of them.
"Ten rings? Immortality? The ancient East is truly amazing." Tony exclaimed. He had seen the Mandarin's ring, so he naturally believed what Natasha said.
"Then, where are the Mandarin's ten magic rings?" Tony asked again.
"We are not very clear about the capabilities of the ten rings. After all, the Mandarin has not been around for long, only about a year. The strength he has shown is very powerful. At least with your current armor, you are no match for the Mandarin." Natasha's words were more tactful. She only said you now, but Tony also knew that, let alone now, even in the next few years, if he could not develop more powerful armor, he would not be a match for the Mandarin who possessed ten rings.
"However, you don't have to worry. In the East, the Spear Bureau is restraining the Mandarin. The only person you need to deal with now is Ivan. Ivan will not let you go easily." Natasha comforted.
"No, no, no, I won't pin my hopes on the Chinese, Agent Romanoff. I know you have an alien symbiote in you. I hope you can provide some tissue for me to study. Of course, I can agree to one condition within my ability." Tony said with a firm look in his eyes. The ability of the symbiote made him quite envious. Moreover, if he could combine the symbiote with the Iron Man armor, then! He could also transform from an ordinary person into a real Iron Man. Not just anyone who puts on the Iron Man armor can become Iron Man.
"I have to discuss it with him first. If he doesn't want to, I can't force him." Natasha looked a little embarrassed. Nick Fury also wanted Yang Han's body tissue, but Yang Han did not give it to him.
"You can give it to him. A set of steel armor, the latest model." Yang Han said. If he swallowed this steel armor, maybe he could also become a steel armor. He didn't know whether the enchanting ability of Hellfire could be used.
Upon hearing this, Natasha immediately said, "He said it's not impossible to give it to me, but I need a set of steel armor in exchange."
Tony was a little surprised and asked, "What do you want the Iron Man armor for? It needs energy to charge."
"This is what he meant. I don't know." Natasha vaguely felt something, but she wouldn't say it.
"Well, it just so happens that I need to make a new type of armor that can match the overall capabilities of my weapon of this new element." Tony shrugged. He had already said it, and there was no way he could go back on his word.
That's not his character.
"Oh no, these mechanical soldiers are equipped with self-destruct programs, Pepper is in danger!" Tony suddenly remembered that there were also many mechanical soldiers in the expo. The expo should have been in chaos by now, and he didn't know what happened to Pepper.
Chapter 153: Interesting Things Happened While Searching for Thor's Hammer
Meanwhile, Coulson travels to New Mexico to investigate Hammer.
He is now driving towards his destination, and he has to say it.
The place where the hammer landed was very strange, dozens of kilometers away from the nearest town, and this town is one of the most remote places in Mexico.
There is no such thing within 200 kilometers of the airport.
In order to avoid the sight of certain people and unable to use the special plane in this situation, Coulson could only honestly move forward along the road and move towards the hammer.
The journey was a bit long, but the quality of SHIELD's car was still good. Without any problems, this long journey made Coulson feel a rare sense of leisure.
He admired the wildness of the desert all the way until the car ran out of gas, and then he used the last bit of his strength to drive the car to the gas station.
Arriving at the gas station, Coulson filled up his car with gas from the vending machine while feeling his empty stomach and walked towards the 24-hour convenience store.
There was only a somewhat pretty Mexican woman guarding the store. When she saw Coulson come in, she looked up and then returned her gaze to the magazine in front of her.
All the staff at 24-hour convenience stores had this attitude, so Coulson was not surprised. Compared to the cashier's attitude, he was more concerned about what he wanted to eat. After searching for a long time, he squatted down in front of a shelf.
He saw a brand of puffs he really liked, but they came in two flavors, both vanilla and chocolate. He liked both. So, inevitably, suffering from a fear of choice, he was stuck.
His fear of making choices made him squat in front of the two puffs for five minutes.
Just when he was still racking his brains over which flavor to choose, the sound of a gun being loaded startled him. He looked up and saw from the mirror in the corner where he was standing at the cashier's counter.
Two slovenly dressed men held two shotguns and pointed them at the woman behind the cash register.
"Put your hands up and don't move. If you move again, I'll blow your head off. Who else is here? Whose car is that at the door?"
The two gunmen yelled at the lady behind the cash register, and the tone of their voice made the lady tremble.
"mine!"
Hearing the question, Coulson stepped out from behind the shelf like an obedient student.
His words caused one of the gunmen to immediately point his shotgun at him, but he was not afraid at all and continued to say what he wanted to say: "But, let me be clear. That car was rented."
The SHIELD bus was indeed rented for him.
"Throw the keys over here, quick!" the gunman pointed the gun at him and yelled, looking ferocious. Coulson, on the other hand, was very cooperative.