"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Missiles launched from the shoulder cannons of the drones on the ground, tracking Iron Man in the sky.
The latter, while using his superior maneuverability to string along the flying drones behind him, made a sharp turn mid-air, causing the drones and missiles to collide, turning into wreckage that fell to the ground. He even managed to spare a moment to fly down, stand beside Little Boy, and raise his right arm with him.
The next instant, two energy blasts struck the drone.
"What?"
Stark looked in surprise at the other side.
There, a silver-white mech, slightly taller than him, stood.
"J.A.R.V.I.S., besides Ivan's dad, did anyone else collaborate with the old man on reactor research?"
No energy radiation similar in frequency to the Arc Reactor detected from this target.
Before Tony could ask further, another batch of flying mechs approached, along with the Iron Man suit piloted by Rhodes.
"Get out of here!"
Stark shouted at Qingshui, then flew into the sky.
He intended to lead the enemy away from here to prevent civilians from being caught in the aftermath of the battle.
"They're chasing you, what does that have to do with me?"
Qingshui grumbled, showing no intention of following.
Besides, Iron Man's flight speed was too fast.
While he wasn't incapable of catching up, it would consume a significant amount of Chakra.
This body had only been refining Chakra for a short time, and its physical strength wasn't very high, so the amount of Chakra was limited.
Most importantly…
With Iron Man right there, he felt a bit awkward directly removing the Arc Reactor from this drone.
"Sir, are you Iron Man too?"
Little Boy took off his Iron Man mask, revealing a tender young face, and asked Qingshui.
"No, I'm not. Iron Man is Tony Stark, and I'm not Tony Stark. You can call me… erm, Electrolight."
"Okay, Mr. Electrolight, my name is Peter Parker, and I'm from Queens. Aren't you going to help Iron Man?"
Peter, in his usual familiar way, continued to ask Qingshui.
Perhaps his future chattiness stemmed from this very familiarity.
"Okay, Peter, I need to stay here and deal with the other drones. As for you, you should go home now. I think your family must be worried right about now, are those them?"
Qingshui pointed to a middle-aged couple jogging over.
Peter turned to look, then turned back, waved at Qingshui, said goodbye, and ran off, bouncing like a little bug.
"Now for the real business."
After a glance, Qingshui saw that the surrounding civilians had all run far away, and no one was watching. So he turned to look at the drone wreckage on the ground, extended his right arm, and sprayed a freezing ray, solidifying it.
He remembered this thing would self-destruct after Ivan died.
"Click!"
Electrolight, manipulated by Qingshui, extended its five fingers and forcibly removed the frozen Arc Reactor.
Using Transparent World and his knowledge, he quickly located the detonator.
Since it was frozen, it meant the Arc Reactor wouldn't detonate until the freeze was removed. He could take it back for disassembly and study.
As for what came next…
He could take a few more samples for study, but not all of them, just three or five would be good.
As for the rest, Qingshui still needed their self-destruction to destroy any traces, to avoid being discovered by Stark and others, which would be difficult to explain.
Other people coveting the Arc Reactor would also target him.
Perhaps because Ivan had now put on the Iron Man suit and transformed into Whiplash to fight Stark, or because he was still controlling these drones but his focus was entirely on Stark, Qingshui found dealing with these drones not very difficult.
They were likely only programmed with intelligent recognition and some combat commands. In just a few minutes, Qingshui dealt with all of them.
"Click!"
"Click!"
"Click!"
Qingshui dismantled three Arc Reactors one after another, then picked up a men's briefcase that someone had dropped on the ground in their frantic escape. He put the three Arc Reactors inside, then froze them again with coolant as a final layer of protection, and finally found his two bodyguards.
"Watch this package carefully, take it back to my laboratory, and don't let anyone touch it, understand?"
Qingshui instructed the two bodyguards.
"We understand, but Boss, our mission is to protect you…"
"Who do you think is protecting whom?" Qingshui asked, reaching out and blasting a falling piece of debris from the ceiling with an energy shot.
The two bodyguards exchanged glances.
"So, shall we leave now?"
"Excellent. Your weekly pay will increase by fifty percent this week. Get me to my laboratory safely, and it'll increase by another fifty percent."
The two bodyguards immediately got into Qingshui's car with their briefcases and sped off.
Only then did Qingshui change direction, manipulating Electrolight to fly off in another direction.
He was headed to…
The Hammer Industries Building!
...
...
At the entrance of the Hammer Industries Building.
"Huff, huff, huff…"
Heavy panting accompanied the sound of fists meeting flesh. Finally, with a bodyguard collapsing, Happy, who had defeated his opponent, looked exhilarated.
"I got him!"
But when he came to his senses, he realized that a swath of enemies had already fallen in the hallway ahead.
Suddenly, another sound came from outside the door, catching Happy's attention.
"Who are you? Ivan? Or Tony?"
Happy raised his fists in a boxing stance, eyeing the metal mech that pushed open the door and walked in with caution.
"Neither."
To temporarily gain their trust, Qingshui opened his faceplate.
"Clearwater. For now, I'm on your side. If you don't believe me, you can call Pepper."
"Oh, no need. I saw you talking to Pepper earlier." Happy breathed a sigh of relief.
With all his bulk, even if he were a retired boxing champion, ten of him wouldn't be enough to fight a mech like this.
Good thing it wasn't an enemy.
Qingshui swept Transparent World around him, then followed the corridor towards a certain room.
Happy quickly followed, not forgetting to discreetly pull out his phone and text Pepper for confirmation.
The door was pushed open. Black Widow, who was sitting in Ivan's seat manipulating the computer, was startled and saw the metal mech at the doorway.
She had thought it was a contingency left by Ivan.
"Hey, it's me. We've met before, Miss Assistant Agent."
Qingshui opened his faceplate again to confirm his identity.
Natasha looked at Qingshui warily.
S.H.I.E.L.D. had never received any intelligence indicating that Clearwater could also build armor like Tony.
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