Chapter Ten: Happy Jeep! Wanda and Pietro Awaken Their Abilities!
Just as the missile was about to explode, Tony Stark immediately activated the Iron Man Armor's jet propulsion, and a powerful stream of gas shot out from the devices on his legs! The immense thrust instantly propelled Tony Stark skyward, but his propulsion system malfunctioned mid-air.
After flying out of the valley, he plummeted straight down. Jiang Bai looked at Tony Stark speechlessly, then raised his right hand, and an invisible magnetic force surged out, gently lowering Tony Stark from the air, preventing him from splattering into a meat patty.
"Thanks, buddy! Finally escaped!"
"You owe me three favors."
"No problem, where's your car? Or you can give me a communicator!"
"No car, I flew directly here. Here's a communicator, and this food and Water should be enough for you to wait for rescue."
"Aren't you coming back to New York with us?"
"No, I'll find you when I need something. I'm leaving."
After Tony Stark extracted himself from the Iron Man Armor, he thanked Jiang Bai and then sat on the ground, breathing heavily. Clearly, he had been terrified; if he had taken off any later, he probably would have been blown to smithereens by the explosion.
Jiang Bai nodded and told Tony Stark that he owed him three favors. Tony Stark readily agreed without hesitation. Then he asked Jiang Bai to drive him out or give him a communicator to call for rescue. Jiang Bai took out a communicator and handed it to Tony Stark.
Leaving behind some food and Water, he directly shot into the sky and left the area. Once in the air, he activated stealth mode and flew at full speed towards New York, his terrifying speed causing all the clouds along his path to roll.
Tony Stark and Ethan shrugged their shoulders and began calling for rescue.
At the same time, Tony Stark picked up the food Jiang Bai left behind and started eating. While eating, Tony Stark began to ponder the design and manufacture of his future Armor! After all, he was incredibly envious of the silver-White Armor of the person he just met. When he returned to New York, he was determined to build an Armor even more powerful than that silver-White Armor!
Soon, three armed helicopters appeared from below the horizon and quickly landed next to Tony Stark and Ethan. It was Lieutenant Colonel Rhodes, also Tony Stark's good friend! Seeing Tony Stark's haggard appearance, Rhodes even teased him:
"Next time, don't take a Happy Jeep, okay?"
"Shit, I swear there won't be a next time! Let's go, take me back to Base to shower! You have no idea what I've been through these past three months! I'm practically insane!"
"I can tell. You smell as bad as a beggar on the street!"
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On the other side, Jiang Bai had already entered America using his Armor and was quickly approaching New York! Meanwhile, Wanda and Pietro at home were anxiously awaiting Jiang Bai's return. After returning to the manor and confirming that only his own people were inside the Villa, he landed at the entrance, walking into the Villa's living room still wearing his Armor.
"You're finally back! It seems like something's wrong with us!"
"Oh? Something's wrong? What's wrong?"
"Well, we both have special abilities. I can run really, really fast, and Wanda can control objects to levitate and so on."
After entering the Villa, Pietro recognized Jiang Bai's return upon seeing the silver-White Armor and told Jiang Bai everything that had happened to him and Wanda! As for the silver-White Armor, they already knew about it; he had worn that Armor to rescue them back then.
Jiang Bai was quite surprised to hear Pietro's words. Based on what he said, weren't these Wanda and Pietro's superpowers awakening? But why would they awaken so quickly...? However, thinking that this World had Mutants, Jiang Bai no longer dwelled on the timing of their abilities' awakening.
In the original timeline, their abilities were awakened by HYDRA using Loki's scepter, which was the Mind Stone! Now, they had awakened spontaneously. Perhaps it was because this World had Mutants, and the awakening times for many Mutants' abilities varied.
But Wanda and Pietro were very likely Magneto's children, so their abilities might awaken early due to the potential Mutant genes in their bodies! After Pietro finished speaking, Wanda, standing nearby, also looked at Jiang Bai timidly, as if afraid Jiang Bai would dislike them.
Seeing this, he smiled faintly, then stepped out of his Armor, casually stowing it into his System Space! He looked at Wanda and Pietro gently and said:
"Isn't having superpowers great? Don't worry, I don't mind! But you must not show your abilities in front of outsiders, understand?"
"Really?! Hehe, thank you, Jiang Bai!"
"Alright, remember not to show your abilities in front of outsiders. The situation for Mutants is not good right now. Many organizations are capturing Mutants for research. Although I'm not sure if you are Mutants, you still need to be careful!"
"Okay, we remember!" x2
After gently stroking Wanda's head, he sternly told Wanda and Pietro not to display their abilities in front of outsiders. His strength was not yet enough to deter all organizations from targeting Wanda and Pietro, so he could only restrain Wanda and Pietro.
It was important to know that some organizations had no humanity when researching Mutants; various cruel experiments, dissections, and the like were just appetizers! Some research even involved combining animals and Mutants, making two Mutants co-exist, testing regeneration by directly breaking a leg, and then breaking it again after it healed.
This continued until they obtained accurate data, and many people suffered such torment. If he remembered correctly, Red Devil, a Mutant with teleportation abilities, was captured by Stryker and researched and tortured to death!
Until he had the power to overturn the table, Jiang Bai did not want to expose himself, which was why he saved Tony Stark but did not let him know his identity! This was to prevent S.H.I.E.L.D. from finding his whereabouts!
He was quite speechless about this organization, where eighty percent of the people were from HYDRA. He had no goodwill towards them, nor did he particularly dislike them. Although S.H.I.E.L.D. was indeed not great, it did, to some extent, protect the Earth, even if eighty percent of its members were moles.
He mainly didn't want to contact Nick Fury; he knew about the trump card in his hand. The Quantum Communicator, also known as the Captain Marvel Summoner! The current S.H.I.E.L.D. was not something he could contend with; even without Captain Marvel, his Magnetic Armor was not enough to fight the entire S.H.I.E.L.D..
After all, who knew if they had any special weapons that could eliminate magnetism.