Chapter 103: Ivan Vanko Appears! Remotely Activating the Armor!
Boom—!
"Tony Stark! Where are you? I've come to take back everything that belongs to me, you thief!"
Just then, an explosion suddenly occurred outside the banquet hall, and this rough voice resonated throughout the entire World Expo grounds. Everyone in the banquet hall turned their gaze towards Tony, and even Jiang Bai showed a faint smile.
Tony walked out with a grim expression, passing through a corridor to arrive behind the stage from earlier. There was no one on the stage now, so he quickly ascended it and activated the internal device! Following this, mechanical arms began to appear, suiting Tony in his armor.
The faceplate finally closed, and he initiated flight mode, quickly spotting the guy who attacked the place. The opponent was also wearing Iron Man Armor, and not only that, his armor was considerably larger than Tony's. He didn't just have one suit of armor either.
Around him were nearly a hundred Iron Man Armors, each equipped with weapons on their shoulders. Tony immediately felt a bad premonition, but seeing the Arc Reactors on the chests of these armors, he also had a guess: it should be the same person who attacked him in Monaco.
To avoid harming the crowd below, Tony piloted his armor directly in another direction. All the armors pursued without hesitation, continuously attacking Tony as they chased. It was indeed Ivan Vanko!
After he was rescued by the Red Room, through a deal, the Red Room provided him with resources, and he would build Arc Reactors for the Red Room. After his revenge succeeded, he would hand over the Arc Reactor technology to the Red Room. Although this somewhat displeased the Red Room's leader,
considering the preciousness of the Arc Reactor, he still chose to agree. Then, Ivan Vanko began using the Red Room's resources to create Iron Man Armor to get revenge on Tony Stark! It's likely due to changes in the timeline, but Ivan Vanko's armor is quite different from the original.
Its size already far exceeds the armor from the original timeline, and Ivan Vanko's armor also comes with many powerful weapons. These are all Russian weapons, and compared to Justin Hammer's, they are like night and day.
In the original timeline, Rhodes' ex-wife missile was quite comical, and even the other armors created by Ivan Vanko were extremely powerful. They were far stronger than the land, sea, and air armors Justin Hammer displayed in that timeline.
"Jiang, help Tony! So many armors are chasing him! Please!!"
"Don't worry, Tony will be fine. He'll probably just take a beating."
After seeing Tony being chased by so many armors, Pepper in the banquet hall immediately ran to Jiang Bai, asking him for help. Tony's armor was indeed extraordinary, but facing such overwhelming numbers, she didn't think Tony could win completely. Only Jiang Bai could help Tony at the scene.
Hearing Pepper's request, Jiang Bai finished the champagne in his glass, nodded slightly, and said with a smile. The next second, he vanished from Pepper's sight. Natasha, who witnessed this, was filled with shock; he disappeared in an instant.
Jiang Bai's strength had actually improved so much during this time! Her first thought was to report this intelligence to Nick Fury. Jiang Bai's strength was increasing too quickly. How long had it been since Skull Island? Now he could move so fast that he was invisible to the naked eye.
Leaving the banquet hall, Jiang Bai used the Chicken Talisman and Rabbit Talisman to chase after Tony. Tony's situation was not good at the moment; even though he constantly dodged the attacks from the armors behind him, their sheer number was too great, and he inevitably took hits.
Some of the armors' attacks even carried electromagnetic pulses, which nearly caused his armor's system to restart. This electromagnetic interference was very annoying for dealing with armor. A slight oversight could cause the armor to disconnect from the system.
Boom—!
"Damn it, where did this guy get so many armors?"
After a curse, Tony accelerated again, flying towards the outskirts of New York. These few minutes were actually enough for Jiang Bai to reach Tony, but he was hanging back behind Ivan Vanko's armors, planning to let Tony deal with Ivan Vanko first.
Bang—!
After passing under a low bridge, two system-controlled armors were directly destroyed, giving Tony a moment to breathe! He continuously increased his speed, flying towards the outskirts, but was then struck by Ivan Vanko, falling to the ground with his armor, crashing onto the land outside the city.
There were no buildings here, nor any places for Tony to hide, and his armor was damaged. One of his foot thrusters was broken! Facing the attacks of several Iron Man Armors, he had no chance of winning! Jiang Bai was also very curious how Tony planned to break free.
However, his expression quickly became strange. He suspected Tony would call him later. Ivan Vanko looked at Tony, who was surrounded by his armors, and couldn't help but say:
"Hahahaha! Tony Stark, you've chosen a good grave for yourself!"
"Oh really? I don't think so! Jarvis, activate all remotely supported armors!"
"Yes, sir! Remote armors cannot be donned without assistance."
Tony didn't care about Ivan Vanko's taunt. He had long since developed a program for remotely activating his armors. Although it couldn't allow him to wear them unassisted, at least Jarvis could control these armors to attack the opponent. Otherwise, he couldn't win due to the sheer numbers.
This program locked onto the location of Tony's current armor, not his personal location. He hadn't injected a positioning sensor into his arm yet, and this technology wasn't very mature. Having Jarvis control them now was far less effective than him controlling them himself.
He was forced to activate this program now. He already knew the opponent's identity; the first thing he did after returning from Monaco was to use Jarvis to find Ivan Vanko's information, learning that the opponent's father, Anton Vanko, had dealings with his own father.
However, the data did not explain why the opponent had fallen from being a top scientist to eventually dying in a slum! Even if there were some inside stories he didn't know, the opponent was coming fiercely, and he was not afraid!
"Stark family thief, die!"
Boom—!
Ivan Vanko mockingly glanced at Tony through his armor, then used the program to issue an attack command. The weapons on the shoulders of the armors around him all aimed at Tony, some even revealing miniature missiles. The terrifying firepower made Tony's heart tremble.
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