Chapter 102: Iron Man Ambushed, the Abandoned Thunder God Thor
In a warm seaside villa, a shirtless Thor, his large belly exposed, was flipping through TV channels.
When he saw a familiar face on the screen, Thor sat up straight, scattering popcorn all over the floor.
"Hey! Stephen Fang! You're on TV!"
Stephen Fang leaped down from the attic. He was holding a feather duster, and when he saw the news, he nearly snapped it in half.
S.H.I.E.L.D. had put out a warrant for his arrest!
"And you're laughing?" Stephen Fang walked up behind Thor and smacked him hard on the back of the head. "If I hadn't saved you, would I be on TV?"
"Hehe, my apologies. You're actually not doing too bad. I'm already wanted across the Nine Realms, and now I'm just a mortal. We're brothers in misfortune."
"Give me a break! Who doesn't know you're the son of Odin? Would anyone really dare to kill you? You really think your dad doesn't love you?"
Thor was a bit surprised by Stephen Fang's words. "How do you know about my father?"
"A guess. What father could possibly ignore his own son? The way I see it, this is all your little brother's doing."
"Loki? How is that possible?"
"How is it not possible? Since ancient times, struggles for the throne have always been bloody. In China, hundreds of thousands could die over the emperor's seat. What's more, this is the position of ruler of the Nine Realms. If it were me, I'd get a big oaf like you out of the way too."
"Thinking about it, it really is a classic court drama plot! The eldest son is sent to the frontier, leaving only the youngest son by the emperor's side, plus a team-up between the eldest princess and the venomous empress dowager... Ahem, I'm getting my stories mixed up!"
Although he didn't quite understand what convoluted language Stephen Fang was speaking, Thor could still tell there was a hidden meaning.
Recalling his brother's previous strange behavior, Thor also grew anxious.
Because Loki was the God of Lies!
Could anything he said be taken at face value?
That scoundrel would even lie if you asked him for the time! Thor didn't know what exactly had happened in Asgard, but he was certain it wasn't what Loki had described.
Thinking of this, Thor was suddenly filled with fighting spirit.
He brushed the popcorn off his body, stood up, and walked toward the balcony.
"Where are you going?"
Thor's expression was resolute. "Back to Asgard!"
"You have trouble even going to the bathroom... Just come back. Don't catch another cold. The sea breeze is strong, especially at night. With nostrils that big, you use more tissues than anyone else."
"Hmph, just watch!"
Thor looked up at the sky. "I know you're watching! Heimdall! Bring down the Bifrost! I want to go back and see him! Heimdall! Don't pretend you can't see me! I know you can hear me! You can see me!"
"Heimdall!"
Thor yelled at the sky until even Stephen Fang was getting annoyed.
Just then, Tony Stark emerged from upstairs, wrapped in a bathrobe. He looked at Stephen Fang. "Hey, what's our divine friend doing? Casting a spell? Will this affect us? At the very least, the neighbors will complain, right?"
Stephen Fang shrugged. "Don't worry. He's been abandoned by Asgard. If you went out and yelled for the Bifrost, the probability of it appearing would be higher than for him. As for complaints... the nearest convenience store is a ten-minute drive from here. What neighbors?"
The moment his voice fell, a beam of light appeared on the horizon.
"What did you say? Didn't he just summon a god?"
Stephen Fang was also a bit stunned. He activated his Sharingan and looked toward the horizon.
The light was approaching at an incredible speed!
Soon, two more beams appeared!
Three beams!
A full eighteen beams!
Thor's eyes lit up. "You heard me! You heard me!"
He turned his head and shouted at Stephen Fang, "I'll remember this, my brother! When I return, I will fulfill my promise! A god's word is his bond! You can rest assu—"
Before Thor could finish, Stephen Fang suddenly rushed toward him!
"What are you doing?!"
Thor thought the man before him had turned on him, trying to stop him from returning to Asgard and regaining his divine power. He was angry and wanted to fight back.
"Get down!"
As Stephen Fang got behind Thor and his hands began to form seals, Thor finally realized something was wrong with the things coming from the sky.
That was...
He had just seen it in a movie. Wasn't that thing called a missile?!
"Suit up!"
Stephen Fang only had time to warn Tony Stark before slamming a single hand onto the ground.
"Water Release: Water Formation Wall!"
BOOM—
Eighteen missiles accurately struck Tony Stark's seaside mansion. Flames shot out in all directions, instantly turning the place into a fiery ruin! The devastation was even more tragic than the battlefields in oil-producing countries that were bombed by a certain military force supplied with weapons by Stark Industries.
In the sky, three attack helicopters hovered, confirming whether the people in the mansion were dead.
In the ruins, Stephen Fang held up a ceiling slab with one hand. With a fierce kick of his right foot, he sent Thor flying out from underneath it.
"Why are you out here?" Thor was dazed.
Stephen Fang didn't say a word. With a flash, he was out from under the slab.
With a loud CRACK, Tony Stark's seaside mansion finally collapsed.
Seeing this, an operator in one of the gunships picked up his radio. "Target eliminated. Over."
He had just finished speaking when a red dot rose from the ruins.
A flying man in red and gold armor shot out!
Seeing the target, the gunships immediately fired their missiles.
Iron Man quickly turned his body and, at an extremely high speed, led the missiles up into the sky.
Just as the three gunships breathed a sigh of relief, an even stranger figure appeared in the distance!
This figure's flight speed was nowhere near as fast as Iron Man's, but compared to the Iron Man who had destroyed the Ten Rings' base, the people in the gunships were more terrified of this figure!
"What is that monster?!"
Seeing a person who could actually grow wings and fly, the gunship pilot's heart raced, and he forgot to open fire.
"Don't just stand there! Fire!"
"Whoosh!"
Just as before when they attacked Iron Man, the three gunships simultaneously launched missiles at Stephen Fang!
However, at the very instant the missiles were about to hit their target!
The target vanished.
In the blink of an eye, inside the cockpit of one of the helicopters, the figure of that "monster" appeared!
"Ahhh!"
The co-pilot frantically pulled the trigger, but Stephen Fang just casually tilted his neck, and all the bullets grazed past his face, embedding themselves in the cockpit's frame.
Terrifyingly, Stephen Fang then made a rather unseemly ducking motion, sticking his rear out.
But this move wasn't for nothing. If he hadn't done it, a ricocheting bullet would have taken his manhood.
Faced with a ruthless man who could dodge bullets with such calm and composure, the Ten Rings members on the gunship were dumbfounded.
This was practically a god!
"Don't move. Land nice and easy! Don't try anything funny! If this helicopter wasn't worth money, I would have torn you two apart long ago!"
The two pilots nodded like they were pounding garlic, not daring to resist in the slightest.
A similar scene quickly unfolded in the cockpits of the other two gunships.
By the time Iron Man returned to the beach after dealing with the missiles, the three gunships were already in Stephen Fang's pocket.
Iron Man landed, took off his faceplate, and looked with great confusion at the six bald terrorists tied up by Stephen Fang.
"Obadiah's men? That can't be right. Isn't he in prison?"
"Let's not worry about that for now." Stephen Fang cut off Iron Man's train of thought. "Can you help me sell these three gunships for cash? I need to buy some expensive metal. I don't know if it'll be enough. If it's not, can you chip in a little?"
(Ten-thousand-word update complete. Asking for a Monthly Ticket! (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧)
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