Tony's test was a great success; not only did he collect detailed data on the Mark II, but he also discovered that the Mark II's performance was flawless in every aspect, with no malfunctions occurring during the flight.
"We succeeded!" This was the first thing Tony said to Li Yue and Yinsen after the test, his tone filled with excitement, pride, and an inexpressible joy.
Li Yue also seemed very happy, but in his mind, he was thinking about the upcoming plot.
Next, Tony would attend a charity gala, where he would learn from a beautiful reporter with whom he had a one-night stand that Obadiah was still selling weapons manufactured by Stark Industries to terrorists.
Afterward, Tony, wearing the Mark III, which had been painted and equipped with weapons, would go to combat the terrorists. This made Obadiah feel a sense of crisis, so he obtained the prototype and blueprints of the Mark I from the terrorists, modified it, and created a larger armor.
Later, Tony and Obadiah would engage in a fierce battle on the streets, and eventually, with Pepper Potts's help, Tony would defeat Obadiah and directly admit to being Iron Man at a press conference.
It would be easy for Li Yue to stop Obadiah, but without this major battle, Tony would not admit to being Iron Man at the press conference. Therefore, Li Yue could not prevent the battle between Obadiah and Tony. However, since this was reality and not a movie, where Tony, without his protagonist's halo, would have been crushed by Iron Monger countless times, Li Yue decided to give Tony a boost.
"Tony, have you ever thought about making the armor a bit bigger, like, for example…"
Leaving Li Yue's situation aside for now, Nick Fury, sitting in his office, looked at the newly returned intelligence report with an expressionless face. After a period of thought, he suddenly picked up the phone and gave instructions to the other end.
"Closely monitor every move of the target individual. Find a way to clarify the target individual's relationship with Tony Stark and his purpose in approaching Tony Stark. Try not to alert him, but you can make contact if the opportunity arises."
Nick paused and continued, "Quickly find out how Tony Stark escaped from the terrorists and what he is currently doing. Is he developing new weapons? Report any information directly to me."
Nick Fury hung up the phone, got up, and went to a safe. After fingerprint verification, iris verification, and entering a password dozens of digits long, he opened the safe and pulled out a booklet. On it was a single line of text: "Avenger." After a long period of contemplation, Nick Fury put it back.
In the blink of an eye, several weeks quickly passed. That evening, Tony, as usual, finished his day's work. Originally, after building the Mark II, he should have been relatively free. Who knew that after the test, Li Yue shared some ideas with him, and countless inspirations flooded his mind. After instructing Jarvis to paint the Mark II, he continued to work hard in the underground laboratory.
Today, he finally solved a problem that had plagued him for days. In his excitement, he was about to go out for some food when he happened to see a news report on TV about a charity gala being held in his name tonight. Tony thought to himself that he hadn't made a public appearance in a long time, and it was time to go out and relax, and also to let the news media know that he, Tony Stark, was doing well.
"Hey, Li Yue, Yinsen, are you still playing? I don't know what's so fun about those games. It's better to go out and fly around in an Iron Man suit." Tony looked at Li Yue and Yinsen, who were huddled on the sofa, and asked.
Because he was bored, Li Yue had Jarvis create a few games, which he had been playing with Yinsen for the past few days.
"Hey, do you guys want to go out with me? I just found out there's a charity gala tonight in my name, and no one even told me. There are a lot of beautiful girls at the gala. Don't you want to go check it out? Maybe you can have a romantic encounter with a beauty and have a wonderful night." Tony said seductively to Li Yue and Yinsen, his face full of innuendo.
"No, Yinsen and I are not like you; everywhere you go, beautiful women are attracted by your lavishness." Li Yue indicated that only Tony could have beautiful women favor him everywhere he went; they were just ordinary people.
Yinsen also shook his head at Tony, indicating that he was not interested in what he was saying.
"It's your loss if you don't go. I'm going out to relax. I've been cooped up in the basement researching all day; I'm practically growing mold." Tony put on his suit, donned his expensive watch, and drove his luxury car straight to the charity gala.
However, after only two hours, Tony returned to the villa with a furious expression. His face was grim, and his eyes were filled with anger.
"How did you come back so soon, Mr. Stark? What happened?" Yinsen looked at Tony, who had returned shortly after leaving, with some surprise. Then, seeing Tony's grim expression, he asked somewhat seriously. Although Li Yue knew why Tony was like this, he didn't say much, just looked at Tony, waiting for him to explain.
"I just found out that my company is still secretly selling weapons behind my back, and they're selling them to terrorists." Tony said, his face grim, almost gritting his teeth.
"Tony, if that's the case, what do you plan to do?" Li Yue asked.
"I'm going to do what I have to do." Tony said solemnly, his eyes filled with determination.
Subsequently, Tony returned to the underground laboratory, and with Jarvis's help, donned the Iron Man suit. The suit was now colored, composed of red and gold, which also reflected Tony's usual personality. With a sonic boom, the Iron Man suit soared into the distance.
Tony flew at full speed in the Iron Man suit and soon arrived at the place where the terrorists were plundering, a small town called Gemira, which was Yinsen's hometown.
The terrorists, who were in the midst of plundering, were terrified when they saw Tony, clad in his golden-red Iron Man suit, descend from the sky. They had never witnessed such an astonishing sight. Seeing Iron Man walking towards them step by step, it was as if death itself was coming for them.
The terrified terrorists could only fire wildly at the figure, bullets pouring out desperately, hoping to stop Iron Man's advance. However, they soon discovered with horror that the bullets hitting Iron Man only made clanging sounds and caused no damage whatsoever.
Tony, wearing the Iron Man suit, ignored the terrorists' frantic shooting. The bullets caused him no hindrance. He took a few steps, instantly arriving in front of a terrorist, and punched him fiercely. The power of this punch was terrifying; it directly sent the terrorist flying, who crashed into a wall before falling to the ground, dead beyond revival.
He then turned and raised his arm towards the distant terrorists, energy converging in his palm, and fired an energy beam, directly knocking the terrorist away.
Tony quickly dealt with the group of terrorists, throwing their leader to the plundered civilians for disposal. His fate was predictable; he would undoubtedly be beaten to death by the enraged civilians.
Tony turned and flew into the sky, preparing to destroy the weapons on the ground. Those weapons were all produced by Stark Industries and sold to the terrorists. Tony didn't want these weapons to cause more slaughter in the hands of terrorists, so he intended to destroy them all.
However, Tony, in the air, was blasted down by a tank shell from the ground (it must be said that the tank aimed really well), creating a large crater in the ground. Fortunately, the Iron Man suit's material was quite hard, and Tony was not harmed, though the suit lost a bit of paint. Feeling that he had lost face, Tony directly fired a missile at the tank, blowing it to smithereens. He then declared that real men never look back at explosions.
Then, ignoring the terrorists firing wildly at him, he flew into the sky, energy converging in the palms of his hands, and utterly destroyed all the weapons produced by Stark Industries. Afterward, he soared into the distance.