First, another model of Iron Man armor appeared before Iron Man. After the helmet was opened, a familiar face was revealed inside.
Colonel Rhodes!
Both Iron Man and Rhodes were surprised. Another person owned an Iron Man suit?
Did Iron Man lend it to him, or did the military develop it themselves?
Currently, the military certainly doesn't have this technology, but the footage showed the future, so this matter remained unknown.
"Although it's not appropriate to say this now, but... I'm pretty cool too!" Now it was Rhodes' turn to gloat.
Whoosh!
As everyone watched, another high school-aged boy in the image jumped in front of Iron Man, crying heartbrokenly.
"Mr. Stark, it's me, Peter!"
"Mr. Stark, can you hear me?"
"Mr. Stark, we won!"
...The boy named Peter, with swollen red eyes, repeatedly and sorrowfully called out to Iron Man.
Unfortunately, Iron Man could no longer hear what Peter was saying.
"Peter? This boy looks genuinely sad. It seems my future relationship with him must be pretty good." Iron Man shrugged.
"That's a strange thing," Coulson muttered idly from the side.
With Iron Man's arrogant, conceited, and dismissive personality, how could anyone tolerate him?
The last person to appear before Iron Man was his current assistant, Pepper Potts, also known as Pepper.
"Pepper..."
Iron Man, already disoriented, recognized Pepper at once, indicating their relationship was far from ordinary.
"Friday?" Pepper tightly held Iron Man's hand and then asked Iron Man's AI.
"Detecting rapid deterioration of vital signs." The AI's voice sounded devoid of emotion.
"Friday? Where's J.A.R.V.I.S.?" Iron Man in front of the screen looked a bit puzzled.
"It's okay, Tony, you can rest now." On the screen, Pepper said to Iron Man, holding back tears.
Immediately after, the arc reactor on Iron Man's chest directly shut down.
Iron Man's hand, which had been holding Pepper's, also dropped limply.
Clearly, Iron Man was gone.
The footage ended there.
"Pepper? Tony, it seems she's more than just your assistant!" Rhodes, with a hint of teasing, winked at his good friend.
In the previous scene, everyone was gathered around Iron Man, but as soon as Pepper appeared, they automatically made way for her.
Clearly, Iron Man and Pepper's relationship was very unusual, definitely not just boss and subordinate.
Not only that, but their special relationship must also have been public knowledge, known to everyone around them, which is why they gave Pepper Iron Man's final moments.
"We can get so much important intelligence from that footage, and you're only focused on irrelevant things?"
Iron Man mercilessly criticized Rhodes.
But only Iron Man himself knew that he was secretly pleased, because he had always had feelings for Pepper, he just never said it aloud.
However, judging from the footage, he would most likely end up with Pepper in the future.
What could be more exciting than knowing the woman you love will marry you in the future?
If he were alone, Iron Man would definitely have J.A.R.V.I.S. play some music and open a beer to vent his joy.
"Thanos's armor is different from before,
the gauntlet on his hand is also different, and the environment looks different."
"So this isn't the previous battle, but another fight—no, it shouldn't be called a fight, but a war!"
Coulson didn't waste words and immediately began analyzing the footage.
"We can clearly see that this war is between Thanos's alien army and humanity!"
The first footage only showed Iron Man and Thanos fighting, and the location was on an alien planet, so not much useful information could be analyzed.
But this second piece of footage clearly indicated the two warring parties: Thanos's army and the people of Earth.
"In other words, our previous analysis was correct: Thanos will indeed invade Earth in the future!" Rhodes said in a low voice.
Although the background of the second footage was also a ruined, apocalyptic scene, it was impossible to definitively determine whether it was an alien planet or Earth.
But compared to Earthlings invading an alien planet, an alien army invading Earth would obviously be more reasonable, wouldn't it?
Hearing Rhodes' words, everyone's expressions became slightly heavy for a moment; this was not good news.
"It seems the anti-Thanos armor needs to be put on the agenda!" Iron Man silently made a decision.
"In the previous footage, Thanos's gauntlet only had four gems, but in this current footage, Thanos's gauntlet has six gems!"
"Does this mean that Thanos's goal, or one of his goals, is to collect all six Infinity Stones?"
"And Thanos didn't snap his fingers when he had four gems. Does this mean that only by collecting all six Infinity Stones can he snap that finger?"
Rhodes' words made both Coulson and Iron Man nod in agreement.
"You two, one is a military bigwig, and the other is a S.H.I.E.L.D. bigwig. Do you know what Infinity Stones are?"
Iron Man also asked Rhodes and the other person.
Rhodes and Coulson both shook their heads. They had never even heard of Infinity Stones.
However, Coulson was deep in thought; he definitely needed to ask their director, Nick Fury, once he returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. Nick Fury knew too many secret intelligence reports that ordinary people couldn't access.
It was possible he knew about the Infinity Stones.
Not only Coulson, but Rhodes and Iron Man on the side also made up their minds.
Later, they would definitely investigate what the Infinity Stones were.
Regardless of Thanos's reason for invading Earth, the Infinity Stones were crucial to this war.
And the other faces that appeared in this war.
For example, the person who extended a finger to Iron Man seemed very unusual.
Especially since he was wearing a cape.
After all, proper people don't wear capes.
Also, the boy named Peter, not only was his relationship with Iron Man extraordinary, but his fluid movements as he jumped from the side to Iron Man's side clearly indicated he was no ordinary person.
These people all needed to be paid attention to.
As for Thanos and such, the two didn't hold much hope, after all, he was an alien overlord, so the possibility of finding clues was not great.