Chapter 72 - 71: Near the end

Chapter 72: Chapter 71: Near the end

In the evening, a grand press conference was held on New York's biggest stage.

Although there was just a heavy storm today, it did not affect the popularity of this press conference at all.

Because the people who opened this conference have dropped their rhetoric, and what they're going to release will dwarf Tony Stark's Iron Man armor.

In the audience, Pepper and Happy were sitting in the front seat, and both were looking at their cell phones, chatting in every possible way.

Every now and then, they glanced over at Justin Hammer, who was chatting awkwardly upstairs.

There was still little time left before the press conference, and Justin Hammer was having a heated argument with the dancers above.

Happy couldn't help but complain, "Does he like being like Tony that much?"

Pepper was also speechless.

This kind of interaction with the dancers is basically what Tony did during the boring waiting time at the development conference.

With him, it becomes very deliberate.

"I finally understood why Tony didn't want to come."

Pepper really felt like this was a kind of mental torture.

If it weren't for the business relationship, she wouldn't have gone to such a boring press conference if she had been killed.

After a while, the boring imitation session finally ended.

Soon after, Justin Hammer gave a speech and, after some passionate proceedings, his own accomplishments.

At the same time, he also scolded Tony Stark for not wanting to share his technology.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the new face of the United States military: the Hammer Drones!!"

As soon as the voice fell, steel soldiers walked towards the stage uniformly, bringing the atmosphere of the entire press conference to a climax in an instant.

Justin Hammer proudly looked at the location of the Stark Industries members thinking he would see Tony, but unfortunately he only saw Happy and Pepper, not Tony.

"It doesn't matter, he's too embarrassed to come, he must be in front of the live TV right now, watching my press conference."

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"I'm so angry!"

In fact, Tony, who was up all night last night developing his new Mark Armor, just woke up.

As soon as he woke up, he couldn't wait to rush to the laboratory, let alone watch the live broadcast, he didn't even turn on the TV.

Or to be more direct.

He completely forgot that Hammer Industries had this conference today.

When he reached the basement, Tony couldn't hide the excitement on his face.

"JARVIS, is my new armor ready?"

[She is ready, sir.]

Under JARVIS's control, a new armor was slowly introduced, although the appearance did not change much.

But the overall volume has been reduced quite a bit, and the aerodynamics have become much better.

"Simply perfect."

"That's right, JARVIS..."

[Yes sir.]

JARVIS fits not profile.

While Tony was still admiring his new armor, an unfamiliar call came in: 'Hey, Tony Stark.'

Tony remembered the voice.

Ivan Vanko.

Isn't this guy in jail?

How can he still call him like that.

"Um, I don't think you should call me from prison."

'Why didn't you watch the news?'

Tony was surprised by Ivan Vanko's nonsensical words: "I rarely watch the news, or rather, I never watch this kind of thing."

Because if any important event happens, JARVIS will notify you as soon as possible.

'It's okay, the Hammer Industries press conference has started, Stark Industries should send someone there.'

'Soon, you will go collect their bodies.'

After speaking, Ivan Vanke hung up the phone immediately, as he knew that Tony would definitely let JARVIS search for his location.

Sure enough, as soon as the phone was hung up, the search for JARVIS was also stopped.

"[Sir, positioning failed.]

There was anger in Tony's eyes, this guy, even though he had him as his target, he was planning to trouble Pepper and Happy now.

"JARVIS, get ready, we're going to try out our new armor."

[Understood sir.]

After donning his new armor, Tony's first impression is that he is light, much lighter than those big guys from before.

Power has also been greatly improved.

Tony flew straight into the sky.

Now hovering in the air, Tony no longer needs to spit flames from his hands to help his balance. Tony can stand still in the air smoothly.

"The Red Queen's suggestion was really great."

After discovering the location of the press conference, Tony quickly flew there.

And another place in New York.

Ivan Vanko killed the person guarding him and then began operating on the computer, observing the data from the Hanmer drones on it.

Ivan smiled sinisterly.

When Justin Hammer became interested in the Ark Reactor technology and brought it from prison to Hammer Industries.

Originally, revenge against Tony could have been carried out earlier, and there was no need to wait until this day.

The main reason is because Justin Hammer is an idiot!

In Ivan's eyes, Justin Hammer is simply stupid and hopeless. None of the robots made before could actually be used.

In the end, he had to do everything himself, which wasted a lot of his time.

Now, finally, it's time to take revenge on the Stark family.

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Meanwhile at the press conference.

Justin Hammer excitedly introduced his hammer drones and continued to stand in front of everyone.

"Next, I will introduce to you the fighting machine, which belongs to Hammer Industries and the military."

"She will be piloted by Air Force Major James Rhodes!"

Just contact Arthur directly.

On the other side, Arthur raised his hand in the mansion, looked at the wet floor and slowly raised it

A pale blue light appeared in his hand.

The water on the ground seemed to have been absorbed by Arthur's call, and the originally moist soil was gradually drying out.

Soon Arthur gathered a large water balloon over the mansion.

This is Element Magic Element Extraction.

Snap!

Arthur snapped his fingers lightly, and the entire water polo quickly shot into the sky, and after reaching a certain height, it suddenly exploded and formed a cloud of water mist to dissipate.

"Magic is very good for cleaning."

Looking at his dry mansion, Arthur's mood improved greatly.

He doesn't like that wet feeling.

Definitely, except for Gwen and Jean.

Of the two, one has already gone home and the other has not yet returned from Xavier School.

The Red Queen stood beside Arthur, watching the scene and trying to analyze it scientifically, but found that she could not.

In the end, she had to give up.

Then came a request for communication from Tony.

[Master, Tony Stark is looking for you.]

"Between."

As soon as the connection was established, Tony's anxious voice rang out: 'Thank God, Arthur, you finally answered.'

"Tony, what are you doing?"

Arthur seemed to hear something strange.

'Listen to me, I'm being hunted by a group of steel soldiers. I hope the Red Queen can hack their system.'

'JARVIS tried just now, but he couldn't.'

"I see."

The plot of Iron Man 2 is coming to an end!

Arthur nodded, "Red Queen, help him and bring those robots here."

"They'll be perfect for making our own robots."

[Understood, master.]

Several codes appeared in the Red Queen's pupils.

Tony reminded again: "Rhode's Mark armor, give him back control and help me locate Ivan Vanko.

[So troublesome!]

Tony froze for a moment.

What did he hear?

The red queen is complaining again.

Forget it, he was already used to it.

Arthur could only smile slightly, the Red Queen is becoming more and more human now, and it might not be long before she can truly resemble a real person.

"I'm sorry, Red Queen."

Hearing Arthur's voice, the Red Queen's eyes lit up with joy: [Okay, master.]

Tony, who was still in a flying state, soon realized that the robots behind him stopped chasing him and turned around one after another.

That direction is Arthur's mansion.

The crisis is over.

Rhodes also discovered that he had regained control of the armor and flew to Tony's side: "Did JARVIS get it?"

"No, I'll talk to you about these things later."

"Have you discovered Ivan Vanko's location?"

"He's heading your way. Do you need me to hack his mechanism and let him be devastated by you?"

[A/N: Now in the final edit I realized that this sentence came out a little wrong, but I'm not going to change it, Hahaha]

Arthur laughed.

That's the downside to wearing smart armor, Arthur believes on Earth, no, in the entire Marvel Universe right now.

There must be no artificial intelligence that can rival the Red Queen.

Ultron's future is less clear.

'Thank you, Arthur.'

"But I still want to defeat him. I want to test the technology of my new armor."

Arthur said in surprise, "After arguing with the Red Queen yesterday, you've already done it today?"

"Yeah, so I wanted to test it out."

After speaking, Tony turned his head and saw a figure running towards them.

Ivan Vanko also discovered that all of his armors were turned off.

He figured the mainframe had been discovered, so he didn't think about it anymore.

Since they were just appetizers, Tony asked to prepare them himself.

Soon, the three of them arrived in the suburbs together.

Along the way, Rhodes also learned everything that happened, thanks to Tony's explanation.

After hearing this, Rhodes became very angry, and his War Machine was hacked before it could even warm up.

"Tony, leave the rest to my 'ex-wife'.

"What?"

Tony wondered if he had heard wrong.

What the hell, weren't you single this whole time?

But he still took a step back, wanting to see what Rhodes could do.

A miniature launch pad emerged from War Machine's shoulder, and then a missile was fired, hitting Ivan Vanko.

BOOM!

He fell into a puddle on the floor and failed instantly...

"Hammer Industries?"

Tony stifled a laugh...

(End of Chapter)