"No hurry, Pepper is very safe right now." Nero waved her hand; through her Observation Haki, she saw that Pepper was now, for some unknown reason, with Coulson.
Tony's bald, bearded uncle, Obadiah, was rushing to Stark Industries with the arc reactor.
"It's you, on the other hand. I suggest you clean yourself up first; you look a bit disgusting to me."
Tony's chest flesh had already grown back, but the traces left by the small fountain's spray—a mix of black and red—were still emitting a pungent odor.
"Obadiah wants to kill Pepper; we must go there immediately." Tony also felt quite disgusted, but he was more worried about Pepper.
"You go clean up first. It's just a portal; what's there to rush about?"
Nero's words successfully calmed Tony down. Obadiah had just left, and it would still take a good amount of time to get from here to the company.
"j.a.r.v.i.s., print a new arc reactor immediately." The calm Tony immediately ordered; with all the materials, he could just have j.a.r.v.i.s. make it.
This time, he planned to get his revenge himself. Letting out a sigh of frustration, Tony nodded at Nero: "Thank you for your help this time."
Ethan had withdrawn from his assistant duties these past few days, spending all his time investigating issues related to hell, so he wasn't here.
If it weren't for Nero, he would have been dead this time. Therefore, Tony's expression was very solemn when he thanked her this time.
"Hm, you're welcome. After all, you are one of the first lackeys I took in in this world."
Nero waved her hand with a flourish, though her words made Tony a bit awkward.
However, Tony didn't refute her. Although her words were a bit rough, they were true, so in the end, Tony could only silently go to clean himself… After Pepper confirmed Obadiah's criminal acts, she and Coulson discussed it, then brought five other agents to arrest Obadiah.
When they successfully arrived at Stark's lab, Obadiah had already installed the arc reactor he took from Tony into the prototype's chest.
By the time Coulson and his team blasted open the lab door, Obadiah was already in the suit.
Pepper was the first to notice something was wrong. She turned and ran as the suit Obadiah built, like a Masira, charged at her.
Fortunately, the basement was quite cramped, and the iron door successfully jammed his suit, allowing Pepper to escape.
Just as Pepper breathed a sigh of relief after running out the door, Obadiah's suit burst out from underground.
"Where do you think you're going?" Obadiah's suit clenched its fist, aiming at Pepper.
At that very moment, sparks flew, and a portal appeared between Pepper and Obadiah.
"To our side, of course." Tony stepped out first, saying coolly.
The next second, he was thrown into the Stark Tower behind him by Nero, who was half a step behind him, making her look like a bodyguard.
"Hm, rude fellow."
Nero mumbled, then turned to look at Pepper, not caring that she was currently facing away from Obadiah: "Pepper, are you touched? I've come to save you!"
Uh… Honestly, Pepper was a bit hesitant to move right now. Watching Tony, man and suit, crash uncontrollably into the building, she still hadn't quite figured out what was happening.
However, she quickly pulled Nero over: "Nero, quickly get behind me."
Pepper was still unaware of Nero's true identity, only thinking she was a little mage who could create portals.
After all, how strong could a five-foot-tall little girl be, one who even needed help with bathing and tying her hair?
Nero, having been forcibly 'cleansed,' didn't struggle anymore. Perhaps fearing she might hurt Pepper if she used too much force, Nero was incredibly quiet at this moment.
"Did you two forget where you are?" Obadiah raised the gun on his wrist, aiming at them: "Go get intimate down below!"
"Stane!" The golden-red robot rushed over, directly carrying Obadiah away from his spot.
"Tony!"
The two flew onto the highway, causing a series of traffic accidents.
Obadiah lifted a car, ignoring the screaming family inside, and shouted like a strongman: "Tony, I love this suit!"
"Put them down!" Tony's face was serious.
"This is collateral damage." Obadiah chuckled, then prepared to smash the car at Tony.
Energy converged on the arc reactor in his chest, and Tony's golden-red suit seemed to brighten a few shades. A beam of light directly blasted Obadiah away.
Then Tony steadily caught the car and placed it on the ground. As soon as the car was put down, the family inside quickly sped away.
Tony's suit made a clanking sound as it stepped on the ground. He had plenty of energy now, but Obadiah… was a bit lacking.
Ten gun barrels emerged from the back of Obadiah's hand, and bullets rained down like a downpour: "Thirty years, Tony! I've been propping you up!!"
Tony's suit sprayed white hot flames, moving back and forth to dodge most of the bullets.
"I built this company from scratch! This is my company; nothing can stop me!!" Flames also erupted from Obadiah's suit, and he glided towards Tony.
His massive size sent Tony flying. Obadiah laughed maniacally: "Tony, you actually upgraded your suit. It seems I'll have to be gentler with your legacy?"
A huge amount of energy converged on his chest, and Tony activated turret rapid-fire mode: "You can be even rougher; then you'll understand how much effect your despicable methods just now actually had."
Obadiah was beaten back repeatedly, and even the weapons on his own body were detonated by the light cannon, which made Obadiah's face a bit hard to bear.
Bright flames sprayed from his feet again, and the Masira suit charged at Tony, enduring the cannon fire: "Originally, we could have gotten along very well, Tony. You ruined everything!"
"Because of me! Stark Industries is what it is today. You're just a kid who knows a bit of science and has some minor skills; without me, you're nothing!"
Tony didn't dodge. When Obadiah charged over, he flew up and collided with him, hands first.
"It seems we both have the same idea: if it weren't for me, Stark Industries wouldn't exist."
The frequency of flames spraying from Tony's feet increased dramatically, and Obadiah's massive suit was beaten back repeatedly.
"But if it weren't for you, I could replace you with a different person every day, and they would probably be smarter than an old man like you."
Tony's words were like a stab to Obadiah's heart, breaking his defenses directly.
"This is my company! Contracts! Negotiations! A greenhorn like you has no idea how much I've put in. You only care about how to sleep with this month's cover girl."
Obadiah's roar had no effect; he was still pushed away by Tony.
"Hey! The name of this company is Stark Industries, not Stane Industries." Tony flew in the air: "And I've already sold it to someone else."
"What did you say? You mean you don't have any shares now?"
Obadiah felt despair for the first time. Did this mean that even if he won and successfully got acquitted, Tony's legacy wouldn't be his?
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