"Chen Chen, I've found Rody," Tony's voice crackled through the comms.
"Rody says War Machine has already been taken by Killian, and Killian left two hours before we arrived. We're too late."
"Don't worry, I'm on my way." With a single hand seal, Chen Chen transformed into a streak of azure light, instantly crossing spatial boundaries to appear before Tony. The armored man had Trevor Slattery slung over his shoulder and was supporting Rody with his other arm.
Though conscious, Rody was covered in bruises and cuts. While there were no signs of internal injuries or severe wounds, his condition prevented him from moving effectively or joining them. Trevor Slattery also needed to be monitored and punished later, as part of his deal with Fury.
"Tony, take Rody and Trevor out of here first. I'll handle the cleanup," Chen Chen said after assessing the situation. "You'll need to stay behind to look after them later. I'll deal with the hijacked President."
After speaking, Chen Chen directly opened a Space Channel and pushed Tony through it, instantly teleporting him back to the villa.
Meanwhile, Chen Chen channeled the energy from the Space Stone within his body. A violent surge of azure energy erupted from his palm, coalescing into a blinding sphere of light. He slammed this energy sphere onto the laboratory floor. The sphere hovered there, emitting a dazzling glow.
"Coordinates confirmed. Transfer!" Chen Chen shouted softly.
Behind him, a black hole fringed with azure energy suddenly tore open. He leaped backward, vanishing from the laboratory in an instant. The energy sphere he had left behind began to expand rapidly.
Moments later, it exploded. The violent energy spread outward, ravaging everything in its path. Any object that came into contact with the azure light was instantly reduced to nothingness.
An observer outside the laboratory would have witnessed the entire structure dissolving into scattered motes of light floating in the air, as if its existence were being erased by a divine hand. The once massive laboratory vanished completely, silently, in less than ten seconds.
The mastermind behind it all, Chen Chen, now stood high in the sky. The biting wind whipped his black bangs across his forehead as his dark, narrow eyes, framed by a handsome brow, fixed on the exploding plane below.
With a flash, Chen Chen arrived at the White House entrance.
"Whoa... are you Chen Chen?" a middle-aged white man in a suit asked in surprise. He looked rather refined and gentlemanly.
"S.H.I.E.L.D.? Tell me what's happening here," Chen Chen said softly. Though he could likely guess that Killian had used War Machine to abduct the President, he couldn't rule out unforeseen consequences. It was best to confirm the details.
"Mr. President... he's been kidnapped by Iron Patriot!" The man's voice trembled as he responded to Chen Chen's inquiry. "We were just discussing with Mr. President how to deal with Mandarin. You know how intense the media pressure has been on him lately. Only killing Mandarin can quell this."
"When we were preparing to board the plane, Iron Patriot appeared. We initially mistook him for Colonel Rhodes, so we let our guard down and didn't demand he remove his armor to verify his identity. Instead, we allowed him to board with us. What we didn't expect was that shortly after the plane took off, he revealed himself—
It wasn't Colonel Rhodes at all. He brutally murdered several guards, seized the President, and flew out with him, even detonating one of the plane's engines as he made his escape."
Hearing this, Chen Chen nodded. The situation unfolded exactly as he'd anticipated. Killian should now be on the Cargo Superfreighter, filming the President's assassination video. Floating into the air, Chen Chen looked down at Lex and his group below and declared,
"I'm going to rescue the President. You should leave immediately and contact the relevant departments."
With that, Chen Chen shot into the sky like a beam of light. The resulting air blast accidentally sent Lex flying, leaving the stunned onlookers behind.
He found Tony and explained the current situation.
"So, are we having Trevor Lightly take us to Killian?" Tony asked Chen Chen, glancing at Trevor, who was already awake and sitting in the chair with an innocent expression.
"Yes, that's right. And we need to leave now. If anything changes, and Killian actually kills the President, all our efforts will be for nothing."
Chen Chen himself didn't know the exact location of Killian's Cargo Superfreighter, so having Trevor lead the way was the best option.
"Okay, okay! I've been there before! I'll take you there right away!" Trevor twisted his face into a grotesque mask and shouted, noticing the strange look in Chen Chen's eyes.
"Let's go then," Chen Chen said, standing up from his chair and stretching lazily.
On a distant stretch of ocean, a massive cargo superfreighter loomed. Personnel scurried about, setting up equipment: lights, cameras, microphones—everything was being arranged as if preparing for a grand stage production.
At that moment, the golden-haired Killian was holding a chain. At the other end of the chain was a red-and-blue steel armor: the War Machine, also known as the Iron Patriot.
He was currently suspended in mid-air, the mask that had been fixed to the surface of his helmet now ripped away, revealing a face known to the entire world: the President of the United States.
His closed eyes trembled slightly, the eyelashes fluttering. Then, his weary eyes slowly opened. He blinked in confusion at the scene before him, his pupils contracting in apparent fear. But he quickly suppressed these emotions, burying them deep within his gaze.
Noticing the President had awakened, Killian flashed his usual smile. He stomped his foot, leaving a deep imprint in the ground, and leaped upward like a soaring eagle. Reaching a height of about five meters, he landed smoothly on a platform level with the suspended President.
"Good evening, Mr. President," Killian said, placing a hand on the President's shoulder with practiced familiarity, as if greeting an old friend. "I understand you may be bewildered by all this. But allow me to offer you a hint."
"Mandarin," Killian said, revealing a row of neat, white teeth. "This is your lesson."
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