"I almost forgot about the important matter, getting sidetracked by the little one…"
Tony opened his mechanical faceplate and said, "Jarvis, through surveillance, has discovered two young people in New York who are suspected mutants. They seem to be asking around for news of Magneto. I wonder if you're interested in meeting them."
"If the information is accurate, I only need you to owe me two more treatments."
Sure enough, no profit, no early start.
Tony didn't expect him to still remember their previous collaboration.
Although Mike no longer held much hope for the street heroes, seeing Tony's eager expression, he still said, "Alright, two treatments."
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Tony put on his faceplate, ready to take off.
Just then, Hit-Girl, who had been eavesdropping nearby, ran up to Mike with her small backpack full of weapons and pleaded, "I've never seen a mutant before! Can I come with you? I promise I won't cause any trouble."
At the same time, Hit-Girl also used her advantage, blinking her big eyes cutely, attempting to soften Mike's heart.
"No, you stay home obediently…" Mike, long accustomed to Hit-Girl's personality, didn't fall for it. He then added, "And remember to finish today's homework. I'll check it when I get back."
"What the heck!" Rejected, Hit-Girl's eyes lost their sparkle, and she looked like a frost-bitten eggplant, completely wilted.
"Haha, Mindy. Why don't you beg Uncle Tony? Maybe I'll soften up and be willing to take you out to play." Looking at the cute little girl, Tony couldn't help but tease her.
"Tch!" Hit-Girl rolled her eyes, completely ignored Tony, and then went to the table to pull out her textbooks.
It seemed she intended to do her homework.
"Alright, let's go." Seeing the little girl settle down, Mike immediately called Tony, and they flew out of the villa.
"Don't think you can just leave me behind like this. I insist on seeing what you two are up to…"
After Mike and Tony's figures disappeared, Hit-Girl immediately tossed aside her textbook and pulled out a super-slim laptop, sponsored by Tony, from her backpack.
With her hacking skills activated, Hit-Girl quickly monitored Mike's movements after he left, using street cameras.
After completing all this, the little girl then ran "thump-thump-thump" to the refrigerator, grabbed some sparkling drinks and snacks.
Then she kicked off her shoes, hugged her laptop, and comfortably nestled into the sofa, beginning her show-watching mode.
Meanwhile, Mike, led by Tony, bypassed the central area of New York and went to the Bronx in the south.
Poverty, disarray, dense population, and a yearly increasing crime rate.
This made it another replica of Hell's Kitchen.
However, the wider area meant that the overall situation here was slightly better than in Hell's Kitchen.
"Oh oh, look what I've found, two poor stray cats." Through his intelligent butler Jarvis's positioning, Tony located his targets on the outermost edge of this slum.
A young girl dressed in red, and a young boy with unconventional white hair.
The two young people seemed to have only recently arrived, and their demeanor clearly stood out in this place.
"So, where are your families? Do you need some help from me?" Tony landed in front of the two young people with a handsome posture, seemingly wanting to show off his heroic side.
"Tony Stark?" The girl's voice carried a hint of barely concealed anger.
Tony, who was still basking in his triumph, didn't notice this and then said flirtatiously, "Glad you know me. Need an autograph?"
Currently, Iron Man's popularity in New York was not much less than that of the "Guardian."
Especially after Tony put on his armor, he would quickly attract a crowd whenever he appeared in public.
Of course, Tony himself greatly enjoyed that feeling of being the center of attention.
However, this time, he clearly overlooked one point: there was no admiration in the eyes of the two young people before him, but rather a hint of hatred.
Then, Scarlet Witch's eyes glowed red, and she exchanged a glance with her brother, Quicksilver.
The two then tacitly launched a charge at Iron Man.
"What's going on?" Tony, who had been waiting to enjoy the adoration of the two young people, looked at the angry expressions on their faces and was momentarily confused.
Then he was surprised to find that the white-haired boy suddenly disappeared from his sight.
Immediately after, intense attack sounds came from the Iron Man armor.
"Is this your ability? Run, boy. But with speed alone, you can't defeat the great Iron Man…" Tony, who had just upgraded his new armor's defenses, found that Quicksilver's attack was just a false alarm, and couldn't help but speak flirtatiously again: "By the way, red-eyed girl over there, what's your ability?"
At this moment, Scarlet Witch, who had already arrived in front of Iron Man, clearly had no interest in communicating.
She gathered red chaos magic in her hands and slapped it directly onto Tony's face.
As her mind control ability took effect, Tony quickly fell into a daze.
It could be said that the mental attack hit Tony's only "weakness" perfectly.
Originally, with the flexibility of his armor, he had a high chance of avoiding Scarlet Witch's mind control.
However, due to underestimating them, or rather, because Tony never intended to attack the two young people from the start, he was caught off guard and instantly fell into a predicament.
Of course, as a superhero, Tony's willpower was not too bad.
In the gap where he was controlled by the chaos magic, a trace of clarity remained in his mind.
He successfully sent a distress signal to Mike.
At this time, the commotion here also attracted the attention of many surrounding people.
Mike, who had already planned to make a move, instantly activated his ability after receiving Tony's distress signal, pulling everyone, including Scarlet Witch, into the Mirror Dimension.
Then, a pure white magic whip flew out, tying Quicksilver, who was moving rapidly, into a bundle.
As for Scarlet Witch, with her powerful chaos magic, she was trapped within a magically conjured wall that appeared out of thin air.
[Chaos Magic (Trait)]… [Reality Warping (Trait)]… [Mind Control (Trait)]… [Probability Manipulation (Trait)]…
[Supersonic Movement (Trait)]… [High-Speed Reaction (Trait)]… [Super Brain (Trait)]… [Intangibility (Trait)]… [Air Control (Trait)]… [Time Jump (Trait)]…
It must be said that the abilities of Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, this brother and sister duo, were both extremely abnormal.
Especially Scarlet Witch's potential, even among a host of cosmic-level powerhouses, was not bad.
It was just a pity that both of them were still young, and Scarlet Witch had not yet fully developed her potential.
That's why Mike was able to handle them so easily.
"Who exactly are you? Why did you attack me as soon as we met?" Tony, relieved from the crisis, came before the siblings and said, "We should have just met for the first time, right? I don't remember us having any deep-seated hatred."
The hatred in the eyes of the two young people did not seem fake.
This was what frustrated Tony.
"You executioner, you're the one who destroyed our home." Scarlet Witch, confined by the magic wall, still glared fiercely at Tony.
As for Quicksilver, he was much more obedient, looking as if he would follow his sister's lead.
"I don't even know where you're from, so how did I become an executioner?" Tony asked, puzzled.
"Jericho missiles! Dare you say those aren't weapons manufactured by Stark Industries? My hometown was destroyed because of the weapons you made…" Scarlet Witch denounced Tony.