I Did It

"Sizzle... sizzle... slap... slap... slap..."

The plasma currents crisscrossed in the air. Tony, lying on the ground, saw Ivan approaching through the rearview mirror of the overturned race car. He then got up, jumped, and rolled on the ground to create distance.

"Boom!"

At that moment, Ivan's whip struck the ground, and the plasma current instantly ignited the gasoline on the ground, causing the car to explode and burst into flames.

Fortunately, Tony dodged in time and was not seriously injured, but the racing suit on his arm caught fire. After standing up, Tony quickly patted out the flames on his arm.

Ivan, a toothpick dangling from his mouth, watched Tony with keen interest, a smile playing on his lips. He then began to approach Tony step by step, like a cat catching a mouse, confident of victory.

Meanwhile, Happy, driving his Rolls-Royce with Pepper Potts in tow, had already entered the racetrack. Seeing the enemy attacking Tony, Happy honked the horn to signal Tony to get out of the way, then floored the gas and rammed into Ivan Vanko, knocking him unconscious against the track railing.

Tony, who had jumped onto the railing, breathed a sigh of relief and climbed down.

At that moment, Happy stuck his head out of the car and shouted, "Are you alright?"

"Fine."

Tsunade, watching the scene unfold from the audience, said somewhat boredly, "That's it?"

Not yet, but it will be soon.

Tsunade shrugged noncommittally.

Tony walked over to Happy's driver's seat and said, "I can't tell whether you want to hit me or him."

I just wanted to scare him.

After taking a few deep breaths, Pepper Potts, sitting in the back, yelled at Tony, "Are you crazy?"

"I have been attacked, I need better security personnel."

Tony continued, "You're a CEO, you need that too."

Happy, in the driver's seat, shouted, "Get in the car!"

Tony grumbled as he walked around to the back of the car, preparing to get in from the other side. "What an embarrassment, my first vacation in two years."

Just as Tony pulled on the truck door, a whip lashed out and sliced the door in two. This sudden turn of events caused Tony to release the door handle, and the door fell to the ground.

This scene caused Pepper Potts inside the car to scream again, while Happy quickly started the car again, reversed, accelerated, and continued to crash into Ivan Vanko.

"I bumped into him!"

Tony, standing nearby, pointed into the car and shouted, "Hit him again! Just one more time!"

Upon seeing the box in Pepper Potts's hand, Tony immediately said, "Give me the box."

Happy chimed in, "Quick, give him the box!"

In the midst of the chaos, Pepper Potts shouted, "Stop hitting it!"

Pepper Potts was clearly still somewhat disoriented; what she was saying, what she was thinking, and what she was doing were completely different.

Tony, seeing Pepper Potts's panic, reminded her, "Calm down!"

However, the back-and-forth impacts caused the driver's side airbag to deploy instantly, nearly knocking Happy. Ivan Vanko also took the opportunity to whip the vehicle in half.

Pepper Potts stretched out her hands and shouted, "Oh my God!"

"Give me the box, hurry up!"

Pepper Potts finally realized what was happening and threw the box she was carrying away, which landed right at Tony's feet.

Tony stepped on the box, instantly unlocking it. He then grabbed the pop-out arm connectors on the box and donned the armor.

Soon, the armor was on and the process of putting it on began. The next second, Iron Man officially made his appearance.

Those in the audience who hadn't left yet erupted in cheers when they saw Tony complete his Iron Man transformation.

Tony looked at the Rolls-Royce blocking Ivan's path, stepped forward, and kicked it away by placing his foot on the rear wheel. He then turned to Ivan, extending his arm as if preparing to fire Repulsor Blast.

Just as the Repulsor Blast was charging, Ivan lashed out with his whip, interrupting Tony's attack. Tony switched hands to continue attacking, but was struck in the chest by Ivan's whip again.

At that moment, the display screen in front of Tony immediately started beeping, displaying error messages.

Tony used his Repulsor Blast again, and although he successfully fired both shots this time, Ivan knocked them away with his whip, failing to inflict any damage on Tony.

Ivan had one whip wrapped around Tony's arm and the other around Tony neck. With a yank, he pulled Tony over and threw him to the ground. Then, with another jerk, he slammed Tony against the hood of a car parked on the other side.

With a final, forceful pull, Ivan slammed Tony to the ground. Seeing how effective his attack had been, a smile returned to Ivan's lips; it seemed he had won.

At this moment, Tony was kneeling on the ground, looking at the various error codes on the virtual screen in front of him. Tony suddenly thought of something, stood up, grabbed the whip that was wrapped around his neck, wrapped it around himself, and walked step by step toward Ivan.

Seeing this, Ivan quickly brandished his other whip, trying to stop Toni from getting closer, but he was unsuccessful.

Soon, Tony arrived in front of Ivan and unleashed a barrage of punches on the unarmored man, knocking him to the ground. Then, he retaliated in kind, slamming Ivan to the ground.

Tony removed the whip from his body, went to the fallen Ivan, and then ripped the Arc Reactor off Ivan's chest.

Seeing that Tony Uniform the enemy, several fully armed SWAT officers rushed up, grabbed Ivan Vanko, and arrested him.

At this moment, several SWAT officers dragged Ivan away, but Ivan did not resist. Instead, he smiled and shouted, "You lost, hahaha!"

"You've lost, Stark!"

Then Ivan glanced at the audience seats and shouted, "I did it, Charlotte Doyle!"

"I've developed this thing! Hahaha!"

Hearing Ivan Vanko's words, Tony frowned slightly inside his armor. He then glanced at the rudimentary Arc Reactor in his hand, scanned it with Jarvis, checked the data, and then crushed it.

Inside the hotel, Justin Hammer watched the live stream in front of him and, as if discovering a new continent, revealed a greedy smile.

Charlotte, however, paid no attention to what Ivan Vanko was saying.

Even if he succeeds, so what? If he doesn't like it, he doesn't like it. What he wants isn't the Arc Reactor; what he cares about is the energy that can be replenished.

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