An armed helicopter was flying through the mountains, while Trevor sat inside, his hands bound and his head covered.
As the helicopter passed over a mountain peak, a vast complex of buildings came into view Yamanaka.
The entire building adopts a Chinese courtyard design. Soon, the helicopter flew towards the building complex and landed in the courtyard.
Members of the Ten Rings escorted Trevor off the plane and headed towards a private room. Soon, Trevor was brought before the owner of the Ten Rings.
Xu Wenwu looked at Trevor, who had been forced to kneel on the ground, and gave one of his men a look. Trevor's hood was then removed.
Looking at the person before him, Xu Wenwu asked, "So you're the one called Mandarin?"
As the hood was removed, Trevor opened his eyes, saw his surroundings, looked up at the man who had just spoken to him, and cautiously said, "My name is Trevor Slater."
Xu Wenwu said calmly, "Names are sacred; they are connected not only to ourselves but also to our ancestors."
"I've had many names in my life: King of Warriors, the Mandarin, the most dangerous man on Earth, but I never imagined that someone would choose such a name to impersonate me."
"Mandarin, what's the name of a chicken dish..."
"Hehe···"
"You borrowed the name 'Ten Rings,' but you don't know my name, yet you chose such a ridiculous one."
"Although he did have an effect, convincing United States of the existence of this Demon."
"But I don't like this kind of behavior."
After saying this, Xu Wenwu didn't look at Trevor again, but instead prepared to have his men take him away to be tortured.
Just then, Trevor suddenly stood up, pounded his chest, and said in a theatrical voice:
"Wake Duncan up with your knocking."
"Oh, I think I can."
"It's best if no one knows what I'm doing."
Then, clutching his head, he cried out in pain, "Where did that knocking come from?"
"Your knocking on the door is causing me pain."
As Trevor on his neurotic performance, Xu Wenwu laughed and waved to his subordinates, saying:
"Hahaha!"
"He's such a Joker, I'm going to keep him here to perform for our lads."
"Take him to the dungeon first, let him learn the Rules here."
The Ten Rings soldier beside him nodded and said, "Yes, Master!"
Trevor was then taken to the dungeon, while Xu Wenwu stopped paying attention to the matter and began to look through the documents to see if there was a way to resurrect his wife.
He has been unable to let go of his grief over his wife's death all these years.
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On the other side.
In the dead of night, atop a mountain peak, Shino Aburame stood atop a dense tree, gazing down at the Ten Rings's base.
His Kikaichū have remained in this location for a whole day without moving, and if I'm not mistaken, this will be the headquarters of the Ten Rings.
After using her bracelet to locate the satellite in the sky and contacting Red Queen at the base to confirm the latitude and longitude of the location, Shino Aburame completed her mission.
Looking down at the Ten Rings base, Shino Aburame remembered Lord Charlotte's instructions and did not go to investigate the situation inside herself. Instead, she took out a Flying Thunder God Kunai and buried it in the ground.
After doing all this, Shino Aburame sent a message to Kiba through his bracelet, asking him to use the Summoning Technique to summon Ninja Dog to bring him back later. Then, he directly used the Reverse Summoning Jutsu to enter the Summoning Realm.
Using the Summoning Realm as a springboard, Shino Aburame returned directly to Charlotte's base.
Looking at Kiba, who had brought her here using Summoning Jutsu, Shino Aburame said, "Thanks, Kiba. I'll go write the mission report now."
Ya laughed and said, "It's alright, we're companions after all."
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The next day.
Charlotte woke up and had just finished washing up when she heard the Red Queen's voice.
"Master, Shino Aburame has submitted the mission log."
Hearing that it was Shino Aburame submitted the mission, the headquarters of the Ten Rings must have already investigated.
Charlotte knew that the Ten Rings was an organization that operated all over the world, and that their headquarters was only home to a small number of Ten Rings members.
For Tony, the members of the Ten Rings were not a threat; the real threat was Xu Wenwu, who controlled the Ten Rings.
After getting the address, Charlotte immediately called Tony.
"Hi, Tony."
"I've located the headquarters of the Ten Rings. I'll send you the coordinates now."
When are you planning to leave?
Looking at the coordinates sent to him, Tony said, "The sooner the better. I'll get ready and leave in a bit. I need to take care of them before nightfall."
Charlotte nodded. "Good luck."
After hanging up the phone, Tony looked at the coordinates and then asked, "Jarvis, how many suits of armor do we have now?"
"Sir, 12 Mark 42 armored vehicles have been manufactured and are all equipped with the appropriate weapons."
"Santai are in production and are expected to be assembled by the afternoon."
"You also made an appointment with Dr. Banner, who is expected to arrive in Queen of Asgard."
Tony nodded, then said, "Release the twelve Mark 42 from the Warehouse and accompany me to the target location."
After speaking, Tony walked directly to the terrace of Stark Tower. With a wave of his hand Mark 42 inside the room flew towards Tony and attached itself to him.
After donning the Mark 42, Tony took off and flew directly towards his target location.
As Tony left, Jarvis opened the door to a Warehouse in Stark Tower, and a series of Mark 42 emerged and flew off in the direction Tony had taken.
Pepper Potts, who was at the company processing documents, saw the Mark Armor flying out of the building window and immediately sensed something was wrong. She quickly took out her phone and called Tony.
Tony, who was flying, received a message from Jarvis.
"Sir, Pepper Potts on the phone."
Looking at Pepper Potts's caller ID on the virtual screen, Tony thought for a moment before answering, "Hi, Pepper."
Pepper Potts asked with some concern, "What happened?"
Tony asked doubtfully, "Nothing happened. I didn't receive any notification."
Pepper Potts said, "But I saw that all the Mark Armor were deployed, all of them Mark 42 that you recently manufactured."
Upon learning that Pepper Potts had discovered his actions, Tony didn't hide anything and said directly, "I'm going to see an old enemy. This time, I'm going to wipe out this cancer."
Pepper Potts asked doubtfully, "An old enemy?"
Tony began, "2008, an Afghanistan cave."
"Aren't Obadiah and those terrorists all dead?"
Tony said, "Those terrorists weren't eliminated; they're the Ten Rings."
"I found their real headquarters through Charlotte."
Pepper Potts exclaimed in surprise, "My God, the Ten Rings really exist!"
Tony said, "Don't worry, I'll be back by dinner time."
Upon hearing that they were a group of terrorists, Pepper Potts felt relieved, believing that such a force would not pose a threat to Tony.
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On the other side.
After informing Tony, Charlotte Doyle went to the Warehouse and took out a box. Inside was a mask, shaped somewhat like Otsutsuki, with horns on both sides of the top, resembling those of the Ōtsutsuki Clan. The entire mask was made of Vibranium.
Charlotte stored the mask in her Storage Space and used Reverse Summoning Jutsu to enter the Summoning Realm.
At this moment, in the Summoning Realm, all six members of the Akatsuki — Kisame, Itachi Uchiha, Hidan, Deidara, Konan, and Zetsu—had gathered.
As Charlotte Doyle appeared, they all respectfully greeted her, "Lord Charlotte."
Looking at the six people in front of her, Charlotte spoke:
"This time, I'm assigning you a group mission: attack the Ten Rings, kill their leader, and retrieve Ten Rings weapons."
"I won't act rashly on this mission, but I will accompany you in another capacity."
As he spoke, Charlotte Doyle took out a mask he had made from his Storage Space and changed the appearance of his Merlin's Robe into the style of Akatsuki's trench coat.
"You may call me the God of Otsutsuki!"
Upon hearing Charlotte Doyle's new title, the Akatsuki members placed their right hands on their chests and bowed, saying, "The God of Otsutsuki!"
Although the five members of Akatsuki did not understand the special meaning of this title, they still remembered it. However, Zetsu's heart was in turmoil.
Others might not know what the Otsutsuki were, but he knew very well that his mother was named Otsutsuki Kaguya, and his two older brothers were Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki.
Lord Charlotte has this name, doesn't that mean he might be...?
Thinking of this, Jue lowered her head even further.
Charlotte then took out a document from her Storage Space and said, "This is the information I have about the Ten Rings and Xu Wenwu. Although it's not comprehensive, it gives me some insight into their situation."
Konan stepped forward, took the information, and after reading it, passed it on to everyone.
Seeing that everyone had finished browsing, Charlotte said, "Get ready here. I will use my Summoning Technique to bring you all to the battlefield."
"Yes, Lord Charlotte!"
After giving her explanation, Charlotte immediately deactivated the Reverse Summoning Technique and returned to Earth. After sensing the Flying Thunder God Kunai Shino Aburame Kunai that Shino Aburame had buried, she used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport herself there.
"Whoosh!"
The next second, Charlotte appeared directly at the place where Shino Aburame had buried Kunai. After storing the Flying Thunder God Kunai underground into her spatial storage, Charlotte cast an Invisibility Magic on herself and sat on a tree to wait.
Charlotte was still very curious about the fight between Tony and Xu Wenwu. She wanted to know how far Tony, now equipped with the Mark 42, could go against Xu Wenwu.
Time passed slowly as Charlotte waited, when suddenly, one after another, thirteen Iron Man Armor flew into the sky.
Just then, an alarm sounded in the Monitoring Room of the Ten Rings, and red dots appeared on the satellite map, rapidly approaching the base.
As the satellite was activated, images of the Iron Man Armor appeared on the monitor, and the guards immediately sounded the alarm.
As the alarm sounded, the headquarters of the Ten Rings immediately went on high alert. Suddenly, the ground in several empty courtyards of the base seemed to recede slowly like a lid, and one cannon emplacement after another rose from the ground, instantly transforming into Anti-Aircraft Gun.
Air raid sirens blared throughout the base, and large numbers of members of the Ten Rings emerged from various locations, heading towards the armory.
At this moment, the Death Dealer arrived at Xu Wenwu's office and said, "According to the report, Tony Stark is heading here with his Hammer Drones, and based on their flight path, they are coming towards us."
Upon hearing his subordinate's report, Xu Wenwu smiled and slowly said, "Iron Man Tony Stark, interesting."
"I didn't go to him, but he actually came to me and told his men to prepare for battle."
The Death Jonin knelt on one knee and said, "Yes, sir!"
Following Xu Wenwu's order, the entire Ten Rings within the base immediately sprang into action. Armored vehicles and tanks were driven out of the armory one by one, and anti-aircraft gunners and machine gunners quickly took up positions.
The armed helicopters took off quickly. Because of their location deep in the mountains, they were not equipped with fighter jets, but in an instant, the Ten Rings's base was transformed into a war fortress, with a large number of heavy weapons appearing in the enemy's base.
High atop a distant mountain, Charlotte clicked her tongue in disbelief at the sight.
"With this configuration alone, it's not enough for Tony to fight."
"Where's Xu Wenwu?"
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On the other side.
As Tony flew rapidly through the sky, he could already see the changes at the Ten Rings's base from a great distance.
"Interesting. It actually sensed my arrival. Was it a satellite overhead?"
"This looks like the headquarters of the Ten Rings."
"Jarvis, launch a free-for-all attack, prioritizing the enemy's heavy weapons units."
"Yes, sir!"
Suddenly, Tony's shoulder armor opened, revealing four rows of miniature missiles.
Tony aimed through the system and calmly said, "Fire!"
With Tony's order, 20 miniature missiles, trailing flames, flew toward the Ten Rings's Anti-Aircraft Gun.
Meanwhile, the remaining twelve Mark XLII launched a long-range attack on the Ten Rings headquarters.
On the other side.
The Ten Rings's heavy artillerymen, Anti-aircraft Missile launchers, and other equipment all aimed at the Iron Man Armor in the sky and launched an attack.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
"Thump-thump-thump!"
"Da-da-da!"
Anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft missiles, heavy machine guns, and armed helicopters flying overhead also began their attack on Tony Stark.
Anti-aircraft guns and heavy machine guns created a hail of bullets, intercepting some of the bullets fired from the Iron Man Armor, but not all of them were stopped. Some of the bullets still broke through the enemy's defenses and directly destroyed some of the anti-aircraft facilities.
As for the Stinger Anti-aircraft Missile fired by the Ten Rings and the tracking missiles fired by the armed helicopters, they were detonated in advance by the decoy flares released by the Mark Armor.
Charlotte Doyle, sitting in a tree with a bucket of popcorn in her hand, was watching from the sidelines and commenting as she ate:
"Setting off fireworks during the day isn't quite dazzling enough."
"If this happened at night, the fireworks would be spectacular."
Charlotte picked up some popcorn and put it in her mouth, then looked at the cannonballs firing at the Iron Man Armor.
"This accuracy... it seems the Ten Rings's aiming system isn't very good."
"This weaponry is outdated; how can it possibly hit Iron Man Armor?"
At that moment, the heavy machine gun on the armed helicopter struck an Iron Man Armor, immediately producing a clanging sound of metal clashing, and directly chipping the paint off Tony's suit of armor.
"This power is a bit weak."
"Boom!"
Just as Charlotte was making her comments, the Mark Armor fired Repulsor Blast shot, directly blasting the rotor blade of the armed helicopter in front of it. Without its rotor blade, the helicopter immediately lost power and crashed down the mountain below.
Charlotte glanced in the direction he was looking; no one was chasing after him.
The armed helicopter crashed into the mountainside and immediately exploded into a large fireball.
"Boom!"
The massive explosion ignited a fire, instantly setting nearby trees and weeds ablaze.