Fell for It

Loki had indeed already escaped.

After Tony Stark had first tested him with the Mind Disruptor, he had realized that the one currently in the Stark Industries president's office was the real Pepper Potts.

"I collected every change in Pepper Potts's behavioral patterns from childhood to adulthood and performed a comprehensive behavioral trajectory analysis. I found that starting on April 12 this year, her behavioral patterns showed a 95% deviation from their previous gradual changes and a 90% similarity to Loki's behavioral patterns.

It can basically be concluded that Loki transformed into Pepper Potts starting on April 12.

Until Tony Stark tested Pepper Potts with the Mind Disruptor last time, her behavioral patterns returned to normal that very night."

Vivian organized Pepper Potts's behavioral patterns throughout her life across He-El's retina and derived the discrepancies.

It was basically certain that the previous Pepper Potts had been Loki in disguise, and his real body at that.

"Have you located Loki's real body?" He-El asked while dealing with General Ross.

"Neither City Prism nor satellite surveillance has been able to find any trace of him," Vivian answered.

He-El was not surprised by that answer.

It would naturally be best if they could track Loki's real body, but it did not matter if they could not. He would show himself sooner or later.

With clones, shapeshifting, and invisibility, Loki was practically impossible to find through Earth's surveillance systems.

He-El glanced over the data Vivian had provided, then dismissed it with his eyes. His view returned to Iron Man Tony Stark's perspective through Zero Gravity II, just in time to see Tony Stark use the Beam Cannon in his palm to blast apart Pepper Potts's left arm, sending a mist of blood flying.

Pepper Potts crashed into the floor-to-ceiling window, slid down it, and