Hundreds of bullets that had originally been heading toward the glass ceiling stopped in midair.
The enormous glass panels that should have shattered also remained intact.
But the intense gunfire and cannon fire, with sparks flying everywhere, still caused a massive panic among the crowd.
Rhodey's Iron Armor activated first, shooting into the sky and pursuing them through the large hole in the center above.
As for the other thirty-two Iron Soldiers, eight Army Iron Soldiers were unable to fly.
The rest activated the jet thrusters on their hands and feet and took off, especially the light-blue Air Force Iron Soldiers.
Their lightweight frames and streamlined bodies allowed them to rise rapidly into the air.
Amid the chaos, Pepper also grew flustered, though she was even more worried about Tony's safety.
Natasha, who had been following her all along, had already noticed that something was wrong. Her superhuman eyesight allowed her to faintly see the bullets floating above.
The glass that should have shattered and crashed down had not suffered any accident either.
Justin Hammer also ran fearfully to the back of the exhibition hall. "What happened?"
"The software was changed."
"What? What do you mean, the software was changed?"
"He took control of the Iron Soldiers," a Hammer Industries employee operating the computer replied.
"Impossible. Call the guards."
Hammer refused to believe it. He had sent two guards to stand watch there long ago to prevent Ivan from causing trouble.
But he had never imagined that as soon as he left, the two guards would be hanged to death by Ivan, who had spent fifteen years in prison.
"All the phone lines have been cut, sir."
"We've been locked out of the mainframe." The employee typed a reply.
"Who locked you out of the mainframe?"
Pepper and Natasha