In the seaside villa, Chen Mo and Tony were calibrating the Mark XLII armor.
Although this latest armor developed by Tony featured a detachable deployment function and could automatically sense his location and suit him up after Tony Stark gave the command through gestures or voice, the feature had only just been implemented, and there were still many shortcomings in the details. The suit-up process was somewhat too rough, and its speed, precision, and smoothness all needed improvement!
After breakfast, the two headed to the lab and got busy. Just as they were adjusting the armor, Tony Stark's phone suddenly rang.
Very few people knew Tony Stark's private number. Aside from the Avengers, outsiders hardly knew it, and even fewer called him. Usually, it was at most Happy or Pepper.
Tony took out his phone and looked down, only to find that it really was Happy calling.
But the two of them had only just set off and shouldn't have reached the company yet. Why was he calling now?
Without giving it much thought, Tony answered the call directly.
"Hi, Happy. What is it? I'm busy!"
"Tony, Pepper's been kidnapped!"
Happy's anxious voice came through the phone. Tony Stark abruptly froze, his tone shooting up as he urgently asked,
"What did you say?!"
"We were attacked by Extremis soldiers on the way. They took Pepper!"
"Damn it!"
Tony Stark threw away the phone and turned to Chen Mo, only to see that Chen Mo had somehow already put on his armor.
"I'll go first!"
Chen Mo glanced at him, then vanished from before his eyes in a flash. To save time, he had teleported directly outside the villa.
Looking at the scattered Mark XLII armor parts on the table, Tony Stark suddenly felt powerless. The rapid detachable deployment function he