To be honest, he had struggled with the decision to attack Air Force One. But for Pepper, he could no longer worry about so much. And now that Chen Mo had a better plan, he naturally would not insist on seizing the president in exchange for Pepper.
Tony Stark had great faith in Chen Mo's words!
Over the following days, Tony Stark kept close watch on President Ellis and Air Force One. Sure enough, just as Killian had said, on the evening of the third day, President Ellis boarded Air Force One and took off from Washington, heading for San Francisco!
At the same time Air Force One took off, two Iron Man suits shot out of the villa at Malibu Beach and sped toward Washington.
In fact, over those three days, Chen Mo had also had J.A.R.V.I.S. investigate the dock where the Laux Oil Company tanker was moored in the movie—the place where Aldrich Killian planned to carry out the Mandarin's "final lesson" and execute the President of the United States!
Although J.A.R.V.I.S. found the dock and spotted the ship, he found no trace of Extremis.
Clearly, Killian would not reveal himself until the final moment!
So they still had to make this trip to Air Force One!
This time, however, Chen Mo was not wearing his own Adamantium Armor Combat Suit. Instead, among the many suits built by Tony, other than the Mark XLII Tony was currently using, he wore the fastest one: the Mark XL Ultra-High Speed Armor.
J.A.R.V.I.S. constantly monitored Air Force One's location. Chen Mo and Tony pushed their speed to the limit, crossing most of America in less than half an hour and arriving over Virginia.
Soon, a white speck gradually appeared high in the sky ahead of them, steadily drawing closer.
When their