Hank and Ivan Join Forces, Russell and the Ancient One Lay Their Plans

"Ivan Vanko, Anton Vanko's son, do you still want revenge on Tony Stark?"

Doctor Pym's voice sounded beside Ivan Vanko's ear.

Ivan Vanko was no ordinary prisoner. Compared to the value he and his crimes represented, what he had done was hardly worth mentioning.

The Arc Reactor and its miniaturization technology!

As long as Ivan Vanko was willing to hand over those two technologies, or accept the olive branches extended by various forces and work for them—

He would immediately go from a prisoner to an honored guest.

He was alone in this cell, and there were no speakers. Where had the voice come from?

Hearing Doctor Pym's voice, Ivan Vanko was slightly surprised.

Then he gave no sign of it, merely nodding casually.

Doctor Pym's question was precisely why he was still here.

Various forces coveted him and his technology, yet none of them were willing to support his revenge against Stark.

Real revenge!

"We share a common goal—Tony Stark."

Doctor Pym's voice continued.

"Unfortunately, neither of us is his match."

Ivan Vanko raised an eyebrow, his lips parting slightly as though he wanted to say something.

But then they closed again, while his fists clenched involuntarily.

My technology is no worse than his. He just has no honor.

He used a sneak attack and magic to defeat me.

"But we can join forces."

Ivan Vanko sat against the wall and said softly, "What do you have?"

"Pym Particles." Doctor Pym's voice was brimming with pride.

"What are they? What can they do?" Ivan Vanko pressed.

"They can enlarge Drone Armor and weapons," Doctor Pym explained.

"Heh, then why wouldn't I just build a large one directly?" Ivan Vanko said disdainfully.

"If you build a large one directly, how large?" Doctor Pym asked and answered himself. "Five meters? Twenty meters? Or a hundred meters?"

Then he continued, "But what about the materials? What materials do you intend to use?"

Ivan Vanko fell silent.

Armor was not a sculpture that could simply be enlarged by piling up stone.

Making armor move and fight involved extremely complex disciplines.

Circuit design, motors, motion control.

And for armor dozens or even hundreds of meters tall, materials were an unavoidable problem.

Seeing Ivan Vanko fall silent, Doctor Pym smiled in satisfaction and continued:

"Pym Particles can solve that problem. They do not simply enlarge or shrink objects; they also involve many unknown, mysterious reactions."

"Can you let me see it?" Ivan Vanko asked.

He had already been persuaded, but he still wanted confirmation.

"Not here." Doctor Pym's voice carried a deeper meaning. "You need to get out first."

The implication was clear: if you wanted to see my Pym Particles, you first had to prove your own capabilities.

"Your Pym Particles had better be as miraculous as you say."

Ivan Vanko issued his warning, then rose and walked toward the cell door.

Knock, knock, knock~

"Mr. Ivan Vanko, what is it?"

Very soon, the guard's voice sounded outside the door.

"Tell Justin Hammer I accept his terms."

Inside the Mirror Dimension, the Ancient One and Russell had personally watched the entire process of Doctor Pym persuading Ivan Vanko.

Under telepathic abilities, they had also heard both men's thoughts with perfect clarity.

Russell stroked his chin.

Pym Particles + armor ≈ mech

Russell had once dreamed of piloting a mech himself. During the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse incident, he had seen one too.

Peni Parker's Spider-Bot.

But that one was too small!

Hopefully, the mech Doctor Pym and Ivan Vanko built together would stand a hundred meters tall.

If that happened, hehe.

"Russell." The Ancient One beside him roused Russell from his daze. "Time to get to work."

After using the Time Stone to peer into the past and learning that Mephisto intended to bring Tony and Russell into the Quantum Realm, the Ancient One and Russell had decided to play along.

The Ancient One would go to the Quantum Realm to choose the battlefield and set up the formation.

Russell would make a move on Doctor Pym, engraving a Portal Spell into his shrinking Pym Particles.

When that Pym Particle was used to shrink Tony to the Subatomic Level, it would activate and teleport Tony to the designated coordinates.

Of course, all this had one prerequisite.

Doctor Pym and Ivan Vanko had to defeat Tony.

The two of them working together should be able to do it, right?

While waiting for Justin Hammer, Doctor Pym envisioned the future.

Defeat Tony, send him to the Quantum Realm, and trade him to Mephisto for his daughter's return.

Mephisto could resurrect Hope. Could He find Janet in the Quantum Realm, then?

Could I trade Russell for Janet? Russell...

Doctor Pym suddenly shivered, shook his head, and snapped out of his daze.

Not long after, a prisoner whose appearance, height, clothing, and bearing all closely resembled Ivan Vanko was brought into the cell.

Afterward, Ivan escaped from prison and was taken away by Justin Hammer's men.

A few days passed in the blink of an eye.

Tony had been very busy these past few days.

Although Tony had already solved his Palladium Poisoning and no longer urgently needed the New Element as fuel for the Arc Reactor—

S.H.I.E.L.D. still returned the relics of Tony's father, Howard Stark, to him.

And Tony successfully discovered the New Element among them, greatly improving the Arc Reactor's power output efficiency.

After that, he began testing and calibrating his suit.

Meanwhile, at the Hammer Armaments Factory in Queens, New York.

Doctor Pym asked, "How is the Drone Armor you built using Justin Hammer's resources coming along?"

Over the past few days, he had often shrunk himself and entered Hammer's armaments factory to ask Ivan Vanko about his progress and assist with his research.

After several days had passed, he could no longer wait to see his daughter.

"Very well."

Ivan Vanko answered.

"I've already gained control over Hammer Industries' suits.

And the mech, enhanced with the giantification capabilities of Pym Particles, has also been calibrated."

After hearing Ivan Vanko, Doctor Pym said eagerly:

"Then we act now. Defeat Tony Stark and send him to the Quantum Realm."

Ivan Vanko shook his head.

"Defeating Tony Stark is easy. But how do we stop him from escaping?"

"Escaping? How would he escape?" Doctor Pym asked in confusion.

"Don't you know he can use a Portal Spell? With that spell, he can make a Space Jump."

Ivan Vanko asked, then continued.

"If he did not also know magic, I wouldn't need your help to defeat him."

Doctor Pym fell silent. His intelligence had contained no such information.

Ivan Vanko sneered. "Don't rush. Tomorrow, the opportunity will come."

Iron Man, don't you want to protect everyone?

Then will you choose to fight to the death, or run away?

There was certainly a way to stop Iron Man from escaping.

It was simply a method that Doctor Pym, as an American, would not easily think of.