The soldiers were about to activate the second giant spear when an alarm suddenly blared. "Warning: incoming attack locked onto the ship."
"An attack has locked onto us? How is that possible?"
The captain jolted in alarm and hurriedly increased the Defensive Shield's power while shouting, "Locate the enemy!"
Just then, a giant bullet a meter long shot toward them from Manhattan, trailing an orange glow.
The attack came too suddenly. Before the ship's Defensive Shield could fully deploy, the giant bullet punched through it with its tremendous kinetic energy.
Then the giant bullet pierced the ship's armor and struck its propulsion system. The ship exploded on the spot, raging flames engulfing every Bee Star soldier aboard.
Finally, trailing flames and black smoke, the ship plummeted.
"Idiots. Did you really think you could pin down Tony Stark that easily?"
At Stark Tower, Iron Man sneered. He was not wearing his own Battle Suit, but the replica Veronica mecha Dr. Egghead had left behind.
That giant bullet had been fired by the Super Electromagnetic Cannon.
The replica Veronica had been kept in Stark Tower's Underground Base all this time. Over the past few months, Tony had completely rebuilt it into his own mecha, specifically designed to fight large enemies.
Earlier, Tony had controlled the mecha to quietly aim at the warship, looking for a chance to destroy it in a single shot.
The mecha had stayed in Manhattan the whole time, so the Bee Star people had noticed nothing suspicious. As for its electromagnetic fluctuations, a special device had masked them.
What? Hadn't Tony been pinned underground? Why was he at Stark Tower?
The reason was simple: Tony had tunneled his way out. Misleading his enemies was even easier—a simple simulator had done the job.
Setting that aside, after destroying the