Iron Man's Wife-Saving Moment

With a smack, Pepper saw that Matthews, who had grabbed her, had suddenly zoned out for some reason. She seized the chance and slapped him across the face, then kicked hard at his chest with both feet, trying to use the force to break free of his grip.

Unfortunately, after supernatural incidents had started happening one after another, Tony Stark had indeed had Pepper learn a few self-defense moves, but her speed and strength were still far too lacking compared with a true superhuman.

Perhaps against an ordinary adult man, Pepper's combo might have caught him off guard. But against Matthews, even though the temperature of his body had not risen very high, her kick still failed to knock him back. Instead, it snapped the dazed, frozen Matthews back to his senses.

"Hmph! I didn't even do anything to you, and you still won't behave?" Seeing what Pepper had done, a trace of displeasure flashed through Matthews's eyes, and he spoke with a face full of irritation.

With a bang, just as Matthews finished speaking, the door to the CEO's office was smashed open. A large number of security personnel rushed in, holding all kinds of laser weapons.

Even ordinary people on the streets of New York had switched to alien-tech weapons in the new round of arms races, let alone the security personnel of Stark Tower. Their equipment was in no way inferior to the Chitauri's weapons.

Unfortunately, there was still a huge gap between having good equipment and being able to use it effectively. Especially since these security personnel carrying laser weapons were still essentially ordinary people, and with Pepper still in Matthews's hands, they did not dare fire at will. They could only shout, "Bold criminal, release Ms. Pepper at once—"

Rumble!

Before the security personnel could