Ring, ring, ring~
In the quiet room, the phone was still ringing, its piercing tone like a death-knell demon's call, as if it would go on forever.
[Emotion points from Obadiah Stane +763]
Obadiah broke out in a cold sweat all over. He did not dare answer it. In a panic, he pushed aside the bookcase against the wall, revealing a secret elevator.
Without hesitating, he hurried inside and activated the elevator, and the bookcase automatically closed again.
Bang, bang, bang!
In less than three minutes, the door was kicked open from outside, and Coulson strode in with his pistol raised.
He swept his gaze around, and when he did not see Obadiah anywhere, he glanced at the unfinished red wine on the table. His expression instantly turned grave.
"Obadiah isn't here. He's escaped."
"Send another team in immediately. One team searches upward, one team searches downward. Keep in contact at all times.
The other two groups stay where they are and stand guard. If any vehicles or pedestrians appear near the building, intercept them at once.
I suspect Obadiah may very well have mixed in among them and is trying to flee!"
"Understood!" xN
They moved quickly, but Obadiah moved even faster.
In just two or three short minutes, he arrived inside a certain secret laboratory underground.
On the rack in the center of the room stood a suit of war armor codenamed Iron Monger.
The Arc Reactor stolen from Tony had been deliberately installed in the armor's chest as its power source.
By the time Coulson led the others there in a hurry, Obadiah Stane had already finished suiting up and was controlling Iron Monger as it clanked down from the rack.
"You bastards can't stop me!"
Obadiah roared. Just his charge forward made Coulson and the others'