"Still, it looked like you'd ultimately found a buyer for that obviously defective 'bomb.' The Mandarin, was it?"
"..."
With just a video and a sentence or two, Tony had completely shattered the successful image Aldrich Killian had painstakingly built up. Killian's expression now looked worse than if he'd eaten shit.
"So what?!"
Aldrich Killian suddenly raised his head, revealing a pair of strange, glowing scarlet eyes. He stared fixedly at Tony and roared:
"This flaw isn't impossible to overcome. I just haven't found a solution yet—no, you haven't found a solution yet!"
"If you still can't produce results, you'll never see that old woman again for the rest of your life!" Aldrich Killian shouted at Maya Hansen.
Maya Hansen lowered her head, utterly unable to meet the furious Aldrich Killian's gaze. Her hands clenched tightly around the hem of her clothes as she trembled in panic, repeating over and over:
"I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm sorry..."
It sounded both like she was surrendering and begging Aldrich Killian for mercy, and like she was asking forgiveness from Tony, the fool she had tricked into this underground prison.
Tony raised an eyebrow at that, one hand resting against his chin as he pondered. "I see. I thought you'd really been lying to me from beginning to end."
"Using someone's mother as leverage? As a boss, you really have no class. Pathetic."
"Unlike me. I never use threats when employing people. Trust those you use; don't use those you distrust." Tony pointed at Aldrich Killian's nose and mocked him relentlessly, clicking his tongue all the while.
"Tony Stark!"
"Oh, I'm here~" Tony replied in a slightly teasing, robotic tone.
"Do you want to die?"
Aldrich Killian asked word by word, his voice immensely oppressive.
"Come on~ Cut right here. Hurry up and