"H-how did you know?!" Aldrich Killian stared at Tony in shock after Tony exposed his plan to his face. But he quickly recovered.
"No! Even if you know now, what can you do about it? There are fifty of us and one of you. We have the advantage. How are you going to win?"
Faced with Killian's furious, almost shouted challenge, Tony merely raised the corner of his mouth and chuckled.
"Heh. Simple. Nanotechnology, kid."
With that said,
Tony finally stopped hiding. In an instant, his everyday clothes transformed into the classic red-and-gold Iron Man armor, stunning everyone present!
"How is that possible?!"
Killian nearly lost it when he saw Tony raise a hand and summon his signature Iron Man armor as if by magic.
He looked so panicked that anyone might have thought Tony held the numerical advantage, not him—and that Tony was about to cut him down.
As it happened, that was not far from the truth.
"Get him! What are you all standing around for? All of you, attack! He's only one man. Throw your lives at him if you have to, but tear that armor apart and make him kneel before me!"
At Killian's command, all forty-nine Extremis Soldiers rushed Tony at once. Countless tongues of flame shot from their hands like Palm Cannons. Some even blasted fire straight from their mouths as they surrounded him.
Clad in Nano Armor made from Supreme Brother Bone, Otsutsuki Tony casually glanced left and right.
He made no move to defend himself, even as forty-nine streams of fire slammed into him almost simultaneously.
"Hmph. Think putting on that turtle shell makes you invincible? Fool!" Killian turned away without a second look and strode over to Maya Hansen, who was hiding behind the sofa. His expression darkened as he demanded,