To Maya Hansen's surprise, Tony did not show the slightest shame or remorse.
She couldn't help but ask, " Tony, don't you feel any shame?"
Unexpectedly, Tony merely glanced at her, then slightly raised his chin and Pride said, "Ashamed? Never."
Maya Hansen angrily accused him. "You made a brilliant young scholar wait on the rooftop all night!"
"Afterwards, Aldrich Killian fell seriously ill; his already poor health nearly led to his death!"
"Wow!" Tony spread his hands, saying sympathetically, "I sincerely hope that Mr. Aldrich Killian recovers his health."
"If he is dissatisfied, Stark Industries can cover all his medical expenses, provided he provides a detailed hospital receipt."
Upon hearing this, Maya Hansen suddenly stood up, pointed at Tony's nose, and yelled, " Tony Stark, you're a Coldblood bastard!"
Tony crossed his legs, a smirk playing on his lips, and said casually, "You're not the first person to say that about me, Ms. Maya."
Maya Hansen's chest heaved with rage. She glared at Tony with disgust, gritting her teeth as she hissed, " Tony Stark! I fucking regret coming to see you right now!"
"You deserve to be blown to smithereens by the Aldrich Killian faction!"
"Fuck you!"
After she finished yelling, she turned to leave.
But after hearing her words, Tony's expression instantly turned cold.
"Wait a minute! Ms. Maya, what did you mean by that last sentence?!"
Maya Hansen turned around, gave him a cold look, and said, "You're about to pay a heavy price for your Pride and rudeness back then."
Tony narrowed his eyes and said in a cold voice, "You mean, that guy named Aldrezi Aldrich Killian is planning to get revenge on me?"
Maya Hansen sneered, "Shouldn't it? Ten years ago you almost ruined everything for a young scientist."
Tony put his leg down, stood up, and paced to her. His face darkened as he asked, "Tell me, what is he planning to do?"
Maya Hansen glanced at her watch and smiled bitterly, "Too late, it's all too late. The Aldrich Killian faction has already made their move."
Tony reached out and pressed down on her shoulder, his voice icy. "Make a move? Where will you make a move? Tell me right now!"
"Ah!" Maya Hansen cried out in pain, feeling as if her shoulder was about to split open.
She quickly replied, " California! Malibu, California!"
" Aldrich Killian is planning to send men to attack your villa built on the sea cliff!"
"Fuck!" Tony shoved her away, yelling, "Why the hell didn't you say so sooner?!"
Maya Hansen stumbled back a few steps and fell onto the sofa.
She looked at Tony Stark, who resembled Wrath bull, clutching her aching shoulder, and said timidly, "I... what can I do?! The security guard at your company told me I couldn't see you without an appointment!"
"Hmph!" Tony snorted coldly, disregarding secrecy, and directly raised his hand to draw a circle, opening Spatial Portal.
Wanda and Pietro are both in that villa, and it's almost noon now, so maybe old Howard and Maria have already gone back!
He was confident that Wanda and Pietro were capable enough to deal with the attackers sent by Alderez- Aldrich Killian.
But Tony couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.
Maya Hansen stared in shock at the crackling, scarlet Portal, her mouth agape.
"You... you...?!"
Before stepping into the Portal, Tony shot a red beam of light at her.
'Whoosh!'
A crimson energy rope bound Maya Hansen like a dumpling.
Stark Seaside Villa, Malibu, California.
Howard Sr. and Maria returned early, Wanda closed her laptop and happily went to greet them.
"Grandpa Howard, Grandma Maria! You're back!"
Maria opened her arms and hugged him, laughing, "Today is the Stark Family Dinner Day, how could we miss it?"
Old Howard took off his sunglasses, looked around, and asked, "Where's Pietro? Still not back?"
Wanda immediately turned to complain, "Grandpa Howard, you should teach Pietro a lesson! He not only plays video games all night, but he's also sloppy and doesn't wash up or eat breakfast!"
Upon hearing this, old Howard Ancient One deliberately put on a stern face and said unhappily, "That won't do! Pietro is at the age where he's growing, how can he not go to bed on time and skip breakfast?!"
In his second-floor bedroom, Pietro, wearing holographic virtual reality glasses and engrossed in a shooting game, couldn't help but shudder.
"Damn it! I was just one step away from taking it down!"
He ripped off his glasses and shouted angrily.
But the next second, Pietro's ears twitched rapidly, his expression changed slightly, and he suddenly turned to look out the window.
At the same time, Wanda on the first floor also turned her head to look outside the door.
Her eyes flashed with Red Demon, her gaze instantly piercing through the door to the three Armed Helicopter hovering a hundred meters above the sea.
The pilot of the Armed Helicopter in the middle, near the front, pressed his Headset and said expressionlessly, "Target confirmed, prepare for launch!"
The pilots of the other two Armed Helicopter simultaneously responded, "Roger that! Ready to launch!"
Wanda's expression changed drastically as she watched the missile detach from the Armed Helicopter and emit an orange-red tail flame.
She immediately broke free from Maria's embrace and urgently warned, "Grandpa Howard, Grandma Maria, be careful!"
Suddenly, a silver figure appeared instantly.
Pietro, who had been in his bedroom on the second floor, appeared before them, his body crackling with silver lightning.
" Wanda, there's been an attack outside the villa!"
Wanda immediately pushed Maria and old Howard over.
" Pietro, get Grandpa Howard and Grandma Maria away right now!"
"Alright!" Pietro nodded, and silver lightning suddenly erupted from his body.
Be careful!
After saying that, he and the two old men transformed into a streak of silver lightning, bursting through the gate and disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Wanda, who remained inside the villa, slowly opened her arms, and streams of scarlet, Chaotic Mana surged from her palms.
She pointed angrily at the three missiles hurtling towards the villa and shouted:
"Stop...!"
Red Demon appeared out of thin air and instantly destroyed the three missiles.
'Buzz!'
They trembled slightly and then abruptly stopped in mid-air.
The attackers on the Armed Helicopter looked shocked upon witnessing this scene.
"Watfuck?!"
"That's a superpower?!"
"Report this to the boss immediately! There's a suspected presence of Superpowered Individual at Stark Villa!"
At this moment, the three missiles slowly turned around under Wanda's control.
'Buzz~'
Orange-red flames erupted again as the three missiles hurtled straight toward the three Armed Helicopter.
"Oh no! The missile is coming back!"
"Emergency evasive action!"
"Pull up the lever! Pull up that damn lever now!"
"OMG! It's too late!"
The attackers inside the Armed Helicopter stared in utter disbelief at the incoming missile!
"No!!!"
With several desperate screams, three large fireworks exploded in the sky above the sea off Malibu.
'Boom! Boom! Boom!'
Three Armed Helicopter crashed into the sea, billowing black smoke.
Inside the Seaside Villa, Wanda withdrew her Chaotic Mana and bent over, panting heavily.
Suddenly, a crimson Portal opened.
Tony strode out of the door.
He immediately spotted Wanda in the middle of the living room, leaning on her knees and panting heavily.
Wanda!
Tony called out worriedly and ran over quickly.
He quickly examined Wanda's body.
Are you alright? Are you hurt?
"Uncle Tony!" Wanda threw herself into Tony's arms and said in a muffled voice, "I'm fine, I'm not hurt."
Tony hugged the girl tightly, apologizing guiltily, "I'm sorry I'm late."
Wanda gently shook her head in his arms.
" Pietro! Where is Pietro?"
"Where are the attackers?"
Wanda looked up, her eyes wet with tears.
" Pietro took Grandpa Howard and Grandma Maria to a safe place."
"As for the attackers..."
She pointed to the sea outside the villa.
"It perished at sea along with the Armed Helicopter."
Tony breathed a sigh of relief, looked up, and ordered, " Jarvis, tell Pietro to come home."
Jarvis: "Yes, sir."
Suddenly, a bolt of silver lightning appeared.
Pietro led old Howard and Maria back to the villa.
" Wanda, Uncle Tony!"
Howard Sr. first helped Maria to her feet, then looked up at Tony.
" Tony, find out who's behind this!"
"I already know who it is!" Tony said, a chilling glint of killing intent in his eyes. "A daring reptile."
Old Howard said coldly, "To cut the weeds, you must pull them out by the roots."
Tony nodded emphatically. "I'll go find out about the attackers."
After saying that, a golden-red figure rushed out from the passageway above the villa, then turned around and flew into the living room on the first floor, slowly stopping after approaching Tony.
It was a suit of Iron Armor painted with a gold and red exterior.
The next second, the Gold-Red Armor shattered into pieces.
'Click! Click! Click!'
The disintegrated components automatically donned themselves onto Tony's body and reassembled in an instant.
'Buzz!'
The eyes of the Gold-Red Armor gleamed with a crimson light.
"Buzz! Buzz!"
Strange, interwoven Secret Rune quickly appeared on the surface of the armor.
'Whoosh!'
The Gold-Red Armor instantly burst out of the villa and flew towards the sea where the Armed Helicopter had crashed.
Old Howard looked up and said, " Jarvis, activate the villa's defense system."
Jarvis: "Yes, sir, Mr. Howard."
Immediately, numerous cannons and gun barrels rose up in every corner of the Stark villa.
Howard Sr. straightened his back, instantly transforming from a kind old grandfather into an overbearing ruler.
"Some people seem to have forgotten what kind of business Stark Industries used to be!"
Pietro stared intently at him and couldn't help but exclaim "Wow!"
"Grandpa Howard, you look so handsome now!"
The villa is a hundred meters away from the sea.
The Gold-Red Armor hovered above the sea, its right arm outstretched, shooting a crimson beam of light towards the surface.
'Whoosh!'
The crimson rays spread out in all directions as soon as they entered the water.
Tony could clearly 'see' the three helicopter wreckages lying underwater.
Suddenly, the door of a helicopter wreckage was pushed open, and an orange-red figure climbed out of the wreckage and swam towards the shore.
"There was one lucky fish that escaped the net."
The Gold-Red Armor instantly submerged into the sea, breaking through the water like a super-fast swordfish, heading straight for the orange-red figure.
'Whoosh!'
The Gold-Red Armor stopped in front of the orange-red figure.
The orange-red figure was a bald, muscular man. His right arm was missing, and orange-red flames were burning on his chest. His legs, from the knees down, had vanished.
The bald, burly man was so frightened by the sudden appearance of the Gold-Red Armor in front of him that he opened his mouth and screamed.
As a result, because they were underwater, they accidentally swallowed several mouthfuls of seawater.
The Gold-Red Armor extended its right arm and clamped Bald Man's neck, then shot upwards with a 'whoosh'.
'Bang!'
After breaking through the water, the Gold-Red Armor carried the Bald Man to a height of tens of meters above the sea.
The Bald Man used his remaining left hand to grab the steel right arm that was clamping his neck.
"Let... let me go!"
He said in a hoarse voice, as a bright orange flame blazed from his chest, and the orange light quickly spread along his veins to his left hand.
'Bear!'
The terrifying heat of several thousand degrees Celsius continuously scorched the steel right arm of the Gold-Red Armor through the left hand.
"Hmm?! Interesting!" Tony's eyes lit up at the sight.
With a 'whoosh!', the Gold-Red Armor helmet opened automatically.
"Tell me, where is your mastermind?"
" Tony Stark?!" The Bald Man recognized Tony and grinned maliciously, shouting, "Want to know? Go ask Satan in Hell!"
His body suddenly swelled up, bursting open with hideous wounds, from which a large amount of orange-red flames surged out.
The Bald Man looked like he was about to explode.
Tony scoffed, "Fool, there's no Satan in Hell."
Numerous rice-grain-sized holes instantly appeared on the surface of the Gold-Red Armor.
'Buzz~!'
An invisible, strange wave emanated from the hole, Bald Man's body, which was about to explode, suddenly stopped.
His eyes widened in horror. "What... what did you do?!"
Tony didn't answer, but instead raised his left hand and aimed it at the Bald Man's forehead.
'Click click click!'
The armor on his hands opened automatically, revealing the index and middle fingers of his left hand, which were wreathed in a wisp of Crimson Mana.
'Whoosh!'
Two fingers instantly pierced the Bald Man's forehead.
The Bald Man's body trembled, and his eyes instantly became empty.
A moment later, he withdrew his finger.
'Click click click!'
The armor re-covered his left hand.
" Texas, Austin, Future Pharmaceuticals, A.I.M...."
" Aldrich Killian!"
He then tossed the Bald Man into the sea like a piece of trash.
After escaping the range of the strange fluctuations, the Bald Man's body suddenly swelled up.
'boom!'
A large, orange-red fireball exploded on the sea surface.
Tony didn't even glance at it; his armor and helmet closed automatically.
'Whoosh!'
The Gold-Red Armor soared into the sky and instantly disappeared into a suddenly appearing Spatial Portal.
A.I.M. Headquarters, Austin, Texas.
Aldrich Killian, accompanied by several burly men, stormed into the Extremis Laboratory.
" Aldrich Killian ..."
Just as the researchers in the lab were about to greet him, Aldrich Killian grabbed his collar.
"Where is Maya Hansen?!"
The researcher looked at Killian's ferocious face and was so frightened that he stammered, "No... I don't know."
"Fuck!" Aldrich Killian shoved him away and Wrath swept everything on the lab table to the floor.
His gaze turned chilling as he growled:
" Maya Hansen!"
"Since you've chosen betrayal, don't blame me for being ruthless!"