When Richard returned to New York, the time had already reached night.
He checked his watch: 10:20.
Forget it, I might as well make do and sleep here for the night.
Richard took off his coat and lay down on the bed.
Yet after a little while, he opened his eyes again.
Damn it, I can't sleep!
He sat up irritably, got up, and came to the window.
He yanked the curtains open, staring blankly at the night lights on the distant buildings.
The ball of fire blocked in his heart refused to be suppressed no matter what.
Damn it, black-egg-head, I can't deal with you right now, but your right-hand men will do some work for me first, consider it interest!
Frowning and pondering for a moment, Richard suddenly turned, went to the bed, picked up his coat, and fished that encrypted phone out of his pocket.
He dialed Phil Coulson's number.
"Agent Coulson, do you have time? I need you to do me a favor."
Richard had fire in his heart, skipped the pleasantries, and went straight to the point.
"Doctor Richard? I will contact you later—"
Before Phil Coulson on the other end of the line could finish, a woman's scream suddenly came through.
"Obadiah, is she crazy?!"
Richard: "???"
How did it seem like he heard Pepper's voice?
Before he could snap out of it, intense gunshots came from the other end of the phone again.
"Take him down!"
"No! What is that?!"
"Miss Pepper, run!"
Phil Coulson shouted anxiously.
"Buzz~"
The phone hung up abruptly.
Richard was startled!
Holy shit, it's Iron Monger!
He suddenly thought of the major event at this time point.
This was Tony Stark's rare classic moment of taking a hit!
Not delaying even a second, he directly opened a portal leading to the Stark Industrial Park in Glendale, California.
As soon as he stepped out of the portal, Richard raised his hand and cast three spells.
Invisibility! Clairaudient Eavesdropping! Rings of Raggadorr!
Clairaudient Eavesdropping was directed toward the underground, where dense gunshots continuously came through, accompanied by waves of miserable screams.
The sixteenth underground floor!
Richard chanted silently in his heart, drawing a circle toward the underground void.
A portal appeared beneath his feet, and he fell into it in an instant.
The sixteenth underground floor of the Stark Industrial Park.
Pepper Potts was fleeing in disarray, with a huge figure aggressively chasing behind her.
"Tony! Obadiah has gone crazy!"
"Oh, my god!"
Pepper lowered her head to dodge a splashing, curved steel pipe, and shouted loudly into her headset.
"He built a suit of armor!"
"Bigger and stronger!"
"Buzz~buzz~Pepper, get out of there quickly!—Buzz~" Tony's voice was intermittent, mixed with strong current.
"Keep running! Don't stop!" Phil Coulson roared, turning around to quickly empty his magazine.
However, Iron Monger's armor was simply too thick!
It merely raised its hand to block the small reactor on its chest, and the 9mm bullets, shooting against the armor of the battle suit, sparked a few times.
Phil Coulson turned and continued to flee, his left hand quickly pulling a new magazine from his waist, reloading and chambering a round.
"Its size is too big, run around the pipes!" Phil Coulson shouted while fleeing.
The five agents he brought had already died in action entirely!
Fragile human bodies facing the all-titanium-alloy steel armor were simply like eggs hitting a rock.
Iron Monger batted them down one by one, turning them all into tomato paste.
"You can't escape!" Iron Monger roared.
Piloting the steel armor for the first time allowed Obadiah to instantly relive his youth!
There was no man in this world who could resist operating this kind of iron monster!
The constantly secreting adrenaline made him feel his whole body's blood boil, just like he had just smoked weed, so excited he was hard to control.
"Go to hell!"
Obadiah laughed wildly, raised his arm, and opened the weapon bay.
Whoosh~
A small missile shot directly toward Phil Coulson and Pepper Potts ahead.
"Missile attack! Hit the dirt!"
Shouting the command hurriedly, Phil Coulson lunged forward, flattening himself beside Pepper's legs.
Pepper Potts turned her head reflexively, only to see a missile carrying an orange-red tail flame flying in attack, instantly scared so stiff in her limbs that she shouted in terror.
"NO!"
Boom!
The missile exploded violently, and the abruptly bursting shockwave tore the narrow corridor to pieces.
"Hhahahaha~" Obadiah looked at the smoke and dust kicked up by the explosion, laughing wantonly.
"Buzz~Pepper!—Buzz~Pepper!—Buzz-buzz~Answer me!—Buzz~" Tony shouted in panic.
The harsh current sound transmitted into Pepper's ears, making her unable to help frowning.
"Buzz~Jarvis,—Buzz~full speed ahead!—Buzz-buzz~"
She slowly opened her eyes, discovering a tall figure firmly blocking in front of her.
"I, I'm not dead?!"
Pepper, who had survived a catastrophe, immediately reported to Tony.
"Tony, I'm not dead! Woo~"
"Too—buzz~great!—Buzz-buzz~"
Richard looked at the Rings of Raggadorr covered in cracks in front of him, shaking his head helplessly.
His hands formed hand-seals rapidly, swiping and pulling, drawing out a huge conical rune magic array.
It was precisely Richard's Floating Shield that he had created!
The gunpowder smoke brought by the explosion gradually dispersed, and Phil Coulson, who was lying on the ground, climbed up coughing.
"Cough cough~cough cough~"
Turning his head to see the huge white-bottomed, red-haloed magic shield behind him, he felt incomparable shock.
"What is this?"
Richard turned sideways, revealing a radiant smile: "Yo, Pepper, Agent Coulson, good evening!"
The energy halo emitted by the magic shield reflected his appearance, and Pepper and Phil Coulson shouted simultaneously with lost voices.
"Doctor Richard?!" x 2
Tony, who was flying over at full speed, was startled: "Richard?"
Clank-clank~
The ground trembled continuously, Iron Monger started to move forward, and Obadiah shouted in surprise: "You're actually not dead?!"
"Pepper, Agent Coulson, you guys leave first!" Richard finished speaking.
Supporting the shield with one hand, he drew a circle in the void with the other.
A portal appeared silently beneath their feet.
Caught off guard, they fell straight down.
"Ah!"
Pepper was so scared she squatted, hugged her head, and closed her eyes.
Phil Coulson was an elite agent after all; after panicking for a moment, he reacted.
Looking at the familiar Stark Industries Headquarters gate before his eyes, his pupils vibrated violently.
"What just happened?!"
Pepper screamed for a while, slowly opened her eyes, and looked blankly at the Stark Industries Headquarters gate.
"I, I'm not dead again?!"
Phil Coulson put his hands on his hips, wearing the same blank expression.
"...Is it technology? Or superpowers?"
"What did you do? Where did they go?!"
Seeing Pepper and Phil Coulson suddenly disappear, Obadiah was both startled and enraged.
Taking a large step and leaping, he directly activated the thrusters at his feet, aggressively crashing over.
Richard turned sideways, sank his shoulders, and planted his horse stance in a sturdy base.
Boom!
The huge Iron Monger battle suit, carrying a fierce wind, crashed heavily onto the sharp cone at the front of the floating shield. The overwhelming giant force spread along the surface of the conical magic shield, continuously dispersing and scattering in all directions like puffs of breeze.
Richard sank his horse stance, carrying this extremely ferocious impact.
"Whoa, powerful enough!"
Richard evaluated with satisfaction.