Iron Man VS Iron Monger: Isn't That a Father Beating His Son?

"What kind of tech is this?!"

Obadiah looked in shock and uncertainty at the motionless White and Red Magic Shield before him.

"Take a guess~"

Richard put one hand in his pocket and sneered.

"Bastard! Go to hell!"

Obadiah flew into a rage, manipulating Iron Monger to raise its massive fists and pound down on the floating shield, blow after blow.

Eighty, eighty, eighty, eighty...

Richard chanted silently in his heart while endlessly spewing venom.

"Oh my, is this really it?"

"Are you tickling me?"

"Put some more muscle into it, big brother Stan~"

"Too old, gone soft?"

"Tsk tsk, how pathetic!"

Taunt after taunt rang like magic spells in Obadiah's ears, driving him as furious as an angry bull, his eyes turning bloodshot.

"Aahahaha! Bastard, go to hell!"

With a mighty roar, the entire arsenal on Iron Monger activated in an instant.

Looking at the gun barrels and cannon tubes of all sizes, a bead of cold sweat dripped down Richard's forehead.

Holy crap! Why did you bust out your ultimate move without a second word?!

He couldn't guarantee the floating shield could completely withstand this wave of ultimate attacks.

Time to bail~

Richard hurriedly opened a portal at his feet and swooped right in.

The moment Iron Monger lit up with a red glow all over its body, its large and small weapons about to fire, the Conical Magic Shield blocking its front vanished abruptly from the spot along with that damned brat.

"Ah!!!"

Like a glob of phlegm stuck in a throat, the fury in Obadiah's chest had nowhere to vent!

"Get out here! Get the hell out here!"

He manipulated Iron Monger to wave its iron arms, turning into a demolition expert as it crazily attacked everything in front of it.

"Tsk tsk~ Powerless rage~"

"A warrior tries to touch a mage, how do you expect to win~"

Richard taunted softly as he slowly landed in front of Pepper and Phil Coulson.

"Doctor Richard!" Pepper looked apprehensively at the man slowly descending.

Richard waved a hand.

"Pepper, when is Tony getting here?"

Pepper hurriedly pressed her earpiece and asked, "Tony, Richard is asking when you'll be here."

"Right now!"

Before her voice faded, an orange-red exhaust trail streaked across the sky and landed right in front of them.

A red and gold Iron Man knelt on one knee, then slowly stood up.

"Whoa, looking dashing~"

Richard praised loudly, raising a thumbs-up!

Tony arrogant raised his chin.

Then the armor on his head opened up, revealing Tony's face.

Pepper spotted the bruise at the corner of his mouth at a glance and cried out, "Tony!"

She crossed the distance in two strides and raised a hand in distress, gently touching the corner of his mouth.

"It's fine, Pepper~" Tony looked gently at the woman before him, feeling a slight stir in his heart.

"Hey, Tony, save the romance for later!"

Richard rudely interrupted with a sudden shout.

"There's a big lump coming up from below!"

The moment his voice fell, the ground shook violently and then exploded!

Tony snapped his helmet shut, stepping in front of the others.

Amidst the flying dust, a giant steel hand thrust out, and immediately after, Iron Monger leaped up, jumping out from the crater.

Obadiah said frantically, "Finally caught you, you bastards!"

Tony turned his head and requested, "Agent, help me take Pepper away."

Phil Coulson gripped his pistol tightly and nodded.

"Miss Potts, please come with me."

"Tony, you must be careful!" Before leaving, Pepper instructed him reluctantly.

After running a short distance, she turned her head to see that Richard was following right beside her every step of the way.

Pepper was stunned: "Richard, y-you, why did you follow us over?"

Richard wore an innocent expression: "To help Tony protect you! Just leave that big clumsy oaf to Tony."

Pepper:...

Phil Coulson running ahead:...

Whoosh~

A figure streaked over their heads and slammed heavily onto a rooftop with a loud boom.

Immediately after, a giant steel beast crashed down from midair.

"Tony! Where do you think you're running!"

Iron Monger opened its arms, like a father hugging his son, and pulled Tony tightly into its embrace.

"I'm sending you to meet Howard right now!"

Obadiah roared wildly as Iron Monger's arms gradually tightened.

Listening to the creaking sounds coming from his suit, Tony knew it wouldn't hold out much longer.

So he struggled desperately, but Iron Monger's two iron arms were like iron clamps, pinning him firmly against its chest.

"Jarvis, activate weapons!"

Tony ordered loudly.

"Impact system damaged! Missile system damaged!"

A hint of anxiety tinged Jarvis's voice.

Looking at the continuously flashing red warning panels, Tony shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Fire incendiary missiles! Fire incendiary missiles!"

In an instant, hundreds of red incendiary missiles poured out from the gaps in the red and gold armor.

They struck both suits with a crackling pop, billowing thick smoke.

The screen full of red light almost blinded Obadiah's old eyes.

"Ugh, ah!"

He screamed, closing his eyes and subconsciously releasing his grip to shield his face.

After landing, Tony used the dispersing smoke to quietly circle behind a wall and hide.

On the other side, atop the headquarters roof, Richard materialized out of a portal carrying Pepper and Phil Coulson.

Releasing them both, he looked down at the street below and voiced his dissatisfaction with a complaint.

"These two guys are really going too far!"

"Wherever people try to hide, that's where they fight!"

"Deliberately picking on innocent bystanders to vent their anger, huh?"

"So impolite! No martial ethics!"

Phil Coulson was speechless; he now had a completely new understanding of this Doctor Richard.

Pepper grabbed Richard's arm and pleaded anxiously, "Richard, go help Tony!"

Richard quickly placated her: "Relax, relax, when Tony can't hold on anymore, I'll make a move."

Down on the ground, the smoke cleared. Obadiah looked all around and sneered in praise.

"Quite clever, Tony!"

Tony, hiding in the dark, looked at the red battle-damage warnings all over his display, gritted his teeth, and contacted Pepper.

"Pepper!"

Pepper pressed her earpiece.

"Tony?"

Tony said grimly.

"We need to overload the arc reactor, detonate it!"

Pepper was startled, then quickly steadied her nerves.

"How are you going to do that?"

The schematic of the large reactor displayed on Tony's helmet interface.

"Go to the console, open all circuits..."

"That's way too much trouble, Tony~" Richard's voice chimed in abruptly.

"Richard?" Tony was taken aback.

"Oh, God!" Pepper suddenly let out a gasp of shock!

"What is that?!" Even the usually composed Coulson couldn't help crying out!

Tony asked with a mixture of shock and confusion, "What happened, Pepper?"

"L-Li-Richard's hands, a fireball the size of a basketball has appeared!" Pepper replied with a trembling voice.

Tony was baffled: "A fireball? What fireball?"

"Try to get as far away as possible, Tony!" Richard reminded with a light chuckle.

Pepper immediately shouted right after: "Listen to him, Tony! Get out of the way!"

Although he didn't know what was happening, Tony chose to trust Pepper.

Without another word, he directly engaged his thrusters and fled at top speed.

The next second, a blue-and-white fireball trailing a gorgeous tail of flame shot from the rooftop straight toward Iron Monger.