Tony's Showboating Backfires

Tony's Showboating Backfires

"Yinsen, Stark..."

Several terrorists who had come to investigate cursed as they worked on unlocking the door.

Tony asked curiously, "Yinsen, what are they saying? I only understood them shouting your name and mine!"

Yinsen shook his head. "They're speaking Hungarian. I don't understand it either!"

Rimuru said, "That Hungarian man is asking where Stark went and who I am, wondering how I appeared here. He's threatening us to behave, or he'll kill us."

"You understand Hungarian too?"

Tony and Yinsen were both astonished. Plenty of people could speak multiple foreign languages. Yinsen, for instance, knew Arabic, Russian, English, Persian, Dari, and several others.

But the problem was that, in Tony and Yinsen's eyes, Rimuru was simply too young.

They had been speaking English the whole time, so Tony and Yinsen had naturally assumed English was Rimuru's native language.

They had never expected Rimuru to understand Hungarian too. Just how much did she know?!

Facing their shock, Rimuru merely smiled without answering.

Of course, he did not know Hungarian, but he could understand every language, including English, Hungarian, Russian, and more.

The reason was simple: he possessed a god-tier skill called [Magic Sense].

Magic Sense could not only perceive even the tiniest Magicule fluctuations in every direction without blind spots, but it could also convert light waves and sound waves into understandable information.

Any language was a sound wave containing subjective intent, and Magic Sense could convert it.

The reverse worked as well. By vocalizing one's thoughts, one could converse with others.

Simply put, Rimuru could understand every language in the world, even the languages of kittens and puppies.

Boom!

The instant the massive iron door opened, the trap Tony had set on it was triggered, instantly blowing two terrorists to death.

Already clad in his armor, Tony looked at Yinsen and Rimuru with a bright, confident smile.

"Yinsen, Rimuru, stay behind me in a moment. Now it's time for my performance!"

The Mark I was rough and bulky, but its massive frame, exaggerated strength, and bulletproof steel armor made the terrorists feel as though they had encountered a weapon of the devil. Before fighting, they had already lost their nerve.

Tony was simple and brutal. With only a few punches, he knocked down every terrorist who had just rushed in.

Not to mention Tony Stark—even Rimuru and Yinsen's eyes lit up at the sight.

He really wanted a Mecha of his own. Although Rimuru already had all kinds of supernatural abilities, he still desperately coveted the Iron Man Armor.

It was not because the armor was particularly powerful. This was love!

Mecha was a man's romance!

In truth, with Rimuru's abilities, if he wanted armor, he could simply swallow a set, have Great Sage analyze it, and quickly replicate one—or even N new sets.

But he had to get Tony's permission for something like that. Otherwise, it would count as theft, and it could easily affect his relationship with Tony.

The Iron Man Armor was Tony's lifeblood. In the entire Marvel Universe, only his best buddy Rhodey had ever taken one.

And that had been under extreme circumstances, with the military pressuring him from every side and his life nearing its end.

Otherwise, it truly would not be easy for anyone else to get a suit of armor.

Boom! Another enemy was cleanly taken down by Tony.

Tony smugly showed off to Rimuru. "Little Rimuru, what do you think? Uncle Tony is cool, right? Are you starting to fall for Uncle Tony?"

Rimuru rolled his eyes. Fall for him, my ass. He only knocked over a few ordinary people, and he was already this full of himself. What a show-off!

But at that moment, Yinsen suddenly cried out, "Tony, watch out! There's another enemy behind you!"

Without even turning around, Tony swung an elbow backward. Before the terrorist could react, Tony smashed him to the ground with a single elbow strike.

Perhaps because he was too eager to show off in front of Rimuru, Tony failed to control his strength at all, and his arm became lodged directly in the rock.

Once, twice, three times... Tony could not pull his arm free no matter what.

Most embarrassingly, he had deliberately not looked back just to act cool. That pose had looked as handsome as it was awkward now.

Tony Stark... had failed at showing off!

Rimuru laughed himself silly. Even Yinsen was speechless, caught between laughter and tears.

After pulling out his arm, Tony Stark was still utterly embarrassed. "Doesn't count. That one doesn't count. Just forget you saw it."

"Wow, this gun is so cool!"

While Tony fought enemies up ahead, Rimuru scavenged behind him.

In just a short while, he had collected nearly ten fine weapons produced by Stark Industries in his Stomach.

If he had not wanted to keep these terrorists from disturbing Shizue's peace, Rimuru might even have swallowed an enemy. Perhaps he could have acquired something like firearms mastery.

At the cave entrance, Tony fired a small missile and instantly took down the terrorists' Bald Boss.

Seeing the light outside, all three of them were especially excited.

Tony Stark, in particular, was practically jumping for joy. As a billionaire, he had been imprisoned in this sunless cave for three months.

It had been a nightmare. Now, he was finally going to escape this terrible ordeal!

"Rimuru, Yinsen, follow the plan. Once I deal with the enemies outside, wait for the right moment and get out."

"Okay!"

Yinsen agreed without hesitation, and Rimuru naturally had no major objections.

With his current abilities, no one here could withstand even a single exchange with him.

Bullets struck the Iron Man Armor with a series of clanging sounds as an even fiercer battle began.

Inside the cave.

Holding an M4 assault rifle he had just picked up, Rimuru walked straight over to the Bald Boss lying on the ground, preparing to put another bullet in him.

Rimuru, who knew the plot, was well aware that Bald Boss had a stubborn life. He was only unconscious, not dead.

"Rimuru, what are you doing?"

Seeing Rimuru about to finish him off, Yinsen jumped in fright and hurriedly pressed down the gun in Rimuru's hands.

"Yinsen, he's the chief culprit, and he isn't dead yet. We can't just let him go!"

Yinsen looked at Rimuru and said earnestly, "Rimuru, you're still young. You can live in the sunlight. Don't let hatred blind you and stain your hands with blood!"

Uh...

Perhaps because he had reincarnated as a bloodless Slime and had spent all that time fighting monsters and leveling up in the Sealed Cave, Rimuru did not actually have much aversion to killing.

But Yinsen's concern still made Rimuru hesitate.

After all, killing people and killing monsters were entirely different matters.

"Are we really just going to let him go? That would be letting him off too easily!"

Yinsen took the rifle from Rimuru's hands. "Let me be the bad man."

Bang!

After the gunshot, the still-unconscious Bald Boss ended his wicked life in his sleep.

Just then, the battle outside underwent another sudden change.

These terrorists were so poor that weapons were all they had left. They even had machine guns used to fight tanks.

Unlike in the original story, because he had Yinsen and Rimuru, two "burdens," with him, Tony focused more on eliminating the enemies rather than setting fire to and destroying the entire valley as he had in the movie.

As a result, Tony suffered badly again, pinned down by overwhelming firepower until he could not lift his head.

As for taking Yinsen and Rimuru away as he had originally planned, well, that was just a joke now.

In other words, Iron Man had once again failed at showing off!

Rat-a-tat-tat-tat!

Under the M2 Heavy Machine Gun's barrage, several key transmission components in the Mark I's legs and back were destroyed.

Yinsen watched anxiously. Grabbing his assault rifle, he said, "Rimuru, hide here for a while. I'm going out to help Tony take some of the pressure."

As he ran, Yinsen fired into the sky, drawing the terrorists' attention.

"Wait! If you go out like that, you'll be a sitting target!"

Watching his clumsy movements, Rimuru was speechless. Wasn't he just going out there to die for nothing?

But there was no doubt that Yinsen was a good person with a heart of gold.

It would have been one thing if Rimuru could do nothing, but since he clearly could save him, he would not allow someone like Yinsen to die.

"Great Sage, help me formulate the best plan to defeat the enemy!"

The optimal enemy-defeat plan has been formulated. Automatic Battle Mode is recommended. Activate?

"Yes!"

As Battle Mode activated, Rimuru's eyes slowly turned blood-red...

Since Tony had failed at showing off, it was time for him to show... ahem, wrong word. It was time for him to save the world.

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