At the Seaside Villa, Tony sat in the living room, waiting quietly. Soon, a shadow appeared on the floor, and the Extremis Troll rose from it with Scorpion in his grasp.
He casually tossed Scorpion onto the floor. With a thought from Tony, the Extremis Troll sank back into the floor and disappeared.
"Tony Stark!"
Scorpion's voice was weak, but he could not hide the surprise in his eyes.
"You know me?" Tony raised an eyebrow.
Scorpion immediately caught himself and hurriedly lowered his head. "I've only seen you in magazines."
"Really? Then who sent the bomb to my company's entrance?"
"I don't know."
Scorpion quickly shook his head, denying everything as though he knew absolutely nothing.
Seeing him stubbornly refuse to admit it, Tony could not be bothered to keep questioning him. They both knew the truth, anyway. There was no point wasting time.
"Tell me, where is the Mandarin?"
The smile faded from Tony's lips as he spoke slowly.
As his smile vanished, an intense pressure radiated from him.
If the pressure from the Extremis Troll was like a mountain, then Tony's was like an ocean.
When its waters were calm, it seemed harmless. But once he grew serious, he became a raging sea, leaving others unable to even think of resisting.
"I... I... I don't know."
Scorpion gritted his teeth and stubbornly denied it.
Just then, a wave of psychic energy emanated from Tony. With Scorpion's mind already dazed, Tony took control of him instantly.
His expression immediately went blank.
"Where is the Mandarin?" Tony asked again.
This time, Scorpion did not claim ignorance. Instead, he answered in a flat voice, "At Zhongxin Security."
Information about Zhongxin Security quickly surfaced in Tony's mind.
It was a medium-sized security company headquartered in Washington.
With that in mind, Tony