Happy walked out of the roaring flames, his steps steady and his gaze burning with excitement. A smile suddenly appeared on his face, exposing a mouthful of blindingly white teeth in the air, brilliantly conspicuous.
"Awesome, again!"
After he finished speaking, Happy actively charged at the Mecha Warrior. Rhythmic booms echoed once more, and an excited Happy swung his fists to brutally hammer the Mecha Warrior.
Under the reinforcement of his terrifying, monstrous strength, the exterior of the Mecha Warrior underwent a series of deformations, quickly becoming dented and battered, giving off the feeling that it might fall apart at any second.
Inside the command post, an oppressive atmosphere currently enveloped everyone present. Watching the Mecha Warrior being brutally hammered by Happy on the screen, the crowd could not help feeling a sense of trepidation, terrified that the Mecha Warrior would fly apart in the very next moment!
"What should we do now?"
Pierce's voice rang out, pulling everyone's attention back from the screen.
At those words, the crowd fell into a speechless silence.
They had no idea what to do either; even their secret weapon had been deployed, yet it failed to even approach the other person's villa.
What could they do-it was not as if they could be expected to lug guns and charge in themselves.
Thinking of the scene where the Mecha Warrior was being savagely beaten, the crowd involuntarily shivered.
At the same time, they made up their minds that they would never go within half a step of that villa.
Seeing that everyone was acting like mutes, Pierce unusually refrained from flying into a rage.
After all, even he felt a bit of internal trepidation, let alone these people.
However, the operation had already begun; it could not possibly end with a grand start and a whimpering finish. Therefore, sweeping his gaze across the crowd, Pierce quickly focused his attention on Nick Fury.
"Nick, do you have any thoughts on this?"
Pierce called him out directly. Nick, who was named, looked somewhat surprised, yet he lacked the fear displayed by the others.
Consequently, after recovering from his initial reaction, Nick quickly gathered his thoughts and spoke. "I think we got the priorities wrong. Our operational objective this time is Tony and the Bruce he took away, not fighting to the death with that big lout."
"Since the Mecha Warrior cannot break through the big lout's blockade, we'll just let him keep that big lout occupied."
"We will infiltrate the villa from another route and capture Tony."
"According to intelligence, that big lout is Tony's personal bodyguard. Now that he's here, it means the security forces around Tony are very thin, as long as our operation is fast enough."
"Once we take Tony down, this big lout will have no choice but to raise his hands in surrender."
Listening to Nick's analysis, the people present could not help nodding one after another, but Pierce frowned at that moment.
"Don't forget that group of monsters from earlier. Even without that big lout's protection, there are still those elusive monsters around."
At that, Nick smiled with confidence. "I naturally haven't forgotten about them."
"But through my observations just now, I found that although those monsters possess formidable strength, their defense is also very weak."
"They will similarly vanish once you hit their vital spots."
"As long as we prepare in advance and avoid being caught off guard, dealing with them is not difficult."
Hearing this, Pierce pondered for a moment before finally nodding. "What you're saying makes sense. Since that's the case, you can select a batch of elite operatives and go infiltrate together with the military's people."
"I'll stay here to help you draw their fire."
Pierce endorsed Nick's plan and conveniently tossed this task onto him as well.
Instantly, the corners of Nick's mouth twitched, and the look he directed at Pierce turned somewhat resentful.
Do not be fooled by how eloquently he had just spoken; it was nothing more than empty armchair strategy.
No body could tell whether Tony still had some trump card hidden up his sleeve.
Take Happy, for instance. According to their records, he was merely an ordinary bodyguard, but look at him right now pinning the Mecha Warrior to the ground and pounding it. How did that fit the word "ordinary" in any way?
"Director, I think the personnel selection for the operation can be discussed further."
Nick still attempted to salvage the situation.
However, before he could finish speaking, Pierce had already turned his head back toward the screen, wearing a look of I refuse to listen, I refuse to listen.
Seeing this, Nick sighed helplessly and had no choice but to leave the command post to select the operational personnel.
Right after Nick departed, Pierce also edited a text message on his phone and sent it out.
There is an old Chinese saying: the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.
And today, he was going to play the role of that oriole.
He would first let Nick lead people to join forces with the military to probe the path, and then he would arrange for his own men to follow right behind them, ready to pluck the peach.
The plan was perfect; now it all depended on the execution.
At the main entrance of Tony's villa, the hand-to-hand combat between Happy and the Mecha Warrior was still ongoing. However, having learned from his previous lesson, whenever Happy saw any part of the Mecha Warrior open up, he swiftly dodged away.
Although he could withstand artillery shells head-on, he did not exactly harbor a habit of collecting explosions.
On the other side, after selecting a squad of elite operatives, Nick quickly joined forces with the elite squad dispatched by General Ross to infiltrate from the rear of the villa.
Speaking of which, one had to mention the layout of Tony's villa.
His villa was built entirely against a cliff edge; the main gate faced the land, while the balcony faced the open sea.
Therefore, when the predecessors installed the surveillance cameras, they completely neglected the areas facing the sea.
After all, the base of the cliff was dozens of meters high; who could possibly climb up from beneath the cliff?
Consequently, this had also become a blind spot for surveillance, completely undetected by JARVIS.
And Nick, having thoroughly studied the layout of the villa, naturally noticed this blind spot in surveillance.
Thus, he directly selected this location as the infiltration point.
Of course, he had no intention of scaling a cliff in pitch-black darkness, so he mobilized a silent helicopter for this purpose.
The team members sat inside the helicopter, circled around to arrive above the balcony of Tony's villa, and descended onto the balcony via fast-roping.
Meanwhile, Tony, who was enjoying the show from a second-floor room, still had no idea that a group of uninvited guests had broken into his home.
Without making the slightest sound, Nick and his men used thermal imaging to detect a heat source appearing on the second floor, heading straight for it.
Just as they stepped onto the second floor, inside the room, Tony-who was watching Happy battle the Mecha Warrior with great zest-instantly received a prompt from JARVIS.
"Sir, there are guests in the villa."
"They have already reached the second floor and will be at your room immediately."
At this, Tony was taken aback. "Where did they come in from? Even you didn't notice?"
"According to our detections, they should have bypassed the surveillance zone on the outer perimeter of the villa and entered via the balcony."
Just as the man and the artificial intelligence were conversing.
Suddenly, a loud bang rang out as the room door was kicked open.
Nick led two fully armed squads as they swiftly rushed into the room, a series of dark gun muzzles aiming directly at all his vital points.
"Good evening, Mr. Stark. Meeting you is truly a difficult task."
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Nick Fury, an old friend of your father."
"Now we have a case that requires you to come back with us for investigation. Please do not make any dangerous moves, or else they will open fire directly."
Nick looked at Tony with a smile; he had not expected things to go so smoothly, and his previously tense state of mind inevitably relaxed.
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