Two days later, Kraft saw Tony Stark on television again. At the hearing, Stark was full of swagger, verbally tearing apart the senator who wanted to acquire the Iron Man suit and making Justin Hammer humiliate himself before the public once more. He did not look like a man who was about to die at all.
However, when he mentioned his Iron Man suit, Tony Stark paused for a moment.
"Maybe someone can make equipment similar to the Iron Man suit, or something else... like that big green guy the military still hasn't caught. But it definitely won't be Hammer. And I, Iron Man, can handle anything! You want my product? Don't even think about it!"
Naturally, Tony Stark emerged victorious from the hearing. Although the American government coveted his Iron Man suit, it had no way to force a playboy who was powerful in his own right, highly respected among civilians, and even wielded considerable influence within the government.
Meanwhile, in Siberia, Ivan Vanko watched Tony Stark's performance on television as well. He misunderstood Stark's words—"Maybe someone can make equipment similar to the Iron Man suit"—and thought Stark had been referring to his father. That only intensified the hatred already burning in his heart.
He had taken the product his father developed, gained both fame and fortune from it, and even mocked him on television. That was going too far!
Ivan Vanko sped up the construction of his weapon. He could not wait to go to America, teach Stark a proper lesson, and let the world know that Arc Reactor technology was not exclusive to Stark Industries.
If you could make God bleed, people would stop believing in him. And when there was blood in the water, the sharks would come.
Ivan Vanko knew that his financial resources were