Flushing, New York.
Today's main stage at the Stark Expo had been handed over to Hammer Industries for its presentation. The promotional material claimed it was cooperating with the military, and Justin Hammer had issued invitations far and wide... no, not a call to heroes, just invitations. Even so, quite a few people had come to visit.
Although that damned russian had screwed him over and the so-called Iron Soldiers could currently do nothing but salute, Justin Hammer did not appear flustered. Now that he had an Iron Man suit in his hands, was he really afraid he would not be able to replicate it?
Impossible!
He! Justin Hammer! Was best at imitating Tony Stark!
No one understood Stark better than him!
Justin Hammer danced his way onto the stage with a mess of ridiculous moves and began his performance.
As rows of Iron Soldiers appeared on the display platform, the audience's excitement surged as well.
But then Tony Stark appeared onstage in his new suit, instantly stealing all the spotlight.
"What are you doing here?!"
Mr. Hammer was deeply annoyed, assuming Tony Stark had come to ruin his launch event.
Very quickly, he became certain of it.
Tony Stark had come to cause trouble!
Because with Stark's arrival, every Iron Soldier—including Colonel James Rhodes in the Iron Man suit—launched an attack on Tony Stark.
Of course, he knew Ivan Vanko was behind this, but if Tony Stark had not come, would any of this have happened?!
"What did you say?"
Martin Lee, who had been enjoying himself at a nightclub, received a call from one of his men.
"Iron Man and a group of Iron Soldiers are fighting on our turf?"
Martin Lee's mouth twitched. He was finding the world harder and harder to understand lately. Things that