It wasn't just Tony's side; Qin Xiao's side was the same. Out of the corner of his eye, Qin Xiao saw more than a dozen armored vehicles carrying unidentified metal parts soaring into the sky.
All the armored suits around Qin Xiao Qin Xiao, whether they had run out of bullets or were firing at him, had their chests flashing red light wildly.
" Tony! Let's go!"
Qin Xiao screamed frantically into his earphones.
Tony desperately wanted to escape, but he was surrounded by at least seven or eight suits of armor. Tony was frantically using his thrusters to accelerate and try to break free from the clutches of the suits.
"I want to leave too, but it seems like too many people like my armor. Why don't you go first?"
Believe me, I'm probably in more trouble than you!
Qin Xiao looked at the at least twenty armored vehicles surrounding him and said quietly.
When Tony met Ivan Vanko, he had JARVIS inform Rhodey directly.
Even the honest Rhodey had his moments of dishonesty. He waited until Justin Hammer and his crew had modified the armor's systems and completed the weaponry before launching his attack and arresting Justin Hammer.
Besides the message JARVIS sent to Rhodey, there was also a video of Tony coming down the elevator from the lobby of Hammer Industries and finally seeing Ivan Vanko.
With irrefutable evidence, even if Justin Hammer eventually implicates Senate Stern and Francis, he will still be convicted of colluding with terrorists.
The Monaco hospital bombing was such a massive event that, regardless of the perpetrators' motives, they have already been labeled as terrorists by the international community.
Unfortunately, Justin Hammer had just been escorted out of the base.
A single sniper bullet took Justin Hammer's life.
The person who fired the shot was wearing the uniform of a soldier at the base. After firing the shot, he nonchalantly boarded a fighter jet and flew away.
In less than a minute, the fighter jet disappeared from the base's radar signal.
In Alexander Pierce's office at the World Security Council.
Senate Stern, who had been so arrogant and assertive in front of Justin Hammer, stood trembling before Alexander Pierce's desk.
Buzz~~
The phone on my desk started vibrating.
Stern suddenly looked up and stared intently at the cell phone on his desk.
Alexander Pierce quickly picked up his phone and simply gave a curt "hmm."
Then he looked up and said to Stern.
" Justin Hammer is dead, and I've cleaned up your mess. If it weren't for your Senate position being of some use to us, you'd be the next one with your head blown off!"
Despite Alexander Pierce's menacing tone, Stern let out a deep breath.
He felt a huge weight lifted off his shoulders and almost collapsed to the ground.
"I really don't know what you were thinking, with that stupid brain of yours, actually going to cooperate with Francis. Did you really think that the two of you could manipulate Project Insight? Did you really think that if I died, you could take over the leadership of the North America Continent? Foolish!"
Alexander Pierce grabbed a folder from the table and slammed it viciously onto Stern's forehead.
Stern didn't dare to move an inch.
"Let's go! Remember, expedite the Project Insight's progress in the Senate, otherwise..."
Alexander Pierce did not continue.
Stern quickly nodded in agreement and hurriedly went out.
In a manor on the outskirts of New York, three super soldiers who had escaped death because of Qin Xiao sat Dum-E in chairs.
They remained expressionless as those around them used knives to cut open their wounds and tweezers to remove bullets from their muscles and bones, as if the knives were not cutting into their bodies.
Francis sat on an antique sofa, looking at the three expressionless super soldiers.
He was replaying in his mind the description of his encounter with Qin Xiao and Tony Stark.
"It seems Qin Xiao is more interesting than the armor. Such powerful combat and defensive capabilities—is it really the result of the Super-Soldier Serum? I'm starting to get interested in you!!!"
In the split second before the Justin Hammer Building exploded, Tony still managed to pull Qin Xiao out of the building.
Tony's new weapon, an ultra-powerful laser beam, sliced through all the enemy armor in the corridor at the last moment.
They rushed out and happened to run into Qin Xiao, who was wielding a suit of armor as a weapon and breaking through the encirclement.
The two managed to escape the building together before the explosion.
Unfortunately, their main target, Ivan Vanko, escaped this time.
They also took a significant amount of armor from Justin Hammer's inventory.
From the metal parts that Qin Xiao saw some of the armored vehicles carrying when they left.
Tony quickly deduced that it was a suit of armor that Ivan Vanko had specially made for himself.
That's exactly what he did in the caves of Afghanistan, creating a bunch of seemingly unrelated things and eventually assembling them into a suit of armor.
Judging from those super soldiers, Ivan Vanko was probably being held captive to manufacture reactors and armor.
However, Qin Xiao and Tony's intrusion actually gave him a chance to escape.
"It's a pity that Justin Hammer was assassinated. Otherwise, there would have been a chance to get information out of him about who was behind this. Justin Hammer doesn't have the power to control five super soldiers."
Black Widow has already reported this matter directly to Nick Fury.
Of those present, only Qin Xiao knew that it was Hydra that was behind it, but it shouldn't have been Alexander Pierce.
It's important to understand that throughout the film, Alexander Pierce maintains a very reserved demeanor. With Dr. Zola's Project Insight, he wouldn't risk being discovered at this crucial moment.
On the contrary, the act of killing Justin Hammer at the end was very much like Pierce's approach. Only he would have the power to kill someone and leave safely within the United States, even inside a military base.
If it weren't for the fact that Ivan Vanko is currently hiding somewhere secretly building his armor, and Loki is watching Thor's every move from the sky, Qin Xiao might be going to meet this former director of S.H.I.E.L.D.. right now.
It seems that after these two matters are resolved, it's time for Captain America to come out early and meet his nemesis, Hydra.
"There's nothing to regret. Ivan Vanko's target is me. He can't leave alone with so many armors without anyone noticing. He won't do anything else unless he kills me. As long as I step forward, he'll definitely come out on his own. I'll contact Rhodey. The Stark Expo will provide them with a platform to showcase their military strength!"
It's a bit late for the last chapter, so I'll go to bed early tonight. Tomorrow morning's chapter will be a little later, but it'll still be four chapters!