"It's Su Zhou. The sky isn't falling. Take your time and tell me. What happened to Tony?"
As Su Zhou soothed Pepper Potts over the phone, he started rapidly putting on his gear.
Hearing Su Zhou's words, Pepper Potts calmed down considerably and slowly began to speak.
"Ever since Tony gave me that proposal last time, I haven't been to the villa in a long while.
"This time, I only came to bother him because I needed his signature in person.
"Then I saw a metal figure leave the villa, trailing smoke behind it.
"Tony isn't in the villa now, either, and I can't even open the front door!"
"Oh... then it should be fine. Don't call the police yet. I'll be right there!"
Su Zhou recalled the plot of the first Iron Man movie. This should be the part where Tony had just built his armor.
Then he flew straight to the Middle East to get revenge on the Ten Rings. Not only would nothing go wrong,
but he would also discover the thrill of being a superhero. Su Zhou probably wouldn't need his gear...
Wait!
When Tony came back from the Middle East, didn't he destroy an F-22 fighter jet?!
And he hadn't applied for a flight route this time, either!
Didn't that mean he could arrest Tony again?!
He ought to get some Justice Points out of it this time, too!!!
After thinking it over, Su Zhou took off his tactical vest and put on a crisp suit.
He simply wore a holster beneath it and tucked away a directional explosive charge.
Forty-five minutes later, Su Zhou appeared at the villa's front gate in his immaculate suit.
After all, this was New York. If he wanted to get somewhere without breaking traffic laws,
even with his [Mount Akina Driving God] skill, Su Zhou was helpless against traffic jams!
Pepper Potts stood holding a handbag, repeatedly checking the watch on her wrist.
She was clearly growing anxious from waiting. If Su Zhou didn't arrive soon, she really would call the police!
"Oh my God, Su Zhou, you're finally here!"
Pepper Potts reached Su Zhou in two strides and pointed at the villa's front door, which she couldn't unlock.
"Tony seems to have changed the code for the front door. Even I can't get in.
"And that figure just now, the one that looked like a rocket..."
"Okay, okay, I get it. You don't need to say any more!"
Su Zhou gently patted Pepper Potts on the shoulder. Just as he was about to say something,
he saw a streak of flame coming from the east, shooting toward the villa like a missile.
One glance told Su Zhou that it wasn't a missile at all, but Tony's latest suit of armor.
Its red-and-gold paint job was flashy as hell!
As Tony flew over the villa in his armor, he also spotted Su Zhou and Pepper Potts.
With the furtive air of someone caught misbehaving by his parents, he didn't even say a word to them.
He landed straight in the villa's backyard, wanting to hurry up and hide his new toy!
Pepper Potts grabbed Su Zhou's sleeve, pointing at Tony in the air as she shouted,
"Su Zhou! That's what I saw earlier! It's back!"
"I know. Stand back!"
Su Zhou pulled his gun from under his arm, then took out the bomb as well.
Glancing back, he found that Pepper Potts was hiding only two or three meters behind him.
"Why are you staying so close? Get farther back!"
Pepper Potts took a few more steps back, only to find Su Zhou still looking at her.
"Farther. Farther back!"
Only once Pepper Potts was more than twenty meters away did Su Zhou attach the bomb in his hand to the front door.
Then he hurried over to her side and gestured for her to turn her head away at once!
Boom!!!
If it was made by Stark Industries, it had to be quality!
The equipment Tony had originally prepared for Su Zhou was now being used to blow open his own front door.
All one could say was that the boomerang he'd thrown a month ago had come straight back into the back of his head!
A small mushroom cloud rose, and the villa's front door vanished outright.
Ignoring the blast wave, Su Zhou pushed through the heat and stormed into Tony's villa with his gun drawn!
Ignoring JARVIS's frantic warnings all along the way, he charged straight into the backyard where Tony had landed.
He and Tony stared at each other, while Tony hopped around with his clothes caught in the armor he'd built himself.
Tony: (/ω＼)
Su Zhou: (￣へ￣)
Pepper Potts: "(ºДº*)
Pepper Potts had also charged into the villa after Su Zhou. Though she had no weapon,
she held her little leather handbag in front of her face and rushed all the way to the backyard.
But now that she looked, there was no danger at all. Tony was clearly just playing with something very new!
"Boss!!! Even if you're doing research, you can't lock me out of the villa!
"You have no idea how worried I was about you! I can't lose my boss for another three months!"
Pepper Potts slammed her handbag down in front of Tony with a smack, shouting herself hoarse.
"Sir, your villa's front door was just completely obliterated. The explosive used was manufactured by Stark Industries..."
"All right, JARVIS. Stop. I know."
Tony finally struggled out of his armor, then looked at the perpetrator of this terrorist attack.
"I was only researching a personal flight device. Did you have to blow up my front door?"
As though he hadn't heard Tony at all, Su Zhou strode forward.
Then he swept Tony's legs out from under him, pinned him to the ground, and promptly handcuffed him.
"Oh my God! Su Zhou, what are you doing?!"
Pepper Potts's already frightened heart suffered another heavy blow. Su Zhou's rescue methods were far too hardcore.
She simply couldn't take it, so she let out another earth-shattering scream!
"Tony Stark, you're under arrest for flying without a license.
"You have the right to remain silent, but anything you say will be used as evidence against you in court!"
"Then may I ask what kind of punishment I'll be facing?"
Tony was already used to Su Zhou's personality. He looked vicious, but knew exactly how much force to use.
Even being thrown to the ground hadn't hurt, and the handcuffs were only loosely draped around his wrists.
Besides, this time, he was absolutely confident he could get off the hook!
"At least fifteen days in detention! Just wait until you're eating prison food!"
"But you're no longer a member of a law enforcement agency, are you? Do you have any law enforcement credentials?"
Even lying on the ground, Tony still wore that playful playboy expression.
He smiled at Su Zhou, then called JARVIS's name.
"Contact the police station for me. Tell them a terrorist blew up my front door.
"They can't even guarantee my safety. Tell their chief to get ready for prison!"
"Shut up! You're making malicious accusations against the police chief!
"I'm the one who blew up the door! I'm the one who should be arrested!"
Su Zhou took the handcuffs off Tony's wrists and cuffed his own hands instead.
"I call things exactly as they are. If I've done something wrong, I'll own up to it! Tell the police to take me away!"
Tony: (´ﾟωﾟ)?
Was this guy actually insane? So righteous it was twisted?!