Coulson arrived at Stark Industries with four agents and Pepper Potts, only to find the entire company under lockdown.
There wasn't so much as a hair of Obadiah to be seen, though Obadiah was bald.
Aside from the beard on his chin, not seeing a single hair was pretty reasonable!
They blasted their way through the doors into the company, only to find no one inside.
Pepper Potts, Coulson, and the others felt their hearts tighten, an ominous premonition coming over all of them.
So when a pitch-black steel giant nearly three meters tall appeared before them, its lights glowing coldly,
they instinctively drew their pistols and fired, but when they saw that their bullets couldn't do the slightest damage to this steel giant,
all they could think about was running for their lives!
The agents who fired got their boxed lunches in an instant. Coulson, being a wily old fox,
found a deserted corner and very decisively passed out, escaping Iron Monger's pursuit.
Then he stealthily called Su Zhou and immediately bombarded him with questions.
"Su! Why aren't you here yet?!"
"I only just arrived. Right now, I'm watching Tony beat up his dear uncle.
"Maybe a robot battle would be a better name for it. The suits are very high-tech,
"but these two have no skill whatsoever. They're like savages from some primitive tribe!"
Su Zhou held a sniper rifle as he crouched on a tall building across from Stark Industries.
With his phone wedged between his shoulder and ear, he watched the battle on the road below.
With [Super Vision] at his disposal, his naked eyes could serve as binoculars anyway.
If Su Zhou wanted to, he could even see through the suits and get a clear look at both men's underwear!
The two tin cans traded punches and kicks in an evenly matched fight, but Iron Monger clearly had the advantage in strength!
He could casually grab motorcycles off the road and smash them at Tony. He could even lift an SUV weighing several tons,
hammering it at Tony's face like a brick. But the suit Tony had modified and upgraded
was clearly far superior in mobility and agility. Not only did he dodge the motorcycle thrown at him,
he even caught the car hurled his way. His strength really was no match for the hulking Iron Monger, though,
and he was dragged beneath the car and sent flying a great distance amid sparks and lightning!
"All right, Agent Coulson, I'll leave it there. I need to go help Tony."
Watching the two steel monsters fly into the sky one after the other, Su Zhou hung up.
Then he called Tony and said in a slightly teasing tone,
"Tony, didn't I tell you to watch out? I've been gone less than half a day,
"and someone's already swiped the reactor out of your chest?"
"If you're not going to help, I'm hanging up. I'm pretty busy over here.
"Some big, dumb, dark brute has his eye on my ass, and I'm almost out of power!"
Tony sounded a little anxious on the other end, with gusts of howling wind coming through too.
But somehow, Su Zhou felt that the guy sounded pretty pleased with himself!
"Still, I figure this big guy only just made his debut, so he probably hasn't solved the icing problem.
"I'm planning to use the low temperatures at high altitude to deal with him! I might not even need your help!"
"Well, I'm right across from Stark Industries. If you really can't handle him,
"trick him into opening his faceplate. You know how good my aim is.
"Give me just one second, and I guarantee I'll turn that Iron Monger of yours into scrap."
Su Zhou didn't hang up. Instead, he worked the bolt and chambered a round, but Tony made a request of his own.
"Su Zhou, Obadiah is an uncle who watched me grow up. Without him, Stark Industries would've gone under long ago.
"If possible, I hope you can spare his life. Just let him go to prison..."
Su Zhou: (눈‸눈)
Tony was still this indecisive right now?
He probably had no idea how many bad things Obadiah had done behind his back, did he?
Su Zhou coughed softly, then launched straight into his exposé.
"Without your knowledge, Obadiah has carried out arms deals worth over ten billion dollars in total.
"Your customers at Stark Industries aren't just regular armies. Even terrorists,
"as long as they can pay, there's nothing Obadiah won't sell!
"Otherwise, why do you think the people who kidnapped you had so many Stark Industries weapons?
"The very day you announced you were shutting down the weapons division, he sold twenty of those Jericho Missiles you're so proud of."
Bang-!
"Actually, we're not that close. We're not related by blood. He's caught up to me!
"The suits are starting to ice over... bzzz, bzzz, bzzz..."
Tony's end suddenly went silent. Presumably, he had flown too high and lost the signal.
But with [Super Vision], Su Zhou could still see everything perfectly clearly. Iron Monger caught him in a deadly bear hug,
then his suit lost power because of the low temperature. Tony's suit hadn't iced over,
but his suit had essentially lost power too. He had used up all his energy during that flight!
Immediately afterward, Iron Monger went into free fall, only regaining power just before he hit the ground.
Then he hid like a ghost on the rooftop of Stark Industries, looking so sneaky that he was clearly up to no good!
Su Zhou wanted to warn Tony, but Tony's communications system seemed to be broken.
He called three times and couldn't get through, leaving him to watch as Tony landed on his own company's rooftop,
only for Iron Monger to ambush him, rip off his helmet, and prepare to deliver a classic villain speech to Tony.
But unlike the plot, Obadiah had absolutely no intention of opening his suit to taunt Tony.
He simply stayed firmly tucked inside his tin can, spraying Tony with the rotary machine gun on his hand!
Su Zhou: (▼皿▼#)
This made things a little tricky!
The villains were too smart. Getting by in this Marvel Universe wasn't as easy as he'd imagined!
Stupid brain! Think!
Obadiah was a boss-level villain, after all. If he could kill him,
it would definitely be enough for another draw! So he had to think of something!
Su Zhou pushed his [Super Vision] to its limit, trying to find a weakness in Iron Monger,
until he spotted the small missile launcher on Iron Monger's left arm!
He hurriedly raised his sniper rifle and aimed at Iron Monger's left hand!
[Bullet Time] activated!!!
Instantly, adrenaline surged wildly through Su Zhou's body, and his pounding heart sounded like an engine!
The world in Su Zhou's eyes slowed to a crawl, as though someone had pressed the slow-motion button!
The scope's crosshairs locked firmly onto the launcher, aimed at the tip of one particular missile!
Su Zhou's heart was racing, but his breathing remained perfectly even. Finally, he steadily squeezed the trigger!
Bang-!