The Mandarin

"Asher, don't let them get away!"

Tony, who was holding Pepper, saw that the attackers actually belonged to the Ten Rings Gang, he shouted to Asher as soon as he noticed his arrival - he wouldn't have time to put on his armor and without it he wouldn't be able to stop the enemies from fleeing, in addition to being able to leave Pepper lying alone.

"Don't worry... They can't escape me."

Asher, who had a cold smile on his face, disappeared from where he was, in the blink of an eye.

In the next moment, he suddenly appeared in front of the Fighter, which had to perform a maneuver at the last second to avoid it in mid-flight.

Asher then lightly waved his right hand towards the escaping plane.

And then, the plane that was flying at high speed stopped, it was like a moth caught in a spider's web, although the engine was still roaring, it remained strangely still, as if time itself was frozen.

Then Asher slowly floated towards the pilots' cabin, and then extended his left hand, piercing the glass that protected them.

"Bang!"

The glass, which was strong enough to withstand the pressure of hypersonic flight, shattered as if it were ordinary glass, and at this moment, Asher came face to face with the attackers.

"Biii!"

Celebi appeared on Asher's shoulder, and pointed at the person in the pilot's seat.

"Well.. I know."

Asher nodded, his expression became a little strange. The person sitting in the pilot's seat was entangled in his psychic power and unable to move, but judging by the slight tremor of his body, it was clear that he was resisting.

What made Asher even more curious was that the other party's eyes were empty, and even though Asher was standing in front of him, and they were completely trapped, the other party's expression didn't change in the slightest.

That's what Celebi wanted to tell him now - something seemed to have tampered with the pilot's mind, as it didn't seem to belong to this body.

"Mind control?"

Asher looked at this strange man with some curiosity - "Who are you?"

"Hehe, hehe... I didn't expect Tony Stark to have a guy like you by his side, I was the one who miscalculated."

At this moment, the pilot laughed wildly, and his empty eyes also stared blankly at Asher.

"Hehehe...We will meet again."

At the same time as the words ended, the pilot's neck rotated 360 degrees, for a moment all that was heard was the agonizing noise of bones breaking, and then Asher felt an enormous psychic force leave his body.

And then...

"Drip" "Drip"

A flash took over the sky, the fighter along with everything inside was engulfed in the explosion.

"So ruthless."

Seeing this scene, Asher sighed deeply, whoever it was, the other party was really ruthless - Not even caring about his subordinates, this bomb was probably a measure to not leave evidence, Asher was sure that the bomb was activated, not to hurting him but with the intention of destroying the corpse, preventing another medium from finding any trace of psychic power and perhaps tracking down the controller behind the attack.

But...

"It's useless."

At Asher's words, Celebi's eyes emitted a bright blue light.

And in the next moment, the flames generated by the explosion were extinguished, Asher and Celebi were surrounded by the floating debris, along with the co-pilot's unconscious body.

What the other party probably didn't expect was that even by blowing up the fighter and the pilot, Asher would still be able to protect the co-pilot.

Asher then released his grip on the wreckage, reached out with his right hand, grabbing the unconscious member of the Ten Rings, and then teleported back to Stark Manor.

"Was it really necessary to summon the little guy?"

Seeing Celebi sitting on Asher's shoulder, Tony was a little surprised.

"A little unforeseen happened..."

Asher, threw the unconscious member of the Ten Rings to the ground – "Do you have any way to wake him up?"

"I may have a way."

Tony smiled mischievously after hearing the question.

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Some time later...

"Boom!"

Pressurized, ultra-low temperature water was shot directly mercilessly at the Ten Rings member's body, Asher felt goosebumps just looking at this scene - "You seem to not like this guy very much?"

"I don't like anyone who tries to blow up my house, especially if that person is from the Ten Rings."

You could say it was the first time Asher had seen Tony so angry - "You have to know that I was kidnapped by them when I was in Afghanistan, it's partly thanks to them that my heart ended up full of shrapnel."

"So you must know them well?"

"No... They hide like mice."

"I've been investigating this gang since I came back from Afghanistan, but I can only find a few traces, scattered across Asia.

"As Tony and Asher talked, the terrorist finally woke up.

"You, Stark...damn you."

As soon as he woke up, the man noticed Tony starting to curse him, it took a few seconds until he noticed the presence of Asher who was next to Tony, and of course, after noticing the man next to the Satrk, his gaze quickly focused at the small green creature, sitting on the man's shoulder.

"The First Apostle "Celebi"... You... Are you The Saint?"

"Wow, I have to say I don't like this title, but it's really interesting to know that your boss doesn't really know who I am."

Asher looked directly into the eyes of the man who was lying on the floor seemingly unable to move - "I'm sorry to inform you that your boss has given up on you... So please answer my questions, truthfully."

"No... No... For Mandarin!"

When the man heard this, he let out a roar and then ran towards Asher and Tony furiously.

"Buzz!"

However, as soon as he started to move, his body was suspended and immobilized by a telekinetic wave.

Asher, looked at the man with a smile - "Very well, you have already given me the answer to the first question."

Although he was smiling, there was a trace of coldness in Asher's eyes.

"Mandarin... I can't remember that name?"

Ten minutes later...

"Asher, I have to say that your interrogation method is much more efficient than that of professionals in the field."

"It's just a little mental trick - but I don't really like using it, it requires a lot of subtlety which isn't my specialty, unfortunately this guy will probably be a fool for the rest of his life."

Asher calmly looked at the member of the Ten Rings Gang who had fallen into a coma, there was not a hint of guilt in his words.

He had just invaded the other party's mind in a brutal way, something that would normally make him feel very bad, but after seeing the dirty things the other party had done, all of Asher's guilt was gone, this man was part of lowest scum of humanity.

To be frank, the things this guy did made Asher want to vomit, the only acceptable part of it all Asher managed to extract what he wanted to know from the other party's memory.

For example, the location of the Ten Rings headquarters in the United States and the source of the powerful power that controlled the fighter pilot.

"Mandarin... The Mystical Ten Rings..."

Asher murmured with interest, and then turned his head to look at Tony - "I guess you won't sit still, right?"

"Yes."

Tony responded instantly - "Wait, until I send Pepper to the Avengers base, and then... Let's find these bastards!"

This attack sparked Tony's hatred, it was no longer a question of a villain attacking a Superhero... This time it was personal, Iron Man is completely furious.