Chapter 100: Intense Battle in the Night Sky

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"They are much better than cheerleaders, let me tell you." Justin Hammer, with his hands in his pockets, walked and spoke on the stage. "Although this is revolutionary technology, real soldiers still need to be sent to the battlefield. Ladies and gentlemen, I am honored to introduce to you the first prototype, the Comprehensive Threat Response Combat Armor, and its pilot, James Rhodes!"

"What?" Pepper Potts in the audience was surprised. Clearly, she didn't expect Tony Stark's good friend to be present.

With an exhilarating music playing, an imposing suit of armor rose up.

There was no need for an introduction; everyone could tell that it was definitely Tony Stark's armor. However, this armor had many additional attachments, such as a long barrel on the shoulder and bulky iron lumps on both arms.

"You've really ruined my armor." Tony Stark looked pained and muttered, "The military didn't trust me, so they could have just upgraded the system. Why did they add so many random things to it?"

James Rhodes clearly had some popularity as well. When he appeared, there were screams from the audience.

Clap!

James Rhodes didn't say anything; he just bowed to everyone.

Clap! Clap! Clap!

The worn-out second-hand bicycles on the stage also saluted the crowd.

Justin Hammer was satisfied seeing this scene. He addressed the audience, "Hammer Industries reports to the United States and its allies..."

Before he could finish speaking, a rumbling sound suddenly came from the sky.

Everyone turned to look and saw a dazzling light tearing through the night sky, heading towards the expo.

In the blink of an eye, the light arrived above the expo. It was none other than a red suit of armor!

Iron Man, Tony Stark!

Dang!

Tony Stark landed in front of James Rhodes in a cool pose.

When James Rhodes appeared earlier, there was cheering from the crowd, but when Tony Stark appeared, everyone stood up, applauding and cheering wildly!

If the cheers for James Rhodes were like ripples caused by throwing a small stone into a lake, then the cheers for Tony Stark were towering waves that rose more than ten meters in a raging storm.

Tony Stark's popularity was extremely high.

"We're in big trouble." Tony Stark approached James Rhodes step by step.

"Tony, there are civilians here. I'm just following orders. Let's not fight here," James Rhodes was startled, thinking that Tony Stark wanted to fight with him, and quickly explained.

As Tony Stark's closest friend, appearing at the expo of a hostile industry to Stark Industries was an action that he felt remorseful for.

"Just wave to everyone." Tony Stark obviously didn't come to fight; he waved to the audience pretendingly and said to James Rhodes, "Everyone is in danger, and we need to save them. Now, you have to trust me."

"I've tried that before, and I ended up getting beaten badly at your place," James Rhodes replied unkindly.

"Listen, I think Justin Hammer is working with Ivan Vanko," Tony Stark said.

"Vanko is still alive?" James Rhodes was stunned.

Tony Stark walked up to Justin Hammer, who was enthusiastically greeting the audience, and directly asked, "Where is he?"

"What?" Justin Hammer looked confused.

"Where is Vanko?" Tony Stark asked again.

"Who?" Justin Hammer continued to pretend.

"Tell me!" Tony Stark said sternly.

"Why did you come here, buddy?" Justin Hammer, not afraid of Tony Stark, asked with a mocking smile.

At this moment, lines of code suddenly appeared in front of James Rhodes, and the interface entered a strange state.

The camera switched to a room where Ivan Vanko, with a toothpick in his mouth and tattoos on his fingers, was rapidly typing on a keyboard.

At this point in the video, the truth became apparent: Ivan Vanko was behind the plot to assassinate Tony Stark! And he was controlling James Rhodes' armor! And the opportunity for him to tamper with James Rhodes' armor was given by Justin Hammer.

With the flashing numbers and code, the large gun on James Rhodes' armor suddenly aimed at Tony Stark.

"Is it you?" Tony Stark asked.

"It's not me! I didn't do it!" James Rhodes shouted, "I can't move! I'm locked! I'm targeted!"

Ivan Vanko's remote control didn't just control James Rhodes' armor; all the other mechanical soldiers, such as the "Army Iron Soldiers" and "Navy Iron Soldiers," had their weapons aimed at Tony Stark at the same time.

"Get out of here quickly!" James Rhodes anxiously watched from inside the armor. "The system has been taken over!"

"Let's take the fight outside!" Tony Stark's armor jetted out energy from its feet and soared into the sky.

Dadadada!

All the mechanical soldiers aimed at the sky and started firing at Tony Stark. The glass above shattered and fell down, causing screams to erupt in the expo, creating chaos.

Clap clap clap clap!

Ivan Vanko continued to rapidly tap on the keyboard, and the mechanical soldiers also jetted energy from their feet and soared into the sky, chasing after Tony Stark.

James Rhodes also flew up, together with them.

"No! No!" James Rhodes didn't want to, but the system had already been controlled, and he was unable to resist. He chased after Tony Stark.

"Tony, I've locked onto the target!" James Rhodes shouted as soon as he reached the sky.

"Who is the target?" Tony Stark asked.

"It's you!"

Dadadada!

As soon as the words fell, James Rhodes' large gun began firing fiercely at Tony Stark.

Tony Stark, being the experienced Iron Man, skillfully maneuvered through the intense barrage, dodging every shot.

In this way, with James Rhodes in the lead and over a dozen mechanical soldiers following, they began hunting down Tony Stark in the night sky.

"Is this the future of warfare? Can war be fought like this?" Steve Rogers was stunned, feeling like he had woken up to become a relic.

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