Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 178 Aerial Horror (Second Update)
Jarvis said, "The enemy plane has launched a missile."

Luca didn't even bother waiting for Tony to open the hatch for him.

The air-to-air short-range missiles equipped on these fighter jets typically take only a few seconds from launch to impact with the target. Even medium-range missiles only extend this time to tens of seconds.

There's no time to dawdle right now.

"Hey husky! Break down the hatch! Intercept the missile!!"

At Luca's command, the Erha mech drew its lightsaber from its back and swung it twice, shattering the cabin door. Then, together with Wuha, it leaped out of the cabin.

As the two mechs burst through the door, the air pressure inside the aircraft cabin immediately became unbalanced.

The howling airflow was immediately pulled outwards, and the messy decorations inside the cabin were instantly blown towards the broken hatch by the violent airflow.

Several oxygen masks popped out from the top of the cabin, and the entire cabin was in disarray.

Even the plane itself immediately began to shake violently due to the airflow.

Tony, who was a beat slow to react, was hit in the face by the laptop in front of him and was immediately thrown uncontrollably by the airflow toward the hole in the cabin.

Fortunately, Luca, who was standing right next to him and was prepared, reacted quickly and grabbed Tony before he was thrown out.

However, at that moment, Happy, who had come out of another cabin to check the situation after hearing the alarm, was also instantly sucked away by the airflow.

Happy!!

Seeing his bodyguard about to be thrown off the plane, Tony immediately cried out in alarm, his eyes wide with fury.

But the next moment.

"Bang~"

There was another bang.

An unassuming all-purpose capsule exploded into a cloud of white smoke at the hole in the cabin.

Immediately afterwards, a huge inflatable lifeboat appeared out of thin air, instantly sucked in by the pressure difference between the inside and outside of the cabin, and pressed firmly against the hole in the hatch.

Happy, who was thrown overboard, landed right in the center of the lifeboat.

Seeing this, Tony's heart, which had been in his throat, finally managed to calm down.

However, by this time, the cabin was already a mess.

Although the risk of being sucked out of the cabin was temporarily eliminated, the entire aircraft was still shaking violently.

Tony, who quickly got up from the ground, spoke urgently to Luca.

"This won't do, the plane won't last long and it will disintegrate!"

No sooner had he uttered those words than a piercing creaking sound emanated from the hole that had just been blocked by the lifeboat.

Not only did the lifeboats begin to twist, but even the cabin itself began to crack and deform under the continuous pressure.

Startled, Happy, who had just regained his footing, immediately scrambled away from the hole, clinging tightly to a nearby chair and refusing to move.

At that moment, Green Bull also rushed out of the cabin, but before he could speak, he did so.

Two loud roars came from outside the plane.

It was clear that the two Haro mechs that had rushed out earlier had intercepted the missiles fired by the enemy aircraft.

However, it was precisely because of the impact of these two extremely close explosions that the entire aircraft began to shake violently and uncontrollably once again.

Followed by.

"Kacha~Kacha~"

At the point where the hatch had been breached, the fuselage metal began to deform and twist rapidly.

Then, the lifeboat, which was barely plugging the hole in the hatch, was instantly torn apart and sucked out.

Fortunately, everyone had grabbed on beforehand, and although there was another moment of chaos, there was no risk of anyone being pulled out of the plane.

However, in this situation, the plane could disintegrate and crash at any moment. With things as they were, Luca made his decision.

His gaze sharpened, and he turned to look at Stark.

"Tony, don't move!"

"Hey kid, what are you doing?!"

Before he could finish speaking, Tony saw Luca release his right hand from the seat and let the air current carry him toward the hole.

In fact, due to the previous air outflow and the slight decrease in the plane's altitude, the pressure difference between the inside and outside of the cabin was no longer as large as it had been initially. In fact, the people in the cabin, who were not wearing oxygen masks, were already beginning to show signs of oxygen deficiency.

Even so, with Luca letting his body drift along, he was still thrown out of the cabin in a flash, right before Tony's horrified eyes.

"Luca!!!"

next moment.

A pale blue light filled the view of everyone in the cabin, as if everything had been frozen in that moment.

The sky outside the airplane cabin.

Luca deliberately let go, allowing the airflow to suck him out of the cabin, not because he was tired of living or wanted to escape on his own.

The instant his body was sucked out of the cabin, Luca pulled out his [Dehydration Gun] from his pocket and fired an energy beam that hit the plane, which was in danger of disintegrating at any moment.

As the blue energy of the [Dehydration Gun] enveloped the entire plane, along with everyone inside, the private jet vanished into thin air, transforming into a thumb-sized blue cube.

The plane, a thing the size of a plane, vanished in an instant, and the surrounding airflow immediately surged inward due to the vacuum created.

Luca, who had just emerged from the turbulence, was also pulled back towards the original location of the plane by the airflow.

But this was exactly what he wanted.

Luca brought his arms together, his body forming a shuttle shape, and continued to dive towards the blue cube that the plane had transformed into.

The surging air currents and strong winds high in the sky made Luca's body flutter.

"Phew, thank goodness, we didn't lose anyone on this plane!"

Finally, just before the wind shifted again, Luca managed to grab the slowly descending energy cube. He then breathed a sigh of relief, adjusted his stance, and activated the [Tuxedo]'s 'Anti-Gravity Mode'.

"Om~"

A barely perceptible ripple flowed through his body, and then Luca stood steadily thousands of meters in the air.

Yes, that's how scientific anti-gravity devices are!

Luca raised his palm to look at the blue energy cube in his hand, then flicked it lightly with his finger, a relieved smile appearing on his face.

"Tony, Tony! I've saved your life again!"

Just as Luca was speaking.

Two more enormous fireballs exploded in the distance on the horizon.

That's because Erha and Wuha had completely destroyed the two fighter jets that came to launch a sneak attack.

Seeing this, Luca directly activated the control device on his head and whispered the command.

"Hey husky, come pick me up."

As two mechs arrived and caught Luca, carrying him down to the ground, Luca and Tony were temporarily out of danger.

However, this Hydra uprising was not just targeting the two of them.

In contrast, this side 'only' dispatched two fighter jets to launch missiles.

The situation in New York is even more critical.

(End of this chapter)