He was selling gashapon toys in Marvel Studios, and at the beginning, Tony turned into Kuuga.

"Thunderbolt, smash it!"

Tony roared hoarsely, and the Iron Hammer flew out of his hand.

This weapon, a fusion of Asgardian magic and Stark technology, was enveloped in a layer of dark golden lightning the moment it was unleashed.

The hammer struck the leading TVA agent precisely in the chest.

There was no sound of collision.

Because there wasn't even time to make a sound.

Dark golden lightning exploded from the agent's body, the orange uniform instantly evaporating in the light, followed by skin, bones, and that damned cutting stick.

Three agents.

It took less than 0.3 seconds.

There wasn't even time to scream.

The lightning arc spread hundreds of meters along the ground, burning the rubble on the wasteland into black, glass-like scorch marks.

The Iron Hammer flew back to Tony's hand in an arc, the runes on its surface still buzzing and flashing.

"Pepper!"

Tony rushed to Pepper's side and pulled her into his arms.

Pepper's face turned a little pale, but she quickly regained her composure.

She glanced back at the scorched ground; not even ashes remained.

"What did they call me again? Time Mutant?"

"They've messed with the wrong people."

Tony's voice was deep, and the anger in his eyes had not yet subsided.

"Jarvis, did you record the energy signature of that portal?"

"It has been fully recorded, sir, but the energy frequency is not in any known database, making reverse tracing impossible."

"TVA?"

Li Ang looked down at the scorch marks on the ground, then at the still-electrifying Iron Hammer in Tony's hand.

"You know him?" Tony turned around immediately.

"We don't really know each other." Li Ang squatted down and picked up the piece of cloth with his chopsticks.

"The Time Mutation Bureau is an organization specifically responsible for manipulating timelines."

"The glowing stick they're holding is called a cutting stick; anyone touched by it will disappear from that timeline."

"Disappeared?" Pepper's face paled even more.

"He won't die," Li Ang added. "But he'll be thrown into the void."

"How do you know everything?" Tony squinted.

"I'm a businessman." Li Ang tossed away the rag, stood up, and wiped his hands. "Information itself is the most valuable commodity."

hum!

The air twisted again.

This time, it's not a door of light.

There are five doors.

Five orange, square portals simultaneously opened on the wasteland, forming a semi-circular encirclement that precisely surrounded the Milan.

Fifteen TVA agents filed out.

Unlike before, this group's equipment was noticeably heavier.

Over the uniform was a layer of light gray armor, and in addition to standard cutting rods, several metal cylinders that he had never seen before were hanging at his waist.

The leader was a short-haired female agent who held a reinforced version of a clipper stick that was twice as thick as a regular one.

"Level 2 response force has reached the target coordinates," she reported into her wrist communicator. "First squad confirmed dead; target possesses high-threat capability."

"Request the implementation of a mandatory pruning measure."

"Holy crap, reinforcements too."

"Listen up, everyone, don't get touched by that stick, not even once."

Li Ang's tone suddenly changed. Although it was still unhurried, there was a hint of seriousness in his eyes.

"It's gone once you touch it."

"Mr. Stark," the female agent's voice was flat and monotone. "You and your companion have been marked as time-mutants."

"Matching the cut is your only option."

Tony looked at her, and the last trace of a smile on his face vanished completely.

His expression became very calm.

It was the kind of calm that gave Pepper the creeps.

Jarvis.

"Yes, sir."

"Firepower restrictions lifted."

"Resolved."

Tony raised the steel hammer, head down, and tapped it lightly on the ground.

The impact was barely noticeable.

But centered on his feet, all the rubble within a 30-meter radius was shattered into dust, and a perfect concentric circle crack appeared on the ground.

"Come."

There is only one word.

The female agent's pupils contracted slightly, then she waved her hand and gave the order.

"Disperse! Execute..."

He hadn't finished speaking.

Tony was already in front of her.

There was no sprinting motion, no starting process.

The steel hammer, brimming with dark golden lightning, swept out.

boom!

The female agent raised an enhanced cutting stick to block.

The moment the stick touched the hammerhead, it broke in two.

The metal section at the fracture point emitted a blinding white light, which then dimmed.

The hammer's momentum didn't diminish at all, and it struck her armor directly.

He flew more than forty meters, bounced three times on the ground before stopping, his armor was half shattered, and a bloody hole was pierced through his chest.

"Quickly! Full firepower suppression!"

The remaining agents moved simultaneously.

Six cutting rods thrust in from different directions, while the remaining people drew some kind of energy pistol from their waists, unleashing a crossfire.

Tony didn't even look at the beams of light; he simply drew a circle in front of him with his Iron Hammer.

Gravitational field.

Six orange energy beams simultaneously deflected two meters away from him, collided, and exploded into a cloud of light mist.

He gripped the hammer handle with his right hand in reverse and delivered an upward flick.

Recently, an agent was thrown into the air along with his baton and was pierced by an arc of lightning mid-air.

the second.

Tony sidestepped and swung his hammer, striking the agent in the ribs.

The sound of bones breaking could be heard clearly even through the armor.

The third.

The steel hammer was thrown, hitting the sniper who was aiming at Pepper fifteen meters away, vaporizing him and his gun together.

The hammer flew back in an arc, and Tony caught it with one hand, his face expressionless.

"That's fucking amazing!" Rocket's mouth dropped open.

"I am Groot!"

"He said he wanted a hammer too."

Quill watched Tony rampage through the crowd and silently put his stun gun away.

"I don't think... he needs help."

Gamora didn't speak, but her hand had already loosened its grip on the hilt of the knife.

Fifteen people.

Tony cleared out twelve in less than twenty seconds.

The remaining three, dragging the half-dead female agent, retreated to the outermost edge of the encirclement.

The female agent knelt on one knee, clutching the shattered armor on her chest, and finally something other than fear appeared on her face.

Resolute.

"Option B," she uttered.

An agent took the metal cylinder from his waist.

That thing was three times thicker than a regular cutting stick, its surface was covered with fine orange lines, and the front end was a sharp, drill-like structure.

Heavy-duty cutting stick.

The agent gripped the cylinder with both hands and plunged it into the ground.

hum!

A low-frequency vibration came from the ground, passed through the soles of the feet, and penetrated into the bone marrow of everyone.

"not good!"

Even if Tony didn't understand how this thing worked, he could guess that it was a deadly weapon.

"Everyone, stay away from that thing!"

His figure flashed and appeared directly next to Pepper, pulling her towards the direction of the Milan.

"Sir! An abnormal time field has been detected spreading! The spread is extremely rapid!"

"The flow of time within a 50-meter radius is being forcibly reduced!"

"To how much?"

One-sixteenth!