Starting as the mastermind behind Naruto

Chapter 759 Revenge After Fourteen Years

The sky remained clear.

Colonel Rhodes piloted his war machine through the air, searching for the Mandarin and the terrorists, until his radar alerted him to something unusual in the area.

However, a blade thousands of meters long stretched up from the ground, piercing through the war machine and Rhodes' abdomen, pulling Rhodes down from the sky!

A man whose body was glowing with fire walked up to War Machine, extended his scorching hot fingers, and placed them on Rhodes's Iron Man suit...

It was Killian.

"I still don't quite understand."

Killian glanced at Gin Ichimaru, who had sheathed his longsword, and couldn't help but shake his head, saying, "With that kind of power, it should be able to easily cut through the president's hijacking on Air Force One, right?"

Are you questioning an adult's decision?

Gin Ichimaru glanced down at War Machine, who was lying unconscious on the ground, then looked at Killian, narrowed his eyes slightly, and smiled, "If we can handle everything, why should we let you live? If Mr. Killian can't prove his worth, I can let him die peacefully."

"..."

Why do they kill people so easily?

Killian shook his head speechlessly, then ordered his men to move the war machine to a safe location. He was about to begin his next plan.

"Force Colonel Rhodes out."

Killian glanced at the war machine pierced by the blade, waved his hand and said, "Repair this Iron Man suit as well; it's the vehicle we'll use to welcome the President."

"besides."

Gin Ichimaru looked down at Colonel Rhodes, a smirk playing on his lips. "Put Colonel Rhodes back at your original base so Tony Stark can find him... Otherwise, who's going to get that Iron Man to our headquarters?"

"..."

Killian was silent for a moment, then rubbed his hair. "You mean, we should use Colonel Rhodes to lure them over there, and then we'll fight Tony Stark at headquarters?"

"yes…"

Gin Ichimaru glanced at Killian, narrowed his eyes, and smiled, "When you're executing the president at headquarters, this Mr. Iron Man had better arrive at just the right moment..."

Just before his destiny arrives, wouldn't Mr. Killian want to give it a try, a fateful showdown with his former idol?

"Tsk..."

Killian smacked his lips, touched his chin, and slowly nodded: "Then let's add some other bets!"

My subordinate, Maya Hansen, was with Pepper Potts, the president of Stark Industries. I went and brought her back; she can be used as a prize for the victor.

"random."

Gin Ichimaru seemed indifferent.

Tony Stark's friend, Colonel Rhodes, has been captured by Killian, and his girlfriend, Pepper Potts, is also about to fall into Killian's control.

Tony was completely unaware of this.

Iron Man, who thought he was hiding, was still tirelessly investigating the arrival of those human bombs. Tony Stark even obtained information about Pioneer Technology from the family of a retired Marine.

Killian had a group of his men killed by Uehara Naraku, and because of the shortage of manpower, he didn't have time to hunt down Tony Stark, but this allowed Tony to make rapid progress in investigating Vanguard Technology.

On Christmas Day.

Tony Stark finally located the Mandarin's location, but the mansion was already deserted, with only traces of charred corpses remaining.

It’s over.

The investigation has completely stalled.

Just as Tony Stark was searching the mansion with a sense of helplessness and despair, a noise came from the basement, finally catching his attention.

People trapped in the basement...

It was his good friend, Colonel Rhodes.

"Tony?"

James Rhodes looked surprised when he saw Tony, but his expression quickly turned grave: "Tony! Quickly notify Air Force One! They've taken my Iron Man suit! They want to use it to infiltrate Air Force One and kidnap the president!"

"???"

Tony Stark looked completely bewildered.

Just a second later, Tony Stark understood what James Rhodes meant, and he quickly took out his phone to try to contact the authorities.

however…

It's too late.

The first thing Tony Stark saw when he took out his phone was the news of the Air Force One crash... and an email from someone.

There was only one video in the email.

The video shows Pepper Potts strapped to an experimental machine, with someone injecting her with the Extremis virus, causing her body to occasionally emit intense flames.

"Hi, Tony Stark, my idol."

A man's face appeared in the video, a wicked smile playing on his lips, as if Tony's expression could be seen through the screen: "Long time no see. I'm Aldridge Killian, remember me?"

In the video, Killian extended a finger and rubbed it against his temple, slowly saying, "I guess you might not remember me. Do you need me to remind you?"

On Christmas Day 1999, while you and Maya Hansen were making love in bed, I stood on the rooftop, contemplating jumping to end my life…

At this point, Killian in the video suddenly turned his camera and pointed it at the corpse of a woman on the ground—the corpse of Maya Hansen.

"This woman hasn't forgotten you."

Killian pointed the camera back at himself and continued, "When I wanted to take Miss Pepper away, I seemed to have other ideas, so I had no choice but to kill her... Sigh, she used to be my most loyal partner!"

"..."

Tony Stark felt a slight tingling sensation on his scalp.

His mind raced as he tried to recall what had happened at Christmas 1999, the day he met Maya Hansen at a Christmas party.

like…

Tony Stark rubbed his forehead hard. He did seem to have agreed to meet a man named Aldridge Killian, but because Maya Hansen's body was too alluring, he had to stand Killian up that night…

This is revenge after fourteen years!

The man he had stood up for returned, filled with hatred and pain, seeking revenge on him, the one who had broken his promise, and even dragging Pepper into it!

"Tony, there's no Mandarin."

Killian was still talking in the video, and every word he said made Tony Stark feel like he was falling into an ice cave. He seemed to be able to guess Tony Stark's expression and was laughing very happily in the video.

"There has never been a Mandarin."

"The Mandarin you see, the Mandarin this world sees, is just an actor I dragged over from London. And speaking of which… his acting is pretty good!"

"I was the one manipulating everything behind the scenes."

"Tony."

"Everything about you is under my control."

"Let me check the time..."

In the video, Killian glanced at his watch as if to be serious, then suddenly looked up and grinned: "Hahahaha...that doesn't seem right. The time here doesn't matter. I'm just guessing when you received the video."

"Judging from the time you received the video, you should have received the news by now, right? The news about Air Force One. After all, I'm sending you this video as soon as I get my hands on it."

"Air Force One is likely to be in serious trouble."

"No one was spared except our president."

"As for our president, considering the time difference, he should be in my hands by now."

"Guess what I'll do to him?"

"Tony."

In the video, Killian slowly approached the camera, his eyes gradually turning dangerous: "Whether you want to rescue the president or Pepper, come here!"

Don't bring too many unnecessary people. Oh, and Colonel Rhodes can come along; without him, we wouldn't have been able to capture the President so easily!

"Tony."

A grand Christmas party awaits you.

"Just like that Christmas in 1999, this time, you will still be the star of the party, and all eyes will be on you."

"This is a very sincere invitation to my Christmas party!"

"I've meticulously prepared for you for fourteen long years! Tony, do you know how I've spent these fourteen years?"

"..."

At the end of the video, Killian deliberately turned away from the camera, revealing Pepper Potts on the experimental steel frame, his smile appearing particularly dangerous.

"Tony."

"I want to see..."

Will you break your promise again this time?

This Killian…

He looks just like Uehara!

(End of this chapter)