Starting as the mastermind behind Naruto

Chapter 760 Big Event! (Long Chapter)

Killian's video is a declaration of war.

Tony Stark slowly turned off the video in his hand, his fist clenching tighter and tighter, the veins on his hand involuntarily bulging.

Tony Stark never imagined that the mastermind behind everything was Aldridge Killian; Tony never even considered that it would be him.

In fact, Tony Stark did have some recollection of Killian. Aside from those scattered memories, he remembered that Killian had recently visited Stark Industries.

At that time, Killian and Pepper Potts talked for quite a while in the office, and Tony was a little jealous.

just now…

Killian had prepared all the traps before revealing them to his opponent, clearly intending for Tony to jump into the pre-set trap himself.

"Tony, what do you want to do?"

Colonel Rhodes glanced at his friend and whispered, "Don't throw your life away in vain. Let's notify the Major General first, then contact Director Uehara of S.H.I.E.L.D."

"..."

Tony Stark paused for a moment, then ran his hand through his hair, his mind gradually calming from the shock. He analyzed the situation in a low voice: "Rhodes, you can't notify your superiors; it will alert Killian..."

After saying that, Tony Stark was silent for a moment, then muttered, "We can't notify Uehara either... Okay, we'll notify him when we get there, so he can be ready to come to our rescue at any time, Mr. President?"

Tony Stark's hand slowly stopped, and he said in a deep voice, "That guy only allows the two of us to go together... so the two of us have to go together first!"

"...Are you crazy?"

Colonel Rhodes' eyes widened slightly.

This is not a problem that the two of them can handle!

Now their president has been kidnapped!

If Killian had only kidnapped Pepper Potts, Colonel Rhodes wouldn't have cared about sending a few men to rescue her. But Killian also kidnapped the president!

This is not the time to play the hero!

"Rhodes".

Tony Stark turned to Rhodes and slowly placed his hand on his shoulder: "Trust me...we can get him out of there. Just the two of us are enough."

because…

Besides the two of them…

He also has dozens of Iron Man suits of various models!

"Time is of the essence, there's no time to make a detailed plan..."

Without a second thought, Tony Stark assigned the task: "When we're almost at our destination, I'll have Jarvis send a message to the others... then I'll go find Pepper, and you go rescue the other one."

This plan…

This is not a plan at all!

Before Colonel Rhodes could even think, Tony dragged him to find transportation and headed to the location provided by Killian, which was an oil tanker off the coast of Florida.

An hour later.

The Killian's stronghold.

The country's president was suspended from two escalators.

Killian stood by the railing of the oil tanker, leisurely playing with his phone, and casually instructed his men, "Prepare to start the live stream, make sure every camera angle is on..."

"Yes."

One by one, the cameras were quickly turned on.

Television signals across the United States were quickly switched.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Merry Christmas."

Killian's voice came on the television, calmly describing what was about to happen: "This is a challenge against Tony Stark... If he doesn't show up here in five minutes, I will kill our beloved president."

"certainly…"

"I don't think many people like this idiot president, so on Christmas Day, I thought I'd just give him to everyone as a Christmas present."

As Killian said this, he suddenly chuckled: "It's a bit of a shame, I can't fit his head into your socks... Even if I cut his body into countless pieces, I still couldn't fill the socks of 300 million people."

Killian was clearly saying something terrifying...

However, he seemed completely oblivious, continuing to tell his lame jokes.

Every family that gathered in the living room to watch the show on Christmas Eve saw the live broadcast on TV and Killian's smile, and everyone couldn't help but feel a little scared!

News of the president's kidnapping and potential public execution spread rapidly throughout the United States!

There was absolutely no need for Tony Stark to notify them…

The whole of America already knows the news, and everyone from top to bottom is going crazy. Even Uehara Naraku received a call from the Security Council, demanding that he send the Avengers out immediately to rescue their president!

Of course Naraku Uehara…

I decided to call Tony Stark first!

In any case, the mission to rescue the president is absolutely impossible to complete. The only thing to do is to think of a reasonable way to shift the blame onto Tony!

Unfortunately...

The call was not answered.

The only thing Uehara Naraku could do was contact Steve Rogers and Natasha, asking them to quickly find Killian's coordinates and head to the destination to rescue him.

Meanwhile, Naraku Uehara, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., could only sit in a Quinjet while watching the live broadcast of the public execution initiated by Killian.

to be honest…

There's definitely no time to do this.

All Uehara Naraku could do was watch the live broadcast on the plane and casually order his subordinates a juice and popcorn...

Uehara Naraku is a slacker.

The only ones who could truly be of use were Tony Stark and Colonel Rhodes, who had received advance warning and had already secretly infiltrated the massive oil tanker.

On a huge oil tanker.

Killian remained standing by the railing of the tanker, scrolling through his phone, his brow furrowing occasionally. He was still waiting for Tony Stark to appear.

A muffled gunshot shattered the silence of the night!

The patrolling guards spotted Tony Stark and Rhodes infiltrating the tanker, and a dozen or so Extremis virus test subjects rushed toward the target location!

Welcoming this group of experimental subjects…

Dozens of steel suits flew in!

"Jarvis!"

Tony Stark tossed aside his pistol, donned one of the protective Iron Man suits, and issued his orders: "Select all Extremis virus test subjects... eliminate these so-called perfect creatures!"

"Yes, sir."

Jarvis's mechanical voice remained calm.

Dozens of Iron Man suits, under its automatic control, quickly began a fierce battle with the Extremis virus test subjects, destroying seven or eight test subjects almost in the blink of an eye!

Tony Stark, clad in his Iron Man suit, charged toward Killian, determined to extract Pepper's whereabouts from him!

As for the president suspended on the elevated platform…

Colonel Rhodes fired two shots, severing the steel wire suspending the president. He leaped up, reached out, and grabbed the first kidnapped president, barely managing to bring him to safety…

"Sir, don't worry!"

Colonel Rhodes carefully grabbed the somewhat short and stout man and dragged him directly to their lodgings, maintaining a soldier's composure with a smile, trying to instill confidence in their president.

"Wow wow wow!"

Their president was rescued.

The entire United States instantly erupted in cheers!

They initially thought it was a horrific execution, but to their surprise, Iron Man and Colonel Rhodes rescued the person just minutes after they entered…

It was a close call, but no real danger.

The US leadership and military breathed a sigh of relief.

Of course, they are not truly out of the crisis yet, because the terrorist leader is still battling Tony Stark, and it's too early to say who will win...

They might even lose.

Because Tony Stark and Killian were completely outmatched after their initial clash, and even after losing two or three Iron Man suits, they couldn't hold on...

"Without your battle suit, you are nothing..."

Killian grabbed Tony Stark by the shoulder and ripped his Iron Man suit off with his bare hands. He pressed his palm against Tony's face, his hand radiating heat: "Tony, after all these years, you've disappointed me..."

"..."

Tony Stark gritted his teeth, turned his head to dodge Killian's hand, and quickly removed his suit of armor, escaping Killian's grasp!

Just as Tony Stark was removing his suit, another suit flew towards him and put on him!

however…

Still unable to defeat Killian, who was in a state of extreme heat!

Since solving the problem of the Extremis virus's high temperature, Killian has finally been able to unleash the virus's full power. As long as he is not directly hit in a vital area, he is practically immortal!

Killian stood fearlessly on the platform, looked up and spewed a ball of flame at Tony Stark who was flying in the air, then stomped on the platform and jumped into the air!

Killian slammed Tony Stark to the ground while holding him, his scorching hand melting through Tony Stark's new suit!

The two were locked in a fierce battle once again!

"Tony, this is the perfect creature!"

Killian's hand gripped Tony Stark's arm again, the intense heat rapidly melting the internal systems of the Iron Man suit: "See? I've become..."

Bang!

A thick steel pipe sent Killian flying!

Killian's body landed on a pile of oil drums, and the violent explosion instantly ignited a raging inferno that engulfed his body in the blink of an eye!

A woman radiating intense heat, gripping a steel pipe, stood before Tony. After knocking Killian away, her face showed undisguised panic.

It was Pepper Potts.

"Tony, am I dying? They've implanted a virus in me..."

"No...no..."

Tony Stark's eyes widened involuntarily. He glanced at the steel pipe in Pepper's hand and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, I'll heal you. I know a lot about the Extremis virus... By the way, what exactly happened?"

"I have no idea…"

Pepper shook her head, looking anxiously at the intermittent fever on her arm, and mumbled something she couldn't even understand herself: "I don't know how I got captured. Yes, that Maya Hansen, she's your ex-girlfriend..."

They injected me with that virus, and a man with light purple hair released me. He said something about how Killian wasn't a perfect being...

"Don't rush, Pepper, calm down..."

Tony Stark looked nervously at the feverish heat on Pepper's arm, gently pressing her hand to calm her down, and softly explained, "Don't worry, don't worry about anything, I'm here..."

Suddenly, a suit of steel armor flew in!

Its full array of weapons instantly aimed at Pepper Potts!

A look of panic crossed Tony Stark's face as he hastily ordered Jarvis to lay down his weapon: "Jarvis, cancel the orders regarding Pepper..."

Before Tony Stark's orders could even be relayed...

Sensing the danger, Pepper Potts' fist blazed with heat as he leaped into the air, shattering the Iron Man suit with a single punch!

"Alright, alright..."

Tony Stark felt a strange sense of fear.

but…

Fortunately, everything was resolved.

Now both the president and Pepper have been rescued, Killian has been engulfed by the raging explosion, and a group of Extremis virus test subjects have been swiftly killed by a group of Iron Man suit machines. The battle is quickly coming to an end.

Just as a group of Extremis virus test subjects were wiped out by the Iron Man suit machines, an invisible man with light purple hair suddenly appeared beside the president…

Gin Ichimaru.

Before anyone could react, Gin Ichimaru kicked Colonel Rhodes away, then plunged a syringe into the president's body, instantly injecting the Extremis virus into him!

next second.

The intense heat instantly spread across the short, stout man's body!

In less than a second, the US president was directly controlled by the Extremis virus. His body temperature rose rapidly, as if it would melt him!

The Iron Man suits, still carrying out orders to clean up the Extremis virus test subjects, quickly surrounded the US president, ready to unleash energy cannons at him!

"Tony!"

Colonel Rhodes's voice was heart-wrenching!

"Jarvis, stop!"

Tony Stark quickly stopped his machine!

If it had been any later, his machine would have pulverized the country's president, and he would basically have been unable to live in the country in the future...

"How boring..."

A smile played on Gin Ichimaru's lips, and his voice held a hint of nonchalant regret: "I thought you'd have the guts to kill your own boss..."

It's rare to see someone so bold!

It's just a bit of a shame that the Extremis virus is out of control...

Gin Ichimaru originally thought that by instantly turning the US president into an Extremis virus test subject, Tony Stark's Iron Man suit would automatically track the test subject and kill their president in public...

pity…

What a pity...

Tony Stark was one step faster.

"Who are you...?"

Tony Stark's expression turned slightly grim as he slowly walked towards the light purple-haired man and the president. "Fine, whoever you are, I expect you to hand over our president to me first. The Extremis virus inside him is very dangerous and could explode at any moment..."

There are very few US presidents in history who have been assassinated…

If this president were to die in front of him, Tony Stark could imagine how much trouble S.H.I.E.L.D. and the military would cause him in the future, not to mention Nick Fury, who had been faking his death...

Well...

If this president dies here…

That's a real big event!

"This kind of thing is pointless..."

Gin Ichimaru smiled and shook his head, then suddenly drew the blade from his waist and, to the astonishment of Tony Stark and the others, beheaded the president in front of him!

"some people…"

"I'm destined to die here..."

"..."

Tony Stark's mind went completely blank.

The really big event... has happened!

(End of this chapter)