A Marine Admiral in the Marvel Universe

The screen flashes by in sequence: an arc reactor, a model-like futuristic city, and a video of Tony playing with building blocks.

"Tony, the greatest creation of my life is actually you."

The video ended as soon as he finished speaking.

Upon seeing this, Tony's expression darkened slightly. After a moment's thought, she quickly left the basement to retrieve the dusty futuristic city model from her office.

……

Time flew by, and five days passed in the blink of an eye.

In her Upper East Side villa, Beth lay limp on the bed, staring listlessly at the ceiling. Damn it, she had overestimated her fighting ability.

"Get some rest, I'm off," Cao Gui said with a smile, kissed her on the cheek, and left satisfied with his suit jacket.

In Flushing, New York, on the main stage where Tony landed just over ten days ago, the large screen behind him has changed from Stark Industries to Hammer Advanced Weapons Systems.

At that moment, a piece of retro disco music from the 1960s and 70s started playing, and Justin Hammer, stepping unsteadily to the beat, walked to the microphone placed on the stage.

Cao Gui clicked his tongue in amazement. This man was truly shameless and incredibly lewd, making him equally repulsive. The moment people saw him, they couldn't help but want to punch him in the face.

How did he manage to become so universally disliked?

The last time someone like this stepped onto the stage was that guy, Kada Zuo... Oh, right, both of them are respectable people.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in this courageous country, we have had to put our children in traps to protect our nation."

"However, this situation changed when Iron Man... oh no, I should say when Lady Iron appeared."

"However, we have always regrettably failed because Ms. Stark was unwilling to share her technology."

"However, I am here to solemnly announce that Hammer Industries has developed a new steel armor. People, please join me in welcoming the new faces in the army!"

As he spoke, eight steel soldiers began to slowly rise onto the stage.

"This is the army!"

"And the navy and air force!"

"And... the Marine Corps!"

Huh? Cao Gui raised an eyebrow. They even have the fourth class? Looks like the poorest Ma Run has some material to brag about after today.

However, these are all good things.

Cao Gui licked his lips, wondering how many merit points these steel warriors could be exchanged for.

Looks like he's going to make a fortune again tonight.

Cao Gui looked at his 40 million merit points on his panel; the Devil Fruit was just around the corner.

Just then, a flash of light appeared on the horizon. Cao Gui raised an eyebrow; Tony had arrived.

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Chapter 256 Garbage System, Misleading Young People!

With a loud thud, he landed in a classic superhero-style manner.

The streamlined metal armor has a large "S" shape, but unlike before, the circular reactor in front of it has been changed to a triangle.

"It seems she has completed the creation of the new element," Cao Gui pondered.

"Tony? What's she doing here?" A soft exclamation came from the crowd around Cao Gui. Cao Gui turned his head slightly and found that it was Pepper Potts, with Happy, her bodyguard, by her side.

Pepper Potts was now the president of Stark Industries. A few days earlier, Tony Stark, who knew his days were numbered, entrusted Stark Industries to Pepper Potts.

Of course, old habits die hard, and although Little Chili accepted the position, the process was not very friendly.

"Oh my gosh~ Our Ms. Tony Stark is here, let's give her a round of applause." Hammer clapped his hands, although he was very unhappy that Tony was stealing the spotlight, he was not without options.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to introduce the prototype of the Iron Soldier, the Multi-Threat Response Armor, and its pilot, Colonel James Rhodes!"

As the spotlight focused, a silver-gray steel suit of armor slowly rose from below the stage. This suit of armor resembled Tony's, but unlike Tony's, it was covered in various weapons from head to toe.

With a Gatling gun on its back and a small submachine gun on its elbow, this suit of armor is equipped with a dazzling array of weapons.

"What?" Pepper next to him looked incredulous. A few days ago, Rhode wore the armor and fought with Tony, and then drove the armor away.

But she never expected that Rhodes would appear on the stage of Tony's rival; it was nothing short of a betrayal.

In fact, when Tony Stark was free to do as she pleased, she entrusted not only the company to Pepper Potts, but also Iron Man suits to Rhodes, hoping that the Department of Defense would spare Stark Industries after her departure.

"Rhodes, we're in trouble," Tony said in a low voice.

“Tony, I don’t want to fight you. There are civilians here,” Rhode said. After that battle, he had witnessed Tony’s fighting prowess and had given up on the idea of ​​her being a weak woman.

"Tony, I'm here on orders from my superiors. Stop causing trouble now."

Tony walked over to Rhodes and stood next to him: "Rhodes, listen to me, Hammer Industries is cooperating with Yin Wanyou. He's going to target me. This place has become very dangerous."

"What did you say? Yin Wan is still alive?" Rod asked in shock.

A few days ago, Yin Wan attempted to escape, but although he succeeded, he also failed. During his escape, he was shot and killed by Washington police, and his body is in the morgue.

Rhodes immediately realized that something was amiss!

"Okay, what do you suggest?" Rhodes said in a deep voice. Compared to others, Rhodes trusted his brothers more... oh no, women... no, female friends.

"Prepare for battle. Also, we need to get out of here," Tony said in a deep voice.

“Okay…oh God, damn it…” Rod suddenly exclaimed.

"what happened?"

"Tony, something's wrong with my system!" Rhode exclaimed. "Damn it, I've lost control of my system!"

Before she finished speaking, the Gatling gun behind her suddenly thrust forward, its muzzle pointing directly at Tony.

"Damn it!" Tony's expression changed.

"Shit! It's locked onto you! Get out of the way!" Rod cried out.

"Damn it, it really came." Tony cursed in a low voice. She knew that it was Yin Wan behind the scenes who was controlling the system.

With a light touch of her toes, Tony flipped in mid-air and floated in the air.

"Yin Wan, come on if you dare. Don't make me, a woman, look down on you." Tony sneered, then his thrusters activated, propelling him out of the venue.

Da da da da!

A torrent of bullets whistled through the air, trailing sparks as they hurtled toward Tony in the darkness.

Having anticipated this, Tony simply increased her height and disappeared.

but……

Clang!

Above the venue was a transparent glass dome. After the bullet hit, large pieces of glass fell from above and crashed down on the audience below.

"what--!"

"Run!"

"Damn it, that's glass! Get out of the way, it's very sharp!"

"..."

A large crowd surged toward the exit, turning the previously orderly audience into complete chaos.

Cao Gui quickly checked and found that a stampede had already occurred.

"Oh God... Happy, where are you..." Chili cried out, and the crowd surged forward, knocking her and her bodyguard aside.

Clang!

A piece of glass shattered beside her, startling her.

Just then, another piece of glass fell from above. Sensing something, Little Chili looked up and was immediately terrified. The glass had fallen right above her head.

"what!"

Just then, a force came from beside her and pulled her aside.

Clang!

The glass fell at her feet, scaring her so much that her scalp tingled.

"Oh, thank God." Chili wiped her sweat.

"Madam, although I saved you, I am not God," Cao Gui said with a faint smile.

"Uh... I'm sorry, that's not what I meant," Chili said awkwardly. "Thank you for saving me."

"Let's go, it's not safe here." Cao Gui raised his chin, secretly glad he hadn't brought Beth, otherwise he really wouldn't have been able to take care of everyone; there were just too many people.

Having said that, he shifted his feet and disappeared into the crowd, vanishing without a trace.

"Hey..." Little Chili was about to call out to Cao Gui, but Cao Gui was nowhere to be seen.

On the other side, the thirty-two steel warriors on the stage, under the control of the system, took off and rushed outwards.

The sixteen Iron Warriors, classified as Marine Corps and Air Force aircraft, took off directly and engaged Tony in aerial combat.

But then, a dark figure suddenly flashed through the chaotic crowd, and the people who were busy escaping did not notice this ghostly figure at all.

The next second, the two naval-type unmanned steel warriors, each topped with a missile mount, vanished into thin air as if they had been deleted.

"what?"

Somewhere in the Hammer Industries building, Yin Wan, who was controlling his Iron Warriors to besiege Tony like he was playing a video game, suddenly changed his expression. The system notification indicated that two of his warriors had gone offline.

"Strange, it's not destroyed... it's that it can't receive signals?" Yin Wan asked, a toothpick dangling from his mouth, his rugged face full of confusion.

But after several attempts, it still didn't work. Then, the system notified us again that two machines had gone offline, but this time, they had been destroyed.

Yin Wan spat out the toothpick, put the two mysteriously vanished fighter jets out of his mind, and focused on dealing with Tony Stark.

Meanwhile, Cao Guiyin was in a corner: "System, exchange this Steel Warrior."

[After system evaluation, the host will receive 10 merit points for contributing the miniature arc reactor. Confirm contribution?]

Cao Gui: "..."