A Marine Admiral in the Marvel Universe

Few people know about this incident, but just hours after the video was deleted, Tony's bodyguard Happy was injured in a Mandarin bomb attack on his way home.

Following this, a series of bombings occurred in major cities across the United States, resulting in countless deaths and injuries. The federal government was hampered and exhausted, and was manipulated by the Mandarin.

"Tsk tsk... This Killian is really crazy..." Cao Gui stroked his chin, his face somewhat gloomy. He hadn't expected the other party to be so bold as to take things to this extent.

"Cao, what do we do now?" Beth frowned. In fact, Beth was the one who was in control of this matter. After Cao Gui told her his purpose, Beth brought up this idea.

But... Killian's madness exceeded her expectations.

"Find him, then kill him!" Cao Gui said, gesturing with his chin.

“Okay, I’ll find his location right away.” Beth typed rapidly on the keyboard.

……

Marbury, Phil Coulson sat in his car by the roadside outside the villa complex, looking somewhat bored at Tony's house.

“Boss, I’ve arrived. Make contact with Tony in three minutes,” Phil Coulson said softly.

“Coulson, be careful, protecting yourself is the top priority,” a mud-dog’s voice said in the earpiece.

"Received, boss..." However, before the words were finished, a golden-red figure flew out of Stark Villa and soared into the sky.

“Boss, Tony’s gone…” Coulson’s lips twitched slightly, all his preparations over such a long period of time had been wasted.

“Damn it… I know, sigh…” On the other end of the earpiece, the one-eyed black-haired man sighed. The timing was wrong, but the situation was urgent, and he didn’t want to wait any longer.

---Aside---

The next chapter will be later~

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Chapter 376 Gathering in Miami

"Sizzle... That's right, this Christmas tree is great value for money, and the decorated Christmas tree matches all home décor..."

In the car, Cao Gui, who was driving at high speed, was stunned for a moment. What was going on with the car radio?

“Darling, it’s that Mandarin…” Beth’s voice came through the headset, her hands clattering on the keyboard:

"They hacked into all the television broadcast signals, and we could only see the messages that the Mandarin was broadcasting on TV; we couldn't see anything else."

Cao Gui frowned slightly: "Can you trace the location where the video was posted?"

“I’ll try…it should work…” Beth said hesitantly, typing on the keyboard.

“Hey Beth, something’s happened again…” Maya Hansen’s voice came through the headset, sounding somewhat panicked.

Cao Gui frowned, turned on the car's TV, and saw rows of colorful ribbons with the Ten Commandments drawn on them. The screen flickered, showing scenes of riots flashing by. Finally, a middle-aged man with a large beard appeared.

"Mr. President, I still have two more lessons to give you. I hope we can finish this soon." The scene pans to reveal a bearded man holding a Walther PPK pistol and standing on the ground beneath the feet of a middle-aged man with gray hair.

The man was wearing a suit, had gray hair, and looked pampered and spoiled.

"This is Thomas Richard, a good name, and he does an excellent job. You may have heard of him; he's the accountant at Laux Oil Company..."

As he spoke, the camera zoomed in, giving a close-up of the white man's face. His face was filled with despair, pressed tightly against the ground, and he was making intermittent groans and cries.

"I'm sure he's a good guy, but I'm going to blow his head off in a minute, kill him in 30 seconds, you just wait for the live stream!"

The middle-aged man with the beard grew increasingly stern, his eyes turning sinister: "You have my landline number in your phone. Call me within thirty seconds, or... you know the consequences!"

"Damn it..." On Air Force One, a middle-aged white man's face changed drastically: "How did they hack into my phone?"

“Sir, we cannot compromise with them!” shouted an officer in military uniform. “It would damage our image.”

“Shut up!” the white man yelled. “The midterm elections are in six months. Do you expect me to stand by and watch hostages be killed in front of the entire nation?”

"Then my approval rating will plummet into negative territory!"

The white man shouted, and then, ignoring the advice of the uniformed officer, picked up the phone and dialed a number.

In the video, the phone started ringing, and everyone who heard it breathed a sigh of relief. Even the accountant from Laux Oil Company lying on the ground looked thankful; he was saved…

boom!

The trigger was pulled hard, and a bullet shot out with a gunshot, piercing the man's forehead, blood and brain matter splattering onto the camera lens.

This scene terrified everyone watching the video, and even startled the US president who was on the phone aboard Air Force One.

"This is the final lesson. Say goodbye to your children and family, because nothing—the army, the Iron Patriots, nothing—can save you... Heh heh... Heh heh... Heh..."

The image flashed and disappeared completely, leaving only terrified Americans. From the East Coast to the West Coast, everyone was horrified by this madman who dared to broadcast a murder live on television.

“Buzz... Damn, I found the source of the live stream.” Beth’s heavy voice came through the headset, mixed with some sobbing sounds, sounding like Maya Hansen.

Cao Gui shook his head helplessly. He remembered that all of this was a play staged by Killian.

"I'm in Miami, I'll send it to you right now..."

“Beth…”

"Um……"

"That was fake. The distance was too close. A real gunshot to the head wouldn't cause such a large wound or such a horrific scene."

"Especially since it was a .38 caliber Walther PPK."

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Beth and Maya Hansen on the other end of the headset were both stunned. It was fake? Was the other party just courting death by going to such lengths to provoke the country and its people?

"This... why did he do this?" Beth stammered, "Was that guy just asking for trouble?"

"So I'm going to take a look." Cao Gui chuckled, a faint blue light flashed in his palm, and a spatial gate opened in front of the car. Cao Gui stepped on the gas and rushed in.

Beth only saw the screen flicker, then a strange crackling sound came through her headset, and then she couldn't find Cao Gui's location information anymore.

"Honey, where are you?" Beth quickly refreshed the page, then stared at the screen in disbelief. Cao Gui's location information had suddenly jumped from Los Angeles to Miami.

"Wang Defa!? How did you do that?" Beth exclaimed, showing no ladylike demeanor whatsoever.

"I'm Thor, so moving at the speed of light is normal for me, right?" Cao Gui laughed, making up a story on the spot.

"Uh... really?" Beth didn't quite understand.

On Air Force One, the US President took a deep breath and gritted his teeth, cursing, "Order Rhodes to find this madman. I want him to sit in the electric chair in front of the entire nation!"

The Mandarin's actions just now were the greatest provocation to his authority and power. He was determined to kill him at all costs!

Above the sky, the imposing gold and red armor created sonic booms and trailed long flames as it sped towards Miami.

"Damn bastards, you dare to hurt Happy, you're all dead..." Inside the armor, Tony Stark's face was gloomy, his meticulously trimmed mustache twitching slightly as he muttered to himself.

On a small island in the Florida Straits, a one-eyed Black man boards a speedboat, twists the throttle to its maximum, and speeds towards the capital, Miami.

If Tony's target is the Mandarin, and Nick Fury's target is Tony Stark, then Cao Gui's target is that old black man, Nick Fury!

He didn't know if Nick Fury would contact Tony in Miami. Tony, who was heading to Miami, asked his company, bodyguards, and legal team for help. At this point, Tony Stark had only one identity: Iron Man.

If Nick Fury couldn't seize this opportunity to dispel Tony Stark's grudges and reach a cooperation agreement, then he wouldn't deserve to be the King of Spies. Unfortunately, this trip was destined to be a one-way trip for him.

……

Boom!

In front of a somewhat messy and dilapidated old-fashioned seaside manor, Tony Stark descends from the sky, landing in a perfect superhero style.

"Wow~ Jarvis, I must look incredibly handsome!" Tony said with great self-admiration.

"Yes, sir... uh, forgive my bluntness, perhaps it's because you've just recovered that your testosterone and estrogen levels are a bit unbalanced. I hope you can control your surging desires."

“Jarvis, I know my body. It’s not like what you’re saying. It’s perfectly normal,” Tony said with a sneer. He stood up, kicked open the iron gate of the manor, and walked in with an air of nonchalance.

"Damn it, they dare to mess with Iron Man, they're asking for trouble!" Tony yelled and charged in.

Across the street from the gate, Nick Fury sat in his car, shaking his head helplessly. This guy was as arrogant as ever.

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Chapter 377 The Fish Took the Bait

Clang!

With a loud crash, the large iron gate was smashed open, and the loud noise attracted the attention of all the bodyguards in the manor. The bodyguards who were wandering around the manor quickly rushed to the gate.

"Haha, it's been a long time since we've had a fight like this!" Tony yelled, his thrusters exploding as he punched a bodyguard in the face.

The man rolled his eyes and fell down cleanly and decisively; a titanium alloy fist is not something an ordinary person can withstand.

“Sir, the bodyguards are all here. They are very sensitive to the situation. There are eleven of them,” Jarvis reminded him.

"Tch...a bunch of noobs!" Tony Stark tapped his toes, and several small flames from his thrusters lit up on his chest and ribs. Instantly, Tony Stark was close to the ground, looking like a large, golden-red rat.

In the blink of an eye, the bodyguards who rushed over made a series of loud clattering sounds of flesh hitting metal, followed by a continuous stream of groans.

These people were either broken bones or unconscious, all incapacitated. As for why he didn't kill them... Tony flew over so ostentatiously that many people must have noticed him, and he didn't want to ruin his perfect image as an elegant lady...

Wait a minute, I'm a guy!

Tony Stark perked up. Damn, after being a woman for so long, he almost forgot he was still a man.

Thinking of this, Tony Stark grinned and stepped on a bodyguard's severed arm: "You look like they're the head?"

"Tell me, where is the Mandarin?"

As he spoke, he slowly increased the pressure on the man's wound with his foot...

"Ahhhhh..." The intense pain caused the bodyguard to burst into tears: "Waaaaah... I'll talk, I'll talk, in the largest villa in the estate..."

"Tch, utterly vulnerable." Tony curled his lip, his thrusters activating to propel him into the sky.

“Sir, I must remind you,” Jarvis’s voice said, “They have unknown methods of detonation, and the temperature at the center of the explosion even reached three thousand degrees Fahrenheit… That’s a terrifying number for the human body.”

“I know.” Tony hovered in the air, all the sensors and detectors on his armor activated, scanning the villa estate below. Although he was confident in himself, he was by no means a reckless person.

However, what Tony Stark didn't notice was that a small drone was floating in the canopy, filming his entire action.

In a car a kilometer away, Cao Gui was monitoring the situation inside the villa with a tablet: "Damn Nick Fury, where the bastard is..."

Cao Gui stroked his chin in deep thought. His current Observation Haki covers a range of billions of points. Without a focus or direction, it would be difficult to find a specific person. He had just received a brief glimpse of the surrounding voices, and the chaotic and mixed information almost sent him away.

Relying on Observation Haki for a comprehensive search is unrealistic. Nick Fury poses no threat to him and cannot trigger Observation Haki, but his target is Tony. Following this guy should help him uncover his identity.

Therefore, Cao Gui used his Observation Haki to narrow down the search area, focusing on the entire manor villa, while drones were used to search outside the manor villa.