With a single strike, the giant hand flattened the missiles and bullets flying everywhere into dust, and directly blew up the military attack helicopter. Looking at the fireworks, Chen Chen shook his head and ignored it. His floating body then turned and flew back to the villa.
At this moment, a large section of the villa's outer wall had been blasted open, revealing steel bars and holes of varying sizes.
"Looks like Tony will have to redo the renovations again." After looking around from the outside, Chen Chen stepped inside.
Tony was seen with Pepper and Maya. The three of them were silent, and the atmosphere was quite heavy.
Upon seeing Chen Chen return, Tony breathed a sigh of relief. Then, gripping Pepper's hand tightly, he said in a low voice, "I didn't expect their attack to be so swift."
He lowered his head slightly and said apologetically to the two of them, "I'm sorry that my foolishness and arrogance put you two in danger. I promise I will never let such a thing happen again."
"Tony, stop confessing." Xu Bu walked over, and Chen Chen said to the ashamed Tony, "There are more important things waiting for us to deal with now."
"Hmm." Tony nodded upon hearing this, then seemed to remember something, turning to look at Maya with fixed eyes. "Maya, tell me the truth. After all these years, why did you take this time to find me?"
The attack on Happy in the first place, and the sudden reappearance of his long-lost lover after many years, always make people feel that the two events are somehow connected.
"Yes, I do have something important I need your help with, Tony…" Maya seemed hesitant, then took a deep breath and said to Tony in a low voice, "I… I think my boss might be working for Mandarin."
"Your boss?" Tony's eyes widened. He turned his head, met Chen Chen's gaze for a moment, then turned back to Maya. "Who is your boss?"
"Adrian Killian," Maya replied. "You know I'm a genetic cryptography expert, leading a team of forty people at a private think tank. Killian and I have known each other for a long time; he was back then a dreamer full of scientific aspirations. But later I found his behavior increasingly bizarre, and subsequent investigations revealed that he had connections with people from various terrorist organizations, including Mandarin."
Hearing Maya's words, Tony realized the seriousness of the problem and said solemnly:
"Is Adrian working for the Mandarin? But how does he collaborate with them?"
"Or to put it another way, what did you provide to Mandarin?"
Faced with Tony's question, Maya was speechless for a moment, because there was an unspeakable reason behind it.
"I..."
"Bang!"
Just as Maya was about to say something, a blazing ball of light suddenly emanated from her handbag, and with a loud "bang," she was blasted to pieces.
Just as the explosive energy was about to strike the unsuspecting Tony and Pepper, Chen Chen instantly appeared in front of them, forming a shield with one hand. A line of orange magic, flashing with sparks, converged into a magic circle, directly sealing the extremely hot explosion and condensing it into a small sphere.
"Maya!?" Staring blankly at everything in front of him, overturned and shattered by the close-range explosion, Tony muttered to himself, "Is Maya... dead?"
Hearing Tony's dull and numb voice, Chen Chen nodded. "Yes, she's dead. Someone must have planted some kind of miniature explosive device in her bag. It could recognize her voice and what she said. I guess it was set up by Adrian Killian. It would be detected when Maya said anything about 'Mandalin,' and then the miniature device would react and detonate."
Grabbing Tony's shoulder and pointing with his other hand to the spot where Maya had been blown to ashes, Chen Chen shouted in Tony's ear, "Avenge Maya! We can't let any more innocent people die in the Mandarin and Killian's mad slaughter!"
Seemingly roused by Chen Chen's words, Tony gradually perked up, a glimmer of light returning to his dull eyes. He placed his hand on Chen Chen's shoulder. "You're right. We need to go to Tennessee immediately. Beforehand, I investigated the heat source and details at the theater, and found that this incident is extremely similar to the explosion in Rose Hills, Tennessee. My intuition tells me that if we go, we'll definitely get some very useful information."
Then Tony walked over to Pepper and hugged her tightly. "I'm sorry, Pepper. I have to apologize again. I'm going to do something stupid again. I always make you worry."
"I'm sorry I always cause you worry," Tony said softly to Pepper, then raised his thick eyebrows, his expression unusually fierce and sullen. "But this time I really can't let Mandarin and Killian get away with it. I'll find them both and kick their asses to the bone!"
Through the live broadcast just now, the media should all know about Tony's situation. The police and special forces should arrive here soon to protect him.
"But Tony..." Upon hearing this, Pepper was about to continue persuading Tony not to put himself in danger, but before she could speak, Chen Chen interrupted her.
"When the police and special forces arrive, they will definitely protect Pepper and move her to a safe place. As for you and me, we should leave now, Tony." Chen Chen urged Tony. Pepper's safety was no longer a problem, and it was time for them to leave, otherwise, they didn't know how long Tony would be held up.
As for the questions that Tony wanted to investigate, Chen Chen was completely clear about them, because whether it was the fake Mandarin or Killian's Extremis virus, these were all things that already existed in the original storyline.
Of course, Chen Chen wouldn't tell Tony this information, letting him find it along the plot, and then providing assistance from his side. This would avoid unnecessary "trouble" and allow him to better obtain benefits.
"Next, we're going to Tennessee. I've already had Jarvis prepare the trip; we'll just take a private jet." Tony said to Chen Chen as he picked up the armor, which had transformed from a complete suit of armor into a red and silver metal box.
"Are you stupid? With me here, why would you need to take a plane?" Chen Chen glanced at Tony with disdain, curled his lip, and then drew a line in the air. The beautiful orange energy line circled around and transformed into a fire ring that scattered sparks.
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