Tennessee, Country Manor.

In the dark of night, this holiday villa standing in the wilderness of the suburbs seems to be empty and quiet, but in fact it is heavily guarded, like a tiger's den in Longtan, full of terrible dangers.

Armed with submachine guns and fierce wolf dogs, the sturdy security guards patrol around the perimeter in groups of three, changing shifts every hour, and infrared cameras are everywhere, and the security system is tight, and it is not easy for anyone to sneak in.

"We searched through Stark's mansion, but we couldn't find the body, maybe he was buried at the bottom of the sea, along with the steel armor."

In the retro-decorated study, Killian's brow furrowed as he listened to the news on the other end of the phone, obviously dissatisfied with the vague answer.

The reason why he cooperated with this group in the first place was because he took a fancy to the other party's secret and extensive channels, as well as the ability to mobilize strong energy within the government, otherwise in the process of researching the desperate virus, where would there be so many professional soldiers as experimental subjects.

Trying to hide a terrorist organization in the territory of the United States, and also evade the investigation of the FBI, the CIA, and S.H.I.E.L.D., hack into the network of television stations anytime and anywhere, hijack airplanes, and cause multiple bombing attacks...... With Killian's strength, this is far from possible.

You must know that since the 911 incident, the United States has attached great importance to homeland security, and even carried out the "Prism Project", which has carried out large-scale surveillance and even retrieved top-secret information from any region within the country, and directly entered the central server of Internet companies to mine data and collect intelligence.

If it weren't for the protection and help of internal forces, Mandarin and the Ten Rings would have been found a long time ago, where could they use cruise missiles to blow up Tony Stark's villa into the sky, almost killing Iron Man.

"I hope there will be a definite answer." Killian emphatically said, "Continue as planned, keep in touch." ”

In fact, he didn't want Tony to die like this, thinking of the humiliation he had suffered before, this promising technology upstart, and even more eager to defeat Iron Man with his own hands, trample the other party under his feet, and trample on his dignity - just like Stark once did to himself.

Killian simply hung up the phone, he had been working with the mysterious forces with the Hydra badge as their emblem for some time, and they knew each other well.

After buying research materials on the Desperate Virus from Maya Hansen, Killian threw himself into it, and then somehow came into the sight of Hydra, and the two sides hit it off, spending a huge amount of money and manpower, and finally succeeded in applying this technology to the human body.

Although the rejection of the desperate virus has never been solved, Killian and Hydra don't care, they can create an invincible super army at any time. As for the life or death of the loser, who cares?

Killian strode out of the study, where the hall was set up as a studio-like venue, with lights overhead, cameramen adjusting the camera, and a few people carefully arranging the backdrops for the performances, the walls were stamped with the Ten Rings logo, the retro carpet underfoot, and two oriental totems cast in copper and iron were placed next to the antique sandalwood chairs.

Mandarin's character is set as an Oriental with Genghis Khan blood, his mother was an English nobleman, and his parents died shortly after his birth, and he was raised by his uncle.

So Killian had to be ready, so that the down-and-out actor he had found looked like a real terrorist leader, the legendary dangerous and terrifying Mandarin, even if Iron Man died at his hands, no one could disobey his will.

Dressed in a black robe and wearing ten rings on his hand, "Mandarin" is ready, the down-and-out British actor whose real name is Trevor Strary, who once performed stage plays on Broadway.

Like most people with dreams of stardom, Trevor is also unknown, and it is difficult for him to make a bright future, and the only thing that makes a slight impression of him is probably that he played a Russian policeman in CBS's "Furious", but due to the poor performance of the pilot episode, the later scenes were cut.

By chance, Killian met this depressed third-rate actor, and because of the similarity in appearance, he decided to let the other party play the terrorist who made the whole of America fearful.

Mandarin!

In fact, the correct way to call this name should be Manda, but due to the problem of transliterated translation, more Americans prefer to call it Mandarin.

Since then, the actor Trevor has disappeared, leaving only Mandarin, the leader of the Ten Rings, an evil leader with great ambitions to destroy the world.

Two women in cheongsams lifted Mandarin's hood, hooked noses, deep-set eye sockets, thick beards on their chins, hair combed into a Chinese bun, and their gloomy complexions revealed a strong majesty.

This is the leader of the Ten Commandments, an evil leader who constantly creates terrorist attacks and casts a country in the shadows.

Killian nodded with satisfaction, and then the signal that Hydra would invade the entire East Coast immediately threatened the White House directly, what they want to do is to create a huge crisis for the country, just like the Kennedy incident back then, get rid of the disobedient guys and replace them with their own people.

The political game is extremely complex to say, full of intrigues and intrigues, but at the same time it is very simple, provided that as long as you have the strength to flip the table, you can jump out of the rules at any time.

This is the condition that Killian and Hydra have reached, and when the new president and cabinet come to power, the time will come to hand over the Ten Rings and Mandarin to appease the anger of the people, and they will be in power silently, with the super army of the desperate virus and the great prospects shown by AIM, it is just a breeze and a trivial matter to punch Ambrera and kick Stark Industries.

"Tony, it's a shame you couldn't witness this with your own eyes."

Killian said with great regret, he wanted to know what kind of wonderful expression the proud and arrogant Iron Man would have on his face when he saw the business empire established by his family collapse and collapse?

Maybe the other person will fall to his knees at his feet and beg for mercy in pain. So thought the founder of AIM.

In Switzerland in 1999, on New Year's Eve, it was an eternal pain in his heart, and that night on the rooftop completely changed his life.

Killian used to worship Tony Stark as the greatest genius in the world, and he was on the altar and couldn't wait to worship him.

But the other party trampled on his dignity and trampled on it mercilessly, until it was crushed!

"Master, the overture to greet you has been played." Killian walked out of the hall and dialed an encrypted phone. "The country will prostrate at your feet, waiting for the true king to return."

His tone was agitated and respectful, and the voice on the other side was hoarse and cold, as if he didn't care about Killian's rhetoric.

"Have you completed your revenge?" A cold voice asked.

"Yes. Tony Stark gave me one of the greatest gifts I ever had, and that was despair. ”

Perhaps it was close to success, Killian was a little uncontrollable, and said in a trembling voice: "When I was standing on the roof in Switzerland, I thought he would come for the first twenty minutes, and then another hour passed...... I would love to take that step and fall out of the air! ”

"At that moment, I looked down on the city, no one cared about me, no one even paid attention to me, but it was you who gave me hope to live again."

"As you say, I hid myself and sat behind the scenes as a pusher, until the mythical characters fell from the sky with a hammer and Asgard appeared, and we had no need to continue to keep a low profile, and the opportunity to stand on the world stage came!"

"Ambition clouds your vision. Stay calm, Killian. The voice from the mobile phone revealed a kind of indifference, "You have chosen your own path, and you need to suffer the consequences." ”

"I understand, honorable Manchurian." Killian speaks a fluent word in Chinese.

All stories have archetypes, the Ten Rings Gang, Mandarin, this is not an imagination, a fiction.

Hanging up the phone, Killian raised his hand to glance at the time, a sneer on the corner of his mouth.