On the highway to Stark's mansion, a rejuvenated Tony is confronted by Pepper's questioning, and the secretary's angry face shows that she is angry that her employer is hiding about her palladium poisoning.

"So you're going to wait until one day, after you've been taken to the hospital and you've been rescued, before you tell me the truth?" Pepper turned his head, his eyes slightly reddened, unwilling to pay attention to the helpless Iron Man.

Tony, who has always been very good at dealing with women, felt a headache for the first time, and had to throw the pot to others in a panic, "I wanted to confess to you, but Sean, that guy, he thinks it's better not to tell women about this kind of thing, because they are often difficult to bear the blow." ”

Stark made an innocent expression, secretly proud of his eagerness in his heart, anyway, when the other party was brought into S.H.I.E.L.D., he helped that guy once, and now it's not a big deal to take the blame.

Pepper was skeptical, and reluctantly forgave the sincere Tony, and at the same time couldn't help but feel glad that she joined Stark Industries after graduation, and later became the personal secretary of the man next to her, she was almost used to this kind of life, handling everything for the careless and cynical boss, dutifully acting as a secretary, housekeeper, and nanny, properly arranging various affairs, and settling the women who wanted to entangle after a one-night stand.

It's like an inertia that builds up over time, and if something happens to Tony, she probably doesn't know how to start a new life.

Taking advantage of the moment when Miss Secretary was distracted, Tony put his hands on the steering wheel, his eyes secretly glanced at Pepper in the passenger seat, a more conservative beige skirt, which made her look more dignified and inviolable, as a famous playboy, Stark likes to chase beauty rumors are well known, he has had countless beautiful women, and he has always maintained subtle emotions for Pepper, who has always been by his side.

Tony, who has been betrayed by someone he trusts, understands how valuable it is to have a companion by his side that he can trust.

So Tony made up his mind to seize the opportunity and cherish this hard-won relationship, as for Sean's threat, he knew that Pepper was not a woman who opened her heart to people easily, and with the advantage of being close to the water, Stark, a playboy who was invincible in the love field, how could he lose to a young boy.

"How's your communication with S.H.I.E.L.D.?" Pepper asked quietly after she had collected her mood.

She knew that a special agency, similar to a government department, was in contact with Tony lately, and seemed to want to invite him to join some group.

"What kind of superhero is a superhero who has no new ideas, who can't act on their own initiative, and who has to obey their commands?" Tony complained that he didn't like Nick Fury's style of doing things.

"Maybe you should keep a low profile, after all, the government is still vague about the existence of superheroes."

The discerning Pepper sees the problem, and while it is true that in public opinion, superheroes are messengers of justice who enjoy flowers and applause, but there are also many negative remarks, such as trampling on the spirit of the law, damage to building property, and rebellious ideas that ignore government regulation.

Superheroes are not omnipotent, and the normal functioning of the world order still depends on national governments, who can save countless people from misery, defend life and justice, but at the same time, they are also the greatest source of instability, from a causal point of view, they are both a ray of hope and a source of chaos.

At present, the government is afraid of the pressure of public opinion, and does not make a clear statement on the existence of superheroes, and maintains an ambiguous attitude, but if one day, superheroes lose the trust and cheers of the people, then the contradictions between them and the government will be fully exposed.

Tony pouted, he didn't think that Iron Man should be regulated by the government, heroes have always been free, how could they put themselves in a cage.

Pepper shook her head, of course she knew that the boss, who was sometimes like a child, did not listen to her words, and the rather helpless secretary suddenly saw a black figure suddenly appear in front of her, as if completely blending into the night, standing on this sparsely trafficked viaduct.

"Brake!" She hastened to remind Tony that there would be no bloody car accident scene.

Before the owner could slow down and brake, the black figure holding a black grenade launcher aimed at the slowing red sports car, and unexpectedly no fire erupted, and a disc-shaped explosive bomb flew out, like a spinning frisbee, clinging to the chassis of the vehicle.

With a bang, the nearly two-ton red sports car tumbled into the air, and the uncontrolled body smashed into the ground, sliding forward along inertia, making a noisy and piercing noise, sparks splashing, and scraping large marks on the hard asphalt pavement.

The sudden attack was a man in black armor, with a face mask and a metal arm, who sideways avoided the sliding steel body, threw down the grenade launcher, and opened the twisted and deformed door, and the luxury sports car with special functions such as bulletproof and anti-collision was easily ripped open like a fragile piece of paper.

"Warning, get out of that car at once!"

The black-clad bodyguards who arrived quickly surrounded the attackers in a fire net, and as long as they made the slightest rash move, they would immediately be shot into a hornet's nest by the ensuing fierce fire.

They are professionally trained elite soldiers who have retired as professional members of security companies, and there are now many military service companies like this that provide security to the big guys, the most famous of which is Blackwater, which claims to have the strongest private army in the world, and is welcomed and appreciated by various countries.

The man with a dangerous aura turned around, his eyes cold and glazed, as if he had no independent thoughts, and only acted according to the instincts accepted by his body.

The men were surrounded by more than a dozen black-clad bodyguards, almost all of them heavily armed, this was Tony Stark's professional security team.

As if receiving some order, the man raised his metal arm to block his chest, his whole body was tense like a cheetah, like an arrow off the string, and the bodyguards who reacted opened fire one after another, the flames were continuous, most of the scorching bullets were blocked by the waving metal arm, and the remaining part passed through the defense line and shot on the black armor, which did not cause much damage.

In an instant, the encirclement formed by more than a dozen bodyguards was broken into it by men, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, and the attacker, whose physical fitness far exceeded that of ordinary people, relied on that metal arm, and in a moment, the strictly trained security personnel were slaughtered.

Any firearm and weapon were crushed by him, and his incredibly powerful physical strength and crisp killing skills, coupled with his cold and mechanical thinking, made the professional bodyguard who had experienced a hundred battles have no power to fight back in front of this indifferent man.

Easily eliminate a group of bodyguards, the man crosses the overturned red sports car that fell to the ground, and at the cost of the bodyguards' lives, Tony and Pepper finally escape from under the car, without the high-tech armor that goes to heaven and earth, Iron Man is just mortal flesh and blood, and a bullet can take a life.

In the headset, the man heard the next command-

"Kill Stark."