Want to Kill Me?

Harvey could go out and have fun wherever he wanted, but Tony was busy researching nanotechnology every day.

Previously, Coulson from S.H.I.E.L.D. had come knocking. Although Coulson had been very friendly, Tony had refused and directly told S.H.I.E.L.D. to stop coveting the space fighter.

There was no way he would provide the space fighter or any of its technologies.

If S.H.I.E.L.D. obtained the space fighter, it would be equivalent to the National Security Council obtaining it.

If countless talented people studied it based on the sample, they might not be able to perfectly reproduce an identical space fighter, but they would definitely create more advanced fighter jets.

They would also develop more advanced defense systems, disrupting the fragile balance between the major powers of Blue Star and potentially triggering another world war.

His goal was to bring all humanity on Blue Star into the interstellar age. If he caused a world war and sent everyone back to the Stone Age in one fell swoop, then everything would be over.

If a world war broke out, he could seek refuge with Harvey, so he certainly would not die.

But if Blue Star was blasted back to the Stone Age, even if Harvey protected him and Pepper,

allowing them to escape disaster, he had invited Renoli and the others to visit Blue Star in the future.

If Renoli and the others really came to visit within the next few years and found a scene different from what he had described,

Tony felt embarrassed just thinking about it. Therefore, no matter what S.H.I.E.L.D. said, Tony would never share the advanced technologies he had acquired while slaughtering aliens with S.H.I.E.L.D.

Aside from spending his nights with Pepper, Tony devoted himself to researching nanotechnology.

If he developed nanotechnology, the various functions of the Iron Man armor could be further refined, comprehensively strengthening him and allowing him to deal with all kinds of enemies and situations.

It would give him a greater chance of reducing the risk of exposing his real body.

Tony naturally knew that Harvey had been living an exceedingly carefree life on Blue Star these past few months, picking up women whenever he wanted.

As New York’s famous playboy, Tony naturally wanted to be like Harvey.

But leaving aside whether Pepper would agree, he did not dare reveal that he had become younger on Blue Star, so he could not have been more depressed.

If he could, he would have rushed to Xandar to pick up women already.

It was all because of those guys who were preparing to invade Blue Star sometime this year.

If not for them, he only needed to remain on Blue Star for another two months, completing half a year, before he could persuade Pepper to go gallivanting through the universe with him.

Thus, Tony had Jarvis monitor the skies above every country twenty-four hours a day.

They were aliens. Even if they possessed high-tech space fighters or warships, they would inevitably leave some traces if they wanted to invade Blue Star.

Once he discovered them, he would strike immediately. He wanted to see which idiots would dare invade Blue Star without even finding out what major figures were stationed there.

Since joining the Void two years ago, Tony had become much more low-key in his conduct.

His year away from Blue Star had been perfectly covered up by Pepper.

Still, although Tony kept a low profile and rarely went out, he did leave the house occasionally.

It was on one such day, while Tony was flying at low altitude in the Iron Man armor, that he suddenly received a warning from Jarvis that someone intended to attack him.

Tony immediately shot into the air as an electric whip lashed through the spot where he had just been.

Hovering in the air, Tony saw a disheveled, rather miserable-looking man glaring at him. The man wore a strange device with something resembling an Arc Reactor on his chest and held an electric whip.

"Jarvis, who is this guy?"

Seeing the other man attack him for no apparent reason, Tony did not counterattack immediately and instead asked Jarvis.

"Scanning and identification in progress. Ivan Vanko, son of the traitor Anton Vanko."

In barely ten seconds, Jarvis had searched through countless pieces of information and found the man’s identity.

"A traitor? Does he have a grudge against me?"

Tony was somewhat puzzled by Jarvis’s words.

"His father, Anton Vanko, was a former Soviet Union nuclear physicist who once served S.H.I.E.L.D. and collaborated with your father, Howard Stark."

"They researched miniature Arc Reactors together."

"That is all the information available. As for whether Ivan Vanko is your enemy, you will need to judge for yourself."

Jarvis projected several images before Tony’s eyes and gave its report.

As long as Jarvis wished, nothing on Blue Star that could be accessed through the internet could escape its gaze.

"Tony Stark, get down here."

Ivan Vanko stood in the window of a building, staring at Tony Stark hovering overhead, his eyes filled with hatred and fury.

"Did you record the footage of him attacking me first?"

Tony ignored Ivan Vanko and instead questioned Jarvis.

"Sir, all of your actions are under surveillance."

Upon hearing that question, Jarvis understood Mr. Tony’s intentions.

"Show it to me."

Tony spoke upon hearing that.

Tony then saw that Ivan Vanko had indeed aimed directly at his chest.

If that electrified whip struck him, the Iron Man armor might temporarily short-circuit, and he would fall directly into the busy downtown area below.

He would be fine, but casualties would be unavoidable.

After understanding everything and confirming whether this man was friend or foe, Tony’s eyes turned cold.

He had not retaliated immediately when this man attacked because he had been unable to determine the other man’s identity or intentions.

Now that he had confirmed it, Tony naturally did not waste any words.

He had known Bounty Hunters like Renoli, who spent all year in all kinds of battles, for so long that Tony had naturally learned a great deal from them.

According to Renoli, if someone attacked you, the first thing to do was confirm their identity and background. If they truly were an enemy,

and killing them would not bring any trouble, then there was no need to show mercy.

There was an old saying on the battlefield: Mercy toward the enemy was cruelty toward yourself.

Only when the enemy had a powerful background and killing them would bring endless trouble should one consider sparing them and retreating directly.

Ivan Vanko clearly did not have a powerful background.

However, attacking directly in New York could easily cause some destruction.

So the thrusters beneath Tony’s feet flared, and in an instant, he grabbed Ivan Vanko and flew into the sky, leaving the city.

"What are you doing, Tony Stark?!"

Ivan Vanko was grabbed by the straps of his crude armor and carried high into the sky as he shouted.

"Judging by that whip of yours, you wanted to kill me. Naturally, I’ll treat you the same way."

Tony carried Ivan Vanko more than ten thousand meters into the sky, where the frigid high-altitude air began to coat Ivan Vanko’s body in frost.

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