Chapter 71 "The Snake's Plan."

Tony returns to his Malibu Street villa.

Jarvis' voice sounded: "Welcome back, sir. Do you want to find out about the Mandarins?"

\"Yes, Jarvis. I need to know everything about the Mandarin. His identity, his background, his goals, any clues we can find." Tony responded.

Jarvis quickly performed a search, and information about the Mandarin began to appear on the screen.

\"Mandalin, real name: unknown, identity: terrorist, his true identity cannot be confirmed. He is an extremist who leads a terrorist organization called the Desperate Warriors. According to inquiries, Mandarin's name belongs to a person in a high position in an Eastern country. He is a well-known figure with outstanding strategists and wisdom."

Tony frowned and continued to ask: "Does he have any special titles or aliases?"

Jarvis responded: "Mandalin is the leader of the Extremis Warriors. He is known as the 'Savior' and holds a high position in the terrorist organization. He claims that he will plunge the entire world into despair and chaos and dominate everything."

"Did you just look it up online?" Tony picked up an apple and threw it at the robotic arm controlled by Jarvis.

"Yes, sir," Jarvis replied.

Tony Stark took out a bottle of wine from his freezer, poured a glass and started drinking.

While meditating, he realized how dangerous this enemy was and how cunning his opponent was. Mandarin's true identity had never been revealed, and he seemed to be deliberately hiding everything so that people could not easily find his traces.

"Jarvis, continue searching for Mandarin's movements to see if there are any other clues." Tony said.

Jarvis continued his search, but soon he came to a conclusion that surprised Tony: "Mr. Tony, according to the current data, we cannot obtain detailed information about Mandarin. He seems to be like a ghost, whose whereabouts are difficult to track, and all clues point to nothingness."

Tony frowned. He felt Mandarin's covert methods. This enemy was indeed extraordinary and hard to guard against.

"Okay, Jarvis. Continue to collect intelligence on Extremis, and look for any information that can be related to Mandarin. We can't stop, we must find his weakness and stop his terrorist actions." Tony said, his eyes firm and determined.

Pepper Potts, who returned to work at Stark Group, received a call from her secretary. Aldredge Killian, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, wanted to see her.

So Pepper Potts tidied up a little and returned to his office. Not long after, Aldredge Killian walked in. He was a middle-aged man with a sturdy build and short hair, wearing a formal business suit, looking very mysterious and majestic.

"Aldredge, long time no see." Pepper broke the silence with a smile.

"Pepper, you look fine." Aldredge responded with a smile, his voice holding a hint of depth.

"What do you want from me?" Pepper asked, confused by the sudden meeting.

"I heard that you are fighting against the Mandarin organization, is that right?" Aldredge suddenly asked, looking at Pepper sharply.

Pepper was slightly stunned. She didn't expect him to mention Mandarin. She didn't know what the relationship was between Aldredge and this mysterious terrorist.

"Yes." Pepper glanced at Aldredge and nodded.

Aldredge nodded, his expression still mysterious: "You need more information to deal with Mandarin, maybe I can provide some help here."

Pepper looked at him in surprise: "Do you know any information about Mandarin?"

"I know something. In fact, I've had contact with him before." Aldredge said, revealing a hint of mixed emotions in his tone.

Pepper felt a little confused and surprised. She didn't expect Aldredge to have had contact with the Mandarin. But she knew that this was an important clue that might help them find the Mandarin's weakness.

"Please tell me everything you know." Pepper suppressed her inner surprise and said with a firm look.

Aldredge took a deep breath and began to talk about his past encounters with Mandarin, as well as Mandarin's identity and background. As his words gradually unfolded, Pepper was shocked to discover that the Extremis virus had some connection with the Stark Group.

"You mean, Tony was involved in the formula of the Extremis virus?" Pepper Potts's doubts suddenly reached an extreme point, and she began to doubt Aldredge, whom she had not seen for a long time and whom she had originally had a good impression of.

"I only know how much." Aldredge said very sincerely.

"Then why?" Pepper Potts paused and looked at him.

"I was very down and out at that time, and I thought I could be appreciated by Tony, but..." Aldredge's expression was a little bitter, and it was difficult for him to say it out loud.

"Yeah." Pepper Potts knew Tony's reputation at the time, so she immediately had some respect for Aldredge.

Compassion and understanding.

She understood that Aldredge might have been impulsive and misguided at the time.

"I know now that I was wrong, Pepper. I regret my decision. I hope to help you fight against the Mandarins and the Extremis." Aldredge said, his eyes firm and sincere.

"Do you know what Mandarin's plan is? What exactly does he want to do?" Pepper asked, eager to get more information to deal with this mysterious enemy.

Aldredge nodded. "Mandarin seems to be eager to control the entire world. His ultimate goal is to plunge the world into chaos and despair and make everyone submit to his rule. He has a powerful terrorist organization of desperate warriors. These people have been injected with the desperate virus and become powerful and uncontrollable."

"Desperate Warrior..." Pepper frowned.

"Aldredge, are you willing to help us?" Pepper asked.

"Yes, Pepper. I hope to make amends for my mistakes and compensate for my previous errors. I will do my best to provide all the information and support I know," Aldredge said solemnly.

"Thank you." Pepper Potts hugged Aldredge.

"But I'm doing pretty well now, you see." Aldredge changed the subject and asked Pepper to look at his brand-name clothes.

"Congratulations. I'm happy for you to see that you have achieved success in your career." Pepper helped Aldredge tidy up his clothes.

......

After walking out of Stark Group, Aldredge smiled and waved to Pepper Potts who came to see him off, then got into his car.

In an instant, Aldredge's face turned gloomy.

all of these.

It was not originally in his plan. He had only one goal, which was to take revenge on Tony Stark and kill the president at the same time.

However, all this happened when he went to the conference room to discuss countermeasures with the think tank. The moment he opened the door, Aldredge was surprised to find that all the think tanks in the conference room had been killed.

Meanwhile, at the main seat, a wavy-haired beauty wearing an elegant long dress and high-heeled sandals was looking at the plan.

Noticing Aldredge's arrival, the woman threw the plan in her hand to the ground and looked at the dead person on the ground with disdain.

"Is this the plan of the think tank you hired?"

"What a piece of shit."

The woman walked gracefully towards Aldredge and looked at him teasingly.

"You don't really want to do it this way?"

Then he was only one centimeter away from Aldredge, leaning his face on Aldredge's shoulder, and whispered in his ear: "Then you will lose everything."

Aldredge was not moved by the beauty, but raised his hands, stepped back, and looked around vigilantly. "Who are you?" The other party could enter here so quietly, either his strength was abnormal, or the power behind him was huge.

"Me?" The woman leaned her long legs on the conference table and said, "Since you are using the name of Mandarin, can't I be Mandarin?"

"No." Aldredge shook his head. "You definitely can't be a Mandarin."

The woman didn't plan to say anything more, but walked up and said, "I don't like your plan, so."

The woman reached out and pulled Aldredge's tie, whispering in his ear, "I want you to use my plan."

"It's the Snake's plan."

Aldredge came back to his senses, and wondered in his heart whether he should really continue to cooperate with such a mysterious and unknown organization.

However, Aldredge thought of the resources and connections provided by the other party.

"Then let's see who has the last laugh." Aldredge's face was grim, and the heat of the desperate virus surged in his body.

......

"Looks like it's time to give some gifts to Tony Stark." Baker smiled evilly as he looked at the declaration of war issued by Mandarin to America and the hints in his words to Iron Man and War Machine.

And here is Nathan Hawke.

Nathan Hawke was now frowning and looking at the secretary.

He sensed a conspiracy from the secretary's words, and immediately ordered his employees not to mention this topic within the group.

“The IRS actually came to the group to investigate the company’s tax issues?”

This made him smell a conspiracy. In recent times, apart from Electro who was cracking down on gangs and being a real superhero, everyone else was more or less preparing for a new movie, practicing, or doing scientific research. Even Nathan Hawke himself was diligently practicing his various abilities and did not pay much attention to the situation outside.

Although a lot of technology has been acquired, development after research is completed and suppressing costs to a stable quality is a protracted war.

Although Ivan Vanke had a lot of steel armor in Vanke Technology at that time, Nathan Hawke found out after learning about it that except for a few armors that were developed with excellent materials and technology, most of them were inferior and their performance was far inferior to what he expected.

"The IRS inquiry may just be a cover, and there may be someone secretly manipulating it behind the scenes." Nathan Hawke frowned. He attached great importance to the operation of the group and would never allow anyone to harm the group.