Chapter 34: The Birth of Iron Monger

Li Heng answered Pepper's call:

"Hey, Pepper, what's up?"

While Pepper and Coulson were looking for Obadiah at Stark Corporation, they told Li Heng:

"Lee, you finally got through. I just called Tony, but he didn't answer me. Then I was worried that something might have happened to Tony. After all, he answered the phone, but there was no sound, and then he hung up."

"Oh?" Hearing this, Li Heng remembered that Tony must have been killed by Obadiah. Sure enough, Pepper said immediately afterwards:

"We all know that Obadiah wanted to take action against Tony. I didn't find any trace of him in the company, so I'm worried that he went to find Tony! Can you go and see how Tony is doing now?"

"Okay, no problem. I'll be right there."

Li Heng said that he would go to check on Tony's condition right away and told Pepper not to worry.

After hanging up the phone, Li Heng was directly teleported to Tony's villa. Not seeing Tony in the living room, Li Heng knew that Tony must have crawled to the basement.

Sure enough, Tony, who was almost exhausted, was seen next to the work table in the basement.

"Hey, Tony!"

Li Heng shouted, then came to the table, took out the old reactor and reinstalled it on Tony's chest.

“Hoo-hoo-”

Tony took a deep breath, and his pale face finally recovered a little.

"Oh, Lee, thank you for saving me again!"

Li Heng said from the side: "You should not only thank me, but also thank Pepper. If she hadn't kept your old reactor, you would be in danger now."

Hearing Li Heng talking about Pepper, Tony quickly asked: "Oh, where is Pepper?"

"Oh, she went with five agents to catch Obadiah."

"Five people are not enough." Tony stood up and prepared to put on his battle suit.

Just at this moment, Ethan came back with the bags of things he bought from outside.

It turned out that Ethan wanted to go out for a walk tonight, which was a rare occasion, so that was why there was no one else in the villa tonight.

Seeing Tony's appearance, Ethan asked Li Heng: "Li, what's wrong with Tony?"

Li Heng briefly told Ethan what happened. After listening, Ethan was very upset because he felt that it was his fault that Tony had problems tonight.

"Ethan, don't be like this. These are actually what Obadiah did. He should be held responsible."

Li Heng was comforting Ethan here, while Tony, who had already put on his battle suit, couldn't wait any longer and flew directly to the company without saying hello.

As soon as Li Heng saw Tony's expression, he knew that he was too worried about Pepper's safety, so he asked Ethan:

"It looks like Tony is going to seek revenge on Obadiah. Ethan, do you want to go with him? Speaking of which, Obadiah is the culprit who plunged your hometown into chaos."

Hearing what Li Heng said, Ethan was obviously moved and wanted to go and take a look too.

So Li Heng brought Ethan to Stark Company.

At this time, Obadiah came to his Iron Monger with the reactor and installed the reactor he got from Tony.

Just at this time, Pepper and Coulson brought the agents to finally find Obadiah and blew open the first door blocking their way.

Obadiah heard the bomb and put on his Iron Overlord.

As they got closer, Pepper and Coulson became more cautious until they saw the Mark I made by Tony.

Coulson: "It seems you were right, he was making armor."

"And it's bigger," Pepper continued.

Then Pepper saw some dangling hanging chains, and just as she was wondering, a pair of eyes lit up behind the chains. They belonged to Iron Monger.

Obadiah, piloting the Iron Monger, has already targeted Pepper and is ready to take action.

Pepper reacted and ran away, Iron Man chasing after her. He killed the two agents, one with his left hand and one with his right hand.

Fortunately, Pepper reacted quickly and escaped from the door, but Iron Monger was blocked inside because of his huge body.

At the same time, Tony was on his way:

"Jarvis, how long can Mark 1's heart last?"

"Sir, its energy level is less than 48%. And this heart is not suitable for long-distance flights."

Tony just asked Jarvis to report the specific energy at any time, and then left it alone. On the way to the company, Tony also called Pepper. On the phone, Pepper told Tony everything she had just seen and said that Obadiah was crazy now.

Before Pepper could finish her words, Iron Monger had dug a hole in the ground behind him, crawled out, and said to Pepper, "Where do you want to run to?"

Iron Monger approached Pepper step by step, and Pepper stepped back step by step.

Just as it was about to attack Pepper, a space gate opened behind Pepper, teleporting Pepper away just before she was attacked.

"No!" Obadiah roared unwillingly as he watched Pepper disappear before his eyes.

Just at this time, Tony arrived here, so Iron Monger turned around and faced Tony.

On the other side, Pepper had already closed her eyes, ready to die, but after waiting for a while, she still didn't feel the attack coming.

"Okay Pepper, you're safe now."

Li Heng's voice sounded from the side.

Pepper opened her eyes and saw that she appeared on the street in the distance, about a hundred meters away from Iron Monger.

"Oh! Lee, did you save me?" Pepper was very excited after escaping death, and then the next moment, she thought of Obadiah who was driving the Iron Monger.

"Hurry, Lee, Obadiah has gone crazy, help!"

Li Heng smiled and looked towards Iron Overlord: "It's okay, look who's here?"

Pepper and Ethan looked over when they heard the sound, and saw a bright light flying over from the sky. It turned out that Tony had arrived.

When arriving at the scene, Tony directly asked Jarvis to start looking for Pepper:

"Jarvis, find out where Pepper is? She suddenly went silent on the phone."

"Sir, we have found it. Miss Pepper is watching from a distance with Mr. Li and Mr. Ethan."

As Jarvis spoke, he zoomed in on the surveillance footage. In the screen, Li Heng and the other two were standing far away, and Tony immediately felt relieved.

Then Tony hit Iron Monger, knocking him away, and started fighting with Obadiah.

Ethan spoke up at this time: "Lee, aren't you going to help Tony?"

Li Heng said, "It's okay. Tony should be able to hold on for a while. It's a good time for him to calm down. When he can't hold on anymore, I can help him later."

After hearing what Li Heng said, Pepper and Ethan could only watch the battle between Tony and Obadiah for the time being.