Chapter 832 - Sir, You're Really Awesome
Obadiah’s eyes bulged for a moment before he suddenly exhaled. He was stunned, but didn’t feel any pain.
Not dead, I’m not dead! He suddenly gasped for breath.
When he saw the knife just now, he really thought he was going to die.
Tony jumped down from the rooftop to land next to Luke, and asked in a low voice, “Is he… dead?”
“You’re overthinking it.” Luke looked at him. “I don’t kill people. Let him be punished by the law.”
Tony: “What?”
He had thought that Obadiah was dead for sure when he saw Luke’s fierce stab earlier. No matter how thick the armor on Iron Monger’s chest was, it wasn’t as thick as the curved blade.
Hearing that, he stepped forward to determine if Obadiah was dead or alive.
Luke said unhurriedly, “I think I broke the reactor in his chest. Are you sure you want to go?”
Tony was stunned, and Jarvis immediately warned him, “Sir, Obadiah’s reactor is malfunctioning, and the radiation level is increasing rapidly.”
Tony decisively came to a halt.
After knowing each other for so many years, he didn’t want Obadiah to die, but he wasn’t good enough to sacrifice himself to save his enemy.
Luke gestured at Phil, who walked over in amazement. “That’s it?”
Luke hummed in response, but then immediately started to expose Phil. “Agent Coulson, you said earlier that you would be taking this thing away. You have to be careful. There seems to be something wrong with the reactor in his chest. It’s best to get a professional to deal with it.”
Tony immediately frowned.
Obadiah’s armor could be considered the most mature prototype of the Iron Man Armor. Coupled with the second generation reactor, how could he let it be taken away?
He immediately notified Pepper in private about the situation here and had her find someone to clean up the mess.
First, he had to dismantle the second generation reactor, and second, he had to destroy the computer files in the Section 16 lab. He couldn’t leave anything for Coulson.
After warning Tony, Luke nodded at them. “I have something to do. I’ll get going first.” He then glided away.
Tony raised his hand and his mouth moved, but he didn’t make a sound in the end.
He also didn’t know what to say to Batman; it seemed there was nothing to say, especially when there was a third wheel standing next to them.
Glancing at the agent’s hairline, Luke felt a sense of superiority. “Agent Coulson, right? Did you just say that you want to take away company property?”
Phil’s signature smile appeared on his face. “Mr. Stark, you and Obadiah just fought on the road and almost got dozens of innocent people killed. Are you sure you want to be responsible for this?”
Tony raised an eyebrow. “But the truth is that there were no casualties. As for damage of their property, hehe, Stark Industries will take care of it.”
At that moment, the tycoon’s old condescending attitude came out in full force. He was rich on one hand, and willful on the other.
He was very familiar with using money to convince people.
Phil didn’t think much of it. “That would be great. However, Mr. Stark, when you were fighting Mr. Obadiah, there were a lot of witnesses, and some of them even took photos of your battle. You might need to give a suitable speech at a press conference in a few days.”
Tony said, “Don’t worry, I have a secretary.”
Phil replied with a smile, “No, it’s best if we handle this. We’re professionals at hiding the inside story when dealing with the outside world and the media.”
After a brief silence, Tony looked at the middle-aged man again and finally asked, “What’s up with you? You said you were with the FBI at the industrial park last time.”
Phil’s smile didn’t change, and he didn’t look embarrassed at all. “The FBI just makes it easier for us to work in the country. Actually, we’re the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division.”
Tony: “…Hm, what a long name. Have you ever thought of changing it?”
Phil said, “We get that a lot. Mr. Stark, let’s get down to business. We’ll help you deal with the aftermath, but please cooperate with us, or it’ll be troublesome. You don’t want people to know Iron Man’s real identity, right?”
Thinking quickly, Tony snorted. “Fine, I’ll wait and see.” He then went to find Pepper.
There was no point in arguing with this smiling Agent Coulson, but he had successfully delayed this guy for a while. Pepper had already called someone over, so Tony didn’t want to waste any more time.
Hmph, he was all smiles. Not a good guy! The tycoon cursed the smiling tiger in his heart and promptly left.
A press conference? He didn’t care.
He was Tony Stark, not some Charcoal Head who liked to act mysterious! He wasn’t afraid of being exposed.
Tony turned around and went to the Section 16 lab.
The two agents nearby walked over, and one of them asked excitedly, “Sir, are these the reinforcements you called, Batman and Iron Man? You’re really awesome.”
Phil’s smile immediately disappeared as he stared at him expressionlessly. “Cut the crap. Keep an eye on Obadiah and the lab. If Stark Industries arrives, we won’t get anything.”
The two agents immediately left. They felt that their boss was suddenly a little angry, but when they thought about their two colleagues who had died, they felt depressed.
Phil took out his phone and hung up after saying a few words. He sighed. “This won’t be easy to deal with.”
He looked around and saw spectators everywhere.
Damn it, you’re even more unafraid of death than we are! Phil felt helpless in the face of these onlookers who were increasing his workload.
On the other side, Tony arrived at the lab.
He couldn’t be any more familiar with the armor. After a simple check of the critical data in the lab, he knew that Obadiah’s armor was related to Mark 0.
As for the detailed data on Mark 0, it was only on the laptop which Tony had brought back. After he returned, he destroyed the laptop himself.
Before destroying it, Tony sent the data on Mark 0 to his personal database as a keepsake.
Thus, the data in the lab was worthless.
It could only prove that Obadiah had copied the information on Mark 0 before the laptop was destroyed.
That should have happened a few days after Tony was rescued, when he was undergoing treatment at the American military base in Afghanistan.
At that time, Tony didn’t know that Obadiah was the mastermind behind the kidnapping. After escaping, he was agitated and uneasy, and underwent a lot of tests and treatment.
The heavily wounded Yinsen and the female soldier who had saved his life in the convoy had also distracted Tony.
With Obadiah’s meticulous planning, it was too easy for him to plant someone in Tony’s private security team and copy the information.
Tony told Jarvis to delete all the research data, then dismantled the hard drive and gave it to Happy, who had just arrived from the company.
Nobody would be able to find anything after that.
