Ivan Vanko, who was hiding in a larger 'tin can', opened his mask and revealed his true face.
"Stark, this is so disappointing."
Tony's face quickly turned blue-gray as the Ark reactor fell to the side. For him at this moment, Ivan Vanko's appearance was definitely the worst time.
"Killing you like this doesn't excite me at all."
Tony, unable to resist, was grabbed by the neck by Ivan Vanko and lifted up. Tony, who was already half dead, was about to say goodbye forever.
Fortunately, at this time, Rhodes, who accidentally had an air accident, finally arrived!
Ivan Vanko was knocked to the ground without any preparation. Tony was also thrown out and fell heavily to the ground, vomiting blood.
Rhodes, who was not very skilled in operating the "war machine", did not bother to continue attacking the enemy, but immediately flew to Tony to check on him.
"How did you get out of the iron armor? And you were beaten so badly?" Rhodes poured salt on Tony's empty chest as soon as he came up.
Tony rolled his eyes at this time, and it was unclear whether he was about to go into shock or was just mad at him.
Tony, who was speechless, could only point to his chest, and then weakly pointed at the "round light" not far away.
Rhodes, who finally got the situation under control, immediately flew over with Tony in his arms, and also dodged Ivan Vanko's attack after he stood up.
“Is this the thing?”
Rhodes hurriedly put the neutron piece that fell on the ground in, but before he could install the Ark Reactor on Tony, he was whipped away by Ivan Vanko who was holding two high-tech electric whips, and the Ark Reactor in his hand fell to the ground again.
Tony felt like he couldn't breathe anymore, but his strong will to survive made him use up the last bit of strength in his body and try to reach out and touch the Ark reactor that had fallen to the ground.
Rhodes, who flew back again, realized Tony's intention, so he immediately rushed towards the large "tin can" in front of him without hesitation, entangling the opponent while buying time for Tony to save himself.
However, Rhode's "war machine" was still in an unfinished state. Not to mention loading weapons, it hadn't even been painted. The only thing that could be used was the palm cannon in his hand, and it was the version with the charging time not shortened.
So for a while he was pressed hard to the ground by Ivan Vanko, like a spinning top, being whipped continuously.
If Tony hadn't upgraded almost all the iron armors' resistance to electric shock, Rhodes might have been chopped into pieces by now.
Even so, his situation was not much better. The surface of the armor began to become tattered, and Rhodes himself who was inside began to bleed from the nose and mouth.
But he never retreated a single step. Even if he was knocked down countless times, he would still rush up again desperately.
Because he knows that there is someone who will never let him down!
"Get down! Rod!"
Rhodes, who was a little dizzy after being knocked down, suddenly shuddered and fell on his back, and was immediately stepped on by the big "tin can"!
Then the next second, the large 'tin can' that was standing on him collapsed with a loud bang!
In order to quickly get rid of this guy, the resurrected Tony even used laser beams!
Two red rays representing death were emitted from the back of the iron armor's hand, then crossed each other and cut the large "iron can" into two pieces along with Ivan Vanko inside.
Tony, who had used two powerful moves in succession, immediately became more pale. The palladium element spread faster, and the black lines were about to spread to his neck. His energy was reduced to only 30%.
Although he urgently needed to find Dio and drink a glass of green vegetable juice to save his life, he needed to first pull out Rhodes who was pressed under the large "tin can".
"Stark... do you think... you won..."
"you lose."
After saying the last sentence, Ivan Vanko's mouth corners slowly pulled up, revealing a satisfied and somewhat sarcastic smile.
Seeing the Ark reactor on Ivan Vanko's chest begin to flash red, Tony's face changed immediately. Without saying a word, he pulled Rhodes out and flew into the sky.
"This madman actually set up self-destruction programs for all the steel soldiers!"
With a loud bang!
Ivan Vanko's self-explosion is like ringing the bell for the arrival of Christmas!
Not long after, all the remains of the steel soldiers whose Ark reactors were not destroyed exploded into fireworks!
Grand, poignant, spectacular...
It seemed like it was Ivan Vanko's last gift to this country and this city before his death.
Merry Christmas, Stark!
Tony, who was flying in the sky, suddenly looked even uglier.
Ivan Vanko's self-explosion was obviously not meant to kill himself. Ivan Vanko was trying to prove that Iron Man could not protect the United States or its people.
There doesn't even need to be any casualties, the beautiful 'fireworks' blooming in the center of New York is the best proof!
"I alone can keep the peace..."
For some reason, at this moment Tony suddenly flashed through his mind a sentence he once said.
It sounds so ironic now!
Tony, who always likes to solve everything by himself, once again felt a deep sense of powerlessness. Even if he solved the mastermind, what would it matter? He actually lost the game...
"Sir, Agent Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. requests a call." Just when Tony was a little confused, Jarvis suddenly woke him up.
"Hey, Tony, I'm sorry to disturb your time with Colonel Rhodes, but I still have to tell you some bad news. A 'big guy' is out of control and we need someone to stop him." Coulson appeared in front of Tony with an anxious face.
"'Big guy'? What 'big guy'? If you mean Ivan Vanko, then unfortunately, I have already dealt with him, just now."
"No, I mean the real 'big guy'. Although I should first congratulate you on successfully dealing with Ivan Vanko, there is no time for that now, because compared with Ivan Vanko, this is the real big trouble..."
Coulson immediately sent him a video. The first scene of the video showed a crashed helicopter and a soldier being carried on a stretcher. His condition did not look good and he was bleeding a lot. What was even more strange was that he seemed to be in great pain and kept struggling. He was very strong and even 4 or 5 people could not hold him down.
Then the next scene made Tony's eyes widen in disbelief!