Marvel: The Greatest Hero Era

"Happy was head over heels in love with his girlfriend back then, but the girl didn't really want to be with Happy for the long haul; she just wanted to hang out with him for a while."

"One day, the reporter met a young tycoon. The two chatted and had a pleasant conversation. The reporter then obtained the tycoon's room number."

"That evening, after the reporter and Happy finished dinner, the reporter asked Happy to take her to the hotel."

At this point, Tony "687" seemed to have thought of something particularly funny, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

"The female reporter didn't intend to hide anything from Happy, and Happy wasn't stupid either. He knew what the female reporter was thinking and said something to his girlfriend."

"Can you guess what he said to his girlfriend?"

Happy's imagination is too wild; Zhao Chen and the others couldn't guess it. Hawkeye and the others had only met Happy a few times and knew even less about him.

They all shook their heads, then looked at Tony, signaling him to continue.

"Happy said, 'I'll go buy you a small umbrella, and then you can ask him to bring mine with him. That way, I'll feel a little involved.'"

When Zhao Chen said these words, everyone was stunned. No one expected him to say such a thing, which was quite shocking.

Zhao Chen cursed to himself, then, as if he had just remembered something, he shouted at Tony.

"Is that the rich guy you were talking about you? You're a real bastard, you deserve to die, Tony."

“Zhao Chen, you’re right. I deserve to die. I really am a bastard. When I met that reporter, I didn’t know she had a boyfriend.”

"Even if I knew she had a boyfriend, I wouldn't let this opportunity pass me by, because I don't care. I just want to relax with her."

"Once this night is over, neither of us will recognize the other, and we will have no further connection with each other."

"Then Happy did something that shocked me. A few days later, Happy came to my company and asked me to marry that girl and to love her well."

“How could I possibly do something like that? Happy is also incredibly persistent; he comes to my company every day and says the same things to me every single day.”

At this point, Tony burst into laughter.

“Tony, you’re not just an asshole, you’re a complete asshole. Nobody is more of an asshole than you. You’re number one on the list of assholes.”

Zhao Chen spoke up.

"Zhao Chen, I don't deny anything you said. I am a very bad bastard, I am very selfish, and I am also very arrogant."

"Happy is wonderful. Before I met you guys, my world consisted only of Happy and Pepper. It was only after I became Iron Man and met you guys that I made more friends."

"During this period, I also had a new goal, which was to save the world with you. At that moment, I felt that what I was doing was great."

"But I'm still the same as before, always thinking about myself and never considering the people around me. I feel unworthy; they're so good to me..."

Tony stopped there and Zhao Chen glanced at him, then saw self-reproach in Tony's eyes.

The others in Chengde remained silent, because their experiences were very similar to Tony's.

If Zhao Chen hadn't appeared, and the Avengers had continued as they were, none of them would have had their own lives or their own futures.

A hero is called a hero because he bears much more than others, and he is often alone, surrounded by loneliness.

“These things will all pass, and life will gradually get better. We are the Avengers, we are great heroes, so don’t act like girls.”

After saying this, Zhao Chen raised his glass, and then everyone clinked glasses.

Killian is now an organization with secret bases in various places. The Extremis virus is currently extremely unstable (3.1), otherwise there wouldn't be so many explosions.

Therefore, Killian would place his base very deep underground, so that even if the experimental subjects became unstable and eventually exploded, it wouldn't cause much of a commotion.

The success rate after each injection was extremely low because the Extremis virus was too unstable. Killian captured Pepper Potts because he wanted to use her as his experimental subject.

After bringing Little Chili over, they took the other experimental subjects away. This base now only has Little Chili, and it serves only her.

This is to increase the success rate of the experiment.

Chapter 811 The Wrath of the Killian

Killian would capture Pepper Potts and use her for experiments, hoping that Tony Stark could help them solve their problem.

In addition, there was another reason: Killian's own selfish motives. In Killian's mind, successfully injecting the Extremis virus was a kind of evolution for humans, enabling them to become perfect humans.

Killian and Pepper Potts used to work together. At that time, Killian really liked Pepper, but Killian was a cripple.

He was very insecure and knew he was not good enough for Chili Pepper. He also didn't have the courage to express his feelings to her.

Later, Killian was injected with the Extremis virus, which cured his lame leg. In addition, Killian gained power, became much more confident than before, and also acquired wealth.

At this point, Killian decides to go find Pepper Potts and express the love he hadn't expressed before, but Pepper Potts has now become Tony Stark's woman.

This made Killian incredibly angry. Years ago, Killian had begged Tony to slip his business card into Tony's hand.

Then he arranged for Tony to meet him, and after receiving the business card, Tony agreed to meet him on the rooftop.

Since he only agreed casually, Tony didn't take it to heart. At that time, Tony was very busy every day, so he didn't remember it.

Full of hope, Killian waited on the rooftop all night long. But when the sun finally appeared in the sky, Killian felt utterly hopeless.

He had reached the edge of the rooftop and was about to jump, but he managed to survive.

He's no longer lame, and he has everything he once had. But the woman he loved most, Pepper Potts, has become Tony's woman.

This enraged Killian to the extreme; he wanted to make Pepper just like him.

Moreover, he was going to turn Tony Stark's proud armor to ashes in front of Pepper. Killian stood beside her, stroking Pepper who was lying on the bed.

Then they saw an orange-red glow appear under Pepper's skin. When he saw this glow, Killian burst into laughter, and his laughter could be heard throughout the entire base.

Just then, Killian heard the phone ring.

"Boss, we've got everything here, and the Iron Patriot is in our hands too, but..."

The caller was Killian's subordinate, Eric Seven. Killian was a little angry when he heard Eric Seven stop talking after saying that much.

Killian disliked procrastination and believed that things should be said as soon as possible.

"Speak your mind quickly."

“Killian doesn’t want to come out. We’ve tried everything, but we can’t open his helmet. The Mandarin’s video footage is very good.”

"The first leader is about to go to Air Force One, and I'm worried that there might not be enough time."

"You don't understand... Alright, I'll go myself! You guys keep an eye on him."

The imposter Mandarin has been imprisoned by Killian in the same place where Rhodes was captured. Yesterday, the Mandarin filmed a video threatening the First Leader.

Then they found the video, which came from a small neighboring country called Rhodes. He went there with his Iron Patriots, only to be caught in a trap by Killian's men.

Killian came over and saw his men using a cutting machine to cut seams in the armor. Judging from their appearance, they had been cutting for a long time without any effect.

Seeing this, Killian felt a pang of regret; turning War Machine into Steel Patriot was their company's next project.

Unexpectedly, the Iron Patriots actually confronted them. If he had known, he would have definitely tampered with the system back then.

However, Killian could only think about it. At the time, the troops were watching him closely. He could only turn against them on the spot if 687 exposed him.

Otherwise, it would be completely impossible to tamper with the Steel Patriot; cutting it for so long would only have removed some paint.

Killian didn't want to watch them cut any further, so he took off his outer garment and turned his forearm orange-red, revealing lava in the hottest spot.

While Killian was dealing with Rhodes, Zhao Chen and his group were waiting in the underground base for Jia Siwei to remove all the erroneous IP addresses.

They chatted as they waited, and Jia Siwei would occasionally ask a question while he quickly removed all the incorrect IP addresses.

"Alright, let's not rush Jia Siwei anymore. I'm sure he'll get on with it as quickly as possible. Let's have another drink!"

After saying this, Zhao Chen raised his glass, clinked glasses with his, and then moved on to other topics.

Chapter 812 Saving Rhodes

Without a second thought, Killian placed his hand on the abdomen of the Steel Patriot armor. After a while, the screen in front of Rhode displayed that the armor's outer shell was overheating.

At this moment, Rodd began to sweat. The countdown for the automatic activation of the armor's system had begun. Rodd was extremely panicked and prayed that it wouldn't activate.

If his armor was gone, he would be dead soon. Rhodes' prayers had no effect. The countdown continued, with only three seconds left.

Looking at the last three seconds, Rhodes felt that staying here would definitely lead to the opening, so he might as well take the initiative and catch them off guard, and maybe there would be a chance to survive.

"Open the armor."

Rhodes shouted, "Open the armor!" As soon as Rhodes finished speaking, the alloy outer shell retracted, revealing the space inside the armor on both sides.

As soon as the armor opened, Rhode threw a desperate punch at Eric Seven, who was facing him head-on. Eric Seven was completely taken aback by Rhode's sudden attack and was stunned.

Immediately, Rhodes kicked her again, and Eric Seven was forced back, almost falling to the ground. Before she could react, Rhodes continued his attack.

Just then, Killian breathed out flames, almost burning Rhodes, which greatly surprised Rhodes and made him realize that he could not escape.

At this point, Rhodes had given up resisting, because there was no point in resisting anymore. He was then pushed down by Eric Seven and crashed into the wall behind him, where he collapsed to the ground unconscious.

The next day, Jia Siwei cracked an address, and Zhao Chen and his group rushed to the manor after getting the address, but they ended up empty-handed.

Chili wasn't left here by Killian, and Killian and Eric's superiors also left.

Rhodes's Iron Patriot armor was taken away by Eric Seven to Air Force One to capture the First Leader.

However, Zhao Chen and his group didn't arrive empty-handed. They found Rhodes, rescued him, and also found the imposter Mandarin.

After capturing the imposter Mandarin, they also managed to extract some useful clues from him.

After learning these clues, they faced two choices: the first was to go to Air Force One and rescue the person in charge.