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Sherlock's words did not elicit a response from Obadiah, who at this point resembled a stray dog, constantly howling from inside the Iron Monger.

Tony, who was originally determined to kill him, has now become Obadiah's only lifeline. Seeing that Sherlock's murderous intent remains unchanged and he looks like he is going to kill him, Obadiah doesn't dare to open his mask and can only keep pleading with Tony through the megaphone.

"Tony, I was wrong! Save me! Stop this madman! I'm willing to leave Stark Industries, I'll do anything you want, please, Tony, save me, for the sake of my good relationship with your father!"

Listening to Obadiah's echoing roars on the battlefield, Tony, who had witnessed from beginning to end how Sherlock defeated Obadiah, wanted to speak up to stop Sherlock, but after several attempts, he couldn't utter a single word.

Sherlock had already explained the reason when he presented Obadiah with the evidence of his parents' murder; no matter how you look at it, this was a personal feud between Sherlock and Obadiah.

Not only Tony, but even the SHIELD agents in black suits ignored Obadiah's roars. Under Coulson's orders, they even quietly expanded the cordon to prevent anyone from hearing Obadiah's screams.

If S.H.I.E.L.D., which has nothing to do with Sherlock, operates in this way, let alone Tony, who is legally Sherlock's father.

In the end, Tony could only sigh helplessly and did not respond to Obadiah's roar. Instead, he turned and walked towards Pepper Potts, who was waiting outside the battlefield.

Sherlock's attention had actually been partially diverted to Tony the whole time. Seeing that Tony finally gave up on Obadiah, a smile appeared on Sherlock's lips. He stared at the Iron Monger at his feet, which had never been opened, and casually picked up the Spear of Longinus from his back.

With the tip of his spear pointed at the Iron Monger at his feet, Sherlock's face was full of eerie smiles.

"Stop howling. I'll tell you a secret: Tony has already left the battlefield. In other words, no one will come to save you."

Sherlock's eerie yet murderous smile was fully displayed to Obadiah through the Iron Monger's image acquisition system. At this moment, Obadiah even began to resent the AI ​​display function that he had added in pursuit of perfection.

Obadiah tried to beg for mercy, but Sherlock didn't give him the chance. The spearhead of the Spear of Longinus pierced through the Iron Monger's thick metal shell as easily as piercing a thin sheet of paper, and was embedded in Obadiah's body.

Intense pain shot through Obadiah's abdomen. He tried to struggle, but his limbs were firmly held in place by the armor, and he couldn't even scream.

"Human Transformation!"

The four words, spoken lightly by Sherlock, represented an absolute taboo in alchemy.

As a burst of red lightning erupted from the point where the Spear of Longinus touched the Iron Monger, Obadiah's roar instantly resounded through the heavens.

In just a few breaths, Obadiah's screams came to an abrupt halt, and even Iron Monger's struggles stopped in that instant. Only Sherlock's smile grew increasingly sinister.

With a wave of his hand, Sherlock made the stone pillars that were holding the Iron Monger disappear. The Iron Monger, now free of his restraints, did not struggle. Instead, with the Spear of Longinus still stuck in his stomach, he slowly stood up.

Seeing this, the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents responsible for the evacuation not far away, as well as Tony who had just exchanged a few words with Pepper Potts, tensed up instantly.

But Sherlock, standing in front of the Iron Monger, showed no sign of tension.

He reached out and pulled out the Spear of Longinus that was stuck in the Iron Monger's body, and with a sweeping motion, he sliced ​​through the Iron Monger's scalpel.

The empty cockpit of the Iron Monger proved one thing to everyone: Obadiah had disappeared. Apart from the young man standing in front of the Iron Monger, probably no one knew where Obadiah, who was hiding under the armor, had gone.

Seeing that the Iron Monger had lost its driver, the scene finally relaxed. However, even after Sherlock proved that the Iron Monger was not in any danger, he still did not let go of the Iron Monger and continued to cut its parts with his spear.

It was as if he were handling a work of art, examining it meticulously, bit by bit, starting from the outer shell, then the internal wiring, and finally the metal supporting frame. Sherlock swung his spear faster and faster, but no one stepped forward to stop him.

Almost everyone believed that Sherlock's actions were an act of revenge. After all, Obadiah had killed Obadiah's parents, and it was understandable that Iron Monger would destroy the only evidence Obadiah left in the world.

In their view, this was nothing special, and even S.H.I.E.L.D. had no particular attachment to keeping the Iron Monger as a weapon, since compared to Tony's armor, the Iron Monger had no advantages whatsoever.

That's why Sherlock was able to reduce the Iron Monger to a skeleton without anyone stopping him.

But only Sherlock knew that Obadiah was not dead at this moment.

Or rather, at this point, Obadiah had completely merged with the Iron Monger through Sherlock's human transmutation.

It wasn't the kind of fusion where the soul was sealed onto the armor, but a true, complete integration where the nerves, soul, and body became one with the Iron Monarch.

To put it simply, after the human transmutation was activated, Obadiah had already become the Iron Monger, and the Iron Monger was Obadiah!

Most importantly, Sherlock retained his nervous system, which means that Obadiah, who transformed into the Iron Monger, actually felt pain. However, because he lost his controller, Obadiah, or rather the Iron Monger, could only watch helplessly as Sherlock inflicted extreme torture on him in front of everyone.

Obadiah was in excruciating pain from beginning to end, and he couldn't even die until Sherlock destroyed the miniature reactor in his chest.

He could only remain silent, unable to move, watching helplessly as Sherlock slowly peeled away his flesh, and in his unbearable pain, he watched as Sherlock tore apart his blood vessels, until he was reduced to a skeleton.

Pain gnawed at Obadiah, who was trapped in the armor by Sherlock, like ants, preventing him from even fainting.

This "execution song" is Sherlock's "funeral" for Obadiah, and also a "ritual" for the original owner.