Chapter 150: Iron Man Suit vs. F22, Chen Mo Wins!

Obadiah's betrayal was something Tony had never expected in a million years.

Recalling all of Obadiah's actions since he and Obadiah had jointly managed Stark Industries after his father Howard's death, Tony couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

During the company's difficult times, Obadiah had persuaded him to sell a portion of his shares, which led to the current board of directors, as well as the subsequent IPO, company structure and departmental/personnel adjustments, and many other things that were actually carefully planned to weaken his control in the company.

And now, Obadiah had finally gotten his wish, kicking him out of the company and taking sole control of Stark Industries' management.

Originally, if Obadiah could manage the company well according to his principles, Tony wouldn't have minded being a hands-off boss. But he had sold weapons to terrorists for profit! The weapons he manufactured falling into the hands of bad guys and being used to harm innocent civilians was something Tony Stark absolutely could not accept. Therefore, he decided to retrieve all those weapons!

Taking advantage of Chen Mo's absence from the lab, Tony, his face grim, stepped onto the automatic donning platform, equipped the Mark II Iron Man suit, and flew to the locations of terrorists and anti-government forces marked in the information Phil Coulson had given him.

After Tony flew out of the passage, Chen Mo slowly walked down from upstairs.

"Jarvis, display the Mark II's real-time image and location, status information."

Chen Mo commanded the intelligent butler Jarvis.

"Yes, sir."

Tony had given Chen Mo the same highest authority as himself, so Jarvis directly executed Chen Mo's commands.

The display screen next to him immediately lit up, showing a satellite map. The Mark II's location was clearly marked on it and was moving at high speed. At this moment, it was crossing the Atlantic Ocean, flying eastward at high speed.

On the side of the screen, the real-time image seen by Tony and various information such as the Mark II's flight speed, altitude, and suit status were displayed.

Several hours later, Tony crossed the Atlantic and reached the target area.

With the powerful Iron Man suit, Tony easily found the Stark Industries-produced weapons that Obadiah had secretly sold and completely destroyed them all.

The terrorists' counterattacks had no lethality against the Iron Man suit. All kinds of bullets that hit the suit were directly deflected, and even tank shells could not pose a threat to the Mark II. No one could stop Tony Stark's cleanup.

Having visited all the locations in the intelligence and destroyed all the weapons, Tony finally felt the suppressed feeling in his heart lessen somewhat. After confirming that nothing was missed, the Mark II rose into the air amidst the intense flames of exploding ammunition and flew back towards the direction it came from at high speed.

However, on the way back, Tony encountered the interception of US Air Force fighter jets.

After Chen Mo noticed two F22 fighter jets appearing on the screen, he immediately called Agent Phil Coulson.

Soon, the flight command center at Edwards Air Force Base received a call.

After the on-site commander answered the call, the stern expression on his face instantly relaxed.

Putting down the phone, he turned to the others and said loudly.

"Alert dismissed! Recall the fighter jets, it's a secret department on a mission."

The name of the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division was still very effective. This was also the reason why Chen Mo wanted to obtain this identity – convenience.

However, Tony Stark was obviously unaware of this. He thought he had successfully shaken them off with the Mark II's even stronger performance and higher speed than the F22, and happily and quietly returned to the villa.

Tony didn't stop there. His company was still in Obadiah's hands. Even if he had destroyed the sold weapons, Obadiah would continue to sell Stark Industries-produced weapons to others. He had to completely bring him down and end all of this.

He had made a mistake before, disregarding the consequences and only knowing how to manufacture powerful weapons according to his interests, allowing Obadiah to exploit them and do so many bad things. Now, he absolutely could not let this mistake continue.

So, after returning to the villa, Tony asked Pepper Potts to go back to his office for him and use the equipment he provided to hack into the company's mainframe to help him copy all the shipping manifests as evidence of Obadiah's behind-the-scenes arms deals.

Because the board of directors had suspended his work and he couldn't enter the company, this task could only be completed by Pepper.

As Tony's most trusted and closest person, Pepper, after learning his thoughts, returned to the company without hesitation to help him make amends for his mistakes.

And after Pepper successfully hacked into the company's mainframe, she not only found evidence of Obadiah selling weapons to terrorists but also discovered a bigger secret.

It turned out that Tony Stark's kidnapping during the Jericho missile demonstration in Afghanistan was actually orchestrated by Obadiah behind the scenes, and his initial request was for the terrorists to directly kill Tony in order to clear the way for him to take control of the entire company.

What he didn't expect was that the terrorists discovered Tony Stark's true identity and didn't kill him. They even had Dr. Yinsen, whom they had previously captured, save the seriously injured Tony and make him manufacture weapons for them.

Obadiah obtained the design blueprints for the Mark I and established Sector Sixteen to conduct Iron Man suit research, which she also discovered. After copying all this evidence onto a USB drive, Pepper was about to shut down the computer and leave when Obadiah, who had become suspicious after learning she had come to the company and entered Tony's office, arrived and blocked her inside.

Pepper couldn't help but feel a little flustered. It was too coincidental that Obadiah arrived at this time, obviously suspicious of her presence. And based on the information she had just seen, Obadiah was clearly not a benevolent person. Once he discovered that she had copied his criminal evidence, he would definitely not let her leave safely.

"What are you doing on Tony's computer?"

Obadiah walked directly towards Pepper with a stern face, obviously intending to check directly. The atmosphere instantly became tense.

Just as Pepper was panicking and thinking about how to get away, the office door was pushed open again, and Agent Phil Coulson, with a serious expression, strode in.

"Miss Potts, the Commander sent me to escort you back."

The two people who were in a tense standoff in front of the desk simultaneously turned their heads to look over.

When Pepper saw Agent Phil Coulson, she felt a sense of relief. With someone else present, Obadiah probably wouldn't dare to act rashly, especially since it was a senior agent who had come.

It was only then that she remembered that Tony's legendary godfather, Chen Mo, was also a high-ranking member of a special organization.

Although she didn't know much about that organization, the fact that Chen Mo was able to rush to Afghanistan at the first moment of the incident, take over command of the rescue operation from the military, and finally successfully rescue Tony and return to New York on a military plane showed that Chen Mo and the organization he belonged to, called the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division, must be very powerful.

Obadiah's feelings were exactly the opposite. Phil Coulson's sudden appearance infuriated him.

After Tony was rescued by Chen Mo, he specifically investigated the background of this suddenly emerging mysterious figure, including the subordinate who was always by his side, who was now appearing before him – Phil Coulson.

He mobilized all the forces he could, but in the end, he found no results. He only knew that they came from a mysterious organization called the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division. As for the detailed information about this organization, no one disclosed it to him. The only advice he received was not to provoke them.

Obviously, this mysterious organization was an existence no weaker than the FBI and CIA, and perhaps even more powerful.

Looking at Phil Coulson's serious face and sharp eyes, Obadiah knew he couldn't keep Pepper, so he had no choice but to let her leave.

Reluctantly watching Pepper Potts walk out of the office under the escort of Agent Phil Coulson, Obadiah turned his gaze back and sat down in front of the computer.

After some checking, he quickly discovered that within the company's mainframe, many encrypted important documents had been accessed and copied, including the evidence of his behind-the-scenes deals with terrorists and his instructions for the terrorists to attack and kill Tony Stark.

Obadiah knew that everything he had done had been completely exposed!

Since that was the case, he simply decided to burn his boats. Don't forget, he still had an ace in the hole! The Iron Monger, designed based on the Mark I, had been manufactured, but the energy issue had not yet been resolved.

Anxious to put the Iron Monger into use, Obadiah hurriedly rushed to the large, original Arc Reactor at Stark Industries.

His engineers had spent a long time researching this large, original Arc Reactor, but unfortunately, they had made no progress. They believed that miniaturizing the Arc Reactor was simply impossible.

Hearing this, Obadiah became exceptionally angry and roared furiously at the person in charge, Dr. William.

"Do you know what Tony Stark used to make it in that cave?!"

"A pile of scrap parts!!!"

Facing the furious Obadiah, Dr. William said softly.

"I'm sorry, I'm not Tony Stark."

His criminal evidence had already been obtained by Pepper Potts, and action might be taken against him soon. He had to take a risk and immediately put the Iron Monger into use. As long as he eliminated Pepper and Tony Stark, no one else could threaten him.

Since his subordinates couldn't manufacture a miniature Arc Reactor, he could only take one from someone else.

Having become somewhat crazy, Obadiah then went to Tony Stark's seaside villa again. After paralyzing him with a neuroparalyzer, he took the second-generation Arc Reactor from his chest.

Thinking that Tony was definitely dead, Obadiah no longer concealed himself and frankly admitted everything he had done all along.