I Became Spider-Man's Cousin in Anime Crossover

Chapter 237 The Prisoner is Still Forging Iron

Of course, if Riley remembers correctly, even without the help of any superheroes, Tony Stark, wearing the Iron Man suit, still managed to escape the terrorists' hideout. After trekking through the desert for some time, he was successfully rescued.

Thinking about it that way, it seems that Riley didn't need to worry about the whole process at all.

However, just like Riley in a parallel universe, who, without system guidance, naturally assumed that Uncle Jackie would definitely succeed in bringing back the Ox Talisman and gave up participating in the struggle for the Ox Talisman, thus triggering a series of subsequent disasters.

Riley had already realized that, even disregarding the generous points rewards, carrying out the emergency tasks assigned by the system would definitely have more advantages than disadvantages in terms of their impact on subsequent events!

In other words, the system's purpose is not merely to provide Riley with cheat codes.

More importantly, it provides Riley with the right options, preventing bad outcomes from occurring in advance.

This also made Riley vaguely realize...

This is just like how Riley always protected Peter and always gave timely advice before Peter made a more serious mistake.

The system, which appears cold and indifferent and never gives any verbal response, is actually always watching your every move.

But regardless, since the mission has already been refreshed, and it's clear that Riley, with his slingshot and dimensional barrier, can arrive at the scene in less than a second, the time limit is directly set to within three minutes.

After finishing his phone call with Harry, Riley put on the Godrider belt and donned his Symbiote suit, which he hadn't worn in a long time. He then snapped his fingers and stepped into the dimensional wall that had appeared out of nowhere.

However, compared to directly rescuing Tony...

Knowing the plot well, Riley decided to take advantage of his special ability to travel through time using the dimensional barrier, and go a little further. He would deliver a small surprise to his savior on behalf of the troublesome playboy who was always causing trouble.

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The scene shifts to the Middle East, inside a secluded cave.

In order to create the Iron Man suit that would help him escape the terrorists' hideout, Tony, with Ethan's help, gradually built many parts over the past three months.

Among them is the famous Arc Reactor – a scaled-down version, the energy core of the Iron Man suit.

But precisely because of this, as more and more of the components that were built and the weapons that the terrorists asked Tony to build—the Jericho missile that he went to the Middle East to demonstrate to the US military, which could split into multiple small missiles with a single launch to create a saturation firepower strike—did not match the design blueprints.

Even if these terrorists, who only knew how to fight and kill, were illiterate, they would eventually realize that something was wrong.

So, just as the Iron Man suit was nearing completion, the terrorist leader, realizing what was happening, issued Tony an ultimatum: to see the finished Jericho missile within a day.

At this moment, Tony, realizing the immense casualties his weapon could cause if leaked to malicious individuals, even though his intelligence allowed him to conjure the Jericho Missile within a day, would never hand over such a dangerous weapon to terrorists to save his own life.

Therefore, Tony had to move up the schedule and begin the final sprint. He started frantically forging iron, ignoring the remaining parts of the Iron Man suit.

However, unlike the original story...

The fact that the leader of this terrorist organization could become a dominant force in the Middle East is enough to prove that he is not like his subordinates, who only know how to fight and kill all day long but have no brains at all.

So, the terrorist leader, who seemed to have given Tony a day, surprisingly showed no sportsmanship and led his men to storm Tony's workshop in the middle of the night. They wanted to conduct a surprise inspection to determine whether Tony was actually building Jericho missiles for himself or secretly engaging in some other underhanded activity!

In this way, even if they wanted to break into the workshop, the trigger explosives that Tony and Ethan had hung on the doorknob beforehand were temporarily deterred.

However, this behavior is tantamount to admitting that they never intended to make Jericho missiles for these terrorists!

Enraged, the terrorist leader was furious and didn't want to wait a moment longer!

Ignoring the agonizing cries of his wounded underlings on the ground, he waved his hand and ordered the remaining men to continue charging into the workshop! He vowed to chop off Tony's head today and turn it into a uniquely shaped chamber pot to vent his anger!

This development, which clearly deviates from the original plot, is the root cause of the emergency mission issued to Riley by the system.

After all, if Riley hadn't intervened...

Before the armor is even finished, and before the Iron Man suit can be officially activated, we still need to wait for the system program to finish loading...

The fate awaiting Tony and Ethan will be to be riddled with bullets and perish together!

"Damn it! It was so close...!"

At the same time, as the bomb detonated, Tony, realizing his plan had been exposed, couldn't help but look at the mask in his hand, which he had just forged into a rough outline, with a complicated expression.

If he has just half a day... no, two hours, this Iron Man suit, which has been painstakingly made for three months, will be officially completed!

But now, Tony, who was complaining irritably, had no choice but to abandon his initial idea of ​​dressing in full attire.

He then prayed that the terrorists weren't good marksmen and wouldn't hit him in the head. With Ethan's help, he put on the thick protective suit, and without bothering to adjust the details, he simply slipped the bulky Iron Man suit onto his body.

At this point, Tony's Mark I Iron Man suit appears increasingly rudimentary compared to the original movie version.

Not only do they lack the most crucial protective mask, but they are also extremely vulnerable to being shot in the head and killed instantly.

Even the means of attack were limited to the flamethrower device originally envisioned for short-range flight.

Even so, Tony's bad luck didn't let him off the hook.

Without the aid of artificial intelligence to connect the Iron Man suit to the Arc Reactor beforehand, Tony had to ask Ethan for help to start the connection process of the Iron Man suit using a computer in order to ensure that the metal shell could function properly!

Therefore, at the critical moment when the terrorists, each swearing profusely, rushed into the workshop.

Normally, the loading time would be only ten or so seconds, but right now it seems so far away!

This caused Tony's mood to instantly plummet.

With a furrowed brow, he couldn't help but look down at the arc-shaped reactor emitting a pure white light on its chest. He wondered if he should just unleash the reactor's energy all at once and explode it against these terrorists!

Although doing this felt a little unfair to Ethan, who had always been by his side and whom he had personally promised to rescue...

But, he'll take this group of vicious thugs with him to hell.

It's better than being cowardly and letting this precious arc reactor fall into the hands of these thugs!