"Tony, you don't know what happened. I was about to get into the car when a thug tried to stab me with a boning knife."
"I was terrified at the time and thought I was definitely going to die. I didn't expect little Rimuru to knock that guy down with one punch!"
Pepper was emotionally shaken, repeatedly telling Tony Stark about the shocking incident that had just occurred.
Tony Stark didn't say much. He simply gave Pepper a warm hug.
A blazing fire burned in his heart, mixed with fear. He never expected that shutting down the weapons division would almost cost him Pepper forever.
If Rimuru hadn't turned the situation around, he truly didn't know how he would have faced it.
Tony felt an endless sense of gratitude toward Rimuru.
Come to think of it, Rimuru had become the savior of both him and Pepper.
"Tony, you don't understand. Rimuru is seriously super cute. The way she gets shy while changing clothes, and how boldly she eats—it's all so interesting."
"Rimuru is absolutely the most fun little girl I've ever met. I really wish I had a daughter like her!"
Listening to Pepper talk, Tony Stark gradually felt more and more uncomfortable.
What the hell?
He had originally come up with a good plan—letting Pepper take Rimuru shopping for dresses—but his real intention was to trick Rimuru!
He even arranged for JARVIS to secretly take pictures of Rimuru's embarrassed expressions.
It was supposed to be an easy, smooth win—so why did it suddenly turn into a strong headwind?
In Pepper's eyes, Rimuru was a cute, kind-hearted little girl, even a junior, and also the same gender.
But Tony knew that although Rimuru's body had become small, her soul was still that of an uncle—she might even still be a grown man who enjoys teasing others.
Pepper was his assistant, but now she was talking about someone else—and it had only been half a day!
Damn it!
This feeling of shooting himself in the foot made Tony Stark feel like his head had turned into a patch of grass.
So frustrating!
Right now, he couldn't wait to throw that unfinished second-generation gauntlet straight at Rimuru's face and shout:
"Slime, let's duel!"
S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters
"Director, I'm sorry. I've been fired by Pepper Potts again. There's still no substantial progress on how Tony Stark escaped from the terrorists!"
Phil Coulson, wearing a suit and already with a noticeably receding hairline, looked helpless.
If the target had been an ordinary person, he would have already interrogated them in a dark room. A single threat would have been enough to extract everything.
But Tony Stark was not an ordinary person.
Director Nick Fury, with his eyepatch, had an already dark face that now looked even more grim.
"So you're telling me that as an elite S.H.I.E.L.D. Level 8 agent—and my best assistant—you've gained absolutely nothing in all these days of investigation?"
Facing the furious director, Coulson nervously replied:
"No, there are results. From my covert investigation, I found that she might be the key to Stark's escape."
Coulson handed over a file.
Name: Rimuru TempestGender: FemaleIdentity: A distant niece of Nina Eve, who inherited all her shares in Stark Industries. Her identity records are fake, and her past appears to have been artificially altered.Abilities: Unknown. Rimuru once punched a terrorist who attempted to assassinate Pepper Potts to death. Her strength far exceeds that of ordinary humans.Anomalies: Blue hair, golden eyes, suspected mutantOrigin: Unknown prior to entering the United States with Tony Stark.
Nick Fury fell into deep thought while reading the report.
Especially the words "no record found" deeply triggered his sense of alertness.
As the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Fury possessed information beyond ordinary comprehension.
He had already learned a very painful lesson from the existence of Captain Marvel.
"I'm giving you one month. Investigate Rimuru's identity and background thoroughly. This is top-level classified—use any means necessary."
Coulson was shocked.
"Any means" meant exactly what it sounded like—kidnapping, torture, and forced interrogation were all permitted.
Who exactly is this Rimuru?
"No problem. I will complete the mission."
Stark Industries
"Damn Ten Rings—just a bunch of idiots and fools. I told them to kill Tony, and they actually had the nerve to demand an outrageous fee."
"Now that Tony is back in New York, calling them idiots is an insult to idiots."
Obadiah Stane was furious.
At that moment, the phone rang.
"Boss, we've found out how Tony escaped. We captured a surviving member of the Ten Rings and got a confession. The main reason Tony escaped was because he built a suit of armor—and with the help of that blue-haired girl."
"Armor? Blue-haired girl?"
"Yes, we've recovered parts of the armor. Boss, you can take a look."
Opening the email, Obadiah saw the armor images and couldn't help but laugh.
"Tony, Tony… I always wished you would die immediately, but you really are a super genius—you never stop surprising me."
Because of Rimuru, the bald leader of the Ten Rings had died peacefully in his sleep. The armor parts naturally became unclaimed. Now that his men had found them first, the armor belonged to him.
"Don't waste a single moment—bring me all the armor parts!"
"Yes!"
"Boss, according to the remaining Ten Rings members, that blue-haired girl is extremely strong—like a monster. Bullets don't work on her. We need to be careful."
A bulletproof monster?
Obadiah fell silent. Tony really was lucky to meet such a person.
"I understand. Do your job."
After issuing the order, Obadiah leaned back in his chair, feeling unusually heavy.
Tony had returned to New York and immediately rushed into his lab without telling him anything. Clearly, Tony suspected him—and time was running out.
One Tony Stark was already hard enough to deal with. Now there was also a little monster.
After thinking for a moment, Obadiah instinctively turned on a short video on his computer.
Watching Tony being beaten up by the Ten Rings, Obadiah suddenly burst into pig-like laughter.
Tony, Tony—you finally have a day like this too.
These short videos really are great. Nothing relieves stress better than this.
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