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Chapter 328 Nick Fury Being Hunted
Chapter 328 Nick Fury Being Hunted
If the maliciously edited media interview could be considered a possible isolated incident, then the fact that Tony's new villa turned into a fire, combined with the other two, can only be interpreted as one thing: someone is secretly planning and systematically targeting Iron Man.
At this thought, Tony felt a chill run down his spine. He gripped the tablet tightly, and nanomolecules surged from the reactor in his chest, covering his entire body.
With a crash of shattering glass, ignoring the gasps of the crowd, Iron Man, clad in armor, crashed straight through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Stark Tower and flew towards the villa where the incident occurred.
"Pepper, where are you? Are you alright?" Even during the flight, he didn't forget to call and ask about Pepper's safety.
Unfortunately, such "favor" was destined to backfire, as an enraged Pepper was right there at Stark Tower.
"Are you serious, Tony? Who do you think organized this party? You've really messed things up!"
While busy trying to appease the crowd amidst the chaos, Pepper's dissatisfaction with her boss had reached an all-time high, but there was nothing she could do; after all, Tony Stark had always been such a bastard.
"Oh~" After a slight chuckle, Tony, feeling awkward, checked that everyone around him was safe and then shifted his attention to the second most important matter—
Who the hell came from to dare bomb my villa?!
That maliciously edited interview not only exposed Iron Man to public criticism, but also dragged Superman into the eye of the storm.
Since there were attacks targeting him, there were naturally also attacks targeting Joey.
But Tony didn't bother with Joey at all, except for sending him a text message.
First of all, Joey is a completely rootless drifter in this universe, with almost no social connections.
Secondly, what he needs to worry about the least is that steel body. Not to mention the entire universe, there's probably no one on this earth who can handle Joey yet!
Instead of wasting his time, he might as well call Nick Fury and confront him.
Without hesitation, Tony immediately called the S.H.I.E.L.D. hotline, ready to teach Fury a lesson for his dereliction of duty.
"Beep~ Beep~ Beep~"
All he got in response was a busy signal.
After cursing "son of the beach" under his breath, Tony used some technical means to directly dial one of Fury's important private numbers.
Fortunately, the call connected almost without any delay this time, and Tony immediately launched an attack:
"Fury, you beach bum, who put that interview video online?"
"Video? Ha, what video?" Fury was panting heavily on the other end of the phone, having no idea what Tony was talking about.
"Oh ho~~" Hearing the noise on the other end of the phone, Tony couldn't help but wink and make faces: "Did I interrupt your passionate lovemaking?"
Fury, exhausted from running around, was furious. Tony clearly misinterpreted his heavy breathing and, while speeding through the streets of Washington, he immediately started swearing:
"Tony, you son of a bitch, I'm being hunted down in Washington, D.C."
"Ha, there's no need to make up such an absurd reason to fool me. There's really nothing embarrassing about being caught doing something like this, and I'm not telling anyone!"
Actually, that's not the case. Tony, who loves a good show, started recording as soon as he heard the voice at the beginning of the call. Nick Fury's nonsense was also recorded. You're the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., with more resources and authority than the guy in the White House. What do you mean by being chased in Washington, D.C.?
Aren't you ashamed to say that? What, is it that The Man in the High Castle is heading towards Russia or Nazis, breaking through Europe and landing on the east coast to kill you, the head of the "free world" intelligence agency?
He's already planning to find a suitable occasion later to unearth this recording of Nick Fury spouting nonsense and make him lose face.
"Chief, putting aside your current campaign, answer me: besides that video incident, my villa was also bombed."
Tony's few words of complaint immediately helped Nick Fury, who was being chased by an unknown armed force, to sort out his thoughts. It seemed that this attack was not just targeting him alone:
"Mo****f***er! How can you still not understand, Tony? Someone's targeting us!"
With a deafening explosion, Nick Fury felt dizzy as his beloved car, which had withstood the hail of bullets during the chase, was finally overturned by heavy firepower, landing upside down and unable to move.
What's even worse is that communication was completely cut off at this time, and he lost contact with Iron Man, who might be the only person who could help him at the moment!
"Damn it!"
Tony didn't believe it at first, until he heard a muffled bang on the other end of the phone, and Fury, that black guy, just cut off the connection. That made him realize that the other party was not joking.
"Jarvis, pinpoint the exact coordinates of Fury's recent phone call!"
"The encryption level is too high; it cannot be achieved."
What to do? Tony, feeling overwhelmed and unable to be in two places at once, could only turn around and fly towards Washington.
DC is such a small area, and the noise I heard across the street was quite loud, so finding the scene should be very easy.
As for his own burning house, Tony could only make a call to the other secret base and trouble Joey, a guy who was so idle he spent all day sunbathing, to make a trip there:
"Is anyone home, Joey?"
"Superman isn't here." A familiar black hand pressed the call button: "This is Batman."
Batman was also puzzled. Why was everything calm when Joey was still there, but after he left with the brain for the Space Stone, things suddenly became chaotic?
Batman probably knew about that maliciously edited interview video even before Tony did.
This was a habit he had developed a long time ago: writing a few simple scripts to capture breaking news online using keywords such as "Batman," "Superman," and "Justice League."
The next step was to use Wayne Group's resources to defuse the negative public opinion before it could escalate.
In his early years, to conceal his true identity behind the Bat-mask, Batman even hired a large number of shills and online trolls through Wayne Enterprises' downstream suppliers to attack Batman and everything related to him, completely muddying the waters for serious investigation.
Batman only stopped when he discovered that 80% of internet users thought he didn't exist, and the remaining 20% thought he wasn't human at all, but some kind of bat-shaped magical monster.
However, in this universe, he doesn't have the energy to deal with such a completely malicious attack immediately, not to mention that whoever released the video is extremely skilled.
After a preliminary investigation, Batman concluded that the attack was likely just a mild warning and prelude, and that a real, serious attack might follow very soon.
Just as he was pondering how to respond, Iron Man called, bringing even worse news.
Putting aside the fact that Tony's mansion was bombed, his eccentric personality means he could offend anyone.
But what does it mean that Nick Fury, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., was chased and killed in the street with heavy weapons in Washington, D.C.?
This is one of the heads of the dark world behind the scenes, equivalent to Amanda Waller's position. What level of planning would it take to corner someone like this in the neighborhood?
Is there no law left? Is there no justice left?
Even in Gotham City before, apart from the few times Batman personally went to warn Waller, such a thing wouldn't have happened, right?