The Second World War of 1984 was a tragedy.
Stark Tower.
The air in the room was so thick it seemed to congeal into droplets.
No one present could have imagined this:
The person selling weapons to terrorists…
Was Obama!
Tony's father's closest friend!
After Tony's father died in a car accident, he had even acted as Tony's godfather!
Tony thought of all the people in the company who could have leaked weapons information.
But…
He couldn't bring himself to imagine it was Obama!
No!
In fact!
There was absolutely no need to think in that direction!
Because…
Tony simply couldn't figure it out.
What exactly was Obama trying to do?!
You see… after Tony's father died in that accident, Ōba had been running the company.
He personally did countless things to prevent the company from collapsing.
You could say that without Ōba's contributions, both in the spotlight and behind the scenes, Stank Company would have long gone under.
Tony had no idea where he was at the time.
How could he possibly live a playboy lifestyle, drinking and partying like he did?
And…
Ōba was not power-hungry.
At twenty-one, he had legal authority to voice opinions in the company.
Yet he willingly handed his position to Tony—
Choosing to serve under Tony!
You see…
At that time, Ōba was the top figure in Stank Company.
Although not as famous as today,
His status and power far exceeded anyone else in the company.
If he really wanted Tony gone, he wouldn't need to wait for Tony to take the stage.
He wouldn't need to act personally.
All he had to do was glance upward slightly…
And let his subordinates figure it out themselves.
They would rack their brains trying to interpret the boss's intent.
If something had really happened…
Tony might not even know how he had died!
And if he had tried to trace it afterward…
Oh.
Are you saying Obama somehow made Tony disappear?
Tony's father's close friend…
The very person who kept Stank Company afloat…
Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
What?
You mean a subordinate misread Obama's subtle hint and made Tony disappear?
Then that subordinate would be at fault!
It would have to be some ignorant subordinate misunderstanding the intent of a loyal, long-serving company veteran who had contributed greatly to the business.
No way! Absolutely not!
Tony could already imagine the scene:
If Ōba had truly wanted to eliminate him in his youth,
It would have been done.
He would have disappeared completely.
Within two months, no one in the company would even remember him.
Pepper stepped forward to comfort him.
"Tony… do you want me to do something about it, like… take care of Ōba…"
Her voice faltered slightly.
After all, no matter how bad Ōba might have seemed,
The screen was only showing a scene from the future.
Was Ōba really that terrible?
They couldn't be sure.
What if the video depicted a parallel world?
And they mistakenly thought it was happening in their current timeline?
Rushing to apprehend Obama would be… very amusing if it turned out to be a misunderstanding.
Pepper and Colonel Rhodes both hesitated.
Tony had obviously thought of this as well.
So he first turned to Rhodes.
"Rhodes, send a few people to monitor Obama. If anything unusual happens, report to me immediately."
Then to Pepper:
"Pepper, check the company logs for Obama's activity over the past six months. If anything seems off, let me know immediately."
Finally, he instructed J.A.R.V.I.S.:
"J.A.R.V.I.S., hack into the company mainframe and get all recent shipping manifests."
After giving all these instructions, Tony let out a heavy sigh.
"Obama… I hope this is all just a misunderstanding."
…
On the screen, the footage continued.
[At home,]
Tony didn't speak.
He just turned on the TV and watched quietly.
[He struggled to accept what Ōba had said tonight.]
[And at present, he had no proof that Obama's words were true.]
Even if he wanted to act against Ōba, it wouldn't follow the rules.
The news broadcast a series of tragedies in the town of Mikula.
[Finally, the Ten Commandments gang was mentioned by name.]
Tony repaired his mechanical arm and watched on TV as the bald ringleader who had kidnapped him appeared.
[The terrorists used weapons produced by his company to wreak havoc across the town.]
At that moment, he could no longer stand it.
He donned his newly painted red-and-gold armor and shot into the sky.
A beautiful arc appeared in the sky.
Soon, Mikula came into view.
[Jericho missiles rained down indiscriminately, as if without any limits.]
Members of the Ten Commandments gang picked up weapons produced by Stank Company, firing at defenseless civilians.
[The bearded leader shouted about stuffing women into cars and killing all men and children.]
Bang!
Tony descended in the Mark II like a god from the heavens!
[Seeing the red-and-gold armored figure, the terrorists opened fire with their machine guns.]
Tony made his stance clear.
[The arm that originally stabilized thrust now fired with the force of a small rocket launcher.]
He pointed at his enemies.
Many of them were eliminated with a single shot.
Seeing Tony's terrifying determination, the Ten Commandments members realized they could not face him head-on.
[So they abandoned moral constraints, aiming their guns at women and children, openly threatening Tony not to act rashly.]
Tony lowered the glowing arm and moved his fingers.
Using J.A.R.V.I.S.'s super-intelligent analysis system, he singled out the enemies.
Next, enemies were met by precision shots fired from Tony's shoulder-mounted weapons.
Two sharp whistling sounds were heard.
The enemies who threatened women and children were all eliminated.
Seeing everyone safe, Tony felt his mission was accomplished.
He activated the suit's thrusters and flew into the sky.
But he only reached halfway before stopping.
A tank fired a shell, knocking Tony out of midair.
He fell hard onto the concrete, leaving a massive crater.
Climbing out, he narrowly avoided another shell.
He looked at the tank less than twenty meters away and pointed.
[His latest light weapon fired.]
[Metal clanged.]
[The weapon struck the tank.]
Tony turned.
[Explosions sounded behind him.]
[A real man never looks back.]
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