"As early as a year ago, an oil tanker from 【Roxxon Oil Corporation】 had a major accident in 【Pensacola】, northwestern 【Florida】, which resulted in the spill of nearly 100 million gallons of crude oil."
"This crude oil caused almost a devastating blow to the natural ecological environment of that sea area... Tens of thousands of marine creatures suffocated to death due to lack of oxygen, and a large number of seabirds, such as seagulls, also lost their ability to keep warm and fly because their feathers were stained with oil, and eventually starved to death!"
"But guess what this President Ellis, who looks upright and has a good reputation, did in this incident?"
"Forget it, let me tell you directly... He used his presidential privilege to forcibly intervene in this case, which ultimately resulted in no one from 【Roxxon Oil Corporation】 being duly punished for this oil spill!!"
"How about it? Ironic enough?"
"【America】, which promotes 'environmentalism' and 'animal protection law' to the world all day long, is actually the real culprit who ignores environmental protection and animal life?!"
"But it is precisely because he has committed numerous crimes that he will be judged by me today... I said before that whatever you Americans have done to others, I will use the same method to deal with you..."
"So, in 15 minutes, I will burn President Matthew Ellis alive with oil in front of you, so that he can also taste the pain suffered by those animals who died from the oil spill, and I will publicly show the entire execution process to the whole country."
"Finally, I would like to advise those who attempt to rescue him from my hands... No matter whether you are the army of 【America】, or the lackey who always likes to fly in the sky wearing iron skin, or the self-righteous 【.】, none of you can save his life, so don't waste your efforts!!"
This short declaration directly plunged the entire 【East Coast】 into endless panic.
The people were shocked and angry, because in the entire history of 【America】, there has never been a precedent for a president being kidnapped by terrorists!
And this is still on the land of 【America】?
Can you believe it?
So, the netizens who came back to their senses began to overwhelmingly scold the incompetence of the 【White House】 high-level officials, as well as the 【Secret Service】 and 【.】 on the Internet.
Who told these wastes to fail to protect their own president?
Nick Fury, who was sprayed numb, also broke out in foul language, "Motherf**ker, is this damn Middle Easterner crazy? He actually wants to publicly execute the president of 【America】?!"
"And why are there so many idiot retards on the Internet? What does the president being kidnapped have to do with 【】? We are not responsible for the president's usual security work!"
"Director, I'm afraid that all the netizens have been led astray by that 【Mandarin】," Maria Hill carefully reminded:
"But this crisis may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for 【】... If we can successfully rescue President Ellis before other organizations, he will definitely become our strongest supporter in the future."
But at this point, a tangled look could not help but appear on Maria Hill's face.
"It's just that we can't determine the specific location of those terrorists yet... And it's still unknown whether Mr. Stark and the Human Torch alone can defeat that group of terrorists who can transform into Lizard Warriors?!"
Nick Fury fell silent upon hearing this.
Maria Hill's analysis was completely correct. Whether 【】 can seize this opportunity... Or rather, the key to this rescue depends entirely on whether Tony Stark and the Human Torch can find President Ellis's location in time, and whether they can finally rescue him unscathed.
There's no way, who told the speed of the 【Sky Carrier】 to be so "slow". By the time they arrive in 【New York】, President Ellis's grave would probably be covered with grass.
But what makes Nick Fury the most envious and depressed is that he is not like Karl, who knows the mages of 【Kamar-Taj】 and can open portals for remote teleportation at any time!
After a long silence, Nick Fury murmured to himself, as if comforting everyone, and as if comforting himself: "I believe Tony and the two of them will definitely succeed... right?"
At this time, not far from the abandoned oil tanker where President Matthew Ellis was about to be executed, Tony Stark, wearing the 【Mark 43 Hulkbuster Armor】, and the Human Torch were quietly approaching the oil tanker, using the cover of the stacked containers around them.
"Wow, Mr. Stark, how did you know that the group of terrorists were here?"
The Human Torch asked in a curious and low voice: "Could it be that you are the real mastermind behind the 【Ten Rings Gang】?"
Tony Stark stopped, turned his head through the mask to look at the guy behind him, who had a face almost identical to Captain America, but who could often make people hate him with just a few words, and reminded in a cold voice:
"Can you shut your mouth for a while? Just for a while... We have to sneak in quietly now, and then rescue President Ellis while the group of terrorists are unprepared."
However, as soon as Tony Stark's voice fell, a beam of suddenly lit searchlight shone on the location where the two of them were hiding.
Immediately afterwards, Erik Savin led more than a dozen Extremis soldiers and appeared in front of the two.
Without any nonsense, Erik Savin waved his hand in the direction of Tony Stark and the Human Torch, "Kill them!!"
More than a dozen Extremis soldiers transformed into Lizard Warriors one after another, spraying a stream of scorching flames towards the two people opposite them.
The Human Torch directly transformed into a fire man form, absorbing all the flames that were shooting towards him, and looked at Tony Stark with a strange expression, "Is this what you call sneaking in quietly?"
Tony Stark was too lazy to pay attention to this talkative chatterbox, while controlling the armor to avoid the enemy's flame attacks, he muttered somewhat unhappily:
"【Jarvis】, didn't you already detect that there were no thermal imagers or military night vision devices on the entire pier? How did these guys find us?"
【Jarvis】's voice then sounded, "Sir, I have just detected that the bodies of these terrorists seem to have all been strengthened by the 【Lizard Trans-species Gene Serum】, and they can see normally in the dark, so you are likely to have been discovered by those terrorists who were standing guard on the 【shore bridge container crane】."
"This works too?"
Tony Stark curled his lips, and then said to the Human Torch who was constantly absorbing the flames released by the enemy below:
"You stay here to deal with this group of troublesome guys, I'll take advantage of the chaos to rescue President Ellis!!"
After saying that, he soared into the sky and flew towards the location of President Matthew Ellis.
However, Erik Savin and the other Lizard Warriors did not show any intention of stopping him at all, and just watched him leave.
The reason is nothing else, their boss Aldrich Killian wants to deal with Tony Stark personally and avenge his previous shame!!
"Are they difficult to deal with?"
A smug and hateful smile appeared on the Human Torch's face, and he turned his head to the Lizard Warriors who were spraying fire at him and said:
"I can give you a chance to live now, immediately cancel the transformation, and then obediently tie yourselves up, so that I can let you live... Otherwise, you will fall in a pool of blood soon."
"Oh really? I'm so scared!" Erik Savin, whose body was flashing with red light, directly pounced on the Human Torch, and his sharp claws slashed down like a heated electric knife.
The Human Torch was immediately startled into a cold sweat, spewed fire under his feet, and the whole person soared into the air, barely dodging the opponent's attack.
Although he can be immune to the flames and high temperatures released by the Lizard Warriors, it does not mean that he can ignore the opponent's sharp claws.
If he had been hit just now, his head would probably have been cut in half on the spot.
"You guys are really making me feel very angry!"
The Human Torch waved his hands and released a flame towards Erik Savin below, instantly engulfing the latter's entire body.
However, before the Human Torch could feel complacent, he found that the other party had walked out of the flames unscathed.
Σ(⊙▽⊙"a???
WTF???
"Th... This works too?"
The Human Torch looked at the flames on his body with a confused look, and then looked at Erik Savin below, as if he couldn't understand why the attack just now didn't kill the other party?
Could it be that the temperature is not high enough?
That is indeed the case.
Although under normal circumstances, the highest temperature that the 【Extremis Virus】 can cause is only about 3,000 degrees Celsius.
And the Human Torch's highest limit is nearly tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of degrees Celsius, which is close to the level of a big explosion.
But the problem is that only a little over two months have passed since the Human Torch obtained his abilities.
During this period, not only did he not devote all his energy to developing his newly acquired superpowers like his sister 【Invisible Woman】 Susan Stone, but instead wasted a lot of time on picking up girls and showing off.
So to this day, the highest temperature he can release is only about one or two thousand degrees Celsius.
This temperature may not be a problem to deal with ordinary Extremis soldiers, but it is a bit difficult to deal with more powerful Lizard Warriors.
Not to mention a higher-level "elite monster" like Erik Savin!!
"Mr. Stark, I'm sorry, can we switch jobs?"
Just as the Human Torch was about to abandon Erik Savin and the other Lizard Warriors and run away... ah no, he should be said to be heading to the oil tanker to rescue the president together with Tony Stark.
The flames that originally enveloped his body suddenly disappeared after stuttering a few times as if the energy supply was insufficient.
"Damn it, wouldn't it be so unlucky... The energy is exhausted at this time?"
A helpless wry smile appeared on the Human Torch's face, and then his figure slammed heavily on the ground from mid-air.
In an ideal state, he can maintain the continuous supply of flames on his body for about 2 to 3 hours at this stage before exhausting all the energy in his body.
However, his repeated battles in the 【Ten Rings Gang】's secret base before, and flying from 【Miami】 to 【New York】 at supersonic speed with Tony Stark, consumed a lot of energy, so that the energy in his body has already bottomed out.
Facing the Lizard Warriors surrounding him, the Human Torch changed his previous arrogant attitude, raised his hands, knelt on the ground, and said with a smile on his face:
"That... I'm sorry, I admit that I was too loud just now!!"
At the same time.
Tony Stark had already successfully arrived above the oil tanker driving the 【Mark 43 Hulkbuster Armor】, but did not rashly rescue President Matthew Ellis.
Because at this moment, the bridge frame suspending President Matthew Ellis was already full of a large number of Lizard Warriors whose bodies were constantly flashing with red fire.
They seemed to have known for a long time that someone would come to rescue the president, and were guarding there, staring at Tony Stark in mid-air.
"【Jarvis】, scan the thermal signals of all Extremis creatures in this area!"
【Jarvis】's voice then sounded, "Sir, after scanning, there are a total of 86 thermal signals of Extremis creatures in this area. Do you want to carry out a devastating attack on them?"
"So many?"
Tony Stark calmly examined the large area of red dots symbolizing the Lizard Warriors displayed on the holographic electronic map in front of him.
The current situation is not optimistic for him... or rather, it can be said to be quite dangerous.
Because the Lizard Warriors are standing very close to President Matthew Ellis, he dare not use remote weapons to attack at all.
If the president is killed by a stray bullet he fired during the battle, wouldn't he be stealing a chicken only to lose the bait... ah no, wouldn't he directly become a sinner condemned by thousands of people?
At that time, I am afraid that the entire 【Stark Industries】 will be implicated, and thus rapidly decline!
Therefore, Tony Stark would not choose such a dangerous move that would damage his own interests.
What's more, with the self-detonation power of these Lizard Warriors, if they can't headshot them with one blow, the power of their self-detonation is enough to kill the president on the spot...
The safest way at the moment seems to be to lure these Lizard Warriors away from the "execution platform" first, and then carry out the rescue operation.
However, he alone cannot complete the entire plan.
Fortunately, they came together this time.
"Human Torch, hurry up and come to my side, I'll be responsible for luring away these Lizard Warriors, you come to rescue the president..."
However, before Tony Stark could finish speaking, the Human Torch's half-dead voice came from the communicator, "Mr. Stark, come and save me, my energy is exhausted..."
Σ(⊙▽⊙"a???
WTF???
