"Hey… could soone help up?"
A voice ca from inside the tal suit.
The guards surrounding the "tal lump" finally got a clear look at the person inside.
"Tony… Tony Stark?"
"It's Mr. Tony Stark!"
"Get help—quick! It's Mr. Tony Stark!"
The crowd imdiately scrambled to assist him.
As Tony Stark was taken away, the summit was officially postponed.
Only then did they realize just how severe the security issues were.
It wasn't just the appearance of that "tal lump."
There had also been the sound of aircraft flying overhead.
In other words, the summit's security had been full of holes—like a sieve.
Under such circumstances, continuing the event would have been suicidal.
At the sa ti, the truth spread—Tony Stark was the man behind the flying armored suit seen in recent days.
In a private hospital, Tony, still recovering, received a visit from Colonel Rhodes.
Rhodey looked thoroughly frustrated.
"Tony, didn't you promise us you'd keep a low profile for a while?
Now you've drawn everyone's attention.
Footage of you crashing into the crowd in a damaged suit at the summit has already spread all over the internet.
Do you know what they're calling you now? Iron Man."
"Iron Man? Most of my suit is made of titanium.
Well… I guess the na isn't bad. What are you getting at?"
Tony clearly wasn't interested in small talk.
Rhodey glanced around before turning serious.
"Tony, regarding your bodyguard Frank killing Obadiah—we've taken care of it.
He's no longer a wanted man.
But it cost us a lot.
We even clashed heavily with the faction insisting on mutant research.
Now, you need to give us sothing that will shut them up.
For example—what exactly happened last night.
And your Iron Man armor."
As the military's liaison to Tony, Rhodey had a good personal relationship with him.
But this ti, he had co with a mission.
And everything he said was true.
The military faction focused on advanced weapons technology had pressured the mutant research faction heavily,
which was how Frank's warrant got revoked.
But in return, Tony had to give sothing back.
Originally, they were after his armor technology.
Now, they also wanted to know what had happened the previous night.
Tony reached under his pillow and pulled out a USB drive.
"Everything you want to know is in here. I'll give you the short version.
This all started because your people went after innocent mutants.
That pushed an extremist mutant group to retaliate.
Their thod? A device that emits a special kind of radiation—one that triggers genetic mutation in everyone exposed to it.
Last night, I tead up with another, more peaceful group of mutants and stopped their plan.
So in a way, we saved all of New York.
And the root cause of all this? Your military deciding to capture innocent mutants.
Take this—it should be enough for you to report back.
In fact, if I chose to make this public,
then it wouldn't be giving explanations—it would be your military answering to everyone else."
Rhodey's expression shifted again and again as he listened.
He knew Tony had plenty of flaws—but lying about serious matters was not one of them.
When Tony said he'd shut down the weapons division, he did it—without deception or hesitation, regardless of stock prices.
Which ant—everything he just said was true.
Last night, New York had been on the brink of collapse.
Especially since the summit was filled with high-ranking officials and elites.
If Magneto had succeeded,
New York would have beco a city of mutants overnight.
An explanation?
It wouldn't be Tony giving one—it would be the military.
At that point, countless officials would be suspended or investigated.
Even if Tony didn't leak the information,
what he had already given Rhodey was enough
for the weapons-tech faction to suppress the opposing side for a long ti.
"What about that device—what's its success rate?
If activated, does it really turn people into mutants?"
Rhodey pressed for more details.
"No. The genetic mutation is too extre.
Unless soone already has mutant genes,
everyone else will suffer genetic collapse and die."
Hearing this, Rhodey's heart sank.
This situation was far worse than expected.
Anyone without mutant genes—would die.
They both understood just how terrifying that was.
"Looks like… things have gotten out of control."
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