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Chapter 282: Extremis Virus (First Update)
Chapter 282: Extremis Virus (First Update)
In the small town of Rose Hill, Tennessee.
Tony was talking to an elderly woman at a bar.
After being knocked out during the attack, the Iron Man suit had transported him to the location he had planned to investigate the explosion in Tennessee's Rose Hill Town.
However, when he woke up, the Iron Man suit's battery was completely drained. He had to drag the suit through the heavy snow to the nearest cottage.
The adults were not home, only a young boy named Harry, who was a devoted little fan of his.
With the help of the young fan, he managed to make some repairs to the damaged Iron Man suit and recharge it to some extent.
Unfortunately, the household voltage was too low, and it would take a long time to fully recharge the suit. So, he decided to go to town with the young fan to investigate the suspicious explosion and look for any clues related to the Ten Rings' terrorist attack.
Now, the woman he was talking to at the bar was the mother of the person responsible for the recent explosion in town.
However, just as the elderly woman was convinced by Tony and started to provide information about her son, a short-haired woman, who seemed to have lava-like heat beneath her skin and immense strength, attacked him.
She easily killed several police officers who tried to stop her and pursued Tony down the street.
"Tony Stark, I didn't expect you to still be alive. Since that's the case, let me send you off!"
The short-haired woman casually twisted the rifle that had just attacked her into a pretzel, then approached Tony, who was handcuffed, with a wicked smile and a trail of heat.
Without the Iron Man suit, Tony's combat abilities were only slightly better than an average person's. Despite his practice of Wing Chun, he was clearly no match for this monstrous woman.
His eyes darted around, quickly trying to think of a solution.
But before he could come up with one, another man, equally radiating heat, surrounded him from another direction.
"I need to find a place to hide!"
Just as Tony was about to jump into the shop behind him, an owl descended from the sky, landed on his shoulder, and dropped a letter in front of him.
The sudden appearance of the owl and the letter momentarily stunned Tony and the two assassins who were about to attack him.
"Sender: Wizard, Recipient: Tony Stark."
Reading the words on the envelope, Tony looked at the man and woman in front of him and shrugged.
"I suggest you run. My friend might be here soon, and she doesn't have a good temper when it comes to bad guys!"
The two assassins exchanged glances, both smirking in disbelief, and continued to advance towards Tony.
"Boom!"
A loud explosion rang out, and the two assassins were knocked to the ground, spitting out blood.
"Alohomora, it's been a while, Tony!"
A blue Magic Beam appeared, and a familiar voice echoed. A large Fire Dragon materialized on the backs of the two assassins, and standing on the dragon's back were Jerry, Pepper, and Dr. Hansen.
"See, I told you to run, but you didn't listen. Now it's too late!"
Tony freed himself from the handcuffs, looked at the two assassins being crushed by the Fire Dragon, and taunted them. Then, he greeted Jerry and hugged an excited Pepper.
The male and female assassins, who were being trampled by the Fire Dragons' claws, were indeed not ordinary. Despite suffering severe injuries from the Fire Dragons' attack, they still struggled to crawl out from under Norbert's claws, relying on their powerful regenerative abilities.
Unfortunately, as Fire Dragons, these creatures were far stronger and heavier than the two enhanced human assassins. No matter how much the assassins struggled, they could not break free from the powerful dragon claws.
So, the two began to activate the scorching energy within their bodies. Half of their bodies turned red, as if they intended to use the heat that could melt steel to make the Fire Dragons release their grip.
However, they miscalculated once again.
Fire Dragons hatch from eggs in flames and can breathe fire, making their bodies almost immune to fire.
Unless the flames had special properties, ordinary flames could not harm them.
They could even bathe in lava, so the heat emanating from the assassins' bodies was nowhere near enough to scorch the Fire Dragons.
"What are these two things?"
Jerry approached the male and female assassins, watching them struggle and glow with confusion, and asked Tony.
Tony let go of Pepper and shook his head:
"Actually, I'm not sure, but they must be related to the terrorist organization, the Ten Rings!"
"They are called Extremis Warriors, super soldiers created using the Extremis Virus I developed."
At that moment, Dr. Hansen explained from behind.
"Extremis Virus? What's going on?"
Tony looked at Dr. Hansen, with whom he had shared a night, his face full of confusion.
So, Dr. Hansen recounted the story of the Extremis Virus, which she had already explained to Jerry and Pepper on the dragon's back.
Eleven years ago, when Dr. Hansen was a brilliant young female scientist in her twenties, she invented a technology that allowed plants to self-heal through her research.
Her dream was to apply this technology not only to plants but also to human bodies, to help disabled people regain their lives.
Thus, she sought the collaboration of the wealthiest and most famous genius scientist at the time, Tony Stark.
However, the young, arrogant Tony, who was then a playboy, did not take Dr. Hansen's research seriously and only focused on wooing her.
Later, Aldrich Killian, who had also been toyed with by Tony, approached her, convinced her to collaborate, and they eventually developed the "Extremis Virus."
After being injected with the Extremis Virus, missing body parts would regrow, healing and strength would be greatly enhanced, and the body's surface temperature could reach extremely high levels, even capable of melting steel.
However, using the Extremis Virus on human bodies, unlike on plants, was highly unstable. Many of the recruited retired and disabled veterans exploded during the experiments.
Even those who did not explode could not overuse their abilities, as they would also risk exploding.
Dr. Hansen had been working to improve the Extremis Virus to benefit humanity, but she later discovered that her collaborator, Dr. Killian, was using the powerful Extremis Warriors to serve the leader of the terrorist organization, the Ten Rings, Mandarin.
She then escaped and sought Tony's help to expose this.
(End of Chapter)
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