In the scene, Tony Stark struggled down to the basement and found the abandoned arc reactor. Struggling, on the verge of failure, at that moment, the robotic arm he had always complained about handed him the item, and then he smashed the glass outside the arc reactor.

Tony Stark's mind was racing. He wanted to figure out why it seemed that if he left this arc reactor, he would die. And this problem seemed to be common knowledge—even Obadiah Stane knew about it.

The scene shifted. Obadiah Stane placed the arc reactor he had snatched from Tony Stark into the massive suit of armor.

"Armor?" Tony Stark never expected to see something like this.

Obadiah Stane actually had the ability to develop such a thing?

Tony Stark was a bit puzzled—not that he looked down on Obadiah Stane, but the fact was, even if you added up all the company's researchers, they still couldn't compare to him alone.

At this moment in the scene, Tony Stark had already been rescued by his Black friend, Colonel Rhodes, but what he was really worried about was Pepper Pepper Potts.

On screen, Obadiah Stane, wearing the massive Iron Monger armor, had already found Pepper Pepper Potts. Seeing this, Tony Stark's heart tightened.

"I don't need you anymore, darling!" Obadiah Stane sneered coldly.

He was about to strike, and just as Pepper Pepper Potts was in danger, a figure flew in at the critical moment—it was none other than Tony Stark, who had arrived in the Mark II just in time to save her.

The two sides engaged in a fierce battle on the street.

But it was obvious that Tony Stark was at a disadvantage, because his arc reactor had little power left—it was already retired, and as soon as he appeared, only nineteen percent remained.

"For forty years, I've always supported you. I built this company from scratch. I won't let anyone stand in my way, least of all you!"

In the video, Obadiah Stane vented years of resentment as he beat up Tony Stark. Clearly, his dissatisfaction with Tony Stark was not a recent development.

Seeing himself completely at a disadvantage, Tony Stark simply flew straight up into the sky, with Obadiah Stane in the Iron Monger suit chasing him relentlessly.

The two of them flew higher and higher, even alerting the U.S. military. Fortunately, Colonel Rhodes arrived in time to stop the plan to launch fighter jets for interception.

They kept flying higher, until Tony Stark's energy was nearly depleted, and Obadiah Stane caught up, grabbing him directly.

"I've caught up to you, Tony. I have more power than you!"

Facing this situation, Tony Stark calmly asked, "How did you solve the icing problem?"

Before Obadiah Stane could react, his Iron Monger suit instantly froze over, short-circuited, and plummeted from the sky.

Tony Stark had also used up most of his power, and finally, stumbling and staggering, managed to land safely—almost falling to his death.

Chapter 13: The Fact Is, I Am Iron Man

Just as the off-screen Tony Stark couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, he suddenly realized that Obadiah Stane appeared again, easily overpowering Tony Stark once more. All of Tony Stark's weapons failed against this brute.

"Wow, how embarrassing!" Tony Stark joked, but his expression was extremely serious. He could tell that this Iron Monger suit and the one he wore in the scene shared the same design style—very likely his own design, perhaps made for different situations.

In a real fight, his own suit was too small and clearly underpowered, putting him at a serious disadvantage.

Still, he silently took note of these points: for example, flying too high would cause icing, so a de-icing system was necessary, and he needed to develop heavy weapons specifically for large armored targets.

At this moment, in the scene, Tony Stark began to cooperate with Pepper Pepper Potts, and finally, at the critical moment, they blasted the entire Iron Monger into the sky, achieving ultimate victory.

Facing his own first battle in the future, Tony Stark's evaluation was not good—he could only describe it as ugly.

In the end, he actually lost to Iron Monger!

But he had to admit, the design of this suit really pleased Tony Stark.

Because he had always had such ideas in his mind, and had done a lot of research. Otherwise, he couldn't have completed the design and manufacturing in such a short time after being captured in Afghanistan.

It's just that his ideas were always vague, but now this scene had made his vague ideas concrete, letting him know what he needed to do next.

"Iron Man, huh? That doesn't sound so bad!" Tony Stark muttered to himself.