"Are you thirsty?"
Wanda walked over to the table, popped open a can, and poured a glass of cola for Ye Li. "It's simple here, this is all we have."
Ye Li took the glass, glanced at it, then wiped his hand over the rim—
Plop~ Plop~ Ding~
Several crystal-clear ice cubes fell into the glass, mixing with the cola.
"Ice cubes? Where did they come from...?"
Curious, Wanda leaned closer and lightly touched the side of the glass with her fingertip, feeling the chill.
"Are you a magician?"
Ye Li smiled mysteriously.
"If I said I was a sorcerer, would you believe me?"
"I don't believe it."
Wanda smiled playfully at him.
"I told you, I'm not that easy to fool~ Are you trying to trick me?"
Ye Li didn't mind that she didn't believe him. He raised the cup and drank—gulp gulp~
After downing it all in one go, he smiled faintly and said, "What would I trick you for? To steal your cola?"
"Eh..!"
Wanda's beautiful eyes widened slightly as she reminded him with concern, "You just ran for so long, and then you drank iced cola all at once. Your stomach will hurt..."
"It's fine."
Ye Li pulled up a chair and sat down. "My body's strong."
"Do you want to rest for a while?"
The girl saw his motion and secretly felt a little pleased, though on the surface she remained reserved. "Then... I'll let you hide out here for a while, ten minutes... twenty... uh... half an hour! Yeah, stay for half an hour. By then they probably won't be chasing you anymore."
Seeing the girl speak so earnestly,
Ye Li couldn't help but smile to himself...
He could sense it———other than her brother, no one else was chasing them.
.....
"There's a new development?"
Strucker hadn't expected Iron Man's group to make a move so soon.
"Show me the details."
His subordinate obeyed and presented the latest report—
"Stark was beaten up by a group of civilians? And (CBCG) he wasn't wearing his Iron Man suit?"
Baron Strucker looked at the report and smiled with delight. "Heh, looks like they really came unprepared... Send my order! Deploy an assault team immediately and capture them!"
If he could capture Iron Man and a member of the Club, the rewards would be massive...
…..
Meanwhile...
Tony cautiously reached out and touched the energy shield, realizing he could pass through it...
"Oh wow, that's pretty smart."
"Stark! Take this slipper!"
A middle-aged man, barefoot on one foot, raised a slipper to smack Stark—
"Shit!"
Tony quickly dodged and squeezed into the shield with Strange.
"Oh... I can guarantee..."
Strange said with disgust, "This is the most revolting moment of my life....."
"Alright, scoot over, Stephen."
Feeling safer inside the shield, Tony regained his confidence and flipped off the people outside.
"Come on! Hit me if you dare, you idiots!"
Step step step step step—
Suddenly, a series of disciplined footsteps echoed. The crowd immediately scattered in panic.
Arriving was a squad of armed soldiers, dressed in white masked combat gear, clearly uniformed.
Strange looked at them and whispered to Tony, "Are they here to rescue us?"
Click click click click click——
The moment he finished speaking, gun barrels pointed right at them...
"Mmhm~"
Tony nodded slightly, "Yeah, doesn't look like it."
"Drop the shield!"
The Hydra squad captain barked at Stark and Strange. "Or we will open fire!"
"You think we're idiots?"
Tony spread his hands. "Go ahead and shoot. You want us to drop the shield? Keep dreaming."
Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat!!
Without another word, the Hydra squad opened fire, pouring bullets into the energy shield generated by the Mind Scepter———
Bwoom——～
Bwoom——～
Clink~ clink~...
The sound of metal hitting the ground rang out. Yellow bullets piled up outside the barrier.
Strange watched the trembling shield with worry. "What do we do? This can't go on. How long can this thing last?"
Tony looked at the Mind Scepter in his arms. "I remember... this thing can attack too..."
"But if we mess with it, won't the shield disappear?"
Strange didn't dare try. If the shield vanished, they'd be turned into swiss cheese in seconds.....
"Damn this turtle shell!"
He pulled out a uniquely designed pistol from his waist.
It was an energy weapon developed by Hydra during World War II using the power of the Tesseract.
Currently, this kind of weapon couldn't be reproduced, and due to age, it'd probably break after a few uses.
But the mission was cucial, and the captain decided to try this antique———
Wueeennn~——～