Hearing Tony’s words, the Boss glanced at him indifferently but said nothing.
Meanwhile, the glowing piece of coal in the tongs continued moving closer and closer to Yinsen’s mouth!
“I need him!” Seeing this, Tony finally couldn’t hold back and shouted, “You can’t kill him…
He…
He’s a good assistant!”
The Boss glanced at Tony before lowering his head and looking at Yinsen on the workbench.
After a moment of silence, the Boss said nothing.
Instead, he simply released his grip and tossed the piece of coal held by the tongs aside.
“Have my missiles assembled by tomorrow!!!”
As he spoke softly, the Boss’s gaze toward Tony was extremely grim.
Although he didn’t say what would happen if they weren’t assembled, the meaning behind his words was obvious.
With that, the Boss threw the tongs aside and walked out of the room without looking back.
Only after all the terrorists had left did Jones release Yinsen.
Glancing sideways at the silent Tony, Jones suddenly grinned, a strange smile appearing on his face.
“Tony Stark…
Looks like you’re going to have to fight for your life now!”
Hearing Jones’s words, Tony immediately turned his gaze toward him, but by then Jones had already started walking outside.
“Haah…”
After remaining silent for a while, Tony ultimately said nothing.
For Tony, these three months had been something he could never have imagined before.
People like the Boss, Jones, and Yale were insignificant figures whom he wouldn’t even have spared a second glance in the past.
Yet now, every one of them could mock him without restraint, while the Boss constantly threatened his life.
At first, whenever someone made fun of him, Tony would still fire back with a few words.
But now, he no longer even had the energy for that.
“Tomorrow…”
Staring directly at Jones as he closed the iron door, a grim look appeared in Tony’s eyes.
“Tomorrow, I’ll make every one of you pay for everything!”
Jones didn’t know what Tony was thinking, but he could roughly guess.
Since the Boss had already given Tony a deadline, that meant Tony’s Iron Man armor was about to be completed.
Success or failure, and what Jones’s fate would be in the future, would all depend on tomorrow!
…
That entire night, Tony didn’t rest for even a moment.
He couldn’t afford to.
All night long, Tony kept hammering away at the components of his Iron Man armor.
Jones didn’t rest either.
Although he really wanted to get some proper sleep so he would be ready for Tony’s escape tomorrow, Tony never stopped working inside.
The enormous noise meant that even if Jones wanted to slack off, he had no choice but to stay awake.
Although Jones felt that the night was passing unusually slowly, it still eventually slipped by in the blink of an eye.
As the sound of Tony hammering inside finally stopped, Jones’s expression became serious as well.
If he remembered correctly, Tony should have finished making the Iron Man armor by now and was preparing to put on that bulky suit of metal.
“I wonder when those idiots will notice that something is wrong with Tony.
Should I give them a hint?”
The thought flashed through Jones’s mind, but the next moment, he shook his head.
“Better not.
To me, Tony is far less threatening than a bunch of terrorists…
At least for now!”
Thinking about this, Jones couldn’t help frowning.
His abilities were indeed powerful, but his physical body hadn’t become stronger along with his eyes.
No matter how powerful his heat vision became in the future, a single bullet could still take him out.
And if he wanted to solve this problem, Tony’s Iron Man armor was undoubtedly an excellent choice.
With that thought, Jones turned his gaze toward Tony’s room.
“Tony Stark, looks like we’re really going to become mortal enemies!
At the very least…
you’re definitely not going to happily hand me a suit of Iron Man armor, are you?!”
Just as Jones was thinking about how he could get himself a suit of Iron Man armor, Yale’s voice suddenly came from behind him.
“Jones…
shift change!”
“Hmm…
Got it!”
Slowly withdrawing his gaze, Jones replied indifferently before walking straight out of the cave.
When he reached Yale’s side, Jones suddenly stopped.
He stared directly into Yale’s eyes and said softly, “…Good luck.”
With that, Jones walked out of the cave without looking back.
“What the hell is wrong with this guy?!”
Seeing Jones’s behavior, Yale couldn’t help frowning, a puzzled expression appearing on his face.
In the end, however, Yale shook his head and walked over to the door.
He still had to stand guard here for the entire day.
He didn’t have the energy to waste on pointless thoughts.
Having mentally sentenced Yale to death, Jones continued onward.
He went all the way to the ammunition crates at the edge of the base, lay down on one of them, and immediately closed his eyes to rest.