"You... who are you?" Yinsen looked somewhat bewildered at Robert, not quite understanding what Robert was talking about. Robert, however, didn't answer Yinsen, the innocent one's question, but instead focused on the deep part of the cave behind Yinsen.
Robert sensed a complex energy there, containing a hint of death, similar to the dying breaths of animal warriors.
Meanwhile, Robert heard the sound of something heavy approaching with "thud! thud! thud!" steps.
"Hmm? A mech?" Robert soon saw a two-meter-tall silhouette appear before him, a somewhat rudimentary mech.
Robert was fairly familiar with mechs, considering them a man's romance. What man doesn't like mechs? Not to mention popular mechs like the Lightbringer, Dragon Fighter, or even Gundam from the early Dragon Ball series...
Although those mechs were far more powerful than the rudimentary one before him, Robert was still interested because he sensed a peculiar power within the mech.
"Hey! Yinsen, you alright?" The voice of Tony Stark came from within the mech, as he raised his arm threateningly towards Robert, "The guy over there, you better stay away from Yinsen!"
Tony Stark didn't know who Robert was. Seeing the bodies of the extremists around, he thought Yinsen had killed them, especially after watching Yinsen run out with a gun, followed by gunshots and Yinsen's roar echoing...
Thus, Tony Stark thought Robert was one of the extremists. He wanted to ward off Robert to protect Yinsen from him.
There was no choice. Although Tony Stark had built this mech, its weapon system was pitifully weak. In such a rudimentary environment, Tony Stark racked his brains to only equip the mech with two flamethrowers and a missile, but these were all area damage weapons.
If Tony Stark could have equipped a machine gun or similar on the mech, he would have fired without hesitation, not allowing his lifesaver and friend Yinsen to be threatened even slightly. "So, you're all together, huh? It seems I misunderstood earlier..." Robert looked somewhat surprised at Yinsen, then shook his head with a bit of regret.
"What?" Yinsen and Tony Stark looked somewhat confused at Robert, not understanding his meaning.
With a "swoosh!" at that moment, Robert disappeared from their sight.
"Thud!" The next moment, Tony Stark felt a strong impact hit his mech, and then he was flying through the air.
"Bang!!!"
Tony Stark, along with the mech, crashed heavily to the ground, feeling somewhat dazed. He didn't quite understand how he was sent flying, whether something hit him, as he didn't even see it, and a clear fist mark appeared on the chest of his mech.
Without AI assistance, Tony Stark's reaction speed might be a bit faster than average, but seeing Robert's speed was nearly impossible...
"Cut! That's it? Not impressive! Looks like it's not just rudimentary in appearance, but really is!" Robert stood beside Tony Stark. He hadn't exerted much force, yet the mech was sent flying, and its defense seemed lacking. A light punch left a mark on the mech; using a bit more force could have punctured it. "Wha-what?!" Tony Stark heard Robert's voice, came to his senses, and swore under his breath, hardly having time to think before raising the mech's arm flamethrowers towards Robert, shooting two flames in an attempt to push Robert back.
"Huh? You're with Hydra? Why aren't you using laser weapons?" Robert, facing the familiar flames, raised an eyebrow, his energy bursting forth, forming a barrier, and walked up to the struggling Tony Stark.
"Bang!" Tony Stark, seeing an unharmed Robert, felt his worldview crumbling but still instinctively swung his fist at Robert, only to watch in disbelief as Robert caught the massive mech arm, not budging an inch.
"Gulp!" Tony Stark and Yinsen nearby both swallowed nervously. Tony Stark struggled, but found Robert's grip on the mech's arm as firm as a vice, unshakable no matter how he moved.
"Crack! Crack!" Robert ignored the struggling Tony Stark, and under Tony Stark's somewhat horrified gaze, began to dismantle the mech piece by piece!
Yes, dismantling by hand! Dismantling a mech with bare flesh!
The bulletproof material of the mech was as fragile as paper in Robert's hands, quickly disassembling the flamethrowers and causing a small missile to explode in his palm, shielded by a ball of energy, causing no external damage. This scene, further baffling Tony Stark and Yinsen...
Soon, a dazed Tony Stark appeared before Robert, his mech completely scattered on the ground, not a single intact piece visible.
"Strange thing, this device is sustaining your life, like a kind of energy. Is this a new invention of Hydra?" Robert looked at the glowing arc reactor on Tony Stark's chest and asked softly.
"Wait! We're not Hydra! Damn it! Hydra was destroyed long ago, right? Misunderstanding! We're not with Hydra, nor with this organization!" Hearing Robert's words, Tony Stark quickly interjected.
Realizing he might have misunderstood Robert's identity, if this broken organization had a monster like Robert, would they need to seek him for weapons? This monster was the most terrifying weapon!
"He might not be, I can believe that, his energy is very pure, but you are not..." Robert raised an eyebrow, glanced at Yinsen, and said softly.
"We're together, we were both captured by this organization. Look, he's the world-famous genius scientist and billionaire, not some Hydra..." Hearing Robert's words, Yinsen, regaining his composure, ran to Tony Stark's side, anxiously explaining to Robert.
"It was a misunderstanding; you thought he was with the organization, and he thought you were, all a misunderstanding..."
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