Chapter 23

Bang!

Zheng Xiaotian's palm struck the face of the flame man. Hidden in his palm were actually two air bullets. As the air bullets were driven into the man's eyes, there were two muffled explosions.

The man fell to the ground with a thud.

Zheng Xiaotian once thought that coming to this world of steel was like being a mere bystander. The air bullets hitting the steel had no effect at all. But now, it seemed that his presence here was not without reason. In this time of Tony's distress, he could serve as his bodyguard.

Rustle!

Tony got up from the rubble, slowly approaching Zheng Xiaotian, and said, "You just slapped him to death?"

"Do you think I was wrong to slap him to death?" Zheng Xiaotian turned to look at Tony.

"Not wrong, exactly. The key is that they were after me. At the very least, you should have given me a chance to finish him off," Tony said.

"Such a monster!" Zheng Xiaotian pointed to the man on the ground, whose eyes had been blown into hollows. "Do you think you could kill him with a knife? Next time, you can practice on him?"

"How did you kill him?" Tony looked at Zheng Xiaotian.

"Simple. When his body is charging, it's extremely unstable. At such a time, you need to attack him, not be afraid. It's like, wherever you hit, it explodes." Zheng Xiaotian thought, if you weren't a cultivator, wherever you hit, it would burn, and the heat would scorch you to death.

"Oh!" Tony said half-doubtfully.

Tony called Zheng Xiaotian and hurriedly left the scene.

Tony stole a car.

Zheng Xiaotian was amazed. This guy, a top expert in machinery, stole a car in just three seconds. If he were a car thief, he would be like an ancestor among them.

Tony first made a phone call to contact his military friends, then turned, shifted gears, and said, "I'm going to a dangerous place. Are you ready?"

The car shot out with a whoosh. Zheng Xiaotian thought, even if I wanted to get out now, would you let me?

The car drove into Washington.

Tony, with coordinates and a target, approached a minivan.

Zheng Xiaotian followed Tony, watching him pry open the car door. As Tony opened the door, he instantly entered.

There were many screens inside, making it look like a temporary command vehicle.

Tony sat down and started operating the controls.

Zheng Xiaotian saw video footage on the screens. It seemed that they had captured Americans for experiments. After the experiments, the monsters they encountered before coming to Washington appeared. Their bodies became unstable and would ignite. Even if they didn't kill them, the monsters would eventually explode due to instability.

Zheng Xiaotian shook his head. It turned out that the precious lives of Americans could also be used for human experiments. Of course, the experimenters were not Americans but a group that hated America and had not revealed their identity.

Meanwhile.

Pepper's residence welcomed two guests. Without Tony's protection, breaking in was easy. Once inside, capturing Pepper was also not difficult.

If Tony were here, he would have fought to the death.

"Miss, Miss, don't struggle, or I'll strangle you," the man said, smiling as he held Pepper by the throat.

"What do you want?" Pepper shouted.

"We need to give Tony a gift," the man smiled, raised his left hand, and struck Pepper's neck with a hand knife.

Pepper immediately fainted.

The two men carried Pepper out of the house, coming and going in a hurry.

What was Tony, Pepper's bodyguard, doing at this moment?

Tony drove out of Washington. After leaving the city, he found a supermarket and started shopping.

In the supermarket, in the hardware section and other areas, Tony threw various items into the shopping cart.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, the supermarkets in Washington are great, they have everything. Compared to the remote place we were in, this place is just complete. The moment of Tony's brilliance is about to come again," Tony said excitedly. He even imagined the moment when his Iron Man suit would be completely repaired.

"Boss!" Zheng Xiaotian looked at Tony.

"Hmm, what is it?" Tony said happily, "While I'm in a good mood, if you ask for a raise, I can double it."

Zheng Xiaotian rolled his eyes. He thought, doubling it would only be 400 dollars, which is about 3,000 RMB. 3,000 RMB is a decent salary in China, but here, a cup of coffee costs over 50 dollars. Would a month's salary be spent on just seven cups of coffee?

"Boss, I'm curious, can you pay for all these things?" Zheng Xiaotian asked.

"Don't I have money?" Tony asked.

"You are a rich man, that's true. The key is, do you have a credit card? How will you pay? Retinal scan?" Zheng Xiaotian looked to the side. He thought, it's better to keep a distance from this guy. If he just throws all these things away, it would be embarrassing.

"Forgot, didn't bring a credit card," Tony scratched his head.

"You shouldn't have come in," Zheng Xiaotian said irritably.

"Here, come closer, I'll tell you my plan," Tony waved at Zheng Xiaotian.

As he listened, Zheng Xiaotian's disdainful expression became evident. He thought, only a rich person would do something like this. If it were him, with his strong sense of self-respect, he wouldn't do it.

Zheng Xiaotian instantly shot toward the server room.

Click, click, click!

Suddenly, the supermarket went dark.

One minute, two minutes. The backup power supply then kicked in.

Beep, beep, beep.

At the same time, the security gate at the supermarket entrance was continuously beeping. It was because a pack of cookies had not been paid for.

Meanwhile, Tony and Zheng Xiaotian were already in the car, driving with the stolen items toward the suburbs, forward, forward!