I am...Iron Man!

Saving the defenseless is the responsibility I have to shoulder. This is the belief that Ethan entrusted to me.

With the last trace of faith, Tony held the bomb in his arms and chose to use his body to protect those defenseless people.

He will die.

Tony is very clear about this, but he doesn't regret it, and even a little bit of relief, maybe this is his destiny!

This life saved by others will eventually be sacrificed to save others.

In fact.

From the first day of wearing Mark's armor, he had already prepared himself that one day in the future, he might sacrifice his life for something.

only...

What he didn't expect was that this day came too early and too suddenly, and he didn't even have time to tell Potts that he actually really loved her.

If it weren't for the bomb, it was too close to the crowd fleeing the crowd, and he would never choose to use this method to prevent the bomb from exploding.

But unfortunately, he had no time to think and had to make a decision within seconds.

According to Jarvis' analysis, the explosion range will spread to 20 meters around, and strong corrosive chemicals are detected inside.

Once the bomb explodes...

Its power will melt dozens of people into a pool of blood in an instant, including Pepper Potts.

He didn't want to see this tragedy happen.

Pepper Potts is the only woman in his life who is willing to give true love and give his life to it.

In those short seconds, Tony wanted to say a lot, but in the end he couldn't say it. He just cast Potts a goodbye and reluctant look through the steel mask.

Potts seemed to have a heart-to-heart, and felt Tony's affectionate and reluctant eyes under the steel mask.

"No - Tony!!!"

Pepper Potts' pupils shrank violently and let out a desperate scream.

rumbling—

The violent explosion sounded like thunder,

Accompanied by the rich green light, the golden-red mecha, which was like a salaryman, was submerged, setting off a huge wave of air.

Whoosh whoosh—

The black tiles of the main booth were shattered inch by inch, and they were wrapped in this air wave. They wanted to burst out in all directions, like bullets hitting the air with a whining sound.

Many people were hit by the flying rubble because they couldn't dodge in time. Several blood holes appeared in their bodies in an instant, and they fell to the ground clutching their wounds, screaming in agony.

The chemical substance emits a pungent strong corrosive smell, mixed with the strong smell of gunpowder, and the dust lifted by the air wave, filling the entire air and obscuring everyone's sight.

Little Pepper Potts was lucky. Although he was very close to the center of the explosion, he was not seriously injured. He was only swept away by the air waves for a few meters, and his limbs were a little broken.

"Tony! Tony, where are you? Tony, answer me!" Potts' eyes were flushed, and he stumbled into the smoke, looking for the man like crazy.

The high heels that got in the way have long been thrown off, and even the expensive dress worth one hundred thousand dollars was torn apart by Potts without hesitation, running barefoot on the ground full of gravel.

"Tony!"

"Answer me, Tony, where are you?"

"Please... I beg you Tony, don't be okay."

There was thick smoke and dust all around, and the visibility did not exceed one meter. However, even in such a harsh environment, Potts still did not give up his search.

The soles of his feet were scratched by the scattered gravel, leaving bright red footprints one by one. Potts had disheveled hair, and his dress was torn to shreds.

After running for an unknown amount of time, Potts finally stopped, and she saw a familiar touch of golden red from the thick smoke and dust.

"Tony!"

Potts was instantly overjoyed, pushed aside the smoke and dust in front of him, drilled through the cracks of the collapsed ruins, stepped on the ground full of sharp stones, and rushed there regardless of his demeanor.

However.

When Potts approached Tony, the happy expression on his face gradually disappeared.

Although it was night and the temperature in summer was not too low, she could still clearly feel that her limbs and even her heart were getting colder little by little.

Tony buried his head deeply, knelt on the ground with his knees, and wrapped his arms in a staggered manner, holding the bomb in his arms.

And the familiar gold-red mecha, like it was picked up from a garbage heap, only a piece of tattered armor remained, deeply embedded in the man's flesh and blood.

blood...

A large amount of blood was splattered around the man. In this way, he suppressed the destructive power of the bomb to a minimum.

"To...Tony..." Potts' mind was blank, leaving only an instinctive reaction, stepping closer to the man with his limbs like frozen.

come closer.

Potts finally couldn't bear it anymore, covered his mouth subconsciously, tears poured out of his eyes like a bank, and his heart was throbbing like a spasm.

Bearing the impact of the bomb at zero distance, the mecha that was supposed to protect Tony was deeply embedded in the body after being shattered, and almost half of the body became bloody.

The energy lamp that symbolized Tony's life also became flickering at this moment, as if to indicate to her that the life of the man in front of him was about to come to an end.

"No....no!" Potts came out of grief and cried while hugging Tony: "Tony, please, don't leave me, wake up soon?!"

"Potz..."

Tony opened his eyes, looked at the blurred figure in front of him, and barely pulled a smile from the cracked hematoma lips: "It's...well...you...you're...all right.. …”

"No no no... Tony, don't die, please, don't die!" Potts hugged Tony and wept bitterly, begging him not to die.

Potts, who has never had any faith, is praying for a miracle at this time.

"God, Jesus, Christ, I beg you, I beg you, please save him..." Potts hugged Tony tightly, feeling the man's weaker and weaker breathing, the tears flooding Full of cheeks: "He is a good man, he has saved many people's lives, please save him, no matter who it is... I beg you..."

"I love you......"

Tony said this sentence in Pepper Potts' ear, with his chapped lips squirming slightly as his consciousness gradually became dark.

pat...  

Hands fell down weakly.

Tony closed his eyes and his heart stopped beating completely.

There is no doubt that he is dead.

"Do not!!!"

Potts burst into tears, holding Tony and crying aloud, only to feel as if his heart was torn in half in an instant.

This is the first time Tony Stark has said the words 'I love you' to her, but it is also the last time.

That self-centered, arrogant playboy who gave his life to protect the defenseless!

...

...

...

Tony Stark is dead.

But it was only the 'body' that died, and he reappeared beside him in the form of a 'soul'.

"I...didn't I already die?"

Tony, who appeared as a soul, looked at the familiar environment around him with a dazed expression, and Potts, who was holding his... corpse and crying.