Tony Stark, piloting the MK2 armor, was speeding toward the scene. He had complete confidence in his suit’s capabilities, certain it would easily annihilate the lizard-men. This was just the first step in his plan—afterward, he intended to head to Afghanistan to wipe out the Ten Rings.
“Warning! High-energy alert! High-energy alert! Automatic evasive maneuvers initiated.”
The sharp sound of the alarm suddenly blared in his helmet. On the heads-up display (HUD), J.A.R.V.I.S. projected a high-speed object approaching fast. The thrusters on the back, hands, and feet of the MK2 activated simultaneously, shifting its trajectory in an instant.
The sudden shift subjected Tony to over 20 times the force of gravity, pinning him against the MK2’s interior. This was double the limit that the human body could endure, and even with the most advanced G-suit, Tony felt a wave of dizziness wash over him.
In anticipation of fast-moving foes like Eastern martial artists, Tony had installed six advanced active phased-array radars on the MK2. These radars, originally designed for Aegis destroyers for air defense, were capable of detecting ballistic missiles traveling outside the atmosphere.
Tony had scaled down these bulky radars to the size of a coin. While their detection range had been reduced, J.A.R.V.I.S.’s ability to analyze and synthesize data from all six arrays allowed the system to detect even the smallest and fastest-moving targets, far exceeding the capabilities of the destroyer-sized radars.
Even objects the size of a thumb could be detected with pinpoint accuracy.
“Is it a radar glitch?” Tony wondered briefly.
The phased-array radar had just picked up an object approaching at a speed of 27 kilometers per second. That was impossible—this speed was over 70 times the speed of sound and more than twice Earth’s escape velocity. Even the most advanced ICBM, like the Peacekeeper, could only reach speeds of Mach 26 at its peak.
How could anything be moving that fast?
Golden light flashed, and Broly appeared in the exact spot where Tony had been just one second earlier. Broly gazed excitedly at the MK2, now hundreds of meters away.
“It dodged at the last moment? Impressive! Let’s see if you can evade my next attack!”
Broly spread his arms, and without needing to consciously trigger it, his battle-hardened body automatically entered his rage form. Green lightning crackled around him like serpents, coiling and twisting in the air.
The atmosphere trembled, and the wind surged like a violent storm. On the ground, New York’s citizens stared up in terror at the green glow in the sky. It felt like a heavy weight pressed down on them, making it hard to even breathe.
“High-energy alert! High-energy alert!” the HUD in Tony’s helmet lit up with red warning signs.
“Turn off the alarms, J.A.R.V.I.S.,” Tony said, his voice strained.
The MK2’s optical sensors detected a massive surge in radiation. The principle behind these sensors was similar to the scouters used by the Frieza Force, though much more primitive. High-energy releases, such as those from combustion or nuclear fusion, usually emitted photons when electrons transitioned between energy levels.
Tony, with his genius intellect, quickly scanned the sensor data and mentally calculated an alarming figure.
“Mother—!”
He cursed under his breath, his confidence in the MK2 suddenly plummeting.
“That kind of energy… If it were unleashed all at once, it would wipe New York off the map.”
Broly halted the rise of his energy, tearing off his shirt, revealing his battle-hardened, muscular physique. A grin spread across his face.
“Let’s fight.”
Though a part of his rational mind recognized the black-clad figure before him, his surging battle spirit quickly dismissed the thought. In the blink of an eye, Broly’s body vanished, leaving behind a golden flash.
Before Tony could react, J.A.R.V.I.S. activated evasive maneuvers, but the proximity was too close. Even with J.A.R.V.I.S.’s supercomputer-level processing speed, calculating Broly’s movements took several hundred microseconds, and the thrusters needed even more time to engage.
“You’re too slow!”
Broly appeared right in front of the MK2, delivering a powerful knee strike to its abdomen.
Tony felt the impact reverberate through the suit. The armor’s advanced design redistributed the force across its entire frame, preventing a lethal blow, but the attack still packed a punch.
“Impressive. So I’ll need to hit harder to crack this turtle shell, huh?” Broly grinned, his excitement growing. His leg lashed out again, sending the MK2 flying like a football, launching it several hundred meters away. Before the suit could stabilize, Broly flashed behind it with his incredible speed and kicked it again.
Golden light flickered as Broly’s relentless kicks clashed against the MK2’s armor with thunderous roars.
Below, New York’s air raid sirens wailed. The city’s citizens fled in panic, seeking shelter in underground garages and subway stations.
Broly charged a crackling energy blast in his hand, laughing as he grabbed the MK2’s head and slammed the energy into Tony’s faceplate.
BOOM!
A massive explosion erupted, the power of which rivaled a two-thousand-pound bomb. As the raging flames subsided, the MK2 became visible again.
The armor, composed of countless metallic granules, had undergone an incredible transformation. Diamond-like scales now covered its upper half, offering immense resistance to energy blasts and shockwaves. Though slightly damaged by the explosion, the armor began regenerating, healing itself.
Finally finding an opening, Tony counterattacked, firing a searing plasma beam from his chest directly at Broly. But before the beam could hit, the energy arcs surrounding Broly flared up, deflecting the attack.
“Ha!” Broly unleashed a barrage of ki blasts, his hands moving in a blur as he sent dozens of energy balls flying toward the MK2 like a meteor shower.
The blasts detonated in rapid succession, heating the air to a near-boiling point. Clouds that had once hung low over the city were blown away by the force of the shockwaves.
Sunlight broke through the newly clear skies, illuminating Broly as he thrust his hand through the MK2, piercing it completely.
While the diamond-like scales offered great protection against energy attacks, they were far less effective against physical strikes. With his battle instinct, Broly had quickly deduced this weakness, and his attack struck true.
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