Ghostrider0002

-Chapitre 17-

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-Chapter 17-

-March 3, 2008-

-POV Tony Stark-

‘I can’t believe I’m going to have to build weapons for these terrorists,’ I thought as I looked at all the components for making Jericho missiles in front of me.

Over the days that had passed, I lost track of time, unable to focus for more than a few seconds before being tortured in a new way.

No one gave me anything to eat, and the only time they bothered to let me go to the bathroom was when I started pissing myself.

‘Fucking psychopaths,’ I thought as I looked at the chief torturer, who was staring at me with a sadistic smile, pleased to see me give in.

“So now, Mr. Tony Stark, are you ready to be more reasonable?” he said in English with a horribly... funny accent.

I would have laughed at him, but I didn’t want to go through another round of torture, so I said:

“I’ll do whatever you want.”

The man in question chuckled before bursting into joyful laughter, and then he said:

“Alalalalala, if someone had told me that the great Tony Stark would wag his tail in front of me like a little puppy, I would never have…”

SOUND OF EXPLOSION

An explosion echoed, and the ground shook, sending some of the men to the floor. Once I regained my balance, I looked around: nothing had changed. I was still surrounded by my captors, and to my left was the man who had saved my life, Professor Ho Yinsen.

I quickly searched for a way to escape, but I decided to do nothing because, even though they were disorganized and clearly undertrained, they didn’t take their eyes off me.

“If you move, you die,” said the sadistic bastard before giving orders in Arabic to his underlings, who opened the heavy door and left to help the fighters who seemed to be struggling, judging by the nonstop gunfire I kept hearing.

‘Please let it be the rescue team, God, please,’ I thought, praying more seriously than I ever had in my life, feeling the last spark of hope within me.

After a few seconds, all the men who were still in the cell left to defend the base.

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“laqad wasaluu” (they’re coming)

“kun mstedan liltaswir” (be ready to shoot)

“allaenat 'iinah wahid” (Damn, he’s alone)

“hunak muhajim wahid faqut, wahu shaytan” (There’s only one attacker, he’s a demon)

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“What are they saying?” I asked as I heard the shouts of our captors.

“They’re saying that one man has infiltrated the base,” Ho Yinsen replied, straining to hear and trying to translate accurately.

“One man?!” I said, incredulous.

“According to their shouts, there’s only one,” Ho Yinsen said, equally confused by the situation.

With all the gunfire and explosions, it was hard to believe that just one man could be the cause.

“That’s impossible. There are at least hundreds of people in this base. One man couldn’t do anything alone,” I said more to myself than to Yinsen.

He simply shrugged his shoulders gently, keeping his hands on his head, afraid that when those bastards returned, they would beat us up just because they wanted to.

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-POV MC-

“Commander,” Erik asked me.

“Hmm?” I replied.

“We shouldn’t let you go alone,” he said.

I smiled at him, then said:

“I’m going to do what I do best. Don’t worry about me. All you have to do is make sure we can evacuate the area properly.”

“Very well, boss. Take care,” he said before I jumped out of the sky.

I smiled as I jumped, remembering my exercises when I was in the military. Once I reached the right height, I opened my parachute, guiding it until I was about a hundred meters above the ground.

I detached myself from the parachute and landed with a roll. As soon as I got up, I cleared my mind with a single mission: kill all my enemies and rescue Stark unharmed.

Rushing at nearly 500 kilometers per hour, I ran as fast as possible, reaching the Ten Rings base in less than 10 seconds. I took a moment to slow down and observe my surroundings. As soon as I became aware of my environment, I began the massacre.

I charged at the first terrorist and neutralized him by coating my palms with chi and striking his abdomen with all my strength.

It was the very first time I had fought at full power against other people, and I was shocked to see the man explode as if he had swallowed a grenade.

Surprised, I didn’t react for a millisecond before regaining my composure and doing the same to everyone who had already taken up arms and tried to target me.

As time passed, I learned the right amount of force to apply to simply kill them without being covered in guts.

‘Chi is one of the best investments I’ve made because enhancing my physical attributes has also increased my vital force, which has also influenced my chi.’

Although I’m still a novice in this martial art, I had learned the basics and boosted my Chi Mastery skill to a new level...

[Accomplishment System]

{Attributes}

[Strength: 1,000]

[Speed: 1,000]

[Agility: 97 (+1 point)]

[Intelligence: 100 (+19 points)]

[Wisdom: 82]

[Perception: 75]

[Endurance: 1,000]

[Constitution: 100 (+19 points)]

[Chi: 1,000]