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What is this thing?
Someone's inside?!
What is it?!
It's a monster!
The Girl
Chika!
How about we get something to eat after this?
I've got reservations at this really romantic place...
I'm sorry.
I still have a lot of work to do, so...
Pardon me.
What am I doing...?
I didn't think she'd turn me down...
I guess we'll never unlock the mysteries behind how women think...
Are you alright?! Are you injured anywhere?!
I finally found you.
Iron Man. Tony Stark.
How do you know me...?
Of course I know you.
I'm Aki. I escaped from Zodiac!
So you're saying that you want me to put you under my protection?
You want my help, right?
Yup! That's right.
It's a little hard to swallow.
But I doubt some kid off the street would know about Zodiac...
Hey!
If you don't believe me, should I show you my powers?
This is...
Do you believe me now?
Why would you come to me?
They always talked about how you were in the way. That means you're strong, right?
So I thought you could protect—
Who is "they?"
Do you know what Zodiac is after?!
I'm sorry! Don't cry...
This is terrible.
Our special forces unit tried to recover the Zodiac weapon, but...
Zodiac retaliated, and this happened.
Captain Sakurai! We were able to salvage some of the data.
This is all of it.
This has gotten weird...
Yes, this is Nanami.
It's me. Sorry to disturb you so late...
I need you to look into something...
Where did she go?
I was wondering where you went. What are you doing?
Cleaning!
You really don't have to...
Aki! What happened to the papers that were here?!
Oh! They were just scattered around, so I threw them in there!
Hey Tony!
What's this thing?!
Do not touch that!
Wow, that was great!
Aki!
There's lots of dangerous equipment in this room! So don't touch anything—
What the—?!
Are you okay?
I'll answer it!
W-wait!
Calm down. You just came here because of work. It's not strange at all.
It's okay...
Excuse me—
Who might you be?
U-uh, there was some data that I was curious about, so I wanted Mr. Stark to take a look at it—
Who are you?
Tony's daughter, Aki!
Sorry about that.
N-no, I shouldn't have taken a child's joke so seriously...
I'm glad you calmed down.
So, what can I help you with?
Although, in your case, I'm glad to see you even if there's nothing to talk about...
Hey Tony!
That's...
I'm not just saying that. I make a point not to lie about this sort of thing.
Hey, are you Tony's girlfriend?
I just work at the same place as Mr. Stark.
Well, I figured as much.
Tony always hits on any lady he sees!
Don't just make stuff up! When did I—
What? You were on the phone with some other lady last night!
You were awake?!
Mr. Stark.
Don't get the wrong idea, that call was just—
Please go over the data before coming in tomorrow.
If you'll excuse me.
Hang on!
You should probably give up on that one.
Would you cut it out?!
You wrecked my lab, and now you wanna wreck my relationship too?!
And if this stuff about Zodiac is made up...
Tony...
Tony you jerk!
I'm spending a lot of today on my back...
Excuse me!
Do you work at this orphanage? I'm Ota, with the Tokyo Journal.
I see...
I had a few questions about the girl in this picture.
If you know her, I was wondering if I could talk to you about her.
Aki-chan?
Jeez, where did she go? And with Zodiac supposedly targeting her...
This is Nanami. About that girl, Aki, you wanted me to investigate...
Did you find anything out?
Her parents died in a plane crash two years ago.
It crashed into the ocean, after having been hijacked.
After surviving that crash, she came to this orphanage.
But about six months ago, someone came saying they wanted to adopt her...
They don't know anything about what's happened to her since she was adopted.
I see...
And...
Apparently, someone else came around asking questions about her.
There you are...
Sheesh, I was worried about you! Try and be a little...
You don't want to play with them?
If I joined in, they could get hurt...
I can't control my power sometimes...
It was the same with Mom and Dad...
No!
I'm sorry...
Tony?!
Aki! Don't act like you're all alone, got it?
I'm your friend, right?
Alright! Time for us to get going!
Well, I guess we should head back now.
Okay!
Captain Sakurai, what brings you here?
Mr. Stark.
We'd like to take custody of that girl who was being held by Zodiac.
So you were the one investigating her then?
I'm sorry, but...
The answer's no.
I don't want to do this the hard way...
You—
Tony!
Where am I?
You awake?
You bastard!
Aki!
Don't worry. She's just unconscious.
How could you do this to a child?!
It's a precaution to keep her from using her powers.
This girl's brain generates powerful magnetic fields.
It's strong enough that she can levitate humans just from the iron in their blood.
This is...
We found this in a Zodiac facility.
According to this, they were developing a weapon that would use this girl's power.
We don't know what the weapon is, but I'd like you to assist us in retrieving it.
To protect Japan.
I'll cooperate if it means helping Aki.
It's coming...
It's coming! Virgo!
Virgo?
What was that?!
It's an attack!
What the hell is that?!
Aki!
All units, withdraw!
Be careful, dumbass!
I need a ride!
What's happening to her...?
I'm not sure. There seems to be some sort of anomalous activity in part of her brain...
Dammit.
Try looking at the info on this. There might be something useful.
We've got an unidentified flying object approaching!
I'll stall that thing.
Not bad. But—
You weren't designed to defend and attack at the same time, were you?!
Aki-chan?!
Don't tell me...
This is it—
Wait!
Stop attacking it, please!
Why?!
Aki-chan's brain is somehow synchronized with that Zodiac machine!
Any damage you do to it seems to be affecting her!
Unbelievable...
Mr. Stark?!
Mr. Stark?! Please, answer!
Stark!
Tony...?
I need to go to Tony...
Aki-chan! You shouldn't get up yet.
Don't touch me!
Tony's gonna die...
If I don't save him...
Dammit...
No!
Thank goodness, you're okay...
Aki!
Zodiac! This ends now!
What the—?!
Virgo...?
What is this?!
Did it incorporate her?
It can't control its power output now! It's going berserk!
Aki!
Let me go, Sakurai!
Are you trying to kill yourself?! Take a good look!
Get the EMP shield ready! Hurry!
An EMP shield?
Good idea, Chika!
It won't hold long! And at this rate, Aki-chan will—
Do we have to wait until it runs out of power?
But if we do that, there's no telling how many casualties there will be...
You realize that, don't you?
Are you going to put everything else at risk, for the life of one girl?
Chika! This suit has anti-EMP measures built in, so it should be able to function inside of that field, right?
Y-yes sir, theoretically...
Stark, what are you—
I'm going to save Aki!
It's too dangerous!
I'll manage!
He's insane...
If I joined in, they could get hurt...
Aki...
Thank goodness, you're okay...
Stark!
Aki!
Tony?
You came for me...?
I told you, didn't I?
We're friends.
Iron Man is withdrawing from the target!
Mr. Stark and the girl are both fine!
I want the EMP shield at maximum output! We need to contain the remainder of Virgo's discharge.
Roger that!
Get ready!
There!
She's certainly cheered up.
Yeah. She's acting like a normal girl now.
But...
I'm sorry!
Thank you, mister!
Her memories of you vanished along with her powers...
It's fine.
She's bound to be happier this way.
Let's get going. Completing the arc station is for the sake of kids like this, after all.
Right, Tony.
That girl sure seemed happy!
I guess that's proof that her foster parents are treating her nicely!
Oh, I think Tony Stark wanted me to do a feature on the activation of the arc reactor.
For him to request me to cover it... I guess I'm a full-fledged reporter now!
Come on, let's go, Masuda-san!
Next time on Iron Man: VS Iron Man.
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