Chapter 260 Tony: Someone is spreading rumors! He told me everything I did!
As time went by, the girls at the party left.
After all, it's not impart, Tony can't really leave those irrelevant people until the end.
Many people realized this. After all, Tony even invited Norman over, so he obviously had something important to announce.
Bant naturally knew Tony's purpose.
But speaking of it, Norman Osborn is actually from the same generation as Tony. Tony is only a few years younger than Norman, but when the two are compared, it seems like there is a whole generation difference between them.
The main reason is that Tony is too unreliable.
He is a complete prodigal son.
"Tony, what exactly do you want? I assume it's not just to celebrate the rebuilding of Avengers Tower?"
Steve asked.
Although he danced passionately for a while, he was smart enough to stay sober, unlike T'Challa and Rhodes, who were now lying on the sofa, drunk.
"That's right!"
Tony pointed a finger at him.
"It seems that your brain, which is over seventy years out of date, is not that stupid after all."
After he finished speaking, his eyes fell on Bant, who was sitting on the sofa, smiling silently and waiting for him to continue his performance.
If possible, he would rather Bant asked this question.
Because it will hurt more when you hit your face.
Now that Steve brought it up first, Tony had no choice but to follow his lead.
After all, he felt that with Bant's intelligence, he must have guessed that he had something to show off. If the other party deliberately did not mention it, wouldn't he be very embarrassed?
Hearing that Tony was really busy, Norman loosened his tie and leaned back a little.
The atmosphere of the previous banquet made him feel very uncomfortable.
There were so many young models posing in front of him. Whether he liked it or not was one thing, but being watched by his own son Harry while being surrounded by beauties was another.
Not just Harry, but Bant and Peter as well.
You know, Norman has always regarded himself as a strict elder.
If it would embarrass him in front of the younger generation, it would be better to let him die.
But speaking of Peter...
Norman always felt that Peter was a little strange lately.
His eyes turned to Peter on the other side. At this moment, Peter was sitting on a single sofa with his legs spread wide apart and his arms folded on both sides, as if what was under his butt was not a sofa but a throne.
Just now at the banquet, Peter also seemed like a different person.
She twists her hips more slutty than Steve's.
Fortunately, with Bant here, Peter was still sober and didn't do anything too outrageous.
But being more confident is also a good thing.
Norman suppressed his doubts in panic and asked Tony.
"What the hell is going on, Tony."
Nominally, Tony Stark is the advisor to the Avengers, and the Avengers are under the jurisdiction of ., so it makes sense for Osborn to ask Tony.
Tony walked slowly, holding his glass in hand, to the center of the crowd, and spoke as seriously as if he was giving a speech:
"I told you before that I can protect the earth by myself."
His words immediately brought everyone present back to the meeting to decide whether or not to counterattack Thanos.
"Tony..."
Steve sighed, knowing that Tony still hadn't let go of what happened before, but he couldn't just sit back and watch the relationship between Bant and Tony become strained.
These two people can almost be said to be among the smartest people on earth, and they have wealth that is difficult for an entire country to shake. If the relationship between them is not harmonious, ordinary people will be the ones who suffer.
At the same time, he was helpless about Tony's actions.
He is such a grown man, several years more than twice as old as Bant, but he holds a grudge like a child.
"Bant has helped a lot in the past, including the planetary shield, the Iron Armor, and the assistance from the Heavenly Association... If it weren't for Bant, we wouldn't have won so easily..."
"okay!"
Tony drank the wine in his glass and interrupted Steve in dissatisfaction.
"Please, do you think I'm a petty person who holds grudges and holds on to trivial matters? Do you think I'm someone who will get back at the slightest loss?"
As he spoke, he glanced at everyone, his face filled with anger and speechlessness.
"Am I that sarcastic?"
However, he was greeted by half a minute of silence.
Anyone who made eye contact with him could not help but turn their heads away, so as not to reveal their true thoughts.
But silence itself was the answer.
Tony was so angry that his chest heaved violently.
It was hard for him not to think that if he had not had surgery to remove the shrapnel a few months ago, he would probably have been so angry that the shrapnel would have burst out of his chest.
"Come on, is this the image of me, Tony Stark, in your mind?"
"Not really..." Natasha raised her head slightly.
"And the pervert, little, quick..."
Tony:? ? ?
Who exposed me?
"rumor!"
"It's definitely a rumor!"
"Where did this come from? Jarvis, please send me a lawyer's letter. I want to sue someone for spreading rumors!"
Jarvis calmly replied, "Sir, telling the truth is not considered a rumor."
"You're done Jarvis, I'm sending you back for repairs!"
Tony broke through hard.
All of a sudden, everyone burst into laughter, and for a moment, the hall was filled with a joyful atmosphere.
"All right."
After all, Steve was a professionally trained person. He suppressed the smile on his lips as if he was suppressing an AK, then gestured to everyone, signaling them to be quiet.
"Tony, I know you're upset, but it's not anyone's fault."
"Bant has done a good job, and he defeated Thanos, which can be said to have solved the problem."
Hearing Steve's words, the others nodded in agreement.
Although Bant left the earth at that time, he also made arrangements to leave Loki behind.
In the end, Loki dealt with Supergiant and Ebony Maw alone, and not only took back the stolen gems, but also confiscated the Mind Gem.
In the end, Bant and the Tiangong army arrived in time and scared away Thanos.
Now that Thanos is dead, there is nothing to blame Bant for.
Tony naturally knew this.
To be honest, he had thought it through a long time ago.
From the very beginning, Bant did nothing wrong. After all, the other party was not even an Avenger. Even if the earth was destroyed, he could turn around and take his family to Sakaar, the cosmic headquarters of the Tiangong Society.
There is no obligation to fight Thanos.
Tony thought of this after he got angry.
He had no right to blame Bant. If anyone was to be blamed, it should be his own incompetence for leaving the responsibility of protecting the earth to a teenager.
It was because of this realization that Tony became more determined to complete the "Ultron Global Defense Plan."
But asking him to apologize...
Tony was just too embarrassed to do that.
Perhaps in his opinion, inviting Bant to today's party was a way of apologizing.
Just give him some space to step down slowly.
After a while, we will be back to normal.
Of course, Tony would never let go of the pretense. "Okay, I don't care about those things anymore." Tony said loudly, and he felt that saying this was an apology.
“But my mind hasn’t changed.”
He put down the empty glass, looked at Steve, then at Norman, and finally at Bant, and said, "Thanos is dead. I admit that you did a good job, but we can't let our guard down. The universe is so big, no one can guarantee that there will be no other threats."
"I appreciate the help that the Celestial Beings will provide to the Earth, but we cannot rely on them."
"You have seen it yourself. Thanos first tied down the fighting power of the Tiangong Association, and then sent people to attack the Earth. Who knows who will fail at the critical moment?"
Tony said it very unkindly.
But even Bant had to admit that this was actually the case.
Rely on people and pile up ashes.
Unreliable.
The bigger your fist, the more powerful it is.
Moreover, there are countless enemies in the Marvel Universe. So in the face of a real crisis, what does Thanos count for?
"Tony, that's why we are the Avengers."
"Avengers?" Tony smiled coldly, as if he heard something interesting.
How many Avengers are capable of fighting?
Faced with a real crisis, those three or two little kittens are of no use at all.
Who killed the War Lord?
Who killed Ebony Maw?
At whose hands did the black dwarf die?
Who captured the superstar?
the Avengers?
The Avengers are a joke!
Even clearing small soldiers is not as fast as the drone armor.
What use do you need? !
Indeed, without Thor and the Hulk, the two original fighters, the Avengers' strength can be said to be very weak.
Of course, Tony himself is an Avenger, so there's no way he would say anything that would belittle himself.
"Just a few of us won't be enough!"
He said seriously.
"Everyone, please look!"
Tony seemed to appear at the Stark Industries exhibition all of a sudden, and everyone present became his customers. As he made half a step aside and waved his arm, the wall on the entire floor filled with famous liquors instantly became shorter.
Next, a wall filled with all kinds of armor rose up.
"Look at my iron army!"
Looking at the armors of different colors and shapes, Tony showed a very proud expression on his face.
But other people obviously didn't understand what he was showing off.
"so what?"
Hawkeye scratched his head and said, "I can see that you are quite rich, but the number of these armors is not as much as Primus. What can they do?"
"How can the junk Primus inherited from Hammer compare to mine?" Tony was furious.
If you say that Primos has technology, fine, he will admit it, but if you ask what technology Primos' mass-produced robot soldiers have, he will be the first to disagree.
Bant had no objection to this.
After all, he is not Tony, who is always thinking about developing and upgrading armor. The performance of Primus's Iron Warriors is only equivalent to that of Mark 4-6.
"No matter how many armors you have, Tony Stark can only wear one, right?"
Norman asked back.
What’s the point of doing so many fancy things?
"Are you planning to make a friendly donation to the Hammer Bureau?"
Arming all the agents of the . with battle armor can indeed create an invincible army.
"You wish?"
Tony rolled his eyes.
"Can you keep it if I give it to you?"
Hammer is an organization under the name of the Security Council. If the armor is really given to Hammer, will the member states of the Council be tempted?
At that time, Norman Osborn will become the target of public criticism.
"My plan is to arm the entire earth with steel soldiers without human intervention!"
Tony boasted.
Seeing someone wanted to speak, he quickly spoke first: "I know you will say that the drone mecha Primus already has one, but mine is different."
"All existing artificial intelligence is not enough to deal with dangers around the world, as Primos' unmanned control system demonstrated in the last war."
"Compared to manual operation, once the number of armors increases, the received instructions will become vague, and the full functions of the armors cannot be exerted. They can only be treated as consumables."
Tony could say with confidence that what Jarvis couldn't do, Bant's Eunice couldn't do either.
"So you mean you created a more advanced artificial intelligence?"
Norman frowned slightly.
He was also a scientist, so he knew exactly what Tony meant.
In his opinion, both Jarvis and Eunice have reached the pinnacle of artificial intelligence.
If we go further, we might reach some kind of ethical and moral critical point.
Especially thinking.
"I call it the Ultron Global Defense System."
Tony replied.
It is indeed Ultron.
Bant wasn't surprised because that was what Tony would do.
And he was not worried at all. Bant had already taken several precautions against Ultron and was just waiting to see what Stark would do.
Tony continued, "Through Ultron, we monitor the global network, analyze each person's behavior, determine whether the other party is a threat, and take measures in advance to deal with it."
His words instantly shocked everyone.
"Not only external threats, but also threats on Earth can be stopped in advance. All wars will be stopped!"
"Because Ultron's system will end war and bring peace!"
Everyone was silent.
Everyone who understood what Tony meant looked unhappy.
After a long while, Norman finally spoke: "You want to monitor the whole world?"
"Are you crazy?"
"Why not?" Tony didn't think he had done anything wrong.
"It's because you want to be the Avengers that others bully us!" He pointed at everyone's noses and said sternly, "Why can't we be the Preventers?"
"Why can't we nip all evil in the bud?"
When Tony said this, he looked at Bant.
"Isn't that what the little dinosaur in your Tiangong Society did?"
Tony said, I didn’t understand it before, but now I absolutely support it.
Bant didn't say anything, but Black Widow put her feet on the coffee table and said in a deep voice: "The key is, how do you tell who are the good guys and who are the bad guys?"
"Don't tell me you forgot about Project Insight?"
Tony found it funny.
The underlying algorithm of Project Insight is very useful. At that time, the . Bureau relied on this algorithm to catch countless venomous snakes and completely kill Hydra.
Now he only needs to input the modified algorithm into Ultron's program to complete his idea.
"I asked you to come here just to let you witness this moment!"
He said.
(End of this chapter)