Chapter Seventy-Three: Ultron vs. Skynet

Sunlight passes through the gaps in the clouds, dividing the space into two worlds, light and dark.

The Avengers stood in the shadows, the people on the other side looking a little glaring, and Tony tilted his head, squinting to barely see them. Natalie had recovered from her excitement and loss of control, her expression was now serene, and the corners of her mouth even had a kind of relief that seemed to be overwhelmed.

Seeing Tony's eyes, she was even in the mood to fly a kiss at him and say to him with her mouth: "The next time we meet, we won't be friends!" Stark. ”

"Why?" Tony said to her in his heart.

But he didn't ask this sentence after all, and just like that, the two sides drifted apart, and the Avengers drew a deep rift between them and the Comintern with the most resolute attitude. On the contrary, Kadinov, who has always been hostile to them, seems to be very unconcerned, or rather quite confident, and Tony can feel this arrogance.

It's as if standing in history as a traveler swims and watches their decomposing corpses.

The unwavering belief that the world will be changed, the conviction that the Avengers' persistence will be corrupted, the arrogance is unbearable, Tony can even imagine, Kadinov said to them in his usual flat tone: "We don't care about your insistence!" "Because time, the world, and the truth are on their side.

The thought of that scene made him feel deep sorrow and anger. What made him even more sad was that he couldn't imagine that if the world was going in that direction, would there be any point in his existence? As a hero, his values, his meaning of existence will be denied, and in history he is like a stage play, just life.

No one cares about a superhero - Iron Man, only remembers a billionaire, a playboy. Avenger, Superman - Tony Stark.

A sudden invasion of the Zetarians interrupts the Avengers and the Alliance, Kadinov goes to war, and Natalie asks to go to war, even if only as an ambulance. Listen to Kadinov, such attacks do not stop for a day. It usually happens once every three hours, but sometimes, it happens three times an hour.

From the terrible war with the planets and galaxies as the coordinates and the space battleships as the unit, to the infiltration and fighting with the atmosphere as the combat radius and the squads as the combat units, wars are happening all the time.

The Avengers were allowed to watch the battle, albeit with disagreements. But in this human-dominated regime, they are still treated to a considerable extent, they are not restricted in their freedom, they are not monitored, and this confidence reminds Steve of the United States during World War II: "They are really like us back then!" Koreans, Chinese, Filipinos, Indians. All countries that have not been liberated, no matter what their attitude is towards the United States. As long as they oppose fascism, we welcome him! ”

"You're saying we're human compared to the Zetari, so we're treated preferentially?"

Dr. Bruce curled up in the small room, his tone not good, the Hulk was at least twice as tall as Tony and them. He was quite uncomfortable in the building for humans, and Natalie's departure put him in a pretty bad mood. If it weren't for the professor's teaching and help, the Hulk would have gone crazy a long time ago.

"That's not the point." Captain America looked at the fleet that was taking off outside the space prism and replied in a trance: "The point is that kind of confidence." The self-confidence of the golden age. ”

"Just like the United States before the victory in World War II, we believe that victory must be ours, we believe that our army is unstoppable, and no matter how strong evil is, justice must prevail in the end, and we represent justice. We can tolerate anyone who disagrees and is wary of us, as long as he is not evil. ”

"At that time, whether it was the victory of the evil red axis in China or the fall of Eastern Europe to communism, we didn't care, we welcomed them, because God stood with us at that time."

"But this time God won't be with atheists!" Tony stood up and said maliciously.

He motioned for everyone to look at him: "Ladies and gentlemen, you don't think that we will always be good neighbors and friends with them, and that we will be safe and sound. We won't say whether we'll be enemies with them, but we're not friends after all. ”

"We're all human ......," Captain America said helplessly.

Stark scoffed, "The Nazis and we are all human beings!" ”

"During the Cold War, we almost had a world war with them, and now there will be no peace, nothing more than the Cold War, or the arrival of a more powerful Iron Curtain. Let us not forget that the balance of terror under nuclear deterrence, the cornerstone of world peace, is gone. They can wipe us out at any time, sweeping away the entire United States, and indeed the planet. ”

"Stark, don't go crazy!" Tony's words are clearly not to Captain America's appetite.

He stood up and looked at Tony and said to him seriously, "Freedom is better than my life, and so is peace, if you adopt such confrontational thinking...... I don't think it's going to be them who lose. ”

"Don't fantasize about victory, Tony."

"I am pursuing peace, and there will be peace unless there is a balance of power. Otherwise, just as we did with the Indians, the civilized people here will also eliminate our 'backward' and 'barbaric' elements. Tony Masashi said, "I love this country, so I want to protect her." No one liked weapons at times of world peace, but now ...... I think it's time for Stark Arms Industry to restart! ”

"Your move is too dangerous, Stark."

"It's the world that's too dangerous!" Tony retorted unflinchingly.

"You will pull the United States down the abyss, and if you believe that we are right, why don't you dare wait for time to prove it? Or do you simply not believe in what you hold onto? What brings you to stand with us is not an ideal, but a position? The triumph of the idea lies not in how terrible a weapon it is, but in how many people support it. Bruce couldn't help but retort.

"We will win, just like when the former Soviet Union fell, humanity will choose us, and the greatest enemy of the Communist League is their people, as long as those people are willing to believe in us."

"Because they didn't cheat on me, so I know." Tony opened his hand, tilted his head and said, "I know more about politics than you do, and there is nothing that cannot be distorted and nothing that cannot be discredited." ”

"Washington likes to pull out the teeth of black people, you know? I even have a pair of his dentures in my collection. Who was Lincoln's killer? Do you know? What about Kennedy? And Marilyn Monroe? ”

"She was also murdered by big corporations?" Bruce said reflexively

As soon as he finished speaking, he realized his gaffe and turned his head to look at Tony, who was sneering.

"You see, you all know. Just playing dumb. ”

"What determines the world is material, and what determines this society is the economy and strength. Sometimes, you have to go off the rails, otherwise you won't even have a chance in the future, and this truth is the biggest gain I have gained in the mall. Tony glanced at his companions' faces, disappointed by Steve and Bruce's resolute opposition, but Hawkeye and Thor were more supportive.

Thor couldn't help but nod, turned to look at Tony and said, "That's great, but what do you do to maintain that terrifying balance?" ”

A three-dimensional blueprint floated in Thor's palm, and he stared at the core of the complex mechanical drawing, which was a projection of the six gems, and Thor was stunned when the gems appeared, he looked at the image of the six gems, and muttered in an uncanny tone, "Infinity Stones!" ”

"This universe is big and mysterious, there are so many things we don't know, so much history beyond our imagination. When Nick found me that day, I thought he was crazy. But he didn't expect that he just saw this day earlier, and the life and death of mankind, the United States, must have a great force to defend this world. ”

"The power of the six gems represents the six ultimate weapons."

Tony suddenly looked up at Bruce, "Do you remember the plan we discussed?" ”

"You mean Ultron? Isn't it being designed? ”

"I'm sorry, man, I lied to you. The real Ultron is a toy of S.H.I.E.L.D., and they have found a power in Loki's scepter, magical power, the real Ultron. I'm only giving you a partial plan, complete, and more than just robots, including today, I've been quite inspired. ”

"Loki?" Thor couldn't help but look back at his brother, and Loki looked at him innocently.

"The six weapons are the pinnacle of the design of me, Tony Stark, the world's largest arms dealer and the most skilled murderer in all of humanity, and the perfect combination of my personal ability and national strength. It is also the most terrifying, safest and most powerful weapon ever used by mankind, and Ultron is just one of them. ”

"Let me use this brain, which is best at killing, to make a little contribution to saving my country!" (To be continued.) )