"How did you get here?" Schiller walked briskly through the corridors of the spaceship, striding meteors, oblivious to the ultimate Iron Man behind him.

It wasn't until he reached the door of the bathroom that he looked back at the Ultimate Iron Man in silver-white armor and said, "What the hell do you want to do?" ”

Ultimate Iron Man's visor was removed, and he smiled cynically at Schiller, he crossed his arm, tapped his index finger on one side of the armarmor and said, "Of course, to visit the famous central universe and see where the envoys of the so-called advanced civilizations come from." ”

"You don't trust me?"

"Of course not." Ultimate Iron Man had an expression that you had misunderstood me, he stepped to the side, stopped in front of the bathroom door, leaned forward and stared into Schiller's eyes and said, "You seem to know about me for a long time, but I don't know anything about you, it's not fair, isn't it?" ”

"The foundation of cooperation is fairness." Ultimate Iron Man straightened up and dragged a long note, spread his hands and said, "I don't want to know anything about my partner, how about it?" Are you going to drive me away? ”

Schiller took a step forward, the ultimate Iron Man had no intention of getting out of the way, Schiller's face became more and more unkind, and the smile on the face of the ultimate Iron Man did not decrease.

"Looks like I'm here at the right time, and it's an important moment for you, right?" Ultimate Iron Man glanced back at the bright lights of the banquet hall at the end of the hallway, and said with some smugness, "If you do it with me here, it's all over, my good doctor, you must calm down." ”

Greed was banging on the door in the tower: "Hey, is there anyone, help me open the elevator, I'm going down to find someone!" ”

There was a "ding" sound behind him, apparently the elevator had arrived, and Greed walked in, and the elevator door slowly closed again.

The elevator was immersed in the abyss, a half-haired figure walked into it, and the elevator rose to the highest floor, while Schiller in the real world was only slightly stunned, and the time was so short that the ultimate Iron Man did not notice.

Within a second, Schiller's brows furrowed, his facial muscles tensed, his expression became more solemn, and the smile in his eyes disappeared, becoming rigorous and serious.

He pushed his glasses and said to the ultimate Iron Man, "No matter what you're here for, I have to warn you that you are derelict in your duties and have no regard for the lives of countless cosmic beings. ”

"Well, that's it." Ultimate Iron Man's smile did not diminish at all, and even the corners of his mouth were almost to the root of his ears, he looked at Schiller and said, "Suspend the cooperation, I will not study any more space propulsion engines, but this is because you can't make me build trust in my partner." ”

"I don't meet you in person, not because I don't trust you, or because I don't want you to get to know me." Schiller tilted his head to the side, took a few evasive steps back, leaned against the wall on the other side of the corridor and crossed his arms and said, "I'm not very good at dealing with people like this, and I don't have much to know about you. ”

"Are you a superhero?"

"No, I'm just a doctor."

"So I'm curious, what makes you want to save the universe?" Ultimate Iron Man asked, "Do you think you're kind?" ”

"That's a ridiculous question." Schiller turned his head back, but still did not confront Stark, but lowered his eyes and said: "I know that the universe is going to be destroyed, and I am also a member of the universe, I don't want to be destroyed!" ”

"In other words, you only want to save yourself, and the other creatures in the universe are just incidental, but you just accused me of ignoring the safety of the creatures in the universe."

"Who the hell is the doctor?"

"Of course it's you." Ultimate Iron Man took two more steps, turned his head to meet Schiller's gaze and said, "I can see that you are not the kind of pure hero, so maybe saving the universe is not a very glorious thing in your opinion, and you feel that it is actually a burden, even a trouble, right?" ”

Schiller pursed his lips and did not answer.

"Does driving me make you feel guilty?"

"Of course not."

"Then you're not as compassionate as you think." Ultimate Iron Man showed another smile, he said: "I want to live so I want to save the world, but because I don't want to show my face because I am afraid of trouble, I hide behind the scenes and drive others to go to the trouble for you." ”

"Last question, why me and not the righteous Iron Man?"

Schiller was about to speak, when Iron Man of Ultimate interrupted him and said, "Let me guess, you are friends with Iron Man of this universe, and he is a big hero, and you don't want to drive your friends to take risks, because that will make you feel guilty, and you will lose the illusion that you will feel guilty." ”

"So you found me and replaced me with me, just because you somehow learned that I was no longer a hero, I did a lot of things out of the ordinary, and I was a great demon king in the traditional sense."

"Driving a criminal to do his part to save the universe seems to you to be the best of both worlds, no need to deceive friends, no need to hurt heroes, but still get good results."

Ultimate Iron Man leaned forward again until Schiller raised his head against the wall behind him.

"Even I was once a hero and saved countless people until I became the victim of an accident."

"You're not a victim, you know you're not!" Schiller turned back and said with some anger.

"But you didn't deny that I was once a hero."

Schiller took a deep breath and remained silent.

"You saw what I did, didn't you?" Ultimate Iron Man didn't care about Schiller's reaction at all, he took a step back again, opened his arms and said, "That's a great idea, I used the virus to make an entire city of people into the perfect person they dreamed of. ”

"That's not perfect at all, that's just a scam!" Schiller glared at him angrily and said, "Viruses are time-sensitive, you make people think they can be perfect, but in the end you set a very high price for this perfection, you are harvesting them." ”

Ultimate Iron Man knew that Schiller was referring to something he had done in the original universe, he had developed a new desperate virus, and an entire city of people around him was infected with the virus, but this virus did not cause disease or death, but would only make people perfect, with handsome looks, great strength, and super memory.

But as Schiller said, this virus is time-sensitive, and once the time limit expires, people will still change back to their original appearance, and then the ultimate Iron Man will start to sell this virus publicly, and ordinary people who can't accept the psychological gap will scatter their wealth and abandon their family and business to buy a virus that can make them perfect, causing chaos in the city and people wailing again and again.

"They're being harvested all the time." Ultimate Iron Man's face turned cold, and he said, "For the perfect self that their stupid minds have imagined, for their cowardice and laziness." ”

Finding Schiller's gaze falling back on him, Ultimate Iron Man's eyes flashed a twinkle, and he continued: "It's human nature to take shortcuts. ”

"In fact, everyone knows that they can become more perfect through their own efforts, get better through fitness, and master more knowledge through learning, so why don't they do it? Why should I choose my virus? ”

"Because it doesn't take effort at all." Ultimate Iron Man narrowed his eyes and said, "You don't need to spend sweat and time to get the results you dreamed of, it's not that I tempted them, but the unearned thoughts in their hearts." ”

"Isn't there a strong-willed person who rejects my virus?" Ultimate Iron Man opened his arms again and said, "If there really isn't, then their weak willpower is destined to be harvested by anyone, and their money is not mine, but also with other fraudsters." ”

Schiller was about to open his mouth to retort, but Ultimate Iron Man interrupted him and said, "Do you think you have nothing to do with it?" If it weren't for my research experience in desperate viruses, I wouldn't have been able to make a zombie virus that I used to steal computing power, and I wouldn't have been able to save the universe you want to save. ”

Ultimate Iron Man took a deep breath, tilted his head and said, "To be honest, what interest would someone like me have in saving the universe?" If I had to choose, I would only choose to be alone. ”

"But when you found me, I knew you had a unique talent that other idiots in this world didn't have." Ultimate Iron Man looked straight into Schiller's eyes and said, "Tell me what it is, Schiller......"

He took another half step forward, and Schiller had almost no place to stand, and he clung to the wall behind him, shook his head in silence.

A hint of coldness flashed in the eyes of the ultimate Iron Man, but he hid it well, he saw Schiller's lips move, but in the end he didn't say anything, so he also licked his lips with a little disappointment.

Ultimate Iron Man took a few steps back, and seeing Schiller's obvious relaxed and slightly confused posture, he smiled and said, "Don't get me wrong, I'm not like you to use my own kind that may exist in this world as a gun, it's just pure curiosity." ”

The expression on Schiller's face didn't change, and Ultimate Iron Man knew that he didn't trust the rhetoric, but he felt that he had done enough today, so he said, "I heard that you're treating royalty from some interstellar civilization around here?" ”

Schiller looked at him with some vigilance, and the ultimate Iron Man shook his head and said, "I said it all, you have to give me a chance to get to know you, otherwise why would I give you a job for nothing?" ”

"But the universe ......"

"You knew I wasn't a hero when you found me, so could I have any illusions about my awakening? If that's the case, you might as well go to the Iron Man of your universe. ”

A tangled expression flashed across Schiller's face, and the ultimate Iron Man was already in control, he further expressed his kindness, and said: Although I am not interested in saving the universe, I am curious about you, I said it, you have a talent that those idiots do not have, and I think you are a friend worth making. ”

Contrary to Ultimate Iron Man's expectations, Schiller showed a shocked expression, as if he was quite surprised by this evaluation of Ultimate Iron Man.

Ultimate Iron Man smiled inwardly and thought that he was a perfect prey for his lack of love and praise, his lack of firmness, his blurred self-boundaries, his secrets that he couldn't easily spit on to any of his friends, and the sheer pressure he was under.

Schiller, on the other hand, smiled inwardly and thought, charismatic, focused, ruthless enough – a perfect hunter.

And now I'm catching mice.