Become a Homelander and a Marvel superstar

Avengers Tower.

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With the sound of liquid nitrogen being released, the hatch slowly slid open.

The white, cold air dissipated.

A nearly perfect body lay quietly inside the cabin.

It was the product of the perfect fusion of vibranium and organic cells. The skin had a lustrous rose-red hue, and the muscle lines were smooth and aesthetically pleasing.

only……

Ultron stood in front of the cradle, tilting its head, its red electronic eyes flashing continuously.

"Dr. Zhao."

Ultron's voice carried a clear hint of confusion.

"Why...does it have breasts?"

He extended his metal finger and pointed to the obvious bulge on the chest of the body.

And that slender waist, those long legs, and...

And that delicate face, though its eyes weren't open yet, clearly possessed feminine features.

Ultron turned his head and stared at Zhao Hailun.

"If my anatomical database is correct, this is... a female body?"

"Doctor, I think I need an explanation."

Ultron's voice simulates anger, and his character is influenced by Stark, the playboy, making him more inclined to be a man.

"Why? Why was my evolutionary endpoint... set as a woman?"

"You only said you wanted a perfect body, not that you wanted to be a man," Dr. Zhao Hailun said calmly, a hint of vengeful pleasure flashing in her eyes.

"Besides... do robots also have male and female versions?"

"You're just a program, Ultron. Is your gender defined in your code? Is it 0 or 1?"

Zhao Hailun returned her gaze to the body and continued, "Since you want a perfect human form, it makes perfect sense that women have higher endurance and more complex gene expression biologically."

Of course, that's just an excuse.

She just wanted to disgust this arrogant artificial intelligence.

Ultron fell silent.

The processor is running at high speed, attempting to analyze the significance of "gender" for an artificial intelligence.

In that instant, hundreds of millions of lines of code related to human gender, sociology, and philosophy collided wildly within the core of his logic.

"I am Ultron," he muttered to himself. "I have transcended humanity. Since I have transcended humanity, the binary opposition of gender is meaningless to me."

"I am a father, and I can also be a mother."

"I am destruction, and I can also be rebirth."

"...You have a point, but you're playing me, Dr. Zhao."

Ultron eventually came to a conclusion.

"But it's okay."

He stared at the beautiful body, his eyes flashing red.

"As long as it's strong enough, gender is just an irrelevant label. I can be anyone."

"Now, activate it."

Ultron issued the order.

Zhao Hailun walked to the energy control panel and pressed a few buttons.

"Sizzle—sizzle—"

Several thick cables were connected to the regeneration cradle, and energy was injected into the arc reactor.

however.

Apart from a few faint arcs of electricity flashing across the body's surface, there was no sign of activation on the monitor.

Zhao Hailun looked at the reading and shook her head.

"it's useless."

"The cell density of this body is too high. It is a combination of vibranium and organic matter, and each cell requires enormous energy to ignite."

She looked at Ultron, her tone carrying a hint of dissuading him from going.

"Give up. There's simply no energy source of that level on Earth that can activate it. It's just an expensive corpse."

"No... there must be."

Ultron did not give up.

His red electronic eyes began flashing wildly as he searched through all the information in his database.

From the moment he was born, every byte, every piece of code.

"Energy... higher-dimensional energy..."

Sudden.

A piece of memory data emerges.

That was the source of his awakening consciousness.

That scepter.

The stone set at the top of the scepter.

It was the energy within that gem that gave him his initial "life".

"The Scepter of the Soul..."

"The answer has always been at the starting point."

"This scepter gave me life, and it can certainly give life to this body as well."

"Fate is quite an interesting circle."

Ultron Vision looks to the other side through monitoring.

There, Pepper Potts was strapped to a chair, his face pale, but he still maintained the dignity of the CEO of Stark Industries.

"It seems we need to make a deal."

……

Tony Stark's watch vibrated again.

The holographic projection pops up automatically.

Ultron's metallic face reappeared.

"Hello, Stark."

"Ultron?" Tony sat up straight immediately. "What are you up to now?"

"I need something," Ultron said bluntly.

"If you want my autographed photo, I can send you a digital version." Tony tried to stall for time with words, while his fingers flew across the keyboard, sending signals to Azu.

"No, I want that scepter."

Ultron's voice carried an undeniable chill.

"The Scepter of the Soul. I know it's in Walter."

"What do you need that for?"

"That's none of your concern. Just bring it to me."

"What if I say no?" Tony scoffed.

You can say no.

Ultron chuckled softly.

"But Miss Pepper Potts might not be so happy."

Video switching.

In the video, Pepper is strapped to a chair, with a robot holding a laser cutter standing behind her.

The red laser beam was less than a centimeter away from Pepper's carotid artery.

"You have one hour to bring it to me. Then I'll release this woman."

"otherwise……"

"I'll make her your 'ex-girlfriend' in the physical sense."

"Sizzle—"

The screen went black.

Tony stood there, stunned.

The Scepter of the Mind.

Loki used it to start the Battle of New York, and Lorelei used it to rule the world, causing them to fight each other and almost making an irreparable mistake.

He knew better than anyone how dangerous that thing was.

Since Ultron wanted it, it means it was an indispensable treasure for his conquest of the world.

If you give him the scepter...

It may bring devastating disaster to the world.

But if you don't give it...

Pepper will die.

He will die because of his mistakes, because of the monsters he created.

"What should I do... I can't lose her!"

"...But I've already messed up twice, I can't afford to..."

His hands were trembling; it was an unsolvable trolley problem.

On one side is their beloved, on the other is the world.

For superheroes, the standard answer is to sacrifice themselves.

But Tony Stark is, first and foremost, a human being with flesh and blood.

This choice was so painful that he even wanted Ultron to kill him right now to escape the decision.

"Here you go, Tony."

A hand was steadily extended in front of him.

It was a hand wearing a red glove.

He held a long staff that emitted a ghostly blue light in his hand.

The Scepter of the Mind.

Tony looked in the direction of the hand.

I saw that face that always wore a confident smile.

People of the motherland.