Moriarty let out an involuntary exclamation.He stopped, his eyes fell on Tony, and then he looked at the bomb in the swimming pool along his arm: "...Baby, you really surprised me."

"You too." Tony's voice was calm, the muzzle of the gun remained motionless, "Make a choice, what do you want me to do?"

Moriarty stared at him for two seconds, then turned his head helplessly: "Can I trouble you to take your lover to avoid it?"

Sherlock smiled: "I'm sorry, I always like to watch the excitement. John?"

"...I think we can go a little further." Watson said blankly, tentatively moving towards Sherlock, "For example, to the door over there... What do you think?"

Moriarty stared at Sherlock threateningly, Sherlock pretended not to see it, and the old god was on the ground looking up at the ceiling.Watson walked up to Sherlock and dragged him towards the door, so Sherlock reluctantly moved.

The red spot on Watson's body has not disappeared.Tony glanced at him, and his eyes fell back on Moriarty's face.

Moriarty raised his hands: "Do you really think this would be a good place to talk, Tony?"

"I don't know." Tony replied bluntly, "but I think it will be very difficult to find such a suitable opportunity in a short time."

"...Tony, you are forcing me to be a good person in front of others." Moriarty sighed, "You will cost me a lot of business by doing this."

Tony laughed and raised his hand to shoot the bomb.

"—Sherlock!" Watson reacted quickly and threw Sherlock down.However, after waiting for two or three seconds, the expected explosion did not sound.Sherlock pushed Watson away, and stood up with an ugly face: "... the bomb is fake?"

"Everyone knows it's fake now." Moriarty turned abruptly and said gloomily, "Please, Sherlock, use your intelligent head to think about it, how could I treat you as soon as I walked in? Say, 'Sherlock, I've found something for our game, you don't have to care if it's real or not, we'll just play it as if it's real'? What's the fun in games like that? You're here with me We didn't meet to guess the truth, did we!"

"It's obviously more beneficial to me to take it as real." Sherlock's face sank, "I can't expect you to be a deceitful person, can I?"

"Yeah, so you won't take risks, and neither will I." Moriarty mocked, "Why can't you just shoot it? Because I caught your weak point, you can't move?"

"—Next question, Jim." The cold muzzle of the gun was pressed against the back of Moriarty's head, and Tony's voice sounded behind him, "Is the sniper rifle real?"

"...I always have to keep some insurance for myself." Moriarty said, "Do you insist that I confess all the arrangements in front of my old enemy?"

"You understand what I mean." Tony said coldly, and the muzzle of the gun moved a little closer, "Let them go."

Moriarty shrugged and snapped his fingers.The red dot that fell on Watson disappeared in an instant.Sherlock didn't move, and looked at Tony: "You were the one who texted me before saying that you had the clue to decrypt the painting in your hand?"

Tony tilted his head and signaled him to leave quickly: "Obviously you don't need it, but this doesn't prevent me from being a hero again."

Sherlock took a step back and pushed the door open: "—Come on, John, there's no need to stand here anymore. This place has become a scene of family ethics drama."

The door closed again.Only Tony and Moriarty were left in the empty swimming pool.The pistol was still pressed against the back of Moriarty's head, without any intention of moving.

"—I have a question, Tony." Moriarty said suddenly, "You were still asleep before I left, and even 10 minutes ago when I was watching the surveillance, you were still lying sweetly in the camera...you How did you come here in such a short time?"

"Forgot? You gave me back the steel jacket," Tony said. "It's always been pretty useful in my hands."

"I thought that after falling from such a high sky, it was almost a pile of scrap metal. Are the delicate electronic components inside not damaged at all?"

Tony was silent for a moment: "...you know why."

Moriarty laughed, stretched his fingers behind his head, held the barrel of the gun, and slowly turned his head: "—does that also include the artificial intelligence?"

Their eyes met.

Tony's Adam's apple rolled, he let go, and took a step back.Moriarty raised the pistol, aimed at the ceiling and pulled the trigger more than ten times in a row.Huge gunshots echoed in the swimming pool, and acrid dust wafted from the ceiling.Moriarty threw the gun into the water, wiped his face, and took a step forward: "—you are right, this is indeed a good time. It is time for us to talk frankly."

"..." Tony's voice was a little hoarse: "When did you find out?"

"When you were lying in that armor." Moriarty said, "I suddenly thought of the artificial intelligence you created. In such a crude environment and in such a hurry, you can create an auxiliary work Artificial intelligence, when you are still in your own world, how can you not create better and more advanced products? You told me that there are things like wearable devices in the steel suit, but you can neither use your hands to command , and it has not yet been able to use brain waves to control, the only way to use them is voice. An existence that can recognize your every command and process all the data on this steel suit at any time during the battle, Obviously it can't be just an ordinary voice assistant, so the only answer to the matter is that you have an artificial intelligence loaded in the steel suit, and the reason why you asked me to look at the steel suit is not really to find something Instead of comparing the data, it is necessary to re-copy its core program and activate it in the laboratory."

Tony let out a long breath: "—that's great."

"Not to mention that I discovered some data anomalies later." Moriarty crossed his arms and said calmly, "Don't forget that I am still a top hacker. If it hadn't tried to hack into my computer, maybe I I'm still just guessing about this matter...but unfortunately it took away some gadgets, which made me notice your hands and feet in the surveillance, so the truth will be revealed."

"...Then why don't you ask me?"

"Who hasn't kept their own little secret?" Moriarty said softly, "What's more, you are here alone, and you have lost your memory. An artificial intelligence that has witnessed your past is really too much for you." It's important, why should I interfere with your privacy?"

Tony was silent for a while, then turned to look at the blue water: "... I'm sorry, Jim... I have recovered my memory."

Moriarty raised his eyebrows immediately: "Tony?"

"We can get to know each other now." Tony stretched out his hand and shook him hastily, "Tony Stark, 41 years old, the former CEO of Stark Industries, a billionaire, a superhero, has a The artificial intelligence housekeeper, and a girlfriend... I didn't lie to you, I really have one."

Moriarty's expression became dangerous.Tony continued: "She used to be my housekeeper, very sweet, caring...and very capable. Now she is the current CEO of Stark Industries, you know, this way, it is even more impossible for me to let her go gone."

He shrugged pretending to be relaxed, and found that Moriarty didn't buy it at all, and turned his eyes back to the pool water in embarrassment: "...In short, I think I should thank you for helping me during this time, but you I'm doomed to fail, so I think it's better to get this out of the way first. I'm not interested in men at all, and you don't seem like the kind of... huh. How about we change the subject? Let's talk about business ? For example..."

"Tony," Moriarty called out, "Have you thought about something?"

"what?"

"You have been transformed by unknown energies, and your physical fitness is far beyond that of ordinary people. Needless to say, your aging rate has been greatly slowed down. Now you have even recovered your 20-year-old bone age, and you don't have the appearance that a 40-year-old man should have at all." Moriarty said , "But that girlfriend of yours may not be able to have such a miraculous experience, right? And if it wasn't for the accumulation of rich feelings in the long-term relationship, a playboy who has been with women for more than 20 years is not so good. It's easy to become a dedicated and good man, not to mention that she has the ability to control a large group and become a CEO...I'm afraid she is not much younger than you, Tony? Have you ever considered that even if You can successfully return to your own world, how long can she last in the face of you now?"

Tony was silent for a while, and said with difficulty: "I can always find a way..."

"But would she like it?" Moriarty asked rhetorically.

"—I'll find a way!" Tony suddenly turned around, his fingers trembling.Moriarty stared into his eyes, and said inexplicably, "Yeah, and just like every time you save someone else, when faced with the correct result calculated based on rationality, someone will always resent you. Instead of doing a little more, why not think things through—”

"--shut up!"

"—Then one day your close pillow will turn against you because of this, and she will resent you for not giving up the vanity of being a hero and becoming an ordinary person by her side, resenting your affection for dragging her down, resenting You're giving her a responsibility she can't afford—"

"--shut up!!!"

Tony hugged his head in pain.His arms trembled violently, and suddenly he half-knelt down and slammed his fist to the ground.The tiles shattered easily, and a deep dent was made in the cement.Tony was panting violently, his forehead wet with sweat.It took him a while to stand up again, his face pale: "...Sorry, I just...I have a little anxiety...I..."

He stopped talking and tried to take a deep breath.Moriarty's fingers slowly tightened, and then slowly loosened one by one: "Relax, Tony... Of course, you don't have to think about the worst possibility. You can take the gem away and use it to create beautiful things." The world. I believe that with your ability, you will be able to make the best use of everything."

"...very good, huh... that's what I want to talk about." Tony murmured, trying to breathe steadily.He looked at Moriarty.

"Do you really believe it can change reality?"

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