The swimming pool is a bit too spacious and quiet, and any small sound can reverberate from it.The light was too pale, as if blood vessels were reflected under the skin... Moriarty lightly pressed Tony's shoulder, staring into his eyes: "Relax... I know you want to talk to me What, I won't evade the question. But now we have to talk about something else and take your mind off of this. Would you mind answering a few questions for me first, Tony? For example, your artificial What is intelligence called?"

"...Jarvis." Tony said, "This is an abbreviation, and it also has a bit of commemorative significance-it was just a natural language interface at first, and I was only 22 years old when I wrote that core program...The purpose is to make life easier. Handy. You know? I had a babysitter until I was 14, then they replaced me with bodyguards, and I couldn't understand why until I started living alone.. What an AI is Saved a lot of trouble, huh. He and Pepper have become two indispensable helpers in my life, no matter which one is missing, I will feel unable to adapt.”

Moriarty laughed softly.Tony began to feel a little uncomfortable in his laughter and eyes: "...Yeah, yes, I do still care about this matter."

"But you don't have to repeat it all the time, Tony, I have the right to pursue you, and you have the right to reject me. If you find it difficult to accept some intimate behavior from the same sex as a 40-year-old mature man, I also I will pay attention to restraining myself and try not to cause trouble to you." Moriarty said softly, taking the initiative to remove the hand on Tony's shoulder.

"...I seem to have expressed my opinion on this matter many times, but I don't remember you ever restraining yourself."

Moriarty thought for a few seconds: "Maybe it's because you are so cute sometimes that I can't restrain my impulse?"

Tony let out an imperceptible cold snort from his nasal cavity, and turned his gaze to the side again.He has gradually relaxed, and the atmosphere has become much more relaxed.

Moriarty observed his state and continued the topic: "You know, Tony, you are very... attractive, I don't know what you will be like when you are 40, but there should be no middle age Are you fat? For so many years, no one of the same sex has ever expressed affection for you?"

Tony frowned slightly: "Maybe... some? But no one would be like you... Maybe some of them were blocked by my bodyguards directly. And I'm a famous playboy and a public figure, few people would put The idea came to me. But when it comes to this, I have a colleague who is very strange. We all started as arms. He knows that he has no competitiveness when facing me, but he always takes the trouble in front of me. Jumping up and down...he still calls me Anthony and everybody calls me Tony. Is that an affection?"

Moriarty paused for a moment, "...if he was in this world, within a week I'd make him bankrupt and go fight pythons in the forests of South America."

"...There's no need to do this." Tony's tone changed.He looked at Moriarty: "Sometimes I feel that the two of us are completely two individuals living in a vacuum tank-you understand? There is no similarity, no common language, we have nothing in common The concepts and methods of handling things are different, not to mention that you are a ruthless criminal..."

"—and you're always on the side of justice," Moriarty said, "but don't you really realize what kind of person I am?"

"……I do not understand what you are saying."

"You know very well, Tony, because I have shown you my true self without reservation." Moriarty said softly, "You are not those ordinary people, you know who I am-you just can't Just believe that you can still have such a choice. We are not opposites, I am your expectation."

He stared into Tony's eyes: "The world you live in is full of crises, and all you can see is the future protected by an iron fist... You know that such a world will become lifeless, but you have no choice but to choose peace. But I'm different...Tony, I'm a poison. I can be a poison that destroys the world, but I can also be a medicine that eliminates hidden dangers. I know there is enough trust between us, you just lack a little...safety You can give your life and your greatest secret into my hands without hesitation, and I can also expose myself to your threats without defense, but you dare not take this matter lightly, you Worrying that my natural lack of emotion will lead me to make choices that go against yours.

"But I'm not inhuman, Tony, I just... never met you in my previous life."

...it seems a little too quiet.Tony thought dazedly.He heard the frequency of his breathing change, his heartbeat increased, and the blood flowed hotly through the arteries, as if a fire was burning... His palms were sticky with sweat, as if he had a fever, and suddenly A little dizzy.It took him a long time to regain his lost thoughts, and reluctantly said: "...but you don't know what kind of person I am... What you see is just a Tony who has lost his memory and suffered inexplicable psychological trauma, and No...not the complete 41-year-old me now. You don't know anything about my past, and you don't know how I will judge the pros and cons of things..."

"—but I know what you want to protect, and you know what I can become." Moriarty slowly took a step closer to him, his voice became softer, as if whispering, "I Not going to make your idea a reality, but I'll give you another option...an even better option."

Tony looked at him and didn't speak for a while.Moriarty knew the truth of haste makes waste, and did not continue on this topic, but returned to the starting point: "Do you think the ability of that gem is real?"

"...This was originally my sentence." Tony exhaled and said, "It seems that you have already fought with it."

"Are you afraid that I will be tempted by its power?" Moriarty raised the corners of his lips slightly, "It's indeed incredible...but it's not that amazing."

"That's because you don't know how much it can do." Tony said solemnly, "I've seen its brothers...may be plural. One is what we call the Cosmic Rubik's Cube, it can manipulate space, open a space from a star The shortest passage from one domain to another star domain; one is a yellow gemstone embedded in a scepter with the ability to manipulate people's hearts. This red gemstone has a mind of its own and claims to be able to turn dreams into reality. I know this Part of it is true, but not much, I'm afraid."

"It calls itself a gem of reality, a wish-fulfilling machine, but I don't think it's a mind derived from the gem itself." Moriarty said, "It's too greedy, full of darkness, like a twisted human being rather than a natural one." A god who wields great power."

"But you can't deny that it knows how to take advantage of people's weaknesses."

Moriarty spread his hands: "But it met me unfortunately - I am a person without weaknesses. It thought it controlled my weaknesses, but in the end it could only be locked up by me."

Tony shook his head: "That thinking is still secondary. It seems that it does not have a strong grasp of the power of gems, and it needs to use the real body as a medium to exert the power of gems. The reason why I am wandering into this universe is probably because of it. But what about the gem itself? We don’t know if it can use the power of the gem under such circumstances, and we don’t know if you will subconsciously use the power of the gem..."

"So you rushed here immediately after waking up, testing me to see how dangerous I am now, and whether I will use this power to do something intentionally or unintentionally." Moriarty laughed, " But how could I not take these factors into account? So this time, the bomb is fake."

"What about the sniper rifle?"

"Laser pointers," Moriarty said, "I hired a smart ghost to scare the two of them for me... There are half a dozen laser pointers. To be honest, I really put myself in danger You must know that all the weapons in my hand are fake, but the gun in Sherlock's hand is real."

"Huh? I think you'd like him to shoot," Tony sarcastically said. "That way you can test the power of the Reality Stone. After all, you've unconsciously used it once."

"Oh—speaking of which," Moriarty raised his palm and pressed it against Tony's chest, "it's incredible, isn't it?"

"..." Tony was expressionless.

The phone rang suddenly, and Moriarty withdrew his right hand and glanced at the caller ID.It's an unfamiliar number.He remembered Moran's greeting today, and connected the phone: "...how are you?"

"...Mr. Moriarty, I have heard about you for a long time. I have a piece of information to find a buyer, and someone recommended you to me." A slightly hoarse female voice said, "About a recent decision passed by the Queen... It's a news about you. I don't know if you are interested?"

Moriarty raised his eyebrows slightly: "Now?"

"I'm under strict monitoring. I'm afraid I don't have enough time to discuss this matter in detail." The woman said, "If you're interested, I'll make an offer and we'll make a deal right away."

"No, I'll send someone to find you." Moriarty said, "If you really have what you said, I'll make you rich overnight, but if you don't... I'll strip your human skin for shoes."

He hung up the phone.Tony asked casually, "New business?"

"There was a scandal involved, and she came to me in order not to lose her life." Moriarty shrugged. "You see, I'm always helping people."

Tony crossed his arms: "Let's get out of here quickly-don't you feel cold? Carl's ghost is watching you."

"That would be great, I can use the reality gem to let him experience the feeling of dying again." Moriarty said happily, pushed open the door of the swimming pool, and walked out, "Your steel suit Where?"

"I left it in your car," Tony said.

"I suddenly feel a little hungry—do you want something to eat?"

"Not for now, thank you. But I want to sit next to you and watch you closely, so that you don't do anything bad secretly..."

"Go to the kitchen and steal a donut?"

"...that's a good idea."

Moriarty opened the glove box and took out a paper bag: "Try it?"

Tony took the paper bag blankly: "...how do you have donuts?"

Moriarty leaned forward and fastened the seat belt for him, and suddenly kissed him on the cheek.

"Because you like it."

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