[Comprehensive British and American] When short rich handsome meets tall rich handsome

【You must be wondering why I have the same name as you, right?I know you're thinking about this, and you don't need to hide. 】

Only then did Tony discover that the so-called wall was not a real wall, but a screen disguised as a wall.

The screen was facing the entrance of the elevator, so it didn't take much thinking to know that this must be the person coming down from the elevator.

That is to him.

The guy waiting here definitely knew he was going to show up, so he had everything ready and waiting for him.

This feeling of being controlled by someone made Tony feel uncomfortable, and he was depressed and panicked.

He tried to get Maria to hack the system here, but no, he didn't succeed.

【The future is such a wonderful thing. When I think that you got your first message from me, I want to laugh crazily. 】Rows of words on the screen quickly passed by, as if someone was talking to him across time and space.

But this conversation is unfair, and Tony has no way to reply, no way to refute, he can only let the other party put everything he wants to put into Tony's head.

[Really, I am laughing crazily now, as long as I imagine your expression now.I know what you're looking like right now, you're thinking "Who is this guy? Crazy?" Don't lie, I know, you think so. 】

Tony was taken aback, and looked left and right subconsciously.

But there are no people here.

"Who the hell are you?" Tony yelled into the air.

I thought that no one would answer, but who knew that the words on the wall changed again: [Are you asking who I am, right?I know you're asking this question, stupid looking at a basement that hasn't been lived in for 30 years, oh man, are you an idiot?Tony Stark? 】

【Everything is so obvious in front of you, why can't you learn to think about it with your precious brain?Who would I be?Who in this world knows Tony Stark so well?You know that answer, you just don't want to admit it, don't want to admit that you damn well know what it is.That way you don't have to wonder, what the hell happened to make it all look like this, right?Or—why did I show up? 】

Tony stood there, motionless.

Who in this world knows Tony Stark so well?

who?

Don't Tony know?No, he knew, he knew too much... It was because he knew too much that the uneasiness in his heart was so strong.

【Why did I appear?Curious?But I don't want to tell you, because you are still refusing.I know you are still saying no.Are you afraid of my presence?Because you're going to hide and wait until it's all in front of you before you admit that everything is going to be screwed up and all pretense is going to be ripped off, right? 】Every letter on the screen is full of ridicule, and the person across the screen said he was laughing?Tony believed this, and the man from 30 years ago must have been laughing while leaving every word, 【You don’t have this chance, Tony, I have to tell you good news, that is, I am you...you Thinking about parallel universes?Ah, you're still thinking about parallel universes.You're in denial...well, I'm kind of disappointed, why can't you ever learn to see yourself properly? 】

[But I have to tell you, I am you, the real you, and I am your future.That Tony Stark that you hide deep inside, you can't hide forever - God. 】

Tony took a step back subconsciously: "There is no real me, Tony Stark is Tony Stark, always has been."

【fraud.Do you really think so? 】

"You look like an arrogant lunatic," Tony said. "I don't believe you, and I don't believe you are me."

[Arrogant, crazy, right?Isn't Iron Man a god?No, Tony, you're wrong, we've always been gods.We are just blinded by this stupid world, in order to cater to those ordinary human beings, we disguise ourselves as mortals.And in the end, you always find that the people you thought you were in the same path—are just ordinary people. 】

【Ordinary people, including the only person who makes me feel a little bit interesting, but

Just ordinary people, and who are we?We are Tony Stark, and Tony Stark is the future. 】

[Do you dare to come forward?Tony?Let me show you the world?Do not be afraid, do not deny, we are God. 】

Tony was confused for a moment, and cold sweat ran down his forehead.

The words on the screen became blurred and clear in his eyes, hitting straight into his heart.

Tony felt that he shouldn't move forward, but his instinct drove him forward crazily.

A voice deep in his heart kept saying to him: "Aren't you curious? Aren't you moved?"

His rationality made him stop, but his emotions were pushing him forward crazily.

When he was fighting fiercely in his heart, he suddenly heard a voice behind him saying: "Tony, you should stop."

Tony paused for a moment, and only then did he realize that he was actually walking forward.

Looking back, I saw B, who was supposed to stay above, appeared behind him again.

Even though the AI ​​doesn't have a face, Tony can feel the worry radiating from him.

When he looked back, he saw that the screen, which was full of ostentatious words just now, had returned to calm, as if another soul had never appeared.

After being silent for a long time, Tony suddenly asked, "What was that just now?"

"...a test."

"Did I fail the test?"

"No." B replied decisively, "Stark can always pass any test."

After he finished speaking, he stretched out his hand again and made a gesture of invitation: "This can also be said to be a scam. We always have many enemies, and those enemies will always lay traps to frame us and drag our souls into the abyss. That was just now. The trap left by the enemy was my negligence, I didn’t expect him to leave such a method, but I immediately got down when I realized something was wrong.”

"Because, there is always a backup, isn't there?" AI said, "I am the backup. Don't worry, that kind of thing will never happen again. We should go and see the real mansion instead of being caught. Stuck here, I wasn't supposed to go with you, but I figured, now I should."

Tony followed him obediently, a person and an AI pretending as if nothing happened just now.

But can Tony let it go?

His mind was full of the words on the screen just now, every sentence, every word, every letter was pounding into his heart.

That... just now is him?

Yes, no one is more aware of it than he is, yes it is him.

That crazy Tony Stark is like...Tony Stark who took too many drugs and drove himself crazy.

That can't be him in the past, and it can't be her in the present, it can only be - the him in the future.

The word "future him" made Tony feel at a loss. This was the first time he felt at a loss about his future self.

Why is that?

Tony Stark is a futurist. He habitually sees the far, far future. He thinks about the future of mankind, the future of the world, and the future of Tony Stark.

His future is to sacrifice everything to protect the future.

But looking at that person just now, from just a few paragraphs of text, Tony can feel the contempt for the world and human beings, the arrogance and madness.

How could he become like that?

When he asked himself this, a demon deep inside whispered to him: ... Is it really impossible for you to become like this?

Impossible, Tony replied, he didn't agree with what he said, to be honest, he was bewitched for a moment, but when he looked back, it was impossible for him to agree with what he said about God.

Tony Stark is not a god, no one is a god.

He hadn't thought about it in the past, he hasn't thought about it now, and it's absolutely impossible to think about it in the future, even if—that person might be him in the future, it's absolutely impossible.

As the B said, this is just a test, a scam.

but……

"Don't be confused by what happened just now, there is a real message waiting for you here, Tony." As if knowing what he was struggling with, B suddenly said on the way.

"Information, well, information. I really like information..." Tony said, after a moment of silence, he suddenly asked: "I have a question, am I your master?"

He asked very straightforwardly, this question has been lingering in the depths of his heart, ever since he saw the mansion, he had such a doubt.

Everything is so personal here.

It's not a private person who can be covered up by giving him a surname, but a private person who is truly branded with Tony Stark's mark.

It's his, it's Tony Stark's.

"Yes." B also answered very bluntly, "It has always been. But, I don't know why, I am just an artificial intelligence. The last command I got in my program is to wait, wait for your appearance, just waiting."

"So, was that really me just now?" Tony said irritably, he didn't understand why he became so irritated for a moment, just like he didn't understand why Tony Stark became like that - a lunatic .

"Tony." The AI ​​suddenly lowered his voice, and Tony felt that the voice sounded so familiar again—not the tone of his voice, but the tone and tone, so familiar, he heard it there before, "If you insist on asking, Someone left a message for you, he always wanted to say to you: some things, only when it comes, we will know whether it is right or wrong, and then we will know... whether it is worth it. "

"Now, shall we go and see the gift left for you? Everything you want to know will have an answer."