Finally.
During the three exhibition matches at the press conference, despite having Tony, the opponent's best sixth teammate, Victor and Wanda still managed to turn the tide, achieving a perfect 3-0 KO against their opponents.
Without much interaction, Victor and the others exited, and Felicia would take over next.
After leaving the stage, Tony's face was very grim, and he muttered incessantly.
"Why didn't you gank top? With your taunt and my Gravity Field, that JS would have been dead long ago!"
"This game's settings are unreasonable. I'm using Sidewinder missiles, all equipped with heat-seeking Systems. Why were they dodged by JS's Q?"
"The Iron Man Suit's material is titanium alloy steel. Shouldn't it be a heavy armor unit? Why is it a squishy mage?"
...If Victor and Wanda hadn't taken turns using Iron Man and dominating the field later, proving that the Summoner himself was bad, not the hero's mechanics, Tony probably would have considered deleting Iron Man as a hero.
It was a complete black mark!
To be crushed by a rookie reporter who had only recently started learning the game was simply intolerable!
Tony made a decision.
Afterward, he would have Pepper recruit that reporter into his company. Once he had honed his gaming skills, he would challenge him again to redeem himself—this wouldn't be difficult; for a Genius like Tony, he believed it would take at most 24 hours.
So, Tony forgot his promise to give Victor a "physical examination." After returning home, he dove into his laboratory, instructing Jarvis to analyze the details of Victor and Wanda's control of "Iron Man" and meticulously record them.
How much Life Qi a minion had, how much damage a normal attack dealt, what variables each piece of equipment added, what special effects each hero's skills had—everything was thoroughly analyzed.
Scholar-level game operation, are you afraid or not!
It didn't even take 24 hours.
That night, Tony found Victor, who was playing a match with Wanda, and brought in the other 7 members from before. They matched up for three more games with the original lineup.
Tony, full of confidence, successfully... was once again carried to victory by Victor and Wanda.
As for his scores of [0/12/2], [0/14/7], and [0/16/4], there's no need for further description.
Victor stifled a laugh and patted the utterly bewildered Tony, kindly comforting him.
"Don't worry, the game has just been released. Everyone is playing at Bronze level. I'm the game developer, and Wanda will be a professional player in the future. There's no point comparing yourself to us."
Tony looked very dejected and, unwilling to admit defeat, turned to go back and continue his research.
Victor grabbed him.
The great inventing Genius, Tony Stark, shouldn't be nurtured into an internet addict by himself. Otherwise, when Thanos attacks in the future, what will Tony use to fight him? His head?
"Ahem, about that, didn't you say you wanted to do a physical examination?" Victor tried to divert Tony's interest.
But Tony was unmoved.
"That's alright, let's talk about it tomorrow. I'll definitely master all the data tonight, then we'll fight again tomorrow!"
Tony resolutely turned and went back; it seemed he was in for an all-nighter.
Victor scratched his head in the back, looking troubled.
Honestly, Tony's gaming skills weren't bad, and his awareness was even very strong. He could calculate everything without error during combat, considering all of the opponent's reactions.
If not Master-level awareness, he certainly had Diamond.
But... the person he was laning against was only Bronze-ranked!
He used Master-level awareness to predict Bronze-level plays, assuming the opponent would use fancy moves to dodge his skills. Except for the Q skill, which was targeted, he cast the other three skills as predictions.
As a result, the Master Yi simply charged straight in with his ultimate, REAAQAAQ, and easily took down the "Iron Man" who was playing with flashy moves.
Thanos's remark, "cursed with knowledge," was indeed incredibly accurate.
This was like Einstein being a teacher; his mind was filled with advanced mathematics, relativity, and other high-level knowledge, and he instinctively believed others should also understand these things. But the students below were all middle schoolers who couldn't even solve trigonometric functions... The knowledge gap led to the teacher on stage looking exasperated, thinking "This is so simple, how could you get it wrong?" while the students below had bewildered expressions, thinking "Is the teacher speaking in riddles?"
It could be simply understood as a generation gap.
Having understood the reason, Victor didn't worry too much. Tony was a smart man; he shouldn't get bogged down in details... right?
Facts proved that the smarter a person is, the more likely they are to get bogged down in details.
On the second night, Tony once again assembled the original team for a match. This time, Tony's opponent realized that he shouldn't offend Tony too badly.
So, he gave up on Master Yi, who had been constantly solo-killing Tony, and switched to Garen... As everyone knows, this hero specializes in dealing with all sorts of flashy plays.
Q is a silence, E is a spin, and the Great Sword brings death.
Unable to control his desire for combos, a smooth QWER combo resulted in Tony's screen turning black and white... Finally, Victor couldn't bear it anymore. Unwilling to see the Genius inventor doubt himself, he secretly had Alice take over Tony's opponent's hero.
This immediately made Tony "surge" with Life Qi.
With various predictions, precise calculations, and detailed operations, he battled Alice with wits and courage. In the end, Tony finished the game with a score of "14/0/21," dominating everyone.
Tony was very smug.
See that!
This Genius's true strength has finally been unleashed!
Having won the game, Tony finally let go of his obsession and remembered the physical examination. He took Victor back to his laboratory along the way.
As for drawing blood, the titanium alloy needle Tony specifically made still couldn't do it.
But this didn't stump the Genius Tony. Human saliva also contains DNA, which are remnants of oral epithelial cells.
Tony naturally didn't collect saliva; he collected oral epithelial cells.
Afterward, there was another round of tests for strength, speed, and so on. Victor did not use his telekinesis throughout, so the data was identical to that of a normal person.
"Tsk, it seems you're just thick-skinned. And you call yourself a Super Strength?" Tony unceremoniously scoffed.
Victor pouted, not refuting.
Later, when I get Super Strength, I'll crumple your Iron Man Suit into a ball in minutes.
Cell analysis wasn't just about looking at structures under a microscope; it also involved various extreme environmental tests to collect complete data.
This would take a considerable amount of time.
Victor didn't wait too long and returned home, as little Wanda's late-night snack was calling him.
The villa quieted down. Tony hesitated for a few seconds between researching Mk-4 and playing a league of legends match, then his body honestly sat down at the lab table.
"Just one game, just one game!"
Tony opened a 3D projection, using the virtual projection as a screen to start a match.
Thanks to the power of the media, "league of legends," a free-to-play game with "free game, paid items," had already accumulated over a million registered users since its release yesterday.
While it didn't compare to the hundreds of millions in his previous life, this was only the first day, and explosive growth in the future could be anticipated.
So, although most players hadn't reached level 30 yet and couldn't play ranked matches, playing normal matches was still fine.
Soon, Tony's match was found. After clicking to enter, he was about to select a hero when he found that Iron Man and Superman were instantly picked by his teammates.
[Tony Shi Da Ke (Tony Sh*t Star): 2L Iron Man top, if not given, I'll feed!]
[Most Loved Superman: 4L Superman jungle, if not given, I'll feed!]
Seeing their words, plus the name "Tony Shi Da Ke (Tony Sh*t Star)," Tony was a bit angry, but it was still within his control.
He quickly picked ball girl (nickname for syndra), taking the mid lane.
Loading the game... All units deployed... The game had just begun, and Tony gave up first blood, getting solo-killed by the opposing mid-lane Garen at full Life Qi.
Tony was so angry he slammed the table.
The opposing Garen's movement was too "flamboyant"; he couldn't predict his movement direction at all!
However, in reality, Garen had simply walked in a straight line to auto-attack him... The plot was as usual: Tony ended with a score of [0/7/0], successfully ruining his team's rhythm. The two Summoners who had first-picked Iron Man and Superman simply AFKed in the fountain and started flaming.
Those words, full of "friendly greetings," made the already depressed Tony explode on the spot.
But he didn't stoop to their level and engage in a vulgar shouting match.
[Tony Shi Da Ke (Tony Sh*t Star): If you've got the guts, come hit me through the internet! Better bring your dad too! Haha!]
The opponent's mention of the word "dad" caused Tony's eyes to narrow into a dangerous arc.
He twisted his neck and said in an angry tone, "Jarvis! Pinpoint this guy's location! Within three minutes, I want all his information!"
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PS: Today's update is 4700+, making up for yesterday's. Next, we're entering a new chapter.